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Battle in the Square X PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Farooq Al Jawad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arbaren Antracello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Jawad's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Syrian National Anthem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Farooq Al Jawad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arbaren Antracello!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Jawad tries to clinch but Antracello moves out of range.
Al Jawad tries to clinch but Antracello is having none of it.
Al Jawad tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Antracello paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Al Jawad clinches up against the cage.
Al Jawad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Antracellos head.
Al Jawad lands with a left to the head.
Al Jawad being controlled against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Al Jawad fails to land.
Antracello trying to stall but Al Jawad improves his position.
Al Jawad has a couple of punches blocked by Antracello.
Antracello tries for a takedown but Al Jawad manages to get underhooks.
Al Jawad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Antracello blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al Jawad misses with a punch on the inside.
Al Jawad successfully pulls 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.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Al Jawad wants to stand up but Antracello is controlling him.
Antracello postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Al Jawad is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Antracello is controlling him.
Antracello works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Antracello trying to mount his opponent but Al Jawad defends it.
Antracello 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.
Al Jawad tries to kick Antracello off but Antracello keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antracello works his way into full mount!
Antracello scoring with strikes but Al Jawad is staying in there.
Antracello swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Arbaren Antracello!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heb Hebson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shock Zhou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hebson comes into the arena with Foo fighters - Pretender blaring out of the sound system. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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180 lbs
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178 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent |
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BJJ White Belt
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Experienced |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heb Hebson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shock Zhou!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hebson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hebson showed some decent athleticism there.
Hebson is keen to just control but Zhou is a slippery customer.
We've been hearing that Hebson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hebson lands a nice short elbow.
Zhou wants to improve his position but Hebson is controlling well.
Zhou is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hebson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Zhou blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hebson.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hebson in particular looking to stall.
Hebson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Zhou for as long as he can get away with.
Hebson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hebson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hebson is trying to control the action in half guard but Zhou is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Zhou can do anything to dispel that myth.
Heb Hebson has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Good exchange - Zhou coming out on top.
Zhou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hebson.
Hebson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zhou manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zhou throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hebson on the side of the head.
Zhou leaves Hebson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Zhou scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hebson in his tracks.
Zhou lands a really nice looking cross but Hebson seems unphased.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hebson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Zhou manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hebson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hebson is rocked!
Zhou shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hebson sprawls well. Hebson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zhou gets slowly back to his feet.
Oh Hebson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hebson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hebson seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhou ducks under a wild hook from Hebson.
Hebson doesn't manage to clinch there - Zhou circles away.
Zhou keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zhou.
Hebson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heb Hebson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hebson tries to clinch up but Zhou circles away and keeps his distance.
Hebson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zhou counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Hebson! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shock Zhou!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jakoba Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mihail Dmitriev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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194 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jakoba Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mihail Dmitriev!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dmitriev walks into a left hand.
Dmitriev shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Dmitriev keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dmitriev closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dmitriev has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Jones's coaches at ACME! Thai Boxing Academy 13 ELITE COACHES & SAUNA have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Dmitriev lands with some strikes.
Dmitriev looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jones keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dmitriev landing shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dmitriev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dmitriev in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dmitriev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
Jones is rocked!
It looks like Jakoba Jones has been cut.
Dmitriev loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Jones scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Dmitriev land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Dmitriev stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mihail Dmitriev!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Artem Korotkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Artem Korotkov has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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187 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artem Korotkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Drago!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korotkov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Drago moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Korotkov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Korotkov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Drago defends well and Korotkov ends up having to push Drago into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Drago works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Korotkov keeping full guard, as Drago tries to pass.
Korotkov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Korotkov looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Drago is defending well. Korotkov quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Drago has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Korotkov celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Artem Korotkov!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Armack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Palicki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Palicki has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rodney Armack's chin.
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180 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodney Armack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Palicki!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palicki walks into a straight right hand from Armack.
Palicki misses with a few strikes there.
Palicki drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Palicki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Armack looking for a guillotine here but Palicki defends easily.
Palicki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Palicki is looking to work some ground and pound but Armack has wrist control.
Palicki seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palicki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Armack is keeping the position for now.
Armack has his foot on Palicki's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Palicki works his way back into a safe position though.
Palicki throwing strikes from guard but Armack blocks nicely.
Palicki must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Armack looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Palicki wants to pass the guard but Armack is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armack looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Palicki works over Armack with some ground and pound from guard.
Palicki throwing strikes from guard but Armack blocks nicely.
Palicki controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Armack is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Palicki is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Palicki chips away with some ground and pound.
Armack has momentary wrist control but Palicki slips an elbow through the middle.
Palicki works over Armack with some ground and pound from guard.
Palicki controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palicki wants to control from the top but Armack keeps moving.
Palicki stands up over Armack, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Armack had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Palicki defends it easily.
Palicki cracks Armack with a solid left hand.
Palicki trying to control but Armack is working from the bottom.
Palicki lands a couple of digs.
Armack will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Armack has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Palicki can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Palicki lands a couple of digs.
Palicki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Armack is rocked!
Palicki loads up on a big left hand. Armack felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Palicki looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Armack can't hide his disappointment, as Palicki celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Palicki!
Dan Palicki gave a mention to Red Square Fight Gear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wladamir Sholvansky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sousuke Kamida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Sousuke Kamida enters the cage!
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190 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wladamir Sholvansky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sousuke Kamida!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamida throws a wild body kick that Sholvansky sees coming a mile off.
A punch combination from Sholvansky misses.
Sholvansky moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kamida throws the kick towards the body but Sholvansky avoids it.
Sholvansky lands with a big right hook that stumbles Kamida - he's out on his feet here! Sholvansky follows up with another monster hook that separates Kamida from consciousness! Kamida falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Sholvansky stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Wladamir Sholvansky!
