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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Tabarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moises Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tabarez comes to the cage accompanied by Die motherfu**** die. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Tabarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Moises Mir!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tabarez fails with the takedown.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Mir enables Tabarez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Mir manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tabarez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mir looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mir looking to control.
Mir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mir pulls Tabarez in close to his closed guard and prevents Tabarez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tabarez trying to control but Mir is working from the bottom.
Mir 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.
Mir pushes Tabarez off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Mir tries for a takedown but Tabarez circles away easily
and Tabarez counters by clinching up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tabarez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tabarez tries to pull guard but Mir won't allow it.
Tabarez tries to pull guard but Mir won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Tabarez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mir lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mir tries to throw a body punch but Tabarez avoids it by throwing Mir back against the cage.
Tabarez is trying to break the clinch but Mir is controlling him.
A short body shot lands from Mir as the two fighters clinch.
Tabarez prevents a body shot from Mir.
A right handed body shot lands from Mir.
Tabarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tabarez gets a takedown into half guard.
Tabarez is breathing heavily.
Tabarez stands up and beckons Mir to join him on the feet.
Tabarez looks to score with a jab to the body but Mir is just out of range.
Mir throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tabarez was covering up waiting for the punch and Mir finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mir working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tabarez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tabarez wants to sweep here but Mir controlling him for the moment.
Mir is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mir forces his way into half guard.
Mir moves nicely into side control.
Mir sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tabarez is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mir looks up at the clock and then as Tabarez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mir smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Mir working the head and body with strikes.
Mir working away.
Mir throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mir in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Mir creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mir misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tabarez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tabarez is not content to let Mir control the position.
Tabarez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tabarez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mir tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mir lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moises Mir dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mir shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tabarez but Tabarez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tabarez rushes Mir and presses him up against the cage.
Mir tries a body shot but Tabarez blocks it.
Mir misses with a body punch.
Tabarez blocks a body shot from Mir.
Mir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tabarez wants a takedown but no success here.
Mir tries to throw a body punch but Tabarez avoids it by throwing Mir back against the cage.
Tabarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tabarez throws a lazy right hand but Mir sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mir fails to land the takedown.
Antonio Tabarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tabarez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mir goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mir misses with a punch to the body.
Mir prevents the takedown attempt.
Tabarez breaks the clinch.
Mir moves into the clinch successfully.
Mir lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tabarez can't break the clinch.
Mir presses Tabarez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mir tries to work over Tabarez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir scores with a hook to the body.
Mir is leaning against Tabarez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tabarez prevents a body shot from Mir.
Nice body punch from Mir.
Mir misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mir misses with a body punch.
Mir misses with a punch to the body.
Tabarez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mir cracks Tabarez with a nice body shot.
A short body shot lands from Mir as the two fighters clinch.
Mir lands a shot to the body.
Mir struggles to land a body shot inside as Tabarez controls his hands.
Mir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mir tries to throw a body punch but Tabarez avoids it by throwing Mir back against the cage.
Mir misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Mir.
Mir misses with a body punch.
Mir goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Mir - that landed with a thud.
Mir struggles to land a body shot inside as Tabarez controls his hands.
Mir misses with a body punch.
Tabarez tries to pull guard but Mir won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Tabarez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir struggles to land a body shot inside as Tabarez controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Mir as the two fighters clinch.
Mir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mir tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mir lands a nice shot to the body.
Mir misses with a punch to the body.
Mir can't find room to land a body shot as Tabarez controls the action.
Mir lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mir struggles to land a body shot inside as Tabarez controls his hands.
Mir tries to throw a body punch but Tabarez avoids it by throwing Mir back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Mir.
Mir struggles to land a body shot inside as Tabarez controls his hands.
Mir can't find room to land a body shot as Tabarez controls the action.
Tabarez tries to break the clinch but Mir is controlling the position.
Mir misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tabarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from Tabarez. No joy for Mir on that attempt.
Mir gets a double leg takedown into Tabarez's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mir looking to pass the guard.
Mir throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tabarez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mir 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.
Tabarez controlling Mir's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Mir working some strikes from top position.
Mir throwing strikes but missing.
Mir chips away with some ground and pound.
Mir throws a big right hand that misses.
Moises Mir has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mir trying to control the position from guard on top but Tabarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moises Mir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Mir shoots and misses
enabling Tabarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Tabarez throws an overhand right that lands on Mir's shoulder, as Mir tries to avoid the shot.
Mir shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mir was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Mir lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mir controlling from the full mount.
Mir throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Mir in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mir has hold of Tabarez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tabarez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Mir throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Mir lands a nice shot to the head.
Mir is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tabarez has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Tabarez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir throws some wild stikes that Tabarez manages to avoid easily.
Mir lands a big elbow.
Mir lands a big elbow.
Mir landing strikes from the mount and Tabarez is in trouble!
Tabarez wants to hold on but Mir pushes him away.
Mir 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.
A nice elbow there by Mir.
Poor strikes thrown by Mir there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mir throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tabarez because Mir loaded up on that one.
Mir looking to secure an arm triangle but Tabarez defends it well.
Mir scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tabarez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mir looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tabarez defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Mir.
Moises Mir is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir raining down shots from the mount!
Mir dominating with strikes here.
Mir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mir lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tabarez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mir working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Tabarez slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Antonio Tabarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mir gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
And that's the end of the fight!
Moises Mir comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mir winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moises Mir!
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