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RCD 43: All The Right moves PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Turbo Negro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg VanWinkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Negro comes to the cage accompanied by Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.. VanWinkle has chosen Motorhead - Smiling Like A Killer as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Turbo Negro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Greg VanWinkle!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
VanWinkle paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Negro tries to clinch up
and VanWinkle counters with a left to the body.
VanWinkle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Negro doesn't seem bothered though.
Negro is breathing heavily.
VanWinkle misses with a combination
and Negro holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
VanWinkle turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and VanWinkle manages to end up in side control.
Negro is trying to get back to half guard.
VanWinkle has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
VanWinkle misses with a hook. Negro ducked under it nicely.
VanWinkle scores with the left hand. Negro knows he should have avoided that one.
VanWinkle misses with a shot to the body
and Negro counters with a nice double leg into guard.
VanWinkle wants to stand up but Negro is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Negro looking to sit in guard and control but VanWinkle gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Negro is trying to keep VanWinkle in close.
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.
VanWinkle stands up and waves to Negro to follow him.
VanWinkle misses with a few strikes there.
Negro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. VanWinkle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Negro wants to clinch up but VanWinkle keeps it at a distance.
VanWinkle lands a nice shot to the body.
Negro drops his hands momentarily and VanWinkle takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
VanWinkle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Negro moves away.
VanWinkle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Negro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for VanWinkle.
A looping hook to the body misses from VanWinkle. Negro does a little dance to reset his feet.
VanWinkle takes a swing at Negro's ribcage but misses.
A cross from VanWinkle lands.
VanWinkle has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice shot lands for VanWinkle.
Negro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Negro is rocked!
VanWinkle misses the shot to the body.
Oh Negro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A looping hook to the body misses from VanWinkle. Negro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Negro seems to have got his legs back now.
Negro takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
VanWinkle digs a good hook to Negro's body.
Negro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A combination from VanWinkle does no damage.
VanWinkle lands with a right hand.
Negro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Negro ducks right into an uppercut from VanWinkle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
VanWinkle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Negro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
VanWinkle throws an overhand right that lands on Negro's shoulder, as Negro tries to avoid the shot.
VanWinkle throws a shot to the body.
VanWinkle misses with a right hand
and Negro counters by clinching up.
VanWinkle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
VanWinkle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Negro manages to avoid it.
VanWinkle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
VanWinkle 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.
VanWinkle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
VanWinkle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Negro at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
VanWinkle lands a nice shot to the body.
Greg VanWinkle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
VanWinkle throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Negro on the side of the head.
VanWinkle scores with a one two! Negro had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
VanWinkle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Greg VanWinkle dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Some wild striking there from VanWinkle.
Turbo Negro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
VanWinkle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
VanWinkle throws a predictable looking body shot
and Negro counters with a nice uppercut.
VanWinkle lands a nice shot to the body.
VanWinkle scores with a shot to the body.
Negro's hands are dropping dangerously low here and VanWinkle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Negro scrambles back to his feet.
VanWinkle lands with a shot to the body.
Greg VanWinkle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
VanWinkle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
VanWinkle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
VanWinkle is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Negro rather than just go for the knockout.
VanWinkle connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for VanWinkle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
VanWinkle tests Negro's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Negro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
VanWinkle connects with the punch.
Negro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A swing and a miss from VanWinkle.
VanWinkle lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
VanWinkle misses with a wild body shot.
VanWinkle catches Negro with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
VanWinkle scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Negro walks into a stiff left hand from VanWinkle.
VanWinkle connects with a jab.
VanWinkle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
VanWinkle lands a nice hook to Negro's body. Negro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Negro defending well as VanWinkle loads up on a big left hand.
Negro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
VanWinkle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Negro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from VanWinkle. Negro does a little dance to reset his feet.
VanWinkle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Negro walks into a straight right hand from VanWinkle.
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!
VanWinkle misses the shot to the body.
VanWinkle keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
VanWinkle ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Negro takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
VanWinkle scores with a body shot.
Negro takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Negro looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
VanWinkle throws the left hand but Negro avoids the punch easily.
VanWinkle lands a nice shot to the body.
VanWinkle throws a hook to the side of Negro's head but Negro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
VanWinkle changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
VanWinkle scores with a crisp jab that stopped Negro in his tracks.
VanWinkle just misses with a punch to the body.
VanWinkle looks to land a left hand but Negro moved out of range nicely.
VanWinkle works Negro's body with a nice hook.
VanWinkle connects with a body shot.
Negro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
VanWinkle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
VanWinkle misses with a lunging right hand
and Negro counters by clinching up.
Negro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite VanWinkle's efforts to push away.
Negro prevents the takedown attempt.
VanWinkle breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Negro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Negro wants to clinch
and VanWinkle makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A left and a right from VanWinkle both land. Nice combination.
VanWinkle wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
VanWinkle ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
VanWinkle feints a jab promting Negro to slip. VanWinkle then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Negro slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Negro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
VanWinkle misses with an uppercut.
