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SPFT 68: PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Auu Rite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fredrick Wulfsburgh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wulfsburgh has chosen The Wolf Is Loose - Mastodon as his entrance music. 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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192 lbs
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Excellent MT
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Auu Rite!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fredrick Wulfsburgh!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rite cracks the inside of Wulfsburgh's front leg.
Rite lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wulfsburgh's sensitive parts.
A head kick by Rite misses
and Wulfsburgh counters with a stiff right hand.
Wulfsburgh falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rite counters with a straight right hand.
Rite fails to land with a series of punches.
Rite throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wulfsburgh.
Rite looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wulfsburgh misses with a low kick.
Rite motions for Wulfsburgh to come forward. Rite throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rite scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rite finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rite cracks Wulfsburgh with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wulfsburgh lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rite connects with an inside leg kick.
Rite takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Auu Rite has been cut.
Wulfsburgh lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rite throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rite is looking to chop away at Wulfsburgh's legs.
Rite lands with a nice body kick.
Wulfsburgh tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rite wants to land a leg kick but Wulfsburgh is out of range.
Wulfsburgh drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good leg kick by Rite there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wulfsburgh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rite can pounce on him.
Wulfsburgh scores with a hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Rite.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wulfsburgh blocks a head kick by Rite.
Rite misses with a low kick.
Rite throws a low kick but Wulfsburgh avoids it.
Rite looks to score with a jab to the body but Wulfsburgh is just out of range.
Wulfsburgh throws a hook to the side of Rite's head but Rite sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rite avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wulfsburgh sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rite is looking to chop away at Wulfsburgh's legs.
Wulfsburgh is looking to chop away at Rite's legs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Wulfsburgh crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rite - the referee stops the clock and Wulfsburgh gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rite. Wulfsburgh manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wulfsburgh looks winded!
Some bone on bone action there as Wulfsburgh checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wulfsburgh tried to score with a low kick but Rite checks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wulfsburgh checks a leg kick.
Rite lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Auu Rite seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wulfsburgh blocks the body kick.
Rite checks a leg kick nicely.
Wulfsburgh's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rite scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rite lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wulfsburgh takes a step back to recover.
Rite turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rite throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rite lands a nice hook to Wulfsburgh's body. Wulfsburgh takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rite plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sloppy strikes from Wulfsburgh. Those never looked like landing.
Decent striking displayed by Rite there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rite attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rite looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rite lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rite, right into the meat.
Rite throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rite misses with a double jab.
Wulfsburgh throws a series of strikes that have Rite backpedaling.
Rite will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rite throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rite scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wulfsburgh throws an overhand right that lands on Rite's shoulder, as Rite tries to avoid the shot.
Rite throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rite connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wulfsburgh throws a nice looking combination but Rite bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wulfsburgh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rite scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wulfsburgh moves out of range of the leg kick from Rite.
Rite dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wulfsburgh. That did some damage!
Rite attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rite throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rite smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wulfsburgh moves out of range as Rite throws a body kick.
Rite avoids the body shot from Wulfsburgh.
Rite fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wulfsburgh is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Auu Rite dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Auu Rite's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wulfsburgh blocks a head kick by Rite.
Wulfsburgh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rite moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rite.
Wulfsburgh throws an overhand right that lands on Rite's shoulder, as Rite tries to avoid the shot.
Wulfsburgh throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wulfsburgh lands a glancing blow to the side of Rite's head.
Rite scores with a punch to the head.
Wulfsburgh misses with a double jab
and Wulfsburgh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rite misses with a body kick.
Rite fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wulfsburgh has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wulfsburgh is breathing heavily.
Wulfsburgh attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rite thows a body kick. Wulfsburgh tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rite fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wulfsburgh checks it well.
Rite throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rite fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A big right from Wulfsburgh misses.
Wulfsburgh dips to his left and cracks Rite with an uppercut!
Rite throws a head kick but Wulfsburgh moves out of range.
Rite looks to score with a jab to the body but Wulfsburgh is just out of range.
Wulfsburgh is looking to land body kicks.
Wulfsburgh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rite moves away.
Wulfsburgh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rite moves out of range of the strikes.
Wulfsburgh rushes Rite and presses him up against the cage.
Wulfsburgh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wulfsburgh missing with knees to the body.
Wulfsburgh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rite is defending well for now.
Rite stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rite.
Rite is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wulfsburgh can do to turn this around?
Wulfsburgh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rite escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rite 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.
Wulfsburgh throws a head kick but Rite moves out of range.
Wulfsburgh has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rite.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wulfsburgh closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wulfsburgh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rite misses with a leg kick.
Rite scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Rite lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wulfsburgh doesn't seem phased though.
Rite tries a head kick but it misses.
Wulfsburgh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rite misses with a body kick.
Wulfsburgh takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rite fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wulfsburgh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rite can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rite lands a big head kick that sends Wulfsburgh tumbling to the mat! Rite takes a step backwards and waves Wulfsburgh back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wulfsburgh is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wulfsburgh tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wulfsburgh is still on wobbly legs! Can Rite finish him?
Wulfsburgh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rite can pounce on him.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Rite! Wulfsburgh is out on his feet! Rite rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Wulfsburgh is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Wulfsburgh is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Auu Rite!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wikus Van Der Merwe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Petrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aleksander Petrovich has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Wikus Van Der Merwe's chin.
