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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Gacy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zurab Basilashvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Basilashvili has chosen Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Zurab Basilashvili has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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230 lbs
2 - 4 - 2 |
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193 cm
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258 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Gacy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zurab Basilashvili!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Basilashvili jabs Gacy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gacy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Basilashvili counters with a straight right hand.
Gacy rushes Basilashvili and presses him up against the cage.
Basilashvili should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Basilashvili wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Basilashvili looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Basilashvili has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gacy tries to pull guard but Basilashvili won't allow it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Basilashvili.
Gacy is working for takedown but Basilashvili is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gacy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Basilashvili pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Gacy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gacy throws a head kick that misses
enabling Basilashvili to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gacy throws a lazy uppercut
and Basilashvili cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gacy is breathing heavily.
Basilashvili ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Basilashvili scores with a body shot.
Basilashvili lands a head shot.
Gacy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Basilashvili wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Basilashvili looks to land a combination. Gacy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Basilashvili throws a combination. Gacy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fighters circle momentarily. Basilashvili darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gacy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Basilashvili throws an overhand right that drops Gacy like a sack of potatoes! Basilashvili dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zurab Basilashvili!
After winning the bout, Zurab Basilashvili thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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FIGHT
RATING
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