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QFC Tournament 293 Round 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Rickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Kallis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunnar Rickson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gunnar Rickson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johan Kallis!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kallis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rickson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kallis shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rickson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rickson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kallis.
A head kick misses from Kallis.
Kallis tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rickson is able to avoid easily.
Rickson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Johan Kallis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rickson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Kallis.
Kallis misses with a low kick.
Kallis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kallis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kallis misses with a head kick.
Kallis throws the kick towards the body but Rickson avoids it.
That kick from Kallis tenderised Rickson's leg. Rickson is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rickson checks the leg kick.
Kallis misses with an attempted mid kick.
An inside leg kick from Kallis misses.
Rickson avoids the head kick by Kallis.
Kallis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kallis throws the kick towards the body but Rickson avoids it.
Nice body kick from Kallis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rickson avoids the head kick by Kallis.
Kallis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rickson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rickson moves out of range of the leg kick from Kallis.
Kallis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johan Kallis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kallis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kallis throws a chopping leg kick but Rickson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rickson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kallis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kallis shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kallis connects with a leg kick. Rickson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kallis lands a leg kick that knocks Rickson off balance momentarily.
Crunch! Kallis slams his shin into Rickson's torso.
Kallis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kallis is looking to slow Rickson down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johan Kallis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kallis scores with a kick to the body.
Kallis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rickson blocks a head kick by Kallis.
Rickson blocks a leg kick.
Rickson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kallis throws a head kick but Rickson moves out of range.
Gunnar Rickson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kallis throws a push kick but Rickson slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rickson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kallis. Kallis obviously looking to wear him down.
Kallis scores with a push kick.
Rickson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kallis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rickson moves out of range of the body kick.
Kallis misses with a low kick.
Kallis lands with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rickson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kallis scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kallis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kallis is looking to land body kicks.
Kallis tries a head kick but it misses.
Rickson avoids a kick to the body.
Kallis misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kallis feints and then cracks Rickson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rickson down.
Kallis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kallis throws a head kick that misses.
Kallis pushes Rickson away with a front kick.
Kallis throws a leg kick but Rickson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kallis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A clash of legs there as Rickson blocks the low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kallis throws a leg kick that misses.
Kallis throws a body kick that misses.
Rickson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Rickson blocks the body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Rickson blocks the leg kick.
Rickson avoids the head kick by Kallis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johan Kallis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kallis looks to land a body kick but Rickson moved away.
Kallis throws a leg kick but Rickson moved away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kallis. Rickson shrugs it off though.
Kallis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Rickson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kallis throws a body kick that misses.
Kallis misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kallis throws a leg kick but Rickson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Johan Kallis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kallis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rickson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kallis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rickson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kallis tried to score with a low kick but Rickson checks it.
Rickson blocks a head kick by Kallis.
Kallis throws a leg kick but Rickson checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rickson blocks a head kick by Kallis.
Kallis scores with a leg kick.
Kallis looks to land a body kick but Rickson moved away.
Rickson blocks a head kick by Kallis.
Kallis misses with a head kick.
Kallis looks to land a body kick but Rickson moved away.
Rickson moves out of range as Kallis throws a body kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rickson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kallis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kallis throws a leg kick but Rickson moved away.
A bone on bone clash there as Rickson blocks the leg kick.
Kallis tries to score with a low kick but Rickson moves his leg out of the way.
Kallis misses with a head kick.
Rickson checks a leg kick.
Kallis throws a low kick but Rickson avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rickson avoids the head kick by Kallis.
Kallis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rickson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kallis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gunnar Rickson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kallis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kallis scoring well with a low kick there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johan Kallis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kallis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Johan Kallis!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Johan Kallis!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Johan Kallis!
Johan Kallis wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bonus Bgc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Chef Hesienburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Master Chef Hesienburg is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bonus Bgc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Master Chef Hesienburg!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bgc moves in looking to clinch but Hesienburg pushes him off.
Bgc darts in and clinches Hesienburg up against the cage.
Bgc tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hesienburg takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Master Chef Hesienburg has been cut.
Bgc throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hesienburg wants to break free but Bgc has control.
Bgc tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hesienburg lands a hook that snaps the head of Bgc backwards.
Bgc throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hesienburg blocks it with crossed arms.
Bgc keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hesienburg's efforts to push away.
Bgc with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bgc working Hesienburg over with knees to the body.
Bgc lands a knee to the body.
Bgc lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hesienburg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bgc connects with a knee to the head.
Hesienburg tries to pull guard but Bgc holds him up against the cage and eventually Hesienburg drops back down to his feet.
Bgc using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bgc connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hesienburg's face.
Bgc with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bgc is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bgc throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bgc connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hesienburg's face.
Hesienburg jumps guard and drags Bgc to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hesienburg is controlling Bgc's posture.
Hesienburg has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Bgc should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Hesienburg has tightened it up now! Bgc should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Master Chef Hesienburg!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nikita Kalachnikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tazz Devil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalachnikov comes into the arena with The Grand Astoria blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikita Kalachnikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tazz Devil!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling eachother endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Devil doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kalachnikov counters with a shoot takedown. Devil fights it but they end up in guard.
Devil is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Devil working for a triangle but Kalachnikov defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Devil is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kalachnikov is aware though and is defending well.
Devil has momentary wrist control but Kalachnikov slips an elbow through the middle.