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19
145 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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24
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Counter striker
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wikus Van Der Merwe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksander Petrovich!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Der Merwe looks to score with a jab to the body but Petrovich is just out of range.
Petrovich manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Van Der Merwe on his heels. He'll look to pass Van Der Merwe's guard now, I'm sure.
Van Der Merwe being controlled here, momentarily.
Petrovich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Van Der Merwe swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Petrovich is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Van Der Merwe trying to keep a closed guard but Petrovich is proving a slippery customer.
Petrovich gets to his feet - Van Der Merwe follows without any prompting.
Van Der Merwe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Petrovich fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Van Der Merwe tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrovich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Petrovich shoots in looking for a takedown but Van Der Merwe manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Petrovich's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Petrovich stuffs the takedown attempt from Van Der Merwe. Van Der Merwe gets slowly back to his feet.
Van Der Merwe avoids the head kick by Petrovich.
Petrovich shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Van Der Merwe but Van Der Merwe pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wikus Van Der Merwe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleksander Petrovich.
Van Der Merwe tries to clinch there but Petrovich circles away.
Petrovich looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Petrovich content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich prevents Van Der Merwe from improving his position.
Petrovich prevents Van Der Merwe from standing back up.
Petrovich looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Van Der Merwe gets full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Petrovich throws a strike but Van Der Merwe rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Van Der Merwe would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Petrovich really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Van Der Merwe. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Merwe is standing up over Petrovich. Petrovich looks to escape but Van Der Merwe dives into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Petrovich can't do much from the bottom here.
Van Der Merwe is looking to take a break and control but Petrovich is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Van Der Merwe decides to stand back up. Van Der Merwe steps back and let's Petrovich get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Petrovich.
Petrovich tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Van Der Merwe swivels and escapes.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Van Der Merwe looking to slow down the pace here.
Petrovich managing to block the knees to the body from Van Der Merwe.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Der Merwe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Der Merwe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Van Der Merwe seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Petrovich is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Aleksander Petrovich will probably get the nod.
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.
Van Der Merwe is looking to clinch.
Petrovich has a takedown stuffed.
Van Der Merwe tries to clinch up but Petrovich circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Der Merwe tries to clinch
and Petrovich counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Petrovich.
Van Der Merwe wants to stand up but Petrovich is controlling him.
Van Der Merwe looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Petrovich with a nice head shot there.
Van Der Merwe is looking to stand up but Petrovich isn't so interested in that idea.
Aleksander Petrovich has got the better of the ground game so far.
Petrovich sitting in guard here, content to control.
Petrovich won't allow Van Der Merwe to sweep him here.
Petrovich postures up and lands a big shot to Van Der Merwe's brow.
Petrovich controlling from the top position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Petrovich looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Petrovich was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Van Der Merwe tries to lock up and control but Petrovich gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Petrovich lands a heavy elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Der Merwe tries to hold on but Petrovich postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Der Merwe wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich controlling from mount.
Van Der Merwe is bucking up trying to escape but Petrovich cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Petrovich controlling the pace for now.
Van Der Merwe regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Merwe trying to control here.
Petrovich is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Van Der Merwe sees it coming and defends easily.
Van Der Merwe wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksander Petrovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Petrovich shoots for a double leg takedown but Van Der Merwe sprawls well. He's pushed Petrovich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Petrovich drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Petrovich must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Van Der Merwe wants to sweep but no luck.
Van Der Merwe looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Van Der Merwe wants to get back to his feet but Petrovich is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Van Der Merwe is trying to control the position but Petrovich postures up.
Petrovich stops Van Der Merwe from standing up.
Petrovich's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Van Der Merwe wants to get back to his feet but Petrovich is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Van Der Merwe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Petrovich moves into the clinch.
Petrovich is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Van Der Merwe gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Petrovich blocks an elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Van Der Merwe is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Wikus Van Der Merwe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aleksander Petrovich.
Petrovich has Van Der Merwe pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Van Der Merwe manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Petrovich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Petrovich prevents a body shot from Van Der Merwe.
Van Der Merwe tries to stall but Petrovich uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Van Der Merwe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Petrovich is defending well for now.
Petrovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Der Merwe lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Merwe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Petrovich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Petrovich fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Van Der Merwe avoids it really well and circles away.
Van Der Merwe moves in looking to clinch but Petrovich pushes him off.
Van Der Merwe doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrovich circles away.
Petrovich keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Der Merwe wants to clinch but Petrovich slips to the side
so Petrovich counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrovich is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Petrovich throws an elbow that misses. Van Der Merwe uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Petrovich's guard. Nice move by Van Der Merwe!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrovich scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Van Der Merwe moves to clinch but Petrovich breaks away
and Petrovich counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Petrovich throws a big right hand that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Van Der Merwe is on top in guard.
Petrovich is looking to stand up but Van Der Merwe isn't so interested in that idea.
Van Der Merwe would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Merwe passes Petrovich's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Der Merwe is looking for a kimura but Petrovich is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Van Der Merwe to get the leverage.
Petrovich punching from the bottom.
