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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vince Hardy is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aleksandr Kozlov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vince Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozlov rushes Hardy and presses him up against the ropes.
Kozlov misses with a punch on the inside.
Kozlov scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Kozlov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardy's brow.
Kozlov jumps guard but Hardy turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
A nice left hand lands by Kozlov.
Kozlov scores with a shot to the side of Hardy's head.
Hardy lands with a light punch inside.
Hardy lands a shoulder strike.
Kozlov throws an elbow but it misses.
Kozlov drags the fight down to the ground.
My spies in Tokyo Gym inform me that Hardy has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Hardy won't allow Kozlov to sweep him here.
Kozlov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hardy.
Hardy postures up and lands a big shot to Kozlov's brow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kozlov avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hardy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hardy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kozlov's guard.
Hardy has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlov is desperately trying to improve his position but Hardy has a good base and remains in mount.
Kozlov tries to hold on but Hardy postures up.
Hardy throwing strikes but Kozlov bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Hardy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kozlov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kozlov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hardy is adopting a defensive guard.
Hardy has a closed guard, preventing Kozlov from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kozlov postures up in Hardy's guard and throws a big left but Hardy blocks it.
Kozlov throwing strikes from guard but Hardy blocks nicely.
Hardy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kozlov's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kozlov is trying to keep Hardy in close.
Hardy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hardy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kozlov wants to stand up but Hardy is controlling him.
Hardy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy trying to control the position from guard on top but Kozlov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hardy might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kozlov haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hardy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kozlov is on top in guard.
Hardy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kozlov manages to get himself to full guard.
Hardy chips away with some ground and pound.
Hardy won't allow Kozlov to get back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hardy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kozlov's head.
Kozlov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hardy landing some decent shots from guard.
Kozlov throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Hardy throwing strikes from guard but Kozlov blocks nicely.
Kozlov throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kozlov wants to stand up but Hardy is controlling him.
Kozlov trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Hardy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Aleksandr Kozlov will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hardy avoids the head kick by Kozlov.
Hardy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kozlov lands with an uppercut that bounces Hardy off the ropes and back into range.
Kozlov has a takedown stuffed.
Kozlov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Kozlov seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kozlov walks into a left hand.
Kozlov shoots in looking for a takedown but Hardy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kozlov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hardy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kozlov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kozlov moves out of range as Hardy strikes.
Hardy stuns Kozlov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hardy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Kozlov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hardy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Hardy blocking some punches.
Kozlov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hardy blocks a body shot from Kozlov.
Hardy works on Kozlov's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hardy.
Kozlov prevents a body shot from Hardy.
Kozlov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Kozlov.
Kozlov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Hardy.
Hardy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kozlov or not.
Kozlov breaks from the clinch.
Kozlov gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kozlov is defended easily by Hardy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksandr Kozlov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hardy, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hardy works on Kozlov's body with a couple of short punches.
Hardy swings wildly with an uppercut but Kozlov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Hardy.
Kozlov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kozlov misses with an elbow over the top.
Hardy gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Hardy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hardy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kozlov's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hardy connects with a nice short shot to Kozlov's temple.
Vince Hardy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kozlov wants to control but Hardy is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov wants to improve his position but Hardy is controlling well.
Hardy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kozlov wants to get back to full guard.
Hardy thows a huge punch but Kozlov dodges it nicely.
Hardy trying to control from half guard but Kozlov is working away.
Hardy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kozlov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hardy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hardy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hardy passes the guard and advances to mount!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Hardy! Kozlov is hurt baaadly! Hardy is firing away with more strikes - Kozlov is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vince Hardy!
Vince Hardy bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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RATING
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