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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seung-Jin Bailey (ranked 781 p4p, 116 weight class) and Artur Syrowatka (ranked 642 p4p, 94 weight class). Bailey kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Zombie Juice - Lava. Syrowatka has chosen Slash - Nothing to Say as his entrance music. Artur Syrowatka has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Seung-Jin Bailey's chin.
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189 cm
23
202 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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186 cm
33
216 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Seung-Jin Bailey! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Artur Syrowatka! The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Syrowatka scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bailey in his tracks. Syrowatka throws a big shot that misses. Syrowatka misses with an uppercut
and Bailey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Syrowatka blocks a head kick by Bailey.
Bailey instigates a clinch. Bailey misses with some punches.
Bailey just leaning against Syrowatka, taking a breather. A body shot lands from Bailey.
Bailey lands a hook to the side of the head. Bailey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Nice body punch from Bailey. Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Syrowatka backwards. I was talking to Bailey's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bailey. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A left hand lands to the body for Bailey.
Syrowatka looks winded! A nice left hand lands by Bailey.
Syrowatka looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bailey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Bailey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Syrowatka backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round. Syrowatka working hard to break the clinch. Bailey'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. Bailey scores with a shoulder strike. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Bailey gets through Syrowatka's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Bailey avoiding damage.
Bailey lands a left hand.
A short left from Bailey. Syrowatka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bailey has him pressed against the cage. A nice left hand lands by Bailey.
Bailey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bailey crunches a lovely knee into Syrowatka's ribcage. A short uppercut from Bailey. Bailey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Syrowatka backwards. A left hand lands to the body for Bailey.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bailey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. A shot in the inside from Bailey. Bailey lands a shot to the body. Syrowatka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Bailey lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Syrowatka to his knees! Bailey keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seung-Jin Bailey! Jumping up and down and very excited, Seung-Jin Bailey waved his t-shirt featuring Aspire Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
62% |
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