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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francois Duvalier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Bautin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duvalier comes to the cage accompanied by Haitian National Anthem. Bautin has chosen Lobotomy by The Ramones as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 cm
34
300 lbs
15 - 12 - 0 |
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220 cm
34
290 lbs
25 - 17 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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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 super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Francois Duvalier! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sergei Bautin! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bautin thows a left - swing and a miss! Francois Duvalier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Duvalier lands a jab-cross combination. A punch combination from Duvalier misses. Duvalier has taken the fight to the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bautin as Duvalier tries to tie him up. Bautin misses with the head strike.
Duvalier is trying to push Bautin away but Bautin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Bautin has a couple of punches blocked by Duvalier.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Duvalier prevents a body shot from Bautin. Bautin misses with a punch to the body.
Bautin can't find room to land a body shot as Duvalier controls the action.
Bautin digs a right hand underneath Duvalier's ribcage. Duvalier let out a lung full of air as it connected. A bit of stalling here from Duvalier.
Bautin throws a punch but it's blocked by Duvalier. Bautin lands with a right to the head. Bautin tries to circle away but Duvalier has him pinned against the cage. Bautin prevents Duvalier from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bautin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duvalier scores with a jab. Bautin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like Sergei Bautin has been cut. Bautin throws the left hand but Duvalier avoids the punch easily. Duvalier connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bautin. Bautin circles away out of range and recomposes himself. 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! Duvalier sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Duvalier takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fight stays on the outside here - Duvalier looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Bautin throws the left hand but Duvalier avoids the punch easily. Bautin looks to land a right hand but Duvalier moved out of range. Duvalier throws a body punch but Bautin moves out of range. Duvalier misses the jab. Nice cross by Duvalier. Duvalier punishes Bautin's body with a nice straight punch. Duvalier throws a hook but Bautin blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Duvalier tries to bum rush Bautin with a series of wild strikes but Bautin uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Duvalier throws an off balance right hand
and Bautin counters with a nice leg kick. Bautin missing with a left hand there. Duvalier was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Bautin misses with a hook. Duvalier ducked under it nicely. Duvalier lunges at Bautin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bautin's hand. Duvalier tries to close the distance and clinch but Bautin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Duvalier thuds a left hand into Bautin's body. Duvalier lands a big uppercut and Bautin crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Bautin looks OK. Duvalier waves Bautin back to his feet! Duvalier lands a nice shot to the body.
Bautin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duvalier. Duvalier ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Duvalier misses with a wild body shot. Duvalier definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. A good leg kick by Bautin. Duvalier takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Duvalier throws a hook to the side of Bautin's head but Bautin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Duvalier jabs at Bautin's body. Duvalier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bautin was well out of range. Poor timing from Duvalier. Duvalier keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Duvalier takes a swing at Bautin's ribcage but misses. Duvalier lands a lovely overhand right. Duvalier fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bautin manages to avoid it. Duvalier throws an off balance right hand
letting Bautin counter with a right hand. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Duvalier misses with a body shot.
Bautin digs a good body shot into Duvalier's ribs. Bautin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bautin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Duvalier.
Duvalier tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Duvalier changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Sloppy strikes from Bautin. Those never looked like landing. Jab from Duvalier. Duvalier throws a sloppy body shot
and Bautin counters with a nice leg kick. Duvalier misses with a looping left. Bautin ducks under a wild hook from Duvalier. Duvalier feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Bautin sprawling to the canvas! Bautin rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Duvalier finish him?!
Bautin is rocked! Bautin fails to land with a series of punches.
Duvalier cracks Bautin with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Bautin falls to his knees and Duvalier doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francois Duvalier! Francois Duvalier very nearly forgot to thank Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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