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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasily Lebedev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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230 lbs
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180 cm
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250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vasily Lebedev!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lebedev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lebedev connects with a high kick.
A jab from Li misses.
Lebedev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Li.
Lebedev pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Lebedev has eaten all the pies!
Li drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Li controls the position from side control.
Li working the body and head with strikes.
Li has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lebedev wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lebedev to see if he's OK.
Li looks up at the clock and then as Lebedev takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Li smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Lebedev wants to get back to his feet but Li drags him back down.
Lebedev takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Li content just to control the position here.
Li lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Li tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Li connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
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!
Lebedev trying desperately to get to his feet.
Li controlling from mount.
Li raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li has control of Lebedev's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Lebedev regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Li landing shots from mount.
Li with a couple of short strikes.
Lebedev is in a horrible position here. Li smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Li pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
It looks like Vasily Lebedev has been cut.
Li lands a big elbow.
That has opened up Vasily Lebedev's cut even more.
Li controlling the pace for now.
You get the feeling that Lebedev really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Li lands a big elbow.
Vasily Lebedev's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Vasily Lebedev's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Li!
During a confident post fight interview, John Li 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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