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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Boitsov (ranked 3672 p4p, 410 weight class) and Valentin Taneyev (ranked 3977 p4p, 435 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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209 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Boitsov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Valentin Taneyev!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boitsov throws a looping overhand right but Taneyev ducks down to avoid it.
Taneyev feints a counter leg kick.
Taneyev moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Boitsov lands a nice hook to Taneyev's body. Taneyev takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
No luck for Boitsov with that takedown attempt.
Taneyev misses with a body punch
and Boitsov counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Boitsov's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Taneyev manages to escape and get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boitsov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Taneyev.
Nice sprawl there from Taneyev as Boitsov shoots in.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Taneyev! But no joy.
Boitsov takes a swing at Taneyev's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taneyev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boitsov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Taneyev misses with an uppercut.
Boitsov throwing a counter right hand but Taneyev manages to avoid it.
Boitsov throws a good cross that connects.
Boitsov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Taneyev avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dmitry Boitsov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taneyev closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boitsov connects with the punch.
Boitsov lands a jab to the nose.
Taneyev connects with a jab.
Taneyev looks to land a right hand but Boitsov moved out of range.
Boitsov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Taneyev moves out of range of the strikes.
Boitsov misses with a looping right.
Taneyev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Boitsov throws out a powerful jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boitsov misses with a hook to the body
and Taneyev counters with a nice right hand that sends Boitsov toppling to the canvas! Boitsov scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Taneyev finish him?!
Taneyev staying out of range there.
Taneyev throws a lazy uppercut
and Boitsov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Boitsov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taneyev swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Taneyev lands a big right hand that sends Boitsov crashing to the mat! Taneyev stays standing though and waves Boitsov back to his feet!
Boitsov is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boitsov throws a right hand that misses
and Taneyev counters with an outside leg kick.
Oh Boitsov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taneyev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Valentin Taneyev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Taneyev lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Boitsov crumples to the floor! Taneyev milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Valentin Taneyev!
A very excited looking Valentin Taneyev made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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