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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hendrik Velikopolje (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rozafa Arben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velikopolje comes to the cage accompanied by Yngwie Malmsteen & Dio - Dream On. Arben has chosen P.O.D. - The Messenjah as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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217 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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205 lbs
20 - 17 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hendrik Velikopolje!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 17 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rozafa Arben!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velikopolje pushes Arben away with a front kick.
Velikopolje bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Arben throws a series of punches but Velikopolje moves out of range.
Velikopolje showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arben.
Arben throws a hook but Velikopolje avoids it easily.
Arben is looking to clinch but Velikopolje is avoiding it.
Arben tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Velikopolje showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arben.
Velikopolje connects with a leg kick. Arben looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Velikopolje has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Arben rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Velikopolje moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arben works the jab nicely.
Velikopolje uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arben.
Arben is looking to clinch but Velikopolje is avoiding it.
Arben just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arben moves in looking to clinch but Velikopolje pushes him off.
Arben misses with a hook to the body
and Velikopolje counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rozafa Arben seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Velikopolje turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Velikopolje throws a body kick that misses.
Arben tries to clinch up.
Arben takes a swing at Velikopolje's ribcage but misses.
Arben misses with a wild combination.
Arben misses with the combination.
Arben moves to clinch but Velikopolje breaks away
and Velikopolje counters with a body kick.
Velikopolje connects with a nice looking jab.
It looks like Rozafa Arben has been cut.
Velikopolje clinches.
Arben misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velikopolje pushes Arben back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Velikopolje lands a left hand that snaps the head of Arben backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Velikopolje lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Arben breaks from the clinch.
Velikopolje throws a head kick that Arben semi-blocks.
A combination from Arben does no damage.
Arben tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Velikopolje missing with a left hand there. Arben was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Arben takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Arben moves out of range as Velikopolje strikes.
Arben clinches with his opponent.
Velikopolje lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Arben backwards.
Arben is trying to break the clinch but Velikopolje is controlling him.
Velikopolje working aggressively here.
Arben has a couple of punches blocked by Velikopolje.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Velikopolje - that landed with a thud.
Arben tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Velikopolje.
Velikopolje lands a nice uppercut.
Arben pushes Velikopolje back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Velikopolje has Arben pressed against the cage.
Arben taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Arben wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Velikopolje is trying to stall.
Velikopolje swings wildly with an uppercut but Arben uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Velikopolje - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Arben breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Velikopolje ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arben moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velikopolje takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Velikopolje circles away from the clinch attempt.
Velikopolje fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Arben.
Velikopolje lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Some wild striking there from Arben.
Arben tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arben looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arben moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Velikopolje throws a sloppy head kick and Arben moves out of range easily.
Arben swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Velikopolje has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rozafa Arben will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rozafa Arben's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Arben lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Velikopolje circles away quickly and effectively.
Arben tries to clinch there but Velikopolje circles away.
Arben misses with the combination.
Arben moves out of range as Velikopolje throws a body kick.
Velikopolje tries a head kick but it misses.
Velikopolje avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Arben tries to clinch but Velikopolje is having none of it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Arben in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Arben scores with a jab to the head.
Arben throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Velikopolje connects with a high kick.
Arben wants to clinch.
Velikopolje throws a push kick but Arben slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arben moves in looking to clinch but Velikopolje pushes him off.
Velikopolje circles away from the clinch attempt
and Velikopolje counters with a good, hard body kick but Arben shrugs it off.
Velikopolje chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Velikopolje thumps Arben with a low kick.
Arben tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Velikopolje counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Arben comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Velikopolje throws a leg kick which misses Arben's front leg but catches the back leg as Arben tries to avoid it.
Arben tries to bum rush Velikopolje with a series of wild strikes but Velikopolje uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arben is looking to clinch but Velikopolje is avoiding it.
Velikopolje fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Arben.
Whack! Velikopolje lands a heavy head kick that drops Arben. The ref tackles Velikopolje to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Arben was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Hendrik Velikopolje!
Hendrik Velikopolje decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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