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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Egor Shepard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Zajcev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Egor Shepard could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Adam Zajcev's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Egor Shepard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adam Zajcev!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zajcev clinches up with Shepard and pushes him back against the cage.
Shepard is trying to push Zajcev away but Zajcev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zajcev is looking to take this one to the mat.
Zajcev throws an elbow but it misses.
Zajcev jumps guard but Shepard stands there with Zajcev around his waist. Zajcev gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Shepard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Zajcev is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Shepard managing to block the knees to the body from Zajcev.
Shepard has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Zajcev after a bit of a struggle.
Zajcev working aggressively here.
Zajcev lands with a short shot to the head.
Shepard trying to control the position but instead, Zajcev has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shepard into the cage.
Shepard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Zajcev gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Egor Shepard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shepard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zajcev looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Zajcev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shepard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zajcev blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepard is trying to break free.
Shepard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shepard.
Zajcev swings wildly with an uppercut but Shepard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zajcev lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zajcev creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Zajcev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zajcev gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zajcev lands a body punch.
Zajcev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zajcev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zajcev prevents the takedown attempt.
Shepard is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Shepard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shepard avoids a wild elbow strike from Zajcev.
Zajcev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zajcev looking for a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zajcev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zajcev lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Zajcev.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shepard wants to get back to striking at distance but Zajcev won't allow it.
Zajcev scores with a shot to the side of Shepard's head.
Zajcev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shepard is rocked!
Zajcev throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Shepard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zajcev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shepard.
Shepard blocking some punches.
Zajcev throws a punch but it's blocked by Shepard.
Zajcev swings wildly with an uppercut but Shepard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zajcev pulls guard.
Shepard really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Zajcev pushes Shepard off and scrambles back to his feet.
Shepard walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Zajcev! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Adam Zajcev!
Adam Zajcev opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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