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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vitali Klitschko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darwin Strapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitali Klitschko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Darwin Strapp!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Klitschko connects with a looping right hand.
Klitschko rushes Strapp and presses him up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Klitschko.
Strapp keeps control of Klitschko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Klitschko.
Strapp misses with some punches.
A short right from Klitschko on the inside.
Strapp is trying to break the clinch but Klitschko has him pressed against the cage.
Strapp has Klitschko pressed against the cage, preventing Klitschko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Klitschko wants to get back to striking at distance but Strapp won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Strapp fails to land.
Strapp looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Klitschko is trying to break free.
Strapp tries to circle away but Klitschko has him pinned against the cage.
Klitschko is trying to break free.
Strapp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Strapp misses with a hook to the ribs.
Strapp has Klitschko pressed against the cage, preventing Klitschko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Strapp tries to circle away but Klitschko has him pinned against the cage.
Klitschko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Strapp has him pressed against the cage.
Klitschko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Strapp is trying to break the clinch but Klitschko has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klitschko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Strapp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Strapp is looking to break free of the clinch but Klitschko has double underhooks.
Strapp breaks the clinch.
Klitschko has Strapp up against the cage in a clinch.
Strapp working aggressively here.
Klitschko manages to break the clinch.
Klitschko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Klitschko misses with a series of wild punches.
Strapp clobbers Klitschko with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Strapp throws a hook to the side of Klitschko's head but Klitschko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Klitschko has closed the distance and engaged Strapp in a clinch.
Klitschko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Strapp's efforts to push away.
Klitschko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Klitschko keeps control of Strapp as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strapp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Strapp has Klitschko pressed against the cage, preventing Klitschko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Klitschko prevents Strapp from breaking the clinch.
Strapp tries to stall but Klitschko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Klitschko wants to get back to striking at distance but Strapp won't allow it.
Strapp working aggressively here.
Klitschko is trying to break free.
Klitschko tries to break the clinch but Strapp is controlling the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Strapp misses with a punch on the inside.
Klitschko tries to break the clinch but Strapp is controlling the position.
Strapp pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Strapp walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Klitschko moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Klitschko thuds a left hand into Strapp's body.
Klitschko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Klitschko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strapp paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Klitschko misses the jab.
Strapp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Klitschko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Strapp.
Klitschko staying out of range there.
Klitschko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice defenses there by Strapp.
A telegraphed right hand from Strapp misses the target.
Klitschko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strapp uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klitschko.
Klitschko misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Strapp.
Klitschko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Strapp's hands.
Klitschko throws a right and a left that Strapp avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strapp displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Klitschko throws out the jab.
Strapp throws a looping overhand right but Klitschko ducks down to avoid it.
Strapp throws out a loose jab but Klitschko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strapp looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Strapp has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Klitschko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strapp moves away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Klitschko, as that shot connected.
A slow jab from Klitschko misses its intended target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strapp moves out of range as Klitschko strikes.
Strapp throws out a loose jab but Klitschko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strapp looks to land a left hand but Klitschko moved out of range nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Strapp throws a jab when Klitschko was well out of range.
Klitschko throws a jab but it's blocked by Strapp.
Klitschko fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitali Klitschko dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Klitschko throws out a loose jab but Strapp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Klitschko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Strapp misses with a jab, cross combination.
Klitschko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Strapp circles away quickly and effectively.
Strapp misses with a body shot.
A jab from Klitschko misses.
Klitschko swings for the body but Strapp moves out of range.
Klitschko lands with a shot to the body.
Klitschko throws a series of strikes that have Strapp backpedaling.
Strapp uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Klitschko.
Strapp might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Strapp looks to land a right hand but Klitschko moved out of range.
Strapp misses with a straight left.
Strapp throws a left and a right that both miss
and Klitschko counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Klitschko cracks Strapp with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
No joy there for Strapp, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klitschko throws a right and a left that Strapp avoids nicely.
Strapp is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Strapp scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Klitschko takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vitali Klitschko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Klitschko throws a shot from downtown. Strapp moves away and avoids it.
Strapp connects with a nice looking jab.
Klitschko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Klitschko shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Strapp eats them both and turns towards Klitschko to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A swing and a miss from Strapp.
Klitschko throws a looping overhand right but Strapp ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Strapp. Those never looked like landing.
Klitschko swings for the body but Strapp moves out of range.
