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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Ulianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Heandler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ulianenko might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to One - Metallica. Heandler has chosen Theme as his entrance music. 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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146 lbs
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137 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikhail Ulianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Heandler!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler is having none of it.
Ulianenko wants to clinch up but Heandler keeps it at a distance.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heandler looks for the body kick but Ulianenko saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ulianenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ulianenko moves in looking to clinch but Heandler pushes him off.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heandler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heandler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heandler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heandler shoots in looking for a takedown. Ulianenko tries to sprawl out of it but Heandler keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ulianenko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ulianenko wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulianenko tries to clinch there but Heandler circles away.
Ulianenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Heandler circles away.
Mikhail Ulianenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ulianenko tries to clinch up.
Ulianenko tries to clinch there but Heandler circles away.
Heandler misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Heandler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ulianenko wants to clinch.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heandler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heandler decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Heandler stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Heandler tries to land a front kick but Ulianenko steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Heandler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ulianenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ulianenko tries to clinch there but Heandler circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ulianenko tries to clinch up.
Ulianenko is looking to clinch but Heandler is avoiding it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ulianenko checks a leg kick.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler is having none of it.
Heandler throws the kick towards the body but Ulianenko avoids it.
Ulianenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Heandler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ulianenko is looking to clinch but Heandler is avoiding it.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heandler throws a push kick but Ulianenko slaps the foot to one side.
Heandler is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ulianenko sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mikhail Ulianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Heandler.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heandler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heandler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ulianenko tries to clinch up but Heandler circles away and keeps his distance.
Ulianenko tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heandler scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mikhail Ulianenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler is having none of it.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler is having none of it.
Heandler throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ulianenko's waist but Ulianenko gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Heandler off to one side.
Heandler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ulianenko wants to clinch up but Heandler keeps it at a distance.
Ulianenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ulianenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ulianenko wants to clinch.
Heandler swats away the attempt to clinch by Ulianenko.
Ulianenko moves into range and clinches up with Heandler.
That's four 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.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ulianenko.
Heandler misses with a body punch.
Ulianenko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ulianenko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice elbow from Ulianenko.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ulianenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heandler takes an elbow to the temple.
Ulianenko tries a knee to the head but Heandler blocks it.
Ulianenko connects with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko is breathing heavily.
Ulianenko scores with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko effectively controlling the action here.
Ulianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Heandler crunches a lovely knee into Ulianenko's ribcage.
Ulianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Heandler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ulianenko.
Heandler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ulianenko avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Heandler will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ulianenko wants to clinch.
Heandler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heandler goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Heandler fails with a takedown attempt.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Heandler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ulianenko takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ulianenko moves in looking to clinch but Heandler pushes him off.
Ulianenko tries to clinch up.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heandler has a takedown stuffed.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler moves out of range.
Heandler is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ulianenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler is having none of it.
Ulianenko tries to clinch up.
Ulianenko wants to clinch up but Heandler keeps it at a distance.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heandler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heandler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heandler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heandler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heandler is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ulianenko is looking to clinch but Heandler is avoiding it.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heandler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ulianenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heandler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ulianenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Heandler circles away.
Ulianenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Heandler circles away.
Ulianenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler is having none of it.
Ulianenko keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mikhail Ulianenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Heandler.
Ulianenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Heandler circles away.
Ulianenko tries to clinch up but Heandler circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulianenko is looking to clinch.
Ulianenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heandler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler is having none of it.
Ulianenko tries to clinch up.
Heandler throws a hook to the side of Ulianenko's head but Ulianenko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ulianenko is looking to clinch but Heandler is avoiding it.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler is having none of it.
Ulianenko clinches up against the cage.
Ulianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heandler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ulianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ulianenko misses with a knee strike.
Ulianenko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ulianenko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Heandler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ulianenko misses with a knee strike.
Ulianenko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ulianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heandler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ulianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Heandler is blocking nicely.
Heandler lands a shot to the body.
A knee to the head by Ulianenko.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ulianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ulianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko scores with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Heandler is blocking nicely.
Ulianenko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ulianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Heandler blocks with his arms.
Ulianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko unloads a knee to the mid-section. Heandler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ulianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Heandler is blocking nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ulianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Heandler lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ulianenko.
Heandler gets through Ulianenko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Ulianenko dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Ulianenko wants to clinch up but Heandler keeps it at a distance.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but Heandler moves out of range.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ulianenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heandler shoots in for a takedown but Ulianenko shows good takedown defense.
Ulianenko closes the distance and clinches.
Ulianenko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Heandler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ulianenko tries a knee to the head but Heandler blocks it.
Ulianenko lands an elbow that stopped Heandler in his tracks for a moment.
Ulianenko lands an elbow that stopped Heandler in his tracks for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heandler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Heandler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ulianenko is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ulianenko managing to block the knees to the body from Heandler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heandler lands with a short shot to the head.
Ulianenko landing knees to the head.
Ulianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Heandler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ulianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Heandler is blocking nicely.
Ulianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Heandler is blocking nicely.
Ulianenko misses with a knee strike.
Ulianenko misses with a knee strike.
Heandler lands a shot to the body.
Ulianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ulianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heandler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ulianenko.
Ulianenko lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Heandler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Heandler.
Ulianenko misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Heandler.
Ulianenko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two 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.
Heandler misses with a punch to the body.
Ulianenko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Heandler blocks the elbow strike.
Ulianenko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heandler tries to throw a body punch but Ulianenko avoids it by throwing Heandler back against the cage.
Ulianenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Heandler avoids the damage to the body.
Heandler tries to pull guard but Ulianenko holds him up against the cage and eventually Heandler drops back down to his feet.
Ulianenko lands an elbow inside that Heandler shrugs off.
Heandler letting Ulianenko take a breather here.
Ulianenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heandler's face.
Ulianenko connects with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko tries a knee to the head but Heandler blocks it.
Heandler misses with a body punch.
Ulianenko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ulianenko tries to land a knee to the head but Heandler blocks with his arms.
Ulianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ulianenko tries a knee to the head but Heandler blocks it.
Heandler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ulianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heandler blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hand to the body from Heandler.
Ulianenko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Heandler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ulianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Heandler is blocking nicely.
A short left from Ulianenko.
Ulianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heandler blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Ulianenko.
Ulianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Heandler lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ulianenko landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Ulianenko.
Ulianenko misses with a knee to the head.
Ulianenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Ulianenko.
Ulianenko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Heandler's face.
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.
Ulianenko misses with a knee strike.
Ulianenko tries a knee to the head but Heandler blocks it.
Ulianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ulianenko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ulianenko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Heandler letting Ulianenko take a breather here.
Ulianenko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Heandler blocks it with crossed arms.
Heandler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heandler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ulianenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ulianenko lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The referee calls for Ulianenko to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ulianenko landing knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Heandler as Ulianenko tries to tie him up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikhail Ulianenko showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ulianenko 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikhail Ulianenko!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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