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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Akhmed Dudayev (ranked 206 p4p, 584 weight class) and Freaky Trevor (ranked 27 p4p, 61 weight class). Akhmed Dudayev had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 44 - 28 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Akhmed Dudayev!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Freaky Trevor!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dudayev scores with the left hand. Trevor knows he should have avoided that one.
Trevor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dudayev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trevor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A counter left hand to the body from Dudayev misses its target.
Trevor tries to clinch up.
Trevor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Trevor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Trevor moves into range and clinches up with Dudayev.
Trevor content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Trevor pressing his opponent against the cage.
Trevor continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Dudayev struggles to land a body shot inside as Trevor controls his hands.
Dudayev throws a punch but it's blocked by Trevor.
Trevor drags the fight down to the ground.
Trevor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Trevor has a closed guard, preventing Dudayev from standing up.
Dudayev stays in close to Trevor's body and controls the position.
Trevor is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dudayev stands up and waves to Trevor to follow him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trevor tries to clinch but Dudayev moves away
and Trevor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dudayev misses with a wild combination.
Dudayev misses with a two punch combination.
Trevor wants to clinch up but Dudayev keeps it at a distance.
Trevor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Dudayev misses the target.
Dudayev misses with a hook.
Trevor tries to counter with a clinch but Dudayev shakes him off and moves away.
Trevor tries to clinch up but Dudayev circles away and keeps his distance.
Dudayev swats away the attempt to clinch by Trevor.
Dudayev throws a hook but Trevor blocks it.
Trevor tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dudayev swinging wildly here.
Dudayev tries to keep at a distance but Trevor has taken the fight into the clinch.
Trevor is pushing Dudayev up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Trevor jumps into guard, dragging Dudayev to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dudayev sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dudayev wants to stand but Trevor is controlling his posture from full guard.
Trevor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dudayev slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Trevor escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dudayev gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Trevor pulls Dudayev in close to prevent any damage.
Trevor trying to keep a closed guard but Dudayev is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudayev engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dudayev postures up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Trevor has his hands on Dudayev's head, controlling the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Trevor avoids a kick to the body.
Freaky Trevor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dudayev swats away the attempt to clinch by Trevor.
Trevor tries to close the distance and clinch but Dudayev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trevor throws a lazy right hand but Dudayev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trevor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trevor throws a jab when Dudayev was well out of range.
Dudayev appears to be looking for a big counter.
A clash of legs there as Trevor blocks the low kick.
Trevor scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trevor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Trevor tries to clinch but Dudayev moves out of range.
Dudayev was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dudayev looks for the body kick but Trevor saw that one coming.
Trevor tries to clinch but Dudayev moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dudayev. Trevor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dudayev misses with a hook. Trevor ducked under it nicely.
Trevor moves into range and clinches up with Dudayev.
Dudayev tries a body shot but Trevor blocks it.
Dudayev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trevor jumps guard and drags Dudayev to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Trevor isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dudayev stacks Trevor 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 Dudayev!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dudayev staying calm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akhmed Dudayev dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Trevor closes the distance and clinches.
Trevor lands with a light punch inside.
Dudayev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dudayev lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dudayev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trevor thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Dudayev fails to land.
Dudayev has had enough of the clinch but Trevor keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Dudayev fails to land.
Dudayev gets through Trevor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trevor pulls guard successfully.
Dudayev postures up.
Trevor is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Dudayev sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Trevor controls Dudayev momentarily but Dudayev frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudayev controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dudayev got a little sloppy there for a moment and Trevor has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dudayev has managed to get both his arms back between Trevor's legs - danger averted.
Dudayev looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Trevor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Trevor looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Trevor escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dudayev gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Trevor trying to keep a closed guard but Dudayev is proving a slippery customer.
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.
Dudayev stands up from Trevor's guard - Dudayev perhaps looking for a knockout.
Dudayev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Trevor tries to clinch up but Dudayev circles away and keeps his distance.
Dudayev keeps the fight on the outside.
Trevor takes one to the chin there.
Dudayev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trevor can do to turn this around?
Dudayev looks for the body kick but Trevor saw that one coming.
Trevor tries to clinch there but Dudayev circles away.
Trevor wants to clinch up but Dudayev keeps it at a distance.
Dudayev throws a combination. Trevor tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Trevor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dudayev.
Dudayev ducks under a wild hook from Trevor.
Trevor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Trevor misses.
Trevor tries to clinch but Dudayev moves out of range.
Trevor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dudayev keeps the fight on the outside.
Trevor tries to clinch but Dudayev is having none of it.
Trevor darts in and clinches Dudayev up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudayev misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dudayev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dudayev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dudayev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dudayev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Trevor. That did some damage!
Trevor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dudayev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Dudayev. That snapped Trevor's head back.
Trevor gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dudayev struggles to land a body shot inside as Trevor controls his hands.
Dudayev is trying to break free.
Trevor manages to pull guard.
Dudayev controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudayev throwing strikes from guard but Trevor blocks nicely.
Trevor wants to sweep here but Dudayev controlling him for the moment.
Trevor is trying to keep Dudayev in close.
Dudayev engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dudayev misses with a body kick.
Akhmed Dudayev is winning the standup battle so far.
Dudayev misses with a body kick.
Trevor moves into the clinch successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akhmed Dudayev dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dudayev throws a looping overhand right but Trevor ducks down to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Dudayev.
A big right from Dudayev misses.
Dudayev misses with an attempted mid kick.
Trevor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dudayev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trevor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Trevor drives through and clinches with Dudayev against the cage.
