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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Katchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Gabel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
22
210 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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196 cm
26
214 lbs
18 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Katchenko! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Gabel! The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gabel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Katchenko throws a lazy right hand but Gabel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Gabel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Andrei Katchenko has been cut. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gabel. Katchenko shrugs it off though. A looping hook to the body misses from Katchenko. Gabel does a little dance to reset his feet. Gabel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Gabel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Katchenko paws at him with a jab and circles away. Andrei Katchenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A nice inside leg kick there by Gabel. That's going to slow Katchenko down. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Katchenko avoids a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Katchenko. Katchenko punishes Gabel's body with a nice straight punch. Katchenko throws a half hearted mid kick. A lazy left from Katchenko finds it's target. Katchenko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Gabel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Katchenko. Katchenko walks into a left hand. Katchenko tries to clinch up but Gabel circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gabel misses with a head kick.
Gabel looks to land a body kick but Katchenko moved away. A chopping leg kick lands by Katchenko. Katchenko lands with a slapping head kick. Gabel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Katchenko just misses with a punch to the body.
Gabel connects with a leg kick. Katchenko looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Gabel throws a head kick that misses. Katchenko throws a leg kick and Gabel counters with a straight right hand. Gabel misses with a hook. Gabel misses with a leg kick. Gabel connects with a right hand. Katchenko shakes it off. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Gabel misses with a low kick.
Katchenko tries to score with a low kick but Gabel moves his leg out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gabel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Katchenko misses the jab. Katchenko lands a leg kick that knocks Gabel off balance momentarily. A telegraphed right hand from Katchenko misses the target. Gabel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Katchenko. That did some damage! Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gabel.
Gabel works the jab nicely. Gabel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Katchenko is breathing heavily. Gabel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gabel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Katchenko in his tracks. Gabel tries to clinch up. Gabel avoids the head kick by Katchenko.
Katchenko keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gabel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Katchenko gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Gabel gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Katchenko is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Gabel! Tom Gabel is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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