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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin Khavin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glover Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Konstantin Khavin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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210 lbs
24 - 11 - 1 |
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215 lbs
24 - 13 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Konstantin Khavin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Glover Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A swing and a miss from Almeida.
Khavin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Almeida.
Almeida moves out of range of the strikes.
Almeida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khavin.
Almeida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khavin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khavin scores with a hook.
Almeida connects with a nice looking jab.
Almeida with a jab.
Almeida lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khavin at a distance.
Almeida throws a hook but Khavin blocks it.
Almeida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khavin moves away.
Almeida throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khavin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Almeida throws a shot from downtown. Khavin moves away and avoids it.
Almeida avoids the head kick by Khavin.
Almeida throws a jab but it's blocked by Khavin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Almeida works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Khavin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almeida moves away.
Almeida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khavin moves away.
Almeida takes a swing at Khavin's ribcage but misses.
Almeida scores with a jab. Khavin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Khavin has managed to clinch.
Khavin lands an elbow inside that Almeida shrugs off.
Almeida connects with a knee to the head.
Almeida missing with knees to the body.
Khavin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Almeida connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Konstantin Khavin has been cut.
Almeida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khavin.
Almeida lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almeida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Khavin avoiding damage as Almeida throws knees to the body.
Khavin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Khavin.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khavin avoids it.
Almeida with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Khavin blocks with his arms.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khavin avoids it.
Knees to the body from Khavin.
Almeida looks winded!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Almeida lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
Khavin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Khavin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khavin tries to land a knee to the head but Almeida blocks with his arms.
Khavin looking to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for Almeida.
Khavin scores with a shoulder strike.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Khavin blocks with his arms.
Almeida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khavin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The referee calls for Almeida to work.
Khavin blocking some punches.
Khavin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khavin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Almeida avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Khavin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Khavin blocks with his arms.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but Khavin blocks it.
Khavin scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Glover Almeida has been cut.
Khavin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Almeida blocks it with crossed arms.
Khavin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but Khavin blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khavin avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khavin is struggling to control the position.
Almeida scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khavin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khavin managing to block the knees to the body from Almeida.
Almeida trying to land knees to the body.
Almeida misses with the head strike.
Khavin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Khavin lands a shot to the body.
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
Almeida misses with a knee to the head.
Almeida dodges an elbow strike from Khavin.
Khavin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almeida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Almeida avoiding damage as Khavin throws knees to the body.
Khavin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khavin ducks under a wild hook from Almeida.
Khavin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
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 Konstantin Khavin will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Almeida throws a body punch but Khavin moves out of range.
Almeida throws a jab but it's blocked by Khavin.
Khavin ducks under a wild hook from Almeida.
Khavin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khavin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Almeida.
Almeida misses with a looping left.
Khavin tries to score with a low kick but Almeida moves his leg out of the way.
Almeida throws a looping overhand right but Khavin ducks down to avoid it.
Konstantin Khavin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khavin cracks Almeida with a right hand to the side of the head.
Khavin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Almeida.
Khavin scores with a push kick.
Almeida clobbers Khavin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Almeida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khavin was well out of range. Poor timing from Almeida.
Khavin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Almeida counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Khavin.
A telegraphed right hand from Khavin misses the target.
Khavin rushes Almeida and presses him up against the cage.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but Khavin blocks it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Almeida tries to land knees in the clinch but Khavin avoids the damage to the body.
Almeida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khavin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Almeida misses with a knee strike.
Almeida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
Khavin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khavin misses with a body shot.
Khavin throws a series of strikes that have Almeida backpedaling.
Almeida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khavin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Almeida throws a lazy right hand but Khavin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khavin works Almeida's body with a nice hook.
Khavin has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khavin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Almeida up against the cage.
Khavin connects with a knee to the head.
Almeida looking to slow down the pace here.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Khavin blocks with his arms.
Khavin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Almeida working aggressively here.
Khavin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khavin is looking to control Almeida's arms but Almeida gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khavin has his back to the cage.
Almeida gets through Khavin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Almeida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khavin.
Khavin is looking to control Almeida's arms but Almeida gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khavin has his back to the cage.
A body shot lands from Almeida.
Almeida jumps guard but Khavin stands there with Almeida around his waist. Almeida gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Almeida jumps guard but Khavin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin looking to throw knees to the head but Almeida is blocking nicely.
Almeida scores with a nice hook to the head.
Almeida scores a nice knee to the body.
Khavin misses with an elbow over the top.
Khavin lands a shot to the body.
Khavin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Almeida scores with a knee to the head.
Almeida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khavin blocks it with crossed arms.
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!
Khavin with a knee to the head.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khavin is trying to stall.
Almeida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Almeida has a couple of punches blocked by Khavin.
Almeida lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khavin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Almeida in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Khavin lands an elbow just above Almeida 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida misses with a knee to the head.
Almeida misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khavin.
Almeida managing to block the knees to the body from Khavin.
Almeida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khavin crunches a lovely knee into Almeida's ribcage.
Khavin lands a hook that snaps the head of Almeida backwards.
Khavin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Almeida backwards.
Khavin lands a knee to the body.
Khavin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Khavin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almeida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Konstantin Khavin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glover Almeida.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khavin.
Khavin blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Konstantin Khavin will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Khavin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Almeida missing with a left hand there. Khavin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Almeida ducks under a wild hook from Khavin.
Khavin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khavin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Almeida.
Khavin defending well as Almeida loads up on a big left hand.
Khavin rushes Almeida and presses him up against the cage.
Khavin lands a shoulder strike.
Khavin crunches a lovely knee into Almeida's ribcage.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but Khavin blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Almeida as Khavin tries to tie him up.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khavin.
Almeida misses with the head strike.
Almeida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Almeida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almeida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khavin.
Khavin wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but Khavin blocks it.
Khavin slows down the pace here.
Khavin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khavin lands an uppercut.
Almeida jumps guard and drags Khavin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Almeida wants to stand and escape but Khavin is having none of it.
Khavin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Konstantin Khavin wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Khavin drives through and clinches with Almeida against the cage.
Glover Almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khavin controlling the action here for a moment.
Almeida avoiding damage as Khavin throws knees to the body.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almeida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khavin misses with a punch to the body.
Khavin lands a knee to the body.
Khavin lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almeida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khavin blocks it with crossed arms.
Almeida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Khavin obliges.
Khavin works on Almeida's body with a couple of short punches.
Konstantin Khavin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Khavin lands a right hand.
Khavin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Khavin gets through Almeida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Almeida fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khavin scores with a knee to the head.
Almeida is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Khavin to keep the fight standing.
Khavin lands a knee to the head.
Almeida dodges an elbow strike from Khavin.
Khavin trying to control the position but instead, Almeida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khavin into the cage.
Khavin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Khavin landing knees to the body.
Almeida is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Khavin to keep the fight standing.
Konstantin Khavin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Glover Almeida.
Khavin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Almeida.
Almeida misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khavin lands a nice uppercut.
Almeida lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almeida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almeida landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Almeida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Konstantin Khavin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida takes a shot to the head.
Khavin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khavin lands with a light punch inside.
Almeida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khavin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khavin lands a left hand.
Khavin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almeida tries to pull guard but Khavin won't allow it.
Khavin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khavin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Khavin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almeida takes a kick to the side of the head.
Khavin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Almeida manages to avoid it.
Khavin slips a jab from Almeida.
And that's the end of the fight!
Konstantin Khavin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Khavin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Konstantin Khavin!
Konstantin Khavin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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