A combination from Negro does no damage.
VanWinkle swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Negro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
VanWinkle lands a nice shot that snaps Negro's head back.
VanWinkle misses with a left hand
and Negro moves into the clinch.
VanWinkle tries to score a body lock takedown but Negro shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Greg VanWinkle 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. And we move into the final round!
VanWinkle throws a predictable looking body shot
and Negro counters with a single leg into guard. VanWinkle didn't expect that.
Negro trying to control but VanWinkle is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Negro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Negro stops VanWinkle from standing up.
Negro throws a strike but VanWinkle rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Negro trying to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Negro wants to get back to his feet but VanWinkle passes into half guard.
VanWinkle tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Negro.
Negro keeps control of the position for the meantime.
It looks like VanWinkle is going to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Negro trying to control here.
Negro tries to get to full guard but VanWinkle has control of the leg.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Turbo Negro wasn't doing enough on the ground.
VanWinkle lands a jab to the head.
Greg VanWinkle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
VanWinkle sizes up Negro with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
VanWinkle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Negro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Negro ducks under a wild hook from VanWinkle.
VanWinkle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
VanWinkle lands an overhand right.
VanWinkle misses the jab.
VanWinkle lands a jab to Negro's midsection.
VanWinkle lands with a nice body punch.
VanWinkle moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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!
VanWinkle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Negro.
Jab from VanWinkle.
VanWinkle bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Turbo Negro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Negro doesn't manage to clinch there - VanWinkle circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
VanWinkle throws an overhand right that drops Negro like a sack of potatoes! VanWinkle dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg VanWinkle!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tam Zeus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ditte Sebastien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Counter striker
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tam Zeus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ditte Sebastien!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zeus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Zeus controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sebastien keeping full guard, as Zeus tries to pass.
Zeus is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Zeus tries to free his leg and advance position but Sebastien is retaining full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sebastien can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Tam Zeus wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sebastien throws a combination that misses
and Zeus counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sebastien won't be happy with that.
Zeus is looking to take a break and control but Sebastien is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Zeus goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sebastien rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Zeus's guard! Nice work there by Sebastien!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sebastien stands up and waves to Zeus to follow him.
Sebastien misses with a straight right.
Zeus closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Sebastien's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeus is stalling in the full guard.
Zeus looking to pass the guard.
Zeus stands and throws Sebastien's legs to the side, diving into side control.
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.
Sebastien manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Sebastien really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zeus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Zeus controlling the position well.
Zeus is staying active underneath Sebastien, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Zeus is trying to maintain the position but Sebastien is very close to passing his half guard.
Sebastien with the ground and pound but Zeus uses the opportunity to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tam Zeus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Zeus misses with an uppercut
and Sebastien counters with a three punch combo that has Zeus backing up. Zeus nods at Sebastien to acknowledge the strikes.
Zeus with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sebastien cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sebastien swinging wildly here.
Sebastien throws a nice looking combination but Zeus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zeus slips a jab and a cross from Sebastien.
Tam Zeus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sebastien throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zeus gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Sebastien to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Zeus with a poor takedown
and Sebastien counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tam Zeus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zeus shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sebastien counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sebastien will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeus takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Zeus misses with a takedown attempt
and Sebastien counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zeus slips a jab and a cross from Sebastien.
Sebastien throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zeus shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Sebastien counter with a right hand.
Zeus has his takedown stuffed
and Sebastien counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ditte Sebastien showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Zeus dodges the punch combination from Sebastien.
Zeus shoots and misses
and Sebastien counters with a series of strikes. Zeus will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sebastien fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zeus misses with a takedown
and Sebastien counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sebastien misses with a body shot
and Zeus counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Zeus won't allow Sebastien to sweep him here.
Zeus drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Sebastien manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Zeus has Sebastien in his guard.
Zeus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sebastien throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeus has a closed guard, preventing Sebastien from standing up.
Sebastien trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zeus bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sebastien's guard.
Zeus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sebastien swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zeus controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sebastien wants to sweep here but Zeus controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sebastien seems keen to control Zeus's posture.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ditte Sebastien wasn't active enough on the ground.
Zeus doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sebastien counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tam Zeus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sebastien scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zeus feints and as Sebastien raises his hands in defense, Zeus changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Zeus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sebastien swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zeus wants to control from the top but Sebastien keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tam Zeus.
I think Zeus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BeeJay Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black comes to the cage accompanied by Dr Dre - The Next Episode . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, BeeJay Penn!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn misses with a combination
and Black makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Penn swings widly with a right hand
and Black counters with a leg kick.
Penn closes the distance but Black moves to the side
and Black counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Penn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Black.
Black thuds a left hand into Penn's body.
Penn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Black counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Black lands a body punch in the clinch.
Black tries to land knees in the clinch but Penn avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Black just misses with a elbow thrown towards Penn's brow.
Black missing with knees to the body.
