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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Emil Marinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MT MT (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Marinov might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ruelle - Live Like Legends. Emil Marinov could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to MT MT's chin.
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195 lbs
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Excellent MT
Cardio machine
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emil Marinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, MT MT!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MT tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Marinov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
MT with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marinov looks to land a body kick but MT moved away.
MT avoids a kick to the body.
MT rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marinov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
MT misses with an uppercut
and Marinov counters with a body kick.
MT wants to clinch up but Marinov keeps it at a distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Marinov misses the target.
MT throws a hook but Marinov avoids it easily.
A big right from MT misses.
MT throws out a loose jab but Marinov uses good head movement to avoid it.
MT throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marinov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
MT just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMarinov.
A jab from MT does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marinov. MT does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marinov sets himself, and MT steps forward looking for the clinch! Marinov avoids it this time.
Good shot there by MT.
Nice body kick from Marinov.
MT throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot lands for MT.
We've been informed that MT has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
MT on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
MT blocks a head kick by Marinov.
Marinov works the jab nicely.
Marinov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from MT.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marinov fakes the leg kick and cracks MT in the body.
MT moves out of range of the body kick.
Marinov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
MT steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Marinov.
MT throws the left hand but Marinov avoids the punch easily.
MT throws a hook but Marinov blocks it.
Marinov drives through and clinches with MT against the ropes.
Marinov lands a left hand.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, MT just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marinov's brow.
MT misses with a body punch.
Marinov takes a knee to the side of the body.
MT doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marinov lands with a light punch inside.
MT with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
MT lands a shoulder strike.
Marinov avoids the elbow strike from MT, against the ropes.
MT misses with an elbow strike.
MT looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
MT tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marinov avoids it.
MT misses with an elbow strike.
MT trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marinov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
MT trying to land knees to the body.
MT's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marinov avoiding damage as MT throws knees to the body.
Marinov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marinov gets through MT's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
MT working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Marinov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marinov works on MT's body with a couple of short punches.
MT tries to land a knee to the head but Marinov blocks with his arms.
Marinov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Marinov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Marinov blocks an elbow strike.
Marinov lands with a short shot to the head.
MT tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marinov blocks the elbow strike.
Marinov lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
MT throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marinov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marinov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marinov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marinov is working MT over against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emil Marinov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
MT throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marinov counters with a stiff right hand.
MT is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
MT connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
MT is still on wobbly legs! Can Marinov finish him?
MT tries to clinch
and Marinov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
MT throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emil Marinov is winning the standup battle so far.
MT lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
MT tries to clinch but Marinov is having none of it.
Marinov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A good leg kick by Marinov.
Marinov connects with a quick right hand that sends MT tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Emil Marinov!
A very excited looking Emil Marinov rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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FIGHT
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