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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darstknasset Oystenteller (ranked 283 p4p, 691 weight class) and Luis Palhares (ranked 40 p4p, 88 weight class). Oystenteller comes to the cage accompanied by "You're Having My Baby" by Paul Anka. Palhares has chosen Right On/ Showcore as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darstknasset Oystenteller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luis Palhares!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oystenteller takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Palhares connects with a solid leg kick.
Oystenteller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Palhares swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Palhares tries to work over Oystenteller's front leg with a kick but Oystenteller checks it.
A bone on bone clash there as Palhares blocks the leg kick.
Oystenteller misses with the body kick
and Palhares counters with a shoot takedown. Oystenteller fights it but they end up in guard.
Oystenteller trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palhares wants to pass the guard but Oystenteller is keeping the position.
Oystenteller working a defensive guard here.
Oystenteller wants to sweep here but Palhares controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares passes Oystenteller's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Palhares with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares trying to mount his opponent but Oystenteller defends it.
Oystenteller wants to improve his position but Palhares is controlling well.
Palhares looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Oystenteller trying to control but Palhares postures up.
Palhares controlling the action here.
Oystenteller wants to improve his position but Palhares is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Oystenteller looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Palhares not doing much here.
Oystenteller wants to improve his position but Palhares is controlling well.
Oystenteller definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Palhares is trying to control the action in half guard but Oystenteller is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares missing with a left hand there. Oystenteller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palhares tries a head kick but it misses.
Oystenteller tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Palhares misses with a head kick.
Oystenteller slips under a jab.
Palhares throws a body punch but Oystenteller moves out of range.
Palhares throws a hook to the side of Oystenteller's head but Oystenteller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oystenteller fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Palhares.
Oystenteller throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Oystenteller misses with a leg kick
and Palhares counters with a nice uppercut.
Oystenteller checks a low kick from Palhares.
Palhares throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Oystenteller throws a poor cross that misses
and Palhares counters with a thumping low kick.
Palhares throws the left hand but Oystenteller avoids the punch easily.
Palhares keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Oystenteller or perhaps it was just good defense by Palhares, which made it look bad.
Luis Palhares is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Palhares.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oystenteller looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Palhares! But no joy.
Oystenteller feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Palharess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oystenteller takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Oystenteller throws a push kick but Palhares slaps the foot to one side.
Palhares throws a series of punches but Oystenteller avoids them all with ease.
Oystenteller looks to land a body kick but Palhares moved away.
Oystenteller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palhares.
Oystenteller scores with a crisp jab that stopped Palhares in his tracks.
Palhares misses with an uppercut.
Oystenteller shoots in and bounces Palhares off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Palhares is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Palhares dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Oystenteller throws a looping overhand right but Palhares ducks down to avoid it.
Palhares misses with the combination.
Palhares has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oystenteller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palhares.
Oystenteller throws a solid leg kick but Palhares takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Oystenteller.
A combination from Palhares does no damage.
Palhares misses with a series of wild punches.
A lazy body kick from Palhares
and Oystenteller counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Oystenteller sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Palhares defending well though.
Palhares wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oystenteller works his foot free and advances to mount.
Palhares wants to control but Oystenteller is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares holds on for dear life, controlling Oystenteller's posture momentarily.
Palhares is looking to get to half guard.
Oystenteller landing punches.
Oystenteller lands a nice shot to the head.
Palhares takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Palhares tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Palhares avoids a series of strikes thrown by Oystenteller.
Palhares wants to hold on but Oystenteller pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares is in all sorts of trouble here.
Oystenteller trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Palhares is desperately trying to improve his position but Oystenteller has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oystenteller tries to control but Palhares wriggling away.
Palhares tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Darstknasset Oystenteller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oystenteller scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palhares in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Oystenteller.
Oystenteller avoids the attempt from Palhares to control.
Palhares is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oystenteller content just to control the position here.
Palhares gets back to half guard.
Palhares gets full guard.
Palhares is trying to keep Oystenteller in close.
Palhares trying to control the position here.
Oystenteller pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Palhares is keeping the position for now.
Palhares tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Oystenteller trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Palhares manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Palhares looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Palhares wants to pass the guard but Oystenteller is keeping the position.
Oystenteller working a defensive guard here.
Palhares pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Oystenteller is keeping the position for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darstknasset Oystenteller dominated that second 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.
Oystenteller gets a takedown into half guard.
Oystenteller looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Palhares with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Palhares wants to get back to full guard.
Palhares trying to control here.
Oystenteller is trying to control. Palhares wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palhares is looking to control Oystenteller's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Palhares avoid being mounted?
Oystenteller is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Palhares has managed to free his arm - good work.
Oystenteller drops an elbow to the side of Palhares's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares is concentrating on defense, preventing Oystenteller from advancing position.
Oystenteller is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Palhares keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Oystenteller wants to pass to mount but Palhares is defending the position.
Palhares wants to improve his position but Oystenteller is controlling well.
Oystenteller not landing any meaningful shots this time.
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.
