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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denis Snider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Berry Nicolas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berry Nicolas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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240 lbs
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285 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denis Snider!
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, Berry Nicolas!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicolas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nicolas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nicolas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Snider.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nicolas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Snider.
Snider slips under a jab from Nicolas.
Nicolas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Snider paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Snider scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Snider will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Snider throws a right and a left that Nicolas avoids nicely.
Snider swinging wildly here.
Snider works over Nicolas's head and body with a nice combination.
Snider misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Snider looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nicolas ducks right into an uppercut from Snider.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snider throws a nice looking combination but Nicolas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snider throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nicolas.
Nicolas looks to land a combination but Snider avoids it well.
A shot to the liver by Snider. Beautiful body shot.
Nicolas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Snider rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nicolas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Snider throws a series of punches but Nicolas moves out of range.
Snider could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nicolas clinches up with Snider and pushes him back against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Snider's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nicolas breaks from the clinch.
Nicolas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nicolas throws a sloppy head kick and Snider moves out of range easily.
Nicolas doesn't manage to clinch there - Snider circles away.
Jab, jab by Snider - just one landing.
Snider swats away the attempt to clinch by Nicolas.
Snider looks to land a combination but Nicolas avoids it well.
Snider throws a one two combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas rushes Snider and presses him up against the ropes.
Nicolas manages to break the clinch.
Snider stalks Nicolas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nicolas's face. Nicolas staggers backwards, shaken.
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!
Nicolas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nicolas closes the distance but Snider moves to the side
and Nicolas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nicolas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Denis Snider seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicolas tries to close the distance and clinch but Snider swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nicolas wants to clinch.
Snider works the jab nicely.
Snider misses with a wild combination.
Snider throws a combination. Nicolas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snider jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Snider misses with a jab, cross combination.
Snider scores with a decent looking hook.
Snider misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nicolas slips a jab and a cross from Snider.
Nicolas is looking to clinch but Snider is avoiding it.
Nicolas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nicolas moves into the clinch.
Nicolas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Snider looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nicolas breaks from the clinch.
Snider is working the combinations to good effect here.
Snider throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nicolas.
The fighters circling - Nicolas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
No joy there for Nicolas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nicolas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Snider lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nicolas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Snider getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nicolas breaks from the clinch.
Nicolas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nicolas takes a jab right on the kisser.
Snider lands the left hand.
Snider blocks a head kick by Nicolas.
Nicolas throws a right and a left that Snider avoids nicely.
Nicolas looks gassed!
Snider misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Snider lands a head shot.
Snider dips to his left and cracks Nicolas with an uppercut!
Snider dodges the punch combination from Nicolas.
Nicolas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Denis Snider dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fighters circle momentarily. Snider darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nicolas tries to clinch up but Snider circles away and keeps his distance.
Nicolas throws a head kick that misses.
Nicolas tries to clinch but Snider is having none of it.
Denis Snider is winning the standup battle so far.
Donk. Snider catches Nicolas right on the button with a cross.
Snider fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Snider is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Snider throws a series of punches but Nicolas moves out of range.
Nicolas tries to bum rush Snider with a series of wild strikes but Snider uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Left hook, right uppercut from Snider.
Snider tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Snider lands a really nice looking cross but Nicolas seems unphased.
Snider blocks a head kick by Nicolas.
Snider cracks Nicolas with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Snider lands a two punch combo.
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!
Snider lands a head shot.
Nicolas misses with a wild combination.
Nicolas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nicolas is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicolas misses with the combination.
Nicolas drops his hands momentarily and Snider takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Snider throws a nice looking combination but Nicolas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Snider here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Snider lands a two punch combo.
Snider throws a right hand that Nicolas ducks under and follows up with a left that Nicolas also avoids with ease.
Nicolas misses with a head kick.
Snider tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Nicolas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nicolas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Snider misses with a jab, cross combination.
Snider throws a one two combo.
A nice combination there by Snider.
Snider throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nicolas.
Nicolas slips a jab and a cross from Snider.
The fight stays on the outside here - Snider looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Snider darts in trying to clinch
and Nicolas counters with a big head kick but Snider shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snider misses with a double jab.
