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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Glass (ranked 127 p4p, 15 weight class) and Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 280 p4p, 40 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Glass might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack. Luzhin has chosen The time has come... as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nikolai Luzhin told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Desmond Glass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikolai Luzhin!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glass buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Luzhin looks to score with a jab to the body but Glass is just out of range.
Luzhin just misses with a punch to the body.
Glass shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Luzhin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Glass connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Luzhin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Glass's calf.
A telegraphed right hand from Glass misses the target.
Glass scores with a shot to the body.
Luzhin jabs at Glass's body.
Luzhin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Glass attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Glass throws the left hand but Luzhin avoids the punch easily.
Glass feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Luzhins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Luzhin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Desmond Glass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glass connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luzhin with a hook.
Glass keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Luzhin tries to move into range but Glass moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Glass needs to keep his hands up - Luzhin had a free shot at his head there.
Glass checks a leg kick nicely.
Glass attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass throws a leg kick but Luzhin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Luzhin lands a head shot.
Glass is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Glass misses with a hook.
Luzhin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Glass throws a body punch but Luzhin moves out of range.
Glass moves out of range as Luzhin strikes.
Glass throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Glass misses with a straight right.
Glass scores with a shot to the body.
Glass misses the jab.
Luzhin looks to throw the jab but Glass is out of range.
Luzhin moves out of range as Glass strikes.
Glass ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
Glass swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Glass stuns Luzhin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Glass blocks the leg kick.
Glass misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luzhin.
Glass misses with a low kick as Luzhin jumps back.
Luzhin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Glass swings wildly with an uppercut but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Glass is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glass misses with a body punch.
Glass digs a right hand underneath Luzhin's ribcage. Luzhin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luzhin blocking some punches.
Glass lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Luzhin missing with knees to the body.
Glass tries a body shot but Luzhin blocks it.
Glass softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luzhin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Glass scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Luzhin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Glass is blocking nicely.
Glass working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luzhin blocks a body shot from Glass.
Luzhin lands a body punch.
Glass lands a left hand.
Glass lands a right hand.
Glass tries to throw a body punch but Luzhin avoids it by throwing Glass back against the cage.
Luzhin misses with a punch to the body.
Glass blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luzhin blocks it with crossed arms.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Luzhin can't find room to land a body shot as Glass controls the action.
Glass lands a body punch in the clinch.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Glass avoids it.
Glass lands with a light punch inside.
Glass scores with a hook to the body.
Glass lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luzhin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Glass throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Luzhins head.
Luzhin lands with a left to the head.
Luzhin misses with a knee strike.
Glass goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Glass avoids it.
Luzhin cracks Glass with a nice body shot.
Glass lands a right hand.
Glass scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Glass misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Glass.
Glass lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glass's elbow.
Luzhin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luzhin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luzhin can't find room to land a body shot as Glass controls the action.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Glass with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Glass scores with a nice short uppercut.
Luzhin tries a body shot but Glass blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Glass.
Luzhin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Glass softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Glass misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Glass - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Luzhin - that landed with a thud.
Glass misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glass misses with some punches.
Glass tries a body shot but Luzhin blocks it.
Glass misses with a body punch.
Glass misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Glass lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Desmond Glass dominated that round.
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.
Glass missing with a left hand there. Luzhin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Glass throws a jab when Luzhin was well out of range.
Luzhin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glass misses with an uppercut
and Luzhin counters with a nice kick to the body.
Glass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luzhin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Glass.
Luzhin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Luzhin flicks out a counter leg kick but Glass steps away.
Glass throws out a loose jab but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luzhin throws the kick towards the body but Glass avoids it.
Glass appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Luzhin slips under a jab.
And Luzhin responds with a good body kick, but Glass manages to step out the way in time.
Glass misses with a shot to the body
and Luzhin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Luzhin looks to land a body kick but Glass moved away.
Luzhin misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin lands an overhand right.
Luzhin just misses with a punch to the body.
Glass moves out of range of the body kick from Luzhin.
Glass takes a jab right on the kisser.
Luzhin misses the jab.
Nice jab there from Glass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass throws a jab but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin walks into a stiff left hand from Glass.
Luzhin defending well as Glass loads up on a big left hand.
Luzhin throws a body kick that misses.
Luzhin forces Glass back against the cage and clinches.
Glass misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luzhin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Glass lands an uppercut.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Glass avoids it.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Glass takes a shot to the head.
Glass tries to work over Luzhin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Glass fails to pull guard.
Luzhin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Luzhin can't find room to land a body shot as Glass controls the action.
Glass jumps guard but Luzhin stands there with Glass around his waist. Glass gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Luzhin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Glass is defending well for now.
Glass is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Luzhin can do to turn this around?
Glass on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin tries a body shot but Glass blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luzhin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glass misses with some punches.
Luzhin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Glass throws a head punch that misses.
Glass misses with a body punch.
Luzhin tries to throw a body punch but Glass avoids it by throwing Luzhin back against the cage.
