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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bronson (ranked 1563 p4p, 177 weight class) and Andrey Kuznetcov (ranked 1333 p4p, 153 weight class). Bronson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Charles Bronson - Youth Attack. Charles Bronson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Bronson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrey Kuznetcov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuznetcov tries to move into range but Bronson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kuznetcov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bronson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bronson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Bronson. Those never looked like landing.
Kuznetcov throws out a counter right but Bronson avoids it with no problem.
Kuznetcov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kuznetcov scores with a sloppy right hand. Bronson should have avoided that one.
It looks like Charles Bronson has been cut.
Bronson thuds a left hand into Kuznetcov's body.
Kuznetcov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bronson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kuznetcov scrambles back to his feet.
Kuznetcov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bronson finds it's way round the side to connect with Kuznetcov's head.
Nice jab there from Bronson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Bronson - just one landing.
Bronson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kuznetcov under the eye.
Bronson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bronson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetcov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Bronson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kuznetcov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bronson can pounce on him.
Kuznetcov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bronson as he jumps to the side.
Charles Bronson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bronson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice cross by Bronson.
Nice body punch from Kuznetcov.
Kuznetcov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bronson as he avoids it easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bronson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bronson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kuznetcov's elbow.
Bronson working aggressively here.
Kuznetcov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kuznetcov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice straight punches there by Bronson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bronson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bronson throws a low kick but Kuznetcov moves out of range easily.
Bronson tries a head kick but it misses.
Kuznetcov fails to land the takedown.
Charles Bronson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrey Kuznetcov.
Bronson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kuznetcov.
Kuznetcov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Bronson defends well and Kuznetcov ends up having to push Bronson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bronson throws a quick counter head kick but Kuznetcov was just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kuznetcov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bronson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuznetcov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kuznetcov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bronson is fending him off so far but Kuznetcov persists. Nope, Bronson circles away and we're back to standing.
Bronson sizes up Kuznetcov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bronson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bronson scores with a jab to the body.
Kuznetcov takes one to the chin there.
An inside leg kick lands from Bronson.
Bronson throws a good cross that connects.
Bronson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kuznetcov's head backwards.
Bronson digs a good body shot into Kuznetcov's ribs.
Bronson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bronson throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Kuznetcov.
Bronson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuznetcov.
Bronson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bronson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kuznetcov blocks the body kick.
Kuznetcov lands a nice looking body shot.
Bronson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Charles Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kuznetcov.
Kuznetcov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bronson misses the shot to the body.
Bronson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bronson connects with a jab.
Bronson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kuznetcov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Bronson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charles Bronson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kuznetcov throws a body shot but no joy.
Kuznetcov moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kuznetcov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bronson rather than just go for the knockout.
Kuznetcov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bronson is looking to land body kicks.
Bronson throws a hook but Kuznetcov blocks it.
Bronson scores with a push kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Kuznetcov blocks the leg kick.
Bronson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bronson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Charles Bronson is winning the standup battle so far.
Kuznetcov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuznetcov throws out a counter right but Bronson avoids it with no problem.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bronson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Bronson scores with a jab.
Kuznetcov misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
It seemed like Kuznetcov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bronson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bronson scores with a punch to the head.
A punch combination from Bronson misses.
Kuznetcov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bronson.
Bronson scoring well with a low kick there.
Kuznetcov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bronson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bronson lands a jab to Kuznetcov's midsection.
Bronson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kuznetcov can do to turn this around?
Bronson wants to slow Kuznetcov down by chopping away at his legs.
Bronson loads up on a big right hand but Kuznetcov slips the punch.
Kuznetcov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bronson misses with a two punch combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kuznetcov! But no joy.
Kuznetcov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bronson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuznetcov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with a left hand
enabling Kuznetcov to counter with a crisp jab.
Bronson tries to score with a low kick but Kuznetcov moves his leg out of the way.
Kuznetcov let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bronson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kuznetcov on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Kuznetcov misses its intended target.
Bronson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bronson swings for the body but Kuznetcov moves out of range.
Bronson throws a body shot but no joy.
Bronson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bronson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bronson throws a big counter combination but Kuznetcov scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Bronson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bronson misses with a low kick.
Kuznetcov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bronson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bronson duly obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kuznetcov is rocked!
Bronson looks to throw the jab but Kuznetcov is out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Bronson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bronson.
Kuznetcov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kuznetcov is still on wobbly legs! Can Bronson finish him?
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuznetcov. Bronson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuznetcov seems to have recovered his senses.
Bronson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kuznetcov throws a hook but Bronson blocks it.
Kuznetcov moves away from the strike by Bronson.
Kuznetcov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kuznetcov goes for a double leg but Bronson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bronson continues to drive forward.
Kuznetcov checks the leg kick.
Bronson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kuznetcov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bronson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bronson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuznetcov.
Kuznetcov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kuznetcov's calf.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson loads up on a big right hand but Kuznetcov slips the punch.
Bronson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kuznetcov's sensitive parts.
Kuznetcov staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Bronson.
Kuznetcov throws out a counter right but Bronson avoids it with no problem.
Bronson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bronson. Kuznetcov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kuznetcov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bronson throws out a loose jab but Kuznetcov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuznetcov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bronson tests Kuznetcov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bronson tries to move into range but Kuznetcov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bronson missing with a left hand there. Kuznetcov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kuznetcov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Bronson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Charles Bronson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Bronson throws a right hand that Kuznetcov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kuznetcov also avoids with ease.
Kuznetcov slips under a jab from Bronson.
Kuznetcov throws a shot from downtown. Bronson moves away and avoids it.
Kuznetcov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bronson misses with a series of wild punches.
Bronson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A good leg kick by Bronson.
Bronson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bronson scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bronson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bronson just misses with a punch to the body.
Bronson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kuznetcov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Charles Bronson's cut is getting worse.
Bronson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donk. Bronson catches Kuznetcov right on the button with a cross.
Bronson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bronson throws out a leg kick but Kuznetcov moves out of range and Bronson only half commits.
Bronson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kuznetcov is out of range and Bronson settles back down.
Bronson wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetcov throws a big shot that misses.
Bronson throws a body punch but Kuznetcov moves out of range.
Kuznetcov lands an overhand right.
Kuznetcov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bronson throws a jab when Kuznetcov was well out of range.
Kuznetcov throws out a counter right but Bronson avoids it with no problem.
Kuznetcov slips a jab from Bronson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuznetcov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bronson tests Kuznetcov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kuznetcov swings for the body but Bronson moves out of range.
No luck for Kuznetcov with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetcov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bronson.
Bronson misses with a kick to the body.
Kuznetcov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kuznetcov avoids the head kick by Bronson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kuznetcov! But no joy.
Andrey Kuznetcov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bronson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bronson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kuznetcov.
A cross from Bronson lands.
Kuznetcov moves out of range as Bronson strikes.
Good leg kick by Bronson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fighters circling - Bronson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like Kuznetcov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kuznetcov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bronson. Bronson obviously looking to wear him down.
Bronson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kuznetcov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bronson lands a jab to Kuznetcov's midsection.
Charles Bronson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kuznetcov is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bronson is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Kuznetcov.
A big left from Bronson misses.
Kuznetcov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuznetcov walks into a stiff left hand from Bronson.
Kuznetcov has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bronson scores with a jab to the body.
Bronson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bronson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kuznetcov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bronson moves out of range of the strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Bronson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bronson 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Bronson!
Charles Bronson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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