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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Aleksandrenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Zarkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aleksandrenko's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Linkin Park - BURN IT DOWN. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
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200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maxim Aleksandrenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Erik Zarkov!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zarkov has Aleksandrenko up against the cage in a clinch.
Aleksandrenko trying to land knees to the body.
Zarkov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zarkov lands a right hand.
Aleksandrenko is trying to stall.
Zarkov blocks the elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Aleksandrenko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zarkov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zarkov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zarkov has a couple of punches blocked by Aleksandrenko.
Aleksandrenko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zarkov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zarkov swings wildly with an uppercut but Aleksandrenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zarkov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aleksandrenko lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Erik Zarkov has been cut.
Zarkov pushes Aleksandrenko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aleksandrenko.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zarkov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aleksandrenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarkov misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zarkov.
Zarkov blocks the elbow strike.
Aleksandrenko lands an elbow inside that Zarkov shrugs off.
Aleksandrenko is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zarkov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Aleksandrenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zarkov swings wildly with an uppercut but Aleksandrenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zarkov swings wildly with an uppercut but Aleksandrenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Aleksandrenko.
Aleksandrenko could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Aleksandrenko lands an elbow just above Zarkov 's eye.
Aleksandrenko lands an elbow just above Zarkov 's eye.
That has opened up Erik Zarkov's cut even more.
Zarkov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aleksandrenko misses with an elbow over the top.
Aleksandrenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aleksandrenko takes a shot to the head.
Aleksandrenko misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Zarkov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zarkov.
Zarkov lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zarkov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zarkov throws a punch but it's blocked by Aleksandrenko.
Aleksandrenko lands a knee to the head.
Aleksandrenko is looking to control Zarkov's arms but Zarkov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aleksandrenko has his back to the cage.
Zarkov lands a nice uppercut.
Aleksandrenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zarkov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Zarkov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zarkov takes an elbow to the temple.
Zarkov avoids a wild elbow strike from Aleksandrenko.
Zarkov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Aleksandrenko backwards.
Zarkov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Aleksandrenko is rocked!
Aleksandrenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zarkov working aggressively here.
Zarkov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zarkov lands with a right to the head.
Zarkov swings wildly with an uppercut but Aleksandrenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zarkov working aggressively here.
Aleksandrenko throws an elbow that misses.
Zarkov pushes Aleksandrenko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aleksandrenko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Zarkov throws a punch but it's blocked by Aleksandrenko.
A head punch on the inside from Zarkov fails to land.
Zarkov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Aleksandrenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zarkov.
Aleksandrenko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oh Aleksandrenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch on the inside from Zarkov fails to land.
Aleksandrenko seems to have got his legs back now.
Zarkov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zarkov blocks an elbow strike from Aleksandrenko.
Aleksandrenko throws an elbow but it misses.
Zarkov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zarkov takes an elbow to the temple.
Aleksandrenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zarkov misses with some punches.
Aleksandrenko missing with knees to the body.
Aleksandrenko breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aleksandrenko moves into the clinch.
Aleksandrenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Zarkov avoids the damage to the body.
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!
Zarkov misses with some punches.
Zarkov scores with a shot to the side of Aleksandrenko's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aleksandrenko.
Zarkov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zarkov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aleksandrenko lands a nice elbow.
Zarkov misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aleksandrenko.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zarkov.
Zarkov swings wildly with an uppercut but Aleksandrenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Zarkov on the inside.
Zarkov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zarkov lands an uppercut.
Aleksandrenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zarkov.
Zarkov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aleksandrenko backwards.
Aleksandrenko blocking some punches.
Aleksandrenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Zarkov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erik Zarkov'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.
Aleksandrenko gets a clinch.
Zarkov misses with a punch on the inside.
Zarkov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Aleksandrenko looking to stall.
Zarkov scores with a shot to the side of Aleksandrenko's head.
A head punch on the inside from Zarkov fails to land.
Zarkov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aleksandrenko stalling in the clinch but Zarkov improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Zarkov fails to land.
Zarkov misses with the head strike.
Aleksandrenko tries to break free but Zarkov pushes him back against the cage.
Zarkov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zarkov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zarkov working aggressively here.
Zarkov lands with a short shot to the head.
Zarkov misses with a punch on the inside.
Aleksandrenko misses with an elbow over the top.
Zarkov has a couple of punches blocked by Aleksandrenko.
Zarkov misses with the head strike.
Zarkov misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarkov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aleksandrenko blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zarkov keeps control of Aleksandrenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zarkov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zarkov dips a shoulder and cracks Aleksandrenko with a mighty uppercut! Aleksandrenko falls back against the cage and Zarkov unloads with a barrage of strikes! Aleksandrenko is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Zarkov screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Zarkov!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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