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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Burgundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drago Maximov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
35 - 13 - 0 |
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211 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ron Burgundy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Drago Maximov!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burgundy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maximov manages to avoid it.
Maximov has Burgundy up against the cage in a clinch.
Maximov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Burgundy or not.
Maximov can't find room to land a body shot as Burgundy controls the action.
Burgundy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maximov has him pressed against the cage.
Maximov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Burgundy prevents a body shot from Maximov.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burgundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maximov throws a punch but it's blocked by Burgundy.
Maximov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Burgundy backwards.
Maximov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Maximov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maximov tries to work over Burgundy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maximov slows down the pace here.
Maximov misses with a punch to the body.
Maximov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maximov struggles to land a body shot inside as Burgundy controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maximov has a couple of punches blocked by Burgundy.
Burgundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burgundy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maximov clinches up against the cage.
Burgundy tries to work over Maximov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maximov prevents Burgundy from breaking the clinch.
Maximov throws a head punch that misses.
Maximov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Maximov - that landed with a thud.
Maximov working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Maximov.
Burgundy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Maximov.
Maximov throws a nice looking combination but Burgundy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maximov closes the distance and clinches.
Maximov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Burgundy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maximov is defending well for now.
Burgundy manages to break the clinch.
Burgundy blocks a head kick by Maximov.
Maximov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maximov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maximov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Maximov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maximov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Ron Burgundy has been cut.
Burgundy scores with a hook to the body. Maximov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burgundy misses with a wild body shot.
Maximov connects with a body shot.
Burgundy misses the shot to the body.
Maximov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burgundy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maximov.
Maximov tries to clinch up.
It looked like Burgundy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maximov.
Burgundy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maximov was well out of range. Poor timing from Burgundy.
Burgundy connects with a leg kick. Maximov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maximov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Burgundy is rocked!
Burgundy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little jabbing left from Maximov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oh Burgundy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maximov has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maximov.
Burgundy seems to have got his legs back now.
Maximov throws a punch but it's blocked by Burgundy.
Maximov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Maximov fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burgundy cracks Maximov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Maximov avoids a kick to the body.
Maximov clinches.
A hook to the body from Maximov.
Burgundy throws a punch but it's blocked by Maximov.
Maximov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burgundy blocking some punches.
Maximov has Burgundy pressed against the cage, preventing Burgundy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Maximov misses with a punch on the inside.
Burgundy is trying to break the clinch but Maximov has him pressed against the cage.
Burgundy breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Maximov. Those never looked like landing.
Maximov pushes Burgundy up against the cage in a clinch.
Burgundy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Burgundy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burgundy misses with a punch on the inside.
Maximov misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maximov misses with a punch to the body.
Maximov misses with a punch to the body.
Burgundy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burgundy ducks under a wild hook from Maximov.
Maximov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maximov has a couple of punches blocked by Burgundy.
Burgundy gets through Maximov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Burgundy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Burgundy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maximov.
Maximov avoiding damage as Burgundy throws knees to the body.
Maximov struggles to land a body shot inside as Burgundy controls his hands.
Maximov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Burgundy backwards.
Maximov pushes off an throws an elbow but Burgundy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Maximov misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from Burgundy.
Maximov looks winded!
Maximov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burgundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maximov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drago Maximov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron Burgundy's cut.
That's time! Burgundy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Maximov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burgundy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burgundy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maximov. That did some damage!
Burgundy tries to land a leg kick but Maximov saw it coming and moves away.
Maximov is looking to clinch.
Burgundy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maximov clinches.
Burgundy is trying to push Maximov away but Maximov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Burgundy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maximov struggles to land a body shot inside as Burgundy controls his hands.
Maximov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burgundy's efforts to push away.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burgundy.
Burgundy tries to break free but Maximov pushes him back against the cage.
Maximov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maximov misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Burgundy misses with a body punch.
Maximov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maximov blocks the elbow strike.
Maximov throws a punch but it's blocked by Burgundy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burgundy misses with a body punch.
Burgundy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burgundy.
Drago Maximov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Maximov misses with a punch to the body.
Burgundy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burgundy misses with a looping right.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Burgundy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Maximov at a distance.
Burgundy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Maximov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheers as Maximov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Burgundy doesn't seem phased though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Burgundy.
Burgundy misses with a double jab.
Maximov throws a big counter head kick but Burgundy avoids it with no problem.
Maximov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burgundy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maximov moves away.
Maximov rushes Burgundy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Burgundy can't break the clinch.
Maximov is leaning against Burgundy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burgundy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Burgundy just leaning against Maximov, taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burgundy stalls.
Maximov pushes Burgundy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maximov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maximov scores with a shot to the side of Burgundy's head.
Maximov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Burgundy has a couple of punches blocked by Maximov.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burgundy.
Burgundy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burgundy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Maximov clinches up with Burgundy and pushes him back against the cage.
Burgundy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maximov throws a big uppercut that drops Burgundy! More strikes from Maximov and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Burgundy lies dazed against the cage as Maximov celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drago Maximov!
Drago Maximov is the new light heavyweight champion!
Drago Maximov decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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RATING
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