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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucky Pembrook (ranked 4074 p4p, 3961 weight class) and Matias Virtanen (ranked 180 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucky Pembrook could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matias Virtanen's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lucky Pembrook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matias Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pembrook shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Virtanen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pembrook waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Virtanen.
Pembrook looking to score a takedown here. Virtanen is defending well but Pembrook drives through and ends up in Virtanen's guard.
Pembrook is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Pembrook working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pembrook looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pembrook tries to free his leg and advance position but Virtanen is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pembrook passes Virtanen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Pembrook sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Virtanen wants to control but Pembrook is keeping busy.
Virtanen tries to roll over but Pembrook keeps him under control.
Pembrook moves into full mount! Virtanen won't be happy about that!
Virtanen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pembrook. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pembrook controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pembrook is working for a guillotine from mount but Virtanen frees his head quite easily.
Pembrook sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pembrook unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pembrook has control of Virtanen's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Virtanen regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Pembrook looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pembrook wants to finish this one by submission but Virtanen is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Pembrook.
Pembrook sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pembrook thowing shots but they're missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pembrook throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pembrook looking to finish with strikes here!
Pembrook looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pembrook misses with a head shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pembrook lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lucky Pembrook dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pembrook scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pembrook takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pembrook stands up out of the half guard.
Pembrook decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pembrook is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Virtanen has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pembrook is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Virtanen sees it coming and defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pembrook is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pembrook stalling.
Pembrook is trying to work for a kimura but Virtanen is defending well.
Pembrook wants to free his trapped foot but Virtanen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pembrook missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pembrook is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Pembrook has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Virtanen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pembrook.
Pembrook throwing shots but Virtanen is blocking nicely.
Pembrook has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Pembrook content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pembrook has control of Virtanen's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Virtanen regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Pembrook controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pembrook throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Virtanen because Pembrook loaded up on that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lucky Pembrook 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!
Virtanen swats away the attempt to clinch by Pembrook.
A little jabbing left from Virtanen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pembrook misses with a body kick.
Virtanen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Virtanen wants it to stay on the feet.
Lucky Pembrook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown attempt by Pembrook or perhaps it was just good defense by Virtanen, which made it look bad.
It seemed like Virtanen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pembrook gets a clinch.
Pembrook can't find room to land a body shot as Virtanen controls the action.
Pembrook manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pembrook pushes Virtanen off and gets back to his feet.
Pembrook fails with the takedown
and Virtanen counters with a three punch combo that has Pembrook backing up. Pembrook nods at Virtanen to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucky Pembrook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pembrook instigates a clinch.
Pembrook is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Virtanen can do to turn this around?
Virtanen misses with some punches.
Virtanen working aggressively here.
Pembrook pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pembrook closes the distance and clinches.
Pembrook blocks an uppercut.
Pembrook wants a takedown.
Virtanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matias Virtanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pembrook turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Pembrook manages to end up in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A control attempt from Virtanen but he's now mounted!
Pembrook sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Pembrook is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Virtanen is surviving well by controlling Pembrook's body position as best he can.
Pembrook punishing his opponent with strikes.
Virtanen blocking the ground and pound.
Pembrook unloading with bombs!
Pembrook putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pembrook takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pembrook with good strikes from the mount here!
Pembrook lands with some strikes.
Pembrook lands a big shot to the head and Virtanen winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Lucky Pembrook!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Grandall (ranked 4362 p4p, 4009 weight class) and Enrico Cammula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy Grandall has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy Grandall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Enrico Cammula!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Grandall is defended easily by Cammula.
Cammula is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grandall.
Grandall is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cammula sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Grandall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grandall changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cammula tries to avoid it but Grandall manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cammula to the ground. Cammula escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cammula shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Grandall is trying to defend but Cammula finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Grandall is looking to get back to full guard here but Cammula has managed to pass to side control instead.
Grandall manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cammula is controlling the pace.
