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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dupree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pita Liva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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225 lbs
8 - 9 - 0 |
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280 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Dupree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pita Liva!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dupree on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Liva. Liva obviously looking to wear him down.
Liva keeps the fight on the outside.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Liva has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
The fighters circling - Dupree throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Liva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Dupree blocks the leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Liva. Dupree shrugs it off though.
Liva misses with a body shot.
Liva throws a looping overhand right but Dupree ducks down to avoid it.
Liva loads up on a big right hand but Dupree slips the punch.
Liva thows a body shot but no joy.
Dupree throws a head kick but Liva moves out of range.
Liva lands with a nice body kick.
Dupree has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ivan's house of pain [300$] in the buildup to the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liva drops Dupree with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Dupree looks back up at him and smiles so Liva waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
It looks like Marcus Dupree has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liva. Dupree does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupree throws a hook to the side of Liva's head but Liva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liva misses the shot to the body.
Dupree walks straight into a right hand from Liva - that's dropped him! Liva jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Dupree from any more punishment! Dupree complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Pita Liva!
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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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