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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maksim Grigorevna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Kevorkian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kevorkian's choice of entrance music: I Feel Love. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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174 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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176 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maksim Grigorevna!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Kevorkian!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kevorkian takes the fight into the clinch.
Grigorevna looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Grigorevna tries to pull guard but Kevorkian holds him up against the cage and eventually Grigorevna drops back down to his feet.
A knee to the head by Kevorkian.
Kevorkian misses with a knee strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kevorkian.
A knee to the head by Kevorkian.
Kevorkian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grigorevna lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kevorkian crunches a lovely knee into Grigorevna's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kevorkian pulls guard.
Grigorevna is fighting to break Kevorkian's control of his arms but Kevorkian is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kevorkian wants to get back to his feet but Grigorevna is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kevorkian looking for a sweep. Not yet Kevorkian, not yet.
Grigorevna gets to his feet - Kevorkian follows without any prompting.
Kevorkian drives through and clinches with Grigorevna against the cage.
Kevorkian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grigorevna lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kevorkian misses with an elbow strike.
Grigorevna lands with a left to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kevorkian just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grigorevna's brow.
Kevorkian has Grigorevna pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Grigorevna manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorevna managing to block the knees to the body from Kevorkian.
Kevorkian stalling against the cage.
Kevorkian lands a knee to the body.
Kevorkian ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kevorkian no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Kevorkian is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kevorkian is keen to just control but Grigorevna is a slippery customer.
Grigorevna is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kevorkian's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kevorkian's back!
Kevorkian trying to get back to his feet but Grigorevna is in full control for now.
Grigorevna doesn't have the hooks in and Kevorkian manages to turn into his guard.
Grigorevna keeping moving, preventing Kevorkian from controlling successfully.
Kevorkian gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kevorkian rushes Grigorevna and presses him up against the cage.
Grigorevna can't break the clinch.
Kevorkian lands a knee to the body.
Kevorkian works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Kevorkian wants to stand but Grigorevna is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kevorkian decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kevorkian gets the takedown into side control.
Kevorkian is looking to take a break and control but Grigorevna is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Grigorevna manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorevna is looking to advance position but Kevorkian won't allow it.
Kevorkian is looking to control Grigorevna's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kevorkian avoid being mounted?
Grigorevna stands up out of the half guard.
Grigorevna fails with the takedown
and Kevorkian counters with a nice double leg into side control. Grigorevna won't be happy with that.
Grigorevna tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kevorkian wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kevorkian working the head with strikes.
Kevorkian decides to stand back up. Kevorkian steps back and let's Grigorevna get back to his feet.
Kevorkian rushes Grigorevna and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kevorkian with a knee to the head.
Kevorkian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grigorevna.
Kevorkian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grigorevna blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigorevna drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kevorkian gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maksim Grigorevna. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kevorkian pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kevorkian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kevorkian avoids the head kick by Grigorevna.
Kevorkian looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grigorevna keeping busy on the bottom but Kevorkian has passed one foot through into half guard.
Kevorkian scoring with strikes to the body and head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kevorkian is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Grigorevna is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Kevorkian pulls his head out easily.
Kevorkian really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grigorevna. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Grigorevna looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Kevorkian dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kevorkian fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Grigorevna sprawls well initially but Kevorkian persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kevorkian prevents Grigorevna from improving his position.
Grigorevna moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Grigorevna will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kevorkian looking to pass the guard.
Kevorkian is standing up over Grigorevna. Grigorevna looks to escape but Kevorkian dives into side control.
Grigorevna tries to improve position but can't.
Kevorkian decides to stand up, so the ref orders Grigorevna to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kevorkian gets a takedown into half guard.
Grigorevna is controlling Kevorkian's trapped leg to prevent Kevorkian from advancing to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorevna is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Kevorkian pulls his head out easily.
Kevorkian scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kevorkian tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Grigorevna is looking to improve his position.
Grigorevna moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kevorkian is pushing down on Grigorevna's leg trying to pass to half guard. Grigorevna is fighting to maintain full guard but Kevorkian has managed to sneak the leg through.
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.
It looks like Kevorkian is going to stand back up.
Grigorevna won't allow Kevorkian to pass to mount.
Grigorevna tries to get to full guard but Kevorkian has control of the leg.
