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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arkady Balagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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195 lbs
15 - 3 - 2 |
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195 lbs
11 - 5 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hunter Thompson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arkady Balagan!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balagan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Thompson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Balagan somewhat.
Thompson throws a body kick that misses.
Decent striking displayed by Thompson there.
Balagan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hunter Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson moves into the clinch successfully.
Thompson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Balagan up against the cage.
Thompson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Balagan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balagan jumps guard but Thompson stands there with Balagan around his waist. Balagan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hunter Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arkady Balagan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Balagan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thompson 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.
Thompson struggles to land a body shot inside as Balagan controls his hands.
Thompson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a punch to the body.
Balagan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thompson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Balagan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Balagan tries to pull guard but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balagan blocks a body shot from Thompson.
Balagan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thompson lands an elbow inside.
Thompson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson digs a right hand into Balagan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Balagan's gas tank.
Thompson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thompson lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Arkady Balagan has been cut.
Balagan letting Thompson take a breather here.
Thompson misses with an elbow over the top.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Balagan's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balagan avoids the elbow strike from Thompson, against the cage.
Thompson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Balagans head.
Thompson lands with a left to the head.
Balagan tries to pull guard but Thompson holds him up against the cage and eventually Balagan drops back down to his feet.
Balagan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Balagan in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Thompson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Balagan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Thompson walks away with a smile on his face. Balagan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hunter Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a one two combo.
Thompson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Balagan on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Balagan.
Nice sprawl there from Thompson as Balagan shoots in.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson cracks the inside of Balagan's front leg.
Balagan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thompson pinned against the cage. Thompson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thompson is looking to slow Balagan down with leg kicks.
Balagan throws a low kick but Thompson avoids it.
Thompson throws a big counter combination but Balagan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Thompson lands the left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hunter Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arkady Balagan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Balagan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Balagan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Thompson is defending against the submission attempts here by Balagan.
Thompson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balagan thows a huge punch but Thompson dodges it nicely.
Balagan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thompson's head.
Balagan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Thompson regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Balagan.
Thompson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balagan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Thompson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Balagan chips away with some ground and pound.
Thompson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Balagan stopping the sweep attempt from Thompson.
Balagan trying to control but Thompson is working from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Thompson wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Thompson misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thompson moves into the clinch successfully.
Balagan letting Thompson take a breather here.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Balagan 's eye.
Thompson lands a left hand.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Balagan 's eye.
Balagan jumps guard but Thompson stands there with Balagan around his waist. Balagan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Balagan takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Thompson to work.
Thompson misses with an elbow over the top.
Thompson lands a right hand.
Thompson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balagan can do to turn this around?
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Balagan's defenses.
Thompson lands a left hand.
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thompson.
Balagan is trying to pull guard but Thompson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Thompson slows down the pace here.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balagan jumps guard but Thompson stands there with Balagan around his waist. Balagan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hunter Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arkady Balagan.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Thompson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Thompson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A right hook to the body lands for Thompson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thompson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hunter Thompson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arkady Balagan's cut.
That's time! Thompson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Thompson cracks Balagan with an open hand slap.
Thompson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balagan.
Balagan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Balagan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thompson.
Balagan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thompson.
Hunter Thompson is winning the standup battle so far.
Balagan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Thompson defends it nicely.
Thompson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Thompson scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson connects with a crisp jab.
Balagan avoids the head kick by Thompson.
Balagan fails with a takedown attempt.
Thompson leaves Balagan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hunter Thompson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arkady Balagan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Thompson motions for Balagan to come forward. Thompson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Balagan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Thompson defends well and Balagan ends up having to push Thompson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Thompson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Thompson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Balagan counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Thompson!
Thompson struggling a bit here.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Balagan working away.
Thompson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Balagan cracks Thompson with a big right hand but Thompson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balagan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson is trying to control Balagan's posture but Balagan avoids it.
Balagan tries to score with some ground and pound. Thompson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Thompson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Thompson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Balagan working away.
Balagan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Thompson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
You can see the frustration on Thompson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balagan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Thompson some visible discomfort.
Thompson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Balagan connects with a decent elbow.
Thompson is rocked!
Balagan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Thompson is avoiding damage well.
Oh Thompson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thompson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Balagan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Thompson is working hard here to advance position.
Balagan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Balagan advances to full mount.
Thompson seems to have got his legs back now.
Balagan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Balagan! Thompson is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Arkady Balagan!
Arkady Balagan is the new middleweight champion!
Arkady Balagan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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