The Will to Win and The Power to Destroy

On the day of March 28th, with six days to go until the fight I was able to talk to Alejandro Iglesias, and in that conversation he told me:

“Ricardo, Zentsov will come in to the fight countering, but he will be surprised because Dani will do exactly the same, so imagine to dudes going at it on their feet measuring the distance and landing isolated shots and almost always out of distance

Zentsov has more experience, more weight and plus he’s fighting at home so the fans will force him to take a risk and when that happens they will go to the ground, where Dani will try to choke him out.”

I took note and impatiently awaited the day of the fight, I was able to see it direct through the Internet and I recognized the Daniel Tabera of always, impressively relaxed while the referee went over the last few instructions, while Roman Zentsov seemed tense having the “responsibility” of winning.

The fight began as Alejandro had predicted, the combat is an exchange of isolated blows and the continuous measuring of distance, Zentsov begins to pressure Tabera and shorts for his legs, the fight is on the ground and the Russian starts to have a bad time.

Tabera takes the Russian’s back and attempts a mataleón (rear naked choke), Zentsov defends able to escape from there, but is simply a marionette in Tabera’s hands.

Zentsov is back up on his feet, Tabera with him ado on top of that with a choke locked in (scarf), the Russian gets out, but the fight goes back to the ground and once again the Russian has an uncomfortable time, but the bell sounds and the Russian can breathe.
¡¡¡ A Daniel Tabera Workshop!!!

The first assault unfolds accordingly to Alejandro Iglesias’ plans.

In the second assault Zentsov recognizes Tabera’s strategy and the surprise factor no longer exists as he is able to counter the Spaniards attempts. Although the control of the second round is his (Zentzov) Tabera is never in any danger of being finished.

The bell sounds, the fight is over and the result is in the hands of the judges with each fighter taking one round although Tabera came closer to finalizing it.

Result: Winner Roman Zentsov by split decision.

To the promoters: Spain has one of the best light heavyweights in the world. Don’t you think so? Give him an opportunity and after the fight you will feel the same way I do.

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Quick results after the jump

Box: Ali Ismailov (Russia) def. Daniel Bispo (Brazil) - Decision R8

Rating Fight: Marat Gelaev (Russia) def. Yunus Evloev (Russia) - TKO R1

Superfight: Amar Suloev def. Jacek Buczko - TKO (Kick and Punches) R1

Team Finland (4) vs Team Korea (1)
Niko Puhakka def. Jong Man Kim - Submission (Triangle Choke) R1

Janne Tulirinta def. Doo Won Seo - TKO R2

Hyun Gyu Lim def. Lucio Linhares - KO (Punch) R1

Toni Valtonen def. Seung Hyun Choi - Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1

Jarno Nurminen def. Ji Hoon Kim - TKO (Punches and Towel from the cornermen) R1

Rating Fight: Victor Nemkov (Russia) def. Christian Bombay - Submission (Triangle Choke) R1

Superfight: Roman Zentsov def. Daniel Tabera - Split Decision R2 5:00

Team Russia 'Legion' (2) vs Team Japan (3)
Daisuke Nakamura def. Juri Ivlev - Decision R2 5:00

Ken Hamamura def. Islam Karimov - TKO (Punches) R2

Yuta Watanabe def. Ansar Chalangov - Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1

Besiki Gerenava def. Yuji Sakuragi - Decision R2 5:00

Akhmet Sultanov def. Katsuhisa Fujii - Submission (Armbar) R1

Superfight: Aleksander Emelianenko def. Silvao Santos - TKO (Punches) R1

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