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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shiny Aoki (ranked 4687 p4p, 463 weight class) and Alex Polyanskiy (ranked 3241 p4p, 353 weight class). Aoki comes into the arena with Big Spoon - Bitch Please Ft B - Legit , E- 40 blaring out of the sound system. Polyanskiy has chosen Oxxxymiron - Signs of life as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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159 lbs
14 - 1 - 0 |
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169 cm
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158 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shiny Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Polyanskiy!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polyanskiy tries to close the distance and clinch but Aoki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Polyanskiy throws out a loose jab but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Aoki misses the target.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Aoki stalling.
Aoki lands a left hand.
Aoki manages to break the clinch.
Aoki scores with a nice right hand.
It looks like Alex Polyanskiy has been cut.
Polyanskiy throws a sloppy head kick and Aoki moves out of range easily.
Polyanskiy lands a nice looking body shot.
Alex Polyanskiy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Polyanskiy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Polyanskiy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aoki scores with a nice strike.
Aoki is looking to clinch but Polyanskiy is avoiding it.
Polyanskiy feints the counter takedown.
Polyanskiy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Aoki is trying to defend but Polyanskiy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aoki is defending against the submission attempts here by Polyanskiy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki is pressing down on Polyanskiy's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Aoki keeping moving, preventing Polyanskiy from controlling successfully.
Polyanskiy is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Aoki is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Aoki has escaped and now he's on top!
Polyanskiy looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Aoki passes into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Polyanskiy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polyanskiy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Aoki gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Aoki trying to control but Polyanskiy is working from the bottom.
Polyanskiy keeping full guard, as Aoki tries to pass.
Aoki is looking to work some ground and pound but Polyanskiy has wrist control.
Aoki has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Polyanskiy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Aoki defends well.
Aoki avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Polyanskiy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aoki.
Polyanskiy looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki postures up in Polyanskiy's guard and throws a big left but Polyanskiy blocks it.
Polyanskiy has his foot on Aoki's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aoki works his way back into a safe position though.
Polyanskiy working for a triangle but Aoki defends it easily.
Aoki postures up and lands a big shot to Polyanskiy's brow.
Aoki trying to control the position from guard on top but Polyanskiy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aoki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Polyanskiy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Aoki is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aoki wants to control from the top but Polyanskiy keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Polyanskiy looking for subs off his back but Aoki has passed one foot through into half guard.
Aoki is thwarting Polyanskiy's attempts to control the position.
Polyanskiy looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aoki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Aoki has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Aoki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shiny Aoki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Polyanskiy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Aoki drives through and clinches with Polyanskiy against the cage.
Polyanskiy misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Polyanskiy's coach down at DRAGON MMA - 13 Elite & 2 Double Elite Coaches was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Polyanskiy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Polyanskiy struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Polyanskiy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aoki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Polyanskiy tries to clinch but Aoki is having none of it.
Polyanskiy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Aoki to counter with a crisp jab.
Polyanskiy throws a right hand that misses
and Aoki counters with a straight right hand.
Aoki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Polyanskiy can do to turn this around?
Polyanskiy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Polyanskiy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Aoki's hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Polyanskiy fails to land.
Aoki stalling the fight.
Polyanskiy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Aoki gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Aoki breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki tries to clinch up.
Polyanskiy darts in looking for a takedown but Aoki gets double underhooks and turns Polyanskiy into the cage.
Shiny Aoki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Polyanskiy.
Polyanskiy throws a lazy uppercut
and Aoki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Polyanskiy looks for a takedown but Aoki sprawls well.
A shot to the body from Polyanskiy misses
and Aoki counters with a nice right hand that sends Polyanskiy toppling to the canvas! Polyanskiy scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Aoki finish him?!
Polyanskiy is rocked!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Polyanskiy is still on wobbly legs! Can Aoki finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoki lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Polyanskiy to his knees! Aoki keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shiny Aoki!
Shiny Aoki decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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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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