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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armen Petrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
28
200 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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185 cm
29
200 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Fast |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maximus Meridius! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armen Petrosyan! The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Petrosyan doesn't manage to clinch there - Meridius circles away.
Petrosyan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meridius, pushing him back against the ropes. Petrosyan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Meridius.
Petrosyan throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice elbow from Petrosyan. A knee to the head by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan misses with an elbow over the top. Meridius throws a head punch that misses. Petrosyan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes. Meridius struggles to land a body shot inside as Petrosyan controls his hands.
Petrosyan misses with an elbow over the top. Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Meridius has been working on his balance at Animal House, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Petrosyan. Meridius takes an elbow to the forehead. Petrosyan is defending well against a takedown attempt. Petrosyan misses with an elbow over the top. Meridius takes an elbow to the forehead. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Meridius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Petrosyan obliges. Meridius takes a knee right on the jaw!
Petrosyan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Petrosyan lands an elbow that stopped Meridius in his tracks for a moment. Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Meridius lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Meridius is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Petrosyan lands an elbow inside that Meridius shrugs off. Meridius avoids a wild elbow strike from Petrosyan. Petrosyan lands a nice knee to the body. A nice glancing elbow lands by Petrosyan. Petrosyan lands an elbow that stopped Meridius in his tracks for a moment. Petrosyan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Petrosyan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Nice elbow from Petrosyan. Petrosyan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Petrosyan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. 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! Meridius takes an elbow to the forehead. Petrosyan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. A nice glancing elbow lands by Petrosyan. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Maximus Meridius has been cut. Petrosyan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Nice elbow from Petrosyan. Petrosyan with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Nice elbow from Petrosyan. Petrosyan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Petrosyan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Petrosyan lands an elbow that stopped Meridius in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Petrosyan prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maximus Meridius. That's going to take a lot out of him. Petrosyan lands an elbow just above Meridius 's eye. Petrosyan working Meridius over with knees to the body. Petrosyan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Meridius's face.
Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Meridius lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Petrosyan lands an elbow that stopped Meridius in his tracks for a moment. Meridius takes an elbow to the temple. Meridius is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Petrosyan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Petrosyan working Meridius over with knees to the body. A nice glancing elbow lands by Petrosyan. Petrosyan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Meridius's defenses. Petrosyan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Petrosyan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Petrosyan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Petrosyan with a knee to the head.
Petrosyan lands an elbow just above Meridius 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Petrosyan lands an elbow just above Meridius 's eye. Petrosyan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Nice elbow from Petrosyan. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow. Meridius takes an elbow to the forehead. Meridius tries to score a body lock takedown but Petrosyan shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Nice elbow from Petrosyan. Petrosyan landing knees to the body.
Petrosyan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Nice elbow from Petrosyan. Petrosyan lands an elbow inside that Meridius shrugs off. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Petrosyan lands an elbow inside. Nice elbow from Petrosyan. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Nice elbow from Petrosyan. Petrosyan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Petrosyan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Meridius takes an elbow to the temple. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow. Meridius takes an elbow to the forehead. Petrosyan lands an elbow just above Meridius 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow. Petrosyan lands an elbow inside that Meridius shrugs off. Petrosyan lands an elbow inside.
Meridius is rocked! Petrosyan misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Petrosyan. Oh Meridius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Meridius takes an elbow to the forehead. Petrosyan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Petrosyan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Petrosyan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Meridius's defenses. Petrosyan lands an elbow that stopped Meridius in his tracks for a moment. Petrosyan blocking some punches.
Meridius seems to have got his legs back now. Meridius working aggressively here.
Meridius takes an elbow to the temple. Meridius has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Petrosyan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Petrosyan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Petrosyan lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Petrosyan lands an elbow inside. Petrosyan lands a damaging elbow. Petrosyan lands an elbow inside.
That's five minutes gone in the round. A nice glancing elbow lands by Petrosyan. Clinched against the ropes, Petrosyan lands a big elbow that drops Meridius! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Meridius is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Armen Petrosyan! A very excited looking Armen Petrosyan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
93% |
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