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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vasily Grossman (ranked 2600 p4p, 222 weight class) and Brian Marais (ranked 3267 p4p, 254 weight class). Marais has chosen The Offspring - Come Out And Play as his entrance music. Vasily Grossman could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brian Marais's chin.
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147 lbs
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138 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Vasily Grossman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Marais!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marais looks to score with a jab to the body but Grossman is just out of range.
Grossman throwing a counter right hand but Marais manages to avoid it.
Marais blocks a jab.
Marais is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Grossman.
A right hand to the body from Grossman.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grossman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grossman scores with a shot to the side of Marais's head.
Marais takes a shot to the head.
Marais tries to break the clinch but Grossman is controlling the position.
A shot in the inside from Grossman.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grossman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grossman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grossman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marais fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grossman manages to avoid it.
It looked like Grossman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marais fails with the takedown
and Grossman counters with a huge left! Marais is in big trouble! He's backing up but Grossman isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Marais from any more damage. A dominating finish by Grossman!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vasily Grossman!
Vasily Grossman is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, Vasily Grossman, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Brian Marais had this to say: 'Not to get too technical, but according to chemistry, alcohol is a solution.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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