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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lars Romanow (ranked 390 p4p, 48 weight class) and Ebeneezer Darkk (ranked 154 p4p, 20 weight class). Lars Romanow had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Romanow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ebeneezer Darkk!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darkk lands a glancing blow to the side of Romanow's head.
Darkk throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Romanow's head.
Darkk throws a low kick but Romanow avoids it.
Romanow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darkk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Romanow.
Romanow misses with a jab to the body
and Darkk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Darkk throws a leg kick but Romanow moved away.
Darkk pivots, looking for a leg kick but Romanow is out of range and Darkk settles back down.
Romanow checks a leg kick nicely.
Romanow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Romanow punishes Darkk's body with a nice straight punch.
Romanow comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Romanow throws a body punch but Darkk moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Romanow misses with a body punch
enabling Darkk to counter with a crisp jab.
Darkk throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Romanow looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romanow clobbers Darkk with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Romanow throws a lazy body kick
enabling Darkk to counter with a crisp jab.
Romanow getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Darkk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Romanow throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darkk counters with a straight right hand.
Crunch! Darkk slams his shin into Romanow's torso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darkk throws a lazy right hand but Romanow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romanow looks to land a left hand but Darkk moved out of range nicely.
A head kick misses from Romanow.
Darkk's corner calls for a 1-2. Darkk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
An inside leg kick from Darkk misses.
A good leg kick by Darkk.
Romanow scores with a jab.
Romanow scores with a nice head shot.
Romanow moves out of range as Darkk strikes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Darkk!
Romanow throws a hook but Darkk avoids it easily.
Darkk appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Romanow.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darkk.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romanow swings widly with a right hand
and Romanow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darkk throws out a leg kick but Romanow moves out of range and Darkk only half commits.
Romanow slips a straight right by Darkk.
Nice straight punches there by Darkk. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Darkk.
Darkk misses with a leg kick
and Romanow counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanow moves out of range of the body kick.
A quick step to the side and Romanow tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darkk looks to score with a jab to the body but Romanow is just out of range.
Darkk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romanow.
Romanow throws a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Romanow misses its intended target.
Some wild striking there from Romanow.
Darkk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romanow.
Darkk moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Darkk scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Darkk.
Darkk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romanow.
Romanow's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Darkk connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Romanow scrambles back to his feet.
Darkk lands a front kick.
Romanow misses with a leg kick.
Romanow moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDarkk.
Romanow misses with a low kick.
Romanow throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Romanow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romanow looks to land a left hand but Darkk moved out of range nicely.
We've been told by Romanow's head coaches at Heritage Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanow throws a hook but Darkk avoids it easily.
Darkk avoids a kick to the body.
Darkk scores with a jab to the body.
Darkk is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Romanow had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Romanow misses with a hook.
Romanow closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Darkk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Darkk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Romanow's sensitive parts.
Romanow throws out a loose jab but Darkk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romanow lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Darkk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Romanow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A jab from Darkk misses.
Darkk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Darkk, right into the meat.
Romanow misses with a head kick.
Darkk is looking to land body kicks.
Romanow thows a leg kick but Darkk checks it
and Darkk counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romanow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darkk.
A left lands for Darkk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanow throws a looping overhand right but Darkk ducks down to avoid it.
Romanow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Darkk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Romanow throws a shot from downtown. Darkk moves away and avoids it.
Romanow moves out of range of the strikes.
Darkk displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Darkk bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Romanow misses with a body kick.
Romanow cracks Darkk with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Romanow throws a nice looking combination but Darkk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Darkk avoids the body shot from Romanow.
Darkk takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Romanow throws out a powerful jab.
Romanow throws a lazy right hand but Darkk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darkk throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Romanow on the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romanow checks the leg kick nicely there.
Romanow is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Romanow works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
An inside leg kick from Darkk misses.
Romanow has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darkk.
Darkk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ebeneezer Darkk dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Romanow tries to land a leg kick but Darkk saw it coming and moves away.
Darkk looks to throw the jab but Romanow is out of range.
Romanow throws a shot to the body.
Romanow misses with an uppercut
and Darkk counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Romanow takes a swing at Darkk's ribcage but misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Darkk in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Romanow lands a head kick. Darkk smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Romanow sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The fighters circling - Romanow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darkk misses with a hook. Romanow ducked under it nicely.
Romanow misses the jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Darkk.
Romanow misses with a hook
and Darkk counters with a nice kick to the body.
Romanow misses with a lunging right hand
and Darkk counters with a low kick, right behind Romanow 's knee.
Romanow misses the jab.
Darkk wants to slow Romanow down by chopping away at his legs.
Darkk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darkk dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Romanow. That did some damage!
Darkk throws a shot to the body.
Romanow will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Romanow looks to land a right hand but Darkk moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkk staying out of range there.
Darkk connects with a leg kick. Romanow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Darkk lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Romanow.
A jab from Darkk misses.
A slow jab from Romanow misses its intended target.
Darkk feints a counter leg kick.
Romanow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Darkk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Darkk tries to work over Romanow's front leg with a kick but Romanow checks it.
Darkk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jab from Romanow.
Darkk misses with a low kick as Romanow jumps back.
Darkk thuds his shin into the meat of Romanow's side.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Romanow might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Romanow lands the left hand.