Black throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn digs a right hand underneath Black's ribcage. Black let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
Black lands a nice shot to the body.
Black lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
A right hand to the body from Black.
Black lands a good knee to the midsection. Penn won't want to take too many of those.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Black obliges.
Penn looks gassed!
A knee to the head by Black.
With the fighters up against the cage, Black throws an elbow but misses.
Penn letting Black take a breather here.
Black lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Penn.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Black.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn avoids a wild elbow strike from Black.
Penn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Good body shot from Black.
Black crunches a lovely knee into Penn's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Black.
Black misses with a punch to the body.
Black lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.
Black lands an elbow inside.
Black tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Black pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Black creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black is trying to maintain a safe position but Penn gets an underhook and turns Black into the cage.
Black lands a body shot.
Black looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Penn blocks an elbow strike.
Black missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black lands with a right to the head.
Penn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Penn is defending well for now.
Black misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penn dodges an elbow strike from Black.
Penn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Black smiles and moves away.
Penn misses with a lunging right hand
and Black counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Black. Penn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Black circles away from the clinch attempt
and Black counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Black lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn throws a lazy uppercut
and Black counters with a nice uppercut.
Black rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Penn counters with a left and a right that stings Black.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Black moves into the clinch.
Penn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Black misses with an elbow over the top.
Penn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Black lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Penn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Black working Penn over with knees to the body.
Penn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Black unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Black dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Penn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Black counters with a leg kick.
A low kick from Penn misses
and Black counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Black misses with the combination.
Black ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Black pushes Penn up against the cage in a clinch.
Black lands with a light punch inside.
Black throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Black putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Penn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Henry Black has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Black misses with a short punch on the inside.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Black lands a nice elbow.
Penn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn dodges an elbow strike from Black.
Black lands a left hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Black is leaning against Penn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice elbow from Black.
Nice elbow from Black.
Black lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.
Black lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Penn taking a breather.
Black lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.
Black works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
Black working Penn over with knees to the body.
Black is leaning against Penn and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Black presses Penn against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Penn takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Black misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Penn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Black creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penn's defenses.
Penn cracks Black with a nice body shot.
Black pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Black.
Black tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Penn avoids it.
Black lands an elbow inside that Penn shrugs off.
Penn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Black smiles and moves away.
Penn misses with a double jab
and Black counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Penn wants to clinch
and Black counters with a body kick that stops Penn in his tracks momentarily.
Penn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Penn misses the body punch
and Black counters with an outside leg kick.
Black shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Penn eats them both and turns towards Black to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Black delivers a nice body kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Penn in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Black forces Penn back against the cage and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Black swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Black lands a nice elbow.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Penn avoids it by throwing Black back against the cage.
Penn blocks an elbow strike from Black.
Penn blocks an elbow strike.
Black lands a damaging elbow.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Penn blocks with his arms.
Black lands a good knee to the midsection. Penn won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Black.
Penn wants to stall.
Black is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Penn can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Black avoiding damage.
Black lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Black dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Penn misses with a left hand
and Black counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Penn moves to clinch but Black breaks away
and Black counters with a leg kick.
BeeJay Penn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Penn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Black counters with a low kick, right behind Penn 's knee.
Penn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Penn wants to clinch but Black slips to the side
and Black counters with a stiff right hand.
Penn swings widly with a right hand
and Black counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Penn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Black delivers a nice body kick.
Black works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A jab lands there for Black.
Black digs a good body shot into Penn's ribs.
Black scores with a leg kick.
Penn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Black counters with a stiff right hand.
Black is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Penn throws a right hand that misses
and Black counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Henry Black is winning the standup battle so far.
Black scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Black.
Penn tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Black connects with a leg kick. Penn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body kick from Black.
Jab, jab by Black - just one landing.
Penn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice uppercut there from Black.
A combination from Penn does no damage.
Black lands a lovely overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Black.
Jab, jab by Black - just one landing.
Penn misses with a looping left.
Penn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Black counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Black.
Penn avoids a wild elbow strike from Black.
Black throws an elbow that misses.
Black missing with knees to the body.
Black lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like BeeJay Penn has been cut.
Black trying to land knees to the body.
Black lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
BeeJay Penn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Black throws an elbow that misses.
Penn managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn jumps guard but Black stands there with Penn around his waist. Penn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Black lands a shoulder strike.
Black lands a hook to the side of the head.
Penn takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Black just misses with a elbow thrown towards Penn's brow.
Black creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Black misses with an elbow strike.
Black lands a hook to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Black lands a shoulder strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penn jumps guard but Black stands there with Penn around his waist. Penn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Black scores with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Black showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Black 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:25
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:25
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Black!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Fingers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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193 lbs
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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
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mirko Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bobby Fingers!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko is looking to clinch but Fingers is avoiding it.
Fingers tries to bum rush Emelianenko with a series of wild strikes but Emelianenko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fingers uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Emelianenko has time to react.
Emelianenko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A punch combination from Fingers misses.
Fingers takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fingers lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Mirko Emelianenko has been cut.
