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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arstan Selmy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iosif Kirill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirill is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Freur Frei. Arstan Selmy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 cm
22
236 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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187 cm
25
245 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arstan Selmy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iosif Kirill! The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kirill fails with the takedown. Selmy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Selmy tries to score with a low kick but Kirill moves his leg out of the way. Selmy throws a shot from downtown. Kirill moves away and avoids it. Kirill checks a leg kick. Selmy scores with a spinning back kick! Kirill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Selmy.
Selmy takes a body punch but keeps moving. Kirill decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Selmy is trying to control but can't.
Kirill tries to pass the half guard into mount. Selmy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Kirill moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Selmy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kirill fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Kirill content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Selmy tries to get back to half guard but can't. Kirill connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Selmy some visible discomfort.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Selmy managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kirill.
Kirill advances to full mount. Selmy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Selmy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kirill raining down shots from the mount! Kirill looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kirill can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Selmy is looking to escape. Kirill landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kirill scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Selmy?
Kirill punishing his opponent with strikes. Kirill scoring with strikes but Selmy is staying in there.
Selmy is rocked! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Kirill postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Selmy bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Kirill and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iosif Kirill! Iosif Kirill managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $140, into his post fight interview.
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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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