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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arnavut Sevket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Itshak Rabinovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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192 lbs
21 - 6 - 0 |
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182 cm
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194 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Arnavut Sevket!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Itshak Rabinovitch!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sevket avoids the head kick by Rabinovitch.
Sevket scores with the left hand. Rabinovitch knows he should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sevket. Rabinovitch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rabinovitch throws a low kick but Sevket avoids it.
Rabinovitch throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sevket on the side of the head.
It looks like Arnavut Sevket has been cut.
Nice body punch from Sevket.
Sevket wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Arnavut Sevket seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rabinovitch lands with a kick to the temple. Sevket shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rabinovitch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rabinovitch throws a body kick that misses.
Rabinovitch takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sevket lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sevket misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rabinovitch counters with a solid body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch swings widly with a right hand
and Sevket counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rabinovitch throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sevket thuds a left hand into Rabinovitch's body.
Sevket lands with a good body shot.
Sevket scores with a nice head shot.
Sevket fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rabinovitch manages to avoid it.
Sevket throws a jab but it's blocked by Rabinovitch.
Sevket slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sevket digs a good body shot into Rabinovitch's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sevket uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sevket avoids the head kick by Rabinovitch.
Nice defenses there by Rabinovitch.
Sevket throws an overhand right that lands on Rabinovitch's shoulder, as Rabinovitch tries to avoid the shot.
Sevket misses with a takedown
and Rabinovitch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sevket swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sevket is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sevket stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sevket pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sevket moves out of range of the body kick.
Sevket misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sevket is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rabinovitch misses with a head kick.
Sevket scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sevket throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sevket moves out of range as Rabinovitch throws a body kick.
Sevket ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sevket misses the shot to the body.
Sevket throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rabinovitch counters with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabinovitch lands an overhand right.
Sevket fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rabinovitch manages to avoid it.
Sevket takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sevket throws a lazy right hand but Rabinovitch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Itshak Rabinovitch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sevket throws a body shot but no joy.
Rabinovitch lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping body kick lands there for Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch throws a series of punches but Sevket avoids them all with ease.
Sevket fails to land with a series of punches.
Rabinovitch only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Donk. Rabinovitch catches Sevket right on the button with a cross.
Sevket throws a poor cross that misses
and Rabinovitch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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 Arnavut Sevket will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arnavut Sevket's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sevket swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rabinovitch tries a head kick but it misses.
Sevket looks to score with a jab to the body but Rabinovitch is just out of range.
Rabinovitch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rabinovitch throws a big shot that misses.
Sevket looks to score with a jab to the body but Rabinovitch is just out of range.
Sevket takes one to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sevket looks to score with a jab to the body but Rabinovitch is just out of range.
Sevket fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rabinovitch manages to avoid it.
Rabinovitch flicks out a counter leg kick but Sevket steps away.
Sevket takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sevket getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sevket slips a jab from Rabinovitch.
Sevket attempts a counter takedown but Rabinovitch avoids it well and moves away.
Rabinovitch scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sevket on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A shot to the body from Sevket misses
and Rabinovitch counters with an outside leg kick.
Sevket throws a body punch but Rabinovitch moves out of range.
Sevket fails to land with a series of punches.
Rabinovitch scores with a leg kick.
Sevket fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sevket is looking to wear down Rabinovitch with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rabinovitch lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sevket is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sevket misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Rabinovitch.
Sevket throws a body punch but Rabinovitch moves out of range.
Rabinovitch fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sevket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rabinovitch lands with a slapping head kick.
Sevket misses with a hook.
Rabinovitch throws out a counter right but Sevket avoids it with no problem.
Rabinovitch looks to land a right hand but Sevket moved out of range.
Rabinovitch thows a leg kick but Sevket checks it
and Sevket counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rabinovitch won't be happy with that.
Rabinovitch tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Sevket presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Sevket raining down shots from the mount!
Sevket throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sevket with good strikes from the mount here!
Sevket with the ground and pound from mount.
Sevket trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sevket lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sevket trying to control but Rabinovitch is having none of it.
Rabinovitch is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rabinovitch really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rabinovitch is in a horrible position here. Sevket smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sevket lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rabinovitch hang on?
Sevket dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sevket lands a big shot there that rocks Rabinovitch but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rabinovitch wants to get back to his feet.
Rabinovitch is looking to get to half guard.
Sevket avoids the attempt from Rabinovitch to control.
Sevket connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sevket with good strikes from the mount here!
Rabinovitch is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Sevket has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rabinovitch is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sevket won't let Rabinovitch get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Sevket landing punches.
Rabinovitch can't escape the position.
The referee warns Rabinovitch that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnavut Sevket dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arnavut Sevket's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Sevket swings for the body but Rabinovitch moves out of range.
Sevket takes a swing at Rabinovitch's ribcage but misses.
Nice cross by Sevket.
Sevket lands a right hook to the body.
Rabinovitch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sevket lands with a straight right. Rabinovitch didn't see that one coming.
Good standup being displayed there by Sevket as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rabinovitch walks into a left hand.
A low kick from Rabinovitch misses
and Sevket counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Rabinovitch!
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!
Sevket scoring with punches from side control.
Sevket throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sevket cracks Rabinovitch with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Rabinovitch takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rabinovitch is rocked!
Rabinovitch tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Rabinovitch is still in real trouble! Can Sevket finish him?
Rabinovitch tries to lock up and control but Sevket gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rabinovitch seems to have recovered his senses.
Rabinovitch tries to reverse the position but Sevket maintains control.
Sevket in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rabinovitch working to try and regain half guard.
Rabinovitch tries to hold on but Sevket postures up.
Sevket landing shots from mount.
Rabinovitch is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sevket trying to control but Rabinovitch is having none of it.
Sevket connects with a bit shot that sees Rabinovitch covering up! More strikes from Sevket and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sevket is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arnavut Sevket!
Arnavut Sevket spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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