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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Juravlev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Askren is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: wave after wave mr probs. Benny Askren struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 267.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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14 - 5 - 0 |
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290 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Juravlev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benny Askren!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Askren misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Juravlev dips to his left and cracks Askren with an uppercut!
Askren clinches up against the cage.
Askren blocks a body shot from Juravlev.
Juravlev has had enough of the clinch but Askren keeps him there for the moment.
Askren lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Askren.
It looks like Alexey Juravlev has been cut.
Juravlev is trying to force a seperation but Askren has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Juravlev.
A shot in the inside from Juravlev.
Askren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juravlev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Askren fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Juravlev throws a good cross that connects.
Askren moves in looking to clinch but Juravlev pushes him off.
Juravlev is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Askren gets a clinch.
Askren keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Juravlev's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juravlev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Juravlev is trying to push Askren away but Askren has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Juravlev is working Askren over against the cage.
Juravlev definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Juravlev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Juravlev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Juravlev there.
Askren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Juravlev. That snapped Askren's head back.
Juravlev throws a jab but it's blocked by Askren.
Askren swings for the body but Juravlev moves out of range.
Juravlev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Askren throws a hook to the side of Juravlev's head but Juravlev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Juravlev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've been informed that Askren has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Askren gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Askren doesn't manage to clinch there - Juravlev circles away.
Juravlev sends Askren crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Juravlev is motioning to the referee to let Askren up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juravlev stuns Askren with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Askren looks winded!
Juravlev cracks Askren with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Askren tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Juravlev pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Askren is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexey Juravlev!
An out of breath Alexey Juravlev thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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