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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kipu Laake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladimir Putin has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kipu Laake!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laake throws a nice inside leg kick.
Putin forces Laake back against the cage and clinches.
Laake tries to break the clinch but Putin is controlling the position.
Laake landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Putin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Laake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laake blocks an uppercut.
Putin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laake using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laake working aggressively here.
Putin prevents Laake from breaking the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Laake avoiding damage as Putin throws knees to the body.
Putin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Laake walks away with a smile on his face. Putin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kipu Laake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Laake misses
and Putin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Putin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Putin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laake lands with a slapping head kick.
Laake should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Putin tries to clinch up but Laake circles away and keeps his distance.
Laake throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laake slips under a jab from Putin.
Laake throws a right hand that Putin ducks under and follows up with a left that Putin also avoids with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laake, right into the meat.
Putin is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Putin misses.
Kipu Laake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laake throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Laake.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Laake has eaten all the pies!
Laake lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Putin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Putin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Laake.
Laake delivers a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laake lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Laake is looking to slow Putin down with leg kicks.
Laake feints and then cracks Putin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Putin down.
Laake turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Laake feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Putin's calf.
Putin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Laake lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Laake.
That kick from Laake tenderised Putin's leg. Putin is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Putin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laake can pounce on him.
Laake throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Laake lands a head kick. Putin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Laake scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Laake.
Laake lands a head kick. Putin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Laake lunges at Putin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Putin's hand.
Laake misses with a wild combination.
Good leg kick by Laake there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Putin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laake dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Putin. That did some damage!
Laake throws a nice head kick!
Laake scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Laake lands with a nice body kick.
Laake throws a leg kick which misses Putin's front leg but catches the back leg as Putin tries to avoid it.
Laake lands a head kick. Putin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Laake buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laake dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Putin. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Laake.
Laake lands with a slapping head kick.
Laake lands with a nice body kick.
Laake plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Laake buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Laake with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laake lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laake fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Laake connects with an inside leg kick.
Putin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Laake is looking to slow Putin down with leg kicks.
Laake lands a nice leg kick that just misses Putin's sensitive parts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laake connects with a solid leg kick.
Putin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Laake keeps Putin at a distance using the push kick.
Putin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Laake.
Putin blocks a head kick by Laake.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Putin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laake throws a head kick that half lands.
Laake lands with a kick to the temple. Putin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Laake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laake looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Putin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laake.
Laake fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Laake throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Laake finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Laake pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laake with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laake buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laake lets loose with a powerful body kick. Putin will feel that in the morning.
Laake throws a nice head kick!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laake, right into the meat.
Laake dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Putin. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kipu Laake dominated that 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.
Laake fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Putin.
Putin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laake pivots, looking for a leg kick but Putin is out of range and Laake settles back down.
Laake on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Laake lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Laake enables Putin to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Laake manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Laake wants to stand and escape but Putin is having none of it.
Putin is looking to work some ground and pound but Laake has wrist control.
Laake being controlled here, momentarily.
Putin advances to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Putin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Laake defending well though.
Laake is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Putin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Putin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Putin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Putin winds up and cracks Laake with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laake looks like he's trying to stand up.
Putin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Putin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Putin stands up out of the half guard.
Putin scores with a takedown into Laake's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laake keeping full guard, as Putin tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Putin 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.
Putin stops Laake from standing up.
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.
Putin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Laake is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Putin dives into side control.
Putin lands a few punches from side control.
Putin controls the position.
Putin scoring with punches from side control.
Laake tries to escape but Putin is in control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Putin dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Putin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Laake tries to escape but Putin is in control.
Laake is looking to get back to his feet here but Putin is keeping cool and he's managed to take Laake's back.
Laake is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Putin's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Putin has managed to slip his arm under Laake's chin. This could be all over... yep, Laake is tapping out! Submission win for Putin.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vladimir Putin!
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