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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Kuznetsov (ranked 653 p4p, 94 weight class) and Rogerio De Souza (ranked 1171 p4p, 158 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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186 lbs
17 - 10 - 0 |
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196 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Nikolai Kuznetsov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio De Souza!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuznetsov throws a head kick that misses.
Kuznetsov lands with a kick to the temple. De Souza shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kuznetsov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kuznetsov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kuznetsov throws a looping overhand right but De Souza ducks down to avoid it.
De Souza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kuznetsov as he jumps to the side.
Kuznetsov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuznetsov lands an overhand right.
Kuznetsov swinging wildly here.
We've been informed that De Souza has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kuznetsov scores with a three punch combo!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by De Souza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Souza.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Kuznetsov misses.
Kuznetsov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Lads Lash Banter Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Kuznetsov thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Souza.
De Souza throws out a counter right but Kuznetsov avoids it with no problem.
Kuznetsov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuznetsov.
De Souza cracks Kuznetsov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
De Souza blocks a leg kick.
De Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Souza looks to throw the jab but Kuznetsov is out of range.
Kuznetsov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kuznetsov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Souza lands a jab to the nose.
De Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - De Souza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kuznetsov thumps De Souza with a low kick.
De Souza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kuznetsov can pounce on him.
A telegraphed right hand from Kuznetsov misses the target.
A big left from De Souza misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza misses with a looping right.
Kuznetsov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kuznetsov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kuznetsov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Kuznetsov slips under a jab from De Souza.
Kuznetsov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Souza is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kuznetsov scores with a jab to the head.
De Souza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
De Souza throws a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head but Kuznetsov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kuznetsov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Souza has time to react.
De Souza misses with a wild body shot.
De Souza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kuznetsov slips under a jab from De Souza.
Nice defenses there by De Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov tries a head kick but it misses.
De Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Souza misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Kuznetsov misses.
Kuznetsov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
De Souza throws a counter combo.
De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kuznetsov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Souza sizes up Kuznetsov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kuznetsov swinging wildly here.
De Souza shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. De Souza showed some decent athleticism there.
Kuznetsov wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kuznetsov sees it coming and defends easily.
De Souza prevents Kuznetsov from standing back up.
De Souza is looking for a kimura but Kuznetsov is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for De Souza to get the leverage.
De Souza passes the guard and advances to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza wants to finish this one by submission but Kuznetsov is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from De Souza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nikolai Kuznetsov will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kuznetsov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Souza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kuznetsov scores with a shot to the body.
Kuznetsov slips a straight right by De Souza.
De Souza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kuznetsov looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
De Souza misses with the combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kuznetsov with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetsov defending well as De Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov looks to land a combination. De Souza sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Rogerio De Souza has been cut.
De Souza avoids the head kick by Kuznetsov.
De Souza bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No luck for De Souza with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Kuznetsov there.
Kuznetsov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kuznetsov misses with a series of wild punches.
Kuznetsov walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
Kuznetsov swinging wildly here.
Kuznetsov moves out of range of the strikes.
De Souza scores with a decent looking hook.
Kuznetsov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuznetsov looks to score with a jab to the body but De Souza is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza throws a body punch but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Kuznetsov throws a head kick but De Souza moves out of range.
De Souza misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight left.
De Souza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
A jab lands there for De Souza.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuznetsov lands with a shot to the body.
Kuznetsov scores with a jab. De Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Souza misses with a looping right.
De Souza paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kuznetsov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Souza throws a right and a left that Kuznetsov avoids nicely.
It looked like Kuznetsov was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A jab from Kuznetsov misses.
De Souza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook.
De Souza is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza swinging wildly here.
De Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kuznetsov misses the jab.
De Souza tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Kuznetsov throws a hook to the side of De Souza's head but De Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Souza dodges the punch combination from Kuznetsov.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov is looking to score with low kicks.
Good leg kick by Kuznetsov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
De Souza walks into a stiff left hand from Kuznetsov.
De Souza throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kuznetsov drops his hands momentarily and De Souza takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kuznetsov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kuznetsov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Souza at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuznetsov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A cross from De Souza lands.
Kuznetsov scores with a nice right hand.
Kuznetsov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
De Souza throws a body punch but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight left.
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but De Souza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Kuznetsov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rogerio De Souza's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Nice shot lands for De Souza.
De Souza has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
De Souza slips a jab and a cross from Kuznetsov.
De Souza moves out of range of the body kick.
Kuznetsov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kuznetsov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
De Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Kuznetsov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kuznetsov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Souza.
De Souza darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild combination.
De Souza's corner calls for a 1-2. De Souza obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kuznetsov needs to keep his hands up - De Souza had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Souza throws a jab when Kuznetsov was well out of range.
Kuznetsov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nikolai Kuznetsov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild body shot.
Kuznetsov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Kuznetsov misses the target.
Kuznetsov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd cheers as Kuznetsov lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Souza doesn't seem phased though.
Kuznetsov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
De Souza bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
De Souza shoots in but Kuznetsov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice uppercut there from De Souza.
De Souza connects with a jab.
Nikolai Kuznetsov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kuznetsov swings for the body but De Souza moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De Souza on the side of the head.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and De Souza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kuznetsov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kuznetsov throws De Souza to one side and escapes!
De Souza might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
De Souza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kuznetsov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Souza.
Nice uppercut lands for De Souza. That snapped Kuznetsov's head back.
Kuznetsov lands a jab to De Souza's midsection.
Kuznetsov just misses with a punch to the body.
Kuznetsov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kuznetsov walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
Kuznetsov misses with a straight right.
De Souza throws a hook but Kuznetsov avoids it easily.
Kuznetsov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
De Souza connects with the punch.
Nikolai Kuznetsov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Souza thuds his right hand into Kuznetsov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
De Souza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
De Souza missing with a left hand there. Kuznetsov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kuznetsov slips under a jab from De Souza.
Kuznetsov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Souza's head.
De Souza ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
De Souza blocks a jab.
De Souza drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kuznetsov defends it well.
De Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
Some bone on bone action there as De Souza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Souza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De Souza misses with an uppercut. Kuznetsov saw that one coming.
De Souza misses with a left hand
and Kuznetsov counters with a nice uppercut.
Kuznetsov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Souza throws a lazy uppercut
and Kuznetsov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Kuznetsov scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Kuznetsov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A slow jab from De Souza misses its intended target.
De Souza blocks a low kick nicely.
De Souza drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kuznetsov defends it well.
Kuznetsov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Souza.
De Souza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kuznetsov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Kuznetsov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kuznetsov lands with a nice body punch.
Rogerio De Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kuznetsov slips a straight right by De Souza.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuznetsov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nikolai Kuznetsov is winning the standup battle so far.
De Souza loads up on a big right hand but Kuznetsov slips the punch.
Kuznetsov defending well as De Souza loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kuznetsov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuznetsov.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolai Kuznetsov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kuznetsov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolai Kuznetsov!
Nikolai Kuznetsov spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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