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XFC 29: Steady Blazin' PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Giel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caio Cesar Caprillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caprillo has chosen The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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246 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Giel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Caio Cesar Caprillo!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giel misses with a wild combination.
Caprillo lands a head shot.
It looks like Paul Giel has been cut.
Caprillo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Giel is fending him off so far but Caprillo persists. Nope, Giel circles away and we're back to standing.
Caprillo shoots in but Giel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Caprillo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Giel swivels and escapes.
Paul Giel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caio Cesar Caprillo.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Caprillo is defended easily by Giel.
Caprillo misses with a combination
and Giel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Caprillo takes a swing at Giel's ribcage but misses.
Caprillo closes the distance and clinches up with Giel, looking for a takedown. Caprillo pushes Giel against the cage but Giel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giel misses with a combination
and Giel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Giel's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Giel duly obliges.
Caprillo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Caprillo slips a jab and a cross from Giel.
Caprillo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Giel is fending him off so far but Caprillo persists. Nope, Giel circles away and we're back to standing.
Giel misses with a series of wild punches.
Caprillo misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caprillo misses with a looping right.
Giel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Caprillo.
Caprillo fails with the takedown.
Giel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Caprillo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Giel's guard now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caprillo trying to control but Giel is working from the bottom.
Giel wants to stand up but Caprillo is controlling him.
Caprillo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Giel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caprillo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Caprillo trying to control but Giel is working from the bottom.
Caprillo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Giel is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giel is looking to stand up but Caprillo isn't so interested in that idea.
Giel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Caprillo on the ground.
Caprillo trying to control but Giel is working from the bottom.
Caprillo advances position into side control!
Giel might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Caprillo looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Giel is avoiding damage well.
Giel is pushing Caprillo's head away, looking to escape. Caprillo manages to hold on to the position though.
Caprillo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Caprillo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Caprillo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Giel keeps working.
Giel pushes Caprillo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Caprillo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caprillo landing strikes.
Giel on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Giel tries to get out of the position.
Giel is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Caprillo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Caprillo cracks Giel with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Caprillo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Caprillo has an Americana. Giel didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Caprillo is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Caprillo hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Caio Cesar Caprillo!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mc Jitus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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210 lbs
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mc Jitus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocky Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jitus. Balboa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jitus lands a head kick. Balboa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Balboa misses with an uppercut.
Balboa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balboa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Balboa is looking to clinch but Jitus is avoiding it.
Balboa throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jitus was covering up waiting for the punch and Balboa finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jitus wants to sweep here but Balboa controlling him for the moment.
Jitus wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balboa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jitus wants to stand but Balboa is controlling the position.
Jitus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Balboa connects with a couple of short punches.
Jitus is trying to control the position but Balboa postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa is posturing up here but Jitus has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Balboa tries to roll out but it's too tight and Balboa has to tap! Slick submission there by Jitus!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mc Jitus!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Mikhailov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Volcano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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295 lbs
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300 lbs
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Brawler
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Mikhailov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mr Volcano!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mikhailov closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Volcano quickly recovers to half guard.
Volcano is concentrating on defense, preventing Mikhailov from advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Volcano tries to get to full guard but Mikhailov has control of the leg.
Mikhailov tries to pass the half guard into mount. Volcano knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Volcano looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mikhailov is keen to just control but Volcano is a slippery customer.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Mikhailov is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Volcano is just riding it out for now. Mikhailov eventually gives up the hold.
Mikhailov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Mikhailov is looking for a kimura but Volcano is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Mikhailov to get the leverage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikhailov controlling the action here.
Mikhailov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Volcano wants to get back to full guard.
Mikhailov wants to take a breather but Volcano is having none of it.
Volcano tries to get to full guard but Mikhailov has control of the leg.
Mikhailov looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Volcano is not content to let Mikhailov control the position.
Mikhailov is working for a kimura but Volcano is defending it quite comfortably.
Mikhailov is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Volcano sees it coming and defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Volcano is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mikhailov pulls his head out easily.
Volcano is trying to control but can't.
Volcano is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Volcano is trying to control but can't.
Volcano slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Volcano is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mikhailov sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikhailov tries to free his leg and advance position but Volcano is retaining full guard.
Volcano trying to control the position.
Mikhailov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Volcano swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mr Volcano.
Volcano shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mikhailov but Mikhailov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mikhailov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Volcano but Volcano pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Volcano shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mikhailov pinned against the cage. Mikhailov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Horrible takedown by Volcano or perhaps it was just good defense by Mikhailov which made him look bad.
Mikhail Mikhailov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Volcano.
Volcano looks gassed!
Volcano tries to clinch there but Mikhailov circles away.
Volcano gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mikhailov forces his way into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mikhailov trying to control the action but Volcano is working from the bottom.
Mikhailov works his way into side control.
Volcano tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mikhailov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mikhailov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Volcano, who protects the arm well.
Mikhailov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Mikhailov is looking to take a break and control but Volcano is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Mikhailov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mikhailov looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Volcano is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mikhailov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Volcano trying to control the position.
Mr Volcano has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Volcano moves in looking to clinch but Mikhailov pushes him off.
Mikhailov scores with a takedown into Volcano's guard.
Mikhailov passes Volcano's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Mikhailov takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikhailov trying to pass the guard but Volcano defending well.
Volcano is trying to get back to full guard.
