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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boris Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Kharitonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balkan's entrance music is Kosovo is Serbia. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 cm
30
266 lbs
25 - 8 - 0 |
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207 cm
30
272 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Boris Balkan! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Boris Kharitonov! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kharitonov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Balkan rushes Kharitonov and presses him up against the cage. Kharitonov lands a nice uppercut. Kharitonov lands a left hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Balkan. Kharitonov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balkan. Balkan digs a right hand underneath Kharitonov's ribcage. Kharitonov let out a lung full of air as it connected. Kharitonov looks gassed! Balkan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. A short uppercut from Balkan. A quick uppercut on the inside from Balkan. Balkan lands a left hand.
Balkan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Balkan throws a head punch that misses. Balkan lands a hook that snaps the head of Kharitonov backwards. Balkan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Balkan connects with a knee to the head.
Balkan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Balkan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kharitonov's defenses.
It looks like Boris Kharitonov has been cut. Balkan tries to land a knee to the head but Kharitonov blocks with his arms.
Kharitonov tries a body shot but Balkan blocks it.
Balkan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Balkan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kharitonovs head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Balkan lands a right hand. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Balkan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Kharitonov scores with a shoulder strike. A short right hand to the side of the head by Balkan. Balkan pushes Kharitonov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A hook to the body from Balkan.
Kharitonov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kharitonov is rocked! A head punch blocked on the inside by Kharitonov. Kharitonov is still on wobbly legs! Can Balkan finish him? Balkan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balkan throws a punch but it's blocked by Kharitonov. A head punch on the inside from Balkan fails to land. Balkan has Kharitonov pressed against the cage. He pushes Kharitonov back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Balkan throws a beautiful elbow that sends Kharitonov crashing to the floor! Balkan piles on the pressure with more strikes! Kharitonov is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boris Balkan! Boris Balkan retains his heavyweight title! Boris Balkan was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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