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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tolo Seia (ranked 5217 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vlad Halen (ranked 5390 p4p, 0 weight class). Seia comes to the cage accompanied by Limp Bizkit - Thieves. Vlad Halen told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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191 cm
48
212 lbs
46 - 34 - 0 |
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197 cm
26
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
46 - 34 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tolo Seia! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vlad Halen! The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Seia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Halen dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Halen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Halen connects with a single shot there. Seia dodges the punch combination from Halen.
Halen scores with a three punch combo!
Halen looks to score with a jab to the body but Seia is just out of range. Halen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Seia's waist but Seia gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Halen off to one side. Seia misses with an uppercut. Seia throws a wild body kick that Halen sees coming a mile off. Seia digs a good hook to Halen's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Seia avoids the body shot from Halen.
Halen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seia tried to counter with a leg kick but Halen avoided it. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Halen!
Halen misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Seia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Halen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Halen throws a shot to the body.
Halen lands a really nice looking cross but Seia seems unphased.
Halen misses with a series of wild punches.
Halen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Halen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Seia takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Halen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage. Halen scoring with punches and elbows. Halen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Seia, who protects the arm well. Halen throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. You can see the frustration on Seia's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Halen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. Halen misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Seia is breathing heavily. Halen working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. Halen is chipping away with strikes.
Seia managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Halen.
Seia is working to avoid the ground and pound but Halen connects with a decent elbow. Halen sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Seia is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Halen wants to control but Seia is keeping him busy. Halen tries to score with some ground and pound. Seia controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Seia tries to escape but Halen is in control. Halen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Halen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Halen stands up and beckons Seia to his feet. Good shot there by Halen. Halen tests Seia's chin there with a solid looking shot. Halen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. We've been informed that Halen has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight. Halen throws a head kick but Seia moves out of range.
Seia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Halen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Seia is rocked! Seia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Halen. Halen obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A left and a right from Halen both land. Nice combination. Oh Seia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Halen stuns Seia with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Halen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Seia swivels and escapes. Seia seems to have got his legs back now. Halen lands a left and a right that sends Seia crashing to the canvas! Halen dives into mount looking to finish! Seia is in a horrible position here. Halen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oooh a big shot lands for Halen! Seia is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vlad Halen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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