Fingers looks to land a combination but Emelianenko avoids it well.
Fingers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches.
Fingers is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Emelianenko works on Fingers's body with a couple of short punches.
Fingers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Emelianenko lands a body shot.
Fingers looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko lands a nice uppercut.
Fingers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Emelianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fingers is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Fingers is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good body shot from Emelianenko.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emelianenko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Emelianenko.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Bobby Fingers has been cut.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body.
Good body shot from Emelianenko.
Good body shot from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.
Fingers takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Emelianenko.
A short right from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko is stalling here.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fingers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Emelianenko lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Emelianenko.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko - that landed with a thud.
Emelianenko lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Emelianenko.
Knees to the body from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Emelianenko throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Emelianenko scores with a shot to the side of Fingers's head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko takes the fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko prevents a body shot from Fingers.
A short right from Emelianenko on the inside.
Emelianenko lands a left hand.
Emelianenko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Emelianenko lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body.
Emelianenko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fingers or not.
Fingers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Emelianenko lands with a short shot to the head.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Emelianenko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Emelianenko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice combination there by Fingers.
Emelianenko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fingers wants to get back to striking at distance but Emelianenko won't allow it.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fingerss head.
Emelianenko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fingers backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Emelianenko obliges.
Emelianenko cracks Fingers with a nice body shot.
Emelianenko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fingers misses with a wild combination.
Emelianenko misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fingers misses with a two punch combination.
Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches.
Emelianenko lands a body shot in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Emelianenko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Emelianenko obliges.
Emelianenko scores a nice knee to the body.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Fingers is blocking nicely.
Emelianenko lands a body shot.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the head.
Fingers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fingers misses with a few strikes there.
Emelianenko clinches with his opponent.
Fingers tries to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling the position.
Emelianenko pushes Fingers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fingers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Fingers is blocking nicely.
Fingers is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Fingers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fingers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Emelianenko working Fingers over with knees to the body.
Fingers takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko breaks from the clinch.
Emelianenko throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fingers.
Fingers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fingers.
Emelianenko clinches up with Fingers and pushes him back against the cage.
Emelianenko cracks Fingers with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a good knee to the midsection. Fingers won't want to take too many of those.
Good body shot from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko has Fingers pressed against the cage.
Emelianenko digs a right hand underneath Fingers's ribcage. Fingers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the body.
Emelianenko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelianenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fingers can't break the clinch.
Fingers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Emelianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Emelianenko is working Fingers over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Fingers.
Emelianenko scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mirko Emelianenko dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fingers misses with a wild combination.
Mirko Emelianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelianenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fingers.
Fingers fails to land with a series of punches.
Fingers misses with a two punch combination.
Emelianenko connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Emelianenko has managed to clinch.
Emelianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fingers is trying to push Emelianenko away but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko keeps control of Fingers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fingers tries to circle away but Emelianenko has him pinned against the cage.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelianenko scoring well with a low kick there.
Emelianenko clinches with his opponent.
Fingers can't break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emelianenko keeps control of Fingers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fingers working aggressively here.
Fingers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Fingers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Emelianenko.
A right handed body shot lands from Emelianenko.
A shot in the inside from Emelianenko.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko pushes Fingers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Emelianenko cracks Fingers with a nice body shot.
Emelianenko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fingers can do to turn this around?
A short uppercut from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fingerss head.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the body.
Emelianenko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko pushes Fingers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Emelianenko working Fingers over with knees to the body.
Emelianenko lands a left hand.
Emelianenko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Emelianenko.
Fingers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Emelianenko with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko lands a body shot.
Emelianenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fingers's face.
Fingers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Emelianenko lands with a light punch inside.
Emelianenko prevents Fingers from breaking the clinch.
Emelianenko has Fingers pressed against the cage, preventing Fingers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The referee is keeping an eye on Emelianenko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Emelianenko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko stalls.
Emelianenko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Emelianenko missing with knees to the body.
Fingers wants to break free but Emelianenko has control.
Fingers is trying to break free.
Emelianenko is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Fingers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Good body shot from Fingers.
Emelianenko lands a body punch.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fingers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Emelianenko lands an uppercut.
Emelianenko digs a right hand underneath Fingers's ribcage. Fingers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Emelianenko works on Fingers's body with a couple of short punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Emelianenko as Fingers tries to tie him up.
Emelianenko lands a good knee to the midsection. Fingers won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fingers is looking to break free of the clinch but Emelianenko has double underhooks.
Emelianenko lands a body shot.
Emelianenko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mirko Emelianenko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Emelianenko controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Emelianenko lands a shoulder strike.
Fingers is trying to break free.
Emelianenko pushes Fingers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emelianenko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Fingers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Emelianenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fingers.
Emelianenko lands a body shot.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body.
Emelianenko landing knees to the head.
Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fingers tries to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling the position.
Fingers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fingers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Emelianenko has Fingers pressed against the cage, preventing Fingers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fingers is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling him.
Emelianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Emelianenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fingers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mirko Emelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice inside leg kick there by Emelianenko. That's going to slow Fingers down.
Emelianenko closes the distance and clinches.
Emelianenko scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko.
Fingers is working Emelianenko over against the cage.
Fingers wants to get back to striking at distance but Emelianenko won't allow it.
Fingers is trying to push Emelianenko away but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Emelianenko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fingers or not.
Emelianenko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Emelianenko just leaning against Fingers, taking a breather.
Emelianenko digs a right hand into Fingers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fingers's gas tank.
Emelianenko stalling in the clinch.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko - that landed with a thud.
Fingers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fingers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emelianenko.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emelianenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Emelianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fingers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fingers throws a nice looking combination but Emelianenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Emelianenko moves into the clinch.
Emelianenko lands with a right to the head.
Emelianenko avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mirko Emelianenko dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Emelianenko cracks a nice hook into Fingers's ribs.
Fingers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Emelianenko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fingers throws a right hand that Emelianenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Emelianenko also avoids with ease.
Emelianenko throws a series of punches but Fingers avoids them all with ease.
Fingers swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Emelianenko moves into range and clinches up with Fingers.
Emelianenko lands a nice knee to the body.
Emelianenko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fingers backwards.
Fingers can't break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Emelianenko.
Fingers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Emelianenko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Emelianenko lands with a light punch inside.
Fingers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Emelianenko lands a shoulder strike.
Emelianenko lands an uppercut.
Emelianenko lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emelianenko crunches a lovely knee into Fingers's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body.
Emelianenko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fingers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Emelianenko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A body shot lands from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands with a right to the head.
Fingers is trying to force a seperation but Emelianenko has the dominant position.
Emelianenko digs a right hand into Fingers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fingers's gas tank.
Emelianenko digs a right hand into Fingers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fingers's gas tank.
Emelianenko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Emelianenko presses Fingers against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Emelianenko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Emelianenko landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Emelianenko.
Knees in the clinch landing for Emelianenko.
Nice body punch from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fingers's face.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Emelianenko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Fingers - that landed with a thud.
Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Fingers is blocking nicely.
Fingers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Emelianenko misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fingers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fingers throws a nice looking combination but Emelianenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Emelianenko is looking to clinch but Fingers is avoiding it.
Emelianenko dodges the punch combination from Fingers.
Emelianenko drives through and clinches with Fingers against the cage.
Fingers is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Emelianenko controlling the action here for a moment.
Emelianenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fingers's face.
Fingers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Emelianenko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fingers tries to break free but Emelianenko pushes him back against the cage.
Emelianenko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fingerss head.
A frustrated look appears on Fingers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Emelianenko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fingers misses with a punch to the body.
Fingers is trying to push Emelianenko away but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Emelianenko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A nice right hand lands inside from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fingers tries to circle away but Emelianenko has him pinned against the cage.
Emelianenko working Fingers over with knees to the body.
Emelianenko stalling the fight.
Fingers is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko has him pressed against the cage.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fingers being controlled against the cage.
Emelianenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fingers.
Emelianenko tries to clinch but Fingers moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Fingers.
Emelianenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Emelianenko clinches.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A hook to the body from Emelianenko.
Fingers is trying to force a seperation but Emelianenko has the dominant position.
Fingers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Emelianenko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fingers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mirko Emelianenko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fingers takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fingers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Emelianenko lands an uppercut.
Emelianenko keeps control of Fingers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Emelianenko scores with a knee to the head.
Fingers is trying to break the clinch but Emelianenko is controlling him.
Emelianenko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emelianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fingers tries to break free but Emelianenko pushes him back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Emelianenko takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Emelianenko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bobby Fingers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Emelianenko lands a knee to the body.
Fingers is looking to control Emelianenko's arms but Emelianenko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fingers has his back to the cage.
Emelianenko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knees to the body from Emelianenko.
Emelianenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fingers misses with a punch on the inside.
Fingers gets through Emelianenko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Emelianenko.
A left hand lands to the body for Fingers.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mirko Emelianenko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Emelianenko, 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mirko Emelianenko!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aran Schmeck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phil Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aran Schmeck!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmeck drives through with a takedown into guard.
Henderson 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.
Schmeck drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Schmeck jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Schmeck advances to half guard.
Henderson wants to get back to full guard.
Henderson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Schmeck trying to control the pace.
Henderson trying to control from the bottom.
Henderson is looking to improve his position.
Henderson is working hard here to advance position.
Schmeck moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Henderson.
Schmeck has hold of Henderson's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Henderson seems comfortable defending it but Schmeck has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Henderson is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Henderson is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Schmeck couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Aran Schmeck!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Living Proof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dima Huxley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dima Huxley has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Living Proof's chin.
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Living Proof!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dima Huxley!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Proof throws a predictable looking body shot
and Huxley counters with a nice body kick.
Proof blocks the body kick.
Proof throws a big shot that misses.