Sousuke Kamida spoke after the fight, saying 'Battle Lost but the War continues... Team Goroshi - Aplha-Male Supplements'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Olek Furczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexndr Wennberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexndr Wennberg will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olek Furczyk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexndr Wennberg!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wennberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olek Furczyk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wennberg lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Olek Furczyk has been cut.
Furczyk shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wennberg as he avoids it easily.
Wennberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Furczyk clinches up with Wennberg and pushes him back against the cage.
Furczyk misses with a knee strike.
Furczyk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wennberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Furczyk doesn't manage to clinch there - Wennberg circles away.
Furczyk closes the distance and clinches.
Furczyk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Furczyk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wennberg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Furczyk throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wennberg's waist but Wennberg gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Furczyk off to one side.
Furczyk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Furczyk moves forwards but Wennberg connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wennberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Furczyk clinches with his opponent.
Wennberg managing to block the knees to the body from Furczyk.
Wennberg is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olek Furczyk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Furczyk is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Furczyk tries to land knees in the clinch but Wennberg avoids the damage to the body.
Wennberg has had enough of the clinch but Furczyk keeps him there for the moment.
Furczyk keeps control of Wennberg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wennberg is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wennberg is looking to break free of the clinch but Furczyk has double underhooks.
Furczyk keeps control of Wennberg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Furczyk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wennberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Furczyk misses with an uppercut
and Wennberg counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Furczyk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furczyk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Furczyk looking for a takedown.
Wennberg tries to break the clinch but Furczyk is controlling the position.
Furczyk tries to land knees in the clinch but Wennberg avoids the damage to the body.
Wennberg is trying to push Furczyk away but Furczyk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Furczyk pulls Wennberg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Furczyk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wennberg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wennberg throws a big elbow that misses.
Furczyk is breathing heavily.
Wennberg postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wennberg in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wennberg postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Furczyk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wennberg is looking to work some ground and pound but Furczyk has wrist control.
Wennberg working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Furczyk's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furczyk is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wennberg throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Furczyk works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wennberg is looking to work some ground and pound but Furczyk has wrist control.
Wennberg throws a big right hand that misses.
Furczyk preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wennberg postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wennberg landing some decent shots from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wennberg accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wennberg throws a big elbow that misses.
Wennberg throwing strikes from guard but Furczyk blocks nicely.
Wennberg postures up in Furczyk's guard and throws a big left but Furczyk blocks it.
Wennberg throwing strikes but missing.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Wennberg working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wennberg in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wennberg with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wennberg postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wennberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Furczyk is retaining full guard.
Wennberg working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Furczyk preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wennberg cracks Furczyk with a solid left hand.
Wennberg throwing strikes but missing.
Wennberg scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wennberg postures up in Furczyk's guard and throws a big left but Furczyk blocks it.
Wennberg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Furczyk. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wennberg accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wennberg works over Furczyk with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexndr Wennberg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Olek Furczyk's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Wennberg connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Furczyk has closed the distance and engaged Wennberg in a clinch.
Furczyk scores with a hook to the body.
Wennberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Our sources have told us that Furczyk has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Wennberg tries to break the clinch but Furczyk is controlling the position.
Furczyk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wennberg's efforts to push away.
Wennberg tries to circle away but Furczyk has him pinned against the cage.
Furczyk looking for a takedown.
Wennberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Furczyk breaks the clinch.
Furczyk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wennberg keeps the fight on the outside.
Furczyk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wennberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furczyk moves in looking to clinch but Wennberg pushes him off.
Wennberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Furczyk tries to clinch there but Wennberg circles away.
Wennberg misses with a series of wild punches.
Furczyk throws a head kick but Wennberg moves out of range.
Wennberg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wennberg keeps the fight on the outside.
Furczyk is looking to clinch but Wennberg is avoiding it.
Furczyk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Furczyk fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furczyk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wennberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Furczyk is looking to clinch but Wennberg is avoiding it.
Furczyk fails with a takedown attempt.
Furczyk fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olek Furczyk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Furczyk lands a high kick!
Olek Furczyk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Furczyk tries to clinch up
and Wennberg cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wennberg is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wennberg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Furczyk tries to close the distance and clinch but Wennberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Furczyk wants to clinch up but Wennberg keeps it at a distance.
Alexndr Wennberg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Furczyk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wennberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alexndr Wennberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Furczyk tries to clinch there but Wennberg circles away.
Nice jab there from Furczyk.
Wennberg stuffs the takedown attempt from Furczyk. Furczyk gets slowly back to his feet.
Furczyk is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wennberg sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Furczyk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Furczyk tries to clinch but Wennberg is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Furczyk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Furczyk takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Furczyk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wennberg counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wennberg lands a nice looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wennberg changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Furczyk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wennberg works over Furczyk's head and body with a nice combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wennberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Furczyk.
Wennberg blocks a head kick by Furczyk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alexndr Wennberg will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Olek Furczyk's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Left hook, right uppercut from Wennberg.
Furczyk is rocked!
Wennberg circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wennberg counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Furczyk badly! Wennberg follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Furczyk out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Wennberg finished him against the cage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alexndr Wennberg!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rebel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Ballard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Ballard will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Rebel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin Ballard!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rebel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ballard looks winded!
Rebel scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rebel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rebel throws a shot to the body.
Rebel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ballard. Ballard circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rebel lands a big right hand that sends Ballard crashing to the mat! Rebel stays standing though and waves Ballard back to his feet!
It looks like Kevin Ballard has been cut.
Rebel drops Ballard with a straight right hand, right on the button! Rebel follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Rebel!
Johnny Rebel retains his super heavyweight title!
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