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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sandro Filcic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almeida has chosen 24 theme song as his entrance music. Anthony Almeida has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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159 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sandro Filcic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anthony Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida scores with a hook to the body. Filcic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Filcic throws a wild body kick that Almeida sees coming a mile off.
Almeida avoids the head kick by Filcic.
Almeida throws a jab but it's blocked by Filcic.
Filcic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Almeida moves in looking to clinch but Filcic pushes him off.
Filcic throws a head kick that misses.
Almeida misses with an uppercut.
Almeida connects with a body shot.
A big right from Almeida misses.
Filcic connects with a high kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almeida wants to clinch up but Filcic keeps it at a distance.
Filcic throws a leg kick but Almeida sees it coming and moves out of range.
Almeida moves in looking to clinch but Filcic pushes him off.
Almeida throws the left hand but Filcic avoids the punch easily.
Almeida is looking to clinch.
Almeida doesn't manage to clinch there - Filcic circles away.
Filcic throws a head kick that Almeida semi-blocks.
Almeida tries to clinch up but Filcic circles away and keeps his distance.
Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch but Filcic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick misses from Filcic.
Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch but Filcic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Filcic fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Almeida fails in his attempt to clinch.
Almeida tries to clinch there but Filcic circles away.
Filcic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Almeida.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida closes the distance and clinches.
Almeida looking to throw knees to the head but Filcic is blocking nicely.
Filcic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Almeida digs a right hand into Filcic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Filcic's gas tank.
Filcic dodges an elbow strike from Almeida.
Almeida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filcic blocks it with crossed arms.
Almeida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Almeida lands an elbow inside.
Almeida breaks from the clinch.
Almeida missing with a left hand there. Filcic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Filcic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Filcic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Filcic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Filcic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Almeida misses with a body shot.
Almeida wants to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch but Filcic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Almeida takes the fight into the clinch.
Almeida lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Almeida trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida cracks Filcic with a nice body shot.
Filcic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Almeida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Almeida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filcic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Almeida being controlled against the cage.
Almeida lands a body punch in the clinch.
Almeida tries a knee to the head but Filcic blocks it.
Filcic tries to circle away but Almeida has him pinned against the cage.
Almeida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Filcic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Almeida using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Almeida connects with a nasty looking knee right to Filcic's face.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Filcic blocks with his arms.
Almeida breaks from the clinch.
Filcic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Almeida wants to clinch.
Filcic changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Almeida looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Almeida looks gassed!
Almeida struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida tries to bench press Filcic off him but Filcic keeps the position.
The ground and pound from Filcic seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almeida tries to improve position but can't.
Almeida is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Almeida bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Almeida tries to clinch but Filcic is having none of it.
Filcic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Filcic scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Filcic frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Almeida regains half guard.
Filcic trying to pass the guard but Almeida defending well.
Almeida has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Filcic is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filcic wants to work for an arm triangle but Almeida is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Filcic is trying to work for a kimura but Almeida is defending well.
Almeida looks like he's trying to stand up.
Filcic passes to full mount!
Almeida is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almeida tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You get the feeling that Almeida really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Almeida dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Filcic swats away the attempt to clinch by Almeida.
Filcic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Almeida tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Almeida wants to clinch up but Filcic keeps it at a distance.
Almeida tries to clinch up but Filcic circles away and keeps his distance.
Filcic throws a series of punches but Almeida moves out of range.
Filcic throws a sloppy head kick and Almeida moves out of range easily.
Almeida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Filcic tries to score with a low kick but Almeida moves his leg out of the way.
Filcic throws a right and a left that Almeida avoids nicely.
Almeida checks a leg kick.
Almeida fails in his attempt to clinch.
Filcic thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Almeida if he has to take too many more of those.
Almeida cracks Filcic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A head kick misses from Filcic.
Almeida tries to close the distance and clinch but Filcic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Almeida misses with an uppercut.
Filcic moves out of range as Almeida throws a body kick.
Almeida tries to clinch there but Filcic circles away.
Filcic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Filcic throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Filcic closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Almeida to the mat! Almeida manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Filcic stops Almeida from standing up.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
Filcic trying to control but Almeida is working from the bottom.
