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PCL 53: The Succession PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Kick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kick comes to the cage accompanied by M.O.P. - Ante Up. The crowd seem to be enjoying Koch's choice of entrance music: Volbeat - A Warriors Call. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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197 lbs
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Very strong |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Kick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Koch!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kick fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Koch looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kick dodges the punch combination from Koch.
Koch misses with a body punch
and Kick counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Koch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Koch throws a hook but Kick avoids it easily.
Kick misses with a looping right.
Koch drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kick circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kick counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kick takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kick throws a nice looking combination but Koch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koch dodges the punch combination from Kick.
Koch is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kick's half guard.
Kick on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kick tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kick avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Koch.
Koch wants to control but Kick is keeping him busy.
Kick avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Koch.
Kick tries to get to full guard but Koch has control of the leg.
Koch missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kick is looking for a sweep. Koch is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koch throwing shots but Kick is blocking nicely.
Koch perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Kick really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kick won't allow Koch to pass to mount.
Koch with the ground and pound but Kick uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Kick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koch trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Kick manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Koch lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kick!
Koch thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kick is trying desperately to improve position.
Koch throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kick because Koch loaded up on that one.
Koch postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kick looks a forlorn figure.
Koch scoring with strikes but Kick is staying in there.
Kick is in a horrible position here. Koch smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Koch has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kick's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kick taking shots to the head.
Koch misses with some ground and pound and Kick recovers position to half guard.
Koch scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kick blocking the ground and pound attempt from Koch.
Kick avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Koch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Koch dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Koch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kick takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Koch ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Koch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Michael Koch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mike Kick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kick connects with a body shot.
Koch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kick manages to avoid it.
Koch fails to land with a series of punches.
Kick throws a hook but Koch avoids it easily.
Kick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the body from Koch misses
and Kick counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kick walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Koch misses with a right hand
and Kick counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Koch thinking.
Kick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Koch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch swings for the body but Kick moves out of range.
Koch moves to clinch but Kick breaks away
and Kick counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kick takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Koch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kick misses with an uppercut.
Kick doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kick circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Kick to counter with a crisp jab.
Koch rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kick counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Koch throws a jab when Kick was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Kick counter with a right hand.
Koch takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Koch lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kick is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kick leaves Koch with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Koch stuns Kick with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kick gets caught flat footed, as Koch shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Koch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kick keeping moving, preventing Koch from controlling successfully.
Koch seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kick trying to keep a closed guard but Koch is proving a slippery customer.
Kick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Koch.
Kick utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kick looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Koch stands and throws Kick's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Koch trying to control the action but Kick is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Koch working the head and body with strikes.
Koch swings around for an armbar but Kick sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Koch's guard.
Koch has his hands on Kick's head, controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Koch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kick avoids a punch combination nicely.
Koch swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kick counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Koch looks to land a combination but Kick avoids it well.
Koch fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Koch misses its intended target.
Kick takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kick misses with a straight left.
Koch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kick throws a hook but Koch blocks it.
Koch's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kick under the eye.
Koch throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kick counters with a one-two to the body.
Koch fails with a takedown attempt.
Koch misses with a body shot
and Kick makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch swings for the body but Kick moves out of range.
Koch scores with a hook to the body. Kick takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kick takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Koch misses the jab.
Kick misses with a hook. Koch ducked under it nicely.
Koch throws a looping overhand right but Kick ducks down to avoid it.
Koch looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Koch scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice defenses there by Koch.
Koch throws a lazy uppercut
and Kick counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Koch misses with an uppercut
and Kick counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Good exchange - Kick coming out on top.
Mike Kick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kick scores with a body shot.
Koch closes the distance but Kick moves to the side
and Kick counters with a right hand to the body.
Kick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koch moves away.
Kick missing with a left hand there. Koch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koch manages to avoid it.
Kick looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Koch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kick.
Koch scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kick throws a looping overhand right but Koch ducks down to avoid it.
Koch looking to score a takedown here. Kick is defending well but Koch drives through and ends up in Kick's guard.
Koch is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kick is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kick will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch pushing down on Kick's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Kick knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Koch on the ground.
Koch missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kick controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koch is keen to just control but Kick is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Koch not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Koch thows a huge punch but Kick dodges it nicely.
Koch not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Koch looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kick with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kick is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Koch missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Koch is controlling the pace.
Kick blocking the ground and pound attempt from Koch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Koch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Koch has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Koch!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mkat Twilight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mkat Twilight was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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150 lbs
9 - 3 - 1 |
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150 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joe Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mkat Twilight!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Twilight moves to clinch but Davis breaks away
and Davis counters with a left to the body.
Twilight tries to clinch but Davis moves away
and Davis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Davis.
Davis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Twilight looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Davis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Davis wants to pass the guard but Twilight is keeping the position.
Twilight controls Davis momentarily but Davis frees himself.
Davis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Twilight is adopting a defensive guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis works over Twilight with some ground and pound from guard.
Davis throwing strikes from guard but Twilight blocks nicely.
Twilight preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Twilight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davis stops Twilight from standing up.
Twilight seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Davis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Twilight swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Twilight bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Davis's guard.
Davis is trying to keep Twilight in close.
Twilight trying to control but Davis is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twilight with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Twilight trying to control the position from guard on top but Davis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Twilight is in close to Davis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Davis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Twilight looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Davis keeping moving, preventing Twilight from controlling successfully.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Mkat Twilight hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Davis darts in and clinches Twilight up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Twilight throws an elbow that misses.
Twilight landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Davis lands a shot to the body.
Twilight tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Twilight gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Twilight pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Twilight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Davis.
Davis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Davis lands an uppercut.
Davis lands a body punch.
