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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Rakhmanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hester comes to the cage accompanied by The Prayer - KiD CuDi. Rakhmanov has chosen Russian national anthem as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Hester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Rakhmanov!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rakhmanov throws a shot to the body.
Hester misses with a double jab
and Hester takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rakhmanov drops Hester with a nice combination! Rakhmanov dives into Hester's guard, looking to finish!
Hester is rocked!
It looks like Mike Hester has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rakhmanov stays in close to Hester's body and controls the position.
Oh Hester is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rakhmanov slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rakhmanov taking a breather here.
Hester seems to have got his legs back now.
Hester tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Rakhmanov lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hester hang on?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Rakhmanov works his way to his opponent's back.
Rakhmanov scores with punches from the back.
Rakhmanov has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Hester has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Rakhmanov controls the action.
Rakhmanov is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rakhmanov throwing sloppy strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rakhmanov looking to break Hester's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Hester remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Rakhmanov will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
A bit of a pause in the action here. Rakhmanov controlling the positon.
Hester trying to control the position but Rakhmanov manages to sink in the hooks.
Rakhmanov looking for the choke from the back.
Hester looking very determined here, making life difficult for Rakhmanov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester wants to control his opponent's hands but Rakhmanov gets his hands free.
Rakhmanov is landing with strikes from the back.
Rakhmanov has good solid back control here.
Hester defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Hester fending off the submission attempt from Rakhmanov.
Hester tries to roll but Rakhmanov sticks to his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rakhmanov tightening his grip on Hester, looking for the choke.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hester trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rakhmanov wants to control but Hester is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rakhmanov looking for the RNC.
Rakhmanov trying to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Rakhmanov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Hester's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rakhmanov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hester shoots in looking for a takedown but Rakhmanov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hester's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hester misses with a double jab.
Hester fails with a takedown attempt.
Mikhail Rakhmanov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hester checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rakhmanov throws a right and a left that Hester avoids nicely.
Rakhmanov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rakhmanov wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Hester. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rakhmanov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hester.
Rakhmanov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rakhmanov throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
Mike Hester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rakhmanov, right into the meat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rakhmanov avoids the head kick by Hester.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rakhmanov throws a leg kick which misses Hester's front leg but catches the back leg as Hester tries to avoid it.
Rakhmanov looks to land a combination but Hester avoids it well.
Hester throws a nice looking combination but Rakhmanov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rakhmanov jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mike Hester is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hester takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hester takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rakhmanov drops Hester with a big left hand! Hester is injured, injured bad! Rakhmanov jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikhail Rakhmanov!
A relieved looking Mikhail Rakhmanov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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