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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Piotr Rasputin Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russ Vanpelten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vanpelten has chosen For whom the bell tolls as his entrance music. 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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Solid boxing
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Piotr Rasputin Rasputin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Russ Vanpelten!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanpelten throws a hook but Rasputin avoids it easily.
Vanpelten is looking to clinch.
Vanpelten motions for Rasputin to come forward. Vanpelten throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vanpelten throws a low kick, looking for Rasputin's leg but Rasputin calmly moves out of range.
Vanpelten wants to clinch.
Rasputin takes a swing at Vanpelten's ribcage but misses.
Rasputin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vanpelten looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vanpelten takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Vanpelten doesn't manage to clinch there - Rasputin circles away.
Vanpelten takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rasputin keeps the fight on the outside.
Rasputin misses with a double jab.
Vanpelten wants to clinch up but Rasputin keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin connects with a looping right hand.
Rasputin checks a leg kick.
Vanpelten misses with a low kick.
Vanpelten is looking to clinch.
Vanpelten tries to clinch up.
Rasputin lands a jab-cross combination.
Vanpelten takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vanpelten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rasputin. That did some damage!
Rasputin throws a shot to the body.
Vanpelten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Russ Vanpelten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vanpelten turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vanpelten throws a solid leg kick but Rasputin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vanpelten.
Rasputin tries to clinch up but Vanpelten circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Rasputin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Vanpelten closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rasputin counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rasputin lands a few punches from side control.
Vanpelten on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rasputin sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Vanpelten is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Vanpelten takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Vanpelten dodges the ground and pound from Rasputin.
Rasputin working the head and body with strikes.
Vanpelten parries the strikes from Rasputin easily there. Rasputin is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Vanpelten to escape.
Rasputin fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ground and pound from Rasputin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Rasputin crashes against the mat.
Vanpelten stops Rasputin from passing to mount.
Rasputin is chipping away with strikes.
Rasputin working the ground and pound but Vanpelten is defending the strikes.
Rasputin cracks Vanpelten with a big right hand but Vanpelten just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Vanpelten parries the strikes from Rasputin easily there. Rasputin is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Vanpelten to escape.
Rasputin working the body and head with strikes.
Vanpelten wants to get back to his feet.
Rasputin fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rasputin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Vanpelten to see if he's OK.
Rasputin in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin working the head and body with strikes.
Rasputin is looking to take a break and control but Vanpelten is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rasputin is trying to ground and pound but Vanpelten uses the momentary lack of control by Rasputin to regain half guard.
Rasputin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Vanpelten defends it well.
Vanpelten wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rasputin winds up and cracks Vanpelten with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rasputin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piotr Rasputin Rasputin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rasputin shoots in and bounces Vanpelten off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Rasputin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rasputin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rasputin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rasputin throwing strikes but missing.
Rasputin throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rasputin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rasputin stops Vanpelten from standing up.
Rasputin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vanpelten is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Vanpelten wants to clinch
and Rasputin counters with a straight right hand.
Rasputin throws a combination. Vanpelten tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rasputin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Russ Vanpelten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vanpelten tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rasputin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rasputin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rasputin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vanpelten is looking to stand up but Rasputin isn't so interested in that idea.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rasputin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rasputin lands a couple of elbows.
Vanpelten working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rasputin.
Vanpelten preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin chips away with some ground and pound.
Rasputin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rasputin looking to sit in guard and control but Vanpelten gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rasputin is on top in guard.
Rasputin wants to control from the top but Vanpelten keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vanpelten wants to stand and escape but Rasputin is having none of it.
Rasputin passes Vanpelten's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanpelten avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rasputin.
Rasputin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vanpelten's head.
Rasputin thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Vanpelten to regain full guard.
Rasputin is looking to work some ground and pound but Vanpelten has wrist control.
Rasputin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rasputin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rasputin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vanpelten wants to stand and escape but Rasputin is having none of it.
