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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Vettori (ranked 967 p4p, 146 weight class) and Edgar Avetisyan (ranked 1196 p4p, 170 weight class). Vettori's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Police On My Back- The Rocketz. Marvin Vettori has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marvin Vettori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Edgar Avetisyan!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avetisyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vettori.
Vettori will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vettori has his takedown stuffed
and Vettori takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vettori missing with a left hand there. Avetisyan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Avetisyan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vettori. That did some damage!
Avetisyan throws a shot from downtown. Vettori moves away and avoids it.
Vettori lands with an uppercut that bounces Avetisyan off the ropes and back into range.
Vettori throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Avetisyan's waist but Avetisyan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vettori off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marvin Vettori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Avetisyan misses with a low kick.
Avetisyan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vettori has time to react.
Vettori swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Avetisyan.
Vettori swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Avetisyan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vettori blocks a head kick by Avetisyan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vettori moves to clinch but Avetisyan breaks away
and Avetisyan counters with a straight right hand.
Avetisyan staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Avetisyan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Avetisyan throws a leg kick but Vettori moved away.
A shot to the body from Vettori misses
and Vettori takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Avetisyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Avetisyan tries to land a front kick but Vettori steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vettori throws a wild body kick that Avetisyan sees coming a mile off.
Vettori closes the distance but Avetisyan moves to the side
and Vettori takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vettori misses with a right hand
and Avetisyan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've been informed that Avetisyan 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.
Marvin Vettori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Avetisyan moves out of range of the strikes.
Vettori connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Avetisyan's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Vettori.
It looks like Edgar Avetisyan has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vettori gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Avetisyan to counter with a crisp jab.
Vettori fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vettori with a nice cross.
Whack! Vettori lands a heavy head kick that drops Avetisyan. The ref tackles Vettori to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Avetisyan was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Marvin Vettori!
Marvin Vettori 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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hype
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pop
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