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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Belyaev (ranked 1035 p4p, 851 weight class) and Zane Raven (ranked 92 p4p, 80 weight class). Raven comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 300 Violin Orchestra - Jorge Quintero kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Belyaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zane Raven!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Belyaev with that takedown attempt.
Belyaev dives in for a single leg takedown but Raven sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Belyaev tries to score a body lock takedown but Raven shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Raven has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Belyaev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raven has Belyaev pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Raven pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Belyaev tumbling to the mat - Raven dives into Belyaev's guard.
Raven content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Belyaev looking to hit a scissor sweep but Raven is one step ahead there.
Raven wants to control from the top but Belyaev keeps moving.
Belyaev has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Raven has passed into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Belyaev manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Raven takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Belyaev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Raven seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Raven has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belyaev is looking for a sweep. Raven is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Raven is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Belyaev sees it coming and defends easily.
Belyaev tries to get to full guard but Raven has control of the leg.
Belyaev on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Raven trying to control from half guard but Belyaev is working away.
Raven lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Raven looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Belyaev with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Belyaev regains full guard. Nicely done.
Raven landing some decent shots from guard.
Raven throws a big right hand that misses.
Belyaev looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Belyaev looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Belyaev is working hard here to advance position.
Raven wants to control from the top but Belyaev keeps moving.
Belyaev wants to improve his position but instead Raven has moved into half guard.
Belyaev is looking for a sweep. Raven is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Belyaev looking for submissions off his back.
Raven seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Raven lands a nice short elbow.
Raven prevents Belyaev from improving his position.
Raven is looking for a kimura but Belyaev is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Raven to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Raven is trying to control the action in half guard but Belyaev is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Belyaev tries to roll over but Raven keeps him under control.
Raven working Belyaev over with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raven looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Belyaev is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raven is trying to control the action in half guard but Belyaev is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Belyaev tries to get to full guard but Raven has control of the leg.
Belyaev taking some punishment here, with Raven in his half guard.
Raven is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Belyaev tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Raven has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Raven trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Belyaev keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Raven raining down hammerfists from mount.
Raven landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belyaev is looking to improve his position but Raven isn't that keen on the idea.
Raven has hold of Belyaev's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Belyaev manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Raven tries to control but Belyaev wriggling away.
Belyaev is looking to get to half guard.
Raven jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Belyaev manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Belyaev takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raven is looking to take a break and control but Belyaev is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Raven tries for a kimura but Belyaev is defending well.
Belyaev sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zane Raven dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Belyaev shoots in and drives through. Raven sprawls well.
Belyaev scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Belyaev slips a nice elbow through Raven's hands, connecting with Raven's forehead.
Raven on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Raven has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Raven tries to get to full guard but Belyaev has control of the leg.
Belyaev working over Raven with some ground and pound. Raven looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Belyaev prevents Raven from improving his position.
Belyaev takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Zane Raven has got the better of the ground game so far.
Raven tries to roll over but Belyaev keeps him under control.
Belyaev lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Belyaev winds up and cracks Raven with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belyaev is pressing down on Raven's thigh, looking to free his foot. Raven is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven trying to control but Belyaev postures up.
Belyaev moves into full mount! Raven won't be happy about that!
Belyaev prevents Raven from getting the reversal.
Belyaev with a couple of short strikes.
Raven is trying to escape the mount.
Belyaev fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Belyaev scoring with strikes but Raven is staying in there.
Belyaev is landing with some decent strikes but Raven is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Belyaev working Raven over with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Belyaev raining down hammerfists from mount.
Raven gets back to half guard.
Belyaev missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raven looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Raven taking some punishment here, with Belyaev in his half guard.
Belyaev tries to pass the half guard into mount. Raven knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Belyaev landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Belyaev working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Raven's thigh. Raven counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Belyaev connects with a couple of short punches.
Raven is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Belyaev stopping the sweep attempt from Raven.
Belyaev landing with the ground and pound.
Raven has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Belyaev doesn't defend quickly enough and Raven has managed to lock this one up! Can Belyaev escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Raven on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Zane Raven!
A victorious Zane Raven thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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