Twilight misses with an elbow strike.
Twilight misses with an elbow over the top.
Twilight misses with an elbow strike.
Twilight creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Twilight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davis.
Davis pushes Twilight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Twilight misses with a knee strike.
Twilight putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Davis in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Twilight pushes off an throws an elbow but Davis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Davis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Davis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Davis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Davis scores with a nice head shot.
Twilight takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Davis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Davis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Davis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Twilight gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Davis.
Twilight throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Davis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Joe Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Twilight misses with a right hand
and Davis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Davis finds it's target.
Twilight tries to clinch up
and Davis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Twilight is breathing heavily.
Davis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Davis frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Davis working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Twilight slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Davis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Twilight's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to pass to mount but Twilight is defending the position.
Davis stops Twilight from getting back to his feet.
Davis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Twilight avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Davis.
Davis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Twilight defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Davis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Twilight wants to control but Davis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Davis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Davis is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Twilight reverses the position - he's now on top in Davis's guard.
Davis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Twilight throwing strikes but missing.
Twilight throws a big right hand that misses.
Davis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Davis tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Davis wants to get back to his feet but Twilight is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Davis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Twilight gets to his feet. Davis looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Twilight shoots for a takedown but Davis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Twilight moves away from the strike by Davis.
Twilight closes the distance looking to clinch
and Davis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Twilight closes the distance but Davis moves to the side
and Davis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Davis dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Davis tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Twilight is able to avoid easily.
Davis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Twilight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Twilight has his takedown stuffed
and Davis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Twilight wants to clinch
and Davis counters with a nice body shot.
Davis misses with a low kick.
Davis misses the body punch
and Twilight counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Twilight misses with a jab to the body
and Davis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Twilight shoots and misses
and Davis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Twilight's knee momentarily.
Twilight takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Twilight takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Davis throws a leg kick which misses Twilight's front leg but catches the back leg as Twilight tries to avoid it.
Twilight takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Twilight tries to keep at a distance but Davis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Davis lands an uppercut.
Davis avoids a wild elbow strike from Twilight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Twilight throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twilight lands a shoulder strike.
Davis lands a shot to the body.
Davis presses Twilight against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Twilight prevents the takedown attempt.
Davis lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Davis.
A short right from Davis on the inside.
Davis is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Twilight can't fight it off and eventually Davis manages to take the fight to the floor. Twilight looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Davis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Twilight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Davis throwing strikes from guard but Twilight blocks nicely.
Twilight trying to keep a closed guard but Davis is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis stopping the sweep attempt from Twilight.
Davis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Twilight is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Davis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Davis is working Twilight over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Twilight preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Twilight wants to stand and escape but Davis is having none of it.
Davis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Twilight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mkat Twilight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis wants to pass the guard but Twilight is keeping the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Davis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Davis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Twilight's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Davis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davis 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Davis!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gordon Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amzi Azzan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Amzi Azzan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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205 lbs
10 - 13 - 0 |
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217 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Decent boxing
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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
10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gordon Freeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Amzi Azzan!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azzan tries to clinch but Freeman is having none of it.
Freeman moves out of range of the strikes.
Azzan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azzan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Freeman.
Azzan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Freeman counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Azzan!
Freeman looking to control but Azzan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Azzan is trying desperately to improve position.
Freeman goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Azzan is on top in guard.
Azzan trying to control but Freeman is working from the bottom.
Azzan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azzan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Freeman trying to control the position.
Azzan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Azzan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Freeman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Azzan is working Freeman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Freeman has momentary wrist control but Azzan slips an elbow through the middle.
Azzan looking to pass the guard.
Azzan looking to sit in guard and control but Freeman gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Freeman wants to control from the top but Azzan keeps moving.
Azzan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Freeman is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman looking to sit in guard and control but Azzan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Azzan passes Freeman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Azzan lands with a punch from half guard.
Azzan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Azzan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azzan throws a strike but Freeman avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Azzan is working Freeman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Azzan trying to control but Freeman is working from the bottom.
Azzan slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Azzan is trying to get an arm triangle but Freeman is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amzi Azzan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Azzan misses with an uppercut
and Freeman counters with a takedown into side control.
Azzan gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Azzan is refusing to be controlled, as Freeman sits in half guard.
Freeman wants to free his trapped foot but Azzan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Freeman wants to work for an arm triangle but Azzan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Azzan wants to control but Freeman is keeping busy.
Freeman seems to be working for a kimura but Azzan defends the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azzan controlling the position for now.
Azzan is refusing to be controlled, as Freeman sits in half guard.
Freeman wants to free his trapped foot but Azzan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Freeman seems to be working for a kimura but Azzan defends the submission attempt.
Azzan has his hands clasped together around Freeman's back. He's all about the action.
Azzan wants to improve his position but Freeman is controlling well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Azzan can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Freeman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Azzan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Freeman.
Azzan is doing well to control the position and prevent Freeman from advancing to side control.
Azzan is looking to improve his position.
Freeman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Azzan defends it well.
Azzan is looking for a sweep. Freeman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azzan moves into full guard.
Freeman being controlled here momentarily.
Freeman is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Azzan is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Azzan has escaped and now he's on top!
Azzan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Azzan thows a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azzan is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Freeman is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Freeman has escaped and now he's on top!
Azzan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Freeman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Azzan is keeping the position for now.
Azzan is pulling down on Freeman's head. It's preventing any offense from Freeman, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gordon Freeman dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Freeman with a poor takedown
so Azzan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Freeman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Azzan looking to sit in guard and control but Freeman gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Freeman looking to sit in guard and control but Azzan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Azzan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azzan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Azzan looking to pass the guard.
Azzan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Azzan trying to control but Freeman is working from the bottom.
Freeman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Azzan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Azzan works over Freeman with some ground and pound from guard.
