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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quentain Martell (ranked 9 p4p, 21 weight class) and Ivan Petrov (ranked 3 p4p, 5 weight class). Martell comes into the arena with I Pledge Allegiance (Nate Dogg ft. Pharoahe Monch) blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Petrov's choice of entrance music: Черная Волга. Quentain Martell could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ivan Petrov's chin.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Quentain Martell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 4 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Martell swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jab from Petrov.
Petrov misses with an uppercut. Martell saw that one coming.
Petrov works Martell's body with a nice hook.
Martell takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab from Martell misses.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Martell moved out of range.
Martell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ivan Petrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Martell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Petrov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Martell on the side of the head.
Martell needs to keep his hands up - Petrov had a free shot at his head there.
Petrov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Martell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Martell wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Martell closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice defenses there by Martell.
Petrov misses with a lunging right hand
and Martell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Petrov thinking.
Jab by Petrov.
Martell tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Petrov swivels and escapes.
Petrov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Petrov 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.
Petrov is looking to slow Martell down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick from Petrov, right into the meat of the thigh.
Petrov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Martell is able to avoid easily.
Martell throwing a counter right hand but Petrov manages to avoid it.
Martell gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Petrov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Martell blocks the body kick.
Petrov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Martell had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Petrov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Martell on the side of the head.
Ivan Petrov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Petrov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Petrov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Martell on the side of the head.
Petrov throws a solid leg kick but Martell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Petrov.
As Petrov backs away, Martell returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Petrov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martell appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Martell misses with a head kick.
Petrov throws a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martell swats away the attempt to clinch by Petrov.
Petrov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Petrov misses with a hook.
Martell shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Martell checks a leg kick nicely.
Martell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
Martell tries to counter with a takedown but Petrov is quick to defend against it.
Petrov throws a leg kick but Martell moved away.
Petrov scores with a leg kick.
Petrov misses with a hook. Martell ducked under it nicely.
Martell misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrov moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Petrov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Martell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Petrov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martell throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Petrov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Good shot there by Petrov.
Martell misses with a kick to the body.
Petrov tries to work over Martell's front leg with a kick but Martell checks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Martell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Petrov with a hook.
Martell misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Petrov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Petrov throws a big shot that misses.
Martell takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Martell throws a leg kick which misses Petrov's front leg but catches the back leg as Petrov tries to avoid it.
A jab from Petrov misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Martell might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Petrov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Martell.
Petrov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And Martell counters with a quick kick to the body but Petrov blocks it.
Petrov attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrov scores with a jab to the body.
Petrov swings for the body but Martell moves out of range.
Martell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Martell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petrov.
Martell looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Petrov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Petrov punishes Martell's body with a nice straight punch.
Petrov throws a shot to the body.
Petrov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martell.
Petrov scores with a jab.
Martell swings widly with a right hand
and Petrov counters with a body kick that stops Martell in his tracks momentarily.
Petrov scores with a jab. Martell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Petrov misses with a left hand
and Martell counters with a stiff right hand.
Martell moves away from the strike by Petrov.
Petrov is looking to slow Martell down with leg kicks.
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!
Petrov lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ivan Petrov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Petrov.
Petrov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Petrov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Petrov throws the left hand but Martell avoids the punch easily.
Good leg kick by Petrov.
Petrov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martell.
Petrov throws a shot from downtown. Martell moves away and avoids it.
Martell tries to counter with a takedown but Petrov is quick to defend against it.
Petrov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martell.
Petrov misses with a straight left.
Martell jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Petrov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martell manages to avoid it.
Martell attempts a counter takedown but Petrov avoids it well and moves away.
Martell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Martell dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Petrov. That did some damage!
Petrov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Petrov tries to clinch but Martell is having none of it.
Martell swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Petrov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Petrov.
Petrov throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Martell counters with a left to the body.
Petrov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Petrov.
Petrov tries to clinch
and Martell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov throws a hook but Martell blocks it.
A jab from Petrov misses.
Petrov misses with a straight right.
Martell half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrov throws a jab but it's blocked by Martell.
A left lands for Petrov.
Petrov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Martells jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Petrov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Martell crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Petrov - the referee stops the clock and Martell gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Petrov. Martell manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Martell moves out of range of the body kick from Petrov.
Martell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Petrov.
Martell gets tackled into the cage by Petrov. Petrov maintains the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Petrov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Petrov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martell counters with a stiff right hand.
Martell connects with a right hand. Petrov shakes it off.
Petrov lands a slapping body shot.
Petrov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Petrov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Petrov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Petrov with a nice calf kick.
Martell throws a leg kick but Petrov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Martell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Petrov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Martell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Petrov momentarily.
Petrov tries to clinch but Martell is having none of it.
Petrov's corner calls for a 1-2. Petrov obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Petrov lands a slapping body shot.
Martell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Petrov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Petrov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Martell misses the target.
Petrov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Martell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Petrov cracks Martell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Petrov digs a good hook to Martell's body.
Martell takes one on the button.
Petrov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Martell at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Martell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Petrov misses with a body shot.
Martell throwing a counter right hand but Petrov manages to avoid it.
Martell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Petrov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Martell if he has to take too many more of those.
Petrov avoids the body shot from Martell.
Martell takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Martell is rocked!
Martell misses with a series of wild punches.
Oh Martell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Petrov has closed the distance and engaged Martell in a clinch.
Martell seems to have got his legs back now.
Martell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Martell blocks a body shot from Petrov.
Martell tries to throw a body punch but Petrov avoids it by throwing Martell back against the cage.
Petrov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martell prevents a body shot from Petrov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martell.
Petrov misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Martell blocks an uppercut.
Martell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Petrov has him pressed against the cage.
Martell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slapping leg kick lands for Petrov.
Petrov moves into the clinch successfully.
Martell lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Petrov.
Petrov tries a body shot but Martell blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Martell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Petrov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Martell's efforts to push away.
Martell is trying to maintain a safe position but Petrov gets an underhook and turns Martell into the cage.
Martell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Petrov tries to work over Martell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov can't find room to land a body shot as Martell controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Petrov.
Petrov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Petrov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Petrov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good body shot from Petrov.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Petrov lands a left hand.
Petrov can't find room to land a body shot as Martell controls the action.
Petrov dips a shoulder and cracks Martell with a mighty uppercut! Martell falls back against the cage and Petrov unloads with a barrage of strikes! Martell is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Petrov screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Petrov!
Ivan Petrov is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Ivan Petrov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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