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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chrysanthos Xanthopoulos (ranked 3663 p4p, 3720 weight class) and Zakhar Makarov (ranked 459 p4p, 465 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Zakhar Makarov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chrysanthos Xanthopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zakhar Makarov!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xanthopoulos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Xanthopoulos lands a couple of elbows.
Xanthopoulos works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Xanthopoulos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Xanthopoulos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Xanthopoulos winds up and cracks Makarov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We've been hearing that Xanthopoulos has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Makarov has hold of Xanthopoulos's hands but Xanthopoulos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Xanthopoulos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Xanthopoulos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Makarov is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ground and pound from Xanthopoulos.
Makarov is still in real trouble! Can Xanthopoulos finish him?
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Xanthopoulos lands a nice short elbow.
Makarov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Xanthopoulos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Xanthopoulos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Xanthopoulos lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Makarov quite badly. Makarov pulls Xanthopoulos in close trying to recover. Xanthopoulos postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Makarov on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Makarov doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chrysanthos Xanthopoulos!
A relieved looking Chrysanthos Xanthopoulos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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