Volcano regains full guard. Nicely done.
Volcano not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mikhailov trying to control but Volcano is working from the bottom.
Volcano wants to stand and escape but Mikhailov is having none of it.
Volcano is breathing heavily.
Mikhailov wants to control from the top but Volcano keeps moving.
Volcano can't keep his opponent in guard - Mikhailov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mikhailov passes the guard and advances to mount!
Volcano wants to hold on but Mikhailov pushes him away.
Volcano is trying desperately to improve position.
Mikhailov with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Volcano regains half guard.
Mikhailov is controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volcano is staying active underneath Mikhailov, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Volcano has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mikhailov is working away from the top position though.
Mikhailov is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Volcano defends it well.
Volcano looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Volcano is trying to get back to full guard.
Mikhailov is trying to work for a kimura but Volcano is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Volcano tries to roll over but Mikhailov keeps him under control.
Mikhailov 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.
Volcano looking for submissions off his back.
Volcano is looking to control Mikhailov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Volcano avoid being mounted?
Mikhailov stalling away here and it's allowed Volcano to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Mikhailov dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mikhailov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Volcano throws a nice looking combination but Mikhailov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mikhailov shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Volcano is trying to defend but Mikhailov finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Volcano is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mikhailov is thwarting Volcano's attempts to control the position.
Mikhailov slows the pace down in half guard.
Mikhailov is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Volcano defends it well.
Mikhailov trying to pass the guard but Volcano defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volcano pushes Mikhailov off looking to stand but Mikhailov dives back in and keeps control.
Volcano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Volcano is trying to control but can't.
Volcano wants to get back to his feet.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mikhailov blocks the strikes from Volcano.
Volcano trying to control here.
Mikhailov not doing much here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Volcano shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mikhailov sprawls well. Mikhailov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Volcano gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mikhailov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Volcano to the mat! Volcano manages to get full guard.
Volcano can't keep his opponent in guard - Mikhailov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Volcano trying to control but Mikhailov postures up.
Mikhailov seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Volcano wants to control but Mikhailov is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mikhailov not doing much here.
Mikhail Mikhailov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikhailov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Volcano does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mikhail Mikhailov wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Volcano is defended easily by Mikhailov.
Mikhail Mikhailov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Volcano changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mikhailov tries to avoid it but Volcano manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mikhailov to the ground. Mikhailov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mikhail Mikhailov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Volcano.
Mikhailov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mikhailov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Mikhailov looking to control and managing it successfully.
Volcano tries to hold on but Mikhailov postures up.
Mikhailov controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mikhailov is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Volcano is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mikhail Mikhailov!
Mikhail Mikhailov is the new super heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Dusiciel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Overeem comes to the cage accompanied by a. Mario Dusiciel told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mario Dusiciel!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Overeem there.
Dusiciel slips a jab and a cross from Overeem.
That kick from Overeem tenderised Dusiciel's leg. Dusiciel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Overeem tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dusiciel drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dusiciel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dusiciel is looking to work some ground and pound but Overeem has wrist control.
Dusiciel passes into half guard.
Dusiciel is pressing down on Overeem's thigh, looking to free his foot. Overeem is holding on for now.
Dusiciel seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Overeem does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dusiciel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dusiciel.
Overeem gets back to full guard.
Overeem wants to stand up but Dusiciel is controlling him.
Dusiciel wants to control from the top but Overeem keeps moving.
Overeem wants to stand but Dusiciel is controlling the position.
Dusiciel trying to control but Overeem is working from the bottom.
Dusiciel thows a big elbow that misses.
Dusiciel postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Overeem is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dusiciel, into his guard.
Overeem decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Dusiciel with that takedown attempt.
Overeem pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dusiciel is out of range and Overeem settles back down.
Dusiciel ducks under a wild hook from Overeem.
Dusiciel changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Overeem tries to avoid it but Dusiciel manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Overeem to the ground. Overeem escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dusiciel shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Overeem sprawls well. Overeem wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dusiciel gets slowly back to his feet.
Alistair Overeem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mario Dusiciel.
Dusiciel checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Overeem looks to land a left hand but Dusiciel moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut there from Dusiciel.
Overeem leaves Dusiciel with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Overeem lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dusiciel has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dusiciel and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dusiciel.
Dusiciel shoots in for a double leg but Overeem sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Alistair Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dusiciel checks a low kick from Overeem.
Overeem attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A head kick misses from Overeem.
Dusiciel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Overeem sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Alistair Overeem is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dusiciel blocks a head kick by Overeem.
Overeem scores with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dusiciel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dusiciel avoids the head kick by Overeem.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Overeem.
Good leg kick by Overeem there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dusiciel looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Overeem smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dusiciel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Overeem finds it's way round the side to connect with Dusiciel's head.
Overeem tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dusiciel was well out of range. Poor timing from Overeem.
Overeem ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dusiciel looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Overeem throws a head kick that half lands.
Overeem lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Overeem throws a sloppy head kick and Dusiciel moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alistair Overeem dominated that round.
That's time! Overeem's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Overeem looks to land a right hand but Dusiciel moved out of range.
Overeem throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dusiciel's head.
It looks like Mario Dusiciel has been cut.
Overeem misses with a low kick as Dusiciel jumps back.
A bone on bone clash there as Dusiciel blocks the leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Overeem. No joy for Dusiciel on that attempt.
