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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaspars Petrovs (ranked 1159 p4p, 179 weight class) and Ivan Kozlov (ranked 1078 p4p, 170 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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210 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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178 cm
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211 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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World class boxer
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaspars Petrovs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Kozlov!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrovs connects with a body shot.
Kozlov's coach down at Cats Killers Academy Mma was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kozlov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Petrovs looks to land a combination but Kozlov avoids it well.
A punch combination from Kozlov misses.
A little feinted left hand from Petrovs on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Petrovs scores with a nice strike.
It looks like Ivan Kozlov has been cut.
Kozlov slips under a jab from Petrovs.
Kozlov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kozlov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Petrovs looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kozlov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrovs moves away.
Petrovs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petrovs misses with a double jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kozlov, as that shot connected.
Kozlov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrovs moves away.
Petrovs swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kozlov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Petrovs on the side of the head.
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!
Petrovs scores with a jab. Kozlov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Petrovs takes a swing at Kozlov's ribcage but misses.
Petrovs takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovs lands a two punch combo.
Kozlov scores with a sloppy right hand. Petrovs should have avoided that one.
Ivan Kozlov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrovs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kozlov moves away.
A cross from Kozlov lands.
Petrovs has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Petrovs there as he acknowledges the shot.
Petrovs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kozlov.
Petrovs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kozlov.
Kozlov moves out of range of the strikes.
Petrovs wants to clinch up but Kozlov keeps it at a distance.
Kozlov misses with a right hand
and Petrovs makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kozlov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Petrovs counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kozlov misses with a body shot
and Petrovs counters with a three punch combo that has Kozlov backing up. Kozlov nods at Petrovs to acknowledge the strikes.
Petrovs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrovs takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Petrovs slips a straight right by Kozlov.
Kozlov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petrovs.
Petrovs drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kozlov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrovs.
Kozlov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kozlov moves out of range of the strikes.
Petrovs on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Petrovs slips a jab from Kozlov.
Kozlov connects with a crisp jab.
Kozlov misses with a hook
and Kozlov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That has opened up Ivan Kozlov's cut even more.
Petrovs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Kozlov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Petrovs misses the jab.
Petrovs blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Petrovs.
Kozlov throws a right hand that misses
and Petrovs counters with a big right hand! Oh Kozlov is in trouble here! Petrovs follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaspars Petrovs!
A very excited looking Kaspars Petrovs made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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