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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sandro Bala (ranked 3940 p4p, 425 weight class) and Vitaly Golovkin (ranked 4014 p4p, 433 weight class). Bala comes to the cage accompanied by Southpaw- Bone Thugs. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 cm
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265 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm
27
255 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sandro Bala! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vitaly Golovkin! The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Golovkin drives through and clinches with Bala against the cage.
Golovkin lands an elbow just above Bala 's eye. Golovkin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bala backwards. Bala misses with a punch on the inside.
Golovkin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Golovkin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bala backwards. Bala digs a right hand into Golovkin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Golovkin's gas tank. A short right from Golovkin on the inside. Bala fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bala looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Golovkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Golovkin blocks an uppercut.
Golovkin lands with a short head shot on the inside. Bala misses with a punch on the inside.
Bala misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bala misses with a punch to the body.
Bala tries a body shot but Golovkin blocks it.
Golovkin pushes off an throws an elbow but Bala leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Bala fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Golovkin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bala seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Golovkin can turn it around.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bala throws a punch but it's blocked by Golovkin. Golovkin lands an elbow inside that Bala shrugs off. Golovkin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Sandro Bala has been cut. Bala lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Bala lands a hook that snaps the head of Golovkin backwards. Golovkin working some nice short punches in the clinch. A short right from Golovkin. Golovkin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Golovkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bala backwards.
Bala is rocked! Golovkin lands with a short shot to the head. Oh Bala is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Bala misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Golovkin pushes Bala against the cage. Golovkin is working some dirty boxing. Golovkin pushes off with a quick right hook! Bala goes down! Bala tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Golovkin moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitaly Golovkin! Vitaly Golovkin made sure to mention his sponsor, Vikai Gear in his post fight interview.
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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
69% |
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