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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Artur Levchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lexington Snape (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Levchenko comes to the cage accompanied by Zelenoglazoe Taksi. Snape is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: DJ Tiësto - Carmina Burana: Remixed. Artur Levchenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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245 lbs
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285 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Artur Levchenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Lexington Snape!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Snape looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Levchenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Snape.
Levchenko catches Snape with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Snape moves out of range of the strikes.
Snape tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Levchenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Levchenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Snape.
Snape is looking to clinch.
Levchenko swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Snape tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Levchenko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Levchenko appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Snape has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snape tries to clinch but Levchenko moves out of range.
Snape clinches up against the cage.
Snape lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Artur Levchenko has been cut.
Levchenko gets through Snape's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Levchenko.
Snape connects with a knee to the head.
Levchenko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Levchenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Snape avoids the damage to the body.
Snape avoiding damage as Levchenko throws knees to the body.
Levchenko is trying to maintain a safe position but Snape gets an underhook and turns Levchenko into the cage.
Snape keeps control of Levchenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Levchenko managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.
Levchenko avoiding damage as Snape throws knees to the body.
Snape tries to land a knee to the head but Levchenko blocks with his arms.
Snape lands a nice knee to the body.
Levchenko is breathing heavily.
Snape lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Levchenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Snape trying to land knees to the body.
Levchenko dodges an elbow strike from Snape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Snape.
Snape unloads a knee to the mid-section. Levchenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Snape lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Snape putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Levchenko in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Snape scores a nice knee to the body.
Snape misses with a knee strike.
Snape landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Snape.
A nice left hand lands by Snape.
Snape lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Snape is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Snape landing knees to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Snape.
Snape with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Levchenko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Levchenko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Snape.
Snape tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Snape looking to throw knees to the head but Levchenko is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levchenko misses with an elbow over the top.
Levchenko tries a body shot but Snape blocks it.
Snape missing with knees to the body.
Levchenko is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Snape with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Levchenko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Snape blocking some punches.
Levchenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Snape tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Levchenko throws a quick counter head kick but Snape was just out of range.
Snape fails in his attempt to clinch.
Levchenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Snape doesn't manage to clinch there - Levchenko circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Levchenko misses the target.
Snape tries to clinch but Levchenko moves away
and Levchenko counters with a nice leg kick.
Levchenko thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snape fails with an attempt to clinch.
Snape tries to clinch up.
Snape tries to clinch there but Levchenko circles away.
Levchenko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Snape clinches with his opponent.
Levchenko misses with a punch to the body.
Snape throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Levchenko managing to block the knees to the body from Snape.
Snape lands a damaging elbow.
Snape throws an elbow but it misses.
Snape tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Levchenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Snape throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Levchenko blocks it with crossed arms.
Snape misses with an elbow over the top.
Levchenko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Levchenko is trying to maintain a safe position but Snape gets an underhook and turns Levchenko into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lexington Snape dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Artur Levchenko's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Snape displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Levchenko throws out the jab.
Snape tries to clinch there but Levchenko circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Snape checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Snape tries to close the distance and clinch up but Levchenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Levchenko closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Snape tries to clinch up.
Snape tries to clinch there but Levchenko circles away.
Snape tries to close the distance and clinch up but Levchenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snape wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snape moves in looking to clinch but Levchenko pushes him off.
Snape tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Levchenko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Snape wants to clinch but Levchenko slips to the side
and Levchenko counters with a two punch combo.
Snape fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Levchenko, pushing him back against the cage.
Snape unloads a knee to the mid-section. Levchenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Snape tries to land a knee to the head but Levchenko blocks with his arms.
Levchenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lexington Snape seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Snape throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Snape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Levchenko scores with a hook to the body.
Levchenko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Levchenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Snape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Snape.
Snape misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snape misses with a punch to the body.
Levchenko tries to throw a body punch but Snape avoids it by throwing Levchenko back against the cage.
Levchenko is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Our sources have told us that Levchenko has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Snape tries to land knees in the clinch but Levchenko avoids the damage to the body.
Snape using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Snape connects with a knee to the head.
Snape lands an elbow just above Levchenko 's eye.
Snape lands an elbow inside.
Snape lands a damaging elbow.
Snape has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Snape is working the Thai clinch up against the cage. He yanks Levchenko's head to one side and delivers a picture perfect knee, right on the button! Boom! Down goes Levchenko! He's out! He's out! The fight is over, just like that!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Lexington Snape!
Lexington Snape seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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