Azzan looking to pass the guard.
Freeman looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azzan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Freeman keeping moving, preventing Azzan from controlling successfully.
Azzan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Azzan throws a big right hand that misses.
Freeman keeping full guard, as Azzan tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Freeman has momentary wrist control but Azzan slips an elbow through the middle.
Azzan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Freeman is keeping the position for now.
Azzan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Azzan postures up in Freeman's guard and throws a big left but Freeman blocks it.
Azzan wants to control from the top but Freeman keeps moving.
Amzi Azzan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Azzan stands up over Freeman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Amzi Azzan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Azzan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amzi Azzan!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramon Placido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quinn comes into the arena with The Blood of Cuchulainn blaring out of the sound system. Placido has chosen Bone Thugs N Harmony Feat. 2Pac - Thug Luv as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Pete Quinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ramon Placido!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Placido closes the distance and clinches.
Placido goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Placido wants to break the clinch but can't.
Placido is leaning against Quinn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Quinn manages to break the clinch.
Placido throws out a loose jab but Quinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Placido takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Placido clobbers Quinn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Placido throws a jab when Quinn was well out of range.
Quinn throws an off balance right hand
and Placido counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Quinn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Placido.
Quinn misses with a wild body shot.
Quinn throws a right hand that misses
and Placido counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Placido lands an overhand right.
Placido lands with a cross.
Quinn throws a jab when Placido was well out of range.
Quinn swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Placido.
The fighters circling - Placido throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quinn thuds a left hand into Placido's body.
Placido lands with a cross.
Placido misses with a straight right.
Placido lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Quinn at a distance.
Placido throws an off balance right hand
and Quinn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A lazy left from Quinn finds it's target.
A swing and a miss from Placido.
Placido swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Placido might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Placido is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quinn.
Quinn misses with a series of wild punches.
Quinn thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Placido throws out the jab.
Placido misses with a hook. Quinn ducked under it nicely.
Quinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Placido throws out the jab.
Placido tries to close the distance and clinch up but Quinn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Placido looks to clinch
and Quinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Placido is looking to clinch.
Quinn slips a jab from Placido.
Placido stalks Quinn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Quinn's face. Quinn staggers backwards, shaken.
Ramon Placido seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quinn misses with a body shot.
Placido staying out of range there.
Placido throws a poor cross that misses
letting Quinn counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quinn loads up on a big right hand but Placido slips the punch.
Placido fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quinn manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Placido throws a right hand that misses
and Quinn counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Placido lands a jab to Quinn's midsection.
Placido tries to clinch there but Quinn circles away.
Placido swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Quinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Quinn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Quinn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Placido scores with a jab. Quinn acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Placido throws an overhand right that lands on Quinn's shoulder, as Quinn tries to avoid the shot.
Placido tries to move into range but Quinn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Quinn. Those never looked like landing.
Quinn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Placido manages to avoid it.
Placido lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quinn circles away quickly and effectively.
Placido cracks Quinn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Placido moves in looking to clinch but Quinn pushes him off.
Placido misses with a left hand
and Quinn counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Placido wants to clinch but Quinn slips to the side
and Quinn counters with a left to the body.
Quinn throws out a loose jab but Placido uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quinn throws a nice looking combination but Placido bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Placido keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quinn.
Quinn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Quinn throws a body punch but Placido moves out of range.
Placido thows a body shot but no joy.
Quinn misses with a wild combination.
Quinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Placido misses with a left hand
and Quinn counters with a two punch combo.
Placido misses with an uppercut
enabling Quinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Quinn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Placido in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pete Quinn dominated that round.
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.
Placido closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Quinn tries to break the clinch but Placido is controlling the position.
Placido is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Placido tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Placido stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Placido can't find room to land a body shot as Quinn controls the action.
Placido prevents Quinn from breaking the clinch.
Placido lands a body shot in the clinch.
Placido misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Placido tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quinn's elbow.
A body shot lands from Placido.
Placido stalling the fight.
Placido scores with a shoulder strike.
Placido misses with a punch to the body.
Placido can't find room to land a body shot as Quinn controls the action.
Placido lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Quinn or not.
Placido fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Placido.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Placido.
A right hand to the body from Placido.
Quinn tries to break free but Placido pushes him back against the cage.
Placido is trying to break the clinch but Quinn is controlling him.
A hook to the body from Placido.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Placido.
Placido works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Quinn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Placido.
Quinn is trying to force a seperation but Placido has the dominant position.
Placido lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Placido manages to break the clinch.
Placido connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Placido throws an overhand right that lands on Quinn's shoulder, as Quinn tries to avoid the shot.
Placido looks to land a combination but Quinn avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Placido connects with a body shot that sends Quinn's belly button to the back.
Placido misses with a double jab.
Placido lands a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Quinn. Those never looked like landing.
A big right from Quinn misses.
Placido throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big right from Placido misses.
Pete Quinn is winning the standup battle so far.
Quinn gets tackled into the cage by Placido. Placido maintains the clinch.
Quinn blocks a body shot from Placido.
Placido goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Placido goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quinn taking a breather.
Quinn prevents Placido from breaking the clinch.
Quinn prevents a body shot from Placido.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn breaks from the clinch.
Placido misses with a lunging right hand
and Quinn counters with a straight right hand.
Placido throws a hook but Quinn avoids it easily.
Placido misses with an uppercut
and Quinn counters with a right hand to the body.
Quinn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Placido moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Placido misses with a wild body shot.
Placido throws a poor cross that misses
and Quinn counters with a left to the body.
A jab from Placido finds it's way through Quinn's defenses.
Quinn takes one on the button.
Quinn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Placido.
Placido wants to clinch.
Quinn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Placido takes a swing at Quinn's ribcage but misses.
