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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Glass (ranked 64 p4p, 10 weight class) and Garegin Balayan (ranked 168 p4p, 23 weight class). Glass kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack. The crowd seem to be enjoying Balayan's choice of entrance music: Troika. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
32 - 13 - 2, fighting out of London, Desmond Glass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Garegin Balayan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glass turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Balayan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Glass can pounce on him.
Glass tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balayan was well out of range. Poor timing from Glass.
Glass blocks a jab.
Glass throws a jab when Balayan was well out of range.
Glass throws a leg kick but Balayan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Balayan throws a leg kick
and Glass connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Balayan misses with a looping right.
Glass stuns Balayan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Glass scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Balayan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Glass tries a low kick but Balayan avoids it.
Glass throws a leg kick
letting Balayan counter with a right hand.
Glass will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Glass paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glass takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Glass throws a head kick that misses.
Glass throws a looping overhand right but Balayan ducks down to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Balayan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Balayan. That's going to slow Glass down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass catches Balayan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Balayan misses with a kick to the body.
Balayan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glass moves away.
Balayan throws a jab when Glass was well out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Balayan.
Glass keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Balayan.
Glass scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Balayan doesn't seem bothered though.
Glass moves away from the strike by Balayan.
Balayan misses with a low kick.
A lazy body kick from Glass
and Balayan counters with a stiff right hand.
Balayan connects with the punch.
Glass misses with a low kick.
Glass swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Balayan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Balayan throws a push kick but Glass slaps the foot to one side.
Balayan walks into a straight right hand from Glass.
Glass misses with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glass lands a body shot.
Desmond Glass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balayan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Glass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Balayan misses the target.
Glass throws a jab but it's blocked by Balayan.
Glass swats away the attempt to clinch by Balayan.
Glass staying out of range there.
Glass lands a body shot.
Glass swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Glass moves out of range as Balayan throws a body kick.
Balayan blocks a jab.
Glass thows a left - swing and a miss!
Balayan looks to land a right hand but Glass moved out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Balayan, right into the meat.
Balayan throws a hook but Glass blocks it.
Glass misses with a straight left.
Good work by Glass as he checks the leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Glass misses its target.
Balayan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glass throws a sloppy body shot
and Glass takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Glass misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Balayan.
A combination from Glass does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balayan lands with a good body shot.
Balayan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Glass sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Glass misses its target.
Glass throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balayan.
Glass lands with a thumping leg kick.
Balayan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Glass takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Glass scores with a punch to the head.
Glass thumps Balayan with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Balayan.
Glass blocks the body kick.
Balayan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Glass scores with a jab to the body.
Glass misses with a low kick.
Balayan throws out a counter right but Glass avoids it with no problem.
Balayan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Glass. Glass circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glass bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Balayan's head.
A jab lands there for Balayan.
Balayan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balayan throws a solid leg kick but Glass takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Balayan.
Glass throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass is looking to slow Balayan down with leg kicks.
Balayan connects with a body shot that sends Glass's belly button to the back.
Glass stuns Balayan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Balayan.
Glass scores with a nice body kick.
Glass missing with a left hand there. Balayan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Balayan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Balayan throws a body punch but Glass moves out of range.
Glass just misses with a punch to the body.
Balayan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Balayan misses with a low kick.
Balayan throws an overhand right that lands on Glass's shoulder, as Glass tries to avoid the shot.
Glass changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Balayan throws an overhand right that lands on Glass's shoulder, as Glass tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glass misses the shot to the body.
Glass takes a swing at Balayan's ribcage but misses.
Balayan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Glass lands a nice leg kick that just misses Balayan's sensitive parts.
Balayan misses with a hook. Glass ducked under it nicely.
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 Desmond Glass will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A swing and a miss from Balayan.
Balayan throws a low kick but Glass avoids it.
Glass checks the leg kick.
A jab from Balayan misses.
Balayan misses with a body shot.
Glass slips under a jab.
Glass fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Balayan.
Glass is looking to wear down Balayan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Glass tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Balayan was well out of range. Poor timing from Glass.
Glass jabs at Balayan's body.
Balayan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Glass.
Balayan moves out of range as Glass strikes.
A little jabbing left from Balayan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Glass getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Glass misses with an uppercut
and Glass takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balayan lands a leg kick that knocks Glass off balance momentarily.
Balayan throws a hook to the side of Glass's head but Glass sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Glass fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Balayan throws an overhand right that lands on Glass's shoulder, as Glass tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glass scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Balayan doesn't seem bothered though.
A clash of legs there as Glass blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Glass ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Balayan moves away.
Glass throws a series of punches but Balayan avoids them all with ease.
Balayan takes one on the button.
Balayan just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Balayan.
Glass finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Desmond Glass is winning the standup battle so far.
Balayan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Glass.
Glass misses with a looping right.
Glass looks to score with a jab to the body but Balayan is just out of range.
Balayan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Glass cracks the inside of Balayan's front leg.
