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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Russell Northrop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Poffo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Northrop comes to the cage accompanied by Alive And Kicking. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Northrop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Poffo!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poffo looks for the body kick but Northrop saw that one coming.
Northrop scores with a jab.
Poffo loads up on a big right hand but Northrop slips the punch.
Poffo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Northrop takes a step back to recover.
Poffo throws a low kick but Northrop moves out of range easily.
Northrop steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Poffo. That one must have hurt.
Poffo digs a good body shot into Northrop's ribs.
Poffo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A little feinted left hand from Northrop on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Northrop looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Northrop takes one on the button.
Poffo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Northrop's sensitive parts.
Northrop moves out of range of the body kick.
Poffo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Northrop throws out the jab.
Northrop gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poffo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Poffo tries a body shot but Northrop blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poffo.
Poffo tries to work over Northrop's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poffo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Northrop blocks an uppercut.
Northrop wants the takedown. Poffo is fighting it off but Northrop persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Poffo's guard against the cage.
Northrop won't allow Poffo to sweep him here.
Poffo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Poffo keeping moving, preventing Northrop from controlling successfully.
Northrop landing some decent shots from guard.
Northrop postures up.
Northrop has gone for a leg lock! Poffo slips out almost immediately though and dives into Northrop's guard.
Poffo prevents Northrop from getting back to his feet.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Poffo working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poffo with a nice head shot there.
Poffo prevents Northrop from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poffo trying to control but Northrop is working from the bottom.
Northrop is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Poffo is aware though and is defending well.
Northrop looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Poffo is working Northrop over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Poffo won't allow Northrop to get back to his feet.
Poffo working some strikes from top position.
Poffo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Poffo trying to control the position from guard on top but Northrop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Northrop is on top in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poffo wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poffo is still trying to improve position.
Northrop stands and throws Poffo's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Poffo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Northrop is looking to take a break and control but Poffo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Poffo can't do much from the bottom here.
Northrop thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Northrop is looking to take a break and control but Poffo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Northrop lands a few punches from side control.
Poffo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Northrop tries to move to mount but Poffo blocks the move with his legs.
Poffo is looking for a sweep.
Poffo parries the strikes from Northrop easily there. Northrop is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Poffo to escape.
Poffo is looking for a sweep.
Northrop is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Poffo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Poffo is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Randy Poffo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Poffo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poffo ducks under a wild hook from Northrop.
Poffo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Northrop.
Northrop moves out of range of the body kick.
No luck for Northrop with that takedown attempt.
Northrop connects with a nice looking jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Northrop 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 Poffo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Poffo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Northrop blocks the body kick.
Northrop lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Poffo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
It looks like Russell Northrop has been cut.
Northrop manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Poffo on his heels. He'll look to pass Poffo's guard now, I'm sure.
Poffo keeping moving, preventing Northrop from controlling successfully.
Northrop postures up.
Poffo wants to sweep here but Northrop controlling him for the moment.
Northrop works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poffo tries to roll over but Northrop keeps him under control.
Russell Northrop overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poffo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Northrop is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Northrop looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Poffo tries to get to full guard but Northrop has control of the leg.
Northrop is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Poffo as he works his way to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Poffo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Northrop doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Northrop manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Poffo keeping moving, preventing Northrop from controlling successfully.
Poffo wants to sweep here but Northrop controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Poffo is on top in guard.
Poffo preventing the sweep.
Poffo tries to free his leg and advance position but Northrop is retaining full guard.
Northrop looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Poffo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Northrop tries to get to full guard but Poffo has control of the leg.
Northrop looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Northrop is looking to improve his position.
Poffo wants to take a breather but Northrop is having none of it.
Northrop tries to kick Poffo off but Poffo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Northrop wants to get back to full guard.
Poffo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Northrop tries to kick Poffo off but Poffo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Poffo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Northrop is looking to escape.
Northrop is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Poffo is tapping! Great win for Northrop!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Russell Northrop!
Russell Northrop seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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