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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexandr Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vit Tu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tu comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Blanket on the ground kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!
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190 cm
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214 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandr Romanov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vit Tu!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov is looking to score with low kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Tu misses the target.
Romanov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Romanov misses with a series of wild punches.
Tu takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Vit Tu has been cut.
Tu tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romanov connects with a nice looking jab.
Romanov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tu.
Romanov lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov misses with an uppercut. Tu saw that one coming.
Tu misses with a straight left.
Tu fails with a takedown attempt.
Romanov throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Romanov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tu counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tu shoots in and drives through. Romanov sprawls well.
Alexandr Romanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vit Tu.
Romanov leaves Tu with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tu jabs Romanov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tu 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.
Romanov staying out of range there.
Romanov connects with a leg kick. Tu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tu shoots in but no luck this time.
Romanov misses with a double jab
and Tu counters with a single leg into guard. Romanov didn't expect that.
Tu with a flurry of punches that miss.
Romanov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tu on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tu.
Tu looking to pass the guard.
Tu throws a strike but Romanov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Tu throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Romanov wants to get up but he can't break Tu's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Romanov stopping the sweep attempt from Tu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tu is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tu tries to pass to full mount but Romanov defends it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tu scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tu is looking to advance position but Romanov won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandr Romanov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vit Tu's cut.
That's time! Romanov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tu 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.
Romanov misses with an uppercut.
Alexandr Romanov is winning the standup battle so far.
Tu gets a clinch.
Romanov breaks from the clinch.
Tu tries to clinch up.
Romanov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Romanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Romanov lands a front kick.
Romanov scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tu is looking to clinch but Romanov is avoiding it.
Romanov misses with the combination.
Tu moves into range and clinches up with Romanov.
Tu tries to pull guard but Romanov holds him up against the cage and eventually Tu drops back down to his feet.
Tu tries to pull guard but Romanov holds him up against the cage and eventually Tu drops back down to his feet.
Romanov just leaning against Tu, taking a breather.
Tu tries to pull guard but Romanov holds him up against the cage and eventually Tu drops back down to his feet.
Alexandr Romanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vit Tu.
Tu is trying to pull guard but Romanov has him pressed against the cage.
Tu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Romanov just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tu is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Romanov to keep the fight standing.
Tu tries to pull guard but Romanov forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tu tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Romanov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tu is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Romanov to keep the fight standing.
Romanov breaks from the clinch.
Tu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romanov.
Nice sprawl there from Romanov as Tu shoots in.
Tu misses with a right hand
and Romanov counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Romanov.
Tu tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Romanov counters with a crisp one two that drops Tu! Romanov thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Tu to his feet! Tu is in big trouble!
Tu is rocked!
Alexandr Romanov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tu is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Tu falls backwards - clearly groggy! Romanov dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandr Romanov!
Alexandr Romanov retains his light heavyweight title!
Alexandr Romanov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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