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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Ivey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandr Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivey comes to the ring accompanied by Friday. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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215 lbs
32 - 13 - 0 |
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212 lbs
20 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Phil Ivey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandr Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ivey moves out of range as Romanov strikes.
Ivey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ivey misses with a few strikes there.
Ivey closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ivey moves into the clinch successfully.
Romanov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ivey prevents Romanov from breaking the clinch.
Ivey has a couple of punches blocked by Romanov.
Ivey swings wildly with an uppercut but Romanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ivey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ivey keeps control of Romanov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Romanov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Romanov breaks the clinch.
Ivey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivey thows a body shot but no joy.
Ivey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Romanov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Romanov avoids a kick to the body.
Romanov tries a head kick but it misses.
Ivey lands a jab to Romanov's midsection.
Romanov just misses with a punch to the body.
Romanov moves out of range of the body kick from Ivey.
Romanov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Romanov. Those never looked like landing.
Ivey misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ivey finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ivey staying out of range there.
Ivey digs a good hook to Romanov's 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!
Ivey does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ivey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romanov.
Romanov throws a low kick but Ivey avoids it.
Romanov misses with a combination
and Ivey counters with a nice body shot.
Romanov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ivey throws a low kick but Romanov avoids it.
Ivey uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Romanov has time to react.
Romanov lands a slapping body shot.
Ivey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Romanov's sensitive parts.
Romanov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick from Romanov lands but Ivey takes it in his stride.
A head kick misses from Ivey.
Ivey swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ivey motions for Romanov to come forward. Ivey throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov checks a leg kick nicely.
Romanov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ivey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Romanov manages to avoid it.
Ivey walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Romanov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ivey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romanov blocks the body kick.
Romanov throws a wild body kick that Ivey sees coming a mile off.
Romanov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ivey takes a step back to recover.
Romanov tries a head kick but it misses.
Romanov lands a big head kick that sends Ivey tumbling to the mat! Romanov takes a step backwards and waves Ivey back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ivey is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivey throws a low kick, looking for Romanov's leg but Romanov calmly moves out of range.
Ivey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ivey lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov drops Ivey with a straight right hand, right on the button! Romanov follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandr Romanov! Alexandr Romanov retains his light heavyweight title!
Alexandr Romanov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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