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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Baskov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lon Sihanouk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolay Baskov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lon Sihanouk !
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sihanouk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sihanouk is looking to clinch.
Sihanouk tries to close the distance and clinch but Baskov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baskov keeps the fight on the outside.
Baskov swats away the attempt to clinch by Sihanouk .
Lon Sihanouk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov is having none of it.
Sihanouk doesn't manage to clinch there - Baskov circles away.
Baskov lands a jab.
It looks like Lon Sihanouk has been cut.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baskov is looking to chop away at Sihanouk 's legs.
Baskov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sihanouk manages to avoid it.
Baskov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sihanouk .
The fight stays on the outside here - Sihanouk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sihanouk tries to close the distance and clinch but Baskov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sihanouk tries to clinch there but Baskov circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sihanouk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sihanouk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baskov.
Sihanouk gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sihanouk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sihanouk breaks the clinch.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov moves out of range.
Sihanouk is looking to clinch.
Sihanouk wants to clinch.
Baskov lands with an overhand left.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sihanouk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sihanouk pushes Baskov up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baskov wants to get back to striking at distance but Sihanouk won't allow it.
Sihanouk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baskov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sihanouk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baskov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sihanouk wants to clinch up but Baskov keeps it at a distance.
Sihanouk wants to clinch up but Baskov keeps it at a distance.
Baskov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sihanouk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baskov fails with the takedown.
Sihanouk is looking to clinch.
Sihanouk moves in looking to clinch but Baskov pushes him off.
Sihanouk tries to clinch there but Baskov circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sihanouk tries to clinch up but Baskov circles away and keeps his distance.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov moves out of range.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov moves out of range.
Sihanouk is looking to clinch.
Sihanouk tries to clinch there but Baskov circles away.
Sihanouk gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sihanouk pulls guard effortlessly.
Baskov prevents Sihanouk from getting back to his feet.
Baskov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sihanouk is keeping the position for now.
Baskov drops back looking for a leg! Sihanouk is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sihanouk manages to kick Baskov off! Baskov jumps back into Sihanouk 's guard.
Sihanouk is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
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.
Baskov drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Baskov jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Baskov prevents Sihanouk from getting back to his feet.
Baskov trying to control the position from guard on top but Sihanouk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Baskov won't allow Sihanouk to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sihanouk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sihanouk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nikolay Baskov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lon Sihanouk 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sihanouk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sihanouk moves in looking to clinch but Baskov pushes him off.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov is having none of it.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sihanouk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sihanouk wants to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Baskov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baskov swats away the attempt to clinch by Sihanouk .
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sihanouk is looking to clinch but Baskov is avoiding it.
Baskov shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sihanouk pinned against the cage. Sihanouk gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Baskov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov is having none of it.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov is having none of it.
Sihanouk tries to clinch up.
Baskov swats away the attempt to clinch by Sihanouk .
Sihanouk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baskov.
Sihanouk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baskov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sihanouk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baskov swats away the attempt to clinch by Sihanouk .
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.
Baskov lands a nice looking body shot.
Sihanouk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baskov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Baskov fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolay Baskov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baskov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sihanouk is looking to clinch but Baskov is avoiding it.
Sihanouk tries to clinch there but Baskov circles away.
Sihanouk wants to clinch.
Baskov swats away the attempt to clinch by Sihanouk .
Sihanouk takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sihanouk leaves Baskov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sihanouk moves into range and clinches up with Baskov.
Baskov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sihanouk tries to pull guard but Baskov holds him up against the cage and eventually Sihanouk drops back down to his feet.
Sihanouk has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Baskov uses from the top position.
Baskov drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Baskov jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baskov trying to control but Sihanouk is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Baskov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sihanouk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sihanouk keeping moving, preventing Baskov from controlling successfully.
Baskov thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Baskov won't allow Sihanouk to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sihanouk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baskov throws out the jab.
Sihanouk tries to close the distance and clinch but Baskov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sihanouk tries to clinch up but Baskov circles away and keeps his distance.
Baskov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sihanouk as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolay Baskov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lon Sihanouk 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sihanouk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baskov misses with a wild body shot.
Sihanouk fails with an attempt to clinch.
Baskov misses with an uppercut.
Baskov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baskov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baskov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sihanouk tries to clinch there but Baskov circles away.
Sihanouk fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov moves out of range.
Sihanouk tries to clinch up.
Sihanouk moves in looking to clinch but Baskov pushes him off.
Sihanouk is looking to clinch.
Sihanouk tries to clinch but Baskov is having none of it.
Lon Sihanouk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sihanouk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baskov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sihanouk wants to clinch.
Sihanouk is looking to clinch but Baskov is avoiding it.
Sihanouk takes the fight into the clinch.
Sihanouk tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sihanouk is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Baskov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Baskov working hard to break the clinch.
Sihanouk jumps guard but Baskov stands there with Sihanouk around his waist. Sihanouk gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nikolay Baskov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lon Sihanouk .
Sihanouk tries to pull guard but Baskov holds him up against the cage and eventually Sihanouk drops back down to his feet.
Sihanouk jumps guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Baskov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Baskov slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sihanouk is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Baskov is controlling him well.
Sihanouk prevents Baskov from improving position.
Baskov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sihanouk , who protects the arm well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baskov is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sihanouk is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sihanouk is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Baskov is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baskov is looking to take a break and control but Sihanouk is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Baskov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ground and pound from Baskov seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sihanouk is trying to get back to his feet.
Baskov is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sihanouk knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sihanouk is pushing Baskov's head away, looking to escape. Baskov manages to hold on to the position though.
Nikolay Baskov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Baskov working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Lon Sihanouk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sihanouk wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolay Baskov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Baskov, 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolay Baskov!
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