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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Berzins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teuvo Teravainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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170 cm
26
155 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm
26
148 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dominic Berzins! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Teuvo Teravainen! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Teravainen lands a body shot.
Dominic Berzins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Teravainen moves away from the strike by Berzins. Teravainen thuds a left hand into Berzins's body. Berzins definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Berzins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berzins throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Teravainen's coach down at Island Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Teravainen's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. The fighters circle momentarily. Berzins darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. Berzins jabbing away but nothing is landing. Berzins instigates a clinch. Berzins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Teravainen can't find room to land a body shot as Berzins controls the action.
Teravainen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Teravainen tries to stall but Berzins uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Berzins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Teravainen backwards. Berzins lands with a short shot to the head. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Teravainen misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. A short uppercut from Teravainen. Berzins lands a nice shot to the body. Teravainen throws a head punch that misses. Teravainen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teravainen works on Berzins's body with a couple of short punches. Teravainen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Berzins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Teravainen backwards. Berzins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Berzins lands a nice uppercut. Still in the clinch, Teravainen scores with a nice short uppercut. Berzins throws a head punch that misses. Teravainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Berzins misses with an uppercut
enabling Teravainen to counter with a crisp jab. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Berzins misses the shot to the body. Berzins misses with a hook. Berzins lands with an overhand left.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Berzins misses with a right hand and Teravainen counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Teravainen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Berzins manages to avoid it. Berzins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teravainen.
Berzins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Teravainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Berzins avoids the body shot from Teravainen.
Berzins lands with a big right hook that stumbles Teravainen - he's out on his feet here! Berzins follows up with another monster hook that separates Teravainen from consciousness! Teravainen falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Berzins stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dominic Berzins! Dominic Berzins retains his featherweight title! After winning the bout, Dominic Berzins thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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