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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Erikson (ranked 2642 p4p, 255 weight class) and Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 1034 p4p, 131 weight class). Erikson comes to the ring accompanied by Gåte - Statt Opp. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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256 lbs
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200 cm
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240 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Erikson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erikson sizes up Martinyuk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Erikson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinyuk. That did some damage!
Erikson scores with a hook.
Martinyuk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Erikson.
Martinyuk misses with a leg kick
and Erikson counters with a one-two to the body.
Erikson gets a clinch.
Erikson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martinyuk lands a hook to the side of the head.
Erikson blocking some punches.
Martinyuk takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martinyuk.
I was talking to Erikson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Erikson blocks an uppercut.
Erikson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Erikson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martinyuk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Martinyuk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Erikson throws a head kick but Martinyuk moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erikson has Martinyuk up against the ropes in a clinch.
Martinyuk has a couple of punches blocked by Erikson.
Erikson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Erikson misses with a knee to the head.
Erikson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Martinyuk.
Erikson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Erikson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinyuk.
Martinyuk takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Leonid Martinyuk has been cut.
Erikson tries a knee to the head but Martinyuk blocks it.
Erikson swings wildly with an uppercut but Martinyuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erikson misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Erikson.
Martinyuk gets through Erikson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erikson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Erikson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martinyuk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Erikson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erikson lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Martinyuk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Martinyuk.
Erikson has a couple of punches blocked by Martinyuk.
Martinyuk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Eriksons head.
Martinyuk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Erikson backwards.
Erikson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erikson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Erikson landing knees to the head.
Martinyuk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinyuk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinyuk works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Erikson is breathing heavily.
Martinyuk lands a nice shot to the body.
Martinyuk lands a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Martinyuk as the two fighters clinch.
Martinyuk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Martinyuk lands an uppercut.
Erikson working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Martinyuk.
Erikson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Martinyuk misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk moves into the clinch successfully.
Martinyuk lands with a light punch inside.
Martinyuk pushes Erikson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martinyuk tries to work over Erikson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Erikson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Martinyuk is keeping busy.
Martinyuk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Erikson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martinyuk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk lands with a short shot to the head.
Erikson throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinyuk.
Erikson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martinyuk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martinyuk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Martinyuk.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinyuk lands with a short shot to the head.
Erikson is rocked!
Erikson is trying to stall.
Oh Erikson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinyuk.
Erikson seems to have got his legs back now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinyuk.
Martinyuk lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Martinyuk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Erikson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinyuk drops Erikson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Erikson is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!
Martinyuk pushes Erikson against the ropes. Martinyuk is working some dirty boxing. Martinyuk pushes off with a quick right hook! Erikson goes down! Erikson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Martinyuk moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonid Martinyuk!
Leonid Martinyuk 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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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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