Petrovich tries to kick Van Der Merwe off but Van Der Merwe keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Der Merwe gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Wikus Van Der Merwe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aleksander Petrovich is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Van Der Merwe misses with a two punch combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksander Petrovich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Petrovich 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksander Petrovich!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh McRoberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papadopoulos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Robocop Theme by Basil Polidouris. Josh McRoberts has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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32
265 lbs
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28
266 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josh McRoberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Papadopoulos misses.
Papadopoulos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Papadopoulos throws a combination that misses
and McRoberts counters with a nice leg kick.
Papadopoulos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McRoberts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Papadopoulos tries to bum rush McRoberts with a series of wild strikes but McRoberts uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Papadopoulos fails to land with a series of punches.
Papadopoulos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice shot lands for McRoberts.
McRoberts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Papadopoulos throws a right and a left that McRoberts avoids nicely.
Papadopoulos looks to land a combination but McRoberts avoids it well.
Papadopoulos misses with a combination
and McRoberts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Papadopoulos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McRoberts counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Papadopoulos looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papadopoulos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Papadopoulos misses with a wild combination.
McRoberts misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Papadopoulos misses.
Good shot there by McRoberts.
McRoberts misses with a series of wild punches.
McRoberts throws a series of punches but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Papadopoulos on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
McRoberts cracks Papadopoulos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Papadopoulos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Papadopoulos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
No joy there for McRoberts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McRoberts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Papadopoulos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McRoberts lands a nice looking body kick.
Papadopoulos dodges the punch combination from McRoberts.
McRoberts gets a double leg takedown into Papadopoulos's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Papadopoulos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Papadopoulos wants to stand but McRoberts is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McRoberts postures up.
McRoberts drops back looking for a leg! Papadopoulos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Papadopoulos manages to kick McRoberts off! McRoberts jumps back into Papadopoulos's guard.
Papadopoulos can't keep his opponent in guard - McRoberts advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McRoberts.
McRoberts lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Papadopoulos pushes McRoberts off looking to stand but McRoberts dives back in and keeps control.
McRoberts is nestled in close to Papadopoulos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
McRoberts is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
McRoberts prevents Papadopoulos from standing back up.
Papadopoulos trying to hold on to McRoberts's head to control him but McRoberts postures up.
McRoberts is looking to advance position but Papadopoulos won't allow it.
McRoberts is working for a submission of some sort.
McRoberts is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McRoberts stops Papadopoulos from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McRoberts is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Papadopoulos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McRoberts is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Papadopoulos sees it coming and defends easily.
McRoberts is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Papadopoulos defends it well.
Papadopoulos is trying to stand up here but McRoberts is controlling him well.
McRoberts is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Papadopoulos can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McRoberts stops Papadopoulos from getting back to his feet.
Papadopoulos wants to improve his position but McRoberts is controlling well.
Papadopoulos gets back to full guard.
McRoberts prevents Papadopoulos from getting back to his feet.
Papadopoulos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McRoberts postures up in Papadopoulos's guard and throws a big left but Papadopoulos blocks it.
McRoberts working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McRoberts won't allow Papadopoulos to get back to his feet.
McRoberts throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papadopoulos uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Papadopoulos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McRoberts.
Ghiorghos Papadopoulos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McRoberts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McRoberts dodges the punch combination from Papadopoulos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh McRoberts dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Papadopoulos throws a left and a right that both miss
and McRoberts counters with a slapping leg kick.
McRoberts lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Josh McRoberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Papadopoulos misses with a two punch combination.
Papadopoulos misses with a few strikes there.
McRoberts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for McRoberts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Papadopoulos misses with a double jab
and McRoberts counters with a good, hard body kick but Papadopoulos shrugs it off.
McRoberts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Papadopoulos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Papadopoulos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McRoberts plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papadopoulos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Papadopoulos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ghiorghos Papadopoulos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McRoberts scores with a kick to the body.
McRoberts works Papadopoulos's body with a nice hook.
Papadopoulos is breathing heavily.
McRoberts throws a combination. Papadopoulos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
McRoberts lands with a nice body kick.
McRoberts scores with a kick to the midsection.
McRoberts feints and as Papadopoulos raises his hands in defense, McRoberts changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McRoberts thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
McRoberts trying to control but Papadopoulos is working from the bottom.
McRoberts passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Papadopoulos is not content to let McRoberts control the position.
McRoberts is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Papadopoulos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
McRoberts trying to control the position but Papadopoulos is working away.
McRoberts tries to score with some ground and pound. Papadopoulos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Papadopoulos pushes McRoberts away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, McRoberts gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
McRoberts throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McRoberts is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Papadopoulos has escaped the position, nice work there.
Josh McRoberts overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McRoberts working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Papadopoulos tries to bench press McRoberts off him but McRoberts keeps the position.
McRoberts is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Papadopoulos knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McRoberts trying to control the position but Papadopoulos is working away.
Papadopoulos is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, McRoberts asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McRoberts is trying to get an arm triangle but Papadopoulos is defending well.
Papadopoulos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Papadopoulos struggling a bit here.
McRoberts throws a strike aimed at the side of Papadopoulos's head but Papadopoulos avoids it well.
McRoberts thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Papadopoulos manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
McRoberts manages to get to full guard.
Papadopoulos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
McRoberts 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.
McRoberts working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Papadopoulos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Papadopoulos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papadopoulos throws an elbow that misses. McRoberts uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Papadopoulos's guard. Nice move by McRoberts!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos wants to stand but McRoberts is controlling the position.
