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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Boris Britva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Hershey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hershey has chosen dumpy whumpy as his entrance music. Boris Britva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Boris Britva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Hershey!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Britva has managed to clinch.
Britva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hershey is defending well for now.
Britva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hershey blocks it with crossed arms.
Hershey leaning against his opponent.
Britva stalling in the clinch but Hershey improves position.
Britva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Britva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hershey is looking to slow Britva down with leg kicks.
Britva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hershey avoids a wild elbow strike from Britva.
Britva misses with a knee to the head.
Britva pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Britva wants to stall.
Hershey trying to land knees to the body.
Hershey successfully pulls guard.
Hershey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Britva manages to get himself to full guard.
Hershey wants to control from the top but Britva keeps moving.
Hershey stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Britva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Britva wants to stand but Hershey is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hershey wants to control from the top but Britva keeps moving.
Hershey is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Britva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hershey is controlling him.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Steve Hershey wasn't active enough on the ground.
Hershey shoots for a takedown but Britva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Britva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Britva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steve Hershey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Britva closes the distance but Hershey moves to the side
and Hershey counters with a straight right hand.
Britva is looking to clinch.
Hershey misses with the body kick
and Britva counters with a nice body kick.
Hershey fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hershey looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Britva is fending him off so far but Hershey persists. Nope, Britva circles away and we're back to standing.
Boris Britva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Hershey.
Hershey looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hershey closes the distance and clinches up with Britva, looking for a takedown. Hershey pushes Britva against the ropes but Britva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Boris Britva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hershey connects with a solid leg kick.
Hershey swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Britva counters by clinching up.
Britva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Britva scores a nice knee to the body.
Britva connects with a knee to the head.
Britva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Britva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Britva scores a nice knee to the body.
Britva has Hershey pushed against the ropes.
Britva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Britva tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Hershey manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hershey keeps the fight on the outside.
Britva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Britva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Britva dodges the punch combination from Hershey.
A telegraphed right hand from Britva misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Britva has Hershey up against the ropes in a clinch.
Britva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Britva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hershey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Britva doesn't seem bothered though.
Hershey closes the distance but Britva moves to the side
and Britva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hershey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hershey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Britva's sensitive parts.
Hershey moves into the clinch.
Hershey wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hershey is looking to break free of the clinch but Britva has double underhooks.
Britva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hershey avoiding damage as Britva throws knees to the body.
Hershey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hershey pulls guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hershey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Britva is looking to stand up but Hershey won't let him.
Hershey is trying to keep Britva in close.
Hershey is working an open guard so Britva takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Britva tries to clinch there but Hershey circles away.
Britva misses with a head kick.
Britva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hershey swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Britva counters with an outside leg kick.
Britva darts in trying to clinch
and Hershey moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Britva wants to break free but Hershey has control.
Britva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
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 Boris Britva will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hershey clinches up with Britva and pushes him back against the ropes.
Britva with a knee to the head.
Britva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hershey up against the ropes.
Hershey tries for a takedown but Britva manages to get underhooks.
Britva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hershey wants to break free but Britva has control.
Britva looking to slow down the pace here.
Hershey breaks the clinch.
Hershey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Britva.
Britva doesn't manage to clinch there - Hershey circles away.
Hershey throws a head kick but Britva moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Britva scores with a kick to the body.
Hershey misses with a series of wild punches.
Hershey shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Britva napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Britva wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hershey wants to lay and pray for a moment but Britva keeps working.
Britva is trying to buck Hershey off.
Hershey is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Britva has escaped the position, nice work there.
Britva being controlled for a moment.
Britva is trying to buck Hershey off.
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.
Hershey trying to control the action but Britva is working from the bottom.
Britva is pushing Hershey's head away, looking to escape. Hershey manages to hold on to the position though.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hershey tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Britva is trying to buck Hershey off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hershey is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Britva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Hershey decides to stand up, so the ref orders Britva to his feet.
Hershey scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hershey closes the distance and clinches.
Hershey wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hershey has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Britva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hershey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Britva is looking to control Hershey's arms but Hershey gets an underhook and turns him. Now Britva has his back to the ropes.
Britva working Hershey over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hershey.
Hershey breaks the clinch.
Hershey keeps the fight on the outside.
Hershey moves into the clinch.
Britva trying to control the position but instead, Hershey has worked for underhooks and has pushed Britva into the ropes.
Hershey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Britva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Britva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hershey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Britva is looking to clinch but Hershey is avoiding it.
Britva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hershey.
Britva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Britva tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Hershey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Britva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Britva looks to clinch
and Hershey counters with a nice uppercut.
Britva stuffs the takedown.
Britva misses with a wild combination.
Hershey throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hershey throws a leg kick
and Britva moves into the clinch.
Britva lands a nice knee to the body.
Hershey tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Britva breaks from the clinch.
Hershey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hershey wants to clinch.
Hershey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Britva throws a head kick that misses.
Hershey feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hershey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Britva is keeping the position for now.
Britva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Britva pushes Hershey off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hershey fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Boris Britva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Hershey.
Britva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hershey counters by moving into the clinch.
Britva lands a nice knee to the body.
Britva tries to break free but Hershey pushes him back against the ropes.
Britva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Hershey.
Britva instigates a clinch.
Britva is trying to push Hershey away but Hershey has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hershey gets control of Britva's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hershey will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Britva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hershey is proving hard to escape from.
Hershey managing to control the position.
Hershey working a defensive guard here.
Britva stands up from Hershey's guard - Britva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hershey drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
No luck for Hershey with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Britva lands a high kick!
Britva throws a head kick that misses
and Hershey counters by clinching up.
Britva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hershey avoids it.
Hershey lands a shot to the body.
Hershey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Britva misses.
Hershey wants to clinch.
Hershey tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Britva counters with a big head kick but Hershey shrugs it off.
A lazy body kick from Hershey
and Britva counters with a two punch combo.
Boris Britva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hershey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Britva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Britva throws a series of punches but Hershey moves out of range.
Hershey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Britva throws a sloppy head kick
and Hershey counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hershey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Britva counters by clinching up.
Britva lands an elbow inside that Hershey shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hershey has had enough of the clinch but Britva keeps him there for the moment.
Britva looking to throw knees to the head but Hershey is blocking nicely.
Hershey avoiding damage as Britva throws knees to the body.
Hershey manages to break the clinch.
Hershey shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Britva but Britva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Britva moves to clinch but Hershey breaks away
and Hershey counters with a three punch combo that has Britva backing up. Britva nods at Hershey to acknowledge the strikes.
Hershey keeps the fight on the outside.
Britva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hershey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Britva tries to clinch
and Hershey counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hershey.
Britva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hershey misses with a knee strike.
Hershey can't break the clinch.
Hershey tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Britva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hershey is defending well for now.
Britva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Britva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hershey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hershey tries to pull guard but Britva holds him up against the ropes and eventually Hershey drops back down to his feet.
Britva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Boris Britva.
I think Britva 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Boris Britva!
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