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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 259 p4p, 37 weight class) and Alexandr Kuznetsov (ranked 907 p4p, 114 weight class). Nazaryan comes into the arena with DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexandr Kuznetsov!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazaryan throws a body shot but no joy.
Nazaryan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kuznetsov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nazaryan throws a lazy right hand but Kuznetsov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nazaryan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kuznetsov throws a body shot but no joy.
Kuznetsov closes the distance and pushes Nazaryan back into the cage.
Nazaryan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kuznetsov stalling against the cage.
Nazaryan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nazaryan lands with a right to the head.
Kuznetsov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kuznetsov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetsov taking a breather.
Nazaryan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nazaryan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kuznetsov is trying to stall.
Kuznetsov misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan cracks Kuznetsov with a nice body shot.
Nazaryan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kuznetsov backwards.
Kuznetsov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nazaryan throws a head kick that misses.
Kuznetsov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nazaryan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nazaryan misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov avoids a kick to the body.
Nazaryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Kuznetsov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nazaryan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kuznetsov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuznetsov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nazaryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nazaryan thuds his right hand into Kuznetsov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nazaryan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nazaryan ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Nice jab there from Kuznetsov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazaryan lands a nice shot that snaps Kuznetsov's head back.
We've been told by Nazaryan's head coaches at LOD: Contenders (Max ID290) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nazaryan throws a shot from downtown. Kuznetsov moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Nazaryan misses.
Kuznetsov moves out of range as Nazaryan throws a body kick.
Kuznetsov lands the left hand.
Kuznetsov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kuznetsov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kuznetsov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nazaryan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nazaryan.
Jab, jab by Nazaryan - just one landing.
A head kick misses from Nazaryan.
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuznetsov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kuznetsov misses with a low kick as Nazaryan jumps back.
Kuznetsov lands the left hand.
Kuznetsov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nazaryan scores with the left hand. Kuznetsov knows he should have avoided that one.
Kuznetsov is rocked!
Kuznetsov throws an off balance right hand
and Nazaryan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kuznetsov's knee momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov throws a chopping leg kick but Nazaryan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kuznetsov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kuznetsov is still on wobbly legs! Can Nazaryan finish him?
Nazaryan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
A little feinted left hand from Nazaryan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nazaryan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Nazaryan digs a good hook to Kuznetsov's body.
Nazaryan throws a big shot that misses.
Nazaryan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nazaryan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nazaryan drops Kuznetsov with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Kuznetsov! Nazaryan dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vrej Nazaryan!
After the fight, Vrej Nazaryan was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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