Papadopoulos wants to sweep but no luck.
Papadopoulos wants to stand up but McRoberts is controlling him.
Papadopoulos is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
McRoberts thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
McRoberts trying to control but Papadopoulos is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McRoberts throwing strikes from guard but Papadopoulos blocks nicely.
Papadopoulos can't keep his opponent in guard - McRoberts advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh McRoberts dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Papadopoulos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McRoberts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Papadopoulos can do to turn this around?
McRoberts scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Papadopoulos doesn't seem bothered though.
Papadopoulos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McRoberts.
Papadopoulos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Papadopoulos has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from McRoberts.
Papadopoulos dodges the punch combination from McRoberts.
McRoberts pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Papadopoulos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McRoberts counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
McRoberts looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McRoberts misses with a series of wild punches.
McRoberts connects with a solid leg kick.
McRoberts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Papadopoulos does no damage.
Both fighters circling a little - McRoberts finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A punch combination from McRoberts misses.
Papadopoulos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McRoberts scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a right and a left that McRoberts avoids nicely.
Papadopoulos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McRoberts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Papadopoulos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice straight punches there by McRoberts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McRoberts.
A punch combination from Papadopoulos misses.
Jab, jab by McRoberts - just one landing.
Papadopoulos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Papadopoulos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Papadopoulos swinging wildly here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McRoberts misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from McRoberts. Those never looked like landing.
Papadopoulos fails to land with a series of punches.
McRoberts dodges the punch combination from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Papadopoulos slips a jab and a cross from McRoberts.
McRoberts fails to land with a series of punches.
Ghiorghos Papadopoulos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McRoberts lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Josh McRoberts is winning the standup battle so far.
Papadopoulos throws a left and a right that both miss
and McRoberts counters with a head kick. That will keep Papadopoulos thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McRoberts circles away quickly and effectively.
McRoberts thows a body kick. Papadopoulos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Papadopoulos throws a left and a right that both miss
and McRoberts counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McRoberts scores with a three punch combo!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Papadopoulos enables McRoberts to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Papadopoulos manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
McRoberts drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and McRoberts jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Papadopoulos trying to control the position.
McRoberts 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.
McRoberts in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Papadopoulos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McRoberts throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McRoberts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Papadopoulos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
McRoberts stopping the sweep attempt from Papadopoulos.
McRoberts is working Papadopoulos over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McRoberts sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Papadopoulos's guard.
Papadopoulos trying to control from the bottom.
McRoberts is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Papadopoulos has managed to free his arm - good work.
McRoberts is looking for a kimura but Papadopoulos is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for McRoberts to get the leverage.
McRoberts looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Papadopoulos is looking to control McRoberts's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Papadopoulos avoid being mounted?
McRoberts is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos looks like he's trying to stand up.
McRoberts seems to be looking for submissions.
Papadopoulos trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Papadopoulos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McRoberts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papadopoulos is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Papadopoulos is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, McRoberts has taken his back.
Papadopoulos is really stuck here.
Josh McRoberts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Papadopoulos looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
McRoberts is cranking Papadopoulos's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Papadopoulos! He's tightened the choke and Papadopoulos is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Josh McRoberts!
A very excited looking Josh McRoberts made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Christopher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Handsome B Wonderful (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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28
178 lbs
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185 lbs
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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
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bryan Christopher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Handsome B Wonderful!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wonderful avoids the head kick by Christopher.
Wonderful is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Christopher.
Wonderful throws a right and a left that both miss.
Christopher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wonderful misses with an uppercut
and Christopher counters by clinching up.
Wonderful blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Christopher obliges.
Christopher tries a knee to the head but Wonderful blocks it.
Wonderful managing to block the knees to the body from Christopher.
Wonderful struggles to land a body shot inside as Christopher controls his hands.
Wonderful tries to throw a body punch but Christopher avoids it by throwing Wonderful back against the cage.
Wonderful lands a body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Christopher.
Wonderful lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wonderful is trying to maintain a safe position but Christopher gets an underhook and turns Wonderful into the cage.
Christopher lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wonderful managing to block the knees to the body from Christopher.
Wonderful is looking to control Christopher's arms but Christopher gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wonderful has his back to the cage.
Wonderful goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Wonderful.
Wonderful just leaning against Christopher, taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Wonderful.
A short body shot lands from Wonderful as the two fighters clinch.
Christopher missing with knees to the body.
Christopher looking to throw knees to the head but Wonderful is blocking nicely.
Christopher landing knees to the head.
Wonderful lands with a left to the head.
Christopher misses with a knee to the head.
Christopher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wonderful is defending well for now.
Wonderful stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Christopher is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Christopher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wonderful blocks it with crossed arms.
Christopher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wonderful has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wonderful lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wonderful.
Christopher wants to break free but Wonderful has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christopher misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Christopher.
Wonderful tries to work over Christopher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christopher throws a knee to the head but misses.
Christopher connects with a knee to the head.
Wonderful misses with a punch to the body.
Wonderful lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Christopher or not.
Christopher connects with a knee to the head.
Wonderful stalling the fight.
Wonderful lands a nice shot to the body.
Wonderful is looking to take this one to the mat.
Christopher trying to stall but Wonderful improves his position.
