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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitaly Golovkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suga Night (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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255 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vitaly Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Suga Night!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Night gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Golovkin lands an elbow inside that Night shrugs off.
A frustrated look appears on Night's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Golovkin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Night's efforts to push away.
A shot in the inside from Golovkin.
I was talking to Golovkin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Night takes an elbow to the temple.
Still in the clinch, Night scores with a nice short uppercut.
Golovkin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Night's efforts to push away.
Night takes an elbow to the temple.
Night misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Night's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Night blocks an elbow strike.
Golovkin throws an elbow that misses.
Night told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Night misses with the head strike.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Night.
Night wants to break the clinch but can't.
Night looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Night tries to circle away but Golovkin has him pinned against the cage.
Night tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Golovkin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nights head.
Golovkin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Night backwards.
Night misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Golovkin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Night's defenses.
Golovkin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Golovkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Golovkin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Golovkin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Night's defenses.
Night breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab lands there for Night.
Night throws a hook but Golovkin blocks it.
Night missing with a left hand there. Golovkin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Golovkin tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Night manages to circle out of the way.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Night throws a one two combo.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Golovkin lands an elbow inside that Night shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Golovkin throws an elbow but misses.
Golovkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Golovkin scores with a shot to the side of Night's head.
Night swings wildly with an uppercut but Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golovkin lands with a light punch inside.
Golovkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Golovkin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Golovkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Night is trying to force a seperation but Golovkin has the dominant position.
Night dodges an elbow strike from Golovkin.
Night goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Night blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Night has a couple of punches blocked by Golovkin.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Golovkin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Night's brow.
Night dodges an elbow strike from Golovkin.
Night has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Golovkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Night scores with a shoulder strike.
Golovkin scores with a shoulder strike.
Golovkin lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Night blocks the elbow strike.
Night pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Night swings widly with a right hand
and Golovkin counters with a two punch combo.
Night misses with a straight left.
Suga Night seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Night looks to land a right hand but Golovkin moved out of range.
Night misses with an uppercut. Golovkin saw that one coming.
Golovkin takes the fight into the clinch.
Night lands a nice uppercut.
Night is trying to break the clinch but Golovkin is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Night's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Golovkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Night.
Golovkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Night breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donk. Night catches Golovkin right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Night throws an overhand right that lands on Golovkin's shoulder, as Golovkin tries to avoid the shot.
Jab, jab by Night - just one landing.
Golovkin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Golovkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Night pushes Golovkin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Night is trying to push Golovkin away but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Night tries to break the clinch but Golovkin is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitaly Golovkin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Night gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Night.
A frustrated look appears on Night's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Night is trying to break the clinch but Golovkin is controlling him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Golovkin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Night wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vitaly Golovkin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Golovkin throws an elbow but it misses.
Night working aggressively here.
Golovkin has Night pressed against the cage, preventing Night from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Golovkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Golovkin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Golovkin lands a hook that snaps the head of Night backwards.
Night looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Night is leaning against Golovkin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Night tries to break free but Golovkin pushes him back against the cage.
Golovkin lands an elbow inside that Night shrugs off.
Night misses with a body punch.
Golovkin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Night tries to break the clinch but Golovkin is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin pushes off an throws an elbow but Night leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Golovkin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Night takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Golovkin throws an elbow but misses.
Golovkin throws an elbow but it misses.
Night escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Night is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Golovkin.
Night clinches.
Night is trying to force a seperation but Golovkin has the dominant position.
Golovkin pushes Night back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Night is trying to break the clinch but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage.
Night escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Golovkin gets a clinch.
Night dodges an elbow strike from Golovkin.
Golovkin lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin has Night pressed against the cage, preventing Night from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Night lands a shoulder strike.
Golovkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Golovkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Golovkin scores with a shot to the side of Night's head.
Golovkin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Night's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Night waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Golovkin.
Golovkin clinches with his opponent.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Golovkin keeps control of Night as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Night blocks an elbow strike from Golovkin.
