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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between MT Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hussein Eissa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rockstar. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, MT Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hussein Eissa!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eissa swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Eissa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eissa misses with a straight right.
Roberts is looking for a counter combo.
Roberts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Eissa scores with a sloppy right hand. Roberts should have avoided that one.
Eissa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Roberts.
Eissa just misses with a punch to the body.
Eissa lands with a hook. Roberts tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roberts doesn't manage to clinch there - Eissa circles away.
Eissa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Roberts darts in and clinches Eissa up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts taking a breather.
Eissa swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eissa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eissa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Eissa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Eissa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eissa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Eissa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Eissa is trying to break the clinch but Roberts has him pressed against the cage.
Eissa tries a body shot but Roberts blocks it.
Eissa tries to work over Roberts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roberts blocks an uppercut.
Eissa swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberts connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Roberts takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Eissa misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Roberts's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roberts connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Hussein Eissa has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Roberts.
Eissa cracks Roberts with a nice body shot.
Eissa misses with some punches.
Eissa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts blocks an uppercut.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberts with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eissa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Eissa tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
Roberts lands a hook to the side of the head.
Eissa breaks from the clinch.
Roberts moves in looking to clinch but Eissa pushes him off.
Eissa throws out a counter right but Roberts avoids it with no problem.
Eissa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Eissa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eissa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberts moves away.
Roberts appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eissa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roberts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roberts fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Eissa misses.
Eissa lands with a good body shot.
Roberts clinches up with Eissa and pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Eissa as the two fighters clinch.
I was talking to Roberts's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Eissa misses with some punches.
Eissa trying to land knees to the body.
Roberts looking to throw knees to the head but Eissa is blocking nicely.
Roberts prevents a body shot from Eissa.
Roberts blocks a body shot from Eissa.
Roberts's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Roberts doesn't manage to clinch there - Eissa circles away.
Eissa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Eissa throws an off balance right hand
and Roberts connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Eissa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Roberts is able to avoid easily.
Roberts throws a big counter combination but Eissa scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Eissa misses the target.
Eissa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roberts sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hussein Eissa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hussein Eissa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Roberts takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eissa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Eissa throws out a counter right but Roberts avoids it with no problem.
Roberts darts in and clinches Eissa up against the cage.
Roberts breaks the clinch.
Eissa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roberts slips a jab from Eissa.
Roberts appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
MT Roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Eissa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Roberts checks the leg kick.
Eissa lands a jab to the nose.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eissa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Eissa throws a jab but it's blocked by Roberts.
Roberts tries to counter with a takedown but Eissa is quick to defend against it.
Roberts is looking to clinch.
Roberts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eissa misses with a right hand
and Roberts counters with a single leg into guard. Eissa didn't expect that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts stays in close to Eissa's body and controls the position.
Eissa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roberts is one step ahead there.
Roberts slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Eissa keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
Eissa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Eissa pulls Roberts in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Eissa keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Roberts moves in looking to clinch but Eissa pushes him off.
A shot to the body from Eissa misses
enabling Roberts to counter with a crisp jab.
Roberts moves in looking to clinch but Eissa pushes him off.
Eissa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Roberts avoids the body shot from Eissa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Eissa. Roberts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Eissa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Eissa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hussein Eissa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Eissa throws a hook but Roberts avoids it easily.
Eissa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Eissa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roberts moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eissa lands with a cross.
Roberts pushes Eissa up against the cage in a clinch.
Eissa trying to land knees to the body.
Roberts lands a knee to the head.
Eissa trying to land knees to the body.
Eissa tries to work over Roberts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Eissa has a couple of punches blocked by Roberts.
Roberts lands a damaging elbow.
Eissa lands a body shot.
Eissa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Eissa missing with knees to the body.
Eissa lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eissa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roberts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Eissa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberts.
Eissa stalling in the clinch but Roberts improves position.
Roberts scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eissa has Roberts pressed against the cage.
Eissa is trying to push Roberts away but Roberts has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Eissa.
Eissa misses with a body punch.
Eissa tries to work over Roberts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Roberts obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hussein Eissa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hussein Eissa's cut.
That's time! Roberts's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Eissa misses with a hook
and Roberts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roberts chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Eissa can pounce on him.
Roberts keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Eissa lands a slapping body shot.
Roberts wants to clinch up but Eissa keeps it at a distance.
Eissa misses the jab.
Roberts takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Roberts tries to clinch up but Eissa circles away and keeps his distance.
Roberts is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eissa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Roberts's hands.
Eissa throws a lazy uppercut
and Roberts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eissa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roberts on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eissa keeps the fight on the outside.
Eissa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Roberts feinted with a counter takedown.
A decent looking cross lands there for Eissa.
Roberts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eissa gets tackled into the cage by Roberts. Roberts maintains the clinch.
Eissa has a couple of punches blocked by Roberts.
Eissa stalling against the cage.
Eissa misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Eissa.
Eissa tries to throw a body punch but Roberts avoids it by throwing Eissa back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberts.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eissa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Roberts is keeping busy.
Roberts blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Eissa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Eissa throws a head punch that misses.
Eissa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberts avoiding damage.
Eissa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roberts manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Eissa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts presses Eissa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Well,Roberts is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Eissa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Roberts slips under a jab.
Eissa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberts manages to avoid it.
Roberts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eissa lands with an overhand left.
Hussein Eissa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Eissa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eissa keeps the fight on the outside.
Eissa cracks Roberts with a right hand to the side of the head.
Eissa misses with a right hand
and Roberts counters with a stiff right hand.
Roberts slips a straight right by Eissa.
Eissa misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eissa throws a jab when Roberts was well out of range.
Roberts fails with an attempt to clinch.
Eissa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Eissa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eissa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eissa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roberts moves out of range as Eissa strikes.
As Eissa looks to move away, Roberts throws a big counter combo bu Eissa just gets out of the way.
Roberts fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts wants to clinch.
MT Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roberts on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hussein Eissa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Eissa winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Hussein Eissa!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Hussein Eissa!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Hussein Eissa!
Hussein Eissa wins by unanimous decision!
Hussein Eissa bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
The defeated MT Roberts had this to say: 'Tonight, he was the better fighter. I will be back better than either. Thank you all for the support!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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