Overeem throws a head kick but Dusiciel moves out of range.
Dusiciel shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Overeem is refusing to be controlled, as Dusiciel sits in half guard.
Overeem on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dusiciel is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Overeem has managed to free his arm - good work.
Overeem keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Overeem works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dusiciel wants to pass the guard but Overeem is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dusiciel throwing strikes but missing.
Dusiciel wants to control from the top but Overeem keeps moving.
Dusiciel throwing strikes from guard but Overeem blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dusiciel throwing strikes but missing.
Dusiciel wants to control from the top but Overeem keeps moving.
Dusiciel throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dusiciel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dusiciel wants to control from the top but Overeem keeps moving.
Dusiciel throws a big right hand that misses.
Overeem keeping moving, preventing Dusiciel from controlling successfully.
Overeem is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dusiciel drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Overeem manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Dusiciel has Overeem in his guard.
Dusiciel is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Overeem defends well.
Dusiciel is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dusiciel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dusiciel seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Overeem does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dusiciel prevents Overeem from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dusiciel seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Overeem does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Overeem manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dusiciel won't allow Overeem to get back to his feet.
Dusiciel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Overeem preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dusiciel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dusiciel stops Overeem from standing up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dusiciel throwing strikes from guard but Overeem blocks nicely.
Dusiciel throws a strike but Overeem rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Overeem got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dusiciel has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Overeem has managed to get both his arms back between Dusiciel's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alistair Overeem dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mario Dusiciel's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Overeem bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Overeem tries to land a leg kick but Dusiciel saw it coming and moves away.
Dusiciel misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dusiciel slips under a jab.
Dusiciel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alistair Overeem is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Overeem motions for Dusiciel to come forward. Overeem throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Overeem throws a head kick but Dusiciel moves out of range.
Overeem misses with a wild body shot.
Overeem tries to land a front kick but Dusiciel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Overeem throws a sloppy head kick and Dusiciel moves out of range easily.
Overeem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Overeem lands a right hook to the body.
Dusiciel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem tries to score with a low kick but Dusiciel moves his leg out of the way.
Dusiciel closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Overeem quickly recovers to half guard.
Dusiciel scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Overeem gets full guard.
Overeem wants to stand and escape but Dusiciel is having none of it.
Dusiciel stands up over Overeem, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dusiciel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Overeem keeping moving, preventing Dusiciel from controlling successfully.
Dusiciel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Overeem preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Overeem keeping moving, preventing Dusiciel from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dusiciel.
Dusiciel lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dusiciel trying to control but Overeem is working from the bottom.
Dusiciel throwing strikes but missing.
Dusiciel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Overeem swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dusiciel wants to control from the top but Overeem keeps moving.
Dusiciel throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dusiciel thows a big elbow that misses.
Overeem wants to sweep but no luck.
Dusiciel throws a big right hand that misses.
Dusiciel trying to control the position from guard on top but Overeem is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Overeem working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dusiciel.
Dusiciel postures up in Overeem's guard and throws a big left but Overeem blocks it.
Overeem is controlling Dusiciel's posture.
Dusiciel trying to control the position from guard on top but Overeem is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dusiciel shoots in for a takedown but Overeem shows good takedown defense.
Mario Dusiciel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Overeem throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dusiciel looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Overeem!
Dusiciel landing strikes from the mount and Overeem is in trouble!
Overeem sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Overeem is trying to stand.
Dusiciel is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Overeem doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dusiciel.
Dusiciel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mario Dusiciel.
I think Overeem has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alistair Overeem!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Honey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sauli Niinisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honey's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "That's All" by Phil Collins. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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178 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugh Honey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sauli Niinisto!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niinisto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Honey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Niinisto walks into a stiff left hand from Honey.
Niinisto looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hugh Honey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Honey. Niinisto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Honey moves out of range of the leg kick from Niinisto.
Niinisto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Honey.
Honey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Niinisto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Niinisto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Honey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Niinisto's hands.
Honey has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Niinisto.
Niinisto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Honey moves out of range of the leg kick from Niinisto.
Honey checks the leg kick nicely there.
Niinisto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honey.
Honey throws a lazy right hand but Niinisto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Niinisto tries to clinch there but Honey circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niinisto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Niinisto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Honey finds it's way through Niinisto's defenses.
Niinisto blocks a head kick by Honey.
Honey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Niinisto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Niinisto closes the distance and clinches.
Niinisto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Niinisto keeps control of Honey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Niinisto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Honey avoids it.
Niinisto lands an elbow inside that Honey shrugs off.
Honey tries to break free but Niinisto pushes him back against the cage.
Honey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Niinisto crunches a lovely knee into Honey's ribcage.
Honey struggles to land a body shot inside as Niinisto controls his hands.
Niinisto throws an elbow that misses.
Honey looking to stall.
Niinisto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Honey wants to stall.
Honey can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Honey works on Niinisto's body with a couple of short punches.
A body shot lands from Honey.
Honey blocks an elbow strike from Niinisto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey trying to land knees to the body.
Niinisto with a knee to the head.
Niinisto lands an elbow inside that Honey shrugs off.
Honey takes an elbow to the forehead.
Niinisto lands a damaging elbow.
Honey looking to stall.
Niinisto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Honey tries a body shot but Niinisto blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Niinisto.
