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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Speedy Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borys Grabowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atkins comes to the cage accompanied by big in japan. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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25
150 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
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171 cm
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155 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Speedy Atkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Borys Grabowski!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atkins tries to clinch up but Grabowski circles away and keeps his distance.
Grabowski throws a jab when Atkins was well out of range.
Grabowski slips a jab and a cross from Atkins.
Atkins moves into the clinch.
Grabowski blocking some punches.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Grabowski is trying to force a seperation but Atkins has the dominant position.
Atkins has a couple of punches blocked by Grabowski.
Grabowski blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Grabowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hand to the body from Atkins.
Atkins tries a body shot but Grabowski blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Atkins.
Atkins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Atkins lands with a light punch inside.
Atkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Atkins tries a body shot but Grabowski blocks it.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grabowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grabowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grabowski blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Atkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Grabowski.
Atkins working aggressively here.
Grabowski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grabowski is trying to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling him.
Atkins lands a left hand.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grabowski tries to break free but Atkins pushes him back against the cage.
Atkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Grabowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Atkins tries a body shot but Grabowski blocks it.
Atkins tries to work over Grabowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Atkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Atkins keeps control of Grabowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grabowski is trying to break free.
Grabowski blocking some punches.
Atkins pushes Grabowski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atkins pushes Grabowski back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Atkins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grabowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grabowski blocks an uppercut.
Grabowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Atkins tries to clinch there but Grabowski circles away.
Grabowski looks for the body kick but Atkins saw that one coming.
Speedy Atkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grabowski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Atkins throws a front kick aimed at Grabowski's knee but Grabowski avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins closes the distance and clinches.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Atkins.
Grabowski is trying to break free.
A right handed body shot lands from Atkins.
Grabowski being controlled against the cage.
Atkins presses Grabowski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Atkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grabowski's elbow.
Grabowski is trying to break the clinch but Atkins has him pressed against the cage.
Grabowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Atkins moves into range and clinches up with Grabowski.
Atkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grabowskis head.
Atkins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Atkins lands an elbow that stopped Grabowski in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atkins lands an uppercut.
Grabowski blocks the elbow strike.
Grabowski working hard to break the clinch.
Atkins tries to work over Grabowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atkins lands a left hand.
Grabowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Atkins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grabowski's efforts to push away.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grabowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grabowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Atkins - that landed with a thud.
Grabowski is trying to force a seperation but Atkins has the dominant position.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Atkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Grabowski gets an underhook and turns Atkins into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Speedy Atkins dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Atkins tries to clinch there but Grabowski circles away.
Grabowski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Grabowski plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Grabowski misses with a hook. Atkins ducked under it nicely.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grabowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Atkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grabowski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Speedy Atkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Atkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Atkins gets a clinch.
A short right from Atkins.
Grabowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grabowski is trying to break the clinch but Atkins has him pressed against the cage.
Atkins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Grabowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Atkins.
Atkins tries a body shot but Grabowski blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Grabowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Grabowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right from Atkins.
Atkins tries to work over Grabowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grabowski is trying to force a seperation but Atkins has the dominant position.
Atkins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grabowski's efforts to push away.
Grabowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Atkins has him pressed against the cage.
Grabowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Atkins tries to stall but Grabowski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Grabowski avoids the damage to the body.
Grabowski dodges an elbow strike from Atkins.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Atkins is leaning against Grabowski and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Grabowski takes a shot to the head.
Grabowski avoiding damage as Atkins throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins misses with some punches.
Atkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grabowski backwards.
Grabowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Atkins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Atkins is working Grabowski over against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grabowski's elbow.
Grabowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grabowski lands with a right hand.
Atkins moves in looking to clinch but Grabowski pushes him off.
Atkins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Atkins tries to work over Grabowski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Atkins lands a body punch.
Atkins stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins is working Grabowski over against the cage.
Atkins scores with a shot to the side of Grabowski's head.
Atkins scores with a shot to the side of Grabowski's head.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Grabowski controls his hands.
Atkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grabowski.
Atkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Atkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grabowskis head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Atkins has Grabowski pressed against the cage, preventing Grabowski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Grabowski wants to break free but Atkins has control.
Grabowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Atkins has him pressed against the cage.
Grabowski blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Grabowski is trying to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Grabowski avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
Atkins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grabowski's face.
Atkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Grabowski backwards.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Grabowski prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins gets through Grabowski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Atkins.
Atkins throws a head punch that misses.
Grabowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atkins moves to clinch but Grabowski breaks away
letting Grabowski counter with a right hand.
Atkins tries to clinch but Grabowski moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grabowski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Atkins wants to clinch.
Grabowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Atkins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Speedy Atkins dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Atkins is looking to clinch but Grabowski is avoiding it.
Grabowski throws a sloppy head kick and Atkins moves out of range easily.
Grabowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Atkins was well out of range. Poor timing from Grabowski.
Atkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Atkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Atkins moves in looking to clinch but Grabowski pushes him off.
Atkins tries to clinch but Grabowski is having none of it.
Atkins is looking to clinch.
Atkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Atkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Grabowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Atkins is looking to clinch.
Atkins wants to clinch.
Atkins darts in and clinches Grabowski up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Grabowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Atkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Grabowski backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Atkins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grabowski's efforts to push away.
Atkins tries to land a knee to the head but Grabowski blocks with his arms.
Atkins lands a nice uppercut.
Grabowski has had enough of the clinch but Atkins keeps him there for the moment.
Grabowski has had enough of the clinch but Atkins keeps him there for the moment.
Atkins gets through Grabowski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Atkins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Atkins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Atkins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Grabowski controls the action.
Grabowski tries to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling the position.
Nice body punch from Atkins - that landed with a thud.
A left hand lands to the body for Atkins.
Grabowski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grabowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Atkins closes the distance and pushes Grabowski back into the cage.
Atkins works on Grabowski's body with a couple of short punches.
Speedy Atkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Atkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Grabowski backwards.
Atkins holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Atkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Atkins scores with a hook to the body.
Grabowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Atkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grabowski can do to turn this around?
A body shot lands from Atkins.
Grabowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Atkins tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Grabowski circles away.
Grabowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grabowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Atkins wants to clinch up but Grabowski keeps it at a distance.
Atkins wants to clinch up but Grabowski keeps it at a distance.
Speedy Atkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Atkins forces Grabowski back against the cage and clinches.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Atkins.
A body shot lands from Atkins.
Atkins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Atkins tries to stall but Grabowski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atkins avoiding damage.
Atkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Grabowski takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Atkins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grabowski working hard to break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Atkins.
Atkins looking to throw knees to the head but Grabowski is blocking nicely.
Atkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grabowski backwards.
Atkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Atkins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Atkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Atkins scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Atkins.
Atkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grabowskis head.
Atkins looking to throw knees to the head but Grabowski is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atkins keeps control of Grabowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Borys Grabowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Speedy Atkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grabowski blocks a body shot from Atkins.
And that's the end of the fight!
Speedy Atkins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Atkins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Speedy Atkins!
Speedy Atkins spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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