PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sairanix Lokren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lokren comes to the cage accompanied by Beast. Luzhin has chosen The time has come... as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lokren
vs
Luzhin

183 cm
27
179 lbs
18 - 7 - 0

181 cm
35
174 lbs
25 - 10 - 1

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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sairanix Lokren!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikolai Luzhin!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lokren blocks a head kick by Luzhin.
Lokren lands with a right hand.
Lokren misses the shot to the body.
Lokren bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Luzhin throws a lazy body kick
and Lokren counters with a stiff right hand.
Lokren misses with an uppercut.
Lokren takes a kick to the side of the head.
Luzhin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lokren under the eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lokren. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luzhin jabs at Lokren's body.

Luzhin rushes Lokren and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lokren wants to break the clinch but can't.

Lokren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luzhin misses with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick from Luzhin lands but Lokren takes it in his stride.
Luzhin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lokren throws a shot from downtown. Luzhin moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lokren throws a jab when Luzhin was well out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Lokren. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lokren.
Luzhin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lokren moves out of range of the leg kick from Luzhin.
It looked like Lokren wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Luzhin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lokren takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lokren throws an overhand right that lands on Luzhin's shoulder, as Luzhin tries to avoid the shot.
Luzhin tries a quick counter leg kick but Lokren is wise to it.
Lokren lands with a nice body punch.
Lokren moves out of range as Luzhin throws a body kick.
Luzhin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Luzhin swings widly with a right hand
and Lokren connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Good exchange - Lokren coming out on top.
Lokren walks forward, straight into a front kick from Luzhin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lokren.
Lokren throws a nice looking combination but Luzhin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Luzhin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin throws a head kick that half lands.
Lokren lands a lovely overhand right.
Lokren connects with a single shot there.
Luzhin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Luzhin lands with a nice body kick.
Lokren tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lokren avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luzhin connects with an inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Lokren blocks the leg kick.
Lokren throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lokren uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lokren avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lokren lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Luzhin at a distance.
Luzhin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Luzhin has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Lokren throws out a loose jab but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luzhin tries to counter with a clinch but Lokren shakes him off and moves away.
Lokren looks to throw the jab but Luzhin is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lokren throws an overhand right that lands on Luzhin's shoulder, as Luzhin tries to avoid the shot.
Lokren stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Luzhin.
Lokren lands a head shot.
Lokren lands a body shot.
Lokren checks a leg kick.
Lokren listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lokren misses with a hook. Luzhin ducked under it nicely.
Luzhin throws a leg kick that misses.
Luzhin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lokren.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lokren.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lokren.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Lokren.
Lokren sets himself, and Luzhin steps forward looking for the clinch! Lokren avoids it this time.
Luzhin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Luzhin lands with a right hand.
Lokren digs a good body shot into Luzhin's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lokren throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lokren moves out of range of the body kick from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a solid leg kick but Lokren takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Luzhin.
Lokren throws out a loose jab but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lokren misses with a straight right.
Lokren misses with a looping left.
Luzhin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lokren misses with an uppercut.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Lokren.
Luzhin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Luzhin closes the distance and pushes Lokren back into the cage.
Lokren is trying to push Luzhin away but Luzhin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Luzhin keeps control of Lokren as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luzhin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lokren blocks it with crossed arms.
A short body shot lands from Luzhin as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sairanix Lokren dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Luzhin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lokren has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lokren swings widly with a right hand
letting Luzhin counter with a right hand.
Lokren scores with a punch to the head.
Sairanix Lokren is winning the standup battle so far.
Luzhin swinging wildly here.
Luzhin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lokren slips under a jab.
Luzhin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lokren.
Good work by Lokren as he checks the leg kick.
Lokren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luzhin.
Lokren loads up on a big right hand but Luzhin slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin lands a leg kick that knocks Lokren off balance momentarily.
Lokren swats away the attempt to clinch by Luzhin.
Lokren bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Luzhin's head.
A swing and a miss from Luzhin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Luzhin misses.
Lokren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luzhin.
Lokren throws a lazy uppercut

and Luzhin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Luzhin.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lokren avoids it.