Niinisto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Niinisto throws an elbow that misses.
Niinisto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Honey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Niinisto crunches a lovely knee into Honey's ribcage.
Honey is breathing heavily.
Niinisto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Honey's defenses.
Niinisto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Honey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Niinisto or not.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Honey blocks an elbow strike.
Honey takes an elbow to the temple.
Honey takes an elbow to the forehead.
Honey blocks an elbow strike.
Niinisto blocks a body shot from Honey.
Honey lands a good knee to the midsection. Niinisto won't want to take too many of those.
Honey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niinisto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Niinisto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Honey in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Niinisto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Niinisto lands an elbow inside that Honey shrugs off.
Niinisto lands an elbow that stopped Honey in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Niinisto obliges.
Niinisto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Niinisto throws an elbow but misses.
Niinisto is stalling here.
Niinisto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Honey's defenses.
Niinisto misses with an elbow over the top.
Niinisto pressing his opponent against the cage.
Niinisto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Niinisto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Honey avoids it.
Honey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Honey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Niinisto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Honey is keeping busy.
Honey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Honey moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niinisto slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Honey misses its intended target.
Niinisto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Niinisto scores a nice knee to the body.
Come on Niinisto - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Honey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Niinisto lands a knee to the body.
Honey tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Niinisto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Niinisto has Honey pressed against the cage.
Honey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Niinisto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Niinisto will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Honey up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niinisto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Niinisto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Niinisto dodges an elbow strike from Honey.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Niinisto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Honey's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sauli Niinisto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Niinisto slips under a jab.
Honey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Niinisto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Honey misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Honey.
Niinisto defending well as Honey loads up on a big left hand.
Honey lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Niinisto looks to land a left hand but Honey moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niinisto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Honey throws out the jab.
Honey looks to score with a jab to the body but Niinisto is just out of range.
Honey scores with a jab to the body.
Niinisto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Honey.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honey throws an overhand right that lands on Niinisto's shoulder, as Niinisto tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Honey misses its intended target.
Honey misses with a straight right.
Niinisto wants to slow Honey down by chopping away at his legs.
Honey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Niinisto tries a head kick but it misses.
Niinisto misses with a low kick as Honey jumps back.
Honey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Niinisto was well out of range. Poor timing from Honey.
Honey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Niinisto.
Niinisto throws out a leg kick but Honey moves out of range and Niinisto only half commits.
Honey digs a good body shot into Niinisto's ribs.
The fighters circling - Honey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Honey moves away from the strike by Niinisto.
Niinisto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Honey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Niinisto doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Honey as he checks the leg kick.
Niinisto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Honey takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Niinisto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A left lands for Honey.
Honey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Honey throws a big shot that misses.
Honey throws a big shot that misses.
Niinisto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Honey.
Honey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Niinisto throws a nice head kick!
Niinisto has managed to clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Honey throws an elbow but misses.
Niinisto lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niinisto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Honey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Honey has had enough of the clinch but Niinisto keeps him there for the moment.
Niinisto lands an elbow that stopped Honey in his tracks for a moment.
Niinisto tries to stall but Honey uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Niinisto pushes off an throws an elbow but Honey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Niinisto missing with knees to the body.
Niinisto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Honey.
Niinisto lands an elbow inside that Honey shrugs off.
Honey lands a body punch.
Niinisto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Honey avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Honey takes an elbow to the forehead.
Niinisto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Honey.
Honey effectively controlling the action here.
Honey looking to slow down the pace here.
Niinisto stalling in the clinch.
Niinisto throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Niinisto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Honey looking to stall.
Niinisto throws an elbow that misses.
Honey avoiding damage as Niinisto throws knees to the body.
Honey is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Niinisto leaning against his opponent.
Knees to the body from Niinisto.
Honey lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Niinisto or not.
Honey managing to block the knees to the body from Niinisto.
Honey struggles to land a body shot inside as Niinisto controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Niinisto.
Niinisto crunches a lovely knee into Honey's ribcage.
Niinisto throws an elbow that misses.
Honey blocks an elbow strike.
Niinisto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Honey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Honey just leaning against Niinisto, taking a breather.
Honey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Niinisto is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Honey wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hugh Honey will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Honey checks the leg kick nicely there.
Honey lands a head shot.
Honey throws a body punch but Niinisto moves out of range.
Niinisto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Honey throws out the jab.
Honey looks to land a combination but Niinisto avoids it well.
Niinisto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Honey misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Honey misses.
Niinisto throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Niinisto throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Honey cracks Niinisto with a good jab.
Niinisto pushes Honey up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niinisto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Honey dodges an elbow strike from Niinisto.
Niinisto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Honey avoids a wild elbow strike from Niinisto.
Nice elbow from Niinisto.
Niinisto controlling the action here for a moment.
Niinisto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Honey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Honey blocks an elbow strike.
Niinisto blocks a body shot from Honey.
Honey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Niinisto obliges.
Niinisto is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Niinisto lands an elbow that stopped Honey in his tracks for a moment.
Sauli Niinisto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Niinisto prevents a body shot from Honey.
Niinisto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Honey is defending well for now.
Niinisto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Niinisto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Niinisto lands an elbow inside.
Niinisto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Honey's defenses.
Niinisto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Niinisto taking a breather.
Honey blocks the elbow strike.
Niinisto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Niinisto misses with an elbow over the top.