Kevorkian trying to control from half guard but Grigorevna is working away.
Kevorkian postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Grigorevna to stand up.
Kevorkian fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grigorevna, pushing him back against the cage.
Kevorkian tries to land knees in the clinch but Grigorevna avoids the damage to the body.
Kevorkian scores a nice knee to the body.
Kevorkian misses with a knee to the head.
Grigorevna tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kevorkian just stands there and leans against the cage.
Grigorevna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grigorevna keeps control of Kevorkian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kevorkian stalling.
Kevorkian scores with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kevorkian stalling.
Kevorkian landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kevorkian lands a nice knee to the body.
Kevorkian misses with a knee strike.
Kevorkian missing with knees to the body.
Kevorkian keeps control of Grigorevna as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Grigorevna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grigorevna takes an elbow to the temple.
Kevorkian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kevorkian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grigorevna blocks it with crossed arms.
Kevorkian misses with a knee to the head.
Kevorkian tries to pull guard but Grigorevna holds him up against the cage and eventually Kevorkian drops back down to his feet.
Kevorkian scores with a knee to the head.
Grigorevna tries to break the clinch but Kevorkian is controlling the position.
Kevorkian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kevorkian lands a knee to the body.
Kevorkian lands a knee to the body.
Kevorkian pulls guard effortlessly.
Kevorkian is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Kevorkian working a defensive guard here.
William Kevorkian has got the better of the ground game so far.
Grigorevna looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kevorkian is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Grigorevna tries to free his leg and advance position but Kevorkian is retaining full guard.
Kevorkian wants to sweep here but Grigorevna controlling him for the moment.
Grigorevna is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Kevorkian is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Kevorkian has escaped and now he's on top!
Grigorevna is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Kevorkian 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.
Kevorkian closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Grigorevna is pushing Kevorkian's head away, looking to escape. Kevorkian manages to hold on to the position though.
Grigorevna can't do much from the bottom here.
Grigorevna gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Grigorevna looking for submissions off his back.
Kevorkian escapes and gets back to his feet.
Grigorevna shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kevorkian counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Grigorevna!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grigorevna is trying desperately to improve position.
Kevorkian looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kevorkian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorevna working to try and regain half guard.
Kevorkian goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Grigorevna turns into him and now he's in Kevorkian's guard.
Kevorkian wriggles free and stands up.
Kevorkian decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Grigorevna manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kevorkian stays in close to Grigorevna's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kevorkian trying to control but Grigorevna is working from the bottom.
Grigorevna looking for a sweep. Not yet Grigorevna, not yet.
Kevorkian wants to control from the top but Grigorevna keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grigorevna is looking for a triangle but Kevorkian pushes his legs off easily.
Grigorevna has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kevorkian can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Grigorevna looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kevorkian passes into half guard.
Grigorevna wants to sweep but Kevorkian has passed to side control!
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.
Kevorkian decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Grigorevna doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kevorkian holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kevorkian manages to break the clinch.
Kevorkian shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kevorkian showed some decent athleticism there.
Kevorkian decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Kevorkian fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Grigorevna tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kevorkian counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Grigorevna slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kevorkian controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grigorevna is trying to control the position but Kevorkian postures up.
Kevorkian stands up from Grigorevna's guard - Kevorkian perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kevorkian closes the distance and clinches.
Kevorkian tries to land knees in the clinch but Grigorevna avoids the damage to the body.
Grigorevna is looking to break free of the clinch but Kevorkian has double underhooks.
Kevorkian content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kevorkian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
William Kevorkian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Grigorevna wants to break the clinch but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grigorevna is trying to break the clinch but Kevorkian has him pressed against the cage.
Kevorkian prevents Grigorevna from breaking the clinch.
Grigorevna is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kevorkian tries a knee to the head but Grigorevna blocks it.
Grigorevna is working for takedown but Kevorkian is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maksim Grigorevna. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kevorkian misses with a knee strike.
Kevorkian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maksim Grigorevna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kevorkian darts in and clinches Grigorevna up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Kevorkian really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kevorkian pushes Grigorevna up against the cage in a clinch.
Kevorkian trying to land knees to the body.
Grigorevna stops a takedown attempt from Kevorkian.
