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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chaka Mababa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andreas Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mababa kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Street Fighting Man. Chaka Mababa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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225 lbs
13 - 12 - 0 |
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193 cm
22
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chaka Mababa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andreas Reinhardt!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinhardt blocks the body kick.
A punch combination from Reinhardt misses.
Mababa throws a right and a left that Reinhardt avoids nicely.
Mababa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Reinhardt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mababa.
Nice takedown defense from Reinhardt. No joy for Mababa on that attempt.
A jab from Mababa misses.
Reinhardt ducks under a wild hook from Mababa.
Nice defenses there by Reinhardt.
Reinhardt scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mababa moves out of range as Reinhardt strikes.
Reinhardt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Reinhardt misses with a double jab
and Mababa counters with a nice uppercut.
Reinhardt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A cross from Mababa lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reinhardt throws a jab when Mababa was well out of range.
Mababa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mababa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reinhardt throws out a loose jab but Mababa uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhardt connects with a nice looking jab.
Mababa gets caught napping as Reinhardt dives in and scores a takedown. Mababa manages to retain guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Reinhardt throws an elbow that misses. Mababa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Reinhardt's guard. Nice move by Mababa!
Reinhardt managing to control the position.
Mababa throwing strikes but missing.
Mababa trying to control the position from guard on top but Reinhardt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reinhardt working a defensive guard here.
Reinhardt has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andreas Reinhardt has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Reinhardt gets a takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reinhardt tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mababa knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mababa is doing well to control the position and prevent Reinhardt from advancing to side control.
Mababa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Reinhardt prevents Mababa from standing back up.
Mababa keeping hold of Reinhardt's head, controlling as best he can.
Reinhardt stalling away here and it's allowed Mababa to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Mababa wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt throws a big right hand that misses.
Reinhardt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mababa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mababa wants to get back to his feet but Reinhardt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reinhardt trying to control the position from guard on top but Mababa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mababa has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Reinhardt off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Reinhardt connects with a right hand. Mababa shakes it off.
Reinhardt misses with a looping left.
Mababa throws a hook to the side of Reinhardt's head but Reinhardt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mababa looks to throw the jab but Reinhardt is out of range.
Reinhardt scores with a one two! Mababa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mababa is rocked!
Mababa gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Reinhardt points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Mababa wakes up just in time to hear Reinhardt thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andreas Reinhardt!
In his post fight interview, Andreas Reinhardt gave a big smile as he said 'It's really nice to get back on track with a win. My last two fights definitely didn't go the way I wanted, but I'm back now and more determined to get back into the title hunt.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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