Trevor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trevor misses with a punch on the inside.
Trevor pulls guard effortlessly.
Dudayev showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trevor doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Trevor trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Trevor looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudayev slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Trevor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dudayev doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dudayev manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Trevor has his foot on Dudayev's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dudayev works his way back into a safe position though.
Dudayev is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Trevor is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dudayev defends well.
Trevor can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dudayev controls the pace.
Dudayev has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Trevor trying to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Trevor thuds his right hand into Dudayev's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dudayev lands a right hook to the body.
Dudayev moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Trevor takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dudayev throws a head kick that misses.
Trevor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Dudayev.
Trevor forces Dudayev back against the cage and clinches.
Dudayev wants to get back to striking at distance but Trevor won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudayev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dudayev struggles to land a body shot inside as Trevor controls his hands.
Trevor pulls guard successfully.
Trevor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dudayev is one step ahead there.
Trevor is trying to keep Dudayev in close.
Trevor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Trevor is looking for a triangle but Dudayev pushes his legs off easily.
Dudayev is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dudayev postures up.
Dudayev sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trevor is trying to keep Dudayev in close.
Dudayev content to stall in guard here.
Trevor pulls Dudayev in close to prevent any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Dudayev would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Trevor instigates a clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dudayev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dudayev throws the kick towards the body but Trevor avoids it.
Dudayev looks to land a right hand but Trevor moved out of range.
Trevor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Akhmed Dudayev did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Trevor tries to clinch up.
Trevor tries to clinch up.
Dudayev cracks Trevor with an open hand slap.
Trevor is looking to clinch.
Trevor closes the distance and clinches.
Dudayev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trevor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dudayev fails to land.
Dudayev scores with a shoulder strike.
Dudayev has a couple of punches blocked by Trevor.
Dudayev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trevor is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trevor has Dudayev pressed against the cage, preventing Dudayev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dudayev lands with a short shot to the head.
Dudayev misses with a punch to the body.
Dudayev can't find room to land a body shot as Trevor controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudayev misses with some punches.
Trevor scores with a shot to the side of Dudayev's head.
Trevor looking to slow down the pace here.
Dudayev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dudayev thuds his right hand into Trevor's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dudayev circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trevor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Trevor is looking to clinch.
Dudayev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Trevor fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dudayev. Trevor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trevor doesn't manage to clinch there - Dudayev circles away.
Trevor wants to clinch.
Trevor moves in looking to clinch but Dudayev pushes him off.
It appears Dudayev was looking to counter with a kick there.
Trevor instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dudayev.
Trevor blocks an uppercut.
Trevor jumps into guard, dragging Dudayev to the mat.
Dudayev content to stall in guard here.
Trevor wants to sweep but no luck.
Trevor keeps trying to improve his position.
Trevor striking off his back but it's not causing Dudayev any problems.
Dudayev sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dudayev stands and steps away. Trevor gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Dudayev.
Trevor moves out of range as Dudayev strikes.
Trevor is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trevor moves in looking to clinch but Dudayev pushes him off.
Dudayev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dudayev throws a nice looking combination but Trevor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Trevor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Trevor leaning against his opponent.
Dudayev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Trevor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dudayev's efforts to push away.
Dudayev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dudayev pushes Trevor back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dudayev misses with a punch on the inside.
Trevor gets through Dudayev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trevor takes a shot to the head.
Dudayev tries to throw a body punch but Trevor avoids it by throwing Dudayev back against the cage.
Trevor'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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trevor manages to pull guard.
Trevor being controlled here, momentarily.
Trevor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Trevor trying to control the position.
Dudayev throws a big elbow that misses.
Dudayev slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akhmed Dudayev had his way with Freaky Trevor in that round.
That's time! Dudayev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Trevor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Freaky Trevor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trevor misses with a low kick.
Dudayev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dudayev sets himself, and Trevor steps forward looking for the clinch! Dudayev avoids it this time.
Trevor tries to close the distance and clinch but Dudayev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Trevor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Trevor wants to clinch up but Dudayev keeps it at a distance.
Dudayev throws out a powerful jab.
Trevor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dudayev breaks the clinch.
Dudayev throws an overhand right that lands on Trevor's shoulder, as Trevor tries to avoid the shot.
Trevor wants to counter with a clinch but Dudayev pushes him away.
Trevor moves into the clinch.
Trevor blocks an uppercut.
Dudayev manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dudayev with the inside leg kick.
Dudayev pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Trevor wants to clinch up but Dudayev keeps it at a distance.
Trevor tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Trevor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trevor darts in trying to clinch
and Dudayev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trevor has Dudayev up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dudayev.
Dudayev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trevor lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trevor gets control of Dudayev's arms and successfully pulls guard. Trevor will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Dudayev is stalling in the full guard.
Trevor trying to strike off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dudayev accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dudayev is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trevor throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dudayev not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Trevor has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Dudayev is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Trevor.
Dudayev is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Trevor's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dudayev slows the pace down.
Trevor takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Trevor tries to improve position but can't.
Dudayev scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Trevor to see if he's OK.
Dudayev staying calm.
Dudayev is looking to take a break and control but Trevor is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four 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.
Trevor is trying to improve his position.
Trevor gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Dudayev blocks the strikes from Trevor.
Trevor is trying to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Dudayev seems content to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dudayev connects with a nice short shot to Trevor's temple.
Dudayev perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Akhmed Dudayev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akhmed Dudayev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dudayev, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 50:45
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akhmed Dudayev!
Akhmed Dudayev retains his featherweight title!
Akhmed Dudayev very nearly forgot to thank AVALON amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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