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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Boyka (ranked 5276 p4p, 657 weight class) and Avery Nijholt (ranked 6853 p4p, 747 weight class). Yuri Boyka had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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178 cm
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176 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
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176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuri Boyka! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Avery Nijholt! The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The fighters circling - Nijholt throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Boyka looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this! Boyka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boyka fails with the takedown and Nijholt moves into the clinch. Nijholt lands a damaging elbow. Nice elbow from Nijholt. Nice elbow from Nijholt. Nice elbow from Nijholt. Nijholt lands a damaging elbow. Nijholt comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Nijholt gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Nijholt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Boyka. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nijholt lands a damaging elbow. Nijholt tries to throw a body punch but Boyka avoids it by throwing Nijholt back against the cage. Nijholt lands a nice shot to the body. Nijholt lands a nice elbow from the clinch. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nijholt. Nijholt pushes Boyka back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round. A nice glancing elbow lands by Nijholt. Nijholt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Nijholt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. A nice glancing elbow lands by Nijholt. Nijholt lands a damaging elbow. Nijholt has Boyka pressed against the cage, preventing Boyka from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Nijholt lands an elbow inside. Nijholt lands an elbow inside. Boyka prevents a body shot from Nijholt. Nijholt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nijholt. Nijholt lands a body punch. Boyka takes an elbow to the temple.
Boyka is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Nijholt lands a shot to the body. Oh Boyka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Boyka takes an elbow to the temple. Nijholt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nijholt throws a quick inside leg kick. Nijholt closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nijholt lands an elbow just above Boyka 's eye. Nijholt lands an elbow that stopped Boyka in his tracks for a moment. Nijholt lands a nice elbow. Our sources have told us that Boyka has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight. Nijholt has Boyka pressed against the cage. He pushes Boyka back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Nijholt throws a beautiful elbow that sends Boyka crashing to the floor! Nijholt piles on the pressure with more strikes! Boyka is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Avery Nijholt!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
68% |
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