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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vasiliy Sobolev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolay Massilievich Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sobolev might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ya kuplu tebe dom. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
23 - 33 - 0 |
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285 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
23 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vasiliy Sobolev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nikolay Massilievich Ii!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobolev throws a hook but Massilievich Ii avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Sobolev. That snapped Massilievich Ii's head back.
Massilievich Ii uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sobolev.
Sobolev throws a combination that misses
and Massilievich Ii counters with a nice body shot.
Sobolev cracks Massilievich Ii with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
It looks like Nikolay Massilievich Ii has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sobolev feints and as Massilievich Ii raises his hands in defense, Sobolev changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Massilievich Ii keeping moving, preventing Sobolev from controlling successfully.
Massilievich Ii working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sobolev.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Massilievich Ii preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sobolev throws an elbow that misses. Massilievich Ii uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sobolev's guard. Nice move by Massilievich Ii!
Sobolev trying to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Massilievich Ii stopping the sweep attempt from Sobolev.
Sobolev is controlling Massilievich Ii's posture.
Sobolev is looking to sweep but instead, Massilievich Ii has passed into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobolev wants to get back to full guard.
Massilievich Ii tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Sobolev.
Sobolev has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sobolev trying to control here.
Sobolev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massilievich Ii seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
We're going to have a standup here because Vasiliy Sobolev wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sobolev drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've been hearing that Sobolev has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sobolev throwing strikes from guard but Massilievich Ii blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sobolev is looking to work some ground and pound but Massilievich Ii has wrist control.
Massilievich Ii wants to stand and escape but Sobolev is having none of it.
Sobolev throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Massilievich Ii is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobolev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sobolev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sobolev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sobolev loads up on a big left hand. Massilievich Ii felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Sobolev looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Massilievich Ii can't hide his disappointment, as Sobolev celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vasiliy Sobolev!
Vasiliy Sobolev 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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