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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Serge Sarkisyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Azh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarkisyan comes to the cage accompanied by George Michael - Careless Whisper. Azh comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Manu Militari - Voix De Fait kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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218 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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190 cm
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212 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Serge Sarkisyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Azh!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Azh walks into a left hand.
Sarkisyan throws a big shot that misses.
Azh throws a jab but it's blocked by Sarkisyan.
Azh is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sarkisyan's half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Azh is trying to control. Sarkisyan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sarkisyan is trying to control but can't.
Sarkisyan controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Azh passes to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azh wants to control but Sarkisyan is keeping him busy.
Sarkisyan is trying to control Azh's posture but Azh avoids it.
An elbow from Azh crashes against the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azh working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sarkisyan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sarkisyan trying to hold on to Azh's head to control him but Azh postures up.
Azh is controlling the pace.
Azh trying to control the action but Sarkisyan is working from the bottom.
Sarkisyan trying to get back to full guard but Azh takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azh wants to control the pace but Sarkisyan is squirming around nicely.
Azh avoids the attempt from Sarkisyan to control.
Sarkisyan has given up his back.
Sarkisyan trying to control the action but Azh just sinks the hooks in.
Azh trying to control momentarily.
Azh is trying to stick to Sarkisyan's back but Sarkisyan is turning into Azh. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Azh's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sarkisyan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azh looking for a sweep. Not yet Azh, not yet.
Azh has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Sarkisyan has passed into side control.
Azh sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Azh is pressing down on Sarkisyan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Azh is looking for a triangle but Sarkisyan pushes his legs off easily.
Azh seems keen to control Sarkisyan's posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azh not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Azh dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Azh moves out of range as Sarkisyan throws a body kick.
Azh looks to throw the jab but Sarkisyan is out of range.
Azh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Azh throws a lazy right hand but Sarkisyan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Azh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sarkisyan was well out of range. Poor timing from Azh.
Azh cracks Sarkisyan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sarkisyan dodges the punch combination from Azh.
Azh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sarkisyan connects with a looping right hand.
Sarkisyan clinches up against the cage.
Azh is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sarkisyan is keeping busy.
Sarkisyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sarkisyan - that landed with a thud.
Sarkisyan misses with the head strike.
Sarkisyan tries a body shot but Azh blocks it.
Sarkisyan tries to throw a body punch but Azh avoids it by throwing Sarkisyan back against the cage.
Sarkisyan is leaning against Azh and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sarkisyan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Azh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed right hand from Azh misses the target.
Azh needs to keep his hands up - Sarkisyan had a free shot at his head there.
Azh connects with a looping right hand.
Sarkisyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Azh is just out of range.
A big left from Azh misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sarkisyan can pounce on him.
Sarkisyan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
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!
Sarkisyan is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Azh lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sarkisyan doesn't seem phased though.
Sarkisyan jabs Azh to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Azh.
Sarkisyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Azh was well out of range. Poor timing from Sarkisyan.
Azh throws a lazy uppercut
and Sarkisyan counters with a stiff right hand.
Sarkisyan ducks under a wild hook from Azh.
Azh takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Azh throws a leg kick which misses Sarkisyan's front leg but catches the back leg as Sarkisyan tries to avoid it.
Azh on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan lands with a shot to the body.
Sarkisyan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Azh connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sarkisyan scrambles back to his feet.
Azh misses with a wild body shot.
Azh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Serge Sarkisyan is winning the standup battle so far.
Sarkisyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sarkisyan slips a jab from Azh.
Sarkisyan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sarkisyan, right into the meat.
Sarkisyan scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sarkisyan thuds his right hand into Azh's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azh throws a lazy right hand but Sarkisyan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sarkisyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azh misses with a lunging right hand
and Sarkisyan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Azh 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sarkisyan throws a one two combo.
Azh tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Azh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Azh takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sarkisyan is looking to wear down Azh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Azh is breathing heavily.
Sarkisyan digs a good body shot into Azh's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan throws a leg kick which misses Azh's front leg but catches the back leg as Azh tries to avoid it.
Sarkisyan throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Serge Sarkisyan dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sarkisyan cracks Azh with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Sarkisyan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Azh 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 Sarkisyan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sarkisyan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Azh misses with a hook. Sarkisyan ducked under it nicely.
Sarkisyan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sarkisyan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sarkisyan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sarkisyan moves out of range as Azh throws a body kick.
Andre Azh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sarkisyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sarkisyan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Azh scores with a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Azh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azh takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarkisyan scores with a shot to the body.
Azh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Danga de danga de dang - Sarkisyan scores with a four punch combination!
Sarkisyan clinches up with Azh and pushes him back against the cage.
Sarkisyan misses with a body punch.
Sarkisyan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Azh has a couple of punches blocked by Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan lands a nice shot to the body.
Sarkisyan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sarkisyan tries a body shot but Azh blocks it.
Sarkisyan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sarkisyan digs a right hand into Azh's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Azh's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Sarkisyan.
A left hand lands to the body for Sarkisyan.
Sarkisyan swings wildly with an uppercut but Azh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sarkisyan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Azh wants to stall.
Sarkisyan throws a head punch that misses.
Sarkisyan can't find room to land a body shot as Azh controls the action.
Azh blocks a body shot from Sarkisyan.
Azh's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azh wants to stall.
Sarkisyan struggles to land a body shot inside as Azh controls his hands.
Sarkisyan gets through Azh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sarkisyan works on Azh's body with a couple of short punches.
Sarkisyan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sarkisyan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Azh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Azh drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sarkisyan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Azh can't find room to land a body shot as Sarkisyan controls the action.
Azh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarkisyan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sarkisyan can't find room to land a body shot as Azh controls the action.
Sarkisyan pushes off an throws an elbow but Azh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Sarkisyan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sarkisyan working aggressively here.
Sarkisyan lands with a right to the head.
Sarkisyan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Azh is trying to maintain a safe position but Sarkisyan gets an underhook and turns Azh into the cage.
Azh has a couple of punches blocked by Sarkisyan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sarkisyan misses with some punches.
Sarkisyan misses with a punch to the body.
Azh's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Azh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Serge Sarkisyan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sarkisyan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Serge Sarkisyan!
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hype
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