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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Felix Linwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atanase Teodor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teodor has chosen Oy to Ne Vecher as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Atanase Teodor told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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161 lbs
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162 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix Linwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Atanase Teodor!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linwood stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Teodor.
Linwood lands with a nice body punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Teodor.
Teodor moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Linwood missing with a left hand there. Teodor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Linwood is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Teodor's half guard.
Teodor is looking for a sweep. Linwood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Linwood not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Linwood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Teodor is looking to escape.
Linwood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Linwood lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Teodor can do anything to dispel that myth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teodor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linwood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Teodor's head.
Teodor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Linwood.
Linwood is keen to just control but Teodor is a slippery customer.
Linwood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Teodor's head.
Teodor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Linwood wants to take a breather but Teodor is having none of it.
Linwood throws a strike but Teodor avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Linwood is fighting to break Teodor's control of his arms but Teodor is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Linwood pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Teodor is keeping the position for now.
Linwood postures up in Teodor's guard and throws a big left but Teodor blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teodor trying to keep a closed guard but Linwood is proving a slippery customer.
Teodor wants to sweep here but Linwood controlling him for the moment.
Linwood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Linwood trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Linwood postures up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Linwood throws the left hand but Teodor avoids the punch easily.
A nice side step and Teodor releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Linwood takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Teodor lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Atanase Teodor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Teodor tests Linwood's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Teodor lands a front kick.
Linwood misses with a lunging right hand
and Teodor counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Linwood misses.
Nice sprawl there from Teodor as Linwood shoots in.
Jab from Teodor.
Teodor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Linwood has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Teodor.
Felix Linwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Linwood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Teodor.
A nice side step and Teodor releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Linwood darts in looking for a takedown but Teodor gets double underhooks and turns Linwood into the cage.
Teodor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Linwood's sensitive parts.
Linwood takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Teodor lands with a right hand.
Linwood throws a body punch but Teodor moves out of range.
Teodor fakes the leg kick and cracks Linwood in the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teodor scores with a head kick.
Linwood throws a poor cross that misses
and Teodor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Linwood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Teodor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linwood feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Linwood wants to control from the top but Teodor keeps moving.
Linwood throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Teodor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Linwood working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Teodor wants to sweep here but Linwood controlling him for the moment.
Linwood postures up and lands a big shot to Teodor's brow.
Teodor pulls Linwood in close to his closed guard and prevents Linwood from doing any damage or advancing position.
Linwood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Linwood throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Teodor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Atanase Teodor dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Linwood swings widly with a right hand
and Teodor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A head kick misses from Teodor.
Linwood is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Linwood takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Linwood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Teodor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Teodor lands a head kick. Linwood smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Teodor slips a jab and a cross from Linwood.
Teodor appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Linwood shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Teodor counters with an outside leg kick.
Linwood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Linwood blocks a head kick by Teodor.
Linwood looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Teodor is fending him off so far but Linwood persists. Nope, Teodor circles away and we're back to standing.
Linwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teodor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Linwood has time to react.
Teodor plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Felix Linwood has been cut.
Linwood on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linwood throws a big shot that misses.
Horrible takedown attempt by Linwood or perhaps it was just good defense by Teodor, which made it look bad.
Teodor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Linwood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teodor fakes the leg kick and cracks Linwood in the body.
Teodor throws a head kick but Linwood moves out of range.
Linwood rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Teodor counters with a good low kick that Linwood was not able to check.
Linwood has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Linwood there as he acknowledges the shot.
Teodor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Linwood doesn't seem bothered though.
Linwood throws a lazy uppercut
and Teodor makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Teodor scores with a jab. Linwood acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Linwood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Teodors jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Linwood misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Linwood crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Teodor - the referee stops the clock and Linwood gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Teodor. Linwood manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
A head kick misses from Teodor.
Linwood will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linwood tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Linwood misses with a left hand
and Teodor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Teodor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Teodor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Teodor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Teodor.
Teodor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Teodor bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Linwood's head backwards.
Linwood misses with a left hand
and Teodor makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Teodor throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Linwood scores with a takedown into Teodor's guard.
Linwood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Teodor pulls Linwood in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linwood throwing strikes but missing.
Teodor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Linwood's guard.
Linwood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Teodor is one step ahead there.
Teodor tries to free his leg and advance position but Linwood is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Teodor trying to control but Linwood is working from the bottom.
Teodor controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Teodor must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Linwood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Teodor is one step ahead there.
Teodor not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Linwood looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Felix Linwood overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Teodor is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Linwood wants to sweep here but Teodor controlling him for the moment.
Linwood is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Atanase Teodor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Felix Linwood's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Linwood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Teodor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Teodor steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Teodor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Teodor misses with a head kick.
Linwood throws an overhand right that lands on Teodor's shoulder, as Teodor tries to avoid the shot.
Teodor connects with a jab.
Linwood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Linwood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Linwood getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Teodor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Linwood shoots and misses
and Teodor counters with a straight right hand.
Teodor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Teodor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Linwood.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teodor lands a lovely overhand right.
Teodor throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Linwood misses with an uppercut
and Teodor counters with a low kick, right behind Linwood 's knee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Linwood. That's going to slow Teodor down.
Linwood with a poor takedown
and Teodor counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Linwood is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Teodor.
Teodor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Linwood throws out the jab.
A left lands for Teodor.
Teodor scores with a hook to the body. Linwood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Linwood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Linwood was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Teodor swings for the body but Linwood moves out of range.
Linwood takes a swing at Teodor's ribcage but misses.
Teodor looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Teodor fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Linwood on the side of the head.
A slow jab from Linwood misses its intended target.
Teodor fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Linwood.
Nice sprawl there from Teodor as Linwood shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Linwood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teodor throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linwood thuds his right hand into Teodor's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Linwood misses with a hook.
Teodor feints and then cracks Linwood's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Linwood down.
Teodor throws out a powerful jab.
Teodor thumps Linwood with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Teodor.
Teodor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Linwood's sensitive parts.
Linwood is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Teodor lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Teodor misses with a head kick.
Teodor throws a body shot but no joy.
Linwood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Linwood throws a right hand that misses
and Teodor counters with a nice body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Teodor. That's going to slow Linwood down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linwood throws a right hand that misses
and Teodor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Linwood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Teodor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Linwood doesn't seem bothered though.
Linwood fails to land with a series of punches.
Felix Linwood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Linwood takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Linwood throws an off balance right hand
and Teodor counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Teodor connects with a solid leg kick.
Teodor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Teodor throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Linwood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Teodor delivers a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Linwood throws a lazy uppercut
and Teodor counters with an outside leg kick.
Teodor lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Linwood is rocked!
Linwood takes a kick to the side of the head.
Oh Linwood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Linwood shoots in for a takedown but Teodor shows good takedown defense.
Linwood takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Linwood seems to have got his legs back now.
Linwood throws an off balance right hand
and Teodor counters with a straight right hand.
Atanase Teodor is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Teodor lands with a good body shot.
Teodor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Linwood doesn't seem bothered though.
Linwood takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Linwood throws a poor cross that misses
and Teodor counters with a left to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Linwood misses with a lunging right hand
and Teodor counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Teodor plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Teodor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that's the end of the fight!
Atanase Teodor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Teodor winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Atanase Teodor!
A very excited looking Atanase Teodor made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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RATING
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