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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewis comes to the cage accompanied by LL Cool J - Momma said knock you out. Luzhin has chosen The time has come... as his entrance music. Ray Lewis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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174 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikolai Luzhin!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice body kick there by Luzhin.
Lewis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luzhin slips under a jab.
Luzhin takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luzhin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lewis tries a head kick but it misses.
Luzhin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lewis with a body shot.
Lewis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Luzhin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lewis. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lewis scores with a leg kick.
Lewis's corner calls for a 1-2. Lewis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lewis checks a leg kick.
Lewis takes one to the side of the head.
Luzhin drives through and clinches with Lewis against the cage.
Luzhin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luzhin tries to work over Lewis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Luzhin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luzhin.
Lewis misses with a punch on the inside.
Lewis lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Luzhin.
Luzhin crunches a lovely knee into Lewis's ribcage.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lewis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Lewis fails to land.
Lewis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lewis working aggressively here.
Luzhin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lewis takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Ray Lewis has been cut.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Luzhin.
Lewis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luzhin lands a nice uppercut.
Luzhin tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Luzhin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lewiss head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin missing with knees to the body.
Lewis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luzhin's elbow.
Luzhin digs a right hand into Lewis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lewis's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Luzhin.
Lewis tries a knee to the head but Luzhin blocks it.
Lewis blocks a body shot from Luzhin.
Luzhin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lewis.
Lewis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luzhin landing knees to the body.
Lewis is breathing heavily.
Lewis throws a head punch that misses.
Luzhin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lewis seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Luzhin can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lewis.
Knees in the clinch landing for Luzhin.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lewis tries a body shot but Luzhin blocks it.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lewis throws a punch but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Lewis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lewis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lewis takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin lands a hook that snaps the head of Lewis backwards.
Lewis takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lewis.
Lewis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lewis takes a shot to the head.
Luzhin tries to land knees in the clinch but Lewis avoids the damage to the body.
Luzhin blocking some punches.
Lewis blocks an uppercut.
Luzhin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis throws a punch but it's blocked by Luzhin.
A short uppercut from Luzhin.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luzhin tries to work over Lewis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lewis can't find room to land a body shot as Luzhin controls the action.
Lewis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lewis tries a body shot but Luzhin blocks it.
Lewis misses with a punch on the inside.
Luzhin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lewis throws a punch but it's blocked by Luzhin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries to work over Luzhin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Luzhin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lewis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lewis swings wildly with an uppercut but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lewis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Luzhin working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Luzhin fails to land.
Lewis blocks a body shot from Luzhin.
Lewis misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luzhin.
Lewis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lewis misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Luzhin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lewis's elbow.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luzhin working Lewis over with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luzhin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.
Luzhin working aggressively here.
Luzhin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lewis lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Luzhin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Lewis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Luzhin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lewis to score with a decent uppercut.
Luzhin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lewis misses with a hook.
Luzhin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Luzhin throws a body shot but no joy.
Lewis throws a low kick but Luzhin avoids it.
Luzhin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luzhin wants to clinch up but Lewis keeps it at a distance.
Lewis fires out a quick counter leg kick but Luzhin just manages to avoid it.
Luzhin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lewis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Luzhin scores with a jab to the body.
Lewis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luzhin.
That kick from Luzhin tenderised Lewis's leg. Lewis is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lewis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Luzhin - the referee stops the clock and Lewis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Luzhin. Lewis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Luzhin throws a low kick but Lewis avoids it.
It looked like Lewis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Luzhin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lewis. That did some damage!
Luzhin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lewis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
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!
Lewis takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis misses with a kick to the body
and Luzhin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lewis swings for the body but Luzhin moves out of range.
Lewis throws out a leg kick but Luzhin moves out of range and Lewis only half commits.
A nice side step and Luzhin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lewis misses the shot to the body.
Luzhin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Luzhin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lewis.
A shot to the liver by Luzhin. Beautiful body shot.
Luzhin moves forwards but Lewis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Luzhin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Luzhin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lewis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luzhin. Lewis does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looks like Lewis has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Lewis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lewis drops his hands momentarily and Luzhin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Luzhin avoids a kick to the body.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luzhin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Luzhin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lewis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Luzhin lands with an uppercut that bounces Lewis off the cage and back into range.
Lewis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Luzhin.
Nice body punch from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lewis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lewis fires out a quick counter leg kick but Luzhin just manages to avoid it.
Lewis steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Luzhin. That one must have hurt.
Lewis slips under a jab from Luzhin.
Luzhin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Luzhin scores with a jab to the body.
Lewis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Luzhin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lewis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lewis prevents Luzhin from improving his position.
Lewis is thwarting Luzhin's attempts to control the position.
Lewis looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Luzhin gets full guard.
Lewis wants to control from the top but Luzhin keeps moving.
Luzhin looking for a guillotine here but Lewis defends easily.
Lewis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Luzhin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lewis wants to control from the top but Luzhin keeps moving.
Luzhin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Luzhin has his foot on Lewis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lewis works his way back into a safe position though.
Luzhin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Luzhin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ray Lewis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lewis avoids a kick to the body.
Luzhin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Luzhin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luzhin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luzhin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lewis. Lewis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Luzhin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lewis throws an overhand right that lands on Luzhin's shoulder, as Luzhin tries to avoid the shot.
Lewis throws a head kick but Luzhin moves out of range.
Luzhin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Luzhin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lewis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Luzhin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lewis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lewis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Luzhin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lewis doesn't seem bothered though.
Lewis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luzhin.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Luzhin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lewis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lewis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It looked like Lewis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Luzhin, as that shot connected.
Luzhin throws a poor cross that misses
and Lewis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luzhin takes one to the chin there.
Luzhin wants to clinch but Lewis slips to the side
and Luzhin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luzhin throws a leg kick which misses Lewis's front leg but catches the back leg as Lewis tries to avoid it.
Lewis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Luzhin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lewis misses the jab.
Lewis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Lewis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lewis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Luzhin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab by Luzhin.
Lewis thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws the left hand but Luzhin avoids the punch easily.
Luzhin moves away from the strike by Lewis.
Lewis swings for the body but Luzhin moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Lewis.
Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lewis.
Luzhin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lewis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luzhin was well out of range. Poor timing from Lewis.
Luzhin moves out of range as Lewis throws a body kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Luzhin scores with a four punch combination!
Luzhin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lewis is out of range.
It looked like Lewis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lewis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luzhin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lewis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luzhin throws out the jab.
A quick step to the side and Lewis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Lewis misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lewis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Luzhin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lewis looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Luzhin misses with a body shot.
Lewis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
An inside leg kick lands from Luzhin.
Lewis scores with a jab to the head.
Luzhin slips under a jab from Lewis.
Luzhin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lewis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ray Lewis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lewis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luzhin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lewis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A big left from Lewis misses.
It seemed like Luzhin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Luzhin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Luzhin moves out of range of the strikes.
Lewis lands a jab.
Luzhin moves into range and clinches up with Lewis.
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!
Luzhin tries to throw a body punch but Lewis avoids it by throwing Luzhin back against the cage.
Lewis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Luzhin or not.
Luzhin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lewis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luzhin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lewis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Luzhin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lewis swings wildly with an uppercut but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luzhin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lewis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lewis.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nikolai Luzhin.
I've got Luzhin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolai Luzhin!
Nikolai Luzhin was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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