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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruzz Manalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergiusz Ataman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergiusz Ataman acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
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215 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ruzz Manalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergiusz Ataman!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Franklyn Lucas and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manalo throws a body shot but no joy.
Ataman tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ruzz Manalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ataman instigates a clinch.
Ataman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Manalo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ataman is defending well for now.
Ataman just leaning against Manalo, taking a breather.
Manalo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ataman lands a left hand.
Manalo trying to stall but Ataman improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Ataman.
A short right from Ataman.
Ataman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ataman lands a shot to the body.
Ataman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ataman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ataman avoids a wild elbow strike from Manalo.
Ataman lands with a left to the head.
Good body shot from Ataman.
Manalo is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ataman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Manalo backwards.
Ataman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ataman lands with a right to the head.
Manalo tries to throw a body punch but Ataman avoids it by throwing Manalo back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ataman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Manalo misses with the head strike.
Manalo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ataman blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ataman.
Manalo lands an elbow inside that Ataman shrugs off.
Ataman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ataman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Manalo or not.
Ataman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ataman stalling the fight.
Ataman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Manalo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ataman is working Manalo over against the cage.
Ataman digs a right hand underneath Manalo's ribcage. Manalo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ataman lands a left hand.
Ataman lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ataman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Manalos head.
Ataman lands a shot to the body.
Ataman gets through Manalo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ataman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ataman lands an elbow inside that Manalo shrugs off.
Manalo is rocked!
Ataman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Manalo backwards.
Oh Manalo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Manalo stalling in the clinch but Ataman improves position.
Manalo seems to have got his legs back now.
Ataman landing knees to the body.
Manalo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ataman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ataman pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ataman digs a right hand into Manalo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Manalo's gas tank.
Ataman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ataman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Manalo backwards.
Ataman stalling.
Ataman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Manalo's defenses.
Manalo misses with an elbow over the top.
Still in the clinch, Ataman scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Manalo fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Ataman - that landed with a thud.
Ataman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ataman lands a hook that snaps the head of Manalo backwards.
Manalo takes a shot to the head.
Ataman pushes Manalo against the cage. Ataman is working some dirty boxing. Ataman pushes off with a quick right hook! Manalo goes down! Manalo tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ataman moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergiusz Ataman!
A very excited looking Sergiusz Ataman 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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FIGHT
RATING
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