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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocherre Velassco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocherre Velassco has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ricardo Lombard's chin.
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180 lbs
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188 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Lombard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocherre Velassco!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lombard clinches up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Velassco.
Velassco tries to work over Lombard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lombard throws an elbow that misses.
Velassco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lombard clinches up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Velassco - that landed with a thud.
Lombard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lombard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Velassco.
Velassco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lombard misses with an elbow strike.
Lombard tries to land a knee to the head but Velassco blocks with his arms.
Velassco landing knees to the head.
It looks like Ricardo Lombard has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Velassco lands a nice uppercut.
Lombard misses with a knee strike.
Velassco lands with a light punch inside.
Velassco stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Lombard on the inside.
Velassco lands with a light punch inside.
Lombard misses with a punch on the inside.
Lombard misses with a punch on the inside.
Lombard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lombard misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Velassco stalls.
Velassco unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lombard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lombard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Velassco avoiding damage as Lombard throws knees to the body.
Lombard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Velassco backwards.
Velassco avoids a wild elbow strike from Lombard.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Velassco.
Lombard is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Velassco.
Velassco avoids the elbow strike from Lombard, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Velassco.
A head punch on the inside from Lombard fails to land.
Lombard struggles to land a body shot inside as Velassco controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Velassco on the inside.
Velassco lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lombard backwards.
Lombard swings wildly with an uppercut but Velassco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Velassco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Velassco's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lombard under the eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Lombard misses its intended target.
Whack! Velassco lands a heavy head kick that drops Lombard. The ref tackles Velassco to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Lombard was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Rocherre Velassco!
A victorious Rocherre Velassco thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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
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