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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norman Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jurij Vitalenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norman Steel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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275 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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240 lbs
14 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Norman Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Jurij Vitalenko!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Vitalenko misses.
Steel shoots in but no luck this time.
Vitalenko takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Steel drops his hands momentarily and Vitalenko takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vitalenko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Steel shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vitalenko as he avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vitalenko throws a body punch but Steel moves out of range.
Steel throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Vitalenko counters with a stiff right hand.
Vitalenko cracks Steel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Steel is rocked!
Vitalenko takes a swing at Steel's ribcage but misses.
Steel throws a leg kick but Vitalenko sees it coming and checks it nicely.
No luck for Steel with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norman Steel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steel scores with the left hand. Vitalenko knows he should have avoided that one.
Steel scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel has a takedown stuffed.
Steel fails to land the takedown.
Steel has a takedown stuffed.
Steel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vitalenko stuffs the takedown attempt from Steel. Steel gets slowly back to his feet.
Vitalenko scoring well with a low kick there.
Steel is breathing heavily.
Vitalenko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
No luck for Steel with that takedown attempt.
Steel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vitalenko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice inside leg kick there by Vitalenko. That's going to slow Steel down.
Norman Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vitalenko connects with a body shot.
Vitalenko misses with a double jab.
Vitalenko thumps Steel with a low kick.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Steel. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Good shot there by Vitalenko.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vitalenko, right into the meat.
Are you kidding me?! Vitalenko ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Steel clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jurij Vitalenko!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
91% |
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