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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Hellberg (ranked 3962 p4p, 4008 weight class) and Francisco Casey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Good kicks
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stefan Hellberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Francisco Casey!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hellberg looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Casey throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stefan Hellberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Casey slips a jab and a cross from Hellberg.
A jab from Hellberg misses.
A punch combination from Casey misses.
Hellberg chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Casey can pounce on him.
Casey connects with an inside leg kick.
Casey on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Casey scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Casey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hellberg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hellberg swinging wildly here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hellberg lands a jab-cross combination.
Hellberg misses with a lunging right hand
and Casey counters with a straight right hand.
Hellberg takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hellberg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Casey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hellberg.
Casey misses the jab.
Casey throws a series of punches but Hellberg moves out of range.
Hellberg appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hellberg lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellberg lands a right hook to the body.
Casey wants to clinch.
Hellberg went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hellberg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Casey moves away.
Nice straight punches there by Hellberg. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hellberg.
An inside leg kick lands from Casey.
Casey misses with a two punch combination.
Hellberg moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hellberg throws a shot from downtown. Casey moves away and avoids it.
As Hellberg backs off Casey throws a huge counter combo but Hellberg manages to avoid it all.
Hellberg gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Casey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Casey blocks a body shot from Hellberg.
Hellberg wants to break free but Casey has control.
Hellberg has a couple of punches blocked by Casey.
Casey breaks the clinch.
Hellberg 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.
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!
Hellberg throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg throws a body punch but Casey moves out of range.
Casey throws a right and a left that Hellberg avoids nicely.
Casey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hellberg has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Casey.
Hellberg misses with the combination.
Casey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hellberg.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Casey - that will leave a mark!
Hellberg just misses with a punch to the body.
Casey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Casey.
Casey looks to land a combination but Hellberg avoids it well.
Hellberg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Casey circles away quickly and effectively.
Hellberg throws a hook but Casey blocks it.
Hellberg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hellberg just misses with a punch to the body.
Casey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hellberg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casey scores with a kick to the body.
Casey throws a right and a left that Hellberg avoids nicely.
Casey avoids the body shot from Hellberg.
Hellberg is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hellberg jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hellberg jabs at Casey's body.
Casey moves in looking to clinch but Hellberg pushes him off.
Hellberg misses with a straight right.
Hellberg throws a right hand that Casey ducks under and follows up with a left that Casey also avoids with ease.
Casey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice body kick there by Casey.
A right-left combo lands from Casey.
Casey is looking to slow Hellberg down with leg kicks.
Casey avoids the body shot from Hellberg.
Casey feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hellbergs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Casey uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hellberg.
Hellberg avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hellberg throws a poor cross that misses
and Casey cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A thudding body kick lands there by Casey!
Hellberg throws a jab when Casey was well out of range.
A combination from Hellberg does no damage.
Nice body kick from Casey.
Casey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hellberg.
Hellberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Casey is just out of range.
Hellberg misses the shot to the body.
Casey is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hellberg lands the left hand.
Casey cracks Hellberg with a good jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hellberg looks to land a right hand but Casey moved out of range.
Casey shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hellberg eats them both and turns towards Casey to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Casey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Hellberg on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Casey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hellberg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Francisco Casey dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice body punch from Casey.
Casey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hellberg.
Hellberg looks to score with a jab to the body but Casey is just out of range.
Hellberg swinging wildly here.
Hellberg takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick from Casey, right into the meat of the thigh.
Casey tries to bum rush Hellberg with a series of wild strikes but Hellberg uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hellberg misses the jab.
Casey darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hellberg rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Casey counters with a three punch combo that has Hellberg backing up. Hellberg nods at Casey to acknowledge the strikes.
Hellberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hellberg throws a series of punches but Casey avoids them all with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Casey moves out of range of the strikes.
Casey throws out a counter right but Hellberg avoids it with no problem.
Hellberg has Casey up against the cage in a clinch.
Hellberg throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Casey manages to break the clinch.
Hellberg misses with a wild body shot.
Hellberg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Casey was well out of range. Poor timing from Hellberg.
Stefan Hellberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hellberg looks to land a right hand but Casey moved out of range.
Casey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Casey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Casey tries to land a front kick but Hellberg steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Casey moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab from Hellberg misses.