Honey blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Niinisto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Honey's brow.
Niinisto stalling.
Niinisto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Niinisto lands an elbow inside that Honey shrugs off.
Honey throws a punch but it's blocked by Niinisto.
Honey missing with knees to the body.
Honey trying to control the position but instead, Niinisto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Honey into the cage.
Niinisto taking a breather.
Niinisto lands a nice elbow.
Niinisto avoids a wild elbow strike from Honey.
Niinisto keeps control of Honey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Honey.
Honey is trying to break the clinch but Niinisto is controlling him.
Niinisto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Honey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Niinisto's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honey is trying to stall.
Niinisto looking to slow down the pace here.
Honey avoids a wild elbow strike from Niinisto.
Niinisto lands a damaging elbow.
Honey misses with an elbow over the top.
Honey stalling in the clinch but Niinisto improves position.
Honey blocks an elbow strike from Niinisto.
Niinisto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Honey's defenses.
Niinisto throws an elbow but it misses.
Honey avoids the elbow strike from Niinisto, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Niinisto - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Niinisto tries to stall but Honey uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Honey takes an elbow to the temple.
Niinisto stalling against the cage.
Honey avoids a wild elbow strike from Niinisto.
Niinisto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Honey.
Niinisto is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Niinisto tries to land knees in the clinch but Honey avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honey can't break the clinch.
Honey blocks an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Honey's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Niinisto.
Honey blocks an elbow strike from Niinisto.
Niinisto lands an elbow inside that Honey shrugs off.
Honey avoids a wild elbow strike from Niinisto.
Niinisto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Honey takes an elbow to the forehead.
Niinisto lands an elbow that stopped Honey in his tracks for a moment.
Niinisto keeps control of Honey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Honey looking to stall.
Honey dodges an elbow strike from Niinisto.
With the fighters up against the cage, Niinisto throws an elbow but misses.
Niinisto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Niinisto lands an elbow just above Honey 's eye.
Honey breaks from the clinch.
Niinisto wants to slow Honey down by chopping away at his legs.
Niinisto throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sauli Niinisto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Niinisto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sauli Niinisto!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lark McTeague (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armand Krajnc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McTeague comes to the cage accompanied by Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus . Krajnc has chosen Justin Bieber - Mama's Boy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lark McTeague!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armand Krajnc!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McTeague ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krajnc moves away.
Krajnc digs a good body shot into McTeague's ribs.
A big left from McTeague misses.
Krajnc misses with a body kick.
McTeague missing with a left hand there. Krajnc was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lark McTeague seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krajnc defending well as McTeague loads up on a big left hand.
Krajnc throws a nice inside leg kick.
Krajnc throws out a powerful jab.
McTeague looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McTeague throws a combination. Krajnc tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Armand Krajnc has been cut.
Krajnc throws an overhand right that lands on McTeague's shoulder, as McTeague tries to avoid the shot.
Krajnc with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A left and a right from Krajnc both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Lark McTeague has been cut.
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!
McTeague throws a left and a right that both miss
and Krajnc counters with an outside leg kick.
McTeague lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krajnc circles away quickly and effectively.
Krajnc tries to land a leg kick but McTeague saw it coming and moves away.
McTeague throws the left hand but Krajnc avoids the punch easily.
McTeague looks to land a right hand but Krajnc moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krajnc slips a straight right by McTeague.
McTeague throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krajnc makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A big left from McTeague misses.
Krajnc steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McTeague.
McTeague throws a jab when Krajnc was well out of range.
Krajnc ducks under a wild hook from McTeague.
McTeague lands with an uppercut that bounces Krajnc off the cage and back into rage.
A swing and a miss from Krajnc.
McTeague thows a body shot but no joy.
McTeague swings away with a body shot that misses
and Krajnc makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McTeague throws a hook but Krajnc avoids it easily.
Krajnc lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
McTeague throws a lazy right hand but Krajnc sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Krajnc.
Krajnc misses with a straight left.
McTeague moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTeague throws a shot from downtown. Krajnc moves away and avoids it.
A shot to the body from McTeague misses
and Krajnc counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTeague checks a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Krajnc there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McTeague is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Krajnc's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
McTeague connects with the punch.
Krajnc has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Good leg kick by Krajnc there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McTeague is breathing heavily.
McTeague on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Krajnc scores with a jab. McTeague acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McTeague throws an overhand right that lands on Krajnc's shoulder, as Krajnc tries to avoid the shot.
McTeague misses with a hook. Krajnc ducked under it nicely.
McTeague misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krajnc.
Krajnc uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McTeague.
Krajnc cracks the inside of McTeague's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Krajnc, right into the meat.
McTeague thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krajnc bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krajnc connects with a leg kick. McTeague looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Krajnc throws a nice outside leg kick.
Krajnc lands a jab.
McTeague throws a hook but Krajnc blocks it.
Krajnc scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McTeague doesn't seem bothered though.
Krajnc fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
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!
Krajnc misses with a few strikes there.
McTeague tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheers as Krajnc lands an impressive looking overhand right. McTeague doesn't seem phased though.
Lark McTeague's cut is getting worse.
McTeague is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Krajnc.
McTeague is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
McTeague needs to keep his hands up - Krajnc had a free shot at his head there.
Krajnc moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McTeague on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Krajnc is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McTeague had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A chopping leg kick lands by Krajnc.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Krajnc.
