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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Varshik Gerich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gerich comes to the cage accompanied by Drugwhore. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Varshik Gerich!
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, Dirk Diggler!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggler misses with a looping left.
Diggler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gerich manages to avoid it.
Gerich really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gerich defending well as Diggler loads up on a big left hand.
Gerich throws a sloppy head kick and Diggler moves out of range easily.
Gerich attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gerich throws a low kick, looking for Diggler's leg but Diggler calmly moves out of range.
Varshik Gerich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gerich throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diggler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gerich manages to avoid it.
Gerich fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diggler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diggler throws a hook but Gerich blocks it.
Diggler takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Diggler misses with a looping left.
Diggler moves out of range of the body kick from Gerich.
Gerich tries to clinch but Diggler is having none of it.
Gerich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gerich connects with a solid leg kick.
Diggler moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diggler throws a looping overhand right but Gerich ducks down to avoid it.
Good work by Diggler as he checks the leg kick.
Gerich throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Diggler's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gerich moves away from the strike by Diggler.
Diggler swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerich tries to clinch up but Diggler circles away and keeps his distance.
Crunch! Gerich slams his shin into Diggler's torso.
Diggler is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Gerich is looking to slow Diggler down with leg kicks.
Diggler throws a shot from downtown. Gerich moves away and avoids it.
Diggler on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gerich. Gerich obviously looking to wear him down.
Diggler throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gerich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gerich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diggler. That's going to slow Gerich down.
Diggler thuds a left hand into Gerich's body.
Diggler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diggler throws a jab when Gerich was well out of range.
Gerich looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diggler throws a shot from downtown. Gerich moves away and avoids it.
Gerich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gerich scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diggler in his tracks.
Diggler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gerich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gerich tries to clinch up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gerich throws a head kick but Diggler moves out of range.
Nice body kick there by Gerich.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gerich lands with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diggler.
Gerich fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diggler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gerich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Diggler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gerich.
Diggler throws a combination that misses
and Gerich counters with an inside leg kick.
Diggler misses with a body shot.
Gerich feints and then cracks Diggler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diggler down.
Gerich blocks a jab.
Diggler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gerich throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Diggler's head.
Diggler 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.
Gerich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diggler.
Gerich thows a body kick. Diggler tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Diggler takes a swing at Gerich's ribcage but misses.
A head kick from Gerich lands but Diggler takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler just misses with a punch to the body.
Diggler throws a jab but it's blocked by Gerich.
Diggler connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gerich fakes the leg kick and cracks Diggler in the body.
Diggler throws a shot from downtown. Gerich moves away and avoids it.
Diggler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gerich.
Diggler walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gerich checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Diggler tries to bum rush Gerich with a series of wild strikes but Gerich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diggler has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gerich.
Diggler tries to bum rush Gerich with a series of wild strikes but Gerich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diggler stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gerich.
Gerich moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diggler looks to land a left hand but Gerich moved out of range nicely.
Gerich checks a leg kick.
Good work by Gerich as he checks the leg kick.
Gerich keeps Diggler at a distance using the push kick.
Diggler throws a body punch but Gerich moves out of range.
Gerich cracks the inside of Diggler's front leg.
Diggler pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gerich is out of range and Diggler settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerich dodges the punch combination from Diggler.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gerich.
Gerich tries to clinch up but Diggler circles away and keeps his distance.
Diggler tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gerich tries to clinch but Diggler is having none of it.
Gerich slips a jab from Diggler.
Gerich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diggler throws an overhand right that lands on Gerich's shoulder, as Gerich tries to avoid the shot.
Diggler just misses with a punch to the body.
Diggler misses with a hook
and Gerich counters with a slapping leg kick.
Diggler lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gerich lands a nice looking body kick.
Gerich with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diggler connects with a nice looking jab.
Gerich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diggler.
Gerich lands a front kick.
Gerich fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Varshik Gerich dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Diggler checks the leg kick.
Gerich throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gerich buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diggler.
Diggler keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Varshik Gerich is winning the standup battle so far.
Diggler works Gerich's body with a nice hook.
Diggler thows a body shot but no joy.
Diggler scores with a hook.
Gerich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diggler misses with a right hand
and Gerich counters with a thumping low kick.
Gerich ducks under a wild hook from Diggler.
Gerich moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diggler's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diggler takes a swing at Gerich's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gerich throws a front kick that sends Diggler stumbling back into the cage.
Diggler misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Diggler misses.
Gerich loads up on a big right hand but Diggler slips the punch.
Diggler lands with a nice combination. Gerich backs away looking to recover.
Diggler takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Varshik Gerich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diggler throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Diggler looks to land a left hand but Gerich moved out of range nicely.
Gerich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diggler.
Gerich throws a leg kick which misses Diggler's front leg but catches the back leg as Diggler tries to avoid it.
Diggler misses the jab.
Diggler is breathing heavily.
Diggler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gerich lands a high kick!
