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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Batson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luzhin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Toccata and Fugue. Bill Batson has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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186 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikolai Luzhin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Bill Batson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luzhin is looking to slow Batson down with leg kicks.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luzhin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Batson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Batson connects with a jab.
Batson lands a nice looking body shot.
Luzhin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Batson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Batson checks a leg kick nicely.
Luzhin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Luzhin stuns Batson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Batson throws a body kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batson slips under a jab.
Luzhin thumps Batson with a low kick.
Luzhin is looking to land body kicks.
Luzhin looks to throw the jab but Batson is out of range.
Luzhin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Batson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Luzhin lands a high kick!
Luzhin lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Luzhin stalks Batson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Batson's face. Batson staggers backwards, shaken.
Batson tries to bum rush Luzhin with a series of wild strikes but Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Batson misses with a straight right.
Luzhin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Batson.
Batson throws a lazy right hand but Luzhin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luzhin is looking to counter with a body kick.
Luzhin throws an overhand right that lands on Batson's shoulder, as Batson tries to avoid the shot.
Luzhin digs a good hook to Batson's body.
Luzhin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Luzhin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Batson misses with a body kick.
Luzhin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Batson throws a shot from downtown. Luzhin moves away and avoids it.
Batson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luzhin was well out of range. Poor timing from Batson.
Luzhin misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luzhin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Batson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Luzhin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Luzhin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Batson thinks about the counter body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luzhin looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Luzhin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Batson.
Batson throws a series of punches but Luzhin moves out of range.
Luzhin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Luzhin throws a head kick that half lands.
A shot to the liver by Luzhin. Beautiful body shot.
Batson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Luzhin misses with a hook. Batson ducked under it nicely.
Nice body punch from Luzhin.
Luzhin looks for the body kick but Batson saw that one coming.
Luzhin misses with an uppercut. Batson saw that one coming.
Luzhin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Luzhin lands the left hand.
Luzhin clinches with his opponent.
Luzhin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Batson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Luzhin up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Batson slowing the pace effectively.
Luzhin missing with knees to the body.
Luzhin gets through Batson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luzhin tries to land knees in the clinch but Batson avoids the damage to the body.
Luzhin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Batson blocks it with crossed arms.
Batson tries to work over Luzhin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Batson.
Luzhin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Batson blocks it with crossed arms.
Luzhin swings wildly with an uppercut but Batson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.
Batson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Luzhin.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Batson is blocking nicely.
Batson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luzhin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Batson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Luzhin has a couple of punches blocked by Batson.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Batson is pushing Luzhin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Batson blocks a body shot from Luzhin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luzhin blocking some punches.
Batson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Luzhin up against the cage.
Batson lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Luzhin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Batson throws a lazy right hand but Luzhin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luzhin misses with a few strikes there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Batson, right into the meat.
Batson scores with a jab to the body.
Batson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Luzhin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Batson thinking.
Luzhin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Batson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Crunch! Batson slams his shin into Luzhin's torso.
The fighters circling - Luzhin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Batson throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luzhin. Batson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Batson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Luzhin motions for Batson to come forward. Luzhin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Batson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Luzhin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luzhin misses with a hook.
Luzhin walks into a left hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Luzhin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Batson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Batson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Luzhin throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luzhin.
Batson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Luzhin sizes up Batson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Batson misses with a body kick.
A big right from Luzhin misses.
A left and a right from Batson both land. Nice combination.
Batson throws a leg kick but Luzhin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Luzhin throwing a counter right hand but Batson manages to avoid it.
Luzhin misses with a body shot.
Batson throws out a loose jab but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batson lands the left hand.
Luzhin slips under a jab.
Batson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luzhin. Luzhin obviously looking to wear him down.
Batson lands with a straight right. Luzhin didn't see that one coming.
Luzhin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Batson counters with an inside leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Batson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Batson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Luzhin throws a hook to the side of Batson's head but Batson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin moves out of range as Batson throws a body kick.
Batson throws a looping overhand right but Luzhin ducks down to avoid it.
Luzhin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luzhin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Batson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luzhin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Luzhin avoids a kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Batson.
The fighters circling - Batson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luzhin lands a really nice looking cross but Batson seems unphased.