Krajnc listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Krajnc lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McTeague backs up against the cage.
Krajnc scores with a jab to the head.
Krajnc cracks McTeague with a big right hand and McTeague goes down!
McTeague is rocked!
Lark McTeague's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Krajnc lands a couple of elbows.
Oh McTeague is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Krajnc accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McTeague seems to have got his legs back now.
Krajnc is in close to McTeague's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Krajnc advances position into side control!
Krajnc grinds an elbow into McTeague's temple.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lark McTeague's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Armand Krajnc!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nino Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hernano Laios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes to the cage accompanied by Hammerfall - Last Man Standing. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nino Blaze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Hernano Laios!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze throws a head kick but Laios moves out of range.
Nino Blaze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaze scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Blaze throws out a leg kick but Laios moves out of range and Blaze only half commits.
Blaze throws a wild body kick that Laios sees coming a mile off.
A swing and a miss from Laios.
Laios's corner calls for a 1-2. Laios obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Blaze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laios moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blaze avoids the body shot from Laios.
Blaze throws a low kick but Laios moves out of range easily.
Laios moves out of range of the leg kick from Blaze.
Laios smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Blaze swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blaze tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blaze connects with a body shot.
Laios ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laios has Blaze up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Laios.
Blaze is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Laios - that landed with a thud.
Laios works on Blaze's body with a couple of short punches.
Blaze takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Nino Blaze has been cut.
A short uppercut from Laios.
A right hook to the body lands for Laios.
Laios taking a breather.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Laios.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laios is trying to maintain a safe position but Blaze gets an underhook and turns Laios into the cage.
Laios presses Blaze against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Good body shot from Laios.
Blaze avoiding damage as Laios throws knees to the body.
Laios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laios lands a knee to the body.
Laios gets through Blaze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Laios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blaze or not.
Laios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Laios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Laios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blazes head.
Laios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blaze's face.
Laios works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Laios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blaze avoids it.
Laios lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Laios on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Laios.
Laios lands a shot to the body.
Laios pushes Blaze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laios.
Laios lands a shot to the body.
Laios missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Laios scores with a nice short uppercut.
Laios lands a shoulder strike.
Laios lands a body shot.
A hook to the body from Laios.
Laios lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blaze.
Laios is working Blaze over against the cage.
A short right from Laios.
Blaze takes a shot to the head.
Blaze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Laios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blaze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laios scores with a shot to the side of Blaze's head.
Laios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Blaze can't find room to land a body shot as Laios controls the action.
Laios lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Laios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laios lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blaze or not.
A short right from Laios.
Laios has Blaze pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Laios pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Blaze tumbling to the mat - Laios dives into Blaze's guard.
Blaze keeping moving, preventing Laios from controlling successfully.
Laios showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laios missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Laios slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Blaze can't keep his opponent in guard - Laios advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Laios is keen to just control but Blaze is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laios throws a strike but Blaze avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze keeping full guard, as Laios tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hernano Laios dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nino Blaze's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Laios fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blaze throws a body punch but Laios moves out of range.
Blaze fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laios.
Blaze looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Laios works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Blaze feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laios's calf.
Blaze throws a nice head kick!
Laios misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Blaze misses.
Blaze is looking to land body kicks.
Blaze throws a sloppy body shot
and Laios counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blaze swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Laios lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laios lands a right hook to the body.
Laios misses with a hook. Blaze ducked under it nicely.
Laios lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Laios lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laios closes the distance and pushes Blaze back into the cage.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Laios. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Laios on the inside.
Laios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.
Laios lands a left hand.
Laios misses with a knee to the head.
Laios lands a right hand.
Laios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blaze managing to block the knees to the body from Laios.
Laios has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Laios has Blaze pushed against the cage.
Blaze struggles to land a body shot inside as Laios controls his hands.
Laios stalling.
Laios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laios digs a right hand into Blaze's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blaze's gas tank.
Blaze takes a shot to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laios obliges.
A head punch on the inside from Blaze fails to land.
Laios lands a nice shot to the body.
Laios is leaning against Blaze and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Laios stalling in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Laios.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laios.
A short uppercut from Laios.
Laios slows down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laios.
Laios digs a right hand into Blaze's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blaze's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laios works on Blaze's body with a couple of short punches.
Laios lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hernano Laios seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Laios lands a body shot in the clinch.
Laios crunches a lovely knee into Blaze's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze misses with a body punch.
Laios pushes Blaze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Laios stalling in the clinch but Blaze improves position.
Laios gets through Blaze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blaze managing to block the knees to the body from Laios.
Laios scores a nice knee to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Blaze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laios stalling the fight.
Laios blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laios is working Blaze over against the cage.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
Laios lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laios with a knee to the head.
Laios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Laios.
Laios lands a hook that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Laios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Laios missing with knees to the body.
Laios lands a body punch.
Blaze misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaze lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laios backwards.
Blaze misses with some punches.
Laios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Laios lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Laios lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Laios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Laios lands an elbow inside.
Laios lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laios lands a takedown into guard.
Laios pushes down on Blaze's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Laios is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Blaze defends it well.
Laios wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blaze keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laios misses with a head shot. Blaze uses the momentum to regain guard.
Laios trying to control the position from guard on top but Blaze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laios preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hernano Laios showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nino Blaze's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Laios has Blaze up against the cage in a clinch.