Golovkin prevents Night from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Golovkin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Night is trying to break the clinch but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage.
Golovkin misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Night misses with a punch to the body.
Night tries to break the clinch but Golovkin is controlling the position.
Night working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Golovkin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Night's brow.
Night lands with a left to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Golovkin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Night's brow.
Night tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golovkin's elbow.
Night breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Night missing with a left hand there. Golovkin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Night lands with a straight right. Golovkin didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Vitaly Golovkin has been cut.
Night clinches up with Golovkin and pushes him back against the cage.
Night lands a left hand that snaps the head of Golovkin backwards.
Night swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Night working aggressively here.
Night throws a punch but it's blocked by Golovkin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Golovkin.
Night tries to circle away but Golovkin has him pinned against the cage.
Golovkin lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Golovkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Night blocks the elbow strike.
Golovkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Golovkin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Night's efforts to push away.
Golovkin throws an elbow but it misses.
Golovkin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Night takes an elbow to the forehead.
Night swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Golovkin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Night's brow.
Golovkin lands a damaging elbow.
Golovkin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Night's efforts to push away.
Night throws a head punch that misses.
Golovkin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Golovkin throws an elbow but it misses.
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitaly Golovkin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vitaly Golovkin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Golovkin moves into the clinch.
Golovkin pushes off an throws an elbow but Night leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Golovkin lands with a short shot to the head.
Night wants to break free but Golovkin has control.
Golovkin misses with an elbow strike.
Golovkin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nights head.
A right hook to the body lands for Night.
A short uppercut from Night.
Golovkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Night wants to get back to striking at distance but Golovkin won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Night's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Night wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Night escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vitaly Golovkin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Night jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Night takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Night tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Night is trying to push Golovkin away but Golovkin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Night looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Night is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Night's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Night lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Golovkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Golovkin pushes off an throws an elbow but Night leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Night lands a hook that snaps the head of Golovkin backwards.
Golovkin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Night avoids a wild elbow strike from Golovkin.
Night wants to break the clinch but can't.
Night wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Golovkin.
Golovkin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Night can do to turn this around?
Night escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Golovkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Night loads up on a big right hand but Golovkin slips the punch.
Golovkin is looking for a counter combo.
Golovkin drives through and clinches with Night against the cage.
Golovkin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Night's efforts to push away.
Night wants to break free but Golovkin has control.
A nice right hand lands inside from Golovkin.
Night blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Golovkin lands a nice uppercut.
Golovkin keeps control of Night as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Night is looking to break free of the clinch but Golovkin has double underhooks.
Night breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Night throws a combination that misses
and Golovkin counters with a series of strikes. Night will be more careful next time no doubt.
Night takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin slips a jab from Night.
Golovkin tries to counter with a takedown but Night is quick to defend against it.
Golovkin tries to close the distance and clinch but Night swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slow jab from Night misses its intended target.
As Night looks to move away, Golovkin throws a big counter combo but Night just gets out of the way.
A jab from Night misses.
Golovkin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Night closes the distance and clinches.
Night has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Golovkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Night backwards.
Night blocks the elbow strike.
Night pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Night misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Night drives through and clinches with Golovkin against the cage.
Golovkin lands an elbow just above Night 's eye.
Golovkin lands a hook that snaps the head of Night backwards.
Golovkin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Golovkin blocks an uppercut.
Night blocks the elbow strike.
Night wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Night misses with a punch to the body.
Night struggles to land a body shot inside as Golovkin controls his hands.
Golovkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Night tries to circle away but Golovkin has him pinned against the cage.
Nice elbow from Golovkin.
Night takes an elbow to the forehead.
Golovkin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Night misses with a punch on the inside.
Suga Night has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vitaly Golovkin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Night avoids the elbow strike from Golovkin, against the cage.
Golovkin pushes Night back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vitaly Golovkin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Golovkin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitaly Golovkin!
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