Quinn ducks under a wild hook from Placido.
Quinn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Placido takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Placido doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Placido looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Quinn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Placido looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Placido takes one to the side of the head.
Quinn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Quinn.
Placido closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Quinn scores with a jab to the body.
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 Pete Quinn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Quinn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Placido looks to land a right hand but Quinn moved out of range.
Placido misses the jab.
Placido misses the jab.
Quinn misses the jab.
Quinn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Placidos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Placido clobbers Quinn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Quinn scores with a decent looking hook.
Quinn thows a body shot but no joy.
Quinn looks to score with a jab to the body but Placido is just out of range.
Quinn missing with a left hand there. Placido was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quinn throws a hook but Placido avoids it easily.
Placido tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Placido.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Quinn throws a series of punches but Placido moves out of range.
Placido tries to close the distance and clinch but Quinn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Placido looks to throw the jab but Quinn is out of range.
Quinn misses the shot to the body.
Quinn misses with an uppercut
and Placido counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A slow jab from Placido misses its intended target.
Quinn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Placido getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Placido tries to move into range but Quinn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Placido lunges at Quinn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Quinn's hand.
A big left from Quinn misses.
Placido moves to clinch but Quinn breaks away
and Quinn counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn misses with a jab to the body
enabling Placido to counter with a crisp jab.
Placido tries to clinch but Quinn moves out of range.
Placido will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ramon Placido has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Placido misses with an uppercut
and Quinn counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Quinn misses its intended target.
Quinn slips a jab from Placido.
Placido throws a combination that misses
and Quinn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Placido thinking.
Placido has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Placido takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Placido lands with a cross.
Quinn scores with a shot to the body.
Quinn throws a series of strikes that have Placido backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice cross by Quinn.
Quinn lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quinn misses with a series of wild punches.
Quinn tries to bum rush Placido with a series of wild strikes but Placido uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quinn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Quinn misses with a hook.
Quinn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Placido throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Quinn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice uppercut there from Quinn.
Quinn scores with a hook to the body. Placido takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A big right from Quinn misses.
Placido is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Placido takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Quinn just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Placido blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Placido misses the target.
Placido misses with a hook to the body
and Quinn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Placido throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Quinn counters with a straight right hand.
Placido takes one to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Quinn.
Placido misses with a lunging right hand
letting Quinn counter with a right hand.
Placido throws a lazy uppercut
and Quinn counters with a stiff right hand.
Quinn slips a jab and a cross from Placido.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quinn connects with a crisp jab.
Placido misses with a hook
and Quinn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Quinn throws a good cross that connects.
Quinn missing with a left hand there. Placido was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Quinn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Quinn, 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Quinn!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artem Muhomorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artem Muhomorov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago circles away from the clinch attempt
and Drago counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Drago thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Muhomorov holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Drago thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Muhomorov's head.
Muhomorov avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Drago.
Drago not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Muhomorov is refusing to be controlled, as Drago sits in half guard.
Drago throwing shots but Muhomorov is blocking nicely.
Drago looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Muhomorov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Drago thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Muhomorov is looking for a sweep. Drago is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Drago trying to control from half guard but Muhomorov is working away.
Drago thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Muhomorov's head.
Drago working over Muhomorov with some ground and pound. Muhomorov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Drago throws a strike but Muhomorov avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Drago postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Muhomorov is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Drago, into his guard.
Muhomorov wants to get up but he can't break Drago's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Drago is looking for a triangle here but Muhomorov uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Drago is trying to work for a sweep but Muhomorov has mounted him!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago tries to hold on but Muhomorov pushes him away.
Muhomorov controlling from mount.
Drago is wriggling around trying to escape.
Muhomorov blocks Drago's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Muhomorov content just to control the position here.
Muhomorov gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Artem Muhomorov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drago is breathing heavily.
Muhomorov throws a jab but it's blocked by Drago.
Artem Muhomorov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Muhomorov dips to his left and cracks Drago with an uppercut!
It looks like Ivan Drago has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhomorov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Drago walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Muhomorov swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Artem Muhomorov!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukasz Szymanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costa comes to the cage accompanied by Stratovarius - Dreamweaver. Szymanski is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Wiz Khalifa - Black And Yellow. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jose Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lukasz Szymanski!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szymanski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costa misses with a takedown attempt - Szymanski sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Costa staying out of range there.
A shot to the body from Szymanski misses
and Costa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Szymanski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Costa doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Szymanski counters with an outside leg kick.
Szymanski throws out a loose jab but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Szymanski. Szymanski obviously looking to wear him down.
Costa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Szymanski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Costa moves to clinch but Szymanski breaks away
and Szymanski counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Szymanski.
Costa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A low kick from Szymanski misses
and Costa counters with a nice uppercut.
Costa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Szymanski sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Costa swings widly with a right hand
and Szymanski counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Szymanski.
Szymanski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Costa. That did some damage!
Szymanski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Costa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Costa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa misses with the body kick
and Szymanski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Costa misses with a body shot.
Costa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Costa misses with an uppercut
and Szymanski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Szymanski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Costa.
Costa is breathing heavily.
That kick from Szymanski tenderised Costa's leg. Costa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Szymanski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Szymanski connects with a right hand. Costa shakes it off.
Costa is rocked!
A slapping leg kick lands for Szymanski.
Szymanski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Szymanski lands a jab.
Oh Costa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A slapping body kick lands there for Szymanski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Szymanski.
Costa seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Szymanski tries for a takedown but Costa sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Szymanski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Costa as he avoids it easily.
A head kick by Szymanski misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Costa misses with a takedown attempt
and Szymanski counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Costa is not content to let Szymanski control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szymanski misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Szymanski landing strikes.