Grandall actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandall is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Grandall looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Cammula seems content to control.
Grandall is looking to improve his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Cammula is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Grandall wants to get back to full guard but Cammula has passed into side control.
Grandall is trying to work for a sweep but Cammula has mounted him!
Grandall sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Cammula sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Cammula's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grandall is looking for a sweep. Cammula is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Grandall could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cammula perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Grandall wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Grandall manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Grandall is looking for a triangle but Cammula pushes his legs off easily.
Grandall looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Grandall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cammula is one step ahead there.
Grandall throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cammula uses it to pass to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cammula working the head with strikes.
Grandall is looking for a sweep.
Grandall regains half guard.
Cammula working the head and body with strikes.
Cammula slips a nice elbow through Grandall's hands, connecting with Grandall's forehead.
Grandall is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cammula in particular looking to stall.
Grandall wants to improve his position but Cammula is controlling well.
Cammula content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Cammula scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cammula working over Grandall with some ground and pound. Grandall looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cammula lands a nice short elbow.
Grandall wants to get back to full guard.
Grandall wants to get back to full guard but Cammula has mounted him!
Cammula tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cammula landing strikes, looking to finish!
Grandall is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grandall regains half guard.
Grandall makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Grandall.
Cammula is in close to Grandall's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Enrico Cammula dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Grandall gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cammula counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Grandall is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Grandall is working hard here to advance position.
Cammula controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandall gets back to full guard.
Grandall isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Cammula stacks Grandall on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Cammula!
Grandall is looking for a sweep.
Cammula has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grandall trying to remain calm as Cammula controls from the top position.
More stalling from Cammula.
Grandall looks to move to half guard but instead Cammula has passed into mount! Damn!
Grandall tries to reverse the position but Cammula maintains control.
Cammula controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grandall is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cammula breaks from Grandall's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Grandall is desperately trying to improve his position but Cammula has a good base and remains in mount.
Cammula pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cammula pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cammula breaks from Grandall's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cammula controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grandall can't escape the position.
Grandall tries to lock up and control but Cammula gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cammula controlling the pace for now.
Grandall tries to reverse the position but Cammula maintains control.
Cammula controlling from mount.
Cammula lands a big shot there that rocks Grandall but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cammula controlling the pace for now.
Grandall tries to reverse the position but Cammula maintains control.
Cammula with a couple of short strikes.
Grandall really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cammula controlling from the full mount.
Grandall is trying to escape the mount.
Cammula content just to control the position here.
Grandall is desperately trying to improve his position but Cammula has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cammula controlling from the full mount.
Grandall is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Enrico Cammula showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Cammula feints and as Grandall raises his hands in defense, Cammula changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cammula works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cammula looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Grandall with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Grandall moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Cammula working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cammula won't allow Grandall to sweep him here.
Grandall working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Cammula has passed into half guard!
Cammula keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grandall has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cammula is working away from the top position though.
Cammula not doing much here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grandall is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Grandall looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cammula scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cammula prevents Grandall from improving his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grandall taking some punishment here, with Cammula in his half guard.
Enrico Cammula has got the better of the ground game so far.
Well, if Cammula is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Grandall actively working from the bottom here.
Grandall tries to roll over but Cammula keeps him under control.
Cammula seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grandall actively working from the bottom here.
Grandall actively working from the bottom here.
Cammula is nestled in close to Grandall, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cammula uses his free foot to push down on Grandall's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Grandall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cammula content just to control the position here.
Grandall working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cammula controlling his opponent.
Cammula is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Grandall can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
BOOM! Cammula connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grandall keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cammula working Grandall over with strikes here.
Cammula looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cammula with more of the same as he continues to hold on.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grandall wants to control but Cammula is having none of it.
Cammula controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Enrico Cammula comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cammula has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Enrico Cammula!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Enrico Cammula!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Enrico Cammula!
Enrico Cammula wins by unanimous decision!
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