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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damien Satan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronan Yamokivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satan comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet For My Valentine - Hit The Floor. 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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168 lbs
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170 lbs
14 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Damien Satan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronan Yamokivic!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamokivic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Satan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yamokivic defends it nicely.
Yamokivic throws a series of punches but Satan moves out of range.
Satan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yamokivic throws a shot from downtown. Satan moves away and avoids it.
Satan slips a jab and a cross from Yamokivic.
Yamokivic tries to score with a low kick but Satan moves his leg out of the way.
Satan shoots in and drives through. Yamokivic sprawls well.
Yamokivic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Yamokivic lands a head kick!
It looks like Damien Satan has been cut.
Yamokivic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Satan moves away.
Satan cracks a nice hook into Yamokivic's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Satan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yamokivic throws a jab but it's blocked by Satan.
Satan throws a leg kick which misses Yamokivic's front leg but catches the back leg as Yamokivic tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Satan looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamokivic is just out of range.
Yamokivic misses with a wild body shot.
Satan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yamokivic can pounce on him.
Yamokivic throws an off balance right hand
and Satan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yamokivic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Satan lands a nice hook to Yamokivic's body. Yamokivic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Satan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yamokivic counters with a series of strikes. Satan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Satan looks for a takedown but Yamokivic sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Satan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yamokivic throws out a loose jab but Satan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamokivic swings for the body but Satan moves out of range.
Satan misses with a straight right.
Yamokivic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Satan checks it well.
Nice body punch from Yamokivic.
Ronan Yamokivic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Satan is looking to land body kicks.
Yamokivic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Yamokivic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A combination from Yamokivic does no damage.
Satan throws a low kick, looking for Yamokivic's leg but Yamokivic calmly moves out of range.
Yamokivic looks to land a combination but Satan avoids it well.
Yamokivic lunges at Satan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Satan's hand.
Yamokivic cracks Satan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Yamokivic. That snapped Satan's head back.
Satan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamokivic.
Satan throws a head kick that Yamokivic semi-blocks.
Yamokivic shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yamokivic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Satan quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Yamokivic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Yamokivic throws a shot from downtown. Satan moves away and avoids it.
Satan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yamokivic throws an overhand right that lands on Satan's shoulder, as Satan tries to avoid the shot.
Yamokivic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Satan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic throws an off balance right hand
and Satan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Satan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Satan.
Satan cracks a nice hook into Yamokivic's ribs.
Yamokivic takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Satan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice shot by Satan.
Satan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Satan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yamokivic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Good work by Yamokivic as he checks the leg kick.
Satan slips under a jab from Yamokivic.
Yamokivic misses with a two punch combination.
Satan moves out of range as Yamokivic strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satan throws a leg kick
and Yamokivic counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan blocks a head kick by Yamokivic.
Ronan Yamokivic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yamokivic throws a head kick that misses.
Satan throws a combination. Yamokivic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
No joy there for Yamokivic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Satan feints and then cracks Yamokivic's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yamokivic down.
Yamokivic throws a looping overhand right but Satan ducks down to avoid it.
Satan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Yamokivic counters with a left to the body.
Satan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Satan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yamokivic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Satan slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Satan throws a head kick but Yamokivic moves out of range.
Yamokivic throws a low kick but Satan avoids it.
Yamokivic lands a nice shot that snaps Satan's head back.
Yamokivic lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronan Yamokivic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damien Satan's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Satan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yamokivic under the eye.
Yamokivic takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Satan connects with a jab.
Satan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Satan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamokivic.
Satan blocks a head kick by Yamokivic.
Yamokivic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Satan lands a right hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Yamokivic. Those never looked like landing.
Satan looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamokivic is just out of range.
Yamokivic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Satan is out of range and Yamokivic settles back down.
Satan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yamokivic.
Jab from Satan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamokivic misses with an uppercut. Satan saw that one coming.
Yamokivic misses with a looping right.
Yamokivic misses with a hook
and Satan counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Satan looks to land a body kick but Yamokivic moved away.
Yamokivic avoids the body shot from Satan.
Satan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yamokivic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Satan throws a series of punches but Yamokivic avoids them all with ease.
Yamokivic just misses with a punch to the body.
Satan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Satan scores with a hook to the body. Yamokivic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yamokivic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Satan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Yamokivic was covering up waiting for the punch and Satan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Satan controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yamokivic is keeping the position for now.
Satan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Yamokivic looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Satan puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic is trying to maintain the position but Satan is very close to passing his half guard.
Satan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yamokivic keeps working.
Satan prevents Yamokivic from improving his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Satan avoids the body shot from Yamokivic.
Satan tried to counter with a leg kick but Yamokivic avoided it.
Yamokivic takes one to the chin there.
Yamokivic leaves Satan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yamokivic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Satan.
Yamokivic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A lazy left from Satan finds it's target.
Satan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Satan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamokivic moves away.
Yamokivic throws an overhand right that lands on Satan's shoulder, as Satan tries to avoid the shot.
Satan tries to counter with a takedown but Yamokivic is quick to defend against it.
Satan is looking to wear down Yamokivic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jab from Yamokivic.
The crowd cheers as Satan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yamokivic doesn't seem phased though.
Jab from Satan.
Yamokivic moves out of range of the body kick from Satan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamokivic throws a lazy right hand but Satan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Satan blocks a head kick by Yamokivic.
Yamokivic misses with a hook. Satan ducked under it nicely.
Satan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Satan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Satan misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Satan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Damien Satan's cut.
That's time! Satan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Yamokivic looks to land a combination but Satan avoids it well.
Yamokivic walks into a left hand.
Yamokivic works Satan's body with a nice hook.
Satan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Satan throws a body punch but Yamokivic moves out of range.
Satan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yamokivic.
A looping hook to the body misses from Satan. Yamokivic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yamokivic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Satan is able to avoid easily.
Satan cracks Yamokivic with an open hand slap.
Yamokivic stuffs the takedown.
Yamokivic looks to land a right hand but Satan moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamokivic throws a hook to the side of Satan's head but Satan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A good leg kick by Yamokivic.
Yamokivic misses with an uppercut
and Satan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yamokivic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Satan was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamokivic.
Satan missing with a left hand there. Yamokivic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamokivic throws a lazy uppercut
and Satan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Satan throws a hook but Yamokivic blocks it.
Satan throws a body punch but Yamokivic moves out of range.
Yamokivic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Satan with a body shot.
Satan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Satan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Yamokivic sprawls well. Yamokivic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Satan gets slowly back to his feet.
Satan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yamokivic manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Yamokivic lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Yamokivic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Satan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satan 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.
Yamokivic trying to control but Satan is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Satan trying to keep a closed guard but Yamokivic is proving a slippery customer.
Satan is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satan is looking to sweep but instead, Yamokivic has passed into half guard.
Satan is pressing down on Yamokivic's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Satan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yamokivic trying to control but Satan is working from the bottom.
Yamokivic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yamokivic preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yamokivic is looking to work some ground and pound but Satan has wrist control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Yamokivic misses the jab.
It looked like Satan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Yamokivic.
Satan thows a leg kick but Yamokivic checks it
and Yamokivic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Satan just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamokivic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Satan.
Yamokivic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Satan under the eye.
Yamokivic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Satan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yamokivic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Satan just misses with a punch to the body.
Yamokivic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Satan jabs at Yamokivic's body.
Satan throws a looping overhand right but Yamokivic ducks down to avoid it.
Satan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yamokivic manages to avoid it.
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 Damien Satan.
I think Satan 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Damien Satan!
Damien Satan is the new lightweight champion!
A relieved looking Damien Satan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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