Gerich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gerich avoids the head kick by Diggler.
Gerich throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Diggler checks a low kick from Gerich.
Diggler throws a jab but it's blocked by Gerich.
Diggler looks to land a left hand but Gerich moved out of range nicely.
Gerich pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Diggler back to the cage. Gerich follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gerich connects with an inside leg kick.
Gerich thumps Diggler with a low kick.
Gerich connects with a high kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diggler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diggler lands a jab to the head.
Gerich fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gerich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gerich connects with a solid leg kick.
Diggler throws a hook to the side of Gerich's head but Gerich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gerich slips under a jab.
Gerich moves out of range as Diggler strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diggler. Gerich does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gerich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gerich scores with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gerich. That's going to slow Diggler down.
Gerich scores with a nice body kick.
Gerich staying out of range there.
Gerich throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diggler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gerich takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diggler walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gerich.
Gerich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Diggler throws a wild body kick that Gerich sees coming a mile off.
Gerich lands a leg kick that knocks Diggler off balance momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Diggler.
Gerich thows a body kick. Diggler tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Diggler misses with a hook.
Diggler connects with a body shot.
Diggler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diggler misses with a hook.
That kick from Gerich tenderised Diggler's leg. Diggler is trying to keep his angry face on.
Diggler stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gerich.
Diggler stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gerich.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gerich.
A cross from Diggler lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Diggler.
A shot to the liver by Diggler. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggler takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gerich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diggler.
Gerich turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gerich thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Diggler if he has to take too many more of those.
Gerich lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gerich throws a nice head kick!
Good leg kick by Gerich there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gerich wants to clinch.
Diggler walks into a left hand.
Gerich avoids the body shot from Diggler.
Diggler throws out a loose jab but Gerich uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gerich throws a jab when Diggler was well out of range.
Diggler blocks the body kick.
Gerich attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gerich thuds his shin into the meat of Diggler's side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Varshik Gerich dominated that second round.
That's time! Gerich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Gerich lands a nice looking kick to the body. Diggler takes a step back to recover.
Gerich throws a head kick that misses.
Diggler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gerich.
Diggler just misses with a punch to the body.
Gerich fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diggler.
Gerich takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diggler throws the left hand but Gerich avoids the punch easily.
Gerich feints and then cracks Diggler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diggler down.
Gerich scores with a nice body kick.
That kick from Gerich tenderised Diggler's leg. Diggler is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gerich checks a leg kick.
Gerich moves out of range of the strikes.
Diggler takes a swing at Gerich's ribcage but misses.
Gerich throws a leg kick
and Diggler counters with a three punch combo that has Gerich backing up. Gerich nods at Diggler to acknowledge the strikes.
Diggler throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gerich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diggler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diggler lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerich doesn't manage to clinch there - Diggler circles away.
Gerich scores with a leg kick.
Diggler loads up on a big right hand but Gerich slips the punch.
Gerich lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diggler's sensitive parts.
Gerich slips a jab from Diggler.
Gerich lands a head kick!
Gerich lets loose with a powerful body kick. Diggler will feel that in the morning.
Gerich lands a front kick.
Gerich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diggler.
Gerich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diggler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diggler throws a series of strikes that have Gerich backpedaling.
Gerich closes the distance and clinches.
Gerich tries to land knees in the clinch but Diggler avoids the damage to the body.
Gerich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diggler avoids it.
Gerich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diggler's elbow.
Gerich blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggler avoiding damage as Gerich throws knees to the body.
Diggler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gerich is defending well for now.
Diggler presses Gerich against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diggler throws a head punch that misses.
Diggler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gerich's face.
A knee to the head by Gerich.
Diggler misses with the head strike.
Gerich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diggler's efforts to push away.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gerich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Diggler's brow.
Gerich lands an elbow just above Diggler 's eye.
Diggler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gerich tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
Diggler breaks the clinch.
Gerich wants to clinch.
Gerich throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gerich keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gerich lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gerich.
Gerich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diggler moves away.
Gerich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diggler.
Gerich lands with a kick to the ribs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gerich.
Diggler tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gerich is able to avoid easily.
Diggler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gerich.
Diggler misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gerich. That's going to slow Diggler down.
Gerich scoring well with a low kick there.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gerich - that will leave a mark!
Gerich scores with a spinning back kick!
Dirk Diggler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gerich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diggler.
Diggler misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diggler looks to land a right hand but Gerich moved out of range.
Gerich fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diggler.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gerich lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gerich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diggler takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gerich feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diggler's calf.
Gerich scoring well with a low kick there.
Diggler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diggler looks to score with a jab to the body but Gerich is just out of range.
Diggler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gerich finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Gerich lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gerich moves in looking to clinch but Diggler pushes him off.
Gerich lands with a nice body kick.
Gerich looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Varshik Gerich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gerich.
And that's the end of the fight!
Varshik Gerich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gerich 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 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Varshik Gerich!
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