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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baldur Draupnir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxim Vladyslav Volkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Baldur Draupnir has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Baldur Draupnir seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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187 cm
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189 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baldur Draupnir! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maxim Vladyslav Volkov! The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Draupnir takes the fight into the clinch. Draupnir controlling the action here for a moment.
Draupnir pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Draupnir lands with a nice body kick. Draupnir throws the kick towards the body but Volkov avoids it. Draupnir scoring well with a low kick there.
Volkov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Volkov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Volkov avoids the head kick by Draupnir.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! A slapping body kick lands there for Draupnir. Volkov throws a right hand that Draupnir ducks under and follows up with a left that Draupnir also avoids with ease. Draupnir throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Volkov's head.
It looks like Maxim Vladyslav Volkov has been cut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Volkov gets in close and instigates a clinch. Draupnir leaning his opponent against the cage. Draupnir leaning against his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round. Draupnir's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Draupnir throws a low kick but it's checked well by Volkov. Draupnir moves into range and clinches up with Volkov. Volkov is trying to break free. A head punch blocked on the inside by Draupnir. I was talking to Draupnir's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Draupnir will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Volkov up against the cage. Draupnir just leaning against Volkov, taking a breather. Draupnir slows down the pace here.
Draupnir seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression. Draupnir misses with a body punch.
Volkov tries to break the clinch but Draupnir is controlling the position. Draupnir is struggling to control the position. Draupnir has Volkov pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Draupnir for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Baldur Draupnir. The fight stays on the outside here - Volkov looks like he's thinking about clinching though. A solid leg kick lands there for Draupnir.
Draupnir drives through and clinches with Volkov against the cage.
Draupnir breaks the clinch.
Volkov has closed the distance and engaged Draupnir in a clinch.
Come on Draupnir - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Draupnir prevents a body shot from Volkov. Draupnir breaks the clinch.
Draupnir lands with a slapping head kick. Draupnir throws a head kick that misses. This has been an exciting period of action! Volkov throws a head kick that misses. Volkov fails in his attempt to clinch. Volkov swinging wildly here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Draupnir.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Draupnir scores with a hook to the body. Volkov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. No joy there for Volkov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Volkov does no damage. Sloppy strikes from Volkov. Those never looked like landing. Draupnir circles away from the clinch attempt.
Volkov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Draupnir. Volkov shrugs it off though. Volkov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Draupnir paws at him with a jab and circles away. Draupnir throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Draupnir connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Volkov moves in looking to clinch but Draupnir pushes him off. Draupnir wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch. Draupnir buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Volkov throws a combination. Draupnir tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Baldur Draupnir has been cut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Draupnir moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Volkov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Draupnir throws a head kick that Volkov semi-blocks.
Draupnir lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Draupnir has managed to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Volkov. Draupnir slows down the pace here.
Volkov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Draupnir blocking some punches.
Draupnir blocks a body shot from Volkov. Volkov throws a punch but it's blocked by Draupnir. Volkov throws a head punch that misses. The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Draupnir takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. A frustrated look appears on Volkov's face as he tries to break the clinch. Draupnir leaning his opponent against the cage. Volkov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baldur Draupnir dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Volkov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baldur Draupnir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Volkov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Draupnir can pounce on him.
Draupnir lands a nice leg kick that just misses Volkov's sensitive parts. Draupnir fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Volkov checks it well. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draupnir lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Volkov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Volkov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Volkov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Draupnir misses with a low kick.
Draupnir moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Draupnir throws a head kick but Volkov moves out of range.
Draupnir moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Volkov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Draupnir. Draupnir lands a head kick!
Volkov is rocked! Draupnir gets in close and instigates a clinch. Volkov is still on wobbly legs! Can Draupnir finish him? The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Volkov takes a shot to the head. Draupnir breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Draupnir throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Volkov is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Baldur Draupnir!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
57% |
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