Palhares is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Palhares manages to get to full guard.
Palhares is looking for a triangle but Oystenteller pushes his legs off easily.
Oystenteller might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Palhares is on top in guard.
Palhares trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Palhares trying to move into half guard but instead Oystenteller has managed to sweep!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares looking to hit a scissor sweep but Oystenteller is one step ahead there.
Palhares keeping full guard, as Oystenteller tries to pass.
Palhares is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oystenteller throws an elbow that misses. Palhares uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Oystenteller's guard. Nice move by Palhares!
Oystenteller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Oystenteller wants to hit a sweep here but Palhares passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Oystenteller there!
Palhares can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Oystenteller is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oystenteller sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Palhares looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Palhares is continuing to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Oystenteller moves into full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Darstknasset Oystenteller did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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 fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Palhares.
Palhares tries to move into range but Oystenteller moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Palhares displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oystenteller throws out the jab.
Palhares misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Palhares slips under a jab.
Palhares feints and then cracks Oystenteller's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Oystenteller down.
Oystenteller slips a jab from Palhares.
Palhares blocks a leg kick.
Oystenteller looks to score with a jab to the body but Palhares is just out of range.
Oystenteller looking to score a takedown here. Palhares is defending well but Oystenteller drives through and ends up in Palhares's guard.
Palhares manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oystenteller manages to get himself to full guard.
Palhares content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
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!
Palhares stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oystenteller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares trying to control but Oystenteller is working from the bottom.
Palhares gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Oystenteller connects with a solid leg kick.
A cross from Palhares lands.
Oystenteller takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oystenteller slips under a jab from Palhares.
Palhares fakes the leg kick and cracks Oystenteller in the body.
Palhares listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Oystenteller is rocked!
Oystenteller bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Oh Oystenteller is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oystenteller working away.
Oystenteller seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oystenteller tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palhares tries to bench press Oystenteller off him but Oystenteller keeps the position.
Oystenteller throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Palhares is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Oystenteller passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Palhares!
Palhares tries to hold on but Oystenteller postures up.
Oystenteller lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oystenteller is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Palhares has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Palhares!
Palhares wants to pass the guard but Oystenteller is keeping the position.
Oystenteller being controlled here, momentarily.
Palhares throwing strikes but missing.
Oystenteller is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Oystenteller wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares trying to control the position from guard on top but Oystenteller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Palhares throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oystenteller keeping moving, preventing Palhares from controlling successfully.
Oystenteller is looking to sweep but instead, Palhares has passed into half guard.
Palhares is taking a breather. Oystenteller says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Oystenteller wants to get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Luis Palhares will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Oystenteller throws a leg kick but Palhares sees it coming and moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Oystenteller.
Oystenteller throws out a leg kick but Palhares moves out of range and Oystenteller only half commits.
Palhares misses the shot to the body.
Oystenteller darts in looking for a takedown but Palhares gets double underhooks and turns Oystenteller into the cage.
Palhares wants to counter with a clinch but Oystenteller pushes him away.
Palhares lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oystenteller avoids a wild elbow strike from Palhares.
Palhares breaks the clinch.
Palhares with a jab.
Palhares fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Luis Palhares seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oystenteller ducks right into an uppercut from Palhares.
Oystenteller bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oystenteller half committed to a counter leg kick.
Palhares throws a sloppy head kick and Oystenteller moves out of range easily.
Palhares lands a left and a right that send Oystenteller crashing to the mat, dazed. Palhares thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice takedown defense from Palhares. No joy for Oystenteller on that attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares throws out a loose jab but Oystenteller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oystenteller feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A jab from Palhares misses.
Palhares rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Oystenteller counters with a shoot takedown. Palhares fights it but they end up in guard.
Oystenteller throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Palhares works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Palhares lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Palhares passes Oystenteller's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Oystenteller wants to get back to full guard.
Oystenteller manages to get to full guard.
Palhares controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oystenteller throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Oystenteller looking to hit a scissor sweep but Palhares is one step ahead there.
Palhares pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Oystenteller is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares stays in close to Oystenteller's body and controls the position.
Palhares tries to free his leg and advance position but Oystenteller is retaining full guard.
Palhares trying to control the position from guard on top but Oystenteller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oystenteller working a defensive guard but Palhares passes into half guard.
Oystenteller wants to control but Palhares is keeping busy.
Palhares is stalling here. Oystenteller is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Palhares seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Oystenteller has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Palhares felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Palhares's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Oystenteller wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Palhares, who protects the arm well.
Palhares tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Oystenteller wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Palhares keeps trying to improve his position.
Palhares sneaks back into half guard.
Oystenteller not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luis Palhares comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Palhares 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 47:48
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 48:47
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Luis Palhares! Luis Palhares retains his lightweight title!
Luis Palhares gave a mention to Silverguard Outfitters 🛡 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
The defeated Darstknasset Oystenteller had this to say: 'No worries! The Athletic Commission has just announced my opponent tested positive for illegal steroids again, so this fight has been declared a No-Contest. Thank you to those of us who continue to fight clean!'.
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