Vanpelten is breathing heavily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vanpelten takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rasputin takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Rasputin's ribcage.
Rasputin tries to land knees in the clinch but Vanpelten avoids the damage to the body.
Rasputin blocks an elbow strike.
Rasputin missing with knees to the body.
Vanpelten stalls.
Rasputin has Vanpelten pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Rasputin pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Vanpelten tumbling to the mat - Rasputin dives into Vanpelten's guard.
Vanpelten avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vanpelten wants to get back to his feet but Rasputin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rasputin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Piotr Rasputin Rasputin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vanpelten kicks Rasputin off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piotr Rasputin Rasputin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Vanpelten throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vanpelten takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rasputin pushes Vanpelten up against the cage in a clinch.
Rasputin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rasputin avoids a wild elbow strike from Vanpelten.
Vanpelten gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rasputin.
Rasputin lands a nice uppercut.
Rasputin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vanpelten dodges an elbow strike from Rasputin.
Vanpelten holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rasputin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rasputin avoiding damage.
Vanpelten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rasputin's defenses.
Vanpelten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rasputin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rasputin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vanpelten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vanpelten stops a takedown attempt from Rasputin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Piotr Rasputin Rasputin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanpelten landing knees to the body.
Vanpelten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vanpelten landing knees to the head.
Vanpelten lands an elbow inside.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rasputin takes an elbow to the temple.
Vanpelten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vanpelten blocks a body shot from Rasputin.
Vanpelten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rasputin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vanpelten blocks an uppercut.
Vanpelten content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vanpelten tries to land a knee to the head but Rasputin blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Vanpelten.
Vanpelten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rasputin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rasputin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rasputin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Rasputin's ribcage.
Vanpelten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vanpelten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rasputin's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin avoids the elbow strike from Vanpelten, against the cage.
Rasputin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rasputin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vanpelten avoids it.
Vanpelten misses with an elbow over the top.
Rasputin trying to control the position but instead, Vanpelten has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rasputin into the cage.
Vanpelten connects with a knee to the head.
Rasputin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rasputin wants a takedown.
Vanpelten lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rasputin.
Rasputin wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees to the body from Vanpelten.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vanpelten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanpelten throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vanpelten misses with a knee to the head.
Vanpelten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rasputin is defending well for now.
Rasputin tries to break free but Vanpelten pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanpelten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rasputin.
Rasputin managing to block the knees to the body from Vanpelten.
Rasputin looking to stall.
Rasputin can't get the takedown.
Vanpelten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vanpelten misses with an elbow strike.
Vanpelten lands a damaging elbow.
Rasputin blocks the elbow strike.
Rasputin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vanpelten pulls his leg out and moves away.
Vanpelten closes the distance but Rasputin moves to the side
and Rasputin counters with a nice uppercut.
Rasputin tries to bum rush Vanpelten with a series of wild strikes but Vanpelten uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rasputin tries to keep at a distance but Vanpelten has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vanpelten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vanpelten leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rasputin looking to throw knees to the head but Vanpelten is blocking nicely.
Vanpelten throws an elbow that misses.
Vanpelten crunches a lovely knee into Rasputin's ribcage.
Vanpelten dodges an elbow strike from Rasputin.
Rasputin taking a breather.
Vanpelten avoids a wild elbow strike from Rasputin.
Vanpelten gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rasputin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rasputin lands an uppercut.
Rasputin wants the takedown. Vanpelten is fighting it off but Rasputin persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Vanpelten's guard against the cage.
Vanpelten wants to stand and escape but Rasputin is having none of it.
Vanpelten has his hands on Rasputin's head, controlling the position.
Rasputin stops Vanpelten from standing up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Russ Vanpelten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rasputin 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight for Piotr Rasputin Rasputin!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Piotr Rasputin Rasputin!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Piotr Rasputin Rasputin!
Piotr Rasputin Rasputin wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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