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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Shevchenko (ranked 7075 p4p, 515 weight class) and Frik Van Wyk (ranked 5735 p4p, 478 weight class). Shevchenko comes to the cage accompanied by Oy to Ne Vecher (Salute to Fedor). Van Wyk has chosen Ska-Rumba as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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287 lbs
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190 cm
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285 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Shevchenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frik Van Wyk!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Wyk takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Frik Van Wyk has been cut.
Van Wyk doesn't manage to clinch there - Shevchenko circles away.
Shevchenko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Van Wyk tries to clinch but Shevchenko moves out of range.
Van Wyk tries to clinch up but Shevchenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Wyk gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Shevchenko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van Wyk backwards.
Van Wyk misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shevchenko is leaning against Van Wyk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Shevchenko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Wyk backwards.
Shevchenko lands a nice uppercut.
Van Wyk is rocked!
Shevchenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Wyk is still on wobbly legs! Can Shevchenko finish him?
Van Wyk walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Van Wyk limp body while Shevchenko jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Igor Shevchenko!
During a confident post fight interview, Igor Shevchenko thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Frik Van Wyk was interviewed post fight and said 'You can only learn by losing. I will come back stronger!'.
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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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