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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitch Rapp (ranked 5011 p4p, 3717 weight class) and Aleksandar Volkanovski (ranked 521 p4p, 455 weight class). Volkanovski has chosen 2pac - Hail Mary as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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World class MT
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitch Rapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandar Volkanovski!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Columbo Gatti and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rapp throws a series of punches but Volkanovski moves out of range.
Volkanovski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rapp paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rapp swings widly with a right hand
and Volkanovski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rapp misses with a lunging right hand
and Volkanovski counters with a stiff right hand.
Volkanovski lands an overhand right.
Rapp connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A punch lands to the side of Volkanovski 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Volkanovski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rapp throws out the jab.
Volkanovski looks to land a combination but Rapp avoids it well.
We've been informed that Volkanovski 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.
Volkanovski slips a straight right by Rapp.
Volkanovski throws a counter combo.
Volkanovski tries to close the distance and clinch but Rapp swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rapp misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rapp rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Volkanovski counters with a three punch combo that has Rapp backing up. Rapp nods at Volkanovski to acknowledge the strikes.
Volkanovski tries to clinch there but Rapp circles away.
Volkanovski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Volkanovski.
Rapp working aggressively here.
Rapp swings wildly with an uppercut but Volkanovski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Volkanovski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rapp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Volkanovski takes a shot to the head.
Rapp throws a head punch that misses.
Volkanovski is struggling to control the position.
Volkanovski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rapp lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Volkanovski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rapp working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Volkanovski blocking some punches.
Rapp misses with a hook from the clinch.
Volkanovski is trying to maintain a safe position but Rapp gets an underhook and turns Volkanovski into the cage.
Rapp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Volkanovski leaning against his opponent.
Volkanovski has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rapp is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rapp working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkanovski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rapp has a couple of punches blocked by Volkanovski.
Volkanovski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Volkanovski on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rapp.
A left hand lands to the body for Volkanovski.
Rapp misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rapp misses with the head strike.
Rapp has a couple of punches blocked by Volkanovski.
A head punch on the inside from Rapp fails to land.
Rapp being controlled against the cage.
Volkanovski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rapps head.
Rapp working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rapp throws a head punch that misses.
Volkanovski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Volkanovski leaning his opponent against the cage.
Volkanovski lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapp throws a head punch that misses.
Rapp throws a punch but it's blocked by Volkanovski.
Volkanovski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Volkanovski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Volkanovski moves out of range as Rapp strikes.
Volkanovski wants to clinch.
Rapp throwing a counter right hand but Volkanovski manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Volkanovski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rapp is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Volkanovski tries to clinch but Rapp moves out of range.
Rapp throws a shot from downtown. Volkanovski moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Rapp misses.
Rapp throws a lazy right hand but Volkanovski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Volkanovski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rapp.
Rapp scores with a jab to the head.
Mitch Rapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rapp connects with a nice looking jab.
Volkanovski doesn't manage to clinch there - Rapp circles away.
Rapp loads up on a big right hand but Volkanovski slips the punch.
Volkanovski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rapp throws a big shot that misses.
Volkanovski pushes Rapp up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rapp misses with some punches.
Rapp misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rapp misses with the head strike.
Rapp misses with a hook from the clinch.
Volkanovski blocks an uppercut.
Rapp swings wildly with an uppercut but Volkanovski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rapp throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Volkanovski.
Rapp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Volkanovski lands a body shot.
Volkanovski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mitch Rapp dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Volkanovski throws a sloppy head kick and Rapp moves out of range easily.
Volkanovski staying out of range there.
Volkanovski tries to clinch but Rapp is having none of it.
Volkanovski blocks a jab.
Rapp misses with a looping right.
Volkanovski drives through and clinches with Rapp against the cage.
Rapp fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rapp throws a punch but it's blocked by Volkanovski.
Rapp has a couple of punches blocked by Volkanovski.
A short uppercut from Rapp.
Volkanovski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rapp as Volkanovski tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rapp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rapp throws a head punch that misses.
Rapp throws a punch but it's blocked by Volkanovski.
Volkanovski lands with a right to the head.
Rapp working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rapp tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Volkanovski taking a breather.
Mitch Rapp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Volkanovski is stalling here.
Rapp has a couple of punches blocked by Volkanovski.
Volkanovski looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Volkanovski.
Volkanovski looking to stall.
Volkanovski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Aleksandar Volkanovski.
Volkanovski has Rapp up against the cage in a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Volkanovski.
Volkanovski stalls.
Rapp misses with the head strike.
Volkanovski scores with a shot to the side of Rapp's head.
A nice left hand lands by Volkanovski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkanovski blocking some punches.
Volkanovski pushes Rapp back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rapp is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Volkanovski.
Oh Rapp is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Volkanovski lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Rapp to his knees! Volkanovski keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandar Volkanovski!
A very excited looking Aleksandar Volkanovski 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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