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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Tuckich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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165 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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170 cm
28
146 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Pettis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans Tuckich!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuckich lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pettis.
Some wild striking there from Tuckich.
Pettis swings for the body but Tuckich moves out of range.
Tuckich wants to counter the offense by Pettis and move into the clinch position.
Pettis misses with the combination.
Tuckich wants to counter with a clinch but Pettis pushes him away.
Tuckich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pettis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tuckich tries to counter with a clinch but Pettis shakes him off and moves away.
Pettis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pettis scores with a jab. Tuckich acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tuckich moves out of range as Pettis strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pettis ducks under a wild hook from Tuckich.
Pettis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pettis!
It looks like Hans Tuckich has been cut.
Pettis dodges the punch combination from Tuckich.
Pettis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pettis slips under a jab from Tuckich.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Pettis does no damage.
Pettis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tuckich cracks Pettis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tuckich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pettis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pettis lands a slapping body shot.
Tuckich connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tuckich misses with a low kick as Pettis jumps back.
Tuckich takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pettis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tuckich.
Pettis is looking to counter punch.
Pettis staying out of range there.
Pettis misses with a double jab
and Tuckich counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pettis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tuckich has him pressed against the cage.
Pettis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pettis.
A short right from Tuckich on the inside.
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!
Tuckich tries a body shot but Pettis blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis can't break the clinch.
Pettis prevents a body shot from Tuckich.
Tuckich pushes Pettis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tuckich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tuckich slowing the pace effectively.
Tuckich's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pettis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pettis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tuckich takes the fight into the clinch.
Tuckich manages to break the clinch.
Pettis looks to land a left hand but Tuckich moved out of range nicely.
Pettis works the jab nicely.
Pettis slips a straight right by Tuckich.
A big right from Pettis misses.
Pettis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis ducks under a wild hook from Tuckich.
A punch combination from Pettis misses.
Pettis throws a hook but Tuckich blocks it.
Tuckich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pettis has time to react.
Tuckich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pettis throws a shot from downtown. Tuckich moves away and avoids it.
A clash of legs there as Pettis blocks the low kick.
Tuckich scores with a nice right hand.
Pettis digs a good hook to Tuckich's body.
Pettis's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Pettis duly obliges.
Pettis swinging wildly here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right-left combo lands from Tuckich.
Pettis avoids the body shot from Tuckich.
Pettis moves away from the strike by Tuckich.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Tuckich moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pettis misses with a few strikes there.
Tuckich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pettis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Tuckich avoids them all with ease.
Tuckich misses with an uppercut.
Pettis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tuckich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pettis checks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Tuckich.
A big left from Tuckich misses.
Pettis checks a leg kick.
Tuckich has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tuckich there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tuckich wants to land a leg kick but Pettis is out of range.
Tuckich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tuckich gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tuckich misses with a punch on the inside.
Tuckich leaning against his opponent.
Tuckich struggles to land a body shot inside as Pettis controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Anthony Pettis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hans Tuckich's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A cross from Pettis lands.
Pettis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pettis.
Pettis throws a series of punches but Tuckich moves out of range.
Tuckich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tuckich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pettis scores with a jab to the body.
Tuckich slips a jab and a cross from Pettis.
Tuckich tries to clinch up but Pettis circles away and keeps his distance.
Pettis slips a jab from Tuckich.
Pettis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tuckich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tuckich misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Pettis. Those never looked like landing.
Tuckich throws a lazy uppercut
and Pettis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pettis ducks under a wild hook from Tuckich.
Tuckich showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pettis.
Tuckich doesn't manage to clinch there - Pettis circles away.
Pettis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuckich takes one on the button.
Pettis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pettis misses with a hook.
Tuckich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tuckich throws a right hand that Pettis ducks under and follows up with a left that Pettis also avoids with ease.
Pettis misses with a wild combination.
Pettis throws a right and a left that Tuckich avoids nicely.
Pettis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tuckich wants to counter with a clinch but Pettis pushes him away.
Tuckich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pettis moves away from the strike by Tuckich.
Pettis looks to land a combination. Tuckich sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tuckich clinches up with Pettis and pushes him back against the cage.
Pettis is trying to maintain a safe position but Tuckich gets an underhook and turns Pettis into the cage.
Tuckich is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pettis is keeping busy.
Tuckich works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tuckich swings wildly with an uppercut but Pettis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pettis is trying to force a seperation but Tuckich has the dominant position.
Tuckich pushes Pettis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pettis avoids the elbow strike from Tuckich, against the cage.
Tuckich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tuckich tries a body shot but Pettis blocks it.
Tuckich is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pettis prevents a body shot from Tuckich.
Tuckich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tuckich throws a head punch that misses.
Tuckich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tuckich is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pettis breaks the clinch.
Tuckich closes the distance and clinches.
Tuckich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tuckich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tuckich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pettis tries to break free but Tuckich pushes him back against the cage.
Tuckich throws an elbow but it misses.
Tuckich stalls.
Tuckich holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pettis is trying to push Tuckich away but Tuckich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pettis is trying to push Tuckich away but Tuckich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuckich lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tuckich trying to land knees to the body.
Tuckich is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tuckich missing with knees to the body.
Tuckich lands with a light punch inside.
Tuckich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pettis avoids it.
Pettis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pettis is trying to push Tuckich away but Tuckich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tuckich swings wildly with an uppercut but Pettis uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pettis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hans Tuckich will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Hans Tuckich's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Some wild striking there from Pettis.
Tuckich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pettis misses with a two punch combination.
Tuckich tries to counter by closing the distance.
Pettis throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Pettis misses.
Tuckich wants to counter the offense by Pettis and move into the clinch position.
Pettis takes one to the chin there.
A punch combination from Pettis misses.
Nice body punch from Tuckich.
Pettis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Tuckich does it's job there.
Pettis is rocked!
Pettis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oh Pettis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tuckich finds Pettis's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Pettis flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Tuckich lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Pettis will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hans Tuckich!
Our winner, Hans Tuckich, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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