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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stelios Xenos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakob Ultra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ultra has chosen Fistful of steel - Rage against the machine as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 lbs
17 - 6 - 0 |
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198 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stelios Xenos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jakob Ultra!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ultra throws a front kick aimed at Xenos's knee but Xenos avoids it well.
Xenos digs a good body shot into Ultra's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Xenos.
Ultra misses with a straight right.
Ultra throws the left hand but Xenos avoids the punch easily.
Ultra has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Xenos finds it's way round the side to connect with Ultra's head.
Ultra misses with the combination.
Ultra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Xenos.
Xenos is looking to land body kicks.
Ultra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Xenos instigates a clinch.
Ultra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Xenos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Xenos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xenos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ultra up against the cage.
Xenos misses with a knee to the head.
Ultra missing with knees to the body.
Ultra lands with a right to the head.
Ultra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Xenos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Xenos.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Xenos.
Ultra tries to land knees in the clinch but Xenos avoids the damage to the body.
Ultra misses with a punch to the body.
Ultra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ultra goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Xenos effectively controlling the action here.
Xenos can't find room to land a body shot as Ultra controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xenos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ultra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ultra blocks a body shot from Xenos.
Xenos misses with a punch on the inside.
Ultra misses with a body punch.
A short left from Xenos.
Xenos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Xenos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Xenos digs a right hand into Ultra's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ultra's gas tank.
Xenos blocks a body shot from Ultra.
Xenos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ultra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Xenos avoids a wild elbow strike from Ultra.
Xenos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Xenos slowing the pace effectively.
Ultra swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ultra prevents a body shot from Xenos.
Ultra tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ultra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Xenos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ultra's brow.
Xenos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ultra swings wildly with an uppercut but Xenos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xenos.
Ultra tries to land knees in the clinch but Xenos avoids the damage to the body.
Xenos blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ultra blocks a body shot from Xenos.
Ultra misses with some punches.
Ultra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ultra throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Ultra.
Xenos scores a nice knee to the body.
Ultra lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Xenos throws a punch but it's blocked by Ultra.
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!
Ultra misses with a body punch.
Xenos avoiding damage as Ultra throws knees to the body.
Xenos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ultra lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Xenos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ultra misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stelios Xenos dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Xenos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Xenos.
Ultra just misses with a punch to the body.
Ultra tries to clinch up.
Xenos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Xenos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ultra.
Xenos lands a nice shot to the body.
Ultra checks a low kick from Xenos.
An inside leg kick from Xenos misses.
Xenos works Ultra's body with a nice hook.
Ultra takes a swing at Xenos's ribcage but misses.
Xenos misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xenos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stelios Xenos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ultra is breathing heavily.
Ultra throws a nice looking combination but Xenos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Xenos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Xenos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Xenos thumps Ultra with a low kick.
Xenos feints and then cracks Ultra's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ultra down.
Xenos throws a sloppy head kick and Ultra moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xenos lands a nice looking body kick.
Ultra takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ultra tries to move into range but Xenos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Xenos throws a body kick that misses.
Ultra sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Xenos lands but Ultra takes it in his stride.
Ultra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xenos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ultra throws a leg kick but Xenos moved away.
Xenos thuds a left hand into Ultra's body.
Xenos throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick from Xenos lands but Ultra takes it in his stride.
Xenos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Xenos lands a big head kick that sends Ultra tumbling to the mat! Xenos takes a step backwards and waves Ultra back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ultra is rocked!
Xenos throws a leg kick which misses Ultra's front leg but catches the back leg as Ultra tries to avoid it.
Ultra is still on wobbly legs! Can Xenos finish him?
Xenos throws a sloppy head kick and Ultra moves out of range easily.
Ultra seems to have recovered his senses.
A good leg kick by Xenos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos throws a shot to the body.
Xenos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Xenos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Xenos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Xenos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ultra.
Ultra takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ultra checks a leg kick nicely.
Xenos rushes Ultra and presses him up against the cage.
Xenos slowing the pace effectively.
Stelios Xenos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ultra tries a body shot but Xenos blocks it.
Xenos lands with a light punch inside.
Xenos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Xenos.
Xenos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ultra can do to turn this around?
Ultra lands a right hand.
Ultra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ultra misses with an elbow over the top.
Xenos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Xenos misses with a punch to the body.
Xenos missing with knees to the body.
Ultra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Xenos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Xenos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ultra has a couple of punches blocked by Xenos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ultra misses with a body punch.
Xenos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ultra letting Xenos take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stelios Xenos dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ultra throws a leg kick but Xenos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Xenos lands with a hook. Ultra tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ultra gets tackled into the cage by Xenos. Xenos maintains the clinch.
Xenos misses with some punches.
Ultra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Xenos avoids it.
Ultra prevents a body shot from Xenos.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ultra throws an elbow but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Xenos.
Ultra misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ultra's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head punch on the inside from Ultra fails to land.
Xenos blocks an elbow strike.
Xenos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ultra misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xenos is trying to stall.
Xenos just leaning against Ultra, taking a breather.
Ultra avoids a wild elbow strike from Xenos.
Ultra misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Xenos throws an elbow but misses.
Xenos just leaning against Ultra, taking a breather.
Ultra lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Xenos misses with the head strike.
Xenos blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Ultra.
Come on Xenos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Xenos tries to land knees in the clinch but Ultra avoids the damage to the body.
Xenos managing to block the knees to the body from Ultra.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ultra swings wildly with an uppercut but Xenos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xenos takes a shot to the head.
Xenos throws an elbow that misses.
Xenos lands an elbow inside that Ultra shrugs off.
Xenos misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xenos.
Ultra dodges an elbow strike from Xenos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ultra lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ultra landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ultra pushes off an throws an elbow but Xenos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Xenos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Xenos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ultra with a knee to the head.
Xenos manages to break the clinch.
Xenos tries to work over Ultra's front leg with a kick but Ultra checks it.
Jakob Ultra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ultra tries to bum rush Xenos with a series of wild strikes but Xenos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Xenos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ultra blocks a head kick by Xenos.
Ultra just misses with a punch to the body.
Xenos closes the distance and pushes Ultra back into the cage.
Xenos breaks the clinch.
Xenos wants to land a leg kick but Ultra is out of range.
Ultra misses with a two punch combination.
Xenos cracks the inside of Ultra's front leg.
Ultra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Xenos works Ultra's body with a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xenos throws a front kick that sends Ultra stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Xenos throws a leg kick which misses Ultra's front leg but catches the back leg as Ultra tries to avoid it.
Ultra has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Xenos.
Xenos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Xenos clinches.
Stelios Xenos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ultra misses with a body punch.
Xenos missing with knees to the body.
Xenos is working Ultra over against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Xenos scores with a shoulder strike.
Ultra tries to work over Xenos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Xenos lands with a short shot to the head.
Ultra blocks an elbow strike from Xenos.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stelios Xenos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Xenos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stelios Xenos!
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