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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Tutov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Grecko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tutov comes to the cage accompanied by 7B - Young Winds. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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140 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrey Tutov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Grecko!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grecko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tutov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tutov misses with a body kick.
Tutov misses with a head kick.
Grecko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grecko takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Donk. Tutov catches Grecko right on the button with a cross.
Tutov stuffs the takedown attempt from Grecko. Grecko gets slowly back to his feet.
Tutov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tutov scores with a jab to the body.
Grecko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tutov throws a leg kick
and Grecko counters with a single leg into guard. Tutov didn't expect that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tutov keeping moving, preventing Grecko from controlling successfully.
Grecko looking to sit in guard and control but Tutov gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Grecko throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tutov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grecko trying to control the position.
Grecko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tutov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tutov trying to control the position from guard on top but Grecko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grecko keeping full guard, as Tutov tries to pass.
Tutov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tutov wants to pass to mount but Grecko is defending the position.
Grecko is looking for a sweep. Tutov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tutov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Grecko does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tutov thows a huge punch but Grecko dodges it nicely.
Tutov 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.
Grecko regains full guard. Nicely done.
Grecko is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tutov throwing strikes but missing.
Tutov wants to control from the top but Grecko keeps moving.
Tutov tries to free his leg and advance position but Grecko is retaining full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tutov postures up in Grecko's guard and throws a big left but Grecko blocks it.
Tutov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tutov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grecko working a defensive guard here.
Grecko keeping moving, preventing Tutov from controlling successfully.
Grecko pulls Tutov in close to prevent any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grecko misses the body punch
and Tutov counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Grecko is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tutov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Grecko avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tutov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tutov is looking to work some ground and pound but Grecko has wrist control.
Grecko trying to keep a closed guard but Tutov is proving a slippery customer.
Tutov throws a strike but Grecko rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grecko trying to control the position from guard on top but Tutov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grecko connects with a couple of short punches.
Grecko connects with a couple of short punches.
Tutov controls Grecko momentarily but Grecko frees himself.
Grecko trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Grecko trying to control but Tutov is working from the bottom.
Tutov trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrey Tutov dominated that round.
That's time! Tutov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tutov scores with a head kick.
Grecko tries to close the distance and clinch but Tutov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tutov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grecko momentarily.
Tutov takes a swing at Grecko's ribcage but misses.
Tutov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grecko counters with a right hand to the body.
Tutov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grecko lands a glancing blow to the side of Tutov's head.
Tutov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tutov wants it to stay on the feet.
Tutov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice shot lands for Grecko.
Tutov throws a head kick that misses.
Tutov misses the shot to the body.
Tutov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grecko drops his hands momentarily and Tutov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tutov looks to land a right hand but Grecko moved out of range.
Tutov tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice combination there by Tutov.
Tutov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grecko can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grecko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tutov looks to throw the jab but Grecko is out of range.
Grecko clinches with his opponent.
Tutov tries to pull guard but Grecko holds him up against the cage and eventually Tutov drops back down to his feet.
Tutov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Grecko walks away with a smile on his face. Tutov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Grecko looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tutov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Grecko tries to clinch but Tutov moves out of range.
Jab by Tutov.
Tutov lands an overhand right.
Tutov just misses with a punch to the body.
Grecko misses with an uppercut.
Grecko gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tutov takes a shot to the head.
Tutov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tutov can't find room to land a body shot as Grecko controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grecko scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tutov tries to work over Grecko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grecko misses with a punch on the inside.
Grecko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Grecko.
Grecko blocks an uppercut.
Tutov is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tutov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tutov tries to work over Grecko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tutov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tutov throws a lazy head kick
and Grecko counters with a nice kick to the body.
Grecko throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tutov looks to land a right hand but Grecko moved out of range.
Grecko cracks the inside of Tutov's front leg.
Tutov throws a head kick that misses.
Andrey Tutov is winning the standup battle so far.
Grecko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tutov manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Grecko.
Tutov throws a hook but Grecko avoids it easily.
Grecko lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Tutov. Those never looked like landing.
Andrey Tutov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tutov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grecko moves away.
Grecko ducks right into an uppercut from Tutov.
Grecko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tutov was well out of range. Poor timing from Grecko.
Crunch! Grecko slams his shin into Tutov's torso.
Grecko doesn't manage to clinch there - Tutov circles away.
Tutov throws a body shot but no joy.
Tutov tries a head kick but it misses.
Tutov is looking to score with low kicks.
Grecko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Grecko shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Tutov is trying to defend but Grecko finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Grecko is thwarting Tutov's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grecko lands strikes from half 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!
Tutov is looking to improve his position.
Tutov regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Grecko.
Tutov is trying to hold Grecko in close to prevent damage but Grecko has managed to pass into half guard.
Tutov is looking for a sweep. Grecko is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tony Grecko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Tutov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tutov throws a jab but it's blocked by Grecko.
Grecko misses with a low kick as Tutov jumps back.
Tutov missing with a left hand there. Grecko was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tutov just misses with a punch to the body.
Grecko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tutov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tutov just misses with a punch to the body.
Grecko is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tutov rather than just go for the knockout.
A big left from Grecko misses.
Grecko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tutov throws a poor cross that misses
and Grecko counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grecko loads up on a big right hand but Tutov slips the punch.
A jab from Grecko misses.
A good leg kick by Grecko.
Tutov avoids a kick to the body.
Nice jab there from Tutov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grecko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grecko scores with a jab to the jaw.
Grecko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tutov.
Grecko goes for a double leg but Tutov avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Tutov continues to drive forward.
Tutov tries to pull guard but Grecko holds him up against the cage and eventually Tutov drops back down to his feet.
Good body shot from Grecko.
A nice left hand lands by Tutov.
Tutov decides to pull guard.
Grecko wants to control from the top but Tutov keeps moving.
Grecko is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Grecko throwing strikes from guard but Tutov blocks nicely.
Tutov working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grecko connects with a couple of short punches.
Grecko forces his way into half guard.
Tutov trying to control but Grecko postures up.
Grecko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Grecko wants to control but Tutov is keeping him busy.
Tutov wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Grecko is thwarting Tutov's attempts to control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tutov walks into a jab.
Tutov throws a head kick but Grecko moves out of range.
Tutov connects with the punch.
Grecko throws out a leg kick but Tutov moves out of range and Grecko only half commits.
Tutov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Grecko scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grecko slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tutov swings widly with a right hand
and Grecko counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Grecko trying to control from Tutov's half guard. Tutov has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tutov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tutov wants to free his trapped foot but Grecko is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Grecko looking for submissions off his back.
Tutov is working for a kimura but Grecko is defending it quite comfortably.
Tutov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Grecko is looking to control Tutov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Grecko avoid being mounted?
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tony Grecko.
I think Grecko 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Grecko!
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energy
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