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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zarko Zidane (ranked 5799 p4p, 577 weight class) and Ivan Budko (ranked 23917 p4p, 734 weight class). Zidane comes to the cage accompanied by Sharp Dressed Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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178 cm
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195 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zarko Zidane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Budko!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zidane gets tackled into the cage by Budko. Budko maintains the clinch.
Zidane goes for a takedown in the clinch but Budko prevents it.
Zidane gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Budko regains guard.
Budko wriggles free and stands up.
Zidane takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Budko misses with a double jab.
Zidane moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Budko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Budko throws a head punch that misses.
Zidane has clasped his hands together around Budko's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Zidane throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Budko defending against the ground and pound.
Budko is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sloppy strikes there by Zidane.
Zidane scores with punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An elbow from Zidane crashes against the mat.
Zidane is trying to ground and pound but Budko uses the momentary lack of control by Zidane to regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zidane seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Zidane working the head and body with strikes.
Budko is rocked!
Zidane lands a big elbow - Budko is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Zidane!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zarko Zidane!
During a confident post fight interview, Zarko Zidane thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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