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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Troy Downey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lief van Muyendorf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lief van Muyendorf 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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210 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Troy Downey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lief van Muyendorf!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Downey shoots in but no luck this time.
Downey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
van Muyendorf throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A lazy body kick from Downey
and van Muyendorf counters with an outside leg kick.
Downey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
van Muyendorf tries to clinch up.
Downey misses with a leg kick
and van Muyendorf counters with a body kick that stops Downey in his tracks momentarily.
van Muyendorf looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Downey is trying to control but van Muyendorf passes into side control!
Downey is looking for a sweep.
van Muyendorf decides to stand up, so the ref orders Downey to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Downey falls off balance throwing a combination
and van Muyendorf counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
van Muyendorf feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Downey's calf.
Downey is breathing heavily.
Downey gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and van Muyendorf counters with a nice double leg into guard.
van Muyendorf wants to pass the guard but Downey is keeping the position.
Downey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. van Muyendorf manages to get himself to full guard.
van Muyendorf is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Downey stops van Muyendorf from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
van Muyendorf controlling the position.
Downey won't allow van Muyendorf to get back to his feet.
Downey in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Downey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Downey preventing the sweep.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Downey misses with a takedown
and van Muyendorf counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Downey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
van Muyendorf breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Downey misses with a takedown attempt
and van Muyendorf counters with a nice double leg into side control. Downey won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Downey is looking to regain half guard here but van Muyendorf keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downey gets back to half guard.
Downey moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Downey is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
van Muyendorf is refusing to be controlled, as Downey sits in half guard.
Nice strikes from Downey there.
van Muyendorf makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
A thudding body kick lands there by van Muyendorf!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Downey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Downey tries to land a body kick
and van Muyendorf counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Downey throws a sloppy head kick
and van Muyendorf moves into the clinch.
van Muyendorf with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Come on van Muyendorf - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
van Muyendorf misses with a knee strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from van Muyendorf.
van Muyendorf landing knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
van Muyendorf tries to land a knee to the head but Downey blocks with his arms.
van Muyendorf landing knees to the body.
van Muyendorf lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
van Muyendorf manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lief van Muyendorf dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
van Muyendorf has taken the fight to the clinch.
van Muyendorf breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Downey misses with a combination
and van Muyendorf holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
van Muyendorf misses with a punch on the inside.
Downey jumps guard but van Muyendorf stands there with Downey around his waist. Downey gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from van Muyendorf.
Downey wants a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Downey blocks an elbow strike from van Muyendorf.
Downey dodges an elbow strike from van Muyendorf.
van Muyendorf is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
van Muyendorf throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
van Muyendorf breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Downey falls off balance throwing a combination
and van Muyendorf counters with a three punch combo that has Downey backing up. Downey nods at van Muyendorf to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Downey moves in looking to clinch but van Muyendorf pushes him off.
van Muyendorf bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
van Muyendorf in side control, throwing shots but Downey defends.
Downey is looking for a sweep.
van Muyendorf trying to control the action but Downey is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Muyendorf stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Downey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Downey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
van Muyendorf misses with a few strikes there.
Downey closes the distance looking to clinch
so van Muyendorf counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lief van Muyendorf has got the better of the ground game so far.
van Muyendorf trying to control the position from guard on top but Downey is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Downey is looking to sinch up a triangle. van Muyendorf throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Downey's body to avoid the submission. Downey has instead reached around van Muyendorf's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Downey arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Troy Downey!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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