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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zaurbek Temirbekovich (ranked 1622 p4p, 990 weight class) and Tev Clark (ranked 199 p4p, 133 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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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zaurbek Temirbekovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tev Clark!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Temirbekovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Clark connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Temirbekovich throws out a loose jab but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Temirbekovich looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Clark swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Clark misses with an uppercut
and Temirbekovich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Clark uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Temirbekovich.
Temirbekovich misses with an uppercut.
Clark cracks a nice hook into Temirbekovich's ribs.
Clark closes the distance and clinches.
Clark just leaning against Temirbekovich, taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark digs a right hand underneath Temirbekovich's ribcage. Temirbekovich let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Clark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clark blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clark misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Temirbekovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Temirbekovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Temirbekovich has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Temirbekovich.
Clark looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Still in the clinch, Clark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Temirbekovich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Temirbekovich misses with the head strike.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Temirbekovich's elbow.
Temirbekovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Temirbekovich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Clark tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Temirbekovich blocks a body shot from Clark.
Temirbekovich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Clark tries a body shot but Temirbekovich blocks it.
A short right from Temirbekovich on the inside.
Temirbekovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clark's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Clark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
Clark lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Temirbekovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Clark uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clark misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Temirbekovich blocking some punches.
Temirbekovich throws a head punch that misses.
Temirbekovich misses with a punch to the body.
Temirbekovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Temirbekovich as the two fighters clinch.
Clark has a couple of punches blocked by Temirbekovich.
Temirbekovich lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clark.
Clark misses with a punch on the inside.
Clark tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Temirbekovich's elbow.
Clark takes a shot to the head.
Temirbekovich lands with a short shot to the head.
Clark lands with a left to the head.
Temirbekovich misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Clark lands with a light punch inside.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Clark can't find room to land a body shot as Temirbekovich controls the action.
Temirbekovich has a couple of punches blocked by Clark.
Temirbekovich scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Temirbekovich.
Temirbekovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Clark tries to score a body lock takedown but Temirbekovich shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Clark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Temirbekovich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Temirbekovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Clark.
Temirbekovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Clark - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Clark.
Temirbekovich is breathing heavily.
Clark pushes Temirbekovich back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clark blocks an uppercut.
Temirbekovich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Temirbekovich scores with a shot to the side of Clark's head.
Clark tries to work over Temirbekovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clark trying to control the position but instead, Temirbekovich has worked for underhooks and has pushed Clark into the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Clark.
Temirbekovich lands a hook that snaps the head of Clark backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clark drops down looking for an ankle pick but Temirbekovich pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Clark. Beautiful body shot.
Temirbekovich misses the shot to the body.
Clark misses with a body punch
and Temirbekovich counters with a straight right hand.
Temirbekovich 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.
Temirbekovich lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Temirbekovich swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Clark counters with a left to the body.
Temirbekovich connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Clark lands a nice looking body shot.
Temirbekovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Temirbekovich closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good shot there by Clark.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Clark connects with a single shot there.
Clark wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.
Clark with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A swing and a miss from Clark.
Clark thuds a left hand into Temirbekovich's body.
Clark looks to throw the jab but Temirbekovich is out of range.
Temirbekovich scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Clark doesn't seem bothered though.
Clark throws a right hand that misses
and Clark takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A slow jab from Clark misses its intended target.
Clark throws a leg kick
and Temirbekovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Temirbekovich swings widly with a right hand
and Clark counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Temirbekovich looks to land a left hand but Clark moved out of range nicely.
Clark connects with a body shot.
Clark scores with a shot to the body.
Clark throws a leg kick but Temirbekovich sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Clark lands a leg kick that knocks Temirbekovich off balance momentarily.
Clark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Temirbekovich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Clark bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Temirbekovich's head.
Clark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Temirbekovich.
It looked like Temirbekovich wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clark looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clark doesn't manage to clinch there - Temirbekovich circles away.
Zaurbek Temirbekovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Clark throws a leg kick but Temirbekovich sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Clark takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Clark blocks a jab.
Temirbekovich misses with a left hand
and Temirbekovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Clark looks to score with a jab to the body but Temirbekovich is just out of range.
Clark throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Well,Temirbekovich is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Clark does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Clark fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Clark avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Clark looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Temirbekovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clark does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Temirbekovich throws a right hand that misses
and Clark counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Temirbekovich missing with a left hand there. Clark was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clark lands a glancing blow to the side of Temirbekovich's head.
Clark scores with a shot to the body.
Clark pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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!
Clark throws a jab but it's blocked by Temirbekovich.
Tev Clark is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Clark is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Temirbekovich had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Temirbekovich. Clark does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clark lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Temirbekovich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Temirbekovich misses with a body punch
and Clark counters with a nice uppercut.
Clark throws a lazy uppercut
and Temirbekovich counters with a stiff right hand.
Clark lands a really nice looking cross but Temirbekovich seems unphased.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Temirbekovich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Clark throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Temirbekovich on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Clark digs a good body shot into Temirbekovich's ribs.
Temirbekovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clark connects with a looping right hand.
Clark misses with a wild combination.
Clark thows a left - swing and a miss!
Clark with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Temirbekovich moved out of range nicely.
Temirbekovich lands with an overhand left.
Clark throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Temirbekovich swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tev Clark comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Clark has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Tev Clark!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Tev Clark!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Tev Clark!
Tev Clark wins by unanimous decision!
Tev Clark took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, UnderGround Threads for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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hype
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