Luzhin scores with a hook to the body.
Luzhin misses with a body punch.
Glass struggles to land a body shot inside as Luzhin controls his hands.
Luzhin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Glass pushes Luzhin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Glass lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Luzhin or not.
Glass works on Luzhin's body with a couple of short punches.
Glass tries to throw a body punch but Luzhin avoids it by throwing Glass back against the cage.
Glass lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luzhin backwards.
Glass is working Luzhin over against the cage.
Glass pushes Luzhin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Glass.
Luzhin is breathing heavily.
Glass digs a right hand underneath Luzhin's ribcage. Luzhin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass lands with a light punch inside.
Glass softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Glass goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luzhin misses with a knee strike.
Glass makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Glass tries a body shot but Luzhin blocks it.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Glass has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luzhin working aggressively here.
Desmond Glass has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Luzhin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Glass gets through Luzhin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Glass on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Glass scores with a shoulder strike.
Glass on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Glass crunches a lovely knee into Luzhin's ribcage.
Glass digs a right hand underneath Luzhin's ribcage. Luzhin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice left hand lands by Glass.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glass lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Luzhin blocks a body shot from Glass.
Glass lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin swings wildly with an uppercut but Glass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luzhin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Glass backwards.
Glass connects with a knee to the head.
Glass misses with the head strike.
Glass lands with a left to the head.
Luzhin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Glass.
Glass is working Luzhin over against the cage.
Glass softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Glass on the inside.
Luzhin is rocked!
A nice left hand lands by Glass.
Luzhin is still on wobbly legs! Can Glass finish him?
Glass lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Luzhin backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Glass fails to land.
Glass missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glass looking to throw knees to the head but Luzhin is blocking nicely.
A shot in the inside from Glass.
Glass misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Glass scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Desmond Glass dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Glass works the jab nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Glass, right into the meat.
Luzhin seems to have recovered his senses.
Some bone on bone action there as Luzhin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Luzhin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Glass.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glass. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luzhin throws a wild body kick that Glass sees coming a mile off.
Luzhin lands a nice looking body kick.
Glass is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Luzhin motions for Glass to come forward. Luzhin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Luzhin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glass half committed to a counter leg kick.
Luzhin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Glass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Glass is looking to slow Luzhin down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glass throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Glass wants to slow Luzhin down by chopping away at his legs.
A punch lands to the side of Glass 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice cross by Glass.
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!
Luzhin blocks a jab.
Glass swings away with a body shot that misses
and Luzhin counters with a body kick that stops Glass in his tracks momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Glass tried to score with a low kick but Luzhin checks it.
Desmond Glass is winning the standup battle so far.
Glass is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Glass connects with a leg kick. Luzhin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice defenses there by Luzhin.
Glass scores with a hook to the body. Luzhin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Luzhin misses the shot to the body.
Glass misses with a straight left.
Luzhin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Glass is looking to score with low kicks.
Glass cracks the inside of Luzhin's front leg.
Glass dips to his left and cracks Luzhin with an uppercut!
Luzhin throws a body shot but no joy.
Luzhin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Luzhin.
Glass misses with a wild body shot.
Glass swings for the body but Luzhin moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Glass does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glass ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
Glass lands the left hand.
Luzhin motions for Glass to come forward. Luzhin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Glass throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Luzhin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luzhin throws the left hand but Glass avoids the punch easily.
Glass throws a leg kick but Luzhin checks it.
Luzhin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Glass. Glass obviously looking to wear him down.
Luzhin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Glass misses with a body shot.
Luzhin throws a jab when Glass was well out of range.
Glass swings for the body but Luzhin moves out of range.
Luzhin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Luzhin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Luzhin.
Luzhin drops his hands momentarily and Glass takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Glass lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Luzhin at a distance.
Luzhin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glass moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Luzhin ducks right into an uppercut from Glass.
Luzhin takes one to the side of the head.
Luzhin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Glass takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Glass throws a lazy right hand but Luzhin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Glass.
Glass throws a quick inside leg kick.
Luzhin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nikolai Luzhin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luzhin lands with a right hand.
Luzhin throws a low kick but Glass avoids it.
Glass jabs at Luzhin's body.
Luzhin slips a jab from Glass.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glass misses with a wild body shot.
Glass with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That kick from Glass tenderised Luzhin's leg. Luzhin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Glass misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass misses with a left hand
and Glass takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Glass jabs Luzhin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Glass.
Luzhin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Luzhin throws a head kick but Glass moves out of range.
Glass connects with a single shot there.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glass.
Glass walks into a left hand.
Luzhin throws out a leg kick but Glass moves out of range and Luzhin only half commits.
Luzhin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Glass throws a nice inside leg kick.
Glass uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Luzhin.
Glass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Glass fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glass checks a low kick from Luzhin.
Glass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luzhin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Desmond Glass showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Glass, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Desmond Glass!
After winning the bout, Desmond Glass thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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