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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valery Demyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demyan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Amazing Grace. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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240 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
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265 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Valery Demyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sebastian Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Demyan throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily.
Good leg kick by Demyan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Demyan cracks the inside of Lopez's front leg.
Lopez shoots in and gets a takedown into Demyan's guard.
Lopez throws a strike but Demyan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Demyan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lopez keeping moving, preventing Demyan from controlling successfully.
Demyan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Demyan is looking to work some ground and pound but Lopez has wrist control.
Demyan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Demyan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demyan trying to control but Lopez is working from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Demyan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Demyan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Demyan throwing strikes from guard but Lopez blocks nicely.
Demyan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lopez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Demyan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Demyan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Demyan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Demyan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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.
Demyan drops back, looking for a kneebar! Lopez looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Lopez looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Lopez!
Lopez has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Demyan!
Lopez landing strikes from the mount.
Lopez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Lopez looking to finish with strikes here!
Demyan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lopez.
Demyan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lopez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Lopez scoring with strikes but Demyan is staying in there.
Demyan wants to hold on but Lopez pushes him away.
Lopez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lopez breaks from Demyan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lopez working Demyan over with strikes here.
It looks like Valery Demyan has been cut.
Lopez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez misses with a head shot.
Lopez unloads with some shots from mount but Demyan bucks and avoids them well.
Demyan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Lopez.
The referee warns Demyan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Lopez there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Demyan suckers Lopez into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Demyan is now in Lopez's guard!
Lopez wants to stand up but Demyan is controlling him.
Lopez looks gassed!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demyan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Demyan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastian Lopez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Valery Demyan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lopez swings for the body but Demyan moves out of range.
Lopez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Demyan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lopez somewhat.
Lopez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Demyan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lopez somewhat.
Demyan is looking to land body kicks.
Lopez throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Demyan was covering up waiting for the punch and Lopez finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lopez postures up in Demyan's guard and throws a big left but Demyan blocks it.
Demyan controls Lopez momentarily but Lopez frees himself.
Demyan 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.
Lopez throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez tries to free his leg and advance position but Demyan is retaining full guard.
Lopez landing with the ground and pound.
Lopez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Demyan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lopez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lopez throwing strikes but missing.
Lopez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Demyan wants to stand but Lopez is controlling the position.
Lopez is looking to work some ground and pound but Demyan has wrist control.
Lopez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lopez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Demyan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lopez is one step ahead there.
Demyan is trying to control the position but Lopez postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lopez thows a big elbow that misses.
Lopez throwing strikes from guard but Demyan blocks nicely.
Lopez landing with the ground and pound.
Lopez preventing the sweep.
Demyan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Demyan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lopez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lopez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lopez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Demyan is on top in guard.
Demyan preventing the sweep.
Lopez is breathing heavily.
Demyan throwing strikes from guard but Lopez blocks nicely.
Demyan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Demyan throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebastian Lopez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Valery Demyan's cut.
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!
Demyan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lopez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Demyan.
Lopez checks a low kick from Demyan.
Demyan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Demyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A clash of legs there as Lopez blocks the low kick.
Lopez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Demyan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lopez doesn't seem bothered though.
Valery Demyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demyan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Demyan tries a head kick but it misses.
Sebastian Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Demyan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lopez closes the distance and clinches up with Demyan, looking for a takedown. Lopez pushes Demyan against the cage but Demyan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Demyan scores with a kick to the body.
Lopez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demyan connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demyan scores with a leg kick.
Demyan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Demyan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lopez if he has to take too many more of those.
Lopez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Demyan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Demyan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lopez's calf.
Demyan connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Demyan lands with a slapping head kick.
Demyan thumps Lopez with a low kick.
Demyan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Demyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Demyan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Demyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lopez moves away.
Lopez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Demyan.
Demyan lands a jab to Lopez's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Demyan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Demyan.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Demyan, right into the meat.
Demyan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Demyan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lopez's head.
Lopez pushes Demyan off looking to stand but Demyan dives back in and keeps control.
Lopez wants to control the action here but instead Demyan manages to pass to full mount!
Demyan scoring with strikes but Lopez is staying in there.
Demyan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lopez because Demyan loaded up on that one.
Demyan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Demyan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Demyan unloads with some shots from mount but Lopez bucks and avoids them well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is squirming around, avoiding Demyan's attempts to control the action.
Demyan lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lopez hang on?
Demyan landing shots from mount.
Demyan wants to control the pace but Lopez is squirming around nicely.
Demyan punching from mount but Lopez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Demyan throwing strikes here but Lopez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Demyan throws some wild stikes that Lopez manages to avoid easily.
Demyan wants to control the pace but Lopez is squirming around nicely.
Lopez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Demyan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demyan misses with a head shot.
Valery Demyan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Demyan lands with some strikes.
Demyan goes for an armbar but Lopez turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Lopez.
Lopez throws and elbow that misses. Demyan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lopez's guard. Nice move by Demyan!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Demyan throws a big right hand that misses.
Sebastian Lopez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Demyan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Valery Demyan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lopez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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