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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juan Koski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borislav Vovchanchyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koski kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Accept - Head Over Heels. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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178 cm
32
156 lbs
20 - 9 - 1 |
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171 cm
33
148 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Juan Koski! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Borislav Vovchanchyn! The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Koski ducks under a wild hook from Vovchanchyn. Koski tries to clinch there but Vovchanchyn circles away.
Koski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vovchanchyn moves into range and connects with a jab. Koski does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Koski looks for the body kick but Vovchanchyn saw that one coming. Koski cracks Vovchanchyn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Koski misses with a looping right. Koski throws a body punch but Vovchanchyn moves out of range. Koski misses with a looping right. Koski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vovchanchyn moves away. Koski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Koski slips a straight right by Vovchanchyn. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Vovchanchyn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Koski misses with an uppercut. Vovchanchyn saw that one coming. Koski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vovchanchyn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Vovchanchyn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Koski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vovchanchyn scrambles back to his feet. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Vovchanchyn is looking to slow Koski down with leg kicks. Koski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vovchanchyn.
Koski connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Koski blocks a leg kick. Vovchanchyn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Vovchanchyn thows a left - swing and a miss! Koski half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range. Koski throws a jab when Vovchanchyn was well out of range. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Koski.
Koski scores with a jab to the jaw. Vovchanchyn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Vovchanchyn ducks under a wild hook from Koski. Koski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Koski feints and then cracks Vovchanchyn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vovchanchyn down. Vovchanchyn checks a leg kick nicely. Koski backing away here, and Vovchanchyn unleashes a leg kick that just misses. Vovchanchyn misses with a looping right. Vovchanchyn takes one to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Koski. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Koski scores with the left hand. Vovchanchyn knows he should have avoided that one. Koski walks into a left hand. Koski scores with a slapping inside leg kick. A punch combination from Vovchanchyn misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Vovchanchyn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sloppy strikes from Koski. Those never looked like landing. Vovchanchyn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body. Vovchanchyn takes a shot right to the bread basket. Koski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vovchanchyn moves away. Vovchanchyn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Koski throws a lazy right hand but Vovchanchyn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Vovchanchyn checks the leg kick nicely there.
Koski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vovchanchyn's head. Vovchanchyn checks a leg kick. Koski throws out a loose jab but Vovchanchyn uses good head movement to avoid it. Vovchanchyn pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Koski connects with the punch. Koski staying out of range there. Koski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
An inside leg kick from Vovchanchyn misses. Koski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Koski seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. Koski thows a left - swing and a miss! Vovchanchyn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koski.
Koski seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Koski slips a jab from Vovchanchyn. Koski is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Vovchanchyn ducks right into an uppercut from Koski. Vovchanchyn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Koski missing with a left hand there. Vovchanchyn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Vovchanchyn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koski on the side of the head. Koski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Vovchanchyn throws a shot from downtown. Koski moves away and avoids it. Koski lands a nice hook to Vovchanchyn's body. Vovchanchyn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Borislav Vovchanchyn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Vovchanchyn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Juan Koski has been cut. Koski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Koski misses with a looping left. Vovchanchyn missing with a left hand there. Koski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Koski attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Koski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. A low kick from Koski is predictable there and Vovchanchyn counters with a crisp one two that drops Koski! Vovchanchyn thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Koski to his feet! Koski is in big trouble!
Koski is rocked! Vovchanchyn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Koski. Oh Koski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Koski throws a right hand that Vovchanchyn ducks under and follows up with a left that Vovchanchyn also avoids with ease. Vovchanchyn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Koski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Vovchanchyn lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Vovchanchyn misses with a looping right. Koski seems to have got his legs back now. Vovchanchyn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Koski avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Koski takes a swing at Vovchanchyn's ribcage but misses. Vovchanchyn is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. Koski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vovchanchyn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Koski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Koski connects with a solid leg kick. Koski thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vovchanchyn if he has to take too many more of those.
Vovchanchyn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vovchanchyn counters with a leg kick. Vovchanchyn avoids a punch combination nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Vovchanchyn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vovchanchyn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Koski throws the left hand but Vovchanchyn avoids the punch easily. Vovchanchyn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koski manages to avoid it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Koski dominated that round. The cut man is working on Juan Koski's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Koski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koski is looking to land body kicks. Vovchanchyn is looking to chop away at Koski's legs. Koski throwing a counter right hand but Vovchanchyn manages to avoid it. Vovchanchyn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koski throws out the jab. Vovchanchyn avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Vovchanchyn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Koski walks into a straight right hand from Vovchanchyn. Vovchanchyn lands a jab to Koski's midsection. Vovchanchyn throws a nice looking combination but Koski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. A big left from Vovchanchyn misses. Koski feints and then cracks Vovchanchyn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vovchanchyn down. Koski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vovchanchyn can do to turn this around? A jab from Vovchanchyn misses. An inside leg kick from Koski misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Koski feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vovchanchyns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Koski tests Vovchanchyn's chin there with a solid looking shot. Vovchanchyn gets tackled into the cage by Koski. Koski maintains the clinch. 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! Vovchanchyn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Vovchanchyn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Koski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vovchanchyn.
Koski thuds a left hand into Vovchanchyn's body. Koski misses with a hook. Vovchanchyn ducked under it nicely. Vovchanchyn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koski.
Vovchanchyn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Vovchanchyn tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Koski is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. An inside leg kick from Koski misses. Koski throws a leg kick that misses. Vovchanchyn throws a big shot that misses. A punch lands to the side of Vovchanchyn 's head but he takes it in his stride. Vovchanchyn misses with a leg kick and Koski counters with a left to the body. Koski checks a low kick from Vovchanchyn. Vovchanchyn misses with an uppercut. Koski shoots in for a takedown and gets it. This has been an exciting period of action! Vovchanchyn looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Koski pushes past his half guard into mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Vovchanchyn tries to improve his position but Koski has taken his back! Koski has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Vovchanchyn tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Koski pushes Vovchanchyn away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Juan Koski! Juan Koski 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
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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