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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anatoliy Lapikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Cieslak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lapikov comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Hells Bells . Michal Cieslak acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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186 cm
34
220 lbs
20 - 22 - 0 |
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191 cm
28
200 lbs
12 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
20 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Anatoliy Lapikov! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Michal Cieslak! The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lapikov scores with the left hand. Cieslak knows he should have avoided that one. Cieslak on the wrong end of a nice jab. Cieslak takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cieslak closes the distance but Lapikov moves to the side and Lapikov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Cieslak fails in his attempt to clinch. Cieslak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lapikov.
Cieslak throws a sloppy head kick and Lapikov moves out of range easily. Lapikov misses the shot to the body. Cieslak moves to clinch but Lapikov breaks away and Lapikov counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Lapikov prevents Cieslak from getting back to his feet. Lapikov working some strikes from top position. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Lapikov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Lapikov slips nicely into half guard. Lapikov trying to mount his opponent but Cieslak defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lapikov controlling the action here. Lapikov passes to full mount! Lapikov landing strikes from the mount and Cieslak is in trouble! Lapikov cracks Cieslak with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lapikov with a couple of short strikes.
Cieslak is rocked! Cieslak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lapikov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Lapikov loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Cieslak scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Lapikov land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Lapikov stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anatoliy Lapikov! A victorious Anatoliy Lapikov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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