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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abulah Kei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Travoltares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abulah Kei has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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188 cm
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abulah Kei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Travoltares!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kei changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Travoltares looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Travoltares parries the strikes from Kei easily there. Kei is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Travoltares to escape.
Travoltares wants to control but Kei postures up.
Kei controls the position from side control.
Kei stands up.
Kei drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kei working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kei trying to control the position from guard on top but Travoltares is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kei stands and steps away. Travoltares gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kei shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Travoltares pinned against the cage. Travoltares gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kei shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Travoltares but Travoltares pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kei scores a takedown into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kei is breathing heavily.
Kei looking to finish with strikes here!
Travoltares gets back to half guard.
Travoltares regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kei stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Travoltares swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Travoltares 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Travoltares looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Travoltares 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.
Travoltares keeping moving, preventing Kei from controlling successfully.
Kei scoring with some ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Travoltares swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kei misses with a takedown attempt - Travoltares sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abulah Kei. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Travoltares.
Kei manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Kei is trying is best to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kei is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Travoltares's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Travoltares's back!
Kei not allowing Travoltares to control his hands.
Kei throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Kei throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Travoltares!
Kei looking for the choke from the back.
Travoltares wants to escape the position.
Kei is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Travoltares up.
Kei scores with strikes from the back.
Travoltares looking very determined here, making life difficult for Kei.
Kei is really struggling to control Travoltares but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Travoltares manages to reverse the position and now he's in Kei's guard. Nice work there by Travoltares.
Kei escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Travoltares gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Travoltares pushing down on Kei's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Kei flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Travoltares in particular looking to stall.
Kei trying to control from the bottom.
Kei makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kei tries for a takedown but Travoltares circles away easily
and Travoltares counters with a right hand to the body.
Travoltares drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Travoltares slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Kei looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abulah Kei dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kei shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kei was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kei landing strikes from the mount and Travoltares is in trouble!
Kei takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Kei.
Kei landing strikes from the mount and Travoltares is in trouble!
Kei controlling from mount.
Kei lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Travoltares takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kei working Travoltares over with strikes here.
Kei can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Travoltares is looking to escape.
Travoltares is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Travoltares defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Kei.
Kei controlling the pace for now.
Kei avoids the attempt from Travoltares to control.
Travoltares is bucking up trying to escape but Kei cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Travoltares is bucking up trying to escape but Kei cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kei landing strikes from the mount and Travoltares is in trouble!
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.
Kei landing punches.
Kei is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kei with the ground and pound from mount.
Kei with the ground and pound from mount.
Kei with good strikes from the mount here!
Kei 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.
Travoltares tries to hold on but Kei pushes him away.
Kei in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kei looking to control but Travoltares is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Travoltares wants to control but Kei is having none of it.
Travoltares flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Travoltares wants to hold on but Kei pushes him away.
Travoltares bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Kei lands with a heel strike from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kei had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Travoltares is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Kei Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Travoltares's back instead.
Travoltares looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Kei.
Kei trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Kei looking for the RNC.
Kei looking to break Travoltares's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Travoltares remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Kei will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kei looking to hold on to the position here but Travoltares rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Travoltares is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kei wants to stand but Travoltares has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Travoltares being controlled here, momentarily.
Kei content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Abulah Kei overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kei trying to control but Travoltares is working from the bottom.
Kei pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Travoltares is keeping the position for now.
Kei throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Travoltares works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A lazy body kick from Kei
and Travoltares counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abulah Kei dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kei lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kei misses with a takedown
and Travoltares counters with a two punch combo.
Abulah Kei is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kei tries to clinch but Travoltares is having none of it.
Abulah Kei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kei tries to clinch up
and Travoltares counters with a slapping leg kick.
Travoltares clinches but Kei breaks the clinch
and Kei counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kei chips away with some ground and pound.
Travoltares manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kei manages to get himself to full guard.
Travoltares wants to pass the guard but Kei is keeping the position.
Kei trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Travoltares is pushing down on Kei's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kei is fighting to maintain full guard but Travoltares has managed to sneak the leg through.
Travoltares takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Travoltares is thwarting Kei's attempts to control the position.
Kei controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Kei trying to control but Travoltares postures up.
Kei wants to improve his position but Travoltares is controlling well.
Kei trying to control here.
Kei wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kei moves into full guard.
Kei 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.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Kei looks to land a combination. Travoltares sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Travoltares is rocked!
Kei clinches up against the cage.
Travoltares is still on wobbly legs! Can Kei finish him?
Travoltares wants to break the clinch but can't.
Travoltares seems to have recovered his senses.
Travoltares tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Travoltares wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kei has him pressed against the cage.
Kei breaks the clinch.
Kei fails to land the takedown.
Kei fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Travoltares, pushing him back against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kei wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kei trying to land knees to the body.
Travoltares wants to break free but Kei has control.
Kei prevents Travoltares from breaking the clinch.
Kei manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Kei or perhaps it was just good defense by Travoltares which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abulah Kei. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kei closes the distance but Travoltares moves to the side
and Travoltares counters with a series of strikes. Kei will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kei wants to clinch up but Travoltares keeps it at a distance.
Kei shoots and misses
and Travoltares counters with a head kick.
Kei drops Travoltares with a left and a right! Oh, Travoltares is hurt - Kei dives into side control looking to finish!
Kei in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Travoltares looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Kei turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abulah Kei!
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hype
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pop
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