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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dave Zaranka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Givi Zurabovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Dave Zaranka has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Zaranka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Givi Zurabovich!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaranka closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zurabovich circles away.
Zaranka has closed the distance and engaged Zurabovich in a clinch.
Zaranka tries to circle away but Zurabovich has him pinned against the cage.
Zaranka dodges an elbow strike from Zurabovich.
Zurabovich holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Zaranka tries to circle away but Zurabovich has him pinned against the cage.
Zaranka can't get the takedown.
Zaranka has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zurabovich avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Zaranka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zurabovich leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zaranka blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Zurabovich.
Zaranka blocks an elbow strike.
Zaranka managing to block the knees to the body from Zurabovich.
Zaranka tries to break the clinch but Zurabovich is controlling the position.
Zaranka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zurabovich backwards.
Zurabovich is trying to maintain a safe position but Zaranka gets an underhook and turns Zurabovich into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaranka lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zurabovich backwards.
Zaranka tries to circle away but Zurabovich has him pinned against the cage.
Zurabovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Zaranka avoids the damage to the body.
Zurabovich misses with a body punch.
Zurabovich tries to land a knee to the head but Zaranka blocks with his arms.
Zaranka is trying to break the clinch but Zurabovich has him pressed against the cage.
Zaranka wants to get back to striking at distance but Zurabovich won't allow it.
Zurabovich will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zaranka up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Zaranka jumps guard.
Zurabovich throws an elbow that misses. Zaranka uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Zurabovich's guard. Nice move by Zaranka!
Zaranka throws a big elbow that misses.
Zaranka gets to his feet. Zurabovich looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Zaranka cracks Zurabovich with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
It looks like Givi Zurabovich has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaranka misses with a few strikes there.
Zaranka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zurabovich wants to counter the offense by Zaranka and move into the clinch position.
Zaranka misses with a body kick.
Zaranka looks to throw a body kick
and Zurabovich counters by clinching up.
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!
Zurabovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zaranka's efforts to push away.
Zaranka wants a takedown.
Zaranka wants to get back to striking at distance but Zurabovich won't allow it.
Zurabovich looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zurabovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zaranka's brow.
Zaranka jumps guard and drags Zurabovich to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Zurabovich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Zaranka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zurabovich throwing strikes from guard but Zaranka blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zaranka has control of Zurabovich's left arm, preventing Zurabovich from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zurabovich throws a strike but Zaranka rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Zaranka throws a big right hand that misses.
Zaranka tries to free his leg and advance position but Zurabovich is retaining full guard.
Zaranka gets to his feet - Zurabovich follows without any prompting.
Dave Zaranka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zaranka as Zurabovich tries to tie him up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zurabovich throws an elbow that misses.
Zurabovich slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zurabovich landing knees to the body.
Zurabovich goes for a takedown attempt but Zaranka pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Zaranka fails with a takedown attempt.
Zurabovich tries to counter with a clinch but Zaranka shakes him off and moves away.
Zaranka has managed to clinch.
Zurabovich lands a shot to the body.
Zurabovich missing with knees to the body.
Zurabovich has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Zaranka is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Zaranka wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Zaranka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Givi Zurabovich's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zaranka darts in looking for a takedown but Zurabovich gets double underhooks and turns Zaranka into the cage.
Zaranka closes the distance and pushes Zurabovich back into the cage.
Zaranka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zurabovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zaranka tries to break free but Zurabovich pushes him back against the cage.
Zaranka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Givi Zurabovich seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A frustrated look appears on Zaranka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zaranka blocks an elbow strike from Zurabovich.
Zaranka gets through Zurabovich's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zaranka blocks an elbow strike from Zurabovich.
Zurabovich pushes off an throws an elbow but Zaranka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zurabovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zaranka is defending well for now.
Zaranka working hard to break the clinch.
Zurabovich throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zurabovich.
Zurabovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zaranka's efforts to push away.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaranka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zurabovich goes for a takedown attempt but Zaranka pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Zaranka misses with a low kick.
Zurabovich tries to counter with a clinch but Zaranka shakes him off and moves away.
Zaranka has managed to clinch.
Zaranka working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zurabovich throws an elbow but misses.
Zaranka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zaranka is looking to break free of the clinch but Zurabovich has double underhooks.
Zurabovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zaranka is trying to push Zurabovich away but Zurabovich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zaranka can't get the takedown.
Zurabovich has Zaranka pressed against the cage, preventing Zaranka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zurabovich stalls.
