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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gargan Morus (ranked 1451 p4p, 220 weight class) and Mikhail Popkov (ranked 2696 p4p, 371 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gargan Morus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikhail Popkov!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Popkov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Popkov looks to land a left hand but Morus moved out of range nicely.
Popkov lands a head shot.
Popkov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Popkov.
Popkov moves out of range as Morus strikes.
Popkov lands a nice looking body shot.
Morus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morus throws out a loose jab but Popkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Popkov blocks a jab.
Morus looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Morus misses with a looping left.
Popkov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morus counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Popkov thinking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morus darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popkov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Morus misses.
Popkov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Popkov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Popkov misses with a series of wild punches.
Popkov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morus.
Popkov connects with the punch.
Popkov misses with a double jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Morus misses the target.
Popkov swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Morus counter with a right hand.
Popkov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Popkov lands with a hook. Morus tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Popkov misses with a two punch combination.
Morus misses with a hook. Popkov ducked under it nicely.
Popkov unleashes a big counter combination but Morus bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Popkov misses with a series of wild punches.
A little feinted left hand from Morus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mikhail Popkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Popkov swinging wildly here.
Morus appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Popkov throws a right hand that misses
and Morus makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Popkov moves away from the strike by Morus.
Popkov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Popkov misses with a hook to the body
and Morus counters with a stiff right hand.
Popkov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morus's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Popkov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morus scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popkov throws a poor cross that misses
and Morus counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Popkov finds it's target.
Popkov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morus looks to land a right hand but Popkov moved out of range.
Morus staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Morus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Popkov lands the left hand.
Popkov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morus.
Popkov has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Morus misses the shot to the body.
Popkov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Popkov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An attempted straight right counter from Morus misses the target.
Popkov takes a swing at Morus's ribcage but misses.
Popkov works Morus's body with a nice hook.
Nice defenses there by Popkov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morus moves out of range of the strikes.
Morus was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Morus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Popkov throws a big shot that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morus avoids the body shot from Popkov.
Popkov looks to land a left hand but Morus moved out of range nicely.
Morus scores with a nice right hand.
Popkov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Popkov.
Popkov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Popkov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Popkov avoids the body shot from Morus.
Popkov throws a counter combo.
Morus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Popkov dominated that 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.
Some wild striking there from Popkov.
Popkov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Popkov scores with a nice strike.
Popkov throws a right hand that Morus ducks under and follows up with a left that Morus also avoids with ease.
Popkov misses with a wild body shot.
Morus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Popkov throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Popkov manages to avoid it.
Popkov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Morus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Popkov unleashes a big counter combination but Morus bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Popkov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morus ducks right into an uppercut from Popkov.
Popkov drops Morus with a beautiful combination! Morus stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Popkov is looking for the KO!
Morus is rocked!
Popkov throws an uppercut from hell that sends Morus clean off his feet! He's out cold! Popkov stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mikhail Popkov!
A victorious Mikhail Popkov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Gargan Morus stepped up to the mic, saying 'I lose...I learn....I'll be back!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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