Darkk misses with an uppercut. Romanow saw that one coming.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Romanow checks a leg kick.
Romanow wants to land a leg kick but Darkk is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Darkk.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romanow throws an off balance right hand
letting Darkk counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkk fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Romanow checks it well.
A clash of legs there as Romanow blocks the low kick.
Darkk is looking to land body kicks.
Romanow misses with a hook.
Romanow cracks Darkk with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Darkk moves out of range of the strikes.
Romanow works Darkk's body with a nice hook.
Darkk slips a straight right by Romanow.
Romanow throws a looping overhand right but Darkk ducks down to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Darkk, right into the meat.
Romanow lands with a kick to the ribs.
Darkk throws a jab but it's blocked by Romanow.
Romanow scores with a head kick. Darkk tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Romanow checks the leg kick nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darkk.
Darkk slips a straight right by Romanow.
Darkk appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Romanow connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Darkk takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkk defending well as Romanow loads up on a big left hand.
Nice straight punches there by Romanow. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Romanow.
Darkk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Darkk tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Romanow.
Darkk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darkk misses with a straight right.
Darkk lands with a nice body kick.
Darkk lands a body shot.
Darkk avoids the body shot from Romanow.
Darkk tried to score with a low kick but Romanow checks it.
Romanow tries a low kick but Darkk avoids it.
Romanow throws a jab but it's blocked by Darkk.
Romanow throws a jab but it's blocked by Darkk.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Darkk.
Good leg kick by Darkk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Romanow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Darkk throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Romanow throws a body shot but no joy.
Romanow misses with a double jab.
Darkk lunges at Romanow with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Romanow's hand.
Romanow misses the shot to the body.
Romanow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romanow throws a jab but it's blocked by Darkk.
Romanow connects with a single shot there.
Romanow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darkk.
Darkk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romanow takes a swing at Darkk's ribcage but misses.
Romanow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darkk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darkk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Darkk lands a body shot.
Darkk bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Romanow's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darkk misses with a straight right.
Romanow tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Romanow throws a big shot that misses.
Romanow misses with a hook. Darkk ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ebeneezer Darkk will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Romanow's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Romanow missing with a left hand there. Darkk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darkk flicks out a counter leg kick but Romanow steps away.
Darkk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Darkk throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darkk moves away from the strike by Romanow.
Romanow keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Romanow misses with an attempted mid kick.
Romanow throws a body punch but Darkk moves out of range.
Darkk connects with a single shot there.
Ebeneezer Darkk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Darkk throws a leg kick but Romanow checks it.
Darkk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Darkk ducks right into an uppercut from Romanow.
Romanow misses the body punch
letting Darkk counter with a right hand.
Darkk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Darkk 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 Romanow has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Romanow and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Romanow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Darkk.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romanow misses with an uppercut
and Darkk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some bone on bone action there as Romanow checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Romanow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanow has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darkk.
Darkk lands a front kick.
Darkk thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darkk lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Romanow connects with the punch.
Romanow throws out a loose jab but Darkk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Darkk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Romanow looks to land a right hand but Darkk moved out of range.
Romanow takes a swing at Darkk's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Darkk.
Romanow misses with a straight left.
Darkk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Darkk bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Romanow's head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darkk. That's going to slow Romanow down.
A head kick by Romanow misses
and Darkk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romanow checks a leg kick.
Romanow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lars Romanow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Romanow throws a leg kick which misses Darkk's front leg but catches the back leg as Darkk tries to avoid it.
Darkk lands a leg kick that knocks Romanow off balance momentarily.
Darkk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Romanow walks into a straight right hand from Darkk.
The fighters circling - Darkk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An inside leg kick from Darkk misses.
Darkk lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Romanow misses with an uppercut. Darkk saw that one coming.
Darkk moves forwards but Romanow connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Romanow takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Romanow misses with a lunging right hand
and Darkk counters with a thumping low kick.
Darkk takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Darkk connects with an inside leg kick.
Darkk throws a nice inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Romanow blocks the leg kick.
That kick from Romanow tenderised Darkk's leg. Darkk is trying to keep his angry face on.
Romanow takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkk tries a head kick but it misses.
Darkk on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Darkk feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Romanows jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Darkk scores with a leg kick.
Darkk throws a head kick that misses
and Romanow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Romanow has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Romanow there as he acknowledges the shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Darkk.
Romanow looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Romanow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darkk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romanow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darkk.
Darkk needs to keep his hands up - Romanow had a free shot at his head there.
Darkk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Romanow thuds a left hand into Darkk's 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!
Darkk looks for the body kick but Romanow saw that one coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darkk. That's going to slow Romanow down.
Romanow stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darkk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkk avoids a kick to the body.
Romanow feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darkk's calf.
Nice body punch from Romanow.
Darkk lands with a thumping leg kick.
Romanow misses with an uppercut.
Darkk lands a nice leg kick that just misses Romanow's sensitive parts.
Darkk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Romanow.
Romanow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Darkk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romanow.
Darkk scores with a jab to the body.
Darkk scores with a jab to the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Darkk.
Darkk moves away from the strike by Romanow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Romanow connects with a solid leg kick.
Romanow tries to work over Darkk's front leg with a kick but Darkk checks it.
Darkk staying out of range there.
Romanow attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ebeneezer Darkk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Darkk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ebeneezer Darkk!
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