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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Winston Churchill (ranked 511 p4p, 66 weight class) and Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 187 p4p, 31 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nazaryan's choice of entrance music: DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami. Winston Churchill had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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165 lbs
25 - 21 - 0 |
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167 cm
32
166 lbs
26 - 9 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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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 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winston Churchill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Churchill moves out of range as Nazaryan strikes.
Churchill throws a head kick that misses.
Churchill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nazaryan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A good leg kick by Churchill.
Nice defenses there by Churchill.
Nazaryan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nazaryan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nazaryan connects with a crisp jab.
Nazaryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Churchill jabs Nazaryan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
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!
Nazaryan misses with an uppercut.
Nazaryan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Churchill moves in looking to clinch but Nazaryan pushes him off.
Nazaryan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Churchill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Churchill crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nazaryan - the referee stops the clock and Churchill gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nazaryan. Churchill manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nazaryan blocks a head kick by Churchill.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan lands with a nice body punch.
Vrej Nazaryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Churchill throws a head kick that misses.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the side of Churchill's head but Churchill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Churchill looks to land a combination but Nazaryan avoids it well.
Churchill lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Churchill bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nazaryan throws a front kick aimed at Churchill's knee but Churchill avoids it well.
Churchill walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A lazy left from Nazaryan finds it's target.
Churchill is rocked!
Nazaryan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Oh Churchill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Churchill takes one to the side of the head.
Churchill on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nazaryan.
Nazaryan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Churchill counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nazaryan's knee momentarily.
Churchill doesn't manage to clinch there - Nazaryan circles away.
Churchill tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nazaryan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Churchill seems to have got his legs back now.
Churchill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nazaryan throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan lands a big uppercut and Churchill crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Churchill looks OK. Nazaryan waves Churchill back to his feet!
Churchill jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nazaryan throws a series of punches but Churchill avoids them all with ease.
Nazaryan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Churchill fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nazaryan has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Nazaryan misses with a body shot.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nazaryan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Churchill closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Nazaryan.
Churchill throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nazaryans head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nazaryan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nazaryan misses with the head strike.
Churchill throws a punch but it's blocked by Nazaryan.
Churchill tries to throw a body punch but Nazaryan avoids it by throwing Churchill back against the cage.
Nazaryan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nazaryan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nazaryan lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Nazaryan - that landed with a thud.
Nazaryan misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
Churchill tries a body shot but Nazaryan blocks it.
Churchill misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nazaryan prevents a body shot from Churchill.
Nazaryan blocking some punches.
Churchill misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nazaryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Churchill on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nazaryan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Churchill had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nazaryan punishes Churchill's body with a nice straight punch.
Nazaryan misses with a looping left.
Churchill doesn't manage to clinch there - Nazaryan circles away.
Nazaryan looks to land a right hand but Churchill moved out of range.
Churchill lands with a nice combination. Nazaryan backs away looking to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazaryan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Churchill misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Churchill momentarily.
Nazaryan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nazaryan tries to bum rush Churchill with a series of wild strikes but Churchill uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Churchill throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nazaryan throws a body punch but Churchill moves out of range.
Nazaryan connects with a looping right hand.
Nazaryan scores with the left hand. Churchill knows he should have avoided that one.
Nazaryan throws an overhand right that drops Churchill like a sack of potatoes! Nazaryan dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vrej Nazaryan!
A less than humble Vrej Nazaryan misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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