Snider's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nicolas under the eye.
Nicolas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Snider throws a right hand that Nicolas ducks under and follows up with a left that Nicolas also avoids with ease.
Snider rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nicolas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Snider throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nicolas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nicolas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nicolas doesn't manage to clinch there - Snider circles away.
Snider fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nicolas doesn't manage to clinch there - Snider circles away.
Nicolas clinches.
Nicolas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Denis Snider is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nicolas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nicolas wants to clinch up but Snider keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Nicolas in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Snider misses with a series of wild punches.
Nicolas is looking to clinch but Snider is avoiding it.
Nicolas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Snider.
Snider fails to land with a series of punches.
Nicolas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Snider misses with a wild combination.
Nicolas throws a front kick that sends Snider stumbling back into the ropes.
Nicolas clinches with his opponent.
Snider has had enough of the clinch but Nicolas keeps him there for the moment.
Snider takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Denis Snider has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Snider looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nicolas breaks the clinch.
Snider lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nicolas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Snider misses with the combination.
Nicolas tries to clinch up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicolas has Snider up against the ropes in a clinch.
Nicolas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nicolas throws a series of punches but Snider avoids them all with ease.
Snider's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Snider duly obliges.
Snider jabs Nicolas right on the nose. Nicolas blinks but takes it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Denis Snider will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Denis Snider's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Nicolas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Snider swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Snider will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Snider connects with a jab.
Snider connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nicolas's hands.
Snider scores with a hook.
Nicolas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Snider.
Snider works over Nicolas's head and body with a nice combination.
Snider looks to land a combination but Nicolas avoids it well.
Nicolas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nicolas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Snider.
Snider fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Snider throws a right and a left that both miss.
Snider connects with a jab.
Nicolas tries to clinch but Snider moves out of range.
Snider instigates a clinch.
Nicolas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snider lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nicolas backs up against the ropes.
Snider pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nicolas back to the ropes. Snider follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jab, jab by Snider - just one landing.
Nicolas throws a head kick that Snider semi-blocks.
Snider lands with a good body shot.
Snider lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Snider tries to close the distance and clinch but Nicolas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Snider shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nicolas eats them both and turns towards Snider to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nicolas is looking to clinch.
Snider scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
No joy there for Snider, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nicolas misses with a double jab.
Snider darts in and clinches Nicolas up against the ropes.
Nicolas breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snider throws a one two combo.
Nicolas dodges the punch combination from Snider.
Nicolas tries to close the distance and clinch but Snider swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nicolas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Snider.
Snider misses with the combination.
Nicolas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice uppercut there from Snider.
Nicolas tries to clinch but Snider moves out of range.
Nicolas gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Snider connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Snider dodges the punch combination from Nicolas.
Snider cracks Nicolas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Snider, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Snider misses with a double jab.
Snider throws a series of punches but Nicolas moves out of range.
Nicolas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snider moves away.
Nicolas misses with a two punch combination.
Snider looks to land a combination but Nicolas avoids it well.
Nicolas tries to clinch up but Snider circles away and keeps his distance.
Nicolas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Snider throws a right hand that Nicolas ducks under and follows up with a left that Nicolas also avoids with ease.
Nicolas tries to clinch but Snider moves out of range.
Nicolas tries to clinch there but Snider circles away.
Snider throws a right and a left that Nicolas avoids nicely.
Nicolas pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Snider back to the ropes. Nicolas follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nicolas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas tries to clinch there but Snider circles away.
A punch combination from Snider misses.
Nicolas throws a sloppy head kick and Snider moves out of range easily.
Snider fails to land with a series of punches.
Nicolas moves into range and clinches up with Snider.
Nicolas breaks the clinch.
Snider misses with a jab, cross combination.
Berry Nicolas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick misses from Nicolas.
Snider looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snider getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Snider looks to land a left hand but Nicolas moved out of range nicely.
Nicolas scores with a head kick.
Snider fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nicolas throws a head kick but Snider moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Denis Snider showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Snider, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Denis Snider!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Denis Snider!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Denis Snider!
Denis Snider wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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