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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Koreshkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spanky Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edgar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kick In The Door. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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157 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Koreshkov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Spanky Edgar!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koreshkov shoots for a double leg takedown but Edgar sprawls well. He's pushed Koreshkov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jab from Edgar.
Koreshkov misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Edgar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koreshkov.
Edgar lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Edgar cracks Koreshkov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Koreshkov takes a swing at Edgar's ribcage but misses.
Nice sprawl there from Koreshkov as Edgar shoots in.
Koreshkov walks into a left hand.
Spanky Edgar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edgar looks to throw the jab but Koreshkov is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edgar throws the left hand but Koreshkov avoids the punch easily.
Edgar changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Koreshkov tries to avoid it but Edgar manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Koreshkov to the ground. Koreshkov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Edgar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Koreshkov misses the target.
Koreshkov misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar scores with the left hand. Koreshkov knows he should have avoided that one.
Edgar swings widly with a right hand
and Koreshkov counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Edgar keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Koreshkov tries to pass to full mount but Edgar defends it.
Edgar is looking to improve his position.
Koreshkov is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Edgar has managed to free his arm - good work.
Koreshkov winds up and cracks Edgar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Koreshkov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ground and pound from Koreshkov.
Edgar has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Koreshkov passes the guard and advances to mount!
Koreshkov raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Edgar is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Koreshkov lands a nice shot to the head.
Koreshkov with good strikes from the mount here!
Edgar is trying to escape the mount.
Koreshkov scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Edgar?
Koreshkov landing strikes from the mount and Edgar is in trouble!
Edgar is rocked!
Koreshkov unloading with bombs!
Edgar is still in real trouble! Can Koreshkov finish him?
Edgar wants to hold on but Koreshkov pushes him away.
Koreshkov looking to finish Edgar with some ground and pound. This is bad for Edgar!
Edgar wants to control but Koreshkov is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Edgar can do anything to dispel that myth.
Koreshkov raining down hammerfists from mount.
Koreshkov lands a big shot to the head and Edgar winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Alexander Koreshkov!
Alexander Koreshkov retains his lightweight title!
A relieved looking Alexander Koreshkov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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