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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitaly Minakov (ranked 3565 p4p, 456 weight class) and Voodoo Daddy (ranked 3255 p4p, 420 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Voodoo Daddy enters the cage!
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226 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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195 cm
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208 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vitaly Minakov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Voodoo Daddy!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daddy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Minakov has a couple of punches blocked by Daddy.
Minakov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daddy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Minakov backwards.
Minakov lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Daddy.
Minakov pushes off an throws an elbow but Daddy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Minakov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Minakov working aggressively here.
Daddy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Minakov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Minakov misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daddy can't find room to land a body shot as Minakov controls the action.
Minakov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Daddy has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Minakov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Minakov misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Minakov fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Minakov.
Minakov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Minakov misses with a punch on the inside.
Minakov misses with some punches.
Daddy can't find room to land a body shot as Minakov controls the action.
Minakov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Minakov throws a head punch that misses.
Minakov misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Minakov.
Minakov swings wildly with an uppercut but Daddy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Minakov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Voodoo Daddy has been cut.
Minakov misses with a punch on the inside.
Minakov misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minakov misses with the head strike.
Minakov lands a damaging elbow.
Minakov throws an elbow but it misses.
Minakov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Daddy backwards.
Minakov misses with the head strike.
Daddy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Minakov pushes Daddy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Minakov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Minakov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Minakov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Minakov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Minakov throws a punch but it's blocked by Daddy.
Minakov throws a head punch that misses.
Minakov misses with a punch on the inside.
Minakov lands a nice elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daddy blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daddy.
Daddy lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Minakov fails to land.
Minakov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Minakov swings wildly with an uppercut but Daddy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Minakov throws a punch but it's blocked by Daddy.
Daddy blocks an uppercut.
Minakov lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Voodoo Daddy's cut even more.
Daddy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Minakov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Daddy avoids the elbow strike from Minakov, against the cage.
Minakov working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minakov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daddy's elbow.
Minakov misses with a punch on the inside.
Daddy blocks an uppercut.
Minakov tries to throw a body punch but Daddy avoids it by throwing Minakov back against the cage.
Minakov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Daddy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A right hook to the body lands for Daddy.
Daddy blocks a body shot from Minakov.
Minakov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Minakov misses with a punch on the inside.
Minakov working aggressively here.
Minakov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitaly Minakov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Voodoo Daddy's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Minakov throws a hook but Daddy blocks it.
Daddy tries to clinch there but Minakov circles away.
Daddy clinches up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Daddy.
Minakov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daddy avoids a wild elbow strike from Minakov.
With the fighters up against the cage, Minakov throws an elbow but misses.
A right hand to the body from Daddy.
Minakov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
I was talking to Minakov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nice body punch from Daddy - that landed with a thud.
Minakov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minakov swings wildly with an uppercut but Daddy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Minakov blocks an uppercut.
Daddy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Minakov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daddy throws a punch but it's blocked by Minakov.
Daddy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daddy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Minakov throws a head punch that misses.
Minakov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Minakov pushes off an throws an elbow but Daddy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Minakov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Minakov misses with an elbow over the top.
Daddy misses with a punch to the body.
Daddy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daddy taking a breather.
Minakov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daddy misses with a punch to the body.
Minakov throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minakov working aggressively here.
Minakov misses with some punches.
Minakov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Daddy can do to turn this around?
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Minakov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Daddy's brow.
Minakov lands a shot to the body.
Minakov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Minakov tries to work over Daddy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daddy blocks a body shot from Minakov.
Minakov can't find room to land a body shot as Daddy controls the action.
Minakov misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Minakov fails to land.
A short right from Minakov on the inside.
Minakov throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Minakov throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Minakov has a couple of punches blocked by Daddy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daddy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Minakov misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Minakov.
Minakov has a couple of punches blocked by Daddy.
Minakov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Minakov tries a body shot but Daddy blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Minakov fails to land.
Daddy gets through Minakov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Minakov misses with the head strike.
Minakov working aggressively here.
Minakov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Minakov throws a punch but it's blocked by Daddy.
Minakov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Minakov working aggressively here.
Daddy working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Minakov.
Minakov has a couple of punches blocked by Daddy.
Minakov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Minakov misses with the head strike.
Minakov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Minakov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Minakov.
The cut above Voodoo Daddy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Daddy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daddy.
Minakov pushes off an throws an elbow but Daddy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Minakov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Voodoo Daddy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Daddy scores with a shot to the side of Minakov's head.
Minakov swings wildly with an uppercut but Daddy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daddy blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitaly Minakov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Voodoo Daddy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Daddy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Minakov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Minakov misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Daddy.
A little jabbing left from Daddy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Minakov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Daddy misses with a double jab.
Daddy slips a jab from Minakov.
Minakov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Minakov misses the body punch
enabling Daddy to counter with a crisp jab.
Minakov lunges at Daddy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Daddy's hand.
Daddy moves into range and clinches up with Minakov.
Daddy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Minakov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Daddy's brow.
Minakov misses with some punches.
Vitaly Minakov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Daddy blocks an elbow strike.
Minakov working aggressively here.
Minakov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minakov misses with an elbow strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Daddy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daddy.
Daddy lands a shot to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Daddy.
Minakov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Minakov misses with a punch on the inside.
Daddy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Minakov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Minakov.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Voodoo Daddy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vitaly Minakov!
A victorious Vitaly Minakov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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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