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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Valuev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrey Andreev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrey Andreev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Valuev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Andreev!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andreev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valuev was well out of range. Poor timing from Andreev.
Valuev closes the distance and clinches up with Andreev, looking for a takedown. Valuev pushes Andreev against the cage but Andreev circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Andreev. No joy for Valuev on that attempt.
Valuev has taken the fight to the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Andreev's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Andreev blocks with his arms.
Andreev unloads a knee to the mid-section. Valuev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Valuev managing to block the knees to the body from Andreev.
Valuev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Andreev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Andreev trying to land knees to the body.
Valuev landing knees to the head.
Valuev misses with a knee to the head.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valuev is breathing heavily.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andreev blocks it with crossed arms.
Andreev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andreev blocks it with crossed arms.
Andreev wants to stall.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andreev blocks it with crossed arms.
Andreev tries to break the clinch but Valuev is controlling the position.
Andreev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Andreev is trying to break the clinch but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Andreev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Andreev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Andreev fails to pull guard.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Andreev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Andreev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Andreev is trying to break the clinch but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Valuev misses with a knee to the head.
Andreev tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Valuev just stands there and leans against the cage.
Andreev looking to slow down the pace here.
Andreev tries to break free but Valuev pushes him back against the cage.
Andreev wants to get back to striking at distance but Valuev won't allow it.
Andreev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Valuev ducks under a wild hook from Andreev.
Andreev misses with a looping right.
Valuev really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Valuev doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Andreev lands a nice looking body shot.
Valuev moves out of range as Andreev throws a body kick.
Andreev scores with a sloppy right hand. Valuev should have avoided that one.
Andreev fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Valuev avoids it really well and circles away.
Nikolai Valuev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrey Andreev.
Andreev leaves Valuev with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Andreev tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Valuev counters with a shoot takedown. Andreev fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andreev utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Valuev 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.
Andreev wants to stand and escape but Valuev is having none of it.
Valuev throws a big right hand that misses.
Valuev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Valuev is looking to work some ground and pound but Andreev has wrist control.
Valuev with a flurry of punches that miss.
Valuev will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Andreev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Valuev is looking to work some ground and pound but Andreev has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Andreev sizes up Valuev with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Andreev cracks Valuev with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Andreev finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Valuev blocks a head kick by Andreev.
Andreev looks for the body kick but Valuev saw that one coming.
Andreev slaps away a takedown attempt from Valuev, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Andreev lands with a right hand.
Andreev misses with the combination.
Valuev shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Andreev as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nikolai Valuev will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Some bone on bone action there as Valuev checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Andreev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valuev moves away.
Andreev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Andreev - that will leave a mark!
Andreev keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Andrey Andreev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andreev looks to land a combination. Valuev sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Valuev shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Andreev sprawls well. Andreev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Valuev gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Valuev slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andreev throws a right and a left that both miss.
Andreev misses with a wild body shot.
Andreev misses with a leg kick.
Andreev misses with a hook.
Valuev shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Andreev as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolai Valuev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Andreev has his takedown stuffed
and Valuev decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Andreev's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valuev content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Valuev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Valuev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Valuev postures up in Andreev's guard and throws a big left but Andreev blocks it.
Valuev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Andreev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Valuev works over Andreev with some ground and pound from guard.
Andreev is looking to stand up but Valuev isn't so interested in that idea.
Valuev passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Valuev postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Andreev takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Andreev wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andreev taking a bit of punishment here - Valuev scoring with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Valuev.
Valuev working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Andreev throws a left and a right that both miss
and Valuev counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Valuev.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Andreev tries to break the clinch but Valuev is controlling the position.
Andreev is looking to break free of the clinch but Valuev has double underhooks.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Andreev blocks it.
That's four 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.
Valuev looking to throw knees to the head but Andreev is blocking nicely.
Andreev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Andreev blocks it.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valuev connects with a knee to the head.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andreev blocks it with crossed arms.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Andreev blocks with his arms.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Andreev blocks with his arms.
Valuev lands a knee to the head.
Valuev with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Valuev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Andreev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Valuev has Andreev pressed against the cage, preventing Andreev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Andreev blocks it.
Valuev misses with a knee to the head.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Andreev takes a knee right on the jaw!
Andreev fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A knee to the head by Valuev.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Valuev dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Valuev circles away from the clinch attempt
and Valuev counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valuev distracts Andreev with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Valuev lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Andreev is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Valuev is controlling him.
Valuev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Valuev throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Valuev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Valuev throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Valuev prevents Andreev from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andreev keeping full guard, as Valuev tries to pass.
Andreev wants to stand up but Valuev is controlling him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Andreev keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Valuev has taken the fight to the clinch.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Andreev wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Valuev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Andreev blocks it with crossed arms.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Andreev blocks with his arms.
Valuev connects with a knee to the head.
Andreev is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valuev misses with a knee strike.
Andreev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Valuev misses with a knee to the head.
Valuev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Andreev has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Andreev throws an elbow that misses.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valuev throws a knee to the head but misses.
Andreev jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Valuev walks away with a smile on his face. Andreev gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A punch combination from Andreev misses.
Valuev changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Andreev looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Valuev working the head with strikes.
Valuev tries for a kimura but Andreev is defending well.
Andreev tries to escape but Valuev is in control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andreev defending against the ground and pound.
Valuev misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Valuev scores with a couple of short elbows.
Valuev tries to score with some ground and pound. Andreev controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Valuev with the ground and pound but Andreev regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Valuev moves in looking to clinch but Andreev pushes him off.
Valuev checks a leg kick.
Valuev drives through and clinches with Andreev against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Valuev tries a knee to the head but Andreev blocks it.
Andreev wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Valuev has him pressed against the cage.
Valuev tries to land a knee to the head but Andreev blocks with his arms.
Valuev keeps control of Andreev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Valuev with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valuev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Andreev breaks the clinch.
Andreev misses with a shot to the body
and Valuev counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Valuev.
Nikolai Valuev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Valuev landing some decent shots from guard.
Valuev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Andreev is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Valuev is controlling him.
Andreev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Andrey Andreev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valuev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Andreev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolai Valuev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Valuev, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolai Valuev!
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