Strapp connects with a nice looking jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klitschko has Strapp up against the cage in a clinch.
Klitschko working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko is trying to break free.
Strapp tries to work over Klitschko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Strapp misses with a punch on the inside.
Klitschko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Strapp keeps control of Klitschko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Klitschko prevents Strapp from breaking the clinch.
Klitschko is leaning against Strapp and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Klitschko is trying to break the clinch but Strapp is controlling him.
Strapp is trying to push Klitschko away but Klitschko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Klitschko blocking some punches.
Klitschko lands with a left to the head.
Klitschko blocking some punches.
Klitschko wants to break free but Strapp has control.
Klitschko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strapp throws a right and a left that Klitschko avoids nicely.
Klitschko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strapp swings for the body but Klitschko moves out of range.
Klitschko works Strapp's body with a nice hook.
Strapp moves away from the strike by Klitschko.
Klitschko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strapp looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Klitschko throws an overhand right that lands on Strapp's shoulder, as Strapp tries to avoid the shot.
Klitschko slips a jab from Strapp.
Vitali Klitschko is winning the standup battle so far.
Klitschko missing with a left hand there. Strapp was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strapp thows a left - swing and a miss!
Klitschko lands with a hook. Strapp tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Klitschko just misses with a punch to the body.
Strapp takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Klitschko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Klitschko throws a looping overhand right but Strapp ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Klitschko misses its intended target.
Strapp looks to land a left hand but Klitschko moved out of range nicely.
Klitschko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strapp.
Klitschko ducks under a wild hook from Strapp.
Klitschko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Klitschko cracks Strapp with an open hand slap.
Klitschko throws a body punch but Strapp moves out of range.
Klitschko on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Strapp throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Strapp misses with a hook.
Klitschko throws out a powerful jab.
Klitschko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Vitali Klitschko will probably get the nod.
That's time! Klitschko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Strapp fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Klitschko.
Klitschko misses the jab.
Klitschko scores with a hook to the body. Strapp takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Klitschko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Klitschko blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Klitschko.
Klitschko is trying to break the clinch but Strapp has him pressed against the cage.
Strapp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Klitschko's efforts to push away.
Strapp lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Klitschko as Strapp tries to tie him up.
Strapp wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Klitschko has him pressed against the cage.
Strapp keeps control of Klitschko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strapp pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Klitschko gets a clinch.
Strapp has had enough of the clinch but Klitschko keeps him there for the moment.
Klitschko tries to circle away but Strapp has him pinned against the cage.
Klitschko cracks Strapp with a nice body shot.
A right hand to the body from Klitschko.
Klitschko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Strapp is trying to break free.
Klitschko wants to break free but Strapp has control.
Strapp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Strapp has Klitschko pressed against the cage, preventing Klitschko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Klitschko blocks an uppercut.
Klitschko tries to break free but Strapp pushes him back against the cage.
Strapp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Klitschko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Strapp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Klitschko can't break the clinch.
Strapp manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko misses with the combination.
Klitschko paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
Klitschko misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Strapp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Strapp misses with an uppercut
and Klitschko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Klitschko missing with a left hand there. Strapp was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strapp misses the shot to the body.
Klitschko fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Klitschko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Strapp connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Klitschko slips a jab from Strapp.
Klitschko fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Strapp looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klitschko misses with a straight left.
Klitschko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A swing and a miss from Strapp.
Klitschko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klitschko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Strapp circles away quickly and effectively.
Strapp is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Klitschko.
Klitschko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Klitschko misses with a wild combination.
Strapp throws a right and a left that Klitschko avoids nicely.
Strapp on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big left from Klitschko misses.
Nice shot lands for Strapp.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strapp throws a shot from downtown. Klitschko moves away and avoids it.
Strapp comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Strapp misses with an uppercut.
Klitschko just misses with a punch to the body.
Strapp throws a shot from downtown. Klitschko moves away and avoids it.
Klitschko looks to score with a jab to the body but Strapp is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Strapp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good standup being displayed there by Klitschko as he connects with a hook.
Strapp moves out of range as Klitschko strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klitschko looks to land a left hand but Strapp moved out of range nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Strapp.
Strapp takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Klitschko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Strapp throws out the jab.
Darwin Strapp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters circling - Strapp throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Vitali Klitschko.
Well Klitschko has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitali Klitschko!
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