Szymanski with the ground and pound but Costa regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Szymanski is just content to waste time from the top position. Costa takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Szymanski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lukasz Szymanski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Szymanski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Costa.
Costa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Szymanski scores with a decent looking hook.
Costa scoring well with a low kick there.
Jose Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Costa is looking to clinch.
Costa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Szymanski lands with an uppercut that bounces Costa off the cage and back into rage.
Costa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Costa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Szymanski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Szymanski misses with an uppercut.
Szymanski on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Szymanski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Costa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Szymanski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lukasz Szymanski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Szymanski throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Costa fails to land the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A lazy body kick from Costa
and Szymanski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Costa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Szymanski.
Szymanski takes a swing at Costa's ribcage but misses.
Szymanski throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Costa is looking to clinch but Szymanski is avoiding it.
Szymanski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costa fails with the takedown
and Szymanski counters with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Szymanski thuds his right hand into Costa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Costa shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Szymanski counters with a nice low kick that buckles Costa's knee momentarily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Szymanski steps in with a hook that catches Costa right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Szymanski follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Costa looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lukasz Szymanski!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Vadokowich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakob Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vadokowich comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Enter Sandman. The crowd seem to be enjoying Tyler's choice of entrance music: Throw the Heat - Mortician. Vadim Vadokowich is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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181 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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182 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vadim Vadokowich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jakob Tyler!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tyler is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tyler throws a combination. Vadokowich tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tyler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vadokowich lands a really nice looking cross but Tyler seems unphased.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Vadokowich misses with a left hand
and Tyler counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Vadokowich avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tyler.
Vadokowich is trying to maintain the position but Tyler is very close to passing his half guard.
Vadokowich moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Vadokowich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadokowich pulls Tyler in close to prevent any damage.
Tyler is looking to work some ground and pound but Vadokowich has wrist control.
Vadokowich looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vadokowich keeping full guard, as Tyler tries to pass.
Vadokowich has Tyler pulled in close to control his posture.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Tyler stopping the sweep attempt from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tyler!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tyler is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vadokowich tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tyler is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Tyler tries to get to full guard but Vadokowich has control of the leg.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tyler can do anything to dispel that myth.
Vadokowich trying to control the pace.
Tyler has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Vadokowich is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tyler missing with punches from the bottom.
Vadokowich is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Tyler wants to get back to his feet.
Vadokowich trying to pass the guard but Tyler defending well.
Tyler punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Vadim Vadokowich will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Vadokowich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyler thows a body shot but no joy.
Vadokowich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vadokowich displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tyler.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyler throws an overhand right that lands on Vadokowich's shoulder, as Vadokowich tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadokowich gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tyler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tyler cracks Vadokowich with a solid left hand.
Vadokowich looking for a sweep. Not yet Vadokowich, not yet.
Tyler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vadokowich wants to sweep but no luck.
Vadokowich looking to control.
Tyler throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tyler trying to control but Vadokowich is working from the bottom.
Tyler throwing strikes but missing.
Vadokowich has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Tyler preventing the sweep.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Vadokowich scores with a jab.
Tyler tries to score a power double leg takedown but Vadokowich sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tyler somewhat.
Tyler misses with a right hand
and Vadokowich counters with a nice body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Tyler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich throws a sloppy body shot
and Tyler counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tyler.
Tyler throws a big right hand that misses.
Tyler stopping the sweep attempt from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich pulls Tyler in close to prevent any damage.
Vadokowich looking to control.
Vadokowich has Tyler pulled in close to control his posture.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Vadim Vadokowich has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Tyler misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler throws a lazy right hand but Vadokowich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tyler takes a swing at Vadokowich's ribcage but misses.
Vadokowich misses with a wild body shot.
Vadokowich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyler swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vadokowich counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tyler thinking.
Vadokowich is looking to wear down Tyler with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tyler throws a lazy uppercut
and Vadokowich counters with a lovely shot to the body.
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 Vadim Vadokowich will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Tyler on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tyler blocks a jab.
Tyler misses with a left hand
and Tyler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tyler scores with a hook to the body. Vadokowich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vadokowich misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tyler is defended easily by Vadokowich.
Vadokowich looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadokowich rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyler moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tyler misses with an uppercut. Vadokowich saw that one coming.
Jakob Tyler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyler digs a good hook to Vadokowich's body.
Tyler throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vadokowich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vadokowich. Tyler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tyler fails with a takedown attempt.
Vadokowich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyler manages to avoid it.
Tyler shoots for a double leg takedown but Vadokowich sprawls well. He's pushed Tyler's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Vadim Vadokowich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jakob Tyler.
Vadokowich throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler misses with a takedown attempt - Vadokowich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A punch combination from Vadokowich misses.
Vadokowich staying out of range there.
Tyler is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tyler throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vadokowich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler looks to land a right hand but Vadokowich moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Vadokowich. Those never looked like landing.
Vadim Vadokowich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tyler misses with a jab to the body
and Vadokowich counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tyler connects with a body shot.
Tyler punishes Vadokowich's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tyler misses with a shot to the body
letting Vadokowich counter with a right hand.
Jakob Tyler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vadokowich throws a right and a left that Tyler avoids nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vadim Vadokowich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vadokowich, 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vadim Vadokowich!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stelios Xenos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenneth Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has chosen Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stelios Xenos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenneth Williams!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Xenos is predictable there
and Williams counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Williams.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Xenos blocks nicely.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Xenos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams postures up in Xenos's guard and throws a big left but Xenos blocks it.
Xenos wants to sweep but no luck.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Xenos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Xenos wants to pass the guard but Williams is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Williams isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Xenos stacks Williams on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Xenos!
Williams is looking to reverse the position.
Xenos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Williams keeps working.
