Post by The Sandmen on Apr 17, 2013 18:43:30 GMT -5
Cheick Kongo doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
Vladimir Matyushenko looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
An overhand right from Cheick Kongo that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! The Janitor's stops that one with his face! How is The Janitor standing?!
The Janitor's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Cheick Kongo fakes a punch and launches himself over Vladimir Matyushenko
The Janitor counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals
Vladimir Matyushenko tries to bring the fight to the ground
Kongo won't budge, forcing The Janitor to pull guard.
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Kongo tries to escape from the closed guard
Kongo succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Cheick Kongo is in open guard over The Janitor
Kongo tries to move to full mount
Kongo's ground game is not enough to provide him any advantage
Kongo clumsily fails here and it's time for Vladimir Matyushenko to fight back!
The Janitor measures the resilience of Kongo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Kongo's side.
Cheick Kongo is in open guard over The Janitor
The Janitor tries to close his guard around Kongo
He succeeds!
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Cheick Kongo looks to posture up and open Vladimir Matyushenko's guard...
Vladimir Matyushenko has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Kongo is in closed guard... The Janitor tries to roll on the ground!
Cheick Kongo uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Kongo is trying to counter now!
Cheick Kongo hovers above The Janitor
Good punches to The Janitor's body.
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Kongo is in closed guard... The Janitor tries to roll on the ground!
Cheick Kongo uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
The Janitor measures the resilience of Kongo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Kongo blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Cheick Kongo looks to counter!
Kongo throws a few hammer fists to the face of Vladimir Matyushenko
Solid shots!
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Cheick Kongo is cooling the fight on the ground
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Kongo use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Vladimir Matyushenko holds Cheick Kongo and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 2:00 in the 1 round
Vladimir Matyushenko circles around Kongo
The Janitor grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Kongo struggles... Vladimir Matyushenko is unable to take him down
Vladimir Matyushenko gets sloppy and Cheick Kongo tries to take advantage...
Cheick Kongo fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on The Janitor's chin
The Janitor's Chin is beginning to swell
Crisp uppercut by Kongo followed by a hard jab
Vladimir Matyushenko stumbles back.
Vladimir Matyushenko takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Cheick Kongo launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
The Janitor blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Vladimir Matyushenko's cheek! The Janitor stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Kongo is standing while The Janitor is on the ground on his back
Kongo launches a kick to The Janitor's thigh
Loud pop!
Kongo is standing while The Janitor is on the ground on his back
Kongo moves backwards and gestures for Vladimir Matyushenko to stand up.
The Janitor climbs to his feet and is standing now.
The Janitor looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Cheick Kongo's punches
The Janitor is on the receiving end of a great combo by Kongo.
Cheick Kongo fakes a punch and launches himself over The Janitor!
Nice move by Kongo who clinches and pushes The Janitor against the cage
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Kongo launches a few hard punches to Vladimir Matyushenko's ribs!
Vladimir Matyushenko's ribs shows the damage! Cheick Kongo is working his opponent ribs!
The Janitor ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The Janitor doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Cheick Kongo embrace and tries to move away...
Cheick Kongo pushes The Janitor forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
One, two, three! Kongo doesn't stop launching those knees in the clinch!
Devastating knee that lands on The Janitor's chin! That pop was heard throughout the arena! The crowd erupts!
The Janitor's Chin is beginning to swell
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kongo launches a few hard punches to Vladimir Matyushenko's ribs!
Vladimir Matyushenko's ribs shows the damage! Cheick Kongo is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Cheick Kongo is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
Crushing blow to The Janitor's face.
The Janitor has a small cut in his Right eye
The Janitor doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Cheick Kongo embrace and tries to move away...
Cheick Kongo pushes The Janitor forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Cheick Kongo pushes away The Janitor trying to keep the fight at striking range
The Janitor stumbles backwards and Cheick Kongo circles to get the center of the cage
A shot seen throughout the arena!
The Janitor stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Cheick Kongo is coming in again!
Steve Mazzagatti is asking The Janitor to defend himself! Steve Mazzagatti jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for The Janitor.
Winner is Cheick Kongo by TKO (Punch) at 4:14 Round 1
Statistics: Cheick Kongo
Punches 9/12 (75%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 8/12 (67%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 7/7 (100%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 85 s
Statistics: Vladimir Matyushenko
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/4 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 107 s
Cheick mate. (Yes, I did I totally just say that)
Vladimir Matyushenko looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
An overhand right from Cheick Kongo that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! The Janitor's stops that one with his face! How is The Janitor standing?!