Huxley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Proof throws a body punch but Huxley moves out of range.
Huxley rushes Proof and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Huxley obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Huxley.
It looks like Living Proof has been cut.
Huxley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Proof is looking to break free of the clinch but Huxley has double underhooks.
Huxley lands an elbow inside that Proof shrugs off.
Proof is trying to push Huxley away but Huxley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Proof is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Proof wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Proof breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Proof misses the jab.
Huxley tries to clinch up.
Proof misses with a left hand
and Huxley counters with a good low kick that Proof was not able to check.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Huxley slips under a jab from Proof.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Huxley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Huxley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Proof manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Huxley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Proof paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Huxley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Huxley lands a knee to the body.
Proof wants to get back to striking at distance but Huxley won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Huxley obliges.
Proof is breathing heavily.
Huxley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Huxley.
Living Proof's cut is getting worse.
Huxley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Proof is trying to break the clinch but Huxley is controlling him.
Proof takes a knee to the side of the body.
Huxley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Proof has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Huxley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Living Proof's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Huxley lands a damaging elbow.
Proof has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Huxley lands an elbow just above Proof 's eye.
Jeez, Living Proof's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Huxley lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Living Proof's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dima Huxley!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grant VanWinkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vernon Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). VanWinkle comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - For Those About To Rock. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grant VanWinkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vernon Reid!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and VanWinkle counters by moving into the clinch.
VanWinkle is looking to control Reid's arms but Reid gets an underhook and turns him. Now VanWinkle has his back to the cage.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
Reid tries to circle away but VanWinkle has him pinned against the cage.
VanWinkle looking to throw knees to the head but Reid is blocking nicely.
VanWinkle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
VanWinkle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
VanWinkle has Reid pressed against the cage, preventing Reid from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle is controlling him.
The referee is keeping an eye on VanWinkle - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
VanWinkle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
VanWinkle trying to stall but Reid improves his position.
VanWinkle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reid has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
VanWinkle connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Vernon Reid has been cut.
VanWinkle prevents Reid from breaking the clinch.
Reid is looking to break free of the clinch but VanWinkle has double underhooks.
Reid wants to get back to striking at distance but VanWinkle won't allow it.
Reid wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
VanWinkle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reid.
VanWinkle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by VanWinkle.
Reid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but VanWinkle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
VanWinkle is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reid wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reid wants to get back to striking at distance but VanWinkle won't allow it.
Reid taking a breather.
Reid wants to break free but VanWinkle has control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
VanWinkle keeps control of Reid as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reid managing to block the knees to the body from VanWinkle.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle is controlling him.
Reid throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. VanWinkle obliges.
Reid tries to break free but VanWinkle pushes him back against the cage.
VanWinkle tries to land knees in the clinch but Reid avoids the damage to the body.
Reid is trying to push VanWinkle away but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reid tries to break free but VanWinkle pushes him back against the cage.
Reid is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Reid looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
VanWinkle taking a breather.
VanWinkle looking to throw knees to the head but Reid is blocking nicely.
VanWinkle has Reid pressed against the cage, preventing Reid from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
VanWinkle lands a knee to the head.
Reid looks gassed!
Reid tries a knee to the head but VanWinkle blocks it.
Reid takes a knee right on the jaw!
VanWinkle lands a knee to the head.
Reid tries a knee to the head but VanWinkle blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from VanWinkle.
VanWinkle lands a knee to the body.
Reid wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
VanWinkle connects with a knee to the head.
Reid can't break the clinch.
Reid throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
VanWinkle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
VanWinkle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
VanWinkle scores with a knee to the head.
VanWinkle connects with a knee to the head.
VanWinkle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
VanWinkle tries a knee to the head but Reid blocks it.
Reid misses with a knee to the head.
Reid misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from VanWinkle.
Reid on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reid is trying to break free.
VanWinkle misses with a knee to the head.
VanWinkle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
VanWinkle tries a knee to the head but Reid blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reid tries to break the clinch but VanWinkle is controlling the position.
Reid is trying to maintain a safe position but VanWinkle gets an underhook and turns Reid into the cage.
VanWinkle is trying to stall.
Reid takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reid wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reid is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reid wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Reid wants to stall.
Reid is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid wants to break the clinch but can't.
VanWinkle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reid blocks it with crossed arms.
VanWinkle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reid tries a knee to the head but VanWinkle blocks it.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
Reid takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for VanWinkle.
VanWinkle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reid blocks it with crossed arms.
Reid can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Reid's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reid tries to break free but VanWinkle pushes him back against the cage.
VanWinkle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
VanWinkle landing knees to the head.
Reid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but VanWinkle blocks it with crossed arms.
Reid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
VanWinkle landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reid as VanWinkle tries to tie him up.
Reid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
VanWinkle missing with knees to the body.
Reid misses with a knee strike.
VanWinkle scores with a knee to the head.
Reid is looking to break free of the clinch but VanWinkle has double underhooks.
VanWinkle lands a nice knee to the body.
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.
Reid can't break the clinch.