Williams manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to lay and pray for a moment but Xenos keeps working.
Williams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Williams looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Xenos is trying to control but can't.
Xenos makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Xenos.
Xenos keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Williams wants to pass the guard but Xenos is keeping the position.
Williams sitting in guard here, content to control.
Xenos lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Williams!
Williams tries to reverse the position but Xenos maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Xenos throws a sloppy strike and Williams uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Williams has ended up in Xenos's guard.
Xenos wants to stand and escape but Williams is having none of it.
Williams stands and throws Xenos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Williams wants to lay and pray for a moment but Xenos keeps working.
Williams throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Xenos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Williams thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenneth Williams dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Xenos throws a body kick the misses
and Williams counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Williams trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Williams passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Xenos can't do much from the bottom here.
Williams tries to move into full mount but can't pass Xenos's legs.
Williams is looking to take a break and control but Xenos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Williams is trying to get an arm triangle but Xenos is defending well.
Xenos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Williams wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Williams has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Xenos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Xenos is holding Williams down, trying to stall.
Williams tries to score with some ground and pound. Xenos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Xenos parries the strikes from Williams easily there. Williams is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Xenos to escape.
Xenos prevents Williams from improving position.
Xenos manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Xenos slows the pace down in half guard.
Xenos is looking to take a break and control but Williams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Williams manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to stand up but Xenos isn't so interested in that idea.
Williams is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Xenos wants to improve his position but Williams is controlling well.
Xenos gets back to full guard.
Williams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Xenos is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xenos keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Williams preventing the sweep.
Williams being controlled here momentarily.
Williams drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Xenos manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Williams has Xenos in his guard.
Xenos looking to sit in guard and control but Williams gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenneth Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Xenos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Williams counters with a thumping low kick.
Stelios Xenos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by Xenos.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked
and Xenos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Williams fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Xenos avoids it really well and circles away.
Xenos throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a low kick, right behind Xenos 's knee.
Xenos checks a low kick from Williams.
Xenos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Williams checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Williams misses with a leg kick
and Xenos counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xenos throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
A head kick from Xenos lands but Williams takes it in his stride.
It looks like Kenneth Williams has been cut.
A low kick from Williams is predictable there
and Xenos counters with a body kick that stops Williams in his tracks momentarily.
Williams plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Xenos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Xenos tries to land a front kick but Williams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A low kick from Williams misses
and Xenos counters with a good, hard body kick but Williams shrugs it off.
Xenos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xenos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick by Xenos misses
so Williams counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xenos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Williams postures up in Xenos's guard and throws a big left but Xenos blocks it.
Kenneth Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Xenos working a defensive guard here.
Williams stopping the sweep attempt from Xenos.
Williams trying to control but Xenos is working from the bottom.
Williams passes Xenos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos is trying is best to control the position here.
Williams trying to pass the guard but Xenos defending well.
Xenos keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Williams thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Xenos's head.
Williams is looking to advance position but Xenos won't allow it.
Williams looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Williams trying to control the action but Xenos is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Xenos counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked
and Xenos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Xenos misses the jab.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Xenos.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Xenos's sensitive parts.
Xenos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Xenos.
A low kick from Xenos is predictable there
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Stelios Xenos did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Williams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Xenos throws a leg kick that is checked
so Williams counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Williams trying to control but Xenos is working from the bottom.
Xenos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Williams stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Xenos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Xenos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xenos is trying to keep Williams in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Stelios Xenos wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Xenos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Xenos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Xenos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.
Xenos throws a lazy body kick
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
A lazy body kick from Xenos
and Williams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Xenos checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xenos throws a lazy head kick
and Williams counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Xenos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Williams is out of range.
A low kick from Xenos misses
and Williams counters with a leg kick.
Stelios Xenos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Xenos counters with an outside leg kick.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by Xenos.
Xenos throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
Xenos is looking to wear down Williams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A low kick from Xenos is predictable there
and Williams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Xenos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Xenos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Xenos throws a lazy head kick
and Williams counters with a low kick, right behind Xenos 's knee.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Xenos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A low kick from Xenos is predictable there
and Williams counters with a head kick. That will keep Xenos thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Xenos throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a single leg into guard. Xenos didn't expect that.
Xenos keeping full guard, as Williams tries to pass.
Williams passes Xenos's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xenos is refusing to be controlled, as Williams sits in half guard.
Williams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Williams is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Xenos sees it coming and defends easily.
Williams uses his free foot to push down on Xenos's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Xenos.
Williams seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Xenos is holding on tight.
Williams avoids the attempt from Xenos to control.
Williams in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Williams punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenneth Williams dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Williams's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Xenos stuffs the takedown.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Xenos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.
Xenos misses the body punch
so Williams counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Xenos seems keen to control Williams's posture.
Williams working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Xenos's head.
Williams advances to half guard.
Williams is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Xenos is pressing down on Williams's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Xenos is keeping the position for now.
Xenos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Williams wants to pass the guard but Xenos is keeping the position.
Williams stopping the sweep attempt from Xenos.
Xenos is working hard here to advance position.
Williams keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Xenos's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Williams trying to control but Xenos is working from the bottom.
Williams won't allow Xenos to sweep him here.
Xenos managing to control the position.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Xenos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Williams is looking to chop away at Xenos's legs.
Xenos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a nice double leg into side control. Xenos won't be happy with that.
Williams swings around for an armbar but Xenos sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Williams's guard.
Williams is trying to keep Xenos in close.
Xenos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
Xenos trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams looking for a guillotine here but Xenos defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xenos won't allow Williams to sweep him here.
Stelios Xenos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xenos wants to pass the guard but Williams is keeping the position.
