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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benedito Braga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Tarasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexey Tarasov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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177 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benedito Braga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Tarasov!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Tarasov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Braga fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tarasov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Braga has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tarasov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tarasov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Braga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Braga misses with a knee to the head.
Braga lands a nice knee to the body.
Tarasov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tarasov fails to pull guard.
Tarasov tries to pull guard but Braga holds him up against the cage and eventually Tarasov drops back down to his feet.
Braga taking a breather.
Braga tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tarasov avoids it.
Braga manages to break the clinch.
Braga closes the distance and clinches.
Braga misses with a knee to the head.
Tarasov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Braga smiles and moves away.
Benedito Braga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexey Tarasov.
Braga moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Braga. Tarasov shrugs it off though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarasov moves into range and clinches up with Braga.
Tarasov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Braga has him pressed against the cage.
Braga manages to break the clinch.
Tarasov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Braga scores with a four punch combination!
A head kick from Braga lands but Tarasov takes it in his stride.
It looks like Alexey Tarasov has been cut.
Braga misses with a head kick.
Tarasov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Braga. That one must have hurt.
Braga slips under a jab.
Braga lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tarasov's sensitive parts.
Braga tries a head kick but it misses.
Braga misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tarasov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Braga counters with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Braga clinches up with Tarasov and pushes him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Braga.
Braga looking to throw knees to the head but Tarasov is blocking nicely.
Tarasov tries to land knees in the clinch but Braga avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Tarasov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Braga effectively controlling the action here.
Braga putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tarasov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braga prevents Tarasov from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Braga.
Braga looking to throw knees to the head but Tarasov is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Braga.
Braga is breathing heavily.
Braga with a knee to the head.
Braga working Tarasov over with knees to the body.
Tarasov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Braga tries to land knees in the clinch but Tarasov avoids the damage to the body.
Braga prevents Tarasov from breaking the clinch.
Braga keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tarasov's efforts to push away.
Tarasov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Braga tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tarasov avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Braga with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tarasov tries to land knees in the clinch but Braga avoids the damage to the body.
Braga prevents the takedown attempt.
Tarasov takes an elbow to the temple.
Braga lands a good knee to the midsection. Tarasov won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Braga.
Braga tries to land a knee to the head but Tarasov blocks with his arms.
Tarasov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tarasov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tarasov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tarasov jumps guard but Braga stands there with Tarasov around his waist. Tarasov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Braga keeps control of Tarasov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Braga is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tarasov is defending well for now.
Tarasov wants to break free but Braga has control.
Tarasov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Braga tries to land a knee to the head but Tarasov blocks with his arms.
Tarasov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tarasov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tarasov is trying to break the clinch but Braga has him pressed against the cage.
Tarasov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tarasov wants a takedown but no success here.
Braga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarasov misses with a lunging right hand
and Braga counters by moving into the clinch.
Tarasov stalling in the clinch but Braga improves position.
Braga escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tarasov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tarasov swings for the body but Braga moves out of range.
Braga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Braga.
Tarasov darts in and clinches Braga up against the cage.
Tarasov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Braga taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tarasov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Braga with a knee to the head.
Braga scores a nice knee to the body.
Tarasov tries to pull guard but Braga holds him up against the cage and eventually Tarasov drops back down to his feet.
Tarasov is trying to break the clinch but Braga is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benedito Braga dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Tarasov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tarasov clinches with his opponent.
Braga is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tarasov is defending well for now.
Tarasov is looking to break free of the clinch but Braga has double underhooks.
Braga scores a nice knee to the body.
Braga missing with knees to the body.
Tarasov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Braga throws a head kick that misses.
A right-left combo lands from Braga.
Tarasov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tarasov pulls Braga into guard.
Braga throws a big right hand that misses.
Braga trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Tarasov manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Braga working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tarasov.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tarasov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Braga tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tarasov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Braga. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tarasov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tarasov is in close to Braga's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Braga is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Braga lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tarasov!
Tarasov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga trying to control but Tarasov is having none of it.
Braga throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Tarasov because Braga loaded up on that one.
Braga dominating with strikes here.
Braga cracks Tarasov with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Braga thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Braga has hold of Tarasov's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tarasov manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Braga landing strikes from the mount.
Tarasov is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Braga lands with some strikes.
Braga throws some wild stikes that Tarasov manages to avoid easily.
Braga with the ground and pound from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarasov wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Braga.
Braga looking to ground and pound but Tarasov is blocking nicely.
Tarasov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Braga landing strikes from the mount.
Braga working for a submission but Tarasov is keeping him at bay.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Braga lands a big shot there that rocks Tarasov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benedito Braga dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexey Tarasov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Braga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braga throws a head kick that misses.
Tarasov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braga was well out of range. Poor timing from Tarasov.
Tarasov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Braga looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tarasov drives through and clinches with Braga against the cage.
Tarasov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Braga walks away with a smile on his face. Tarasov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A head kick misses from Braga.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braga fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tarasov, pushing him back against the cage.
Braga connects with a knee to the head.
Braga lands a knee to the head.
Braga working Tarasov over with knees to the body.
Tarasov tries to circle away but Braga has him pinned against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Braga lands a knee to the head.
Braga tries to land knees in the clinch but Tarasov avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga trying to land knees to the body.
Tarasov wants to break free but Braga has control.
Braga missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Tarasov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tarasov tries to circle away but Braga has him pinned against the cage.
Braga breaks the clinch.
Braga throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tarasov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tarasov lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Braga fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tarasov checks it well.
Braga blocks a jab.
Tarasov rushes Braga and presses him up against the cage.
Braga tries to land knees in the clinch but Tarasov avoids the damage to the body.
Braga trying to land knees to the body.
Braga trying to land knees to the body.
Tarasov is looking to break free of the clinch but Braga has double underhooks.
Tarasov wants a takedown but no success here.
Alexey Tarasov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarasov avoiding damage as Braga throws knees to the body.
Tarasov working hard to break the clinch.
Tarasov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Braga shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tarasov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Braga tries to land knees in the clinch but Tarasov avoids the damage to the body.
Tarasov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Braga pulls his leg out and moves away.
Benedito Braga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexey Tarasov.
Tarasov clinches with his opponent.
Tarasov wants to get back to striking at distance but Braga won't allow it.
Tarasov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tarasov is trying to break free.
Braga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tarasov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Braga throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tarasov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Braga walks away with a smile on his face. Tarasov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tarasov misses with a leg kick
and Braga counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Tarasov.
Braga misses with a low kick.
Tarasov misses with a straight right.
Braga throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Braga.
Braga lands with a hook. Tarasov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tarasov blocks a low kick nicely.
Tarasov misses with a wild body shot.
Tarasov looks to score with a jab to the body but Braga is just out of range.
Benedito Braga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Braga tenderised Tarasov's leg. Tarasov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Benedito Braga is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Tarasov instigates a clinch.
Braga has Tarasov pressed against the cage, preventing Tarasov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tarasov wants to get back to striking at distance but Braga won't allow it.
Braga landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Braga is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Braga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Braga with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tarasov breaks the clinch.
Braga ducks under a wild hook from Tarasov.
Braga lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tarasov's sensitive parts.
Nice shot by Braga.
Braga scores with a punch to the head.
Braga blocks a head kick by Tarasov.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Benedito Braga.
Well Braga has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benedito Braga!
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energy
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