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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roland Begovic (ranked 1750 p4p, 235 weight class) and Vadim Nazarov (ranked 1291 p4p, 184 weight class). Begovic comes to the cage accompanied by Cavoglave. Vadim Nazarov acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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210 lbs
15 - 11 - 1 |
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187 cm
40
195 lbs
37 - 19 - 4 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class 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
15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roland Begovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 19 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadim Nazarov!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Begovic throws a leg kick but Nazarov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nazarov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nazarov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nazarov takes one to the side of the head.
Nazarov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Begovic.
Begovic drops Nazarov with a beautiful combination! Nazarov stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Begovic is looking for the KO!
It looks like Vadim Nazarov has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nazarov lands a really nice looking cross but Begovic seems unphased.
Nazarov slips under a jab.
Begovic lands a body shot.
Begovic misses the shot to the body.
Nazarov misses with a straight left.
Begovic throwing a counter right hand but Nazarov manages to avoid it.
Nazarov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Begovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nazarov manages to avoid it.
Begovic misses with a low kick as Nazarov jumps back.
Nazarov takes one to the chin there.
Begovic takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Begovic misses with a low kick.
Begovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Begovic throws a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nazarov! But no joy.
Begovic looks to throw the jab but Nazarov is out of range.
Begovic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Begovic misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Nazarov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nazarov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nazarov slips under a jab.
Nazarov digs a good hook to Begovic's body.
Begovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A good leg kick by Begovic.
Begovic is looking to wear down Nazarov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nazarov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roland Begovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Begovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Begovic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Begovic throws a body shot but no joy.
Begovic thuds his right hand into Nazarov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Begovic walks into a stiff left hand from Nazarov.
Nazarov missing with a left hand there. Begovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nazarov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Begovic.
Nazarov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nazarov lands with a hook. Begovic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begovic is looking to clinch.
Nazarov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Nazarov misses.
Begovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roland Begovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nazarov misses the jab.
Begovic lands with a good body shot.
Nazarov might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Begovic lands with an uppercut that bounces Nazarov off the cage and back into range.
Begovic ducks right into an uppercut from Nazarov.
Nazarov decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Begovic is rocked!
Nazarov working Begovic over with strikes.
Oh Begovic is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nazarov is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Begovic is hurt! He's hurt bad - Nazarov fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Begovic from any more punishment! Congratulations to Nazarov! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vadim Nazarov!
A relieved looking Vadim Nazarov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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
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