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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krug Barishkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Barishkov's choice of entrance music: Angel of Death - Slayer. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 cm
28
230 lbs
7 - 12 - 0 |
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190 cm
32
280 lbs
12 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bill Ballantine! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Krug Barishkov! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Barishkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ballantine darts in looking for a takedown but Barishkov gets double underhooks and turns Ballantine into the cage. Ballantine misses with a two punch combination.
Ballantine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barishkov was well out of range. Poor timing from Ballantine. Barishkov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Ballantine shoots and misses and Barishkov counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Barishkov. Ballantine wants to take the fight to the mat but Barishkov manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Ballantine. That's going to take a lot out of him. Ballantine is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Barishkov to keep the fight standing. Ballantine tries to pull guard but Barishkov forces him back to his feet, against the cage. Barishkov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Ballantine is breathing heavily. Barishkov looking to throw knees to the head but Ballantine is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Barishkov lands a nice uppercut. Barishkov gets through Ballantine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Barishkov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Barishkov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Bill Ballantine has been cut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Barishkov crunches a lovely knee into Ballantine's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Barishkov creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Ballantine's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Ballantine drops to his knees and Barishkov pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krug Barishkov! A relieved looking Krug Barishkov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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G |
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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
64% |
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