Balayan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Glass checks a low kick from Balayan.
A slow jab from Glass misses its intended target.
Balayan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Glass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Glass fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Balayan jabs Glass right on the nose. Glass blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balayan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balayan throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Glass throws a shot from downtown. Balayan moves away and avoids it.
Balayan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Balayan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Balayan misses with an uppercut.
Balayan moves out of range of the strikes.
Balayan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Balayan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Balayan.
It looked like Glass was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Balayan.
Balayan throws a hook but Glass avoids it easily.
Balayan cracks the inside of Glass's front leg.
Balayan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Balayan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Balayan tries a low kick but Glass avoids it.
Balayan staying out of range there.
Glass just misses with a punch to the body.
Balayan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balayan throws a jab when Glass was well out of range.
Balayan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Glass.
A slapping body kick lands there for Balayan.
Balayan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Balayan misses with a body kick.
Balayan scores with the left hand. Glass knows he should have avoided that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Glass.
Balayan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Glass connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Balayan scrambles back to his feet.
Balayan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Glass staying out of range there.
Balayan tries to score with a low kick but Glass moves his leg out of the way.
Balayan checks a low kick from Glass.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Balayan.
Balayan checks a low kick from Glass.
Glass closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balayan lands with a cross.
Glass takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balayan throws a one two combo.
Glass is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice defenses there by Glass.
Balayan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Balayan takes a swing at Glass's ribcage but misses.
Glass checks a low kick from Balayan.
Glass takes a swing at Balayan's ribcage but misses.
Balayan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Balayan blocks a leg kick.
Balayan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Glass takes a step back to recover.
Balayan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice defenses there by Balayan.
Glass checks the leg kick.
Glass swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balayan misses with a low kick.
Good work by Balayan as he checks the leg kick.
Glass misses the shot to the body.
Balayan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Glass takes a swing at Balayan's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Garegin Balayan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Balayan scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balayan.
Balayan throws a jab but it's blocked by Glass.
Balayan connects with a nice looking jab.
Glass fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Balayan manages to avoid it.
Balayan tried to score with a low kick but Glass checks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Glass misses the target.
Glass looks to land a combination but Balayan avoids it well.
Glass on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Balayan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Glass's jab looks to have found its range, popping Balayan under the eye.
Balayan checks a leg kick.
Glass takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Glass misses with a wild body shot.
Balayan blocks a low kick nicely.
Balayan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Balayan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Glass tries to score with a low kick but Balayan moves his leg out of the way.
Balayan misses with an attempted mid kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balayan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balayan misses with an uppercut. Glass saw that one coming.
Glass stuns Balayan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Balayan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balayan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Glass takes one to the chin there.
Glass lands a glancing blow to the side of Balayan's head.
Balayan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Glass. That did some damage!
A nice leg kick lands there from Glass.
Balayan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Glass throws out the jab.
Balayan counters with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Glass throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Glass moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A clash of legs there as Balayan blocks the low kick.
Glass misses with a hook to the body
and Balayan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Balayan throws out a loose jab but Glass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balayan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glass bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Glass feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Glass walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balayan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Balayan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Glass throws out a powerful jab.
Balayan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Glass avoids the body shot from Balayan.
Glass looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Balayan throws a body punch but Glass moves out of range.
Glass moves out of range as Balayan throws a body kick.
Glass getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Balayan thuds his shin into the meat of Glass's side.
Balayan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Balayan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Balayan scores with a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Glass darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Glass will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Glass lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Balayan scores with a jab.
Glass throws a body punch but Balayan moves out of range.
Glass connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass looks to score with a jab to the body but Balayan is just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Glass.
Balayan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Glass takes one on the button.
Glass uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Balayan.
Glass is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Glass throws a quick inside leg kick.
Glass throws a jab when Balayan was well out of range.
Balayan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Balayan tries to close the distance and clinch but Glass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Glass connects with a body shot.
Glass takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Balayan misses with an uppercut.
Balayan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Glass is able to avoid easily.
Glass fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Balayan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Balayan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glass misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass ducks under a wild hook from Balayan.
Glass with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balayan.
Glass just misses with a punch to the body.
Glass lands a leg kick that knocks Balayan off balance momentarily.
Glass tries to work over Balayan's front leg with a kick but Balayan checks it.
Glass walks into a stiff left hand from Balayan.
Balayan looks to score with a jab to the body but Glass is just out of range.
Balayan digs a good body shot into Glass's ribs.
Balayan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Glass finds it's way round the side to connect with Balayan's head.
Balayan throws a sloppy head kick and Glass moves out of range easily.
Balayan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Glass tries to bum rush Balayan with a series of wild strikes but Balayan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glass slips under a jab from Balayan.
Glass looks to score with a jab to the body but Balayan is just out of range.
Balayan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A left lands for Glass.
Glass misses with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Desmond Glass.
Well Glass has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Desmond Glass!
A very excited looking Desmond Glass 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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