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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Larry Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Tricksen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Larry Griffin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Tricksen!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin closes the distance and pushes Tricksen back into the cage.
Griffin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tricksens head.
Griffin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tricksen backwards.
Griffin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Griffin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Griffin.
Griffin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tricksen clinches up with Griffin and pushes him back against the cage.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
Griffin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Griffin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Griffin sizes up Tricksen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tricksen closes the distance and clinches.
Tricksen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Griffin to work.
Griffin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tricksen backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tricksen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Griffin.
Griffin misses with a punch on the inside.
Tricksen blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Griffin.
A right handed body shot lands from Griffin.
Griffin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Griffin lands a nice shot to the body.
Tricksen is trying to break the clinch but Griffin has him pressed against the cage.
Griffin lands a nice shot to the body.
Griffin pushes Tricksen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Griffin gets through Tricksen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tricksen takes a shot to the head.
Tricksen is looking to break free of the clinch but Griffin has double underhooks.
Griffin lands with a left to the head.
Tricksen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Griffin can't find room to land a body shot as Tricksen controls the action.
Griffin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nick Tricksen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin forces Tricksen back against the cage and clinches.
Griffin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Griffin manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Griffin throws a punch but it's blocked by Tricksen.
Tricksen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin manages to break the clinch.
Griffin forces Tricksen back against the cage and clinches.
Griffin tries to throw a body punch but Tricksen avoids it by throwing Griffin back against the cage.
A short right from Griffin.
Tricksen working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Tricksen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griffin swings wildly with an uppercut but Tricksen uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Griffin.
Tricksen blocking some punches.
Griffin working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tricksen.
Griffin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Griffin breaks the clinch.
We've been informed that Tricksen has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tricksen misses the body punch
and Griffin counters with a stiff right hand.
Griffin lands with a nice body punch.
Tricksen looks to land a combination but Griffin avoids it well.
Tricksen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Griffin moves away from the strike by Tricksen.
Griffin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tricksen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tricksen throws a body punch but Griffin moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffin moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Griffin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Griffin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Griffin tries to keep at a distance but Tricksen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Griffin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Larry Griffin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Griffin slips under a jab from Tricksen.
Griffin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tricksen tries to keep at a distance but Griffin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Griffin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tricksen can do to turn this around?
Griffin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tricksen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffin.
A punch lands to the side of Tricksen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tricksen moves into range and clinches up with Griffin.
Griffin breaks from the clinch.
Tricksen dodges the punch combination from Griffin.
Larry Griffin is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin instigates a clinch.
Tricksen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tricksen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Griffin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Griffin misses with the head strike.
Griffin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Griffin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Griffin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Griffin misses with a punch on the inside.
Griffin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tricksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tricksen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Griffin pushes Tricksen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tricksen has had enough of the clinch but Griffin keeps him there for the moment.
Tricksen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tricksen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tricksen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Griffin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tricksen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
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!
Griffin with a jab.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tricksen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A punch combination from Tricksen misses.
Griffin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tricksen misses with a two punch combination.
Tricksen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tricksen misses with a double jab
and Griffin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tricksen is rocked!
Tricksen misses with a double jab
and Griffin counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Larry Griffin!
An out of breath Larry Griffin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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