Wonderful tries for a takedown. No joy.
Christopher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wonderful.
Wonderful can't find room to land a body shot as Christopher controls the action.
Christopher has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wonderful on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Christopher pushes Wonderful back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christopher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Christopher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wonderful blocks it with crossed arms.
Wonderful on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wonderful taking a breather.
Christopher tries a knee to the head but Wonderful blocks it.
Christopher misses with a knee strike.
Wonderful takes a knee right on the jaw!
Christopher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good body shot from Wonderful.
Wonderful scores with a hook to the body.
Christopher is breathing heavily.
Wonderful managing to block the knees to the body from Christopher.
Wonderful working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Christopher tries to land a knee to the head but Wonderful blocks with his arms.
Wonderful on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Wonderful.
Christopher blocks a body shot from Wonderful.
Christopher stalling in the clinch but Wonderful improves position.
Wonderful blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wonderful misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wonderful has picked Christopher up - he's going for a ride! Wonderful dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into 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!
Wonderful looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Christopher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Wonderful looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Christopher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christopher keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wonderful lands a nice short elbow.
Christopher tries to roll over but Wonderful keeps him under control.
Wonderful lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wonderful is keen to just control but Christopher is a slippery customer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wonderful missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Handsome B Wonderful dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Wonderful lands a nice hook to Christopher's body. Christopher takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wonderful throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Christopher counters with a nice body kick.
Christopher avoids the body shot from Wonderful.
Wonderful connects with a good right hand that stumbles Christopher. Christopher circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wonderful misses with a left hand
and Christopher counters with a big head kick but Wonderful shrugs it off.
Christopher is looking to clinch.
Jab, jab by Wonderful - just one landing.
Christopher is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christopher gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Wonderful points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Christopher wakes up just in time to hear Wonderful thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Handsome B Wonderful!
Our winner, Handsome B Wonderful, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Gaffney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kon Sai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sai has chosen Made In Thailand as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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24
164 lbs
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162 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jamie Gaffney!
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, Kon Sai!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sai goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gaffney throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Sai tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gaffney is in Sai's guard.
Gaffney has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gaffney throwing strikes but missing.
Gaffney trying to control but Sai is working from the bottom.
Gaffney controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sai working a defensive guard here.
Gaffney has gone for a leg lock! Sai slips out almost immediately though and dives into Gaffney's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaffney manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sai manages to get himself to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gaffney accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sai pulls Gaffney in close to prevent any damage.
Sai avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sai is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gaffney throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaffney won't allow Sai to sweep him here.
Sai working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gaffney.
Sai looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gaffney throwing strikes from guard but Sai blocks nicely.
Sai looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gaffney is one step ahead there.
Gaffney pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sai is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sai has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gaffney stops Sai from standing up.
Sai has Gaffney pulled in close to control his posture.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Kon Sai hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Gaffney swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gaffney throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sai counters by clinching up.
Sai is trying to pull guard but Gaffney turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gaffney shoots in for a takedown but Sai shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sai has a takedown stuffed.
Gaffney bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gaffney scoring with punches and elbows.
Sai is letting Gaffney control him for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sai pushes Gaffney away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gaffney gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Sai is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Gaffney dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gaffney throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gaffney manages to avoid it.
Jamie Gaffney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gaffney fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gaffney was well out of range. Poor timing from Sai.
Sai wants to clinch up but Gaffney keeps it at a distance.
Sai tries to clinch but Gaffney moves out of range.
Gaffney shoots in for a takedown but Sai shows good takedown defense.
Sai throws a leg kick that misses.
Gaffney scores with a nice strike.
Gaffney avoids a kick to the body.
Gaffney throws a series of strikes that have Sai backpedaling.
Gaffney cracks Sai with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai tries to close the distance and clinch but Gaffney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gaffney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sai misses with a low kick as Gaffney jumps back.
Gaffney shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sai as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamie Gaffney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gaffney gets a takedown into half guard.
Gaffney thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sai's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sai regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jamie Gaffney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sai keeping moving, preventing Gaffney from controlling successfully.
Gaffney trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gaffney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sai 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.
Sai keeping full guard, as Gaffney tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gaffney accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaffney is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sai trying to keep a closed guard but Gaffney is proving a slippery customer.
Gaffney is looking to work some ground and pound but Sai has wrist control.
Gaffney throws an elbow that misses. Sai uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gaffney's guard. Nice move by Sai!
Gaffney is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sai drops back looking for a leg! Gaffney is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gaffney manages to kick Sai off! Sai jumps back into Gaffney's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sai wants to control from the top but Gaffney keeps moving.
Gaffney wants to sweep here but Sai controlling him for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sai tries to stand but Gaffney is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Gaffney dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sai slips under a jab from Gaffney.
Sai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gaffney connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sai momentarily.
Gaffney shoots for a takedown but Sai saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gaffney.
Gaffney swats away the attempt to clinch by Sai.
Gaffney shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamie Gaffney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sai wants to clinch but Gaffney slips to the side
and Gaffney counters with a nice uppercut.
Gaffney misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai tries to clinch but Gaffney moves out of range.
Sai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gaffney paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gaffney shoots in looking for a takedown. Sai tries to sprawl out of it but Gaffney keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sai manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sai lands a head shot.
