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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mocny Vlad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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196 cm
22
242 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
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276 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sergio Souza! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Mocny Vlad! The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Souza just misses with a punch to the body.
Vlad plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Vlad closes the distance and pushes Souza back into the cage. Souza lands a shoulder strike. Still in the clinch, Souza scores with a nice short uppercut. A right handed body shot lands from Souza.
Vlad lands a nice knee to the body. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Souza is working Vlad over against the cage. Vlad looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.
Vlad tries to work over Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Vlad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Souza cracks Vlad with an open hand slap. Souza lands a jab to Vlad's midsection. Vlad scoring well with a low kick there.
Vlad rushes Souza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Vlad tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body. Vlad misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Vlad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Vlad closes the distance and pushes Souza back into the cage. Vlad working hard to break the clinch. Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Vlad changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Souza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vlad tries to land a front kick but Souza steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Vlad avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Souza misses with a straight right. Vlad has taken the fight to the clinch.
Souza working aggressively here.
Souza digs a right hand underneath Vlad's ribcage. Vlad let out a lung full of air as it connected. Vlad wants to break the clinch but can't.
Souza lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Vlad wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vlad manages to break the clinch.
Souza avoids the head kick by Vlad.
Souza scores with a jab. Vlad acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Souza tries to clinch up but Vlad circles away and keeps his distance. Vlad takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Souza lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Souza has Vlad up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Vlad's face as he tries to break the clinch. Good body shot from Vlad.
Vlad blocking some punches.
Vlad is trying to break free. Vlad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza.
Vlad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Souza tries to work over Vlad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Vlad takes a shot to the head. Vlad landing knees to the body.
Vlad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Souza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vlad tries to break free but Souza pushes him back against the cage. Vlad blocks an uppercut.
Vlad is looking to break free of the clinch but Souza has double underhooks. Souza lands a body punch. Vlad wants to break free but Souza has control.
Souza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Vlad changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Souza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Souza tries to clinch there but Vlad circles away.
Souza wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Souza connects with a jab. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Souza tries to keep at a distance but Vlad has taken the fight into the clinch. Vlad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it. Souza has Vlad pressed against the cage, preventing Vlad from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Vlad wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vlad blocks an uppercut.
Vlad is looking for a takedown. Sergio Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mocny Vlad. Vlad can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Souza digs a right hand underneath Vlad's ribcage. Vlad let out a lung full of air as it connected. Vlad breaks the clinch.
Vlad throws a body kick that misses. Vlad pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mocny Vlad dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Vlad forces Souza back against the cage and clinches. Vlad is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Souza is defending well. Vlad is trying to break the clinch but Souza has him pressed against the cage. Vlad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Vlad is looking for a takedown. Vlad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Souza keeps control of Vlad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Souza gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Vlad.
Sergio Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mocny Vlad. Vlad has Souza pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Souza manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Vlad has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Souza is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza. Souza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Souza lands with a short shot to the head. Vlad is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round. Vlad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Souza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Vlad working hard to break the clinch. Souza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Vlad changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Souza fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vlad is breathing heavily. Souza tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vlad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Souza is looking to clinch but Vlad is avoiding it.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mocny Vlad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Souza moves in looking to clinch but Vlad pushes him off. Sergio Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Vlad misses with a looping left. Vlad goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Vlad scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Vlad pushes Souza up against the cage in a clinch. Vlad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Souza throws a looping overhand right but Vlad ducks down to avoid it. Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Souza throws a shot to the body.
Vlad throws a head kick that misses. Vlad misses with a body kick. Vlad circles away from the clinch attempt.
No joy there for Souza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vlad. This has been an exciting period of action! Vlad clinches up against the cage. Souza stalls. Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souza is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Souza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Vlad tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vlad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Vlad wants to break free but Souza has control.
Vlad tries to break the clinch but Souza is controlling the position. Souza has Vlad pressed against the cage, preventing Vlad from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Vlad breaks from the clinch.
Vlad throws a head kick that misses. Souza throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vlad stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Souza tries to clinch there but Vlad circles away.
Souza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Vlad pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Souza is looking to clinch but Vlad is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Vlad avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vlad. That's going to slow Souza down. Souza looks to throw the jab but Vlad is out of range. Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Souza tries to clinch but Vlad is having none of it. Vlad gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Vlad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Souza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vlad goes for a takedown attempt but Souza pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Vlad forces Souza back against the cage and clinches. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Vlad wants to break free but Souza has control.
Souza cracks Vlad with a nice body shot. Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Mocny Vlad seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. A right hand to the body from Souza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Sergio Souza will probably get the nod. That's time! Souza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Vlad has Souza up against the cage in a clinch.
Vlad breaks the clinch.
Souza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vlad momentarily.
Vlad shoots and misses and Souza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vlad thinking. Souza gets a clinch. Souza lands a hook to the side of the head. Souza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Vlad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Souza moves into the clinch. Souza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Vlad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Vlad takes one to the chin there. Vlad takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Souza lands a jab to the nose. A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. Vlad does a little dance to reset his feet. Vlad shoots in for a double leg but Souza sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Souza connects with a body shot. Souza rushes Vlad and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Vlad working hard to break the clinch. Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vlad's elbow. Vlad wants to break the clinch but can't.
Souza lands a body punch. Vlad can't break the clinch.
Vlad is working for takedown but Souza is calmly controlling the position for now. Sergio Souza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mocny Vlad. A nice right hand lands inside from Souza. Souza lands with a light punch inside. It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Souza here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man. Souza controlling the action here for a moment.
Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vlad or not. Souza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Souza lands an uppercut. Vlad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Souza rushes Vlad and presses him up against the cage. Vlad tries to work over Souza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza. Souza scores with a shot to the side of Vlad's head. Souza can't find room to land a body shot as Vlad controls the action.
Souza lands a nice uppercut. Souza lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Vlad wants to break free but Souza has control.
Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside. A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza.
Vlad is rocked! Souza stalling in the clinch.
Vlad is still on wobbly legs! Can Souza finish him? Souza cracks Vlad with a nice body shot. Souza unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Vlad! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Souza is unloading with more strikes now! Vlad drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Souza! After the big win, Sergio Souza made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors ĄFFĄKĘTIΘN and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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