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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Stampfer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aristotle Polidori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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198 cm
26
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
27
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Stampfer! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Aristotle Polidori! The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Stampfer leaves Polidori with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Stampfer has been working on his boxing with his coaches at St Petersburg MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight. Stampfer scores with a nice strike. Polidori just misses with a punch to the body.
Stampfer drops Polidori with a beautiful combination! Polidori stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Stampfer is looking for the KO!
Polidori is rocked!
It looks like Aristotle Polidori has been cut. Stampfer scores with a hook to the body. Polidori takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Polidori is still on wobbly legs! Can Stampfer finish him? We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Polidori has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Polidori shoots in for a double leg but Stampfer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. As Polidori tries to get set, Stampfer tries to push him back and clinch up but Polidori manages to avoid the attempt. Polidori seems to have recovered his senses. Stampfer drops Polidori with a beautiful combination! Polidori stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Stampfer is looking for the KO! Polidori throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Stampfer lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Polidori head around and knocks him out cold! Stampfer hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paul Stampfer!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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