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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Rourke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Wren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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180 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mickey Rourke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alan Wren!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rourke closes the distance and clinches.
Rourke misses with a punch on the inside.
Rourke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rourke manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Wren trying to control but Rourke is working from the bottom.
Rourke looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rourke wants to get back to his feet but Wren is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Wren tries to free his leg and advance position but Rourke is retaining full guard.
Rourke pushes Wren off and scrambles back to his feet.
No joy there for Wren, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wren closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wren is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Rourke is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wren is trying to get an arm triangle but Rourke is defending well.
Rourke sneaks back into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wren is keen to just control but Rourke is a slippery customer.
Rourke is trying to stand up here but Wren is controlling him well.
Wren seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wren is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rourke defends it well.
Rourke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rourke makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Rourke walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rourke throws a hook but Wren avoids it easily.
Wren looks to land a combination. Rourke sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nice defenses there by Rourke.
Rourke falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wren counters with a straight right hand.
Wren takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wren closes the distance and clinches up with Rourke, looking for a takedown. Wren pushes Rourke against the cage but Rourke circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wren looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Rourke checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wren throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
so Rourke counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rourke working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wren's head.
Rourke thows a big elbow that misses.
Rourke throwing strikes but missing.
Rourke in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rourke distracts Wren with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wren is looking for a triangle but Rourke pushes his legs off easily.
Rourke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rourke has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wren utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rourke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Wren looking for a guillotine here but Rourke defends easily.
Rourke throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wren utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rourke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rourke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wren avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rourke is in close to Wren's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rourke postures up.
Rourke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A jab lands there for Wren.
Rourke instigates a clinch.
Rourke breaks the clinch.
Wren misses with the combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rourke closes the distance and clinches.
Rourke misses with a punch on the inside.
Rourke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rourke throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rourke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rourke jumps guard but Wren stands there with Rourke around his waist. Rourke gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wren tries to score a body lock takedown but Rourke shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wren wants a takedown.
Mickey Rourke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alan Wren.
Rourke manages to pull guard.
Rourke avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rourke pushes Wren off and gets back to his feet.
Rourke takes a swing at Wren's ribcage but misses.
Mickey Rourke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wren misses with the combination.
Wren misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wren looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rourke bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Rourke dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rourke cracks Wren with an open hand slap.
Rourke misses with a takedown
and Wren counters by clinching up.
Rourke manages to break the clinch.
Rourke drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wren looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rourke scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rourke throws and elbow that misses. Wren uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rourke's guard. Nice move by Wren!
Wren drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wren jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rourke manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Wren taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wren flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rourke with a couple of short strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wren is looking to improve his position but Rourke isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wren is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rourke lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wren tries to buck Rourke off but he can't manage it.
Rourke connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rourke prevents Wren from getting the reversal.
Wren is bucking up trying to escape but Rourke cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wren is looking to get to half guard.
BOOM! Rourke connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rourke lands with some strikes.
Rourke lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wren hang on?
Rourke landing strikes from the mount and Wren is in trouble!
Rourke with the ground and pound from mount.
Rourke lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wren hang on?
Rourke lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wren hang on?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wren is looking to get to half guard.
Wren throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rourke prevents Wren from getting the reversal.
Rourke with a couple of short strikes.
Wren is looking to improve his position but Rourke isn't that keen on the idea.
Wren is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rourke putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rourke connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rourke scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wren is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rourke unloading with bombs!
Rourke working the ground and pound effectively.
Rourke landing shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rourke lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rourke is landing with some decent strikes but Wren is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rourke pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wren regains half guard.
Rourke is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Wren trying to control but Rourke postures up.
Wren looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rourke winds up and cracks Wren with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rourke seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wren avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rourke.
Rourke wants to free his trapped foot but Wren is holding on for dear life with his legs.
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.
Wren missing with punches from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wren scores with a nice head shot.
Rourke shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wren as he avoids it easily.
Wren throws a one two combo.
Wren lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wren misses with a takedown attempt
and Rourke counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Wren's guard now.
Rourke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rourke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wren avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rourke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wren trying to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rourke in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rourke avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rourke postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Rourke dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Wren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rourke.
A combination from Wren does no damage.
Rourke rushes Wren and presses him up against the cage.
Rourke throws a head punch that misses.
Rourke has a couple of punches blocked by Wren.
Rourke misses with the head strike.
Rourke drags the fight down to the ground.
Rourke throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rourke keeping moving, preventing Wren from controlling successfully.
Wren is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rourke has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Wren off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Wren shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wren was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wren trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rourke is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Mickey Rourke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wren trying to control but Rourke is having none of it.
Rourke is desperately trying to improve his position but Wren has a good base and remains in mount.
Wren working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Rourke really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wren working Rourke over with strikes here.
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.
Rourke is working to get back to half guard.
Wren lands a big shot there that rocks Rourke but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wren with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Rourke is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Rourke is trying to escape the mount.
Wren working the ground and pound effectively.
Rourke working to try and regain half guard.
Rourke tries to buck Wren off but he can't manage it.
Wren lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wren has control of Rourke's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Rourke regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Rourke is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wren is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Rourke has managed to escape the submission attempt.
You get the feeling that Rourke really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Wren throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Rourke is trying to escape the mount.
Rourke is trying to stand up.
Wren is working for a guillotine from mount but Rourke frees his head quite easily.
Rourke really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mickey Rourke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Rourke squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Wren avoids the attempt from Rourke to control.
Wren working for a guillotine from mount but Rourke is in no mood to give up.
Rourke tries to reverse the position but Wren maintains control.
Alan Wren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wren jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rourke manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Rourke manages to get back to half guard.
Wren is working for a submission of some sort.
Rourke pushes Wren off and gets back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Wren comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rourke 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey Rourke!
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