Gaffney misses with a takedown attempt - Sai sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sai instigates a clinch.
Jamie Gaffney is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gaffney takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Sai being controlled against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gaffney's brow.
Kon Sai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sai being controlled against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Sai.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Sai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gaffney shoots in looking for a takedown but Sai manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gaffney's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gaffney backs up against the cage.
Sai looks to clinch
and Sai takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jab, jab by Gaffney - just one landing.
Gaffney throws a series of punches but Sai avoids them all with ease.
Sai tries to clinch there but Gaffney circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gaffney shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sai as he avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kon Sai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gaffney throws a combination. Sai tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gaffney misses the shot to the body.
Gaffney lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gaffney.
Sai shoots in but Gaffney avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sai misses with an attempted mid kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gaffney.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sai closes the distance but Gaffney moves to the side
and Gaffney counters with a one-two to the body.
Sai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gaffney moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kon Sai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gaffney 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Gaffney!
A very excited looking Jamie Gaffney made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trey Dakota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Wotton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trey Dakota has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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184 lbs
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180 lbs
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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
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trey Dakota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Wotton!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dakota works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dakota cracks Wotton with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A head kick misses from Dakota.
Dakota really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dakota with a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Wotton blocks the leg kick.
Dakota misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wotton is defended easily by Dakota.
Dakota swings for the body but Wotton moves out of range.
Wotton tries for a takedown but Dakota sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dakota lands a head shot.
Dakota connects with a body shot.
Wotton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Dakota.
Wotton blocks a jab.
Wotton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dakota misses with a straight left.
Dakota lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Trey Dakota seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dakota lands a lovely overhand right.
Wotton is rocked!
Wotton drops his hands for a split second and Dakota immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Wotton face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Dakota follows up with a right hand that knocks Wotton into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Trey Dakota!
After the big win, Trey Dakota made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denard Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kid Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: (Ugly kid joe) Everything about you. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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
13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denard Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kid Joe!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe blocks a jab.
Joe throws a front kick that sends Black stumbling back into the cage.
Black avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Joe misses with a looping left.
Black lands with a nice combination. Joe backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Kid Joe has been cut.
Black slips under a jab.
Black doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Black cracks Joe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Joe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black misses with a wild combination.
Black throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Black scores with a crisp jab that stopped Joe in his tracks.
Joe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Black, pushing him back against the cage.
Joe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joe lands an uppercut.
Joe swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Black blocking some punches.
Joe swings wildly with an uppercut but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.
Black blocking some punches.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Black wants to break the clinch but can't.
Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joe throws a solid leg kick but Black takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Joe.
Black staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joe misses with a body shot.
Joe lands a jab to Black's midsection.
Joe closes the distance looking to clinch
and Black counters with a stiff right hand.
Joe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joe closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Joe lands in his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Joe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Joe postures up in Black's guard and throws a big left but Black blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe stays in close to Black's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joe wants to stand but Black has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Black is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Joe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Black.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joe.
Joe misses with a punch to the body.
Black escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joe slips a jab and a cross from Black.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Black.
A jab from Joe misses.
Kid Joe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Black moves away.
Joe lands a front kick.
Joe throws a lazy uppercut
and Black counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joe moves away.
Black smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Black takes a swing at Joe's ribcage but misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Joe lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Black has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Black and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Black connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joe scoring well with a low kick there.
Joe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Joe jabs at Black's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kid Joe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kid Joe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Joe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Black is able to avoid easily.
Joe throws a lazy right hand but Black sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Black with a jab.
Black misses the body punch
and Joe counters with an outside leg kick.
Joe wants to clinch up but Black keeps it at a distance.
Joe doesn't manage to clinch there - Black circles away.
Black looks to land a right hand but Joe moved out of range.
Joe closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Black quickly recovers to half guard.
Black is trying to stand back up but Joe is controlling him
Joe is nestled in close to Black, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black blocking the ground and pound attempt from Joe.
Joe trying to control the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black wants to get back to his feet.
Joe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Joe looks to land a strike but Black avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Black is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Joe is controlling him.
Joe wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
Joe looking to sit in guard and control but Black gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Joe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Black throws a looping overhand right but Joe ducks down to avoid it.
Black is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Black misses with an uppercut.
Black is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A punch combination from Black misses.
Joe scores with a shot to the body.
Joe misses with an uppercut. Black saw that one coming.
Black tries to keep at a distance but Joe has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joe misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Joe throws a punch but it's blocked by Black.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joe tries a body shot but Black blocks it.
Black pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Black.
Black takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Black manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Black.
Black misses with a double jab.
Joe is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Black rather than just go for the knockout.
Black moves away from the strike by Joe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black misses with a jab, cross combination.
Black gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Joe to score an easy takedown into full 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!
Joe throws an elbow that misses. Black uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Joe's guard. Nice move by Black!
Black decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Joe, up you get!
Black misses the jab.
Black lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black throws a body punch but Joe moves out of range.
Black misses with the combination.
Black checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kid Joe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kid Joe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Black throws a poor cross that misses
and Joe counters with a nice uppercut.
Denard Black is winning the standup battle so far.
Black lands a really nice looking cross but Joe seems unphased.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joe.
Black dips to his left and cracks Joe with an uppercut!
Joe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joe looks to land a right hand but Black moved out of range.
