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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Taleb (ranked 3447 p4p, 3224 weight class) and Nico World Citizen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). World Citizen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rich Bitch kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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2 - 1 - 0 |
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160 cm
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30 - 22 - 3 |
Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abdul Taleb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 22 - 3, fighting out of London, Nico World Citizen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
World Citizen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
World Citizen keeps the fight on the outside.
Taleb throws an off balance right hand
enabling World Citizen to counter with a crisp jab.
Taleb lands a nice hook to World Citizen's body. World Citizen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Taleb blocks a head kick by World Citizen.
Taleb wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Taleb tries to clinch but World Citizen is having none of it.
World Citizen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taleb is looking to counter punch.
Taleb throws a hook to the side of World Citizen's head but World Citizen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Abdul Taleb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taleb lands with a straight right. World Citizen didn't see that one coming.
World Citizen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Taleb gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Taleb pushes World Citizen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
World Citizen takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taleb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of World Citizens head.
World Citizen throws a head punch that misses.
World Citizen takes a shot to the head.
World Citizen prevents a body shot from Taleb.
Taleb throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Taleb definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Taleb.
Taleb lands a body punch.
World Citizen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
World Citizen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taleb lands a left hand that snaps the head of World Citizen backwards.
Taleb lands a shot to the body.
World Citizen looks winded!
Taleb presses World Citizen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Taleb effectively controlling the action here.
Taleb's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Taleb gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Taleb is struggling to control the position.
Taleb scores with a hook to the body.
A body shot lands from Taleb.
Taleb lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taleb lands a right hand that snaps the head of World Citizen backwards.
Taleb stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A left hand lands to the body for Taleb.
Taleb is leaning against World Citizen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Taleb lands a body punch.
Taleb presses World Citizen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taleb is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Taleb working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Taleb stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Taleb digs a right hand into World Citizen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on World Citizen's gas tank.
Taleb digs a right hand underneath World Citizen's ribcage. World Citizen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taleb scores with a shot to the side of World Citizen's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taleb digs a right hand into World Citizen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on World Citizen's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Taleb.
Taleb cracks World Citizen with a nice body shot.
Taleb lands a body shot in the clinch.
Taleb digs a right hand into World Citizen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on World Citizen's gas tank.
Taleb slows down the pace here.
A short right from Taleb.
Taleb throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Taleb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taleb.
A right hook to the body lands for Taleb.
A nice left hand lands by Taleb.
Taleb stalling.
A right hook to the body lands for Taleb.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taleb working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Taleb dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Taleb.
Taleb lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt World Citizen or not.
Taleb lands a left hand that snaps the head of World Citizen backwards.
Taleb is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short body shot lands from Taleb as the two fighters clinch.
World Citizen letting Taleb take a breather here.
Nice body punch from Taleb.
World Citizen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taleb's elbow.
Taleb lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Taleb lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Taleb.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Abdul Taleb dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Taleb stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Taleb cracks World Citizen with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Taleb has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning World Citizen to stand back up!
World Citizen is rocked!
Taleb pushes World Citizen up against the cage in a clinch.
World Citizen is still on wobbly legs! Can Taleb finish him?
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taleb.
A short left from Taleb.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taleb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taleb lands a body punch in the clinch.
Taleb displaying some good clinch control by pressing World Citizen up against the cage.
Taleb lands a big right hand that drops World Citizen! The killer instinct kicks in and Taleb finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Taleb!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdul Taleb!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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