Batson tries to move into range but Luzhin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Luzhin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Batson's sensitive parts.
Luzhin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luzhin looks to land a right hand but Batson moved out of range.
A nice side step and Batson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Luzhin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Luzhin lands with a hook. Batson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Batson is looking for the big counter here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luzhin throws a leg kick which misses Batson's front leg but catches the back leg as Batson tries to avoid it.
Luzhin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Luzhin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Batson looks to land a body kick but Luzhin moved away.
A little feinted left hand from Luzhin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Batson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Batson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Batson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nikolai Luzhin is winning the standup battle so far.
Batson throws a looping overhand right but Luzhin ducks down to avoid it.
Luzhin takes a swing at Batson's ribcage but misses.
Luzhin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A jab from Luzhin finds it's way through Batson's defenses.
Batson needs to keep his hands up - Luzhin had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batson throws out a powerful jab.
Luzhin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Batson digs a good hook to Luzhin's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Batson throws a jab when Luzhin was well out of range.
Luzhin misses with a body shot.
Batson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Batson moves out of range as Luzhin strikes.
Luzhin tries to bum rush Batson with a series of wild strikes but Batson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Luzhin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Batson can do to turn this around?
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Batson checks it.
Luzhin slips under a jab.
Batson throws a body kick that misses.
Luzhin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luzhin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Batson misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luzhin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Batson misses with a hook.
That kick from Luzhin tenderised Batson's leg. Batson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Luzhin slips under a jab from Batson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nikolai Luzhin will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Luzhin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Batson.
Batson misses with a looping right.
Luzhin tries to clinch up but Batson circles away and keeps his distance.
Batson misses with a left hand
and Luzhin counters with a thumping low kick.
Luzhin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Batson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Luzhin tries to close the distance and clinch but Batson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luzhin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Batson.
Luzhin slips a jab from Batson.
Batson looks to throw the jab but Luzhin is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin throws a head kick that misses.
Batson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Luzhin lands with a nice body kick.
Luzhin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Batson's sensitive parts.
Luzhin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Batson. That did some damage!
Luzhin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Luzhin there.
Batson throws a series of punches but Luzhin moves out of range.
Luzhin misses with a hook. Batson ducked under it nicely.
Luzhin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luzhin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Luzhin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Luzhin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Luzhin, as that shot connected.
Batson misses with a straight right.
Batson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Luzhin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Batson has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luzhin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Luzhin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Batson throws a hook but Luzhin avoids it easily.
Luzhin moves out of range as Batson strikes.
Luzhin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Luzhin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Batson just misses with a punch to the body.
Bill Batson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin scores with a jab. Batson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Luzhin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Batson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Luzhin in his tracks.
Luzhin throws a hook but Batson avoids it easily.
Luzhin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Luzhin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Batson on the side of the head.
Good exchange - Luzhin coming out on top.
Luzhin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Luzhin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Batson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Batson. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luzhin scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Luzhin does it's job there.
Luzhin with a jab.
Batson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Luzhin connects with a body shot.
Batson misses with an uppercut. Luzhin saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin throws a leg kick
and Batson counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luzhin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Batson manages to avoid it.
Batson avoids the body shot from Luzhin.
Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Batson.
Luzhin tried to counter with a leg kick but Batson avoided it.
Luzhin blocks a leg kick.
Batson just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLuzhin.
The fighters circle momentarily. Luzhin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Batson throws a wild body kick that Luzhin sees coming a mile off.
Luzhin looks to score with a jab to the body but Batson is just out of range.
Luzhin misses with a right hand
and Batson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Batson wants to land a leg kick but Luzhin is out of range.
Luzhin scores with a decent looking hook.
Luzhin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Batson misses with a looping left.
Luzhin is looking to land body kicks.
Luzhin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Batson.
Batson clobbers Luzhin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Luzhin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Batson scores with a nice body kick.
Batson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luzhin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Luzhin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Batson throws a body kick that misses
and Luzhin counters with a nice uppercut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Luzhin checks a leg kick.
Luzhin avoids the body shot from Batson.
Luzhin just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Batson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Batson scores with a kick to the body.
Batson walks into a left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolai Luzhin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Luzhin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolai Luzhin!
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