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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gennakin Golovdy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Golovdy has chosen A New Beginning by Audiomachine as his entrance music. Gennakin Golovdy will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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207 lbs
42 - 45 - 0 |
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185 cm
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210 lbs
16 - 13 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
42 - 45 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gennakin Golovdy!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers lands with a hook. Golovdy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Donk. Rogers catches Golovdy right on the button with a cross.
Golovdy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Golovdy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Golovdy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Golovdy lands a high kick!
Golovdy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rogers is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Golovdy to keep the fight standing.
Golovdy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Golovdy.
Rogers avoiding damage.
Rogers tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Golovdy lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers blocks a body shot from Golovdy.
Rogers gets control of Golovdy's arms and successfully pulls guard. Rogers will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers wants to sweep but no luck.
Golovdy stands up from Rogers's guard - Golovdy perhaps looking for a knockout.
Golovdy doesn't manage to clinch there - Rogers circles away.
Rogers is looking to counter the offense by Golovdy and move into the clinch.
Rogers looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rogers moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rogers fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Golovdy is out of range.
Golovdy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rogers rushes Golovdy and presses him up against the cage.
Golovdy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rogers is struggling to control the position.
Rogers gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Golovdy holds on and takes a little breather.
Golovdy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rogers stays in close to Golovdy's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovdy seems keen to control Rogers's posture.
Golovdy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Golovdy pulls Rogers in close to his closed guard and prevents Rogers from doing any damage or advancing position.
Golovdy keeping moving, preventing Rogers from controlling successfully.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Golovdy controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Golovdy moves into the clinch.
Rogers jumps guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rogers pulls Golovdy in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers working a defensive guard here.
Golovdy content to stall in guard here.
Rogers keeping moving, preventing Golovdy from controlling successfully.
Rogers thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Golovdy looking to sit in guard and control but Rogers gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Golovdy pulls Rogers in to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rogers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Golovdy is controlling Rogers's posture.
Golovdy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rogers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Golovdy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rogers lands a couple of elbows.
Rogers trying to control the position from guard on top but Golovdy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Golovdy is trying to keep Rogers in close.
Rogers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rogers throwing strikes but missing.
Golovdy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Steve Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Golovdy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rogers dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rogers moves into the clinch.
Rogers makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Golovdy breaks from the clinch.
Golovdy misses with a straight right.
Golovdy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rogers connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Golovdy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rogers with a poor takedown
and Golovdy counters with a good, hard body kick but Rogers shrugs it off.
Rogers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Golovdy.
Golovdy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Golovdy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rogers shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Golovdy defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Golovdy.
Golovdy throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Golovdy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Golovdy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Golovdy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Golovdy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rogers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Golovdy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Golovdy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rogers or not.
Golovdy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Golovdy misses with the head strike.
Golovdy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovdy lands a body shot.
Golovdy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice straight punches there by Rogers. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rogers.
Gennakin Golovdy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers throws a head kick that misses.
Golovdy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rogers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rogers appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Golovdy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rogerss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Golovdy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Golovdy steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rogers.
Golovdy tries to clinch up but Rogers circles away and keeps his distance.
Golovdy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rogers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt.
Golovdy feints the counter takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Golovdy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rogers's hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers misses with a left hand
and Golovdy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Golovdy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Golovdy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Golovdy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Golovdy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Golovdy tries to clinch there but Rogers circles away.
Rogers cracks Golovdy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rogers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Golovdy manages to avoid it.
Golovdy misses with a head kick.
Rogers moves in looking to clinch but Golovdy pushes him off.
Golovdy follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Golovdy misses with a series of wild punches.
Rogers clobbers Golovdy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers swats away the attempt to clinch by Golovdy.
Golovdy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rogers appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rogers on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
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!
Golovdy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rogers at a distance.
Rogers closes the distance and clinches up with Golovdy, looking for a takedown. Rogers pushes Golovdy against the cage but Golovdy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rogers tries a head kick but it misses.
Rogers has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Golovdy finds it's way round the side to connect with Rogers's head.
Golovdy clinches up with Rogers and pushes him back against the cage.
Golovdy is trying to break the clinch but Rogers is controlling him.
Golovdy misses with the head strike.
Golovdy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Golovdy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rogers tries for a takedown but Golovdy circles away easily
and Golovdy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gennakin Golovdy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Golovdy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rogers.
It looks like Steve Rogers has been cut.
Golovdy scores with a hook.
Golovdy tries to clinch but Rogers moves out of range.
As Golovdy backs away, Rogers returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Golovdy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rogers.
Rogers quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Golovdy pushes Rogers up against the cage in a clinch.
Rogers tries to pull guard but Golovdy won't allow it.
Golovdy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rogers successfully pulls guard.
Golovdy stays in close to Rogers's body and controls the position.
Golovdy wants to control from the top but Rogers keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovdy stopping the sweep attempt from Rogers.
Golovdy looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rogers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Golovdy is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovdy is posturing up here but Rogers has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Golovdy tries to roll out but it's too tight and Golovdy has to tap! Slick submission there by Rogers!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Steve Rogers!
Steve Rogers decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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