Xenos tries to stand but Williams is controlling from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenneth Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Williams 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 46:49
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 46:49
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenneth Williams! Kenneth Williams retains his middleweight title!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asser Toropainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Schilt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toropainen comes to the cage accompanied by Paleface-Syntynyt rellestää. Schilt has chosen The Who - Baba O'Riley as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Asser Toropainen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gilbert Schilt!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toropainen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Schilt as he avoids it easily.
Toropainen misses with a left hand
and Toropainen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Asser Toropainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toropainen misses with a right hand
and Schilt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Schilt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toropainen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Schilt counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Toropainen thinking.
Toropainen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Schilt counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Schilt is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Toropainen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Schilt just stands there and leans against the cage.
Toropainen fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Asser Toropainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toropainen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Schilt walks away with a smile on his face. Toropainen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Toropainen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Schilt counters with a good low kick that Toropainen was not able to check.
Toropainen checks a leg kick nicely.
Toropainen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Schilt defends it nicely.
Toropainen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Schilt scores with a jab. Toropainen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Toropainen throws a right hand that misses
and Schilt counters with a straight right hand.
Toropainen misses with a takedown attempt
and Schilt counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schilt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toropainen misses with a left hand
and Schilt counters with a nice uppercut.
Schilt tries to clinch but Toropainen moves out of range.
Toropainen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Toropainen throws a combination that misses
and Schilt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Schilt tries to sprawl but Toropainen drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Schilt is trying to stand up here but Toropainen is controlling him well.
Schilt kicks Toropainen off and gets back to his feet.
Toropainen scores with a punch to the head.
Toropainen misses with an uppercut
and Schilt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Toropainen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Schilt counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Schilt connects with a single shot there.
Gilbert Schilt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toropainen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Schilt swings for the body but Toropainen moves out of range.
Toropainen jabs Schilt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Schilt as he connects with a hook.
Schilt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Toropainen shoots in and drives through. Schilt sprawls well.
Schilt is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Toropainen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Schilt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toropainen misses with a left hand
and Schilt counters with a stiff right hand.
Schilt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Toropainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schilt was well out of range. Poor timing from Toropainen.
Schilt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Schilt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Toropainen.
Schilt scores with a hook to the body. Toropainen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Schilt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Toropainen swings widly with a right hand
and Schilt counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Toropainen thinking.
Schilt bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Toropainen throws a lazy uppercut
and Schilt counters with a nice body shot.
Toropainen is breathing heavily.
Toropainen ducks right into an uppercut from Schilt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Schilt as Toropainen shoots in.
Toropainen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Schilt counters with a nice uppercut.
Toropainen throws a leg kick
and Schilt counters with a straight right hand.
Toropainen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Schilt counters with a two punch combo.
Toropainen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Toropainen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Toropainen moves out of range of the body kick from Schilt.
Schilt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Toropainen misses with a shot to the body
and Schilt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toropainen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toropainen misses with a double jab
and Schilt counters by moving into the clinch.
Toropainen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toropainen fails to pull guard.
Toropainen jumps guard but Schilt stands there with Toropainen around his waist. Toropainen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Schilt.
Schilt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Schilt misses with a few strikes there.
Toropainen misses with a takedown
and Schilt counters with a stiff right hand.
Toropainen throws a leg kick
and Schilt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Toropainen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Schilt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A low kick from Toropainen misses
and Schilt counters with an outside leg kick.
Toropainen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Schilt counters with a straight right hand.
Schilt lands a nice hook to Toropainen's body. Toropainen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Schilt scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Schilt scores with a jab to the head.
Schilt scores with a body shot.
Toropainen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gilbert Schilt dominated that round.
That's time! Toropainen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Toropainen swings widly with a right hand
and Schilt counters with a nice uppercut.
Toropainen misses with an uppercut
and Schilt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toropainen moves forwards but Schilt connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Schilt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Toropainen throws a right hand that misses
and Schilt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Schilt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Schilt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Schilt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Schilt misses with a double jab.
Toropainen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Schilt takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Toropainen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Schilt counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Schilt taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Toropainen fails to pull guard.
Toropainen blocking some punches.
Toropainen tries to pull guard but Schilt won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toropainen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Asser Toropainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schilt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Toropainen's elbow.
Schilt lands a nice uppercut.
Toropainen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Schilt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Schilt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toropainen fails to pull guard.
Schilt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Toropainen fails to pull guard.
Schilt working aggressively here.
Schilt tries to land a knee to the head but Toropainen blocks with his arms.
Toropainen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Schilt digs a right hand underneath Toropainen's ribcage. Toropainen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Toropainen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Schilt fails to land.
Toropainen tries to pull guard but Schilt holds him up against the cage and eventually Toropainen drops back down to his feet.
Schilt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Toropainen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Schilt just stands there and leans against the cage.
Toropainen successfully pulls guard.
Schilt wants to stand but Toropainen is controlling his posture from full guard.
Schilt wants to control from the top but Toropainen keeps moving.
Toropainen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Schilt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Schilt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Toropainen is striking off his back. Schilt thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schilt postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Toropainen to stand up.
Toropainen misses with a lunging right hand
and Schilt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Asser Toropainen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toropainen throws a combination that misses
and Schilt counters with a straight right hand.
Toropainen misses with a right hand
letting Schilt counter with a right hand.
Schilt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Toropainen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Horrible takedown by Toropainen or perhaps it was just good defense by Schilt which made him look bad.
Toropainen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Schilt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Toropainen thows a leg kick but Schilt checks it
and Schilt counters with a nice body shot.
A low kick from Schilt is predictable there
and Toropainen counters with a one-two to the body.
Toropainen has his takedown stuffed
and Schilt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Schilt has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Toropainen throws an off balance right hand
and Schilt counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Schilt tries to stand but Toropainen is controlling from the bottom.
Toropainen working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Schilt has passed into half guard!
