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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Ovchinnikov (ranked 7808 p4p, 726 weight class) and Travis Banks (ranked 24490 p4p, 781 weight class). Travis Banks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
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198 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Ovchinnikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Travis Banks!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Darius Henderson and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ovchinnikov moves into the clinch.
Banks looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Ovchinnikov lands a body shot.
Ovchinnikov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ovchinnikov moves into the clinch successfully.
Ovchinnikov avoiding damage.
Ovchinnikov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Banks up against the cage.
Ovchinnikov lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Ovchinnikov.
Ovchinnikov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ovchinnikov forces Banks back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ovchinnikov manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ovchinnikov lands a nice uppercut.
Ovchinnikov is pushing Banks up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ovchinnikov breaks from the clinch.
Ovchinnikov drives through and clinches with Banks against the cage.
Ovchinnikov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ovchinnikov pushes Banks back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ovchinnikov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Banks.
Banks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
It looks like Travis Banks has been cut.
Ovchinnikov digs a right hand underneath Banks's ribcage. Banks let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ovchinnikov.
Ovchinnikov lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Ovchinnikov.
Ovchinnikov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Banks backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ovchinnikov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short right from Ovchinnikov.
Ovchinnikov scores with a shot to the side of Banks's head.
Banks is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ovchinnikov has Banks pressed against the cage.
Banks is still on wobbly legs! Can Ovchinnikov finish him?
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ovchinnikov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ovchinnikov pushes Banks up against the cage in a clinch.
Ovchinnikov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dmitry Ovchinnikov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ovchinnikov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ovchinnikov lands with a right and another and another! Banks is in big trouble! Ovchinnikov lands again and this time it's lights out for Banks! A quality knockout there for Ovchinnikov.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dmitry Ovchinnikov!
Dmitry Ovchinnikov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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