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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Champ Kind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Tricksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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185 cm
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195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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189 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Champ Kind! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Tricksen! The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kind scoring well with a low kick there.
Tricksen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Kind lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Tricksen with a jab. Kind feints and then cracks Tricksen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tricksen down. Tricksen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Kind scores with a push kick. Tricksen throws the left hand but Kind avoids the punch easily. Kind tried to counter with a leg kick but Tricksen avoided it. Nick Tricksen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Tricksen tries to clinch up. Kind feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tricksen's calf. Tricksen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kind.
Tricksen tries to counter with a clinch but Kind shakes him off and moves away. Kind connects with a body shot. Tricksen connects with the punch. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Kind throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tricksen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Tricksen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Tricksen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tricksen misses with an uppercut
and Kind cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Tricksen throws a hook to the side of Kind's head but Kind sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Tricksen misses with a hook to the body
letting Kind counter with a right hand. Kind is looking to wear down Tricksen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. A thudding body kick lands there by Kind!
Nice body kick there by Kind. Tricksen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kind counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tricksen's knee momentarily. Tricksen looks winded! Tricksen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Kind getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Kind drops Tricksen with a big left hand! Tricksen is injured, injured bad! Kind jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Champ Kind! During a confident post fight interview, Champ Kind thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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