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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Malaki Fiso (ranked 110 p4p, 18 weight class) and Vadim Golovkin (ranked 36 p4p, 9 weight class). Fiso comes to the cage accompanied by The Lord's Prayer (In Samoan). On his way into the cage it seems that Malaki Fiso has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Malaki Fiso seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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143 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
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172 cm
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145 lbs
15 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Malaki Fiso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadim Golovkin!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fiso looks for the body kick but Golovkin saw that one coming.
Golovkin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fiso's head backwards.
Golovkin avoids the body shot from Fiso.
It seemed like Golovkin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fiso has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fiso throws a sloppy head kick and Golovkin moves out of range easily.
Fiso misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Golovkin counters with a right hand to the body.
Fiso comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Golovkin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fiso just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Golovkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiso lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Golovkin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fiso looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fiso motions for Golovkin to come forward. Fiso throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fiso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Golovkin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiso throws a lazy head kick
and Golovkin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fiso throws an off balance right hand
and Golovkin counters with a straight right hand.
Golovkin moves out of range as Fiso strikes.
Golovkin throws out a counter right but Fiso avoids it with no problem.
Fiso scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Fiso misses.
Golovkin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Golovkin throws a poor cross that misses
and Fiso makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Golovkin throws a lazy right hand but Fiso sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fiso throws a head kick but Golovkin moves out of range.
Fiso misses with a body shot
and Golovkin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fiso takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fiso. Golovkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Golovkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fiso.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fiso throws a right and a left that Golovkin avoids nicely.
Golovkin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Golovkin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Golovkin lands with a nice body punch.
Fiso takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Golovkin slips a straight right by Fiso.
Golovkin throws out a counter right but Fiso avoids it with no problem.
Fiso keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Golovkin misses with a lunging right hand
and Fiso counters with a nice low kick that buckles Golovkin's knee momentarily.
A big left from Golovkin misses.
Fiso throws a quick counter kick to the body but Golovkin avoids it.
Fiso wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Golovkin avoids the body shot from Fiso.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Fiso.
Fiso misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from Golovkin misses.
Fiso throws a lazy right hand but Golovkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fiso punishes Golovkin's body with a nice straight punch.
Fiso throws a leg kick
and Golovkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Golovkin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Golovkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fiso on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Golovkin checks a leg kick.
Fiso throws a body shot but no joy.
Fiso listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fiso pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiso throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fiso scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fiso throws a sloppy body shot
and Golovkin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
Fiso swings widly with a right hand
and Golovkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Golovkin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fiso had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fiso scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Golovkin misses the target.
Fiso changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fiso. Golovkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Golovkin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A head kick from Fiso lands but Golovkin takes it in his stride.
Golovkin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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 Malaki Fiso will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fiso misses with an uppercut.
Golovkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fiso.
Fiso wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fiso throws a head kick that misses.
Fiso is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Golovkin.
Malaki Fiso is winning the standup battle so far.
Fiso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Golovkin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fiso.
Fiso closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiso swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Golovkin staying out of range there.
Golovkin throws an off balance right hand
and Fiso counters with a left to the body.
Golovkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiso misses with a low kick.
Golovkin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Golovkin throws out a powerful jab.
Golovkin lands a right hook to the body.
Fiso is looking to wear down Golovkin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fiso throws a sloppy body shot
and Golovkin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fiso misses with an attempted mid kick.
Golovkin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fiso doesn't seem bothered though.
Golovkin avoids the head kick by Fiso.
Golovkin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Golovkin moves away from the strike by Fiso.
A big left from Fiso misses.
Fiso misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fiso.
It seemed like Golovkin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Malaki Fiso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fiso looks to score with a jab to the body but Golovkin is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Golovkin misses.
Fiso dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Golovkin lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fiso throws a right hand that misses
and Golovkin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fiso misses with an uppercut.
Golovkin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fiso with a body shot.
Fiso stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A low kick from Fiso is predictable there
and Golovkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fiso misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Fiso finds it's way through Golovkin's defenses.
Golovkin swings for the body but Fiso moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiso lands with a good body shot.
Fiso takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fiso misses with a body shot
and Golovkin counters with a stiff right hand.
Fiso throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Golovkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fiso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fiso swings widly with a right hand
and Golovkin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Golovkin throws a hook but Fiso avoids it easily.
Fiso feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Fiso misses with a hook.
Golovkin throws out a counter right but Fiso avoids it with no problem.
Golovkin throws a big shot that misses.
Fiso takes one to the chin there.
Fiso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Golovkin circles away quickly and effectively.
Golovkin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiso tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Golovkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fiso throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Golovkin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Golovkin throws out a counter right but Fiso avoids it with no problem.
Fiso throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golovkin misses with a straight left.
Fiso was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fiso rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Golovkin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Golovkin throws a body shot but no joy.
Golovkin checks a leg kick.
Golovkin throws a jab when Fiso was well out of range.
Fiso looks to land a combination but Golovkin avoids it well.
Fiso misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malaki Fiso dominated that second round.
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.
Golovkin throws a hook but Fiso avoids it easily.
Golovkin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Golovkin! But no joy.
Golovkin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Golovkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fiso is looking to counter with head kicks.
Fiso jabs Golovkin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fiso throws an off balance right hand
and Golovkin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Golovkin slips a straight right by Fiso.
Golovkin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Fiso misses.
Nice jab there from Fiso.
Golovkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fiso.
Fiso misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fiso.
A big right from Fiso misses.
It seemed like Golovkin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big left from Golovkin misses.
Fiso misses with a body shot
and Fiso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Golovkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fiso bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fiso throws a right hand that Golovkin ducks under and follows up with a left that Golovkin also avoids with ease.
Golovkin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fiso throws a poor cross that misses
and Golovkin counters with a nice uppercut.
Fiso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Golovkin.
Golovkin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fiso misses with a lunging right hand
letting Golovkin counter with a right hand.
Vadim Golovkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fiso swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Golovkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fiso misses with a right hand
and Golovkin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fiso takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fiso looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fiso connects with a leg kick. Golovkin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Golovkin missing with a left hand there. Fiso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fiso goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fiso uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Golovkin has time to react.
Fiso connects with a solid leg kick.
Golovkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fiso.
A nice side step and Golovkin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fiso jabs at Golovkin's body.
Golovkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiso jabs at Golovkin's body.
Golovkin moves forwards but Fiso connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fiso tries to land a leg kick but Golovkin saw it coming and moves away.
Fiso lands a nice leg kick that just misses Golovkin's sensitive parts.
Fiso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fiso misses with a hook. Golovkin ducked under it nicely.
Fiso just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice side step and Golovkin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fiso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Golovkin.
Fiso looks to throw a body kick
and Golovkin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Golovkin looks to throw the jab but Fiso is out of range.
Golovkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin thuds a left hand into Fiso's body.
Golovkin swings widly with a right hand
and Fiso counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Golovkin throws a body punch but Fiso moves out of range.
Golovkin blocks the body kick.
Fiso misses with a wild body shot.
Malaki Fiso is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Some bone on bone action there as Golovkin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fiso pivots, looking for a leg kick but Golovkin is out of range and Fiso settles back down.
Golovkin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Golovkin throws a right and a left that Fiso avoids nicely.
Fiso misses with a straight left.
Fiso lands a slapping body shot.
Fiso slips under a jab.
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 Malaki Fiso.
Well Fiso 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malaki Fiso!
Malaki Fiso decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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