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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Elsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Ivey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elsworth comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Maiden - Killers . Ivey is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Friday. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
29 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
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World class MT
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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
26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rob Elsworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Phil Ivey!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivey throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Rob Elsworth has been cut.
Elsworth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Elsworth blocks a body shot from Ivey.
Ivey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ivey scores with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Elsworth trying to land knees to the body.
Elsworth lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Elsworth.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ivey.
Elsworth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ivey.
Ivey scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ivey has a couple of punches blocked by Elsworth.
Elsworth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Phil Ivey has been cut.
Elsworth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Elsworth throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ivey digs a right hand underneath Elsworth's ribcage. Elsworth let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Elsworth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ivey misses with a body punch.
Elsworth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Elsworth misses with a punch on the inside.
Elsworth misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elsworth tries a body shot but Ivey blocks it.
Elsworth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Elsworth misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Elsworth throws an elbow but misses.
Ivey lands a shot to the body.
Ivey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Ivey.
Ivey tries a body shot but Elsworth blocks it.
Elsworth trying to land knees to the body.
Elsworth throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ivey scores with a shoulder strike.
Ivey blocks an elbow strike from Elsworth.
Ivey pushes Elsworth back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Elsworth tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ivey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Elsworth on the inside.
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!
Elsworth avoiding damage as Ivey throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Ivey - that landed with a thud.
Elsworth prevents a body shot from Ivey.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elsworth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ivey is defending well for now.
Ivey avoiding damage as Elsworth throws knees to the body.
Elsworth throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ivey lands a nice uppercut.
Elsworth creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ivey's defenses.
Ivey tries a body shot but Elsworth blocks it.
Nice body punch from Ivey.
Ivey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Elsworth pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ivey.
Elsworth is breathing heavily.
Ivey tries to throw a body punch but Elsworth avoids it by throwing Ivey back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ivey - that landed with a thud.
Ivey lands a shoulder strike.
A hook to the body from Ivey.
Ivey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ivey tries to land a knee to the head but Elsworth blocks with his arms.
Ivey is working Elsworth over against the cage.
Ivey lands with a short shot to the head.
Ivey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Elsworth's elbow.
Ivey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Elsworth lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ivey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Elsworth backwards.
Ivey lands an elbow inside.
Ivey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ivey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Elsworth or not.
Ivey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ivey stalling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short body shot lands from Ivey as the two fighters clinch.
Ivey presses Elsworth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ivey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ivey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Elsworth takes a shot to the head.
Ivey tries a body shot but Elsworth blocks it.
Ivey digs a right hand underneath Elsworth's ribcage. Elsworth let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ivey using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ivey crunches a lovely knee into Elsworth's ribcage.
Ivey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ivey.
Ivey lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ivey lands a body shot in the clinch.
Elsworth letting Ivey take a breather here.
Ivey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Elsworth backwards.
Elsworth is rocked!
Ivey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Elsworths head.
Oh Elsworth is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ivey throws a big uppercut that drops Elsworth! More strikes from Ivey and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Elsworth lies dazed against the cage as Ivey celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Ivey!
Our winner, Phil Ivey, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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