Lokren breaks the clinch.
Luzhin wants to land a leg kick but Lokren is out of range.
Luzhin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Luzhin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lokren's calf.
A slow jab from Lokren misses its intended target.
Luzhin misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Lokren misses the target.
Luzhin is looking to land body kicks.
Lokren throws a hook to the side of Luzhin's head but Luzhin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luzhin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Luzhin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lokren paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lokren misses with a hook. Luzhin ducked under it nicely.
Luzhin throws a hook but Lokren blocks it.
A big right from Lokren misses.
Lokren catches Luzhin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Luzhin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lokren.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lokren looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Luzhin counters with a body kick.
Luzhin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lokren is able to avoid easily.
Lokren takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lokren throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Luzhin to counter with a crisp jab.
Luzhin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lokren swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luzhin connects with a solid leg kick.
Luzhin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Luzhin throws a poor cross that misses
and Lokren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lokren lands a jab to the nose.
Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lokren.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin missing with a left hand there. Lokren was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lokren throws a looping overhand right but Luzhin ducks down to avoid it.
Luzhin moves away from the strike by Lokren.
Luzhin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lokren is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Donk. Luzhin catches Lokren right on the button with a cross.
Luzhin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Luzhin throws a leg kick which misses Lokren's front leg but catches the back leg as Lokren tries to avoid it.
Lokren throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lokren throws a poor cross that misses
and Luzhin counters with a straight right hand.
Lokren takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A big left from Lokren misses.
Lokren throws a right hand that Luzhin ducks under and follows up with a left that Luzhin also avoids with ease.
Despite the aggression on Luzhin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Lokren.
Lokren fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luzhin manages to avoid it.
Luzhin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Lokren to counter with a crisp jab.
Luzhin throws a shot from downtown. Lokren moves away and avoids it.
Luzhin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lokren momentarily.
Luzhin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luzhin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lokren fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Luzhin on the side of the head.
Lokren connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Luzhin's hands.
Luzhin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luzhin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Luzhin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lokren.
Lokren throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luzhin counters with a thumping low kick.
Luzhin feints and then cracks Lokren's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lokren down.
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.
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.

Lokren thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luzhin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lokren misses with an uppercut.
Luzhin throws a series of punches but Lokren avoids them all with ease.
Lokren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lokren.
Luzhin tries to clinch but Lokren is having none of it.
Lokren is looking to counter punch.
A swing and a miss from Lokren.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Luzhin!
Luzhin stuns Lokren with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lokren moves forwards but Luzhin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Luzhin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lokren will feel that in the morning.
Lokren throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luzhin counters with a nice body kick.
Luzhin cracks the inside of Lokren's front leg.
Lokren will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lokren looks to land a combination but Luzhin avoids it well.
Luzhin replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Lokren blocks it well.
Luzhin throws a hook but Lokren avoids it easily.
Luzhin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lokren lands a nice hook to Luzhin's body. Luzhin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Luzhin throws a leg kick
and Lokren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luzhin connects with a solid leg kick.
Lokren avoids a kick to the body.
Luzhin throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Lokren to counter with a crisp jab.
Luzhin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lokren slips a jab and a cross from Luzhin.
Luzhin is looking to slow Lokren down with leg kicks.
Luzhin scores with a spinning back kick!
Lokren avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Luzhin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A slow jab from Lokren misses its intended target.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Lokren.
Luzhin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lokren.
Lokren misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin misses with a body shot.
Good shot there by Lokren.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luzhin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Luzhin.
Lokren lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Luzhin circles away quickly and effectively.
Lokren fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lokren. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luzhin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Luzhin throws a hook but Lokren avoids it easily.
Lokren throws a hook but Luzhin avoids it easily.
Luzhin moves out of range as Lokren strikes.
Luzhin thinks about the counter body kick.
Luzhin slips under a jab from Lokren.
Luzhin wants to counter with a clinch but Lokren pushes him away.
Luzhin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lokren throws out the jab.
Lokren throws a hook to the side of Luzhin's head but Luzhin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lokren throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lokren takes a swing at Luzhin's ribcage but misses.
Lokren circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters circling - Lokren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luzhin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Luzhin looks to land a body kick but Lokren moved away.
Lokren throws a hook to the side of Luzhin's head but Luzhin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luzhin steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lokren.
Luzhin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luzhin swings widly with a right hand
and Lokren counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice body punch from Lokren.
Luzhin is looking to land body kicks.
Luzhin misses with a hook.
Lokren checks a leg kick.
Lokren takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Luzhin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lokren throws a looping overhand right but Luzhin ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Lokren, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin misses with a left hand
and Luzhin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luzhin throws a lazy head kick
and Lokren connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lokren misses with a hook.
Luzhin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sloppy strikes from Lokren. Those never looked like landing.
Lokren throws a looping overhand right but Luzhin ducks down to avoid it.
Luzhin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Luzhin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lokren connects with a crisp jab.
Luzhin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lokren.
Luzhin looks to land a left hand but Lokren moved out of range nicely.
Lokren swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luzhin throws a big counter head kick but Lokren avoids it with no problem.
Lokren misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Sairanix Lokren did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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.

Lokren blocks a head kick by Luzhin.
A cross from Lokren lands.
Luzhin throws a wild body kick that Lokren sees coming a mile off.
Lokren takes a kick to the side of the head.
Luzhin tries to close the distance and clinch but Lokren swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luzhin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lokren paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lokren misses with an uppercut. Luzhin saw that one coming.
Luzhin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lokren throws out the jab.
Lokren misses with an uppercut
and Luzhin counters with a nice leg kick.
Lokren throws a combination. Luzhin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Luzhin closes the distance and pushes Lokren back into the cage.
Luzhin has Lokren pressed against the cage, preventing Lokren from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
I was talking to Lokren's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.

