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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aslan Zhukov (ranked 3023 p4p, 318 weight class) and Levka Botkin (ranked 3197 p4p, 332 weight class). Levka Botkin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aslan Zhukov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Levka Botkin!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botkin throws a hook to the side of Zhukov's head but Zhukov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Botkin has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zhukov.
Botkin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Botkin thuds a left hand into Zhukov's body.
Zhukov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zhukov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Botkin.
Zhukov throws a series of strikes that have Botkin backpedaling.
Nice uppercut there from Botkin.
Zhukov throws a low kick, looking for Botkin's leg but Botkin calmly moves out of range.
Botkin misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Botkin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zhukov's calf.
A swing and a miss from Botkin.
Zhukov was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Zhukov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A telegraphed right hand from Zhukov misses the target.
Zhukov jabs Botkin right on the nose. Botkin blinks but takes it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Botkin misses the target.
Zhukov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Botkin lands a head shot.
Botkin misses with a few strikes there.
Zhukov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Botkin misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botkin throws a leg kick
and Zhukov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zhukov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Botkin scores with a jab. Zhukov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zhukov works the jab nicely.
Botkin misses with a few strikes there.
Zhukov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zhukov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Zhukov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Botkin.
Zhukov blocks a jab.
Zhukov jabs at Botkin's body.
Zhukov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Zhukov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Botkin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Botkin lunges at Zhukov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zhukov's hand.
Botkin misses with a hook.
Botkin throws a shot from downtown. Zhukov moves away and avoids it.
A good leg kick by Zhukov.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zhukov, right into the meat.
Botkin connects with a looping right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zhukov.
Botkin avoids the head kick by Zhukov.
Levka Botkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zhukov walks into a jab.
Botkin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Zhukov's calf.
Botkin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zhukov moves away from the strike by Botkin.
Zhukov throws a low kick but Botkin avoids it.
Botkin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Zhukov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Botkin throws a hook but Zhukov avoids it easily.
As Botkin backs away, Zhukov returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Botkin looks to throw the jab but Zhukov is out of range.
Botkin motions for Zhukov to come forward. Botkin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zhukov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Zhukov tenderised Botkin's leg. Botkin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Botkin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zhukov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Zhukov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zhukov wants to slow Botkin down by chopping away at his legs.
Botkin misses with a hook. Zhukov ducked under it nicely.
Zhukov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Botkin throws the left hand but Zhukov avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botkin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Zhukov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zhukov slips a jab and a cross from Botkin.
Zhukov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Botkin on the side of the head.
Botkin misses with a right hand
and Zhukov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Botkin misses with a hook.
Zhukov dodges the punch combination from Botkin.
Zhukov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zhukov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zhukov lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Zhukov scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
Botkin takes a swing at Zhukov's ribcage but misses.
Zhukov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Botkin moves out of range of the leg kick from Zhukov.
Decent striking displayed by Zhukov there.
Zhukov throws a series of punches but Botkin avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botkin stuns Zhukov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zhukov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zhukov lands a leg kick that knocks Botkin off balance momentarily.
Zhukov throws a right and a left that Botkin avoids nicely.
Zhukov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Botkin is looking to slow Zhukov down with leg kicks.
Botkin throws a series of punches but Zhukov avoids them all with ease.
Botkin throws a low kick but Zhukov moves out of range easily.
Zhukov misses with a double jab.
Botkin throws out a counter right but Zhukov avoids it with no problem.
Botkin defending well as Zhukov loads up on a big left hand.
Zhukov connects with a looping right hand.
Botkin slips a jab from Zhukov.
A leg kick checked by Zhukov.
Zhukov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhukov defending well as Botkin loads up on a big left hand.
Zhukov connects with a looping right hand.
Zhukov staying out of range there.
Zhukov looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Botkin misses with a low kick.
Zhukov throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Aslan Zhukov will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Zhukov slips a straight right by Botkin.
Botkin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Zhukov connects with a crisp jab.
Botkin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhukov was well out of range. Poor timing from Botkin.
Zhukov motions for Botkin to come forward. Zhukov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zhukov. That's going to slow Botkin down.
Botkin throws a hook but Zhukov avoids it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Botkin there.
Zhukov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Botkin.
Botkin misses with a body shot
and Botkin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Botkin throws out a loose jab but Zhukov uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Zhukov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Botkin doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhukov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Botkin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice shot by Botkin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Botkin throws a leg kick
and Zhukov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Botkin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zhukov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zhukov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Botkin is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhukov throws a lazy right hand but Botkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Botkin is still on wobbly legs! Can Zhukov finish him?
Zhukov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Botkin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zhukov has time to react.
Botkin seems to have recovered his senses.
Zhukov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Botkin feints and then cracks Zhukov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zhukov down.
Botkin misses with a lunging right hand
and Botkin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Botkin 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.
Zhukov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Botkin's sensitive parts.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Botkin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Zhukov has got the better of the exchanges.
Botkin swings widly with a right hand
and Zhukov counters with an outside leg kick.
That kick from Zhukov tenderised Botkin's leg. Botkin is trying to keep his angry face on.
A slapping leg kick lands for Botkin.
Zhukov tried to score with a low kick but Botkin checks it.
Zhukov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Botkin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Zhukov is able to avoid easily.
Botkin missing with a left hand there. Zhukov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhukov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Botkin.
