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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Hales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valery Lukyanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valery Lukyanov acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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194 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Hales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Valery Lukyanov!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lukyanov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hales is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lukyanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hales with a knee to the head.
It looks like Valery Lukyanov has been cut.
Lukyanov looks winded!
Hales breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hales clinches up with Lukyanov and pushes him back against the cage.
Hales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lukyanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Hales.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hales lands a nice knee to the body.
Hales lands a knee to the head.
Hales lands an elbow that stopped Lukyanov in his tracks for a moment.
Hales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hales.
Lukyanov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hales lands a knee to the body.
Hales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lukyanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hales lands a good knee to the midsection. Lukyanov won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Hales.
Lukyanov being controlled against the cage.
Hales scores with a knee to the head.
Hales controlling the action here for a moment.
Hales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lukyanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lukyanov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hales connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hales crunches a lovely knee into Lukyanov's ribcage.
Hales lands a good knee to the midsection. Lukyanov won't want to take too many of those.
Hales landing knees to the head.
Hales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hales manages to pull guard.
Hales thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hales manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Hales moves into the clinch.
Hales connects with a knee to the head.
Lukyanov tries to pull guard but Hales forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hales escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hales throws a head kick but Lukyanov moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hales lands with a kick to the temple. Lukyanov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lukyanov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hales goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lukyanov shoots in for a takedown but Hales shows good takedown defense.
Joe Hales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Valery Lukyanov.
Hales moves into range and clinches up with Lukyanov.
Lukyanov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lukyanov's face.
Hales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lukyanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lukyanov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lukyanov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lukyanov wants a takedown but no success here.
Hales stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knees to the body from Hales.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hales lands a good knee to the midsection. Lukyanov won't want to take too many of those.
Hales pulls Lukyanov into guard.
Lukyanov distracts Hales with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hales is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lukyanov won't allow Hales to get back to his feet.
Hales trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lukyanov trying to control but Hales is working from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Hales dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Valery Lukyanov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lukyanov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hales clinches up against the cage.
Hales pulls guard successfully.
Hales is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Lukyanov dives into side control.
Lukyanov prevents Hales from escaping the position.
Hales looking for a sweep but Lukyanov has passed into full mount! Oh no!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lukyanov landing strikes from the mount and Hales is in trouble!
Lukyanov is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hales can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukyanov trying to control but Hales is having none of it.
Hales tries to control Lukyanov's body but Lukyanov pushes him off. Hales squirms to his side and now Lukyanov has his back!
Hales is trying to get back to his feet but Lukyanov has full control of the position and if anything, Hales has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Lukyanov has the hooks in. Hales is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Hales is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hales throws a head kick but Lukyanov moves out of range.
Lukyanov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lukyanov blocks a head kick by Hales.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hales tries a head kick but it misses.
Hales throws a head kick but Lukyanov moves out of range.
Lukyanov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hales tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lukyanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lukyanov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lukyanov wants it to stay on the feet.
Lukyanov tries to clinch up.
Hales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lukyanov can do to turn this around?
Hales stuffs the takedown attempt from Lukyanov. Lukyanov gets slowly back to his feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lukyanov or perhaps it was just good defense by Hales, which made it look bad.
Hales misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lukyanov blocks a head kick by Hales.
Lukyanov wants to counter with a clinch but Hales pushes him away.
Hales displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lukyanov.
It looked like Hales was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Joe Hales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Valery Lukyanov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hales throws a head kick that misses.
Hales sets himself, and Lukyanov steps forward looking for the clinch! Hales avoids it this time.
Lukyanov looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hales!
Hales is looking to get back to his feet here but Lukyanov is keeping cool and he's managed to take Hales's back.
Lukyanov has managed to slip his arm under Hales's chin. This could be all over... yep, Hales is tapping out! Submission win for Lukyanov.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Valery Lukyanov!
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hype
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FIGHT
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