Toropainen tries to get to full guard but Schilt has control of the leg.
Schilt decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Schilt lunges at Toropainen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Toropainen's hand.
Toropainen misses with a lunging right hand
and Schilt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toropainen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schilt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Toropainen misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Schilt to counter with a crisp jab.
Toropainen throws a leg kick
letting Schilt counter with a right hand.
Toropainen walks into a straight right hand from Schilt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gilbert Schilt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Toropainen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Schilt throws a body punch but Toropainen moves out of range.
Schilt is looking to slow Toropainen down with leg kicks.
Toropainen is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Schilt's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A telegraphed right hand from Schilt misses the target.
Toropainen gets a double leg takedown into Schilt's guard.
Schilt wants to get back to his feet but Toropainen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Toropainen landing some decent shots from guard.
Schilt wants to stand up but Toropainen is controlling him.
Toropainen passes Schilt's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Toropainen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Toropainen is keen to just control but Schilt is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toropainen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Schilt knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Toropainen stalling.
Schilt looks like he's trying to stand up.
Toropainen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Schilt doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Toropainen.
Ground and pound from Toropainen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Toropainen is looking for a kimura but Schilt is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Toropainen to get the leverage.
Schilt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Toropainen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Schilt looks like he's trying to stand up.
Toropainen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Toropainen thows a huge punch but Schilt dodges it nicely.
Schilt looks like he's trying to stand up.
Toropainen is looking for a kimura here.
Schilt tries to kick Toropainen off but Toropainen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toropainen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Schilt is trying to stand back up but Toropainen is controlling him
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schilt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Toropainen.
Toropainen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Toropainen sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Schilt is refusing to be controlled, as Toropainen sits in half guard.
Schilt keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Toropainen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Toropainen is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asser Toropainen clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Schilt cracks Toropainen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Toropainen throws a lazy uppercut
and Schilt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Schilt. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Schilt.
Toropainen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Schilt checks a low kick from Toropainen.
Toropainen throws a series of strikes that have Schilt backpedaling.
Toropainen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Schilt.
Toropainen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Toropainen lands a jab.
Toropainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Schilt is just out of range.
Toropainen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Schilt sprawls well initially but Toropainen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Toropainen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toropainen prevents Schilt from standing back up.
Toropainen is working for a submission of some sort.
Toropainen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Schilt's head.
Toropainen is trying to control the action in half guard but Schilt is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Toropainen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Toropainen wants to free his trapped foot but Schilt is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Asser Toropainen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Schilt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Toropainen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Schilt has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Toropainen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Toropainen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Toropainen prevents Schilt from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schilt is refusing to be controlled, as Toropainen sits in half guard.
Schilt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Schilt wants to get back to his feet.
Toropainen throwing shots but Schilt is blocking nicely.
Schilt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Toropainen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toropainen prevents Schilt from standing back up.
Toropainen wants to work for an arm triangle but Schilt is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Schilt pushes Toropainen off and gets back to his feet.
Schilt is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Toropainen shoots and misses
letting Schilt counter with a right hand.
Schilt jabs Toropainen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Schilt digs a good hook to Toropainen's body.
The fighters circling - Schilt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Schilt throws a leg kick that misses.
Toropainen shoots and misses
and Schilt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Toropainen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Toropainen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schilt misses with an uppercut. Toropainen saw that one coming.
Schilt keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Asser Toropainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toropainen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Schilt defends it nicely.
Schilt leaves Toropainen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Toropainen lands with an overhand left.
Toropainen misses with a combination
and Schilt counters with a nice kick to the body.
Toropainen misses with a hook
and Schilt counters with a stiff right hand.
Toropainen misses with a shot to the body
and Schilt counters with a straight right hand.
Schilt is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Toropainen swings widly with a right hand
and Schilt counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Gilbert Schilt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Toropainen misses with a lunging right hand
and Schilt counters with a right hand to the body.
Toropainen moves out of range as Schilt strikes.
Schilt cracks a nice hook into Toropainen's ribs.
Schilt throws out a powerful jab.
Schilt throws a series of punches but Toropainen avoids them all with ease.
Schilt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Toropainen takes one to the chin there.
Schilt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Toropainen momentarily.
Toropainen misses with a hook
and Schilt counters with an outside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Schilt.
Toropainen throws a lazy uppercut
and Schilt counters by moving into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Schilt.
Schilt stalling the fight.
Toropainen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Schilt smiles and moves away.
Schilt tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Schilt coming out on top.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Toropainen.
Toropainen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Schilt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Asser Toropainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toropainen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Toropainen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Schilt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Schilt connects with a right hand. Toropainen shakes it off.
Toropainen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Schilt counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Toropainen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Schilt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toropainen throws a poor cross that misses
and Schilt counters by moving into the clinch.
Toropainen fails to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Schilt.
Schilt misses with the head strike.
Schilt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Schilt struggles to land a body shot inside as Toropainen controls his hands.
Toropainen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A hook to the body from Schilt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Toropainen.
Toropainen jumps guard.
Toropainen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Schilt!
Schilt avoids a series of strikes thrown by Toropainen.
Toropainen looking to finish with strikes here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toropainen misses with a head shot.
Schilt working to try and regain half guard.
Schilt is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Schilt tries to hold on but Toropainen postures up.
Asser Toropainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Toropainen unloads with some shots from mount but Schilt bucks and avoids them well.
Toropainen is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Schilt has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Schilt!
Schilt wants to stand but Toropainen is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Toropainen working for submissions but it's allowed Schilt to get to half guard.
Toropainen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Toropainen trying to control but Schilt postures up.
Schilt is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Toropainen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gilbert Schilt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Schilt 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 45:49
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 45:49
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 45:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gilbert Schilt! Gilbert Schilt retains his light heavyweight title!
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