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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny Holt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Kulakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kulakov has chosen Lube-Shparu as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
22 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Holt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viktor Kulakov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice defenses there by Kulakov.
Kulakov swings widly with a right hand
and Holt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Holt.
Holt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Holt slips a straight right by Kulakov.
Kulakov throws a hook but Holt avoids it easily.
Holt jabs at Kulakov's body.
Holt thows a body shot but no joy.
Kulakov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kulakov missing with a left hand there. Holt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kulakov's coach down at *Nelson Fight Camp* was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kulakov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kulakov throws the left hand but Holt avoids the punch easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Holt scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kulakov throws out the jab.
Kulakov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Holt.
Holt thuds a left hand into Kulakov's body.
Kulakov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Manny Holt has been cut.
A big right from Kulakov misses.
Kulakov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Kulakov misses.
Kulakov throws a nice looking combination but Holt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Holt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kulakov cracks Holt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Holt is looking to wear down Kulakov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kulakov misses with a wild body shot.
Kulakov lands a nice shot that snaps Holt's head back.
Holt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Holt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kulakov moves away.
Holt shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kulakov eats them both and turns towards Holt to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kulakov throws a right and a left that Holt avoids nicely.
Kulakov connects with a looping right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kulakov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kulakov misses with a hook. Holt ducked under it nicely.
Holt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kulakov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holt.
A leg kick checked by Kulakov.
Holt swings for the body but Kulakov moves out of range.
Kulakov just misses with a punch to the body.
Holt looks to score with a jab to the body but Kulakov is just out of range.
Holt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kulakov.
The fighters circling - Holt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Holt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kulakov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice combo by Holt! Oh, that's hurt him - Kulakov falls to the canvas and Holt follows him into side control.
Kulakov is rocked!
Holt looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kulakov is avoiding damage well.
Kulakov is still in real trouble! Can Holt finish him?
Holt looks up at the clock and then as Kulakov takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Holt smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kulakov is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Holt has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Kulakov seems to have recovered his senses.
Kulakov managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Holt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov is pushing Holt's head away, looking to escape. Holt manages to hold on to the position though.
Kulakov takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Holt tries to move to mount but Kulakov blocks the move with his legs.
Kulakov pushes Holt away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Holt gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Holt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kulakov keeps working.
Kulakov pushes Holt away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Holt gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holt working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Kulakov wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holt tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Holt working the ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kulakov is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Holt asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Holt misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kulakov is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Holt has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Holt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manny Holt's cut.
That's time! Holt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Holt takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Holt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kulakov.
Kulakov throws a hook but Holt avoids it easily.
Holt shoots in but Kulakov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Holt throws a hook to the side of Kulakov's head but Kulakov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kulakov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kulakov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holt tries for a takedown but Kulakov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kulakov throws a hook to the side of Holt's head but Holt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Holt is looking to clinch.
Kulakov misses with a straight left.
Kulakov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Manny Holt is winning the standup battle so far.
Holt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Kulakov. That snapped Holt's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holt misses with a body shot.
Holt scores with a jab. Kulakov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kulakov avoids the body shot from Holt.
Viktor Kulakov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Holt misses the shot to the body.
Kulakov might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Holt catches Kulakov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kulakov throws a hook but Holt avoids it easily.
Kulakov misses with a wild combination.
Holt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Holt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Holt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kulakov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kulakov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kulakov thows a body shot but no joy.
Holt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holt shoots in for a takedown but Kulakov shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Holt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holt scores with the left hand. Kulakov knows he should have avoided that one.
Holt shoots in for a takedown but Kulakov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kulakov throws a hook to the side of Holt's head but Holt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kulakov misses with a hook.
Holt ducks under a wild hook from Kulakov.
Kulakov thuds a left hand into Holt's body.
Kulakov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Holt has time to react.
Kulakov connects with a jab.
Kulakov lands a jab to Holt's midsection.
Holt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kulakov scores with a shot to the body.
Kulakov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holt misses with a straight right.
Holt walks into a jab.
Holt misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov looks to land a combination but Holt avoids it well.
Kulakov avoids the body shot from Holt.
Holt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kulakov was well out of range. Poor timing from Holt.
Kulakov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Holts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kulakov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kulakov ducks under a wild hook from Holt.
Holt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kulakov throws out the jab.
Holt connects with a body shot that sends Kulakov's belly button to the back.
Kulakov throws a series of strikes that have Holt backpedaling.
Kulakov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Holt throws an off balance right hand
and Kulakov counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holt slips under a jab from Kulakov.
Holt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kulakov.
Holt takes a swing at Kulakov's ribcage but misses.
Kulakov lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov lands with a right hand.
Holt thows a body shot but no joy.
Some wild striking there from Kulakov.
Kulakov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kulakov throws a shot to the body.
Kulakov misses with an uppercut. Holt saw that one coming.
Kulakov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Holt lunges at Kulakov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kulakov's hand.
Holt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kulakov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Holt momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kulakov moves away from the strike by Holt.
Holt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kulakov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viktor Kulakov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Manny Holt's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A punch combination from Holt misses.
Kulakov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kulakov lands a nice hook to Holt's body. Holt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kulakov catches Holt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kulakov avoids the body shot from Holt.
Good exchange - Kulakov coming out on top.
Holt slips a straight right by Kulakov.
Holt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kulakov slips under a jab from Holt.
Holt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kulakov misses with a wild body shot.
Kulakov misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Kulakov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holt throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kulakov misses with a straight right.
Holt misses with an uppercut. Kulakov saw that one coming.
Kulakov stuffs the takedown attempt from Holt. Holt gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holt throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Kulakov counter with a right hand.
Holt misses with a body shot.
Kulakov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kulakov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holt scores with a three punch combo!
Kulakov throws a jab but it's blocked by Holt.
Kulakov looks to score with a jab to the body but Holt is just out of range.
Kulakov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kulakov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kulakov misses with an uppercut. Holt saw that one coming.
Kulakov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holt moves away.
Holt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kulakov manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Kulakov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kulakov scores with a shot to the body.
Holt is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kulakov sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holt. Kulakov does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big right from Kulakov misses.
Holt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Viktor Kulakov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kulakov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Holt throws a jab when Kulakov was well out of range.
Kulakov lands with a straight right. Holt didn't see that one coming.
Kulakov slips a jab from Holt.
Kulakov lands a jab to the head.
Manny Holt's cut is getting worse.
Holt throws a shot from downtown. Kulakov moves away and avoids it.
Holt lands with a hook. Kulakov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Holt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Kulakov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Holt digs a good hook to Kulakov's body.
Kulakov lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kulakov.
A lazy left from Kulakov finds it's target.
Kulakov blocks a jab.
Kulakov misses with the combination.
Holt lands with a cross.
Kulakov thows a body shot but no joy.
Kulakov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kulakov ducks under a wild hook from Holt.
Kulakov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holt moves away.
Kulakov looks to land a right hand but Holt moved out of range.
Kulakov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Holt throws a right hand that Kulakov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kulakov also avoids with ease.
Holt gets a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulakov pushes Holt off and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kulakov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Holt circles away quickly and effectively.
Kulakov throws a big shot that misses.
Holt falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kulakov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kulakov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kulakov throws a hook but Holt avoids it easily.
Holt ducks under a wild hook from Kulakov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holt moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kulakov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Holt clinches up with Kulakov and pushes him back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Viktor Kulakov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kulakov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viktor Kulakov!
A victorious Viktor Kulakov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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