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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Erschov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Zarco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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180 lbs
12 - 17 - 0 |
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172 cm
27
180 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Erschov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Zarco!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zarco jabs at Erschov's body.
Erschov tries for a takedown but Zarco circles away easily
and Zarco counters by clinching up.
Zarco lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Alexei Erschov has been cut.
Zarco lands a nice knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Zarco.
Zarco lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Erschov is trying to drag Zarco to the mat but Zarco just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Erschov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexei Erschov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Erschov is breathing heavily.
Zarco dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A knee to the head by Zarco.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarco working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zarco prevents the takedown attempt.
Zarco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Erschov backwards.
Zarco lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Erschov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Erschov could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Good body shot from Zarco.
Zarco lands a body shot.
Zarco has Erschov pressed against the ropes, preventing Erschov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zarco landing knees to the head.
Zarco with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Erschov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Zarco pulls his leg out and moves away.
Erschov gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Zarco gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Zarco!
Antonio Zarco decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
57% |
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