VanWinkle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reid's efforts to push away.
VanWinkle just leaning against Reid, taking a breather.
Reid is trying to force a seperation but VanWinkle has the dominant position.
Reid has had enough of the clinch but VanWinkle keeps him there for the moment.
Reid looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reid tries to break free but VanWinkle pushes him back against the cage.
Reid pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reid tries a head kick but it misses.
VanWinkle gets in close and instigates a clinch.
VanWinkle is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
VanWinkle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
VanWinkle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reid is defending well for now.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
Reid wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
VanWinkle is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Reid tries a knee to the head but VanWinkle blocks it.
VanWinkle displaying some good clinch control by pressing Reid up against the cage.
VanWinkle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reid on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant VanWinkle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vernon Reid's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A cross from Reid lands.
A slow jab from VanWinkle misses its intended target.
Reid jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Reid keeps the fight on the outside.
VanWinkle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Reid looks to land a combination but VanWinkle avoids it well.
VanWinkle lands with a slapping head kick.
Reid throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Reid misses.
VanWinkle connects with a high kick.
VanWinkle moves into the clinch.
VanWinkle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reid is defending well for now.
VanWinkle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reid is trying to break free.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Reid as VanWinkle tries to tie him up.
Reid is trying to force a seperation but VanWinkle has the dominant position.
Reid wants to get back to striking at distance but VanWinkle won't allow it.
VanWinkle looking to throw knees to the head but Reid is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reid working hard to break the clinch.
Reid can't break the clinch.
Reid wants to get back to striking at distance but VanWinkle won't allow it.
VanWinkle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reid avoiding damage as VanWinkle throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reid avoiding damage as VanWinkle throws knees to the body.
Reid's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
VanWinkle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Reid.
Reid throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
VanWinkle has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
VanWinkle throws a head kick that misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Reid!
Reid lands a straight punch to the body, keeping VanWinkle at a distance.
VanWinkle darts in trying to clinch
and Reid counters with a stiff right hand.
VanWinkle takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A left and a right from Reid both land. Nice combination.
VanWinkle misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Reid misses.
Reid wants to clinch up but VanWinkle keeps it at a distance.
Reid instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
VanWinkle is looking to control Reid's arms but Reid gets an underhook and turns him. Now VanWinkle has his back to the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for VanWinkle.
Reid tries to break free but VanWinkle pushes him back against the cage.
Reid takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
Reid blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but VanWinkle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
VanWinkle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Reid.
VanWinkle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reid tries to break the clinch but VanWinkle is controlling the position.
Reid is trying to push VanWinkle away but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reid tries to circle away but VanWinkle has him pinned against the cage.
VanWinkle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reid in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reid lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
VanWinkle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reid's face.
Reid avoiding damage as VanWinkle throws knees to the body.
VanWinkle trying to land knees to the body.
Reid wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
VanWinkle wants to stall.
Reid taking a breather.
VanWinkle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reid is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reid is looking to break free of the clinch but VanWinkle has double underhooks.
VanWinkle throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid using the Thai plumb to throw knees but VanWinkle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
VanWinkle misses with a knee strike.
Reid has had enough of the clinch but VanWinkle keeps him there for the moment.
Reid wants to break the clinch but can't.
VanWinkle with a knee to the head.
Reid managing to block the knees to the body from VanWinkle.
VanWinkle has Reid pressed against the cage, preventing Reid from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reid tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reid is trying to push VanWinkle away but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
VanWinkle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reid wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reid can't break the clinch.
Reid tries to break free but VanWinkle pushes him back against the cage.
VanWinkle lands a good knee to the midsection. Reid won't want to take too many of those.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
VanWinkle is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Reid is keeping busy.
Reid looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reid with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
VanWinkle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
VanWinkle has Reid pressed against the cage, preventing Reid from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
VanWinkle lands a nice knee to the body.
Reid tries to break the clinch but VanWinkle is controlling the position.
VanWinkle is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reid misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
VanWinkle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reid in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
VanWinkle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
VanWinkle is trying to stall.
Reid taking a breather.
Reid being controlled against the cage.
Reid tries to break free but VanWinkle pushes him back against the cage.
VanWinkle trying to land knees to the body.
VanWinkle tries a knee to the head but Reid blocks it.
Reid breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reid misses with a double jab.
A head kick by Reid misses
and VanWinkle counters with a head kick.
That has opened up Vernon Reid's cut even more.
Reid clinches up with VanWinkle and pushes him back against the cage.
Reid is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reid tries to land a knee to the head but VanWinkle blocks with his arms.
VanWinkle wants to stall.
Reid tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
VanWinkle misses with a knee strike.
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 Grant VanWinkle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vernon Reid's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Reid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reid misses with a jab, cross combination.
VanWinkle feints and then cracks Reid's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Reid down.
VanWinkle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reid throws a left and a right that both miss
and VanWinkle counters with a nice body kick.
VanWinkle looks to land a left hand but Reid moved out of range nicely.
