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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Travinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjorn Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travinski's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hungry Like the Wolf. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
26
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Xavier Travinski! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bjorn Larsson! The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Larsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Travinski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Travinski sizes up Larsson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Larsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larsson tries to clinch but Travinski moves away and Travinski counters with a nice uppercut. Travinski misses the shot to the body. Travinski jabs at Larsson's body. Travinski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Larsson. Larsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Larsson fails with a takedown attempt. Bjorn Larsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Larsson fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Larsson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Travinski as he avoids it easily. Xavier Travinski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bjorn Larsson. Travinski with a body punch. A glancing blow. Travinski scores with a hook to the body. Larsson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Travinski throws a series of punches but Larsson moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Travinski works Larsson's body with a nice hook. Larsson takes a body punch but keeps moving. Travinski connects with a body shot that sends Larsson's belly button to the back. Larsson looks winded! Travinski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Larsson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Larsson takes one to the chin there. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Larsson is defended easily by Travinski. Larsson tries to clinch but Travinski is having none of it. Travinski takes a swing at Larsson's ribcage but misses. Travinski lands a nice looking body shot.
Travinski lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Travinski misses with a body kick. Travinski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Travinski. Travinski is looking to wear down Larsson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Travinski scores with a jab to the body. Nice body punch from Travinski. Travinski lands with a shot to the body. Travinski lands a nice hook to Larsson's body. Larsson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Travinski with a body punch. A glancing blow. Travinski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Travinski tries a low kick but Larsson avoids it. Larsson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Travinski finds it's way round the side to connect with Larsson's head. Travinski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Travinski fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Larsson to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Larsson looks to clinch but Travinski throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Larsson taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Xavier Travinski! Xavier Travinski decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
52% |
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