Joe darts in and clinches Black up against the cage.
Joe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joe scores with a shoulder strike.
Joe misses with a punch on the inside.
Joe misses with the head strike.
Joe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Black's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Black.
That has opened up Kid Joe's cut even more.
Joe throws a right and a left that Black avoids nicely.
Joe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joe clinches up with Black and pushes him back against the cage.
Black is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Black blocks a body shot from Joe.
Black blocking some punches.
Joe working aggressively here.
Joe throws a head punch that misses.
Black wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Black.
Joe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joe keeps control of Black as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Joe fails to land.
Joe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Black's efforts to push away.
Black breaks from the clinch.
Denard Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Black misses with a wild body shot.
Joe fails to land with a series of punches.
Joe avoids a punch combination nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black misses with a wild combination.
Joe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Black manages to avoid it.
Joe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Black sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Joe throws a nice looking combination but Black bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jab from Black.
Joe lands with an uppercut that bounces Black off the cage and back into range.
Joe throws a leg kick which misses Black's front leg but catches the back leg as Black tries to avoid it.
Denard Black is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Joe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Black looks to land a left hand but Joe moved out of range nicely.
Joe moves to clinch but Black breaks away
and Black connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Joe misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Black fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Black takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Black waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joe.
Denard Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Black takes a swing at Joe's ribcage but misses.
Joe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Black manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Black misses with a combination
and Joe counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joe darts in trying to clinch
and Joe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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 Denard Black.
I think Joe 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ground Guru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kesuke Miyagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guru comes to the cage accompanied by Linkin Park - Burning In The Skies. Miyagi has chosen Your'e The Best Around as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kesuke Miyagi will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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142 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ground Guru!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kesuke Miyagi!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miyagi clinches.
Miyagi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Guru tries to pull guard but Miyagi won't allow it.
Guru being controlled against the cage.
Guru is trying to pull guard but Miyagi has him pressed against the cage.
Miyagi is pressed up against the cage. Guru has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Miyagi down to the mat. Miyagi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ground Guru. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miyagi looks to land a body kick but Guru moved away.
Miyagi rushes Guru and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Guru looking for a takedown.
Come on Miyagi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Miyagi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guru is defending well for now.
Guru managing to block the knees to the body from Miyagi.
Miyagi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi'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.
Guru tries for a takedown. No joy.
Miyagi just leaning against Guru, taking a breather.
Guru is trying to pull guard but Miyagi turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Miyagi leaning against his opponent.
Guru blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Miyagi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Guru is trying to drag Miyagi to the mat but Miyagi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Miyagi prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guru has Miyagi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Miyagi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Miyagi leaning against his opponent.
The crowd are getting on Miyagi's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kesuke Miyagi.
Miyagi throws a head kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Miyagi.
Miyagi clinches up against the cage.
Miyagi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Miyagi tries to land knees in the clinch but Guru avoids the damage to the body.
Guru can't get the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi tries to land a knee to the head but Guru blocks with his arms.
Guru tries to score a body lock takedown but Miyagi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Miyagi controlling the action here for a moment.
Guru has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Miyagi regains guard immediately.
Miyagi is looking to stand up but Guru isn't so interested in that idea.
Guru thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Guru stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Miyagi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Miyagi wants to sweep but no luck.
Miyagi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guru drops back looking for a leg! Miyagi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Miyagi manages to kick Guru off! Guru jumps back into Miyagi's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miyagi looking for a sweep. Not yet Miyagi, not yet.
Guru drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Miyagi dives on top into guard.
Guru looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miyagi is looking to stand up but Guru won't let him.
Guru looking to hit a scissor sweep but Miyagi is one step ahead there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guru looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kesuke Miyagi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Guru takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Miyagi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Miyagi looks for the body kick but Guru saw that one coming.
Miyagi tries to clinch there but Guru circles away.
An inside leg kick from Miyagi misses.
Miyagi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Guru's calf.
Miyagi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Guru has a takedown stuffed.
Miyagi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Guru's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi leaves Guru with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Miyagi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Guru if he has to take too many more of those.
Guru tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Guru gets tackled into the cage by Miyagi. Miyagi maintains the clinch.
Miyagi effectively controlling the action here.
Miyagi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Guru is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Miyagi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ground Guru. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miyagi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Ground Guru has been cut.
Guru fails to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi is pushing Guru up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Miyagi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guru blocks it with crossed arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Miyagi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kesuke Miyagi.
Miyagi tries to work over Guru's front leg with a kick but Guru checks it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Miyagi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Guru checks a leg kick.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Miyagi enables Guru to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Miyagi manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Guru preventing the sweep.
Guru drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Guru jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Miyagi pushes Guru off and scrambles back to his feet.
Miyagi misses with a head kick.
No luck for Guru with that takedown attempt.
Guru circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guru avoids the head kick by Miyagi.
Guru shoots and misses
and Miyagi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Guru looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Miyagi takes the fight into the clinch.
Miyagi working Guru over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miyagi'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.
Miyagi trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guru jumps guard but Miyagi turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kesuke Miyagi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ground Guru's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Miyagi tries a head kick but it misses.
Guru throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Miyagi tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Guru is in Miyagi's guard.
Guru trying to control the position from guard on top but Miyagi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Guru got a little sloppy there for a moment and Miyagi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Guru has managed to get both his arms back between Miyagi's legs - danger averted.
