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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Garkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reginald Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawk has chosen flame to the moth as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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210 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergei Garkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Reginald Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garkov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hawk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garkov scores with a one two! Hawk had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hawk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garkov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Garkov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hawk as he avoids it easily.
Garkov slips a jab and a cross from Hawk.
Garkov tries to bum rush Hawk with a series of wild strikes but Hawk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garkov throws a combination. Hawk tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hawk throws a poor cross that misses
and Garkov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hawk looks to land a combination but Garkov avoids it well.
Hawk walks into a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Garkov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garkov shoots in for a takedown but Hawk shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergei Garkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawk on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hawk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garkov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hawk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garkov moves away.
Hawk clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garkov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Garkov can't break the clinch.
Hawk manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawk fails to land with a series of punches.
Garkov is looking to clinch but Hawk is avoiding it.
Garkov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hawk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hawk misses with a hook. Garkov ducked under it nicely.
Garkov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hawk clinches.
Hawk has Garkov pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Hawk pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Garkov tumbling to the mat - Hawk dives into Garkov's guard.
Garkov keeping moving, preventing Hawk from controlling successfully.
Garkov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hawk.
Hawk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Garkov seems keen to control Hawk's posture.
Garkov wants to sweep here but Hawk controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garkov pulls Hawk in close to prevent any damage.
Hawk wants to control from the top but Garkov keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Garkov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hawk wants to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawk will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garkov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hawk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hawk takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hawk tries to close the distance and clinch but Garkov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garkov moves out of range as Hawk throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garkov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hawk but Hawk pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hawk throws a right and a left that Garkov avoids nicely.
Hawk misses with a wild combination.
Garkov has a takedown stuffed.
Hawk moves into range and clinches up with Garkov.
Hawk breaks the clinch.
Garkov rushes Hawk and presses him up against the cage.
Hawk looking for a takedown.
Garkov trying to control the position but instead, Hawk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Garkov into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Hawk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hawk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Garkov wants to break free but Hawk has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk is working for takedown but Garkov is calmly controlling the position for now.
Garkov working hard to break the clinch.
Hawk breaks the clinch.
Hawk cracks Garkov with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Garkov, as that shot connected.
Hawk throws a right hand that Garkov ducks under and follows up with a left that Garkov also avoids with ease.
Hawk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garkov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawk tries to clinch there but Garkov circles away.
Hawk doesn't manage to clinch there - Garkov circles away.
Hawk throws a leg kick but Garkov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Garkov shoots in but Hawk avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Garkov throws a body punch but Hawk moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garkov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hawk is fending him off so far but Garkov persists. Nope, Hawk circles away and we're back to standing.
Hawk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hawk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Reginald Hawk will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Garkov is looking to clinch but Hawk is avoiding it.
Hawk tries to clinch there but Garkov circles away.
The crowd cheers as Garkov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hawk doesn't seem phased though.
Hawk has managed to clinch.
Hawk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garkov backwards.
A short body shot lands from Garkov as the two fighters clinch.
Hawk keeps control of Garkov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hawk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hawk manages to break the clinch.
Garkov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Garkov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hawk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hawk shoots in and drives through. Garkov sprawls well.
Garkov with a poor takedown
and Hawk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garkov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garkov scores with a jab to the head.
Horrible takedown by Hawk or perhaps it was just good defense by Garkov which made him look bad.
Garkov shoots in and drives through. Hawk sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergei Garkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Garkov.
Hawk throws a wild body kick that Garkov sees coming a mile off.
Garkov is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Garkov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hawk sprawls well. Hawk wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Garkov gets slowly back to his feet.
Hawk keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hawk closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Garkov quickly recovers to half guard.
Garkov is not content to let Hawk control the position.
Garkov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Garkov tries to get out of the position.
Hawk takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hawk tries to pass to full mount but Garkov defends it.
Garkov has one foot on Hawk's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Sergei Garkov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garkov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hawk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garkov shoots in looking for a takedown but Hawk manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Garkov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Reginald Hawk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garkov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hawk drives through and clinches with Garkov against the cage.
Hawk managing to block the knees to the body from Garkov.
Hawk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab lands there for Garkov.
Hawk fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garkov avoids it really well and circles away.
Hawk throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hawk shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hawk was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hawk lands a few punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk is looking to take a break and control but Garkov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garkov wants to get back to his feet.
Hawk scoring with punches from side control.
Hawk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hawk in side control lands a decent elbow.
Garkov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hawk on the ground.
Garkov takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Reginald Hawk has got the better of the ground game so far.
Check out the look on Hawk's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawk working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Garkov some visible discomfort.
Garkov is rocked!
Hawk trying to control the action but Garkov is working from the bottom.
Oh Garkov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garkov seems to have got his legs back now.
Hawk scoring with punches and elbows.
Hawk cracks Garkov with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Hawk immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Garkov is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Hawk!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reginald Hawk!
In his post fight interview, Reginald Hawk started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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