Kevorkian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grigorevna blocks it with crossed arms.
Grigorevna prevents the takedown attempt.
Kevorkian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grigorevna lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kevorkian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grigorevna avoiding damage as Kevorkian throws knees to the body.
Kevorkian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grigorevna lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kevorkian throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kevorkian scores with a knee to the head.
Grigorevna tries to pull guard but Kevorkian holds him up against the cage and eventually Grigorevna drops back down to his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kevorkian.
Kevorkian manages to break the clinch.
Kevorkian misses with the combination.
Kevorkian shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kevorkian landing strikes from the mount and Grigorevna is in trouble!
Grigorevna keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kevorkian tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Kevorkian working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigorevna looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Kevorkian trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Grigorevna doesn't escape.
Kevorkian scores with punches to the body.
Grigorevna tries to break free.
Kevorkian biding his time, controlling Grigorevna.
That's two 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.
Kevorkian gets his hands free as Grigorevna looks to control.
Grigorevna tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Grigorevna regains half guard.
Grigorevna looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Grigorevna looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Grigorevna moves into full guard.
Kevorkian stands and throws Grigorevna's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigorevna has control of an arm but Kevorkian manages to advance to Kevorkian's back!
Kevorkian is landing with strikes from the back.
Good control from Kevorkian.
Grigorevna is trying to get back to his feet but Kevorkian has full control of the position and if anything, Grigorevna has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Kevorkian scores with punches and elbows.
What can Grigorevna do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kevorkian connects with a big shot to the side of Grigorevna's head.
Grigorevna turns into Kevorkian and is now in his guard.
Grigorevna stops Kevorkian from standing up.
Grigorevna trying to control the position from guard on top but Kevorkian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kevorkian is trying to control the position but Grigorevna postures up.
Grigorevna postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Kevorkian is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Grigorevna, into his guard.
Grigorevna is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kevorkian is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Kevorkian dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kevorkian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kevorkian feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Kevorkian trying to control the position from guard on top but Grigorevna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kevorkian stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Grigorevna shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kevorkian counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Grigorevna!
Grigorevna has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Kevorkian has Grigorevna flattened out and is raining down punches.
Grigorevna is covering up but some of the strikes from Kevorkian are getting through and doing damage.
I really don't envy Grigorevna right now.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Kevorkian controlling the position well here. Grigorevna rolled but Kevorkian kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Kevorkian connects with a big shot to the side of Grigorevna's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kevorkian is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Kevorkian's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
I really don't envy Grigorevna right now.
Kevorkian looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
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.
You can see the frustration on Grigorevna's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Kevorkian tries to keep control of the position but Grigorevna is staying busy.
Grigorevna rolls, trying to escape but Kevorkian keeps control of the position.
Kevorkian working for the choke.
Grigorevna trying to control the position but Kevorkian manages to sink in the hooks.
Kevorkian controlling the position well here. Grigorevna rolled but Kevorkian kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Grigorevna is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kevorkian might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Grigorevna kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
What can Grigorevna do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Despite being in the dominant position, William Kevorkian just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kevorkian closes the distance and clinches.
Grigorevna tries to pull guard but Kevorkian holds him up against the cage and eventually Grigorevna drops back down to his feet.
Grigorevna tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maksim Grigorevna. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kevorkian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kevorkian closes the distance and clinches.
Kevorkian landing knees to the body.
Kevorkian jumps into guard, dragging Grigorevna to the mat.
Kevorkian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kevorkian keeping moving, preventing Grigorevna from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kevorkian pulls Grigorevna in close to prevent any damage.
Grigorevna trying to control the position from guard on top but Kevorkian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grigorevna decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
A head kick misses from Grigorevna.
Grigorevna tries a head kick but it misses.
Kevorkian drives through and clinches with Grigorevna against the cage.
Kevorkian tries to land knees in the clinch but Grigorevna avoids the damage to the body.
Grigorevna tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kevorkian smiles and moves away.
Grigorevna shoots in for a takedown but Kevorkian shows good takedown defense.
Maksim Grigorevna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maksim Grigorevna is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grigorevna.
Kevorkian closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kevorkian lands in his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
William Kevorkian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kevorkian 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 45:50
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Kevorkian!
William Kevorkian is the new welterweight champion!
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