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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexey Juravlev (ranked 1013 p4p, 109 weight class) and Lexington Snape (ranked 509 p4p, 49 weight class). Snape comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DJ Tiësto - Carmina Burana: Remixed kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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37 - 17 - 1 |
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237 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alexey Juravlev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lexington Snape!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juravlev looks to land a left hand but Snape moved out of range nicely.
Snape waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Juravlev.
Juravlev throws a big shot that misses.
Snape has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Juravlev is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Juravlev jabs Snape to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Snape throws a body shot but no joy.
Snape instigates a clinch.
Snape tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Snape lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Juravlev.
Juravlev manages to break the clinch.
Juravlev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Snape gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Juravlev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Snape.
Snape connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Alexey Juravlev has been cut.
Snape ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Snape takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Juravlev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Snape on the side of the head.
Snape lands with a nice body punch.
Juravlev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Snape.
Snape now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Juravlev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Snape throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snape fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Juravlev manages to avoid it.
Snape connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Juravlev momentarily.
Juravlev throws the left hand but Snape avoids the punch easily.
Snape throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Juravlev was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A swing and a miss from Juravlev.
A nice side step and Snape releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Snape is looking to clinch.
Snape misses with a straight right.
Snape lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Juravlev throws a body punch but Snape moves out of range.
Snape tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Juravlev on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Juravlev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Snape tries to clinch but Juravlev moves away
and Juravlev counters with a left to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Juravlev. Snape does a little dance to reset his feet.
Snape avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Snape throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snape throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snape has managed to clinch.
Snape lands a left hand that snaps the head of Juravlev backwards.
Snape misses with an elbow strike.
Juravlev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Juravlev manages to break the clinch.
Juravlev takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Juravlev closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Juravlev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Juravlev swings for the body but Snape moves out of range.
Snape blocks a jab.
Snape is looking to clinch.
Juravlev fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Juravlev misses with a straight right.
Juravlev staying out of range there.
Juravlev lands a slapping body shot.
Juravlev swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Snape cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Snape finds it's way through Juravlev's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snape keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Juravlev.
Snape wants to counter with a clinch but Juravlev pushes him away.
Snape throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Snape fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Juravlev manages to avoid it.
Juravlev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Snape blocks a jab.
Snape ducks under a wild hook from Juravlev.
Snape ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Snape misses with a two punch combination.
Snape scores with a jab to the jaw.
Juravlev scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Snape has closed the distance and engaged Juravlev in a clinch.
Juravlev holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Juravlev pushes Snape back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Snape lands a damaging elbow.
Alexey Juravlev's cut is getting worse.
Snape lands a nice uppercut.
Juravlev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snape throws a hook but Juravlev avoids it easily.
Juravlev misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Snape throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Juravlev was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Juravlev closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Juravlev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Juravlev walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Snape throws a looping overhand right but Juravlev ducks down to avoid it.
Snape tests Juravlev's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Juravlev fails with an attempt to clinch.
Snape is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Juravlev misses the jab.
A jab from Snape misses.
Juravlev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Snape counters with a left to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juravlev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Snape.
Snape lunges at Juravlev with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Juravlev's hand.
Alexey Juravlev's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Juravlev throws a body punch but Snape moves out of range.
Snape doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A jab from Snape misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lexington Snape dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Juravlev's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Snape stuns Juravlev with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Juravlev lands a body shot.
Juravlev throws a body shot but no joy.
Juravlev takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Juravlev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Snape.
It seemed like Snape was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Juravlev moves out of range as Snape strikes.
Juravlev was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Snape throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Snape has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Juravlev throws a predictable looking body shot
and Snape counters by clinching up.
Juravlev tries to throw a body punch but Snape avoids it by throwing Juravlev back against the cage.
Juravlev tries to work over Snape's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Juravlev lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Lexington Snape has been cut.
Snape tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Juravlev avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juravlev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Snape misses with a body shot.
Juravlev takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Juravlev lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snape ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snape throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Juravlev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Juravlev throws a series of punches but Snape moves out of range.
Juravlev throws a body punch but Snape moves out of range.
Snape tries to counter by closing the distance.
Snape ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Juravlev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Juravlev takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Snape is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Juravlev.
Snape throws a hook but Juravlev blocks it.
Juravlev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lexington Snape seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Juravlev misses with a body shot.
Juravlev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Snape.
Snape steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Juravlev.
Snape displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Juravlev throws out the jab.
Snape misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Juravlev misses the target.
Snape misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snape walks into a jab.
Snape gets a clinch.
Snape lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Snape as Juravlev tries to tie him up.
Snape throws an elbow that misses.
Snape lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Snape misses with the head strike.
Snape throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Snape controlling the action here for a moment.
Juravlev prevents a body shot from Snape.
Snape lands with a light punch inside.
Snape lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Juravlev is trying to stall.
Juravlev takes a shot to the head.
Snape misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snape lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Snape putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Juravlev in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Snape.
Snape doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Snape comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Snape stalls.
Snape lands a shot to the body.
Snape lands an elbow inside.
Jeez, Alexey Juravlev's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A left hand lands to the body for Snape.
Juravlev takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Snape.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alexey Juravlev's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lexington Snape!
Lexington Snape decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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