Laios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blaze or not.
Blaze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laios landing knees to the body.
Laios lands a left hand.
Laios landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laios pushes Blaze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laios lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hand to the body from Laios.
Laios scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blaze is rocked!
Laios lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Blaze is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Laios digs a right hand into Blaze's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blaze's gas tank.
Laios digs a right hand underneath Blaze's ribcage. Blaze let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Laios crunches a lovely knee into Blaze's ribcage.
Blaze seems to have got his legs back now.
Laios trying to stall but Blaze improves his position.
Good body shot from Laios.
Laios presses Blaze against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Laios digs a right hand into Blaze's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blaze's gas tank.
Laios lands a body shot.
Laios crunches a lovely knee into Blaze's ribcage.
Laios working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blaze takes a knee to the side of the body.
Laios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Laios.
Knees to the body from Laios.
Laios lands a damaging elbow.
Laios's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Laios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Laios tries a knee to the head but Blaze blocks it.
Blaze can't find room to land a body shot as Laios controls the action.
Laios lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Laios lands a knee to the head.
Laios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Laios lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Laios pushes Blaze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Laios working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Laios.
Blaze can't find room to land a body shot as Laios controls the action.
Blaze tries a body shot but Laios blocks it.
Laios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Laios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blaze's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blaze misses with a punch on the inside.
Laios lands with a right to the head.
Nice body punch from Laios - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Laios.
Laios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blazes head.
Laios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Laios on the inside.
Laios pushes Blaze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laios lands a shot to the body.
Laios pushes Blaze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blaze takes a knee right on the jaw!
Laios tries to throw a body punch but Blaze avoids it by throwing Laios back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze tries to work over Laios's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laios blocks a body shot from Blaze.
A short right from Laios.
Blaze takes a shot to the head.
Laios is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Blaze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laios lands a body shot.
Blaze throws a punch but it's blocked by Laios.
A short right from Blaze on the inside.
Laios throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blaze blocks it with crossed arms.
Blaze misses with a punch to the body.
Laios is trying to maintain a safe position but Blaze gets an underhook and turns Laios into the cage.
Laios misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Blaze.
Blaze lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Laios.
Blaze works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blaze digs a right hand underneath Laios's ribcage. Laios let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blaze cracks Laios with a nice body shot.
A right hand to the body from Laios.
Laios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laios blocks an uppercut.
Laios lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Laios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Laios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blaze.
Laios looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands with a right to the head.
Laios throws a punch but it's blocked by Blaze.
Blaze tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laios works on Blaze's body with a couple of short punches.
Laios working aggressively here.
Blaze misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laios wants to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laios.
Blaze blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Laios.
Blaze throws a punch but it's blocked by Laios.
Laios lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laios.
A knee to the head by Laios.
A short body shot lands from Laios as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from Laios.
Blaze lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Laios blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short right from Blaze on the inside.
Blaze swings wildly with an uppercut but Laios uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laios scores with a hook to the body.
Laios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blaze has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blaze lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laios backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laios scores with a shoulder strike.
Blaze lands a body shot in the clinch.
Laios throws a punch but it's blocked by Blaze.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blaze.
A right handed body shot lands from Laios.
Blaze scores with a shot to the side of Laios's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaze.
Blaze goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laios scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Laios as the two fighters clinch.
Laios stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blaze struggles to land a body shot inside as Laios controls his hands.
Blaze tries to work over Laios's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laios lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Laios.
Blaze is working Laios over against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Laios.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laios.
Laios gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blaze.
Laios lands a nice uppercut.
Blaze tries a body shot but Laios blocks it.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
Laios scores with a shoulder strike.
Laios blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hernano Laios really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nino Blaze's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Laios lands the left hand.
Laios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blaze was well out of range. Poor timing from Laios.
Blaze throws a sloppy head kick and Laios moves out of range easily.
Laios tries to clinch up.
Blaze lands a head kick. Laios smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Blaze swings away with a body shot that misses
and Laios counters with a stiff right hand.
Blaze takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laios thuds a left hand into Blaze's body.
Laios scores with the left hand. Blaze knows he should have avoided that one.
Laios throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blaze stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Laios.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaze rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laios moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laios ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blaze takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Laios keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blaze.
Laios lands a jab to Blaze's midsection.
Hernano Laios seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laios stuns Blaze with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Laios.
Blaze gets tackled into the cage by Laios. Laios maintains the clinch.
Laios tries to land a knee to the head but Blaze blocks with his arms.
A bit of stalling here from Laios.
Laios prevents a body shot from Blaze.
Laios scores with a hook to the body.
Laios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blaze or not.
Laios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Laios.
Laios lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Laios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blaze or not.
Laios trying to stall but Blaze improves his position.
Blaze has a couple of punches blocked by Laios.
Good body shot from Laios.
A short body shot lands from Blaze as the two fighters clinch.
Laios lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laios throws an elbow that misses.
Laios lands a nice shot to the body.
Blaze takes an elbow to the forehead.
Laios throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blazes head.
A right handed body shot lands from Laios.
Laios is working for takedown but Blaze is calmly controlling the position for now.
Blaze is leaning against Laios and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Laios pushes Blaze back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Laios.
Blaze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Still in the clinch, Laios scores with a nice short uppercut.
