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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Marfaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armen Petrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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208 cm
20
223 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
26
200 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Solid chin |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Juan Marfaker! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armen Petrosyan! The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A head kick by Marfaker misses and Petrosyan counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Juan Marfaker has been cut. Petrosyan gets a clinch. Petrosyan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Petrosyan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Petrosyan tries to land knees in the clinch but Marfaker avoids the damage to the body. Marfaker blocks an elbow strike. Marfaker lands a left hand.
Marfaker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Petrosyan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Petrosyan scores a nice knee to the body.
Petrosyan throws an elbow that misses.
Petrosyan lands an elbow inside. Marfaker definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Marfaker avoids a wild elbow strike from Petrosyan. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Marfaker wants to break free but Petrosyan has control.
Marfaker misses with the head strike.
Petrosyan blocks a body shot from Marfaker. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow. Marfaker dodges an elbow strike from Petrosyan.
Marfaker misses with a punch to the body.
Petrosyan crunches a lovely knee into Marfaker's ribcage. Marfaker is breathing heavily. Petrosyan working Marfaker over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Petrosyan lands an elbow inside. Petrosyan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Juan Marfaker's cut is getting worse. Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Marfaker won't want to take too many of those. Petrosyan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Marfaker seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Petrosyan can turn it around. Marfaker takes an elbow to the temple. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Petrosyan looks to throw an elbow but misses. Petrosyan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Petrosyan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow. Petrosyan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marfaker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Nice elbow from Petrosyan. Petrosyan lands an elbow inside that Marfaker shrugs off. Marfaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Juan Marfaker's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Marfaker looking to slow down the pace here. Marfaker misses with a punch to the body.
Marfaker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marfaker misses with the head strike.
Petrosyan crunches a lovely knee into Marfaker's ribcage. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Petrosyan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Petrosyan lands a good knee to the midsection. Marfaker won't want to take too many of those. Petrosyan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Petrosyan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marfaker's defenses. Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan trying to land knees to the body.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Marfaker blocks an elbow strike. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Petrosyan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marfaker's defenses.
Jeez, Juan Marfaker's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked. Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marfaker avoids the elbow strike from Petrosyan, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan lands a damaging elbow. Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Petrosyan lands an elbow inside that Marfaker shrugs off.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Juan Marfaker's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Armen Petrosyan! Armen Petrosyan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
53% |
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