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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Berzins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mercurius Faunus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dominic Berzins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mercurius Faunus!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berzins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Berzins misses.
Berzins misses with a looping left.
Dominic Berzins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berzins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faunus moves away.
Faunus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berzins misses with a lunging right hand
and Faunus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Faunus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berzins.
The fighters circling - Berzins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Berzins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Faunus walks into a stiff left hand from Berzins.
Berzins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Faunus manages to avoid it.
Faunus throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Berzins misses.
Faunus fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Berzins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berzins thows a body shot but no joy.
Berzins throws a shot from downtown. Faunus moves away and avoids it.
A jab lands there for Faunus.
Berzins jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Berzins fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Faunus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Berzins misses the shot to the body.
Faunus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Berzins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Faunus counters with a nice uppercut.
Berzins misses with a two punch combination.
Faunus misses the jab.
Berzins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Faunus looks to land a right hand but Berzins moved out of range.
Faunus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Berzins throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berzins loads up on a big right hand but Faunus slips the punch.
Berzins throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faunus lands a right hook to the body.
Berzins ducks under a wild hook from Faunus.
Berzins connects with a body shot.
Berzins thows a body shot but no joy.
Some wild striking there from Berzins.
Berzins misses with a wild combination.
Berzins throws a looping overhand right but Faunus ducks down to avoid it.
Berzins connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Faunus momentarily.
The fighters circling - Berzins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berzins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Faunus.
Faunus lands with a straight right. Berzins didn't see that one coming.
Berzins throws a predictable looking body shot
and Faunus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Faunus throws a body punch but Berzins moves out of range.
Faunus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Berzins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Faunus.
Faunus slips a jab from Berzins.
Berzins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Faunus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Faunus misses with a hook. Berzins ducked under it nicely.
Faunus looks to land a right hand but Berzins moved out of range.
Faunus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faunus misses with a two punch combination.
Berzins misses the jab.
Berzins throws a hook but Faunus blocks it.
Faunus throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berzins misses with a straight left.
Berzins swinging wildly here.
Faunus is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Berzins throws a jab when Faunus was well out of range.
A jab from Berzins misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berzins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Faunus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Berzins.
Faunus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dominic Berzins will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Berzins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Berzins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Faunus misses the jab.
Berzins clobbers Faunus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Berzins lands a glancing blow to the side of Faunus's head.
It looks like Mercurius Faunus has been cut.
Berzins lands a nice looking body shot.
Faunus tests Berzins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Berzins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Faunus was well out of range. Poor timing from Berzins.
Berzins takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Berzins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Faunus slips a jab from Berzins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faunus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Berzins.
Berzins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Berzins. Faunus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faunus ducks under a wild hook from Berzins.
Faunus dodges the punch combination from Berzins.
Berzins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faunus might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Faunus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Berzins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Berzins blocks a jab.
Faunus throws a hook to the side of Berzins's head but Berzins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Berzins throws a jab when Faunus was well out of range.
Berzins looks to land a left hand but Faunus moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berzins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Faunus.
Dominic Berzins is winning the standup battle so far.
Faunus throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Berzins on the side of the head.
Berzins changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berzins misses with a shot to the body
and Faunus counters with a nice uppercut.
Faunus connects with the punch.
Berzins throws a poor cross that misses
and Faunus counters with a thumping low kick.
Berzins moves out of range of the strikes.
Berzins misses with a looping left.
Faunus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Berzins throws out the jab.
Faunus throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Berzins on the side of the head.
Berzins scores with a nice right hand.
Faunus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berzins throws an overhand right that lands on Faunus's shoulder, as Faunus tries to avoid the shot.
Berzins misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Faunus misses.
Berzins has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Faunus finds it's way round the side to connect with Berzins's head.
Berzins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Faunus.
Faunus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Berzins comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Berzins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Berzins throws a looping overhand right but Faunus ducks down to avoid it.
Berzins takes a swing at Faunus's ribcage but misses.
Berzins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Faunus manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berzins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berzins misses the jab.
Berzins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Faunus lands a jab.
Faunus fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Berzins.
Berzins cracks a nice hook into Faunus's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berzins lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Faunus at a distance.
Berzins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Berzins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Faunus on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Berzins throws a series of punches but Faunus avoids them all with ease.
Berzins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Berzins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Berzins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mercurius Faunus's cut.
