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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Izturis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Nikolaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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196 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good kicks
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emilio Izturis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Nikolaev!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikolaev throws an overhand right that lands on Izturis's shoulder, as Izturis tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Nikolaev misses its intended target.
Nikolaev throws an off balance right hand
and Nikolaev takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Izturis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nikolaev lands with a hook. Izturis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A combination from Nikolaev does no damage.
Izturis looks to throw the jab but Nikolaev is out of range.
Izturis lands a nice shot to the body.
Izturis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice shot by Izturis.
Izturis slips a straight right by Nikolaev.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Izturis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Izturis blocks the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nikolaev. Izturis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Izturis looks to land a left hand but Nikolaev moved out of range nicely.
Nikolaev fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Izturis is out of range.
Nikolaev will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Izturis misses.
Izturis lands with a hook. Nikolaev tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nikolaev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Izturis lands a nice looking body shot.
Izturis takes a swing at Nikolaev's ribcage but misses.
Izturis throws a body punch but Nikolaev moves out of range.
Izturis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Nikolaev misses.
Nikolaev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Izturis.
Nikolaev misses with a body shot.
Nikolaev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nikolaev misses with the head strike.
Izturis looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Izturis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izturis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nikolaev working aggressively here.
Nikolaev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Izturis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nikolaev misses with a body punch.
Nikolaev breaks from the clinch.
Izturis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nikolaev on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Izturis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Izturis connects with a nice looking jab.
Izturis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Izturis scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Nikolaev.
Nice defenses there by Nikolaev.
Nikolaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Izturis moves away.
Izturis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ivan Nikolaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Izturis defending well as Nikolaev loads up on a big left hand.
Nikolaev throws a low kick, looking for Izturis's leg but Izturis calmly moves out of range.
Izturis blocks a head kick by Nikolaev.
Izturis lands a nice shot that snaps Nikolaev's head back.
It looks like Ivan Nikolaev has been cut.
Izturis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nikolaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Izturis moves away.
Izturis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Izturis closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nikolaev to the mat! Nikolaev manages to get full guard.
Nikolaev is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Izturis is controlling him.
Izturis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nikolaev really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Izturis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nikolaev uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Izturis misses with a hook. Nikolaev ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Izturis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nikolaev stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nikolaev moves into the clinch.
Izturis is looking to control Nikolaev's arms but Nikolaev gets an underhook and turns him. Now Izturis has his back to the cage.
Nikolaev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Izturis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nikolaev takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Izturis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nikolaev's waist but Nikolaev gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Izturis off to one side.
Nikolaev throws a jab when Izturis was well out of range.
Nikolaev misses with a wild combination.
Nikolaev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Izturis lands a jab to Nikolaev's midsection.
Nikolaev scores with a crisp jab that stopped Izturis in his tracks.
Izturis lands the left hand.
Izturis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nikolaev.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emilio Izturis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Nikolaev's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Izturis swings for the body but Nikolaev moves out of range.
Nikolaev misses with a body kick.
Nikolaev throws a sloppy head kick and Izturis moves out of range easily.
Izturis jabs at Nikolaev's body.
Nikolaev throws a leg kick but Izturis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nikolaev throws a push kick but Izturis slaps the foot to one side.
Izturis scores with a jab to the head.
Emilio Izturis is winning the standup battle so far.
Izturis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nikolaev.
Nikolaev throws a jab but it's blocked by Izturis.
Izturis scores with a nice head shot.
Nikolaev throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nikolaev throws a looping overhand right but Izturis ducks down to avoid it.
Nikolaev misses with a leg kick.
Izturis scores with a punch to the head.
Izturis takes a swing at Nikolaev's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Izturis throws out a loose jab but Nikolaev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nikolaev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Izturis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Izturis moves into range and connects with a jab.
Izturis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nikolaev at a distance.
Nikolaev throws an off balance right hand
and Izturis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Izturis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Izturis avoids the head kick by Nikolaev.
Nikolaev throws a leg kick but Izturis moved away.
Nikolaev thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Izturis finds it's way through Nikolaev's defenses.
Nikolaev tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Izturis misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izturis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Izturis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The strikes coming from Izturis are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Izturis misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Izturis trying to control the action but Nikolaev is working from the bottom.
Nikolaev takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Izturis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nikolaev keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Izturis looks up at the clock and then as Nikolaev takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Izturis smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Izturis prevents Nikolaev from escaping the position.
Izturis happy to just control the position for now.
Izturis lands a few punches from side control.
Izturis lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Nikolaev down.
That has opened up Ivan Nikolaev's cut even more.
Izturis lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Izturis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Nikolaev is rocked!
Izturis cracks Nikolaev with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Izturis immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Nikolaev is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Izturis!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emilio Izturis!
During a confident post fight interview, Emilio Izturis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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