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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack London (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilham Aliyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Aliyev's choice of entrance music: Why Can't We Be Friends? . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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187 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack London!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilham Aliyev!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aliyev bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of London's head.
Aliyev tries to clinch up.
Aliyev lunges at London with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by London's hand.
London is looking to clinch but Aliyev is avoiding it.
London keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
London walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jack London seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
London throws a sloppy body shot
and Aliyev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
London connects with a nice looking jab.
Aliyev lands with an overhand left.
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!
London fails in his attempt to clinch.
London misses with a straight left.
Aliyev blocks a jab.
Aliyev blocks a jab.
London throws a sloppy body shot
and Aliyev counters with a low kick, right behind London 's knee.
London shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
London looking to secure an arm triangle but Aliyev defends it well.
London lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Aliyev sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. London connects with a nice short shot to Aliyev's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
London prevents Aliyev from improving his position.
Aliyev moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Aliyev lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for London!
Aliyev is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
A bone on bone clash there as Aliyev blocks the leg kick.
Aliyev looks to throw the jab but London is out of range.
London uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aliyev.
Aliyev is looking to clinch.
Good shot there by Aliyev.
Ilham Aliyev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
London takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
London dodges the punch combination from Aliyev.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Aliyev.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jab by Aliyev.
Aliyev scores with a nice body kick.
London is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aliyev looks for the body kick but London saw that one coming.
Aliyev throws a head kick but London moves out of range.
Aliyev connects with a single shot there.
London throws a low kick, looking for Aliyev's leg but Aliyev calmly moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Aliyev. That snapped London's head back.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aliyev.
London walks into a straight right hand from Aliyev.
Aliyev scores with a decent looking hook.
London throws a hook to the side of Aliyev's head but Aliyev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aliyev has London up against the cage in a clinch.
Aliyev landing some nice looking knees to the body.
London takes an elbow to the temple.
Aliyev creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through London's defenses.
Aliyev lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Aliyev stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev connects with a knee to the head.
Aliyev lands an elbow inside.
Aliyev landing some nice looking knees to the body.
London is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Aliyev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of London backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Aliyev.
Aliyev lands a nice elbow.
Aliyev lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
London takes an elbow to the temple.
A left hand lands to the body for Aliyev.
London has had enough of the clinch but Aliyev keeps him there for the moment.
Aliyev scores with a shoulder strike.
Aliyev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Aliyev lands a nice knee to the body.
Aliyev throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Aliyev.
Aliyev landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aliyev connects with a knee to the head.
Aliyev using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aliyev lands a damaging elbow.
London takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Aliyev.
Aliyev scores a nice knee to the body.
Aliyev landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aliyev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees to the body from Aliyev.
Nice body punch from Aliyev.
London looking to slow down the pace here.
A left hand lands to the body for Aliyev.
London looking to stall.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Aliyev unloads a knee to the mid-section. London lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
London stalling in the clinch.
Aliyev landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aliyev digs a right hand into London's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on London's gas tank.
A knee to the head by Aliyev.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
London looking to slow down the pace here.
Aliyev landing knees to the body.
Aliyev tries to land knees in the clinch but London avoids the damage to the body.
Aliyev lands an elbow just above London 's eye.
Aliyev lands an elbow just above London 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ilham Aliyev dominated that round.
That's time! London's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
London shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aliyev as he jumps to the side.
London misses with a leg kick.
Aliyev tries to clinch up.
London moves in looking to clinch but Aliyev pushes him off.
London gets the takedown into side control.
London in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Aliyev manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Aliyev wants to improve his position but London is controlling well.
London is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Aliyev reverses the position - he's now on top in London's guard.
Aliyev passes into half guard.
London taking some punishment here, with Aliyev in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aliyev is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, London manages to get to full guard.
Aliyev is breathing heavily.
Aliyev looking to pass the guard.
London lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Aliyev!
London with a couple of short strikes.
Aliyev is in all sorts of trouble here.
London landing shots from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Aliyev tries to buck London off but he can't manage it.
London lands a nice shot to the head.
Aliyev is rocked!
BOOM! London connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Aliyev is still in real trouble! Can London finish him?
London drops a big elbow. That's hurt Aliyev! More shots from London and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack London!
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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
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