That's time! Berzins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Faunus throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Berzins counter with a right hand.
Berzins throws a right and a left that Faunus avoids nicely.
Berzins loads up on a big right hand but Faunus slips the punch.
Berzins misses with a hook. Faunus ducked under it nicely.
Berzins throws a shot from downtown. Faunus moves away and avoids it.
Faunus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berzins misses with a straight left.
Berzins throws a jab when Faunus was well out of range.
Faunus ducks under a wild hook from Berzins.
Berzins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Faunus.
Berzins throws a lazy uppercut
and Faunus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Berzins is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Faunus's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Faunus throws a looping overhand right but Berzins ducks down to avoid it.
Faunus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berzins scores with a body shot.
Faunus jabs at Berzins's body.
Faunus misses the shot to the body.
Faunus jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Faunus misses with a double jab.
Faunus moves into range and connects with a jab.
Faunus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Berzins throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Faunus counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Berzins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Berzins looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Berzins throws a good cross that connects.
Faunus staying out of range there.
A slow jab from Faunus misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berzins throws a hook but Faunus blocks it.
Berzins misses with a hook.
Berzins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Faunus.
Berzins connects with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Faunus takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Berzins scores with a punch to the head.
Berzins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Faunus throws out the jab.
Berzins misses with a looping left.
Berzins lands a slapping body shot.
Faunus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berzins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Berzins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Faunus.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faunus throws a looping overhand right but Berzins ducks down to avoid it.
Faunus misses with a straight right.
Faunus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Berzins misses with a left hand
and Faunus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Berzins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Berzins swinging wildly here.
Berzins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Faunus avoids the body shot from Berzins.
Faunus slips a jab and a cross from Berzins.
Berzins takes a jab right on the kisser.
Berzins misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Berzins.
Berzins misses with a right hand
and Faunus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Berzins slips a jab from Faunus.
Berzins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Berzins walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faunus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Berzins.
Faunus doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Berzins throws a shot from downtown. Faunus moves away and avoids it.
Faunus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berzins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Berzins looks to score with a jab to the body but Faunus is just out of range.
Berzins throws an off balance right hand
and Faunus counters with a leg kick.
Faunus scores with a nice head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Dominic Berzins did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Mercurius Faunus's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The fighters circling - Berzins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Faunus connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Faunus misses with a double jab
and Berzins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Berzins misses with a looping left.
Faunus lands the left hand.
Berzins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Faunus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Faunus cracks Berzins with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Berzins fails to land with a series of punches.
Berzins loads up on a big right hand but Faunus slips the punch.
Berzins scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Berzins ducks under a wild hook from Faunus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faunus misses with a right hand
and Berzins counters with a series of strikes. Faunus will be more careful next time no doubt.
Berzins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Faunus.
Berzins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faunus.
Berzins throws an off balance right hand
and Faunus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Faunus misses with a hook. Berzins ducked under it nicely.
Faunus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Faunus thumps Berzins with a low kick.
Faunus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berzins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Faunus ducks under a wild hook from Berzins.
Berzins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Faunus.
Berzins misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berzins connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Faunus's hands.
Faunus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Berzins.
Berzins walks into a left hand.
Berzins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Berzins digs a good body shot into Faunus's ribs.
Berzins connects with a right hand. Faunus shakes it off.
Berzins throws a shot to the body.
Faunus throws a good cross that connects.
Berzins misses with a lunging right hand
and Faunus counters with an inside leg kick.
A big right from Berzins misses.
A big left from Berzins misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berzins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Berzins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Faunus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Berzins.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Berzins!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Faunus.
Faunus throws an off balance right hand
letting Berzins counter with a right hand.
Berzins walks into a left hand.
Faunus misses with a lunging right hand
and Berzins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Berzins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Faunus circles away quickly and effectively.
Faunus lands with a shot to the body.
Faunus goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Faunus.
Berzins jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berzins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Faunus drops his hands momentarily and Berzins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Faunus is rocked!
Faunus misses with a hook. Berzins ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Faunus.
Berzins misses with a right hand
and Faunus counters with a two punch combo.
Berzins is rocked!
Berzins ducks under a wild hook from Faunus.
Oh Berzins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Berzins misses with a double jab
and Faunus counters with a big right hand! Oh Berzins is in trouble here! Faunus follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mercurius Faunus! Mercurius Faunus retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Mercurius Faunus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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