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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raja Abdullaev (ranked 3647 p4p, 467 weight class) and Evan Glascoe (ranked 9372 p4p, 783 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raja Abdullaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evan Glascoe!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glascoe blocks a leg kick.
Glascoe is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Glascoe gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Abdullaev.
We've been told by Abdullaev's head coaches at AK Beasties that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Abdullaev catches Glascoe with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Evan Glascoe has been cut.
Abdullaev has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Glascoe finds it's way round the side to connect with Abdullaev's head.
A swing and a miss from Glascoe.
Abdullaev lands a jab.
A slow jab from Abdullaev misses its intended target.
Glascoe connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Abdullaev's hands.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Glascoe has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Some bone on bone action there as Abdullaev checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Glascoe drops his hands momentarily and Abdullaev takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Glascoe rushes Abdullaev and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abdullaev scores with a nice hook to the head.
Abdullaev misses with some punches.
Glascoe takes a shot to the head.
Abdullaev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Glascoe swings wildly with an uppercut but Abdullaev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Glascoe working aggressively here.
Abdullaev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abdullaev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Glascoe looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullaev scores with a shoulder strike.
Glascoe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Glascoe wants to take the fight to the mat but Abdullaev manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Abdullaev misses with some punches.
Abdullaev misses with the head strike.
Abdullaev blocking some punches.
Glascoe is trying to stall.
Abdullaev is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Glascoe breaks from the clinch.
Abdullaev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Glascoe.
Abdullaev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Glascoe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdullaev. Glascoe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glascoe shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Abdullaev pinned against the cage. Abdullaev gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Abdullaev comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdullaev takes a swing at Glascoe's ribcage but misses.
Abdullaev throws a hook but Glascoe avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Glascoe.
Abdullaev is looking to counter punch.
Abdullaev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Abdullaev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Abdullaev.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glascoe moves to clinch but Abdullaev breaks away
enabling Abdullaev to counter with a crisp jab.
Abdullaev throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Abdullaev misses with a wild combination.
Glascoe closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Abdullaev quickly recovers to half guard.
Abdullaev manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Glascoe keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Abdullaev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abdullaev working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glascoe is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Raja Abdullaev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evan Glascoe.
Glascoe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Glascoe is looking to control Abdullaev's arms but Abdullaev gets an underhook and turns him. Now Glascoe has his back to the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Abdullaev has had enough of the clinch but Glascoe keeps him there for the moment.
Abdullaev lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Glascoe backwards.
Abdullaev prevents the takedown attempt.
Abdullaev lands with a short shot to the head.
Abdullaev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abdullaev misses with a punch to the body.
Glascoe misses with a punch on the inside.
Glascoe looking to slow down the pace here.
Glascoe blocks an uppercut.
Glascoe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abdullaev backwards.
Glascoe takes a shot to the head.
Glascoe is trying to pull guard but Abdullaev has him pressed against the cage.
Glascoe misses with a body punch.
Abdullaev lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Abdullaev.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Glascoe.
Abdullaev misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glascoe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Glascoe has had enough of the clinch but Abdullaev keeps him there for the moment.
Abdullaev is looking to control Glascoe's arms but Glascoe gets an underhook and turns him. Now Abdullaev has his back to the cage.
Abdullaev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abdullaev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Glascoe moves out of range as Abdullaev strikes.
Glascoe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abdullaev slaps away a takedown attempt from Glascoe, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Abdullaev was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Abdullaev dips to his left and cracks Glascoe with an uppercut!
Abdullaev misses with a hook. Glascoe ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abdullaev throws a hook to the side of Glascoe's head but Glascoe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Glascoe wants to counter the offense by Abdullaev and move into the clinch position.
Raja Abdullaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Abdullaev there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Glascoe moves out of range of the strikes.
Glascoe shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Abdullaev trying to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raja Abdullaev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evan Glascoe's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Glascoe scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Raja Abdullaev has been cut.
Abdullaev stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Abdullaev wants it to stay on the feet.
Glascoe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abdullaev.
Glascoe misses with a low kick as Abdullaev jumps back.
Abdullaev misses with a body shot.
Abdullaev takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Abdullaev throws a hook but Glascoe avoids it easily.
Abdullaev misses with a body shot.
Abdullaev misses with a low kick.
Glascoe tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Glascoe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abdullaev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abdullaev looks to land a right hand but Glascoe moved out of range.
Abdullaev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Glascoe throws a head kick that half lands.
Glascoe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters circling - Abdullaev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Glascoe lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glascoe closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Abdullaev did well to prevent Glascoe getting side control.
Abdullaev is trying to stand.
