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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zero Hero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mykhaylo Romanchenko (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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209 lbs
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204 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zero Hero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mykhaylo Romanchenko!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanchenko stuffs the takedown attempt from Hero. Hero gets slowly back to his feet.
Romanchenko tries to clinch but Hero moves out of range.
Hero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romanchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romanchenko is looking to clinch but Hero is avoiding it.
Romanchenko tries to clinch but Hero moves out of range.
Hero 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.
Hero slips under a jab from Romanchenko.
Romanchenko misses with a looping left.
Hero 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.
Romanchenko throws a lazy right hand but Hero sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romanchenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hero throws a leg kick but Romanchenko moved away.
Romanchenko has Hero up against the cage in a clinch.
Hero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Romanchenko misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hero tries to circle away but Romanchenko has him pinned against the cage.
Romanchenko is trying to pull guard but Hero has him pressed against the cage.
Hero throws a head punch that misses.
Hero tries a body shot but Romanchenko blocks it.
Romanchenko jumps guard.
Hero wanted to stand there but Romanchenko had control of the position.
Hero has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Romanchenko is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hero would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Romanchenko working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hero is looking to stand up but Romanchenko won't let him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Romanchenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd cheers as Hero lands an impressive looking overhand right. Romanchenko doesn't seem phased though.
Hero scores with a shot to the body.
Romanchenko is looking to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hero swats away the attempt to clinch by Romanchenko.
Hero's jab looks to have found its range, popping Romanchenko under the eye.
Romanchenko tries to clinch up.
Hero pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Romanchenko moves in looking to clinch but Hero pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hero takes a swing at Romanchenko's ribcage but misses.
Hero throws a leg kick
and Romanchenko holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Romanchenko gets control of Hero's arms and successfully pulls guard. Romanchenko will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Hero tries to stand but Romanchenko is controlling from the bottom.
Romanchenko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hero is fighting to break Romanchenko's control of his arms but Romanchenko is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Romanchenko had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hero defends it easily.
Romanchenko wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Romanchenko is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hero wanted to stand there but Romanchenko had control of the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hero lands a head kick!
It looks like Mykhaylo Romanchenko has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hero keeps the fight on the outside.
Hero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romanchenko.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hero throws a leg kick but Romanchenko sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romanchenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romanchenko clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Zero Hero will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mykhaylo Romanchenko's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A decent looking cross lands there for Hero.
Romanchenko darts in trying to clinch
and Hero connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Romanchenko misses with a wild body shot.
Romanchenko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hero.
Hero swings for the body but Romanchenko moves out of range.
Hero pivots, looking for a leg kick but Romanchenko is out of range and Hero settles back down.
Hero looks to land a left hand but Romanchenko moved out of range nicely.
Romanchenko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hero manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hero looks to score with a jab to the body but Romanchenko is just out of range.
Hero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hero throws a jab when Romanchenko was well out of range.
Romanchenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hero circles away from the clinch attempt.
Romanchenko tries to clinch but Hero moves out of range.
Hero misses with a body shot.
Hero takes a swing at Romanchenko's ribcage but misses.
Mykhaylo Romanchenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Romanchenko tries to clinch but Hero moves out of range.
Romanchenko tries to clinch but Hero moves out of range.
Romanchenko tries to clinch but Hero is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Hero.
Romanchenko is looking to clinch but Hero is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Hero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hero circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Hero counter with a right hand.
Romanchenko staying out of range there.
Hero avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Romanchenko slips a straight right by Hero.
Romanchenko tries to clinch up but Hero circles away and keeps his distance.
Romanchenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Romanchenko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hero sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Romanchenko ducks under a wild hook from Hero.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Hero there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Romanchenko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hero manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Romanchenko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Romanchenko avoids the body shot from Hero.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hero just misses with a punch to the body.
Hero thows a body shot but no joy.
Hero misses the shot to the body.
Hero misses the shot to the body.
Romanchenko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hero throws out the jab.
Hero scores with a leg kick.
Romanchenko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Romanchenko takes one on the button.
Romanchenko tries to clinch but Hero moves out of range.
Hero lands a nice shot that snaps Romanchenko's head back.
Hero swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Romanchenko.
Romanchenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hero throws a good cross that connects.
Romanchenko tries to clinch up.
Hero just misses with a punch to the body.
Good work by Romanchenko as he checks the leg kick.
Hero turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Romanchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hero wants to slow Romanchenko down by chopping away at his legs.
Hero throws out a loose jab but Romanchenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hero keeps the fight on the outside.
Romanchenko tries to clinch there but Hero circles away.
Hero throws a low kick but Romanchenko avoids it.
Hero throws a jab but it's blocked by Romanchenko.
Romanchenko takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Romanchenko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hero stalks Romanchenko and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Romanchenko's face. Romanchenko staggers backwards, shaken.
Romanchenko is rocked!
Hero scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Romanchenko is still on wobbly legs! Can Hero finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romanchenko takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Romanchenko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Romanchenko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hero cracks Romanchenko with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Romanchenko tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Hero pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Romanchenko is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zero Hero!
A victorious Zero Hero thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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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