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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Masada The Zealot (ranked 2643 p4p, 312 weight class) and Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 4694 p4p, 464 weight class). Nazarethyan has chosen Amerika as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
32
162 lbs
10 - 10 - 0 |
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155 cm
47
150 lbs
47 - 45 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masada The Zealot! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
47 - 45 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Suren Nazarethyan! The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The Zealot has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nazarethyan. The Zealot misses with a body shot.
The Zealot stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nazarethyan. The Zealot scores with a nice strike. Nazarethyan misses with an uppercut. The Zealot saw that one coming. The Zealot takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The Zealot looks to land a left hand but Nazarethyan moved out of range nicely. Nazarethyan throws a low kick but The Zealot moves out of range easily. The Zealot lands a jab-cross combination. The Zealot jabs at Nazarethyan's body. Nazarethyan swings for the body but The Zealot moves out of range.
The Zealot lands with an uppercut that bounces Nazarethyan off the cage and back into range. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nice body punch from The Zealot. Nazarethyan tries to move into range but The Zealot moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Nazarethyan's coach down at Jitsu Jim was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Nazarethyan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. The Zealot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nazarethyan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. The Zealot with a hook. A jab from The Zealot finds it's way through Nazarethyan's defenses. The Zealot just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. A head kick misses from Nazarethyan. The Zealot is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. The Zealot lands a two punch combo.
The Zealot displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. The Zealot connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nazarethyan. Nazarethyan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nazarethyan is rocked! Nazarethyan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and The Zealot connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Nazarethyan is still on wobbly legs! Can The Zealot finish him? The Zealot moves out of range of the body kick. Nazarethyan seems to have recovered his senses. The Zealot fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nazarethyan throws a body punch but The Zealot moves out of range. Nazarethyan lands with a kick to the temple. The Zealot shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" 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! A low kick from Nazarethyan misses and The Zealot counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Nazarethyan down! The Zealot is looking to finish but Nazarethyan is intelligently defending himself. The Zealot throwing strikes but missing. The Zealot throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nazarethyan works some decent striking defense from the bottom. The Zealot throwing strikes but missing. The Zealot stands up over Nazarethyan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The Zealot with a flurry of punches that miss. The Zealot works over Nazarethyan with some ground and pound from guard. The Zealot throws a big elbow that misses. Nazarethyan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Zealot. The Zealot postures up in Nazarethyan's guard and throws a big left but Nazarethyan blocks it. The Zealot is looking to work some ground and pound but Nazarethyan has wrist control. We've been hearing that The Zealot has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish. The Zealot throwing strikes but missing. The Zealot missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. The Zealot keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nazarethyan's head. The Zealot lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Nazarethyan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Nazarethyan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Nazarethyan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nazarethyan has momentary wrist control but The Zealot slips an elbow through the middle. Nazarethyan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Nazarethyan tries to land a sweep but no joy. Nazarethyan pulls The Zealot in to control the position. The Zealot throws a big elbow that misses. The Zealot with a flurry of punches that miss. The Zealot loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Nazarethyan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now. The Zealot with a flurry of punches that miss. The Zealot will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. The Zealot in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. The Zealot throws an elbow that misses. Nazarethyan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in The Zealot's guard. Nice move by Nazarethyan! Nazarethyan trying to control but The Zealot is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The Zealot has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Nazarethyan wants to control from the top but The Zealot keeps moving. Nazarethyan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masada The Zealot dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The Zealot looks to land a combination. Nazarethyan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Nazarethyan just misses with a punch to the body.
Nazarethyan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Masada The Zealot is winning the standup battle so far. Nazarethyan swings for the body but The Zealot moves out of range.
Nazarethyan throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Zealot. The Zealot swinging wildly here.
The Zealot stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nazarethyan. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. The Zealot blocks the body kick.
The Zealot is looking to counter punch. The Zealot tries to bum rush Nazarethyan with a series of wild strikes but Nazarethyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Nazarethyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Zealot moves away. Nazarethyan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nazarethyan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down The Zealot rather than just go for the knockout. Nazarethyan takes one to the side of the head.
The Zealot is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nazarethyan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Zealot. Nazarethyan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but The Zealot is out of range. The Zealot moves away from the strike by Nazarethyan. The Zealot ducks under a wild hook from Nazarethyan. The Zealot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Zealot lands with a nice body punch. Nazarethyan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Nazarethyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. The Zealot misses with a looping left. The Zealot checks a low kick from Nazarethyan. The Zealot is looking to counter punch. Nazarethyan throws a right and a left that The Zealot avoids nicely. The Zealot connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nazarethyan momentarily.
The Zealot closes the distance and lands a one-two. The Zealot lands with a cross. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. The Zealot cracks Nazarethyan with a good jab. A shot to the body from Nazarethyan misses and The Zealot counters with a nice uppercut. The Zealot is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nazarethyan can do to turn this around? The Zealot rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nazarethyan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nazarethyan throws a body shot but no joy. Nazarethyan misses with the body kick and The Zealot counters with a crisp right that sends Nazarethyan to the canvas! The Zealot follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Masada The Zealot! Masada The Zealot gave a mention to Sin City Allstars in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales). Suren Nazarethyan was interviewed post fight and said 'I Will Come Back Stronger Than Before'.
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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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