FNF: Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Frank Archuleta & Maxim Vlasov vs. Isaac Chilemba RBR

Round 5

Vlasov starts the round pressuring, and forcing Chilemba to the ropes with high straight combos. Chilemba starts to resume control by walking into Vlasov and wrestle-boxing him back to the center. Chilemba is obviously the more comfortable infighter. Vlasov would rather be slipping jabs and lining up his 1-2, which he starts to do after pushing off. Chilemba effectively pushes Vlasov down and puts him in limb limbo, holding his arms in place with his elbows and using his upper arms to slap the body.

48-47 Chilemba

 

Round 6

Chilemba comes forward slicing from side to side with crooked-elbow shots. Vlasov is trying to duck inside now, perhaps no longer having the wind for the more complex upper body evasion he employed earlier. Chilemba is just leaning into Vlasov and touching him up with jabs to the face and spanks to the midsection. Vlasov keeps trying to power his way through the clinches, and lands a partial left hook along with a partial right hand but Chilemba is just too close and too slippery to hit on the button.

 

Round 7

Vlasov is using more space now, making Chilemba miss on the outside and keeping his hands up but not throwing much. Finally Vlasov comes inside and works a few uppercuts but eats a right hand. Chilemba is grabbing him and shoving down on the back of his neck to unload leather, mostly on legal scoring areas. Vlasov is still ineffective in these situations.

10-9 Chilemba

 

**** off.