Filcic throwing strikes but missing.
Almeida wants to stand up but Filcic is controlling him.
Filcic's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Filcic missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Almeida wants to stand and escape but Filcic is having none of it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No luck for Filcic with that takedown attempt.
Filcic throws a solid leg kick but Almeida takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Filcic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filcic throws the kick towards the body but Almeida avoids it.
Almeida blocks a leg kick.
Filcic tries a head kick but it misses.
Almeida is looking to clinch.
Almeida closes the distance and clinches.
Filcic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Almeida has him pressed against the cage.
Almeida lands with a left to the head.
Almeida scores a nice knee to the body.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but Filcic blocks with his arms.
Almeida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Filcic blocks it with crossed arms.
Almeida throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Almeida.
Filcic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Almeida has him pressed against the cage.
Almeida lands a right hand.
Almeida has Filcic pressed against the cage, preventing Filcic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Almeida stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Almeida lands with a short shot to the head.
Almeida lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Almeida fails to land.
Filcic avoiding damage as Almeida throws knees to the body.
Almeida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Almeida throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filcic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Almeida misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Almeida.
Almeida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Filcic manages to pull guard.
Almeida wants to control from the top but Filcic keeps moving.
Filcic trying to keep a closed guard but Almeida is proving a slippery customer.
Almeida looking to pass the guard.
Almeida drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Filcic manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Almeida has Filcic in his guard.
Filcic wants to control from the top but Almeida keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Almeida is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Filcic stopping the sweep attempt from Almeida.
Almeida wants to stand and escape but Filcic is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Filcic looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sandro Filcic dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Almeida just misses with a punch to the body.
Almeida doesn't manage to clinch there - Filcic circles away.
Almeida moves in looking to clinch but Filcic pushes him off.
Filcic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Filcic misses with a head kick.
Anthony Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Almeida blocks a head kick by Filcic.
Filcic shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Filcic winds up and cracks Almeida with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Almeida is looking to escape.
Almeida trying to control from the bottom.
Filcic looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida tries to roll over but Filcic keeps him under control.
Almeida takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Almeida wants to control but Filcic is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Filcic wants to stand up but Almeida has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Filcic throws a head kick but Almeida moves out of range.
Almeida is looking to clinch but Filcic is avoiding it.
Almeida wants to clinch.
Filcic avoids the body shot from Almeida.
Filcic shoots in but Almeida avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Almeida is looking to clinch.
Anthony Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Almeida avoids a kick to the body.
Almeida blocks a low kick nicely.
Almeida fails with an attempt to clinch.
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.
Almeida tries to clinch but Filcic moves out of range.
Almeida thows a body shot but no joy.
Filcic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Filcic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Filcic slips a straight right by Almeida.
Almeida doesn't manage to clinch there - Filcic circles away.
Filcic closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Almeida to the mat! Almeida manages to get full guard.
Filcic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Almeida swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Almeida is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Filcic is controlling him.
Filcic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Almeida is keeping the position for now.
Almeida wants to sweep but no luck.
Filcic wants to control from the top but Almeida keeps moving.
Almeida scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filcic throws a nice head kick!
Filcic looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Almeida is trying to maintain the position but Filcic is very close to passing his half guard.
Almeida pushes Filcic off looking to stand but Filcic dives back in and keeps control.
Almeida is looking to improve his position.
Filcic thows a huge punch but Almeida dodges it nicely.
Filcic is thwarting Almeida's attempts to control the position.
Sandro Filcic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Filcic prevents Almeida from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filcic seems to be looking for submissions.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Filcic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Almeida lands a glancing blow to the side of Filcic's head.
Filcic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Almeida.
Almeida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Almeida tries to clinch up but Filcic circles away and keeps his distance.
Filcic thows a body kick. Almeida tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Filcic misses with a body kick.
Filcic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Filcic lands a head kick!
Almeida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Almeida tries to clinch but Filcic is having none of it.
Almeida tries to clinch up.
Almeida fails with an attempt to clinch.
Almeida fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sandro Filcic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Filcic 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sandro Filcic!
Sandro Filcic retains his lightweight title!
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