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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ken Roussow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ken Roussow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Victor Steel!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roussow connects with a looping right hand.
Roussow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roussow scores with a jab.
Roussow scores with a decent looking hook.
Steel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roussow.
Roussow tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Steel manages to circle out of the way.
Steel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roussow loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
Steel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Steel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Roussow ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Roussow scores with a punch to the head.
Steel misses with a wild body shot.
Roussow tries to counter by clinching up but Steel breaks away and moves out of range.
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!
Roussow scores with a jab.
Steel misses with an uppercut.
Steel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roussow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steel.
And Steel tries to counter it with a takedown but Roussow pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Steel looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Steel throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Roussow was covering up waiting for the punch and Steel finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Roussow is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Roussow keeping moving, preventing Steel from controlling successfully.
Roussow is trying to keep Steel in close.
Roussow looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Steel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Steel wants to pass the guard but Roussow is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roussow looking for a sweep. Not yet Roussow, not yet.
Steel trying to control the position from guard on top but Roussow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Steel landing some decent shots from guard.
Roussow seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Steel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Roussow tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Roussow is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Steel sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Steel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel trying to move into half guard but instead Roussow has managed to sweep!
Roussow trying to control the position from guard on top but Steel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roussow has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Steel pulls Roussow in to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roussow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Roussow working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Steel's head.
Roussow trying to control but Steel is working from the bottom.
Steel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roussow postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Steel keeping moving, preventing Roussow from controlling successfully.
Steel wants to sweep here but Roussow controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steel keeping moving, preventing Roussow from controlling successfully.
Roussow scoring with some ground and pound.
Steel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Roussow's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Steel is trying to keep Roussow in close.
Steel looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roussow is one step ahead there.
Steel is trying to keep Roussow in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Roussow 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.
Roussow lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Steel at a distance.
Steel throws an overhand right that lands on Roussow's shoulder, as Roussow tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut there from Roussow.
Steel tries to move into range but Roussow moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Roussow lands with an uppercut that bounces Steel off the cage and back into range.
Roussow looks to land a right hand but Steel moved out of range.
Steel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roussow.
Roussow missing with a left hand there. Steel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Roussow. Those never looked like landing.
A little jabbing left from Steel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Roussow throws a series of punches but Steel moves out of range.
Steel is looking for the big counter here.
Steel moves out of range as Roussow strikes.
Steel changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Roussow cracks a nice hook into Steel's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel throws a hook but Roussow avoids it easily.
Steel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Roussow counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Roussow misses with a straight right.
A lazy left from Roussow finds it's target.
Steel is rocked!
Roussow lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Steel is looking to close the distance but Roussow sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Steel crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Steel is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Ken Roussow!
After the big win, Ken Roussow made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sully's Bar & Grill and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
In defeat, Victor Steel stepped up to the mic, saying 'Impressive win to my opponent. I will learn from this and come back stronger and avenge this loss in the near future. Watch and see.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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