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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Fedorov (ranked 382 p4p, 169 weight class) and Alexander Zass (ranked 56 p4p, 26 weight class). Alexander Zass has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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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 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nathan Fedorov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Zass!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedorov gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Zass counters with a nice uppercut.
Fedorov ducks under a wild hook from Zass.
Fedorov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zass keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fedorov.
Zass appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Fedorov connects with a looping right hand.
Fedorov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zass closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fedorov prevents a body shot from Zass.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fedorov.
Fedorov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fedorov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zass backwards.
Zass works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zass lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fedorov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Zass.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zass goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fedorov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zass pushes Fedorov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zass controlling the action here for a moment.
Nice body punch from Fedorov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zass has a couple of punches blocked by Fedorov.
Zass blocks a body shot from Fedorov.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fedorov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zass has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fedorov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Zass can turn it around.
A left hand lands to the body for Zass.
Zass controlling the action here for a moment.
Zass tries to throw a body punch but Fedorov avoids it by throwing Zass back against the cage.
Fedorov misses with some punches.
Fedorov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fedorov can't find room to land a body shot as Zass controls the action.
Fedorov working aggressively here.
Zass lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fedorov backwards.
Zass tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zass lands a right hand.
Fedorov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Fedorov.
Zass lands with a right to the head.
Fedorov blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedorov swings wildly with an uppercut but Zass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fedorov scores with a hook to the body.
Fedorov working aggressively here.
Fedorov misses with a body punch.
Fedorov throws a punch but it's blocked by Zass.
Zass lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zass struggles to land a body shot inside as Fedorov controls his hands.
Fedorov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fedorov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fedorov trying to control the position but instead, Zass has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fedorov into the cage.
Zass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Fedorov.
Zass misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fedorov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fedorov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fedorov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fedorov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zass tries a body shot but Fedorov blocks it.
Zass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fedorov misses with some punches.
Fedorov throws a head punch that misses.
Fedorov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zass blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zass.
Fedorov tries a body shot but Zass blocks it.
Zass lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fedorov or not.
Zass takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Zass.
Zass takes a shot to the head.
Zass blocking some punches.
Fedorov blocks a body shot from Zass.
Fedorov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fedorov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zass.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zass.
Zass can't find room to land a body shot as Fedorov controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zass.
Zass lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fedorov backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zass tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zass lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fedorov.
Fedorov working aggressively here.
Fedorov working aggressively here.
Zass struggles to land a body shot inside as Fedorov controls his hands.
Fedorov takes a shot to the head.
Zass escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zass moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zass doesn't manage to clinch there - Fedorov circles away.
Zass avoids the body shot from Fedorov.
Fedorov misses with a leg kick
and Zass counters with a nice right hand that sends Fedorov toppling to the canvas! Fedorov scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Zass finish him?!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fedorov misses with an uppercut
letting Zass counter with a right hand.
Fedorov is rocked!
Fedorov throws a lazy uppercut
and Zass counters with a big right hand! Oh Fedorov is in trouble here! Zass follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Zass!
Alexander Zass is the new middleweight champion!
Alexander Zass thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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