Guru won't allow Miyagi to sweep him here.
Guru thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Miyagi is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guru pulls Miyagi in to control the position.
Miyagi wanted to stand there but Guru had control of the position.
Guru 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 one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi kicks off Guru and gets to his feet.
Miyagi lands a leg kick that knocks Guru off balance momentarily.
Guru misses with a takedown
and Miyagi counters with a good low kick that Guru was not able to check.
Miyagi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Miyagi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Guru with a lazy takedown attempt
and Miyagi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miyagi scoring well with a low kick there.
Miyagi motions for Guru to come forward. Miyagi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Guru on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guru fails with the takedown
and Miyagi counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ground Guru. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guru with a lazy takedown attempt
and Miyagi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Guru is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kesuke Miyagi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Miyagi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Miyagi scores with a leg kick.
Guru is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Miyagi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Miyagi throws a leg kick which misses Guru's front leg but catches the back leg as Guru tries to avoid it.
Guru moves out of range of the body kick.
Miyagi cracks the inside of Guru's front leg.
Miyagi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Miyagi thumps Guru with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Miyagi.
Miyagi instigates a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Miyagi obliges.
Miyagi lands a good knee to the midsection. Guru won't want to take too many of those.
Miyagi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Guru jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Miyagi walks away with a smile on his face. Guru gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guru shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Miyagi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Guru dives in and grabs Miyagi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Miyagi pushes down on Guru's head and hops out.
Miyagi clinches up with Guru and pushes him back against the cage.
Guru avoiding damage as Miyagi throws knees to the body.
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!
Guru on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Miyagi scores a nice knee to the body.
Miyagi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Guru has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Miyagi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Guru letting Miyagi take a breather here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Miyagi scores a nice knee to the body.
Miyagi controlling the action here for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kesuke Miyagi really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ground Guru's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Guru circles away from the clinch attempt.
Guru checks a low kick from Miyagi.
A good leg kick by Miyagi.
Guru misses with a takedown
and Miyagi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Miyagi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Guru's sensitive parts.
Miyagi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guru paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miyagi closes the distance and pushes Guru back into the cage.
Miyagi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Guru up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Miyagi obliges.
Guru on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kesuke Miyagi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Guru gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Miyagi wants to improve his position but Guru is controlling well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Miyagi kicks Guru off and gets back to his feet.
Ground Guru is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Miyagi, right into the meat.
Miyagi throws a push kick but Guru slaps the foot to one side.
Miyagi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guru shoots in for a takedown but Miyagi shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Miyagi scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miyagi has closed the distance and engaged Guru in a clinch.
Miyagi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Guru tries to pull guard but Miyagi forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ground Guru. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miyagi landing knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
The referee is keeping an eye on Miyagi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Guru can't get the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guru is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Miyagi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Miyagi landing knees to the body.
Miyagi stalling against the cage.
Miyagi continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Guru jumps guard but Miyagi stands there with Guru around his waist. Guru gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Miyagi missing with knees to the body.
Miyagi prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guru changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Miyagi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Miyagi is looking to land body kicks.
Miyagi doesn't manage to clinch there - Guru circles away.
Guru shoots in and gets a takedown into Miyagi's guard.
Guru postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Miyagi is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Guru, into his guard.
Guru looking for a sweep. Not yet Guru, not yet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Miyagi would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Guru had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Miyagi defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kesuke Miyagi dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ground Guru's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Miyagi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guru swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guru fails with the takedown
and Miyagi counters with a good low kick that Guru was not able to check.
Miyagi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Guru will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Miyagi tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Guru counters with a shoot takedown. Miyagi fights it but they end up in guard.
Guru drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Guru jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Miyagi wants to sweep here but Guru controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guru postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Miyagi kicks Guru off and gets to his feet.
Miyagi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Guru.
Guru blocks a head kick by Miyagi.
Miyagi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Miyagi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Guru has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Guru and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Guru fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Miyagi sprawls well initially but Guru persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Miyagi pushes Guru off looking to stand but Guru dives back in and keeps control.
Miyagi is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Guru takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Guru is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Miyagi tries to get to full guard but Guru has control of the leg.
Ground Guru has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miyagi is trying to stand.
Miyagi is looking for a sweep. Guru is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Miyagi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Guru prevents Miyagi from getting back to his feet.
Guru scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Guru advances to half guard.
Miyagi tries to kick Guru off but Guru keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Guru is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Miyagi sees it coming and defends easily.
Guru is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Guru is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Miyagi has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi moves into full guard.
Guru drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Guru jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Guru postures up and lands a big shot to Miyagi's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Guru accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Guru looking to pass the guard.
Guru postures up in Miyagi's guard and throws a big left but Miyagi blocks it.
Miyagi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Miyagi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Guru defends it easily.
Guru slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Guru is looking to improve his position.
Guru trying to control from the bottom.
Ground Guru overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
It looks like Miyagi is going to stand back up.
Miyagi is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Guru is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Miyagi pulls his head out easily.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guru misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Guru is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Miyagi pulls his head out easily.
Guru looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ground Guru showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Miyagi 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 46:49
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 46:49
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kesuke Miyagi! Kesuke Miyagi retains his bantamweight title!
A victorious Kesuke Miyagi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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