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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edison Atunes (ranked 11 p4p, 30 weight class) and Serhey Rishkinov (ranked 3 p4p, 6 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edison Atunes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Serhey Rishkinov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rishkinov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Atunes 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.
It looks like Serhey Rishkinov has been cut.
Atunes throws a head kick but Rishkinov moves out of range.
Rishkinov tries to clinch
enabling Atunes to counter with a crisp jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Rishkinov 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.
Atunes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rishkinov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rishkinov lands a body shot.
Rishkinov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Atunes just misses with a punch to the body.
Rishkinov moves out of range of the leg kick from Atunes.
Rishkinov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atunes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rishkinov throws a sloppy head kick and Atunes moves out of range easily.
Rishkinov rushes Atunes and presses him up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Rishkinov.
Atunes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rishkinov up against the cage.
Rishkinov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes leaning against his opponent.
Atunes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Atunes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rishkinov.
Rishkinov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rishkinov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Atunes is pressed up against the cage. Rishkinov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Atunes down to the mat. Atunes avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice shot by Rishkinov.
Atunes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rishkinov throws a low kick, looking for Atunes's leg but Atunes calmly moves out of range.
Atunes throws a head kick but Rishkinov moves out of range.
Rishkinov takes the fight into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rishkinov as Atunes tries to tie him up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Atunes can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Atunes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rishkinov backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rishkinov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rishkinov tries to work over Atunes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atunes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rishkinov tries a body shot but Atunes blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rishkinov.
Rishkinov managing to block the knees to the body from Atunes.
Atunes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rishkinov looks winded!
A bit of stalling here from Atunes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atunes lands a knee to the head.
Atunes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rishkinov's face.
Atunes crunches a lovely knee into Rishkinov's ribcage.
Atunes trying to land knees to the body.
Rishkinov tries to work over Atunes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rishkinov throws a head punch that misses.
Atunes lands a nice knee to the body.
Atunes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rishkinov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rishkinov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atunes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Atunes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atunes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rishkinov moves in looking to clinch but Atunes pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rishkinov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Atunes backs up against the cage.
Rishkinov walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That has opened up Serhey Rishkinov's cut even more.
Rishkinov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Atunes cracks Rishkinov with a hook to the temple - Rishkinov is on wobbly legs here! Atunes swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Rishkinov falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Atunes wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Edison Atunes!
Edison Atunes retains his middleweight title!
Post fight, Edison Atunes took to the microphone: 'Smoked weed before this fight I was that confident.'.
Serhey Rishkinov was interviewed post fight and said 'I didn't stick to the game plan. I played his game and lost . I'll be back '.
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