The Janitor's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Cheick Kongo fakes a punch and launches himself over Vladimir Matyushenko
The Janitor counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals
Vladimir Matyushenko tries to bring the fight to the ground
Kongo won't budge, forcing The Janitor to pull guard.
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Kongo tries to escape from the closed guard
Kongo succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Cheick Kongo is in open guard over The Janitor
Kongo tries to move to full mount
Kongo's ground game is not enough to provide him any advantage
Kongo clumsily fails here and it's time for Vladimir Matyushenko to fight back!
The Janitor measures the resilience of Kongo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Kongo's side.
Cheick Kongo is in open guard over The Janitor
The Janitor tries to close his guard around Kongo
He succeeds!
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Cheick Kongo looks to posture up and open Vladimir Matyushenko's guard...
Vladimir Matyushenko has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Kongo is in closed guard... The Janitor tries to roll on the ground!
Cheick Kongo uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Kongo is trying to counter now!
Cheick Kongo hovers above The Janitor
Good punches to The Janitor's body.
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Kongo is in closed guard... The Janitor tries to roll on the ground!
Cheick Kongo uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
The Janitor measures the resilience of Kongo's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Kongo blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Cheick Kongo looks to counter!
Kongo throws a few hammer fists to the face of Vladimir Matyushenko
Solid shots!
The clock says 1:45 in the 1 round
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Cheick Kongo is cooling the fight on the ground
Cheick Kongo is in closed guard over The Janitor
Kongo use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Vladimir Matyushenko holds Cheick Kongo and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 2:00 in the 1 round
Vladimir Matyushenko circles around Kongo
The Janitor grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Kongo struggles... Vladimir Matyushenko is unable to take him down
Vladimir Matyushenko gets sloppy and Cheick Kongo tries to take advantage...
Cheick Kongo fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on The Janitor's chin
The Janitor's Chin is beginning to swell
Crisp uppercut by Kongo followed by a hard jab
Vladimir Matyushenko stumbles back.
Vladimir Matyushenko takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Cheick Kongo launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
The Janitor blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Vladimir Matyushenko's cheek! The Janitor stumbles and the falls to the mat!
Kongo is standing while The Janitor is on the ground on his back
Kongo launches a kick to The Janitor's thigh
Loud pop!
Kongo is standing while The Janitor is on the ground on his back
Kongo moves backwards and gestures for Vladimir Matyushenko to stand up.
The Janitor climbs to his feet and is standing now.
The Janitor looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Cheick Kongo's punches
The Janitor is on the receiving end of a great combo by Kongo.
Cheick Kongo fakes a punch and launches himself over The Janitor!
Nice move by Kongo who clinches and pushes The Janitor against the cage
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Kongo launches a few hard punches to Vladimir Matyushenko's ribs!
Vladimir Matyushenko's ribs shows the damage! Cheick Kongo is working his opponent ribs!
The Janitor ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The Janitor doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Cheick Kongo embrace and tries to move away...
Cheick Kongo pushes The Janitor forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
One, two, three! Kongo doesn't stop launching those knees in the clinch!
Devastating knee that lands on The Janitor's chin! That pop was heard throughout the arena! The crowd erupts!
The Janitor's Chin is beginning to swell
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kongo launches a few hard punches to Vladimir Matyushenko's ribs!
Vladimir Matyushenko's ribs shows the damage! Cheick Kongo is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Cheick Kongo is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
Crushing blow to The Janitor's face.
The Janitor has a small cut in his Right eye
The Janitor doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Cheick Kongo embrace and tries to move away...
Cheick Kongo pushes The Janitor forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Cheick Kongo pushes away The Janitor trying to keep the fight at striking range
The Janitor stumbles backwards and Cheick Kongo circles to get the center of the cage
A shot seen throughout the arena!
The Janitor stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Cheick Kongo is coming in again!
Steve Mazzagatti is asking The Janitor to defend himself! Steve Mazzagatti jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for The Janitor.
Winner is Cheick Kongo by TKO (Punch) at 4:14 Round 1
Statistics: Cheick Kongo
Punches 9/12 (75%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 8/12 (67%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 7/7 (100%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 85 s
Statistics: Vladimir Matyushenko
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/4 (50%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 107 s
Cheick mate. (Yes, I did I totally just say that)
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!