Glascoe is controlling the pace.
Abdullaev wants to control but Glascoe is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Evan Glascoe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Glascoe is trying to work for a kimura but Abdullaev is defending well.
Glascoe is pressing down on Abdullaev's thigh, looking to free his foot. Abdullaev is holding on for now.
Abdullaev tries to roll over but Glascoe keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdullaev is refusing to be controlled, as Glascoe sits in half guard.
Abdullaev is trying to stand up here but Glascoe is controlling him well.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Abdullaev swats away the attempt to clinch by Glascoe.
Abdullaev is looking to counter punch.
Abdullaev lands with a hook. Glascoe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Glascoe throws a leg kick which misses Abdullaev's front leg but catches the back leg as Abdullaev tries to avoid it.
Glascoe lands a leg kick that knocks Abdullaev off balance momentarily.
Glascoe misses with an uppercut.
Glascoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abdullaev.
Glascoe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Abdullaev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Raja Abdullaev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullaev throws out a loose jab but Glascoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abdullaev jabs at Glascoe's body.
Some wild striking there from Abdullaev.
Glascoe moves in looking to clinch but Abdullaev pushes him off.
Abdullaev throws a chopping leg kick but Glascoe manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Glascoe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abdullaev.
Abdullaev throws a shot from downtown. Glascoe moves away and avoids it.
Glascoe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Abdullaev.
Glascoe with the counter takedown but Abdullaev avoids it easily.
Raja Abdullaev is winning the standup battle so far.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Glascoe, right into the meat.
Abdullaev looks to land a right hand but Glascoe moved out of range.
Despite the aggression on Glascoe's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Glascoe throws a sloppy head kick and Abdullaev moves out of range easily.
Glascoe misses the shot to the body.
Glascoe gets tackled into the cage by Abdullaev. Abdullaev maintains the clinch.
Abdullaev misses with a punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Abdullaev tries to work over Glascoe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Abdullaev.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdullaev misses with some punches.
Glascoe lands a hook that snaps the head of Abdullaev backwards.
Abdullaev lands a right hand.
Abdullaev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Glascoe can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glascoe blocking some punches.
Glascoe is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Glascoe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Glascoe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Glascoe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Glascoe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Glascoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abdullaev.
Glascoe tries to counter with a clinch but Abdullaev shakes him off and moves away.
Glascoe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Abdullaev connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Glascoe tries to close the distance and clinch but Abdullaev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Glascoe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Abdullaev.
Glascoe rushes Abdullaev and presses him up against the cage.
Raja Abdullaev has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Glascoe breaks the clinch.
Abdullaev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Glascoe connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Abdullaev scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Evan Glascoe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Abdullaev. Glascoe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glascoe moves in looking to clinch but Abdullaev pushes him off.
Glascoe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Abdullaev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Glascoe can pounce on him.
Abdullaev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abdullaev on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Glascoe. Glascoe obviously looking to wear him down.
Glascoe shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Glascoe was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Glascoe wants to control but Abdullaev is keeping him busy.
Glascoe is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Abdullaev has escaped the position, nice work there.
Glascoe working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Abdullaev is looking to regain half guard here but Glascoe keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullaev is looking to get back to his feet here but Glascoe is keeping cool and he's managed to take Abdullaev's back.
Glascoe looking for the choke but no joy.
Well, with Glascoe on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Abdullaev is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Abdullaev wants to escape the position.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Glascoe controlling the positon.
Abdullaev has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Glascoe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdullaev is trying to get back to his feet but Glascoe has full control of the position and if anything, Abdullaev has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Abdullaev trying to control the position but Glascoe manages to sink in the hooks.
Abdullaev is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Glascoe is looking for the choke from the back position but Abdullaev is controlling his hands well.
Abdullaev is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Abdullaev covering up well under a series of strikes from Glascoe.
Abdullaev is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Glascoe gets his way!
Glascoe is riding his opponent, not letting Abdullaev buck him off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Glascoe manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Glascoe struggling to land strikes to the head as Abdullaev covers up.
Abdullaev is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Abdullaev is trying to get back to his feet but Glascoe has full control of the position and if anything, Abdullaev has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Glascoe controlling well, preventing Abdullaev from escaping the position.
Glascoe is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abdullaev is trying to stand back up.
Glascoe working for the choke.
Abdullaev is trying to break free.
Glascoe is looking for a rear naked choke here but Abdullaev reverses the position brilliantly into Glascoe's guard!
Abdullaev has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Abdullaev stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Glascoe swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Evan Glascoe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Glascoe 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Evan Glascoe!
A relieved looking Evan Glascoe 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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