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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Haitian Ginger (ranked 388 p4p, 569 weight class) and Yevgeny Ignatov (ranked 47 p4p, 67 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Haitian Ginger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yevgeny Ignatov!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ginger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ignatov.
Ginger slips a jab and a cross from Ignatov.
Ignatov wants to clinch up but Ginger keeps it at a distance.
Ignatov misses with a hook
and Ginger counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ignatov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ginger darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A left lands for Ginger.
Ignatov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ginger slips a jab from Ignatov.
A low kick from Ginger misses
and Ignatov makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ginger really felt that one!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ginger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ginger lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatov wants to clinch.
Ginger swings widly with a right hand
and Ignatov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ginger instigates a clinch.
Ginger is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right hand to the body from Ginger.
Ginger misses with a body punch.
Ignatov misses with a body punch.
Ignatov can't find room to land a body shot as Ginger controls the action.
Ginger is working Ignatov over against the cage.
Ginger lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ginger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ginger blocking some punches.
Ginger lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Ignatov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ginger tries to work over Ignatov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ginger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ignatov throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Ginger makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ginger lands a big uppercut and Ignatov crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ignatov looks OK. Ginger waves Ignatov back to his feet!
Ignatov tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ginger makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ignatov tries to clinch up but Ginger circles away and keeps his distance.
Ignatov scores with a decent looking hook.
Ignatov moves out of range of the strikes.
Ignatov throws out a counter right but Ginger avoids it with no problem.
Ginger throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ginger lands a high kick!
Ignatov has closed the distance and engaged Ginger in a clinch.
Ginger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ignatov misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Ginger's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ignatov has a couple of punches blocked by Ginger.
Ignatov tries a body shot but Ginger blocks it.
Ignatov tries to stall but Ginger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ginger scores with a hook to the body.
Ginger is working Ignatov over against the cage.
Ignatov looks winded!
Ignatov swings wildly with an uppercut but Ginger uses good head movement to avoid it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nice body punch from Ginger - that landed with a thud.
Ginger lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ginger lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ginger lands a body shot.
Ginger lands a hook that snaps the head of Ignatov backwards.
Ginger lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Ginger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ginger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ginger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ginger lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Ignatov fails to land.
Ginger lands an uppercut.
Ginger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ginger cracks Ignatov with a nice body shot.
Ginger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Ginger.
Ginger struggles to land a body shot inside as Ignatov controls his hands.
Ginger lands with a right to the head.
Ginger lands a shot to the body.
Ginger tries to throw a body punch but Ignatov avoids it by throwing Ginger back against the cage.
Ginger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ginger is pushing Ignatov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ginger gets through Ignatov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ginger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ignatov can't find room to land a body shot as Ginger controls the action.
Ginger manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ignatov misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Haitian Ginger dominated that round.
That's time! Ginger's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ginger takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ginger tests Ignatov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ignatov misses with a body kick.
Ignatov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ignatov throws a big shot that misses.
Ginger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ignatov. That did some damage!
Ginger scores with a jab to the head.
Ginger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ignatov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ignatov, as that shot connected.
Ginger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ignatov counters with a thumping low kick.
Haitian Ginger is winning the standup battle so far.
Ignatov misses the body punch
and Ginger counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ginger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ginger lands with a left to the head.
Ginger blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ginger.
A short right from Ignatov on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ginger.
Ginger lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Ginger.
Ignatov working aggressively here.
Ignatov trying to control the position but instead, Ginger has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ignatov into the cage.
Ignatov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ginger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ginger pushes Ignatov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ignatov is looking to control Ginger's arms but Ginger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ignatov has his back to the cage.
Ignatov has a couple of punches blocked by Ginger.
Haitian Ginger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ignatov throws a punch but it's blocked by Ginger.
Ginger has a couple of punches blocked by Ignatov.
Ginger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ginger misses with a body punch.
Ginger pushes Ignatov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ignatov is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ginger is trying to stall.
Ginger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ignatov's elbow.
Ignatov tries to stall but Ginger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ginger blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ginger lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Ignatov fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ginger creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ginger misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ignatov.
Ginger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ignatov scores with a hook to the body.
Ignatov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ginger seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ignatov can turn it around.
Ignatov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ignatov throws a punch but it's blocked by Ginger.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ignatov misses with a punch to the body.
Ginger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ignatov misses with a double jab
and Ginger counters with a good low kick that Ignatov was not able to check.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatov throws a half hearted mid kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Ginger misses the target.
Ginger misses with a looping left.
Ginger smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ginger stuns Ignatov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ginger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ignatov can do to turn this around?
A decent looking cross lands there for Ginger.
Ignatov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ginger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ginger throws a quick counter kick to the body but Ignatov avoids it.
Ignatov clinches.
A hook to the body from Ginger.
A short right from Ginger on the inside.
Ginger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ignatov backwards.
Ginger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ginger.
Ginger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ginger fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ignatov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ginger drops Ignatov with a big left hand! Ignatov is injured, injured bad! Ginger jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haitian Ginger!
Our winner, Haitian Ginger, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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