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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Artem Irhin (ranked 3113 p4p, 364 weight class) and Jacques La Haine (ranked 2891 p4p, 343 weight class). La Haine is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cut Killer - Nique La Police. Jacques La Haine struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
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191 lbs
14 - 14 - 0 |
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203 lbs
22 - 10 - 2 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful |
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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
14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Artem Irhin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
22 - 10 - 2, fighting out of London, Jacques La Haine! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! La Haine lands a jab. La Haine takes a shot right to the bread basket. Irhin throws a body shot but no joy. La Haine swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Irhin. Irhin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Samran Muay Thai in the buildup to the fight. La Haine thows a body kick. Irhin tries to catch it but that hurt him. Irhin takes a swing at La Haine's ribcage but misses. La Haine lands with an overhand left. Irhin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La Haine. That one must have hurt. Irhin misses with a looping right. La Haine moves into the clinch. La Haine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Irhin.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Irhin. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Irhin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La Haine has him pressed against the cage. Irhin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La Haine's elbow. La Haine misses with a hook to the ribs.
La Haine scores with a knee to the head.
Irhin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Irhin is looking to break free of the clinch but La Haine has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round. Irhin misses with some punches.
Irhin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La Haine's elbow. Irhin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Irhin can't find room to land a body shot as La Haine controls the action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La Haine obliges. Irhin swings wildly with an uppercut but La Haine uses good head movement to avoid it. Irhin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
La Haine looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. The referee calls for La Haine to work.
La Haine misses with the head strike.
Irhin scores with a shoulder strike. Irhin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Irhin misses with the head strike.
Irhin working aggressively here.
Irhin blocking some punches.
Irhin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Irhin with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Irhin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
La Haine misses with an uppercut. Irhin saw that one coming. La Haine throws a hook but Irhin blocks it. Irhin looks to land a right hand but La Haine moved out of range. La Haine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A telegraphed right hand from La Haine misses the target. La Haine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. La Haine throws a wild body kick that Irhin sees coming a mile off. A shot to the liver by Irhin. Beautiful body shot. Irhin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Haine.
La Haine thows a body kick. Irhin tries to catch it but that hurt him. Irhin looks to score with a jab to the body but La Haine is just out of range. Irhin getting the better of the striking in that exchange. La Haine scores with a nice right hand.
Irhin throws a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Irhin throws a looping overhand right but La Haine ducks down to avoid it. Irhin misses with an uppercut. La Haine saw that one coming. Irhin is looking to wear down La Haine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Nice cross by Irhin. Nice straight punches there by La Haine. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of La Haine. La Haine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
La Haine lands a jab-cross combination. La Haine jabs at Irhin's body. La Haine will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Irhin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. A big right from Irhin misses. La Haine gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! La Haine throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Irhin throws out a loose jab but La Haine uses good head movement to avoid it. Irhin loads up on a big right hand but La Haine slips the punch. Jacques La Haine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Irhin misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The fighters circling - Irhin throws out the jab but it was never going to land. La Haine let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. La Haine throws a jab when Irhin was well out of range. Irhin looks to throw the jab but La Haine is out of range. La Haine connects with a leg kick. Irhin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Irhin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Irhin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Haine was well out of range. Poor timing from Irhin. La Haine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Irhin. Irhin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Haine manages to avoid it. Irhin throws a looping overhand right but La Haine ducks down to avoid it. La Haine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
La Haine misses with a leg kick and Irhin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Jab from Irhin. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. La Haine tries to clinch but Irhin moves out of range. La Haine ducks under a wild hook from Irhin. A nice inside leg kick there by La Haine. That's going to slow Irhin down. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Artem Irhin will probably get the nod. That's time! Irhin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
La Haine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Irhin.
Irhin blocks the body kick.
La Haine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Irhin. La Haine thuds his right hand into Irhin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. A good leg kick by La Haine. La Haine thows a leg kick but Irhin checks it and Irhin counters with a lovely straight right hand! A head kick from La Haine lands but Irhin takes it in his stride. A head kick misses from Irhin. The fighters circling - La Haine throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Irhin connects with a body shot. A jab from Irhin misses. La Haine throws a hook but Irhin avoids it easily. A big right from Irhin misses. La Haine tries to counter by closing the distance. A big left from Irhin misses. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! La Haine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round. A jab from Irhin misses. La Haine thuds a left hand into Irhin's body. La Haine is looking to score with low kicks. A solid leg kick lands there for La Haine.
Irhin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Haine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Irhin.
Nice body punch from Irhin. La Haine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Irhin checks it well. Irhin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. La Haine slips under a jab from Irhin. La Haine is looking to slow Irhin down with leg kicks. Irhin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping La Haine at a distance.
La Haine throws an overhand right that lands on Irhin's shoulder, as Irhin tries to avoid the shot. La Haine cracks a nice hook into Irhin's ribs. Artem Irhin is winning the standup battle so far. Irhin misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from La Haine. Irhin does a little dance to reset his feet. 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! La Haine takes a body punch but keeps moving. La Haine is breathing heavily. Irhin misses with a straight right. And an attempted straight right on the counter from La Haine! But no joy. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Irhin checks a leg kick. Irhin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Irhin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La Haine sees it coming and avoids it easily. Irhin lands an overhand right. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Irhin, as that shot connected.
Irhin throws a shot from downtown. La Haine moves away and avoids it. Irhin throws a head kick but La Haine moves out of range.
La Haine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Irhin's sensitive parts. La Haine attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. La Haine misses with a lunging right hand
and Irhin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. La Haine on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
La Haine is rocked! La Haine moves out of range as Irhin strikes. La Haine is still on wobbly legs! Can Irhin finish him? La Haine throws a leg kick and Irhin counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Irhin lands with a shot to the body. Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Irhin! La Haine is out on his feet! Irhin rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - La Haine is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! La Haine is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Artem Irhin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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