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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Bach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Zinoviev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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175 cm
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210 lbs
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190 cm
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214 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Plays chess |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karl Bach! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Zinoviev! The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bach misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zinoviev.
Bach throws a hook to the side of Zinoviev's head but Zinoviev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Zinoviev misses with an uppercut
and Bach counters by clinching up. Zinoviev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zinoviev wants to break free but Bach has control.
Bach keeps control of Zinoviev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Bach goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zinoviev prevents it.
Zinoviev can't break the clinch.
Bach can't find room to land a body shot as Zinoviev controls the action.
Bach goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bach manages to break the clinch.
A good leg kick by Zinoviev. Zinoviev fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bach looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Bach fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zinoviev throws a leg kick and Bach makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Bach shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zinoviev as he avoids it easily. Zinoviev looks to land a right hand but Bach moved out of range. Bach uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zinoviev. Bach fails with a takedown attempt from distance. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karl Bach. That's going to take a lot out of him. Zinoviev bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bach's head. Zinoviev misses with a left hand and Bach counters with a two punch combo.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Zinoviev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bach. Zinoviev throws a right hand that Bach ducks under and follows up with a left that Bach also avoids with ease. Bach throws the left hand but Zinoviev avoids the punch easily. Zinoviev checks a low kick from Bach. Bach will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Bach is breathing heavily. Bach throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zinoviev lands with an uppercut that bounces Bach off the cage and back into rage. Zinoviev fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bach on the side of the head.

Bach is rocked! Zinoviev misses with a series of wild punches.
Oh Bach is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Zinoviev connects with a single shot there. Zinoviev lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Bach falls backwards - clearly groggy! Zinoviev dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Zinoviev!
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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
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