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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Islam Vagabov (ranked 789 p4p, 1307 weight class) and Jude Donovan (ranked 99 p4p, 153 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Islam Vagabov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jude Donovan!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vagabov blocks a jab.
Donovan avoids the body shot from Vagabov.
Vagabov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Vagabov walks into a straight right hand from Donovan.
Vagabov throws an overhand right that lands on Donovan's shoulder, as Donovan tries to avoid the shot.
Donovan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vagabov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vagabov looks to throw the jab but Donovan is out of range.
A slow jab from Donovan misses its intended target.
Donovan slips a straight right by Vagabov.
Donovan misses with a right hand
and Vagabov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vagabov missing with a left hand there. Donovan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vagabov missing with a left hand there. Donovan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vagabov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice sprawl there from Vagabov as Donovan shoots in.
Donovan fails with a takedown attempt.
Donovan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vagabov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vagabov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vagabov staying out of range there.
Vagabov misses with a few strikes there.
Donovan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vagabov.
Donovan throws a good cross that connects.
Vagabov throws a body punch but Donovan moves out of range.
Vagabov lands a lovely overhand right.
Donovan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Donovan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vagabov.
Donovan slips under a jab.
Vagabov throws a lazy uppercut
and Donovan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vagabov has control of Donovan's left arm, preventing Donovan from doing any damage.
Donovan throws an elbow that misses. Vagabov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Donovan's guard. Nice move by Vagabov!
Donovan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Vagabov manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donovan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Vagabov controls Donovan momentarily but Donovan frees himself.
Donovan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Vagabov can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Donovan controls the pace.
Vagabov pulls Donovan in close to his closed guard and prevents Donovan from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vagabov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Donovan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Donovan throws a strike but Vagabov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Vagabov wants to stand but Donovan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Donovan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Donovan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Vagabov is looking to stand up but Donovan won't let him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vagabov decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Donovan, up you get!
Donovan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vagabov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Islam Vagabov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donovan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vagabov.
Vagabov looks to land a right hand but Donovan moved out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vagabov misses with a hook. Donovan ducked under it nicely.
Donovan misses with a straight right.
Vagabov throws a hook to the side of Donovan's head but Donovan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It seemed like Donovan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vagabov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donovan manages to avoid it.
Vagabov misses with a left hand
and Donovan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vagabov throws a lazy uppercut
and Donovan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donovan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Donovan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vagabov.
A little jabbing left from Donovan on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Donovan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vagabov.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Donovan! But no joy.
Donovan misses with a takedown attempt - Vagabov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Islam Vagabov dominated that round.
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.
Donovan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vagabov.
Donovan clinches up against the cage.
Donovan misses with a body punch.
Vagabov tries to work over Donovan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donovan.
Donovan tries a body shot but Vagabov blocks it.
Vagabov has Donovan pressed against the cage.
Donovan tightens his grip and picks Vagabov up, before dumping him to the ground. Vagabov manages to land in guard.
Donovan won't allow Vagabov to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Donovan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Vagabov 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donovan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vagabov managing to control the position.
Donovan wants to pass the guard but Vagabov is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vagabov 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.
Vagabov wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Donovan is now in half guard.
Donovan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Donovan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Vagabov knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Donovan throws a strike but Vagabov avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vagabov is trying to control the position but Donovan postures up.
Donovan works over Vagabov with some ground and pound from guard.
Donovan throwing strikes from guard but Vagabov blocks nicely.
Vagabov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vagabov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vagabov 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.
Donovan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Donovan is working Vagabov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Donovan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Donovan postures up in Vagabov's guard and throws a big left but Vagabov blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donovan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Vagabov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donovan.
Donovan misses with a jab to the body
and Vagabov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Vagabov jabs Donovan right on the nose. Donovan blinks but takes it well.
Donovan staying out of range there.
Donovan throws a hook but Vagabov blocks it.
Donovan misses with a jab to the body
and Vagabov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vagabov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vagabov cracks Donovan with an open hand slap.
Donovan ducks under a wild hook from Vagabov.
Some wild striking there from Vagabov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donovan blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vagabov blocks a jab.
Donovan cracks Vagabov with a good jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Donovan or perhaps it was just good defense by Vagabov, which made it look bad.
Vagabov throws a lazy uppercut
and Donovan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Donovan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Vagabov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Donovan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice shot by Donovan.
Donovan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Donovan.
Vagabov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Donovan.
Vagabov tries to move into range but Donovan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vagabov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Donovan circles away quickly and effectively.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Donovan! But no joy.
Nice cross by Donovan.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jude Donovan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Donovan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vagabov lands a head kick!
Donovan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vagabov's hands.
Donovan jabs Vagabov right on the nose. Vagabov blinks but takes it well.
Vagabov walks into a stiff left hand from Donovan.
