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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitka Boycheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenalemodisa Mabogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boycheck's entrance music is Парус. A fine choice. Mabogo has chosen 3 Doors Down - Duck and Run as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 cm
39
204 lbs
21 - 22 - 0 |
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190 cm
22
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
21 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitka Boycheck! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kenalemodisa Mabogo! The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Boycheck avoids the head kick by Mabogo.
Boycheck half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range. Mabogo tries a head kick but it misses.
Boycheck shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Mabogo wants to get back to his feet but Boycheck is in a dominant position and won't allow it. Boycheck stays in close to Mabogo's body and controls the position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Boycheck wants to pass the guard but Mabogo is keeping the position. Boycheck has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage. Boycheck scoring with punches to the head and body. Boycheck with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Mabogo wants to stand and escape but Boycheck is having none of it. Mabogo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Boycheck. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Boycheck is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Boycheck stops Mabogo from standing up. Boycheck has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mabogo being controlled here, momentarily. Mabogo wants to get back to his feet but Boycheck is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Boycheck engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. Mabogo wants to stand up but Boycheck is controlling him.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity. Mabogo lands a big head kick that sends Boycheck to the canvas! Mabogo follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenalemodisa Mabogo! After the fight, Kenalemodisa Mabogo was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
38% |
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