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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaban Demidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Keep it going louder!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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235 lbs
13 - 8 - 1 |
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281 lbs
25 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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
13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harrison Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kaban Demidov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Demidov has closed the distance and engaged Duke in a clinch.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Duke.
Duke throws a knee to the head but misses.
Duke prevents Demidov from breaking the clinch.
Duke throws an elbow that misses.
Demidov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Demidov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Duke's face.
It looks like Harrison Duke has been cut.
Demidov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Duke pushes off an throws an elbow but Demidov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Demidov misses with a knee to the head.
Demidov is trying to break the clinch but Duke is controlling him.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demidov has a couple of punches blocked by Duke.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duke creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Demidov scores a nice knee to the body.
Demidov is trying to break free.
Duke tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Demidov avoids it.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Duke.
Demidov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Demidov drives through and clinches with Duke against the cage.
Demidov gets through Duke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Duke misses with a knee to the head.
Duke drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Demidov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Duke misses with a knee strike.
Demidov throws a punch but it's blocked by Duke.
Duke is trying to trip Demidov. He has hold of a leg but Demidov is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Duke persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Duke has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Duke throws a big elbow that misses.
Duke wants to control from the top but Demidov keeps moving.
Duke throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demidov trying to control the position.
Duke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Demidov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Duke.
Duke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Demidov's head.
Demidov controlling the position.
Duke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Duke tries to free his leg and advance position but Demidov is retaining full guard.
Duke trying to control but Demidov is working from the bottom.
Demidov is trying to keep Duke in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kaban Demidov.
Demidov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Duke drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Duke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Demidov is trying to control the position but Duke postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Duke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duke thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Duke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Demidov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demidov controls Duke momentarily but Duke frees himself.
Duke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Duke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Duke throws a big elbow that misses.
Demidov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duke in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Duke throwing strikes from guard but Demidov blocks nicely.
Duke is looking to work some ground and pound but Demidov has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harrison Duke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harrison Duke's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A left and a right from Demidov both land. Nice combination.
Duke connects with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Duke.
Demidov misses with a straight right.
Demidov misses with a kick to the body.
Duke checks a low kick from Demidov.
Demidov takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Kaban Demidov has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duke steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Demidov. That one must have hurt.
Duke shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Demidov counters with a body kick that stops Duke in his tracks momentarily.
Demidov throws a push kick but Duke slaps the foot to one side.
Duke gets tackled into the cage by Demidov. Demidov maintains the clinch.
Duke looking to throw knees to the head but Demidov is blocking nicely.
Demidov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duke lands an elbow just above Demidov 's eye.
Demidov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duke scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demidov misses with a leg kick.
Demidov blocks a head kick by Duke.
Demidov takes the fight into the clinch.
Demidov is trying to force a seperation but Duke has the dominant position.
Duke blocks an uppercut.
Demidov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duke looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duke.
Duke looking to throw knees to the head but Demidov is blocking nicely.
Demidov tries to circle away but Duke has him pinned against the cage.
Demidov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Duke.
Demidov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Demidov misses with a body punch.
Duke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demidov's elbow.
Demidov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Duke misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kaban Demidov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A leg kick checked by Duke.
Demidov looks to land a combination but Duke avoids it well.
Duke fails with a takedown attempt.
Demidov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Duke.
Duke on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Demidov misses with a body kick.
Kaban Demidov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Demidov, pushing him back against the cage.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Duke.
Duke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Demidov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duke can't find room to land a body shot as Demidov controls the action.
Demidov blocks the elbow strike.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demidov misses with a knee strike.
Demidov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demidov lands with a light punch inside.
Duke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demidov is defending well for now.
Duke tries to stall but Demidov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Demidov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Duke blocks it with crossed arms.
Duke lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Demidov.
Demidov stops a takedown attempt from Duke.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harrison Duke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Demidov misses with some punches.
Demidov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demidov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Duke here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Duke checks a leg kick.
Kaban Demidov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duke misses with a looping right.
Demidov feints and then cracks Duke's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Duke down.
Duke walks into a straight right hand from Demidov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Demidov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Demidov lands a big right hook! Duke looks hurt but is still standing! Demidov lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Duke falls down and Demidov dives in with a huge hammer fist! Duke's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Demidov runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kaban Demidov!
A victorious Kaban Demidov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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