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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitaly Vasyuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonide Mikhailov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mikhailov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Prodigy - Mindfields. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 cm
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220 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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186 cm
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205 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vitaly Vasyuk! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonide Mikhailov ! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Vasyuk shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Vasyuk showed some decent athleticism there. Vasyuk is taking a breather. Mikhailov says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something. Mikhailov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Vasyuk is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Mikhailov wants to get back to his feet.
Vasyuk is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Mikhailov has managed to free his arm - good work. Vasyuk wants to control but Mikhailov is keeping him busy. Mikhailov is looking to escape. Vasyuk lands strikes from half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Vasyuk scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Mikhailov is looking to escape. Vasyuk looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mikhailov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Mikhailov is trying to stand up here but Vasyuk is controlling him well. Vasyuk thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mikhailov 's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ground and pound from Vasyuk. Vasyuk lands with a punch from half guard. Vasyuk wants to pass to mount but Mikhailov is defending the position. Mikhailov wants to get back to his feet. Vasyuk is trying to control. Mikhailov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Mikhailov wants to get back to his feet.
Vasyuk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Vasyuk working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Vasyuk is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Vasyuk working the head and body with strikes. Nice strikes from Vasyuk there. Mikhailov wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vasyuk lands a nice short elbow. Vasyuk is nestled in close to Mikhailov , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Vasyuk keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. Vasyuk takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Vasyuk looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mikhailov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Vasyuk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Vasyuk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Mikhailov wants to get back to his feet. Vasyuk looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Mikhailov is not content to let Vasyuk control the position. Mikhailov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Mikhailov wants to get back to his feet. Ground and pound from Vasyuk.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ground and pound from Vasyuk. Vasyuk missing with the ground and pound from half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Mikhailov looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mikhailov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vasyuk. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vasyuk lands a nice short elbow. Vasyuk has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Vasyuk prevents Mikhailov from standing back up.
Vasyuk is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Vasyuk takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Mikhailov taking some punishment here, with Vasyuk in his half guard. Vasyuk lands strikes from half guard. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mikhailov can do anything to dispel that myth. Mikhailov is defending against the submission attempts here by Vasyuk.
Mikhailov tries to kick Vasyuk off but Vasyuk keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mikhailov tries to kick Vasyuk off in order to stand up. Vasyuk Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control. Vasyuk lands an elbow. Mikhailov is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Vasyuk is controlling him well. Mikhailov looks gassed! Mikhailov is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Vasyuk scoring with punches and elbows.
Mikhailov is rocked! Mikhailov is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here. Vasyuk scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mikhailov to see if he's OK. Mikhailov is still in real trouble! Can Vasyuk finish him? This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Vasyuk advances to mount. Mikhailov seems to have recovered his senses. Vasyuk lands a big shot to the head and Mikhailov winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Vitaly Vasyuk!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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