Lokren's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Luzhin throws a nice looking combination but Lokren bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lokren throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luzhin counters with a body kick that stops Lokren in his tracks momentarily.
Luzhin takes one to the chin there.
Luzhin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lokren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luzhin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Luzhin connects with a leg kick. Lokren looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Luzhin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A swing and a miss from Lokren.
Lokren walks forward, straight into a front kick from Luzhin.
Lokren walks into a straight right hand from Luzhin.
Lokren on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luzhin. Luzhin obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lokren lands a body shot.
Luzhin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Luzhin looks to land a left hand but Lokren moved out of range nicely.
Luzhin defending well as Lokren loads up on a big left hand.
Luzhin blocks a jab.
Luzhin appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Luzhin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Luzhin.
Lokren throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lokren takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lokren misses with a body shot.
Lokren misses with a left hand
and Luzhin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lokren throws a jab when Luzhin was well out of range.
Lokren throws a lazy uppercut
and Luzhin counters with a straight right hand.
Luzhin lands a leg kick that knocks Lokren off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin throws out a leg kick but Lokren moves out of range and Luzhin only half commits.
Lokren is looking to counter punch.
Lokren's jab looks to have found its range, popping Luzhin under the eye.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Lokren checks it.
Lokren looks to throw the jab but Luzhin is out of range.
Lokren darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Luzhin throws out a leg kick but Lokren moves out of range and Luzhin only half commits.
Lokren rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Luzhin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Luzhin loads up on a big right hand but Lokren slips the punch.
Luzhin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Luzhin staying out of range there.
Luzhin lands a head kick!
Luzhin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lokren.
Luzhin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A swing and a miss from Lokren.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lokren.
Luzhin motions for Lokren to come forward. Luzhin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lokren misses with a lunging right hand

and Luzhin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lokren avoiding damage as Luzhin throws knees to the body.
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 misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lokren.
A head punch on the inside from Luzhin fails to land.
Lokren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lokren blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Luzhin fails to land.
Lokren tries to circle away but Luzhin has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolai Luzhin dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Luzhin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Lokren.
Lokren avoids the body shot from Luzhin.
Lokren takes a swing at Luzhin's ribcage but misses.
Lokren loads up on a big right hand but Luzhin slips the punch.
Luzhin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Luzhin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lokren. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luzhin throws a sloppy head kick and Lokren moves out of range easily.
It looked like Lokren wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lokren uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lokren throws an overhand right that lands on Luzhin's shoulder, as Luzhin tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Lokren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luzhin throws a leg kick which misses Lokren's front leg but catches the back leg as Lokren tries to avoid it.

Luzhin closes the distance and clinches.
Luzhin has Lokren pressed against the cage, preventing Lokren from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lokren is looking to break free of the clinch but Luzhin has double underhooks.
Luzhin can't find room to land a body shot as Lokren controls the action.
Luzhin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luzhin has a couple of punches blocked by Lokren.
Luzhin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Luzhin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luzhin is trying to pull guard but Lokren has him pressed against the cage.
Lokren wants to break the clinch but can't.

Lokren breaks from the clinch.
Lokren circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lokren throws a looping overhand right but Luzhin ducks down to avoid it.
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 Lokren has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lokren and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Luzhin throws a low kick, looking for Lokren's leg but Lokren calmly moves out of range.
Luzhin throws a big shot that misses.
Lokren works Luzhin's body with a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Luzhin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Luzhin defending well as Lokren loads up on a big left hand.
Luzhin is looking to slow Lokren down with leg kicks.
Lokren blocks a jab.
Lokren connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lokren throws a hook but Luzhin blocks it.
Lokren throws a left and a right that both miss

and Luzhin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lokren managing to block the knees to the body from Luzhin.
Lokren blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lokren tries to break the clinch but Luzhin is controlling the position.
Lokren is trying to break the clinch but Luzhin has him pressed against the cage.
Lokren lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Lokren's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Luzhin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Luzhin misses with a punch on the inside.
Lokren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luzhin lands a nice uppercut.
Luzhin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lokren fails to pull guard.
Luzhin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lokren backwards.

Luzhin drags the fight down to the ground.

Luzhin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lokren is aware though and is defending well.

Luzhin isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Lokren stacks Luzhin on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Lokren!
Luzhin is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Lokren stands up.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nikolai Luzhin.
I think Luzhin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 48:48
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Nikolai Luzhin!
Nikolai Luzhin is the new welterweight champion!
Nikolai Luzhin decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.