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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafal Kozak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Czesio Niemen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kozak comes to the cage accompanied by Kazik 12 groszy. Rafal Kozak had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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14 - 5 - 1 |
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196 cm
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270 lbs
19 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rafal Kozak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Czesio Niemen!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niemen looks to land a left hand but Kozak moved out of range nicely.
Czesio Niemen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kozak moves into the clinch successfully.
Kozak drags the fight down to the ground.
Niemen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Niemen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Niemen won't allow Kozak to get back to his feet.
Niemen tries to free his leg and advance position but Kozak is retaining full guard.
Niemen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Niemen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kozak avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Niemen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Niemen passes Kozak's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Niemen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kozak's head.
Niemen thows a huge punch but Kozak dodges it nicely.
Niemen blocks the strikes from Kozak.
Kozak actively working from the bottom here.
Niemen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kozak defending well though.
Kozak looking for submissions off his back.
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!
Niemen throwing shots but Kozak is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozak looking for submissions off his back.
Niemen is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Kozak manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Kozak shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Rafal Kozak has been cut.
Kozak lands a slapping body shot.
Niemen slips a straight right by Kozak.
Niemen misses with a kick to the body.
Niemen scores with a one two! Kozak had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Niemen lands a big head kick that sends Kozak tumbling to the mat! Niemen takes a step backwards and waves Kozak back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kozak is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niemen misses with a wild body shot.
Niemen misses with a hook
and Kozak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Niemen scores with a shot to the body.
Niemen throws a looping overhand right but Kozak ducks down to avoid it.
A combination from Niemen does no damage.
Kozak sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kozak moves out of range of the body kick.
Niemen just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kozak doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Niemen just misses with a punch to the body.
Kozak throws a jab but it's blocked by Niemen.
Niemen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kozak.
Kozak misses with a straight left.
Niemen throws a lazy uppercut
and Kozak counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Niemen connects with the punch.
Rafal Kozak's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kozak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Niemen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niemen misses with an uppercut
and Kozak counters with a left to the body.
Kozak takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Niemen looks to score with a jab to the body but Kozak is just out of range.
Niemen is looking to land body kicks.
Niemen lands with a thumping leg kick.
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!
Nice defenses there by Niemen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Niemen slips a jab and a cross from Kozak.
Niemen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kozak.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Czesio Niemen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafal Kozak's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Niemen scores with a shot to the body.
Niemen ducks under a wild hook from Kozak.
Niemen works the jab nicely.
Niemen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kozak was well out of range. Poor timing from Niemen.
Kozak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niemen.
Rafal Kozak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Niemen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niemen misses with an uppercut
and Kozak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Niemen misses with a head kick.
Kozak dodges the punch combination from Niemen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Kozak.
Niemen swings widly with a right hand
enabling Kozak to counter with a crisp jab.
Niemen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Niemen lands a nice hook to Kozak's body. Kozak takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Niemen misses.
Niemen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Niemen throws the kick towards the body but Kozak avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niemen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kozak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Niemen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kozak counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Niemen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kozak's head backwards.
Jeez, Rafal Kozak's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Niemen lands an overhand right.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rafal Kozak's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Czesio Niemen!
An out of breath Czesio Niemen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
A | B |
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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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