Donovan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vagabov.
Vagabov misses with a wild body shot.
Donovan ducks under a wild hook from Vagabov.
Vagabov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Donovan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donovan. Vagabov does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left lands for Donovan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donovan clinches up against the cage.
Donovan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vagabov pushes Donovan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vagabov lands a shoulder strike.
Vagabov has a couple of punches blocked by Donovan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donovan struggles to land a body shot inside as Vagabov controls his hands.
Vagabov working aggressively here.
Donovan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vagabov's elbow.
Vagabov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vagabov is trying to stall.
Vagabov lands with a right to the head.
Vagabov trying to stall but Donovan improves his position.
Vagabov lands with a right to the head.
Donovan taking a breather.
Vagabov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vagabov throws a hook to the side of Donovan's head but Donovan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Donovan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vagabov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vagabov misses with a wild combination.
Donovan has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Donovan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vagabov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donovan lands a nice shot that snaps Vagabov's head back.
Vagabov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donovan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donovan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donovan lunges at Vagabov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vagabov's hand.
Vagabov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Donovan.
Donovan throws the left hand but Vagabov avoids the punch easily.
Vagabov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Donovan throws a right hand that misses
and Vagabov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vagabov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vagabov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Donovan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Donovan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vagabov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donovan loads up on a big right hand but Vagabov slips the punch.
Vagabov throws a lazy uppercut
and Donovan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donovan fails with the takedown.
Vagabov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Donovan.
It seemed like Donovan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vagabov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vagabov looks to land a left hand but Donovan moved out of range nicely.
Vagabov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vagabov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Donovan slips a straight right by Vagabov.
Vagabov throws an off balance right hand
letting Donovan counter with a right hand.
Islam Vagabov is winning the standup battle so far.
Donovan thuds his right hand into Vagabov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Donovan lunges at Vagabov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vagabov's hand.
Vagabov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A jab from Donovan does it's job there.
Nice defenses there by Donovan.
Vagabov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vagabov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vagabov there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donovan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donovan lands with a right hand.
Donovan misses with a double jab
and Vagabov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Donovan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Donovan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vagabov.
Donovan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Donovan staying out of range there.
Donovan is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Vagabov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vagabov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Donovan scores with a punch to the head.
Vagabov throws out a loose jab but Donovan uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donovan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vagabov.
Donovan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Donovan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Donovan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jude Donovan really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Donovan scores with a hook.
Vagabov lands the left hand.
Donovan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Donovan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Donovan does it's job there.
Vagabov misses with a wild body shot.
It seemed like Donovan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vagabov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Decent striking displayed by Donovan there.
Donovan lands with a right hand.
Donovan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vagabov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice defenses there by Donovan.
No joy there for Donovan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Vagabov misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vagabov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Donovan scores with a nice head shot.
Donovan slips a jab from Vagabov.
Vagabov throws a right hand that misses
and Donovan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vagabov throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Donovan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Donovan scores with a jab. Vagabov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Donovan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vagabov misses with a hook
and Donovan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Donovan scores with the left hand. Vagabov knows he should have avoided that one.
Donovan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vagabov misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Donovan to counter with a crisp jab.
Vagabov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donovan's corner calls for a 1-2. Donovan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Donovan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vagabov finds it's way round the side to connect with Donovan's head.
Vagabov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vagabov just misses with a punch to the body.
Donovan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Vagabov is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vagabov.
Oh Vagabov is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vagabov lands with a hook. Donovan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Vagabov seems to have got his legs back now.
Donovan is rocked!
Donovan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donovan is still on wobbly legs! Can Vagabov finish him?
Donovan scores with a punch to the head.
Vagabov throws a jab but it's blocked by Donovan.
Donovan throws out a loose jab but Vagabov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vagabov throwing a counter right hand but Donovan manages to avoid it.
Vagabov misses with a straight right.
Donovan throws a right hand that misses
and Vagabov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donovan slips a straight right by Vagabov.
Donovan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vagabov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Donovan.
Donovan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vagabov misses with a looping right.
Donovan connects with a nice looking jab.
Vagabov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vagabov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donovan.
Donovan seems to have recovered his senses.
Donovan scores with a jab. Vagabov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Donovan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Donovan throws a shot from downtown. Vagabov moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vagabov throws a body shot but no joy.
Donovan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice uppercut there from Donovan.
Donovan lands a jab to the head.
Vagabov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice takedown defense from Vagabov. No joy for Donovan on that attempt.
Vagabov misses with an uppercut.
Donovan catches Vagabov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A big left from Vagabov misses.
Vagabov throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Donovan's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Vagabov dives in looking to finish as Donovan flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Vagabov's strikes! Vagabov is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Donovan's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Donovan was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Islam Vagabov!
Islam Vagabov retains his middleweight title!
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