VanWinkle explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
VanWinkle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
VanWinkle throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Reid throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
VanWinkle closes the distance and clinches.
VanWinkle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reid lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
VanWinkle lands a knee to the body.
VanWinkle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reid in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reid is trying to push VanWinkle away but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
VanWinkle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
VanWinkle is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
VanWinkle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
VanWinkle working Reid over with knees to the body.
Grant VanWinkle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
VanWinkle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
VanWinkle keeps control of Reid as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reid is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
VanWinkle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reid trying to land knees to the body.
Reid wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from VanWinkle.
Reid takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reid has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
VanWinkle stalling in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Reid's face as he tries to break the clinch.
VanWinkle keeps control of Reid as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
VanWinkle trying to stall but Reid improves his position.
Reid is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
VanWinkle lands a knee to the head.
VanWinkle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reid can't break the clinch.
VanWinkle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reid.
Reid with an attempt at a knee that misses.
VanWinkle misses with a knee to the head.
VanWinkle with a knee to the head.
VanWinkle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reid.
Reid wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
VanWinkle dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Reid is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two 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.
VanWinkle taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Reid's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
VanWinkle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reid looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
VanWinkle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reid has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
VanWinkle stalling in the clinch but Reid improves position.
Reid has had enough of the clinch but VanWinkle keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Reid's face as he tries to break the clinch.
VanWinkle has Reid pressed against the cage, preventing Reid from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reid with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
VanWinkle lands a knee to the body.
VanWinkle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reid in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
VanWinkle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Reid's efforts to push away.
VanWinkle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reid's face.
VanWinkle connects with a knee to the head.
VanWinkle keeps control of Reid as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reid tries to circle away but VanWinkle has him pinned against the cage.
Reid takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reid pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
VanWinkle misses with an uppercut
and Reid counters with a left and a right that stings VanWinkle.
Reid walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Reid looks to land a combination. VanWinkle sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
VanWinkle swinging wildly here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reid misses with a few strikes there.
VanWinkle tries to clinch up.
VanWinkle lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Reid misses with a jab, cross combination.
Reid throws a series of punches but VanWinkle avoids them all with ease.
VanWinkle throws a combination. Reid tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
VanWinkle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Reid misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from VanWinkle. Reid does a little dance to reset his feet.
VanWinkle cracks the inside of Reid's front leg.
Reid throws a series of punches but VanWinkle avoids them all with ease.
Reid looks to land a combination but VanWinkle avoids it well.
VanWinkle works the jab nicely.
VanWinkle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reid misses with a two punch combination.
Reid with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling VanWinkle to score with a decent uppercut.
Reid stalks VanWinkle and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into VanWinkle's face. VanWinkle staggers backwards, shaken.
VanWinkle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vernon Reid is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
VanWinkle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from VanWinkle does no damage.
VanWinkle swats away the attempt to clinch by Reid.
VanWinkle lands a high kick!
Vernon Reid has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
VanWinkle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
VanWinkle looks for the body kick but Reid saw that one coming.
VanWinkle looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Reid fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reid clinches.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle is controlling him.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle has him pressed against the cage.
Reid tries to land a knee to the head but VanWinkle blocks with his arms.
VanWinkle connects with a knee to the head.
Reid looking to throw knees to the head but VanWinkle is blocking nicely.
VanWinkle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
VanWinkle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reid has had enough of the clinch but VanWinkle keeps him there for the moment.
Reid is trying to break the clinch but VanWinkle is controlling him.
VanWinkle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
VanWinkle holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grant VanWinkle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well VanWinkle 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grant VanWinkle!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hiro Shinigami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinigami comes to the cage accompanied by Drivin South. On his way into the cage it seems that Hiro Shinigami has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Hiro Shinigami seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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173 lbs
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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
7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hiro Shinigami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Green!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Green is keen to just control but Shinigami is a slippery customer.
Shinigami is trying to get back to full guard.
Green thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shinigami's head.
Shinigami moves into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Green accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Shinigami keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
Shinigami might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Shinigami avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Green stopping the sweep attempt from Shinigami.
Green drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Green as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Shinigami screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Green! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Arthur Green!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alla Pugacheva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pugacheva has chosen osenny pocelyi as his entrance music. Pavel Morozov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Morozov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alla Pugacheva!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pugacheva drives through and clinches with Morozov against the cage.
Morozov decides to pull guard.
Pugacheva tries to free his leg and advance position but Morozov is retaining full guard.
Pugacheva engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Pugacheva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Morozov is proving hard to escape from.
Pugacheva looking to pass the guard.
Alla Pugacheva has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Pugacheva misses with a double jab
and Morozov counters with a right hand that sends Pugacheva tumbling to the canvas! Can Morozov finish him? He dives into Pugacheva's guard looking to do just that!
Pugacheva is rocked!
It looks like Alla Pugacheva has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morozov stands up over Pugacheva, holding on to his feet. Morozov throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Pugacheva is out cold! Morozov lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Pavel Morozov!
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