Hellberg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Casey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hellberg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Casey lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hellberg throws a jab when Casey was well out of range.
Hellberg fails to land with a series of punches.
Hellberg needs to keep his hands up - Casey had a free shot at his head there.
A slow jab from Hellberg misses its intended target.
Hellberg is looking to clinch but Casey is avoiding it.
Casey misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Casey.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Casey moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hellberg misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hellberg rushes Casey and presses him up against the cage.
Hellberg pushes Casey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Casey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hellberg lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Casey tries to clinch but Hellberg is having none of it.
Casey ducks under a wild hook from Hellberg.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Casey.
Hellberg looks to land a combination but Casey avoids it well.
Casey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Stefan Hellberg has been cut.
Casey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hellberg.
Casey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Casey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hellberg.
Hellberg moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg lands a body shot.
Hellberg lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A big right from Hellberg misses.
Hellberg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Casey thinks about the counter body kick.
Casey stalks Hellberg and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hellberg's face. Hellberg staggers backwards, shaken.
Hellberg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casey.
Casey scores with a jab to the jaw.
A good leg kick by Casey.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hellberg darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Casey lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hellberg backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Casey lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hellberg misses with a double jab.
Casey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Casey misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg throws a jab when Casey was well out of range.
Hellberg throws the left hand but Casey avoids the punch easily.
Casey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Casey slips a jab from Hellberg.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Casey.
Casey fails to land with a series of punches.
Hellberg tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Casey swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hellberg counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Casey is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Casey. Those never looked like landing.
It looked like Hellberg was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hellberg misses with a double jab
and Casey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Casey blocks a jab.
Casey swinging wildly here.
Francisco Casey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hellberg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Casey moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Francisco Casey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stefan Hellberg's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Hellberg misses with a few strikes there.
Hellberg moves out of range as Casey throws a body kick.
Hellberg tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hellberg misses with a hook.
Hellberg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Casey was well out of range. Poor timing from Hellberg.
Hellberg misses with an uppercut. Casey saw that one coming.
Hellberg throws a shot to the body.
Casey throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hellberg throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hellberg will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Casey. Those never looked like landing.
Hellberg misses the shot to the body.
A left and a right from Hellberg both land. Nice combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Casey goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hellberg really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Casey with the inside leg kick.
Hellberg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Casey misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellberg throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good shot there by Hellberg.
Hellberg takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hellberg misses the jab.
Casey jabs Hellberg right on the nose. Hellberg blinks but takes it well.
Hellberg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Casey was well out of range. Poor timing from Hellberg.
A punch combination from Casey misses.
Hellberg changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Casey tries to bum rush Hellberg with a series of wild strikes but Hellberg uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hellberg misses with a hook.
Hellberg moves into the clinch successfully.
Casey keeps control of Hellberg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hellberg prevents Casey from breaking the clinch.
Hellberg lands with a short shot to the head.
The referee calls for Casey to work.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hellberg working aggressively here.
Casey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Casey blocking some punches.
Hellberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hellberg is trying to break the clinch but Casey is controlling him.
Hellberg working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hellberg is trying to break free.
Hellberg looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Casey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hellberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hellberg.
Hellberg has had enough of the clinch but Casey keeps him there for the moment.
Hellberg looking to slow down the pace here.
Casey breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hellberg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Casey throws a right hand that Hellberg ducks under and follows up with a left that Hellberg also avoids with ease.
Hellberg throws a jab when Casey was well out of range.
Hellberg just misses with a punch to the body.
Casey misses with a few strikes there.
Casey misses with a jab, cross combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Hellberg misses its target.
Hellberg with a jab.
A combination from Hellberg does no damage.
Casey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hellberg.
Hellberg connects with a looping right hand.
Casey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hellberg.
Hellberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donk. Hellberg catches Casey right on the button with a cross.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hellberg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Casey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Casey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Casey throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hellberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Casey tries to clinch up but Hellberg circles away and keeps his distance.
Hellberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hellberg walks into a jab.
Casey throws a one two combo.
Casey throws a series of strikes that have Hellberg backpedaling.
Casey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Casey scores with a one two! Hellberg had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Casey is working the combinations to good effect here.
Casey missing with a left hand there. Hellberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hellberg bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Casey's head backwards.
Casey swinging wildly here.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Francisco Casey.
I've got Casey 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Francisco Casey!
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hype
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