Devil is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kalachnikov is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalachnikov is in close to Devil's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kalachnikov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Devil has his foot on Kalachnikov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kalachnikov works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kalachnikov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kalachnikov is in close to Devil's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kalachnikov postures up and lands a big shot to Devil's brow.
Kalachnikov postures up and lands a big shot to Devil's brow.
Kalachnikov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Devil working for a triangle but Kalachnikov defends it easily.
Devil looks winded!
Kalachnikov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Devil is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalachnikov trying to control but Devil is working from the bottom.
Kalachnikov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Devil on the ground.
Devil looking for a guillotine here but Kalachnikov defends easily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Devil can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kalachnikov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Devil had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kalachnikov defends it easily.
Kalachnikov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kalachnikov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kalachnikov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kalachnikov is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Devil is still in real trouble! Can Kalachnikov finish him?
Kalachnikov loads up on a big left hand. Devil felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Kalachnikov looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Devil can't hide his disappointment, as Kalachnikov celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikita Kalachnikov!
After winning the bout, Nikita Kalachnikov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Hermanos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chad Wexler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Hermanos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chad Wexler!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wexler closes the distance and pushes Hermanos back into the cage.
Wexler keeps control of Hermanos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wexler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Wexler.
Wexler lands an elbow inside that Hermanos shrugs off.
Wexler lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hermanos is trying to stand up here but Wexler is controlling him well.
Wexler works his way into side control.
Wexler working the head and body with strikes.
Wexler has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes there by Wexler.
Wexler trying to control the action but Hermanos is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermanos is trying to improve his position.
The ground and pound from Wexler seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Wexler landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wexler is chipping away with strikes.
Hermanos is looking to regain half guard here but Wexler keeps moving and retains side control.
Wexler taking a breather here.
Wexler working the ground and pound but Hermanos is defending the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermanos avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Wexler.
Wexler advances nicely into full mount.
Wexler lands a couple of good shots and Hermanos has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wexler is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
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.
Wexler lands a shot to the head.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Wexler.
Wexler punches the canvas rather than the man.
Wexler has Hermanos flattened out and is raining down punches.
Hermanos covering up well and avoiding damage.
Wexler connects with a big shot to the side of Hermanos's head.
Wexler connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Hermanos to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wexler controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wexler is persistently looking for the submission but Hermanos is defending it well.
Wexler looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Wexler loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Hermanos hold on?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wexler is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Hermanos has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Wexler connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Hermanos to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Wexler dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hermanos misses the shot to the body.
Hermanos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wexler. Wexler circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A clash of legs there as Hermanos blocks the low kick.
Hermanos misses with a double jab.
Wexler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hermanos cracks Wexler with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hermanos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wexler was well out of range. Poor timing from Hermanos.
Hermanos misses with a series of wild punches.
Hermanos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hermanos feints a jab promting Wexler to slip. Hermanos then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wexler slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wexler closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wexler misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Wexler is staying tight to Hermanos's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Wexler working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wexler is staying tight to Hermanos's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Wexler lands a nice forearm strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wexler working the head with strikes.
Wexler tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Wexler lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hermanos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wexler on the ground.
Wexler happy to just control the position for now.
Wexler scores with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wexler cracks Hermanos with a big right hand but Hermanos just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Chad Wexler has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wexler working the ground and pound from side control.
Wexler is working Hermanos over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wexler looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hermanos is avoiding damage well.
Wexler lands a few punches from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wexler cracks Hermanos with a big right hand but Hermanos just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wexler lands some shots froms side control.
A lull in the action here.
Wexler lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Wexler's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hermanos being controlled for a moment.
Wexler sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hermanos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Hermanos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wexler postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Wexler tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wexler has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wexler in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hermanos takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hermanos is being controlled here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wexler working the head with strikes.
Hermanos gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Wexler scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hermanos?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Wexler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Hermanos looks to score with a jab to the body but Wexler is just out of range.
A jab from Wexler misses.
Hermanos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hermanos!
Wexler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hermanos.
Hermanos throws a right and a left that Wexler avoids nicely.
Wexler misses with a hook. Hermanos ducked under it nicely.
Hermanos slips a straight right by Wexler.
Wexler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hermanos moves away.
Hermanos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wexler.
Hermanos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wexler manages to avoid it.
Wexler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hermanos throws out the jab.
Wexler staying out of range there.
Wexler throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hermanos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hermanos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermanos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wexler on the side of the head.
Hermanos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hermanos misses with a looping left.
Wexler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hermanos.
Hermanos defending well as Wexler loads up on a big left hand.
Hermanos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wexler moves into the clinch.
Wexler pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wexler lands a nice shot to the body.
The referee calls for Wexler to work.
Wexler lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wexler lands a takedown into guard.
Wexler lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wexler lands a couple of elbows.
Wexler is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wexler cracks Hermanos with a solid left hand.
Wexler is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wexler's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hermanos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wexler keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hermanos's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wexler with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wexler is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wexler scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wexler is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Chad Wexler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Wexler with a nice head shot there.
Wexler controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Chad Wexler was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Wexler needs to keep his hands up - Hermanos had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wexler moves out of range as Hermanos strikes.
Wexler misses with a looping left.
Anthony Hermanos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A cross from Wexler lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Wexler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wexler winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Chad Wexler!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Chad Wexler!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Chad Wexler!
Chad Wexler wins by unanimous decision!
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