Aslan Zhukov is winning the standup battle so far.
Zhukov throws a shot to the body.
Aslan Zhukov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zhukov throws a lazy right hand but Botkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhukov throws a low kick but Botkin avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Botkin! But no joy.
Zhukov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Botkin moves away.
Botkin missing with a left hand there. Zhukov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zhukov is looking to counter punch.
Botkin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Botkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zhukov misses with a wild body shot.
Zhukov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Botkin misses with a jab to the body
and Zhukov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zhukov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zhukov throws a low kick but Botkin moves out of range easily.
Zhukov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Botkin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Zhukov momentarily.
Botkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Botkin takes one to the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Botkin blocks the leg kick.
Botkin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Botkin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zhukov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Botkin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zhukov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Zhukov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Botkin finds it's way round the side to connect with Zhukov's head.
Botkin tries to bum rush Zhukov with a series of wild strikes but Zhukov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zhukov half committed to a counter leg kick.
Zhukov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Botkin jabs Zhukov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good work by Botkin as he checks the leg kick.
Botkin throws a body punch but Zhukov moves out of range.
As Botkin looks to move away, Zhukov throws a big counter combo but Botkin just gets out of the way.
Botkin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zhukov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zhukov connects with a crisp jab.
Zhukov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Botkin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zhukov moves away from the strike by Botkin.
Zhukov appears to be looking for a big counter.
Zhukov throws out a loose jab but Botkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Botkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little feinted left hand from Zhukov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Botkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Zhukov.
Botkin checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Botkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Botkin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zhukov moves out of range as Botkin strikes.
Botkin throws out a leg kick but Zhukov moves out of range and Botkin only half commits.
Zhukov misses with a wild combination.
Zhukov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Botkin checks it well.
Botkin tries a quick counter leg kick but Zhukov is wise to it.
Zhukov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Botkin eats them both and turns towards Zhukov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Botkin lands a body shot.
Zhukov throws a low kick but Botkin moves out of range easily.
Botkin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zhukov throws a nice looking combination but Botkin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zhukov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhukov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Botkin checks it well.
Botkin scores with a hook to the body. Zhukov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Botkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Zhukov.
A leg kick checked by Zhukov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aslan Zhukov dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Botkin stuns Zhukov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Botkin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Zhukov is looking to slow Botkin down with leg kicks.
Zhukov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Botkin. That did some damage!
Zhukov throws a leg kick which misses Botkin's front leg but catches the back leg as Botkin tries to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zhukov.
An inside leg kick lands from Zhukov.
Zhukov throws a low kick but Botkin avoids it.
Zhukov is looking to chop away at Botkin's legs.
Zhukov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Botkin. That did some damage!
Botkin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Botkin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Botkin throws a hook but Zhukov avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zhukov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Botkin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Botkin throws a poor cross that misses
and Zhukov counters with a straight right hand.
Zhukov scores with a nice head shot.
Botkin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zhukov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Zhukov.
Zhukov scoring well with a low kick there.
Zhukov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Botkin can do to turn this around?
Zhukov moves out of range of the body kick from Botkin.
Zhukov throws a hook but Botkin avoids it easily.
Botkin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zhukov counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Botkin blocks a jab.
Botkin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Botkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhukov moves away.
Zhukov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Zhukov scoring well with a low kick there.
Botkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhukov moves away.
Botkin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zhukov on the side of the head.
Zhukov avoids the body shot from Botkin.
Botkin throws a low kick, looking for Zhukov's leg but Zhukov calmly moves out of range.
Zhukov thinks about countering with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zhukov. That's going to slow Botkin down.
Levka Botkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aslan Zhukov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhukov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zhukov. That's going to slow Botkin down.
Zhukov misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Botkin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Zhukov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Zhukov wants to land a leg kick but Botkin is out of range.
Botkin misses with a looping right.
Zhukov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zhukov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Botkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Botkin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zhukov was well out of range. Poor timing from Botkin.
Zhukov tried to score with a low kick but Botkin checks it.
Botkin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A slow jab from Botkin misses its intended target.
Zhukov seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Botkin misses with a body shot
and Zhukov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zhukov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Botkin back to the cage. Zhukov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Botkin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhukov moves away from the strike by Botkin.
Zhukov scores with a nice right hand.
Zhukov throws a solid leg kick but Botkin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zhukov.
Zhukov throws out a leg kick but Botkin moves out of range and Zhukov only half commits.
Zhukov moves out of range of the leg kick from Botkin.
Botkin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Botkin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zhukov ducks under a wild hook from Botkin.
Zhukov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zhukov tried to score with a low kick but Botkin checks it.
Botkin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Botkin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Botkin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zhukov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Botkin is out of range and Zhukov settles back down.
Botkin misses with a looping left.
Botkin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Botkin avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhukov misses with a double jab.
Zhukov throws a solid leg kick but Botkin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zhukov.
Botkin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Zhukov connects with an inside leg kick.
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!
Zhukov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zhukov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Botkin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zhukov swinging wildly here.
Zhukov misses with a low kick.
Botkin throws a jab when Zhukov was well out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zhukov checks a leg kick.
Zhukov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Botkin.
Zhukov throws a low kick, looking for Botkin's leg but Botkin calmly moves out of range.
Botkin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Botkin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zhukov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Botkin's sensitive parts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aslan Zhukov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zhukov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aslan Zhukov!
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