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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Denisov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artur Klimenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Denisov comes to the cage accompanied by Rammstein. Klimenko comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bumboks - hottabych kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 cm
24
263 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid 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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Denisov! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artur Klimenko! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Denisov looks for the body kick but Klimenko saw that one coming. Klimenko closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Denisov defending against the ground and pound. Klimenko misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Denisov managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Klimenko.
Denisov parries the strikes from Klimenko easily there. Klimenko is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Denisov to escape.
Denisov is trying to control Klimenko's posture but Klimenko avoids it. Denisov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Klimenko. Klimenko scoring with punches from side control. Klimenko working the body and head with strikes. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Klimenko lands some shots froms side control. Denisov tries to bench press Klimenko off him but Klimenko keeps the position. Klimenko lands a decent elbow from side control. Denisov can't do much from the bottom here. Klimenko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Klimenko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round. Denisov dodges the ground and pound from Klimenko. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Klimenko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Denisov takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Klimenko scores with a couple of short elbows. Denisov struggling a bit here. Klimenko working the ground and pound but Denisov is defending the strikes. Klimenko is chipping away with strikes.
Denisov is working to avoid the ground and pound but Klimenko connects with a decent elbow. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Klimenko misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Denisov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Klimenko. Klimenko connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Denisov some visible discomfort.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Klimenko sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Denisov is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Denisov taking a bit of punishment here - Klimenko scoring with strikes. Klimenko in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Denisov is pushing Klimenko's head away, looking to escape. Klimenko manages to hold on to the position though. Klimenko working the ground and pound. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Klimenko scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Denisov to see if he's OK. Denisov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Klimenko on the ground. Klimenko misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Klimenko lands a nice forearm strike. Klimenko looks up at the clock and then as Denisov takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Klimenko smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Denisov takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Denisov takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Klimenko in side control lands a decent elbow. Klimenko creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Denisov is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Klimenko cracks Denisov with a big elbow. Oh Denisov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Klimenko looks gassed! Check out the look on Klimenko's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Denisov is trying to escape and get back to his feet. Klimenko scoring with punches from side control. Klimenko in side control lands a decent elbow. Klimenko lands a strong strike to the head of Denisov. That's dazed him! Klimenko looking to finish here. Denisov is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Klimenko lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Artur Klimenko!
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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
89% |
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