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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anton Zanin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Vengrio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Vengrio's choice of entrance music: Muay Thai. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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273 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
44
287 lbs
37 - 22 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anton Zanin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arthur Vengrio!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vengrio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zanin.
Zanin misses with a hook.
Zanin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vengrio.
Zanin throws a jab but it's blocked by Vengrio.
Zanin stalks Vengrio and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Vengrio's face. Vengrio staggers backwards, shaken.
Vengrio tries to work over Zanin's front leg with a kick but Zanin checks it.
Vengrio throws a sloppy head kick and Zanin moves out of range easily.
Vengrio scores with a nice head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zanin. Vengrio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vengrio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zanin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vengrio.
Zanin 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.
Vengrio lands a jab to the nose.
Vengrio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zanin throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zanin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vengrio lands with an uppercut that bounces Zanin off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Anton Zanin has been cut.
Zanin scores with a sloppy right hand. Vengrio should have avoided that one.
Vengrio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zanin misses with a double jab.
Vengrio tries to clinch but Zanin moves out of range.
Vengrio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vengrio lands a high kick!
Vengrio throws a sloppy head kick and Zanin moves out of range easily.
Vengrio gets a clinch.
Zanin is trying to break the clinch but Vengrio is controlling him.
Zanin avoiding damage as Vengrio throws knees to the body.
Vengrio misses with a knee strike.
Vengrio swings wildly with an uppercut but Zanin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vengrio lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vengrio can't find room to land a body shot as Zanin controls the action.
Vengrio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zanin blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zanin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vengrio taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Vengrio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vengrio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zanin backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vengrio working aggressively here.
Vengrio tries a body shot but Zanin blocks it.
Vengrio throws a punch but it's blocked by Zanin.
Vengrio stalling.
Vengrio will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zanin up against the cage.
Zanin is trying to push Vengrio away but Vengrio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zanin takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zanin blocking some punches.
Vengrio has a couple of punches blocked by Zanin.
Vengrio misses with a knee strike.
Vengrio's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Vengrio scores with a hook to the body.
Zanin blocks an uppercut.
Zanin being controlled against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Vengrio lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vengrio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zanin managing to block the knees to the body from Vengrio.
Vengrio works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vengrio stalling in the clinch.
Vengrio lands with a short shot to the head.
Zanin is looking to break free of the clinch but Vengrio has double underhooks.
Vengrio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zanin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zanin blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vengrio.
Zanin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vengrio tries to land a knee to the head but Zanin blocks with his arms.
Vengrio leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Vengrio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anton Zanin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Vengrio misses with a head kick.
A cross from Vengrio lands.
A jab from Zanin finds it's way through Vengrio's defenses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Vengrio 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.
Vengrio loads up on a big right hand but Zanin slips the punch.
Anton Zanin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zanin lands a jab to the nose.
Zanin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vengrio.
Vengrio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zanin throws out a powerful jab.
Vengrio lands with a straight right. Zanin didn't see that one coming.
A jab from Zanin misses.
Zanin throws a hook to the side of Vengrio's head but Vengrio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vengrio misses with a head kick.
Zanin throws a combination. Vengrio tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Arthur Vengrio has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vengrio loads up on a big right hand but Zanin slips the punch.
Vengrio clinches up with Zanin and pushes him back against the cage.
Vengrio scores with a knee to the head.
Anton Zanin's cut is getting worse.
Vengrio has Zanin pushed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vengrio misses with a punch on the inside.
Vengrio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zanin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vengrio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zanin avoids it.
Vengrio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zanin.
Vengrio lands with a light punch inside.
Vengrio has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head and Zanin goes down! Vengrio dives on top of him - Zanin manages to get guard.
Zanin is rocked!
Vengrio gets to his feet. Zanin looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Oh Zanin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Vengrio throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Zanin is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Arthur Vengrio!
A relieved looking Arthur Vengrio 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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