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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Russell Hantz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Wright has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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163 lbs
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164 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Russell Hantz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brian Wright!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hantz stuffs the takedown attempt from Wright. Wright gets slowly back to his feet.
Wright tries to clinch there but Hantz circles away.
Hantz moves into the clinch.
Wright turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Hantz can't do much from the bottom here.
Hantz is trying to improve his position.
Hantz sneaks back into half guard.
Hantz wants to get back to full guard.
Hantz looking for submissions off his back.
Hantz is refusing to be controlled, as Wright sits in half guard.
Hantz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hantz tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hantz has one foot on Wright's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Wright drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hantz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wright is one step ahead there.
Hantz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wright controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright looking to pass the guard.
Hantz is controlling Wright's posture.
Wright trying to control but Hantz is working from the bottom.
Hantz pulls Wright in close to prevent any damage.
Hantz is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hantz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hantz lands a left hand.
Hantz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wright prevents it.
Wright drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hantz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wright drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Russell Hantz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Wright.
Wright tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hantz smiles and moves away.
Hantz tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hantz darts in trying to clinch
and Wright counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hantz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wright is looking to control Hantz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wright avoid being mounted?
Wright looks gassed!
Hantz performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Wright missing with punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Hantz dominated that 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.
Hantz scores with a takedown into Wright's guard.
Hantz postures up in Wright's guard and throws a big left but Wright blocks it.
Hantz lands a couple of elbows.
Wright trying to control the position.
Hantz's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Wright wants to stand but Hantz is controlling the position.
Hantz passes into half guard.
Wright wants to get back to full guard.
Wright is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright has hold of Hantz's hands but Hantz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hantz performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Hantz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wright sees it coming and defends easily.
Hantz passes to full mount!
Hantz landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hantz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wright is trying desperately to improve position.
Wright defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hantz.
Hantz looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wright is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hantz with the ground and pound from mount.
Wright is in a horrible position here. Hantz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hantz prevents Wright from getting the reversal.
Hantz controlling the position easily from mount.
Wright takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Russell Hantz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hantz stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Wright has closed the distance and engaged Hantz in a clinch.
Wright keeps control of Hantz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wright is trying to stall.
Hantz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wright walks away with a smile on his face. Hantz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wright tries to clinch but Hantz moves out of range.
Hantz swats away the attempt to clinch by Wright.
Wright with a poor takedown
and Hantz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hantz is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Hantz seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Wright for as long as he can get away with.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Hantz dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hantz tries to close the distance and clinch but Wright swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Hantz.
Wright lands a high kick!
Some wild striking there from Wright.
Wright wants to clinch but Hantz slips to the side
and Hantz counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wright trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Hantz manages to pass to mount!
Wright is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Hantz locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Wright is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Russell Hantz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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