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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zhenja Klimovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben McHough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhenja Klimovich has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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183 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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152 cm
25
136 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zhenja Klimovich! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben McHough! The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Klimovich shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with McHough but McHough pushes him off and we're back to square one. McHough looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. McHough cracks Klimovich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. McHough stuffs the takedown attempt from Klimovich. Klimovich gets slowly back to his feet. Klimovich tries for a takedown but McHough circles away easily and McHough counters with a crisp one two that drops Klimovich! McHough thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Klimovich to his feet! Klimovich is in big trouble!
Klimovich is rocked! That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zhenja Klimovich. That's going to take a lot out of him. Klimovich misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Oh Klimovich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! McHough fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. A good leg kick by McHough. Klimovich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! McHough uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. McHough lands a nice leg kick that just misses Klimovich's sensitive parts. McHough rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Klimovich moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Klimovich seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. McHough connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. McHough 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.
That's one minute gone in the round. McHough stuffs the takedown attempt from Klimovich. Klimovich gets slowly back to his feet. Klimovich shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McHough as he jumps to the side. Klimovich has his takedown stuffed and McHough counters with a good low kick that Klimovich was not able to check. McHough dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Klimovich. That did some damage! Klimovich seems to have got his legs back now. Horrible takedown attempt by Klimovich or perhaps it was just good defense by McHough, which made it look bad. McHough feints a counter leg kick. Klimovich takes one to the side of the head.
Klimovich doesn't succeed with the takedown and McHough counters with a lovely straight right hand! McHough scoring well with a low kick there.
McHough lands an overhand right. McHough lands with a thumping leg kick.
Klimovich misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. It seemed like McHough was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A slapping leg kick lands for McHough.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! McHough throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Klimovich. Klimovich drops his hands momentarily and McHough takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Klimovich fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Klimovich with a lazy takedown attempt enabling McHough to counter with a crisp jab. A shot to the liver by McHough. Beautiful body shot. Klimovich shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. An inside leg kick lands from McHough. Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by McHough! Klimovich is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben McHough! Ben McHough really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Quark's logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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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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