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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Mustafa Guseinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakke Somali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Somali comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sakke - Oonhan Suomalainen kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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178 lbs
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180 lbs
20 - 10 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mustafa Guseinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Sakke Somali!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guseinov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A clash of legs there as Somali blocks the low kick.
Somali lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Somali throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Somali clinches with his opponent.
Guseinov wants to get back to striking at distance but Somali won't allow it.
Somali misses with a short punch on the inside.
Somali tries to land knees in the clinch but Guseinov avoids the damage to the body.
Somali tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Somali has Guseinov pressed against the ropes, preventing Guseinov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Somali.
I was talking to Guseinov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Somali scores a nice knee to the body.
Guseinov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick there by Guseinov.
Somali closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guseinov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guseinov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Somali has him pressed against the ropes.
Guseinov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Somali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Guseinov lands the left hand.
Somali has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Somali wants to stall.
Somali tries a body shot but Guseinov blocks it.
Guseinov lands a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Guseinov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've been informed that Somali has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A right hook to the body lands for Somali.
Somali throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Somali.
Guseinov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guseinov explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Somali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guseinov moves away.
No joy there for Guseinov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Somali buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Guseinov throws a right and a left that Somali avoids nicely.
Somali bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Somali connects with a leg kick. Guseinov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Somali clinches up with Guseinov and pushes him back against the ropes.
Guseinov blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Somali has Guseinov pressed against the ropes, preventing Guseinov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Somali prevents Guseinov from breaking the clinch.
Guseinov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Somali misses with a low kick.
Guseinov staying out of range there.
Mustafa Guseinov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guseinov throws a head kick that Somali semi-blocks.
Guseinov scores with the left hand. Somali knows he should have avoided that one.
Guseinov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Somali's head.
Somali misses the jab.
Guseinov avoids the head kick by Somali.
Guseinov throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Somali cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Somali is looking to clinch but Guseinov is avoiding it.
Guseinov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Somali tries to clinch but Guseinov moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guseinov tries a head kick but it misses.
Guseinov lands with a shot to the body.
Somali doesn't manage to clinch there - Guseinov circles away.
Somali misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Guseinov.
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 Mustafa Guseinov will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Guseinov avoids the head kick by Somali.
Guseinov tries to score with a low kick but Somali moves his leg out of the way.
Guseinov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guseinov misses with a low kick.
Somali attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Guseinov throws a right hand that Somali ducks under and follows up with a left that Somali also avoids with ease.
Somali throws out a loose jab but Guseinov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guseinov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Somali walks into a stiff left hand from Guseinov.
Guseinov scores with a three punch combo!
Somali lunges at Guseinov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Guseinov's hand.
Guseinov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mustafa Guseinov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Guseinov checks a leg kick.
Guseinov misses with a low kick.
A nice combination there by Guseinov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guseinov misses with a leg kick.
Guseinov avoids the head kick by Somali.
Somali throws a big shot that misses.
Guseinov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Somali is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Somali drops his guard momentarily, allowing Guseinov to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Somali! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Guseinov takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mustafa Guseinov!
After winning the bout, Mustafa Guseinov 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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hype
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