Laios scores with a shoulder strike.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
Blaze lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laios.
Laios gets through Blaze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laios.
Blaze takes a shot to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blaze as Laios tries to tie him up.
Blaze takes an elbow to the temple.
Stalling in the clinch from Laios.
Blaze makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blaze as Laios tries to tie him up.
Blaze pushes Laios back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blaze lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blaze pushes Laios back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Laios content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Blaze pushes Laios back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Blaze - that landed with a thud.
Blaze lands a nice shot to the body.
Blaze scores with a nice hook to the head.
Blaze has a couple of punches blocked by Laios.
Nice body punch from Laios - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Blaze - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but Laios avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
Laios pushes Blaze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Laios.
Blaze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laios manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Laios lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Blaze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laios misses with an elbow strike.
Laios lands with a short shot to the head.
Laios lands a nice elbow.
Blaze swings wildly with an uppercut but Laios uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Blaze fails to land.
Laios working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Laios on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Blaze.
Laios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blaze or not.
Laios pushes Blaze back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaze tries to work over Laios's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Laios manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Laios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right from Laios on the inside.
Laios lands an uppercut.
Blaze lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blaze misses with a punch to the body.
Laios is trying to maintain a safe position but Blaze gets an underhook and turns Laios into the cage.
Laios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Blaze lands a body shot.
Blaze lands a nice shot to the body.
Laios's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blaze misses with a punch to the body.
Laios lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Laios as the two fighters clinch.
A right hand to the body from Blaze.
Blaze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laios misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaze.
Laios lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Blaze.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blaze misses with some punches.
Laios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Laios.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
Laios lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Laios presses Blaze against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Laios on the inside.
A body shot lands from Laios.
Laios lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hernano Laios dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Nino Blaze's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Blaze fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Laios is out of range.
Blaze takes one to the chin there.
Blaze is looking to wear down Laios with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Laios fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Blaze looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Blaze gets tackled into the cage by Laios. Laios maintains the clinch.
Blaze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blaze lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laios backwards.
Laios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blaze in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Laios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Laios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laios.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Laios obliges.
Laios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.
Laios lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Laios - that landed with a thud.
Nice elbow from Laios.
Laios lands a nice uppercut.
Laios lands a knee to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Laios lands with a left to the head.
Laios lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Laios.
Nice body punch from Laios - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from Laios.
A short left from Laios.
Blaze avoiding damage as Laios throws knees to the body.
Laios scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blaze creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Blaze.
A short left from Laios.
Blaze can't find room to land a body shot as Laios controls the action.
Blaze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blaze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laios lands a nice elbow.
Laios gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Laios lands a body shot in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Laios lands a damaging elbow.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
Laios landing knees to the body.
Laios lands with a light punch inside.
Laios missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Laios as the two fighters clinch.
Blaze misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Laios trying to control the position but instead, Blaze has worked for underhooks and has pushed Laios into the cage.
Laios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Laios trying to stall but Blaze improves his position.
Blaze is leaning against Laios and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Laios lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaze takes an elbow to the temple.
Laios lands a shoulder strike.
Nino Blaze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze misses with some punches.
Blaze lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laios backwards.
Laios taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laios.
Blaze gets through Laios's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Laios - that landed with a thud.
Blaze lands an uppercut.
Blaze blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blaze scores with a shoulder strike.
Blaze lands a shot to the body.
Blaze lands with a right to the head.
Laios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Blaze is defending well for now.
Laios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blaze.
Blaze lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Blaze.
Blaze lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Laios.
Blaze digs a right hand underneath Laios's ribcage. Laios let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A knee to the head by Laios.
A left hand lands to the body for Blaze.
Good body shot from Blaze.
Blaze works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Blaze working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Laios misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blaze creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Laios.
Laios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blaze can't find room to land a body shot as Laios controls the action.
Laios leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laios lands with a light punch inside.
Laios can't find room to land a body shot as Blaze controls the action.
Blaze lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Laios or not.
Laios creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Blaze lands a shot to the body.
Laios misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blaze lands a nice shot to the body.
Blaze makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Blaze.
Blaze scores with a hook to the body.
A body shot lands from Blaze.
Blaze lands a nice shot to the body.
Blaze lands with a left to the head.
Blaze lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laios backwards.
Blaze blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blaze stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Laios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blaze.
Laios lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blaze misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blaze struggles to land a body shot inside as Laios controls his hands.
Blaze lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Laios.
Laios misses with some punches.
Blaze misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze lands a nice shot to the body.
Laios misses with a knee to the head.
Blaze scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Blaze.
Laios tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaze's elbow.
Blaze lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Blaze - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Blaze.
Laios tries to land knees in the clinch but Blaze avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Blaze.
Laios prevents a body shot from Blaze.
Laios lands with a light punch inside.
Laios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Blaze lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laios backwards.
Laios gets through Blaze's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blaze lands an uppercut.
Blaze lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laios is looking to control Blaze's arms but Blaze gets an underhook and turns him. Now Laios has his back to the cage.
Blaze misses with some punches.
Blaze throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Laios.
Laios lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Laios.
Blaze misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blaze can't find room to land a body shot as Laios controls the action.
Laios lands a left hand.
Laios lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blaze.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hernano Laios comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laios has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 44:50
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 43:50
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 43:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hernano Laios!
Hernano Laios is the new heavyweight champion!
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