Zaranka dodges an elbow strike from Zurabovich.
Zurabovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zaranka's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zurabovich has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Zaranka is trying to keep an underhook but Zurabovich manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Zaranka manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Zaranka gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zurabovich prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Zaranka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zurabovich managing to block the knees to the body from Zaranka.
Zaranka can't get the takedown.
Zaranka is trying to break the clinch but Zurabovich is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zurabovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zaranka avoids it.
Zaranka dodges an elbow strike from Zurabovich.
Zaranka avoids a wild elbow strike from Zurabovich.
Zurabovich misses with the head strike.
Zaranka is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Zaranka goes for a takedown attempt but Zurabovich pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Zurabovich darts in and clinches Zaranka up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zurabovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Zurabovich.
Zaranka tries to break the clinch but Zurabovich is controlling the position.
Zurabovich misses with an elbow strike.
Zaranka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zurabovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zaranka's brow.
Zurabovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zurabovich effectively controlling the action here.
Zurabovich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zaranka's efforts to push away.
Zurabovich prevents the takedown attempt.
Zurabovich missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaranka tries to break the clinch but Zurabovich is controlling the position.
Zurabovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Zaranka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zurabovich stalling in the clinch.
Zaranka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick from Zurabovich lands but Zaranka takes it in his stride.
Zaranka lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Zaranka shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Zurabovich but Zurabovich pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zaranka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaranka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zurabovich - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Zaranka jumps guard but Zurabovich stands there with Zaranka around his waist. Zaranka gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Givi Zurabovich will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Givi Zurabovich's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Zaranka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Zaranka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Zaranka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zurabovich has him pressed against the cage.
Zaranka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zaranka blocks a body shot from Zurabovich.
Zaranka is working for takedown but Zurabovich is calmly controlling the position for now.
Zaranka missing with knees to the body.
Zurabovich stops a takedown attempt from Zaranka.
Zurabovich struggles to land a body shot inside as Zaranka controls his hands.
Zaranka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zurabovich content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zurabovich.
A bit of stalling here from Zurabovich.
Zaranka wants to get back to striking at distance but Zurabovich won't allow it.
Zurabovich trying to control the position but instead, Zaranka has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zurabovich into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Zurabovich.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaranka has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Zurabovich after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Zaranka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zurabovich pushes off an throws an elbow but Zaranka leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zurabovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zaranka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zurabovich looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Zurabovich.
Zurabovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Zaranka.
Zaranka takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zurabovich throws an elbow but misses.
Zurabovich is stalling here.
Zurabovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zaranka avoids it.
Zurabovich has Zaranka pressed against the cage, preventing Zaranka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zaranka can't break the clinch.
Zaranka tries to break the clinch but Zurabovich is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zurabovich missing with knees to the body.
Zaranka can't break the clinch.
Zurabovich is pressed up against the cage. Zaranka has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Zurabovich down to the mat. Zurabovich avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Zaranka 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.
Zaranka throws a low kick, looking for Zurabovich's leg but Zurabovich calmly moves out of range.
Zurabovich follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Zaranka has closed the distance and engaged Zurabovich in a clinch.
Zurabovich avoiding damage.
Zaranka is fighting off a takedown attempt but Zurabovich is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Zaranka to the mat. Zaranka regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Zaranka wriggles free and stands up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaranka moves into the clinch.
Zaranka has had enough of the clinch but Zurabovich keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zurabovich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zaranka gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Zurabovich.
Zurabovich stops a takedown attempt from Zaranka.
Zaranka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zurabovich is looking for a takedown.
Zaranka tries to break free but Zurabovich pushes him back against the cage.
Zurabovich has Zaranka pressed against the cage, preventing Zaranka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zurabovich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zaranka throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zaranka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zaranka wants to take the fight to the mat but Zurabovich manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Zurabovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zaranka avoids it.
Zaranka lands with a light punch inside.
Zurabovich prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaranka blocks an elbow strike from Zurabovich.
Zaranka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zaranka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zurabovich has him pressed against the cage.
Zaranka working hard to break the clinch.
Zaranka is looking for a takedown.
Zurabovich landing knees to the body.
Zurabovich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Zurabovich stalling in the clinch but Zaranka improves position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Zurabovich.
Zurabovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zurabovich prevents Zaranka from breaking the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zurabovich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zaranka in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zaranka looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zaranka is trying to break free.
Zurabovich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Givi Zurabovich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Zurabovich has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Givi Zurabovich!
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hype
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