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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Luna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zdenko Suran (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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210 lbs
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187 cm
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211 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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, Juan Luna!
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, Zdenko Suran!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luna misses with a low kick.
Luna lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luna tries to throw a body punch but Suran avoids it by throwing Luna back against the cage.
Luna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Suran backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luna.
Luna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Suran has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luna pushes off an throws an elbow but Suran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Luna swings wildly with an uppercut but Suran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luna working aggressively here.
Suran scores with a nice hook to the head.
Suran breaks the clinch.
Good leg kick by Suran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Suran gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Luna.
Suran tries to land a knee to the head but Luna blocks with his arms.
Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Suran.
Luna moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Suran misses with a head kick.
Suran clinches up with Luna and pushes him back against the cage.
Luna scores with a shoulder strike.
Suran connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Juan Luna has been cut.
Luna working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luna escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Suran closes the distance and pushes Luna back into the cage.
Suran tries to break the clinch but Luna is controlling the position.
Suran keeps control of Luna as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luna landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Luna misses with some punches.
Suran misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luna stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Suran is trying to break free.
Luna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suran throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Luna throws a nice inside leg kick.
Luna fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Suran, pushing him back against the cage.
Suran working hard to break the clinch.
Luna breaks the clinch.
Luna blocks a low kick nicely.
Suran closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luna.
Luna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luna lands a hook that snaps the head of Suran backwards.
Luna has Suran pressed against the cage, preventing Suran from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Luna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suran misses with a kick to the body.
Luna rushes Suran and presses him up against the cage.
Suran avoids the elbow strike from Luna, against the cage.
Luna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suran clinches.
Luna makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Suran missing with knees to the body.
Luna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suran managing to block the knees to the body from Luna.
Suran misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Luna fails to land.
Luna scores with a shoulder strike.
Suran missing with knees to the body.
Luna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luna throws a punch but it's blocked by Suran.
A right handed body shot lands from Suran.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suran misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luna.
Luna throws a head punch that misses.
Luna looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Luna tries to circle away but Suran has him pinned against the cage.
Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suran clinches.
Suran misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luna.
Suran lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Suran misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luna.
Suran looks gassed!
Luna lands a body punch.
Suran wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luna.
Suran misses with a knee strike.
Luna lands a nice uppercut.
Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luna closes the distance and pushes Suran back into the cage.
Luna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luna misses with an elbow strike.
Luna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luna misses with an elbow strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Luna.
Suran escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suran clinches.
Luna manages to break the clinch.
Luna darts in and clinches Suran up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Luna.
Luna lands a nice uppercut.
Luna pushes Suran back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luna scores with a shoulder strike.
Luna blocks a body shot from Suran.
A short right from Luna on the inside.
Luna lands an elbow inside that Suran shrugs off.
Luna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luna throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Luna.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suran wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luna has him pressed against the cage.
Luna escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A body shot lands from Luna.
Luna works on Suran's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Luna on the inside.
Luna manages to break the clinch.
Luna lands a leg kick that knocks Suran off balance momentarily.
Suran on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Luna gets a clinch.
Luna breaks from the clinch.
Luna closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Luna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luna.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suran working aggressively here.
Luna lands a left hand.
Luna scores with a shot to the side of Suran's head.
Suran wants to get back to striking at distance but Luna won't allow it.
Suran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Luna, right into the meat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Suran lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Luna has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Luna and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Luna rushes Suran and presses him up against the cage.
Luna throws an elbow but it misses.
Suran tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luna scores with a shoulder strike.
Suran tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Luna avoids it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Suran blocks an elbow strike from Luna.
Suran lands with a light punch inside.
Luna lands an elbow inside.
Luna breaks from the clinch.
Suran fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Luna, pushing him back against the cage.
Luna lands with a short shot to the head.
Luna gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Suran tries to land a knee to the head but Luna blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Suran tries to land knees in the clinch but Luna avoids the damage to the body.
Luna comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Zdenko Suran has been cut.
Luna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Suran takes a knee right on the jaw!
Luna trying to land knees to the body.
Luna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suran fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Luna has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Luna dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Luna gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Suran has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Suran wants to get back to striking at distance but Luna won't allow it.
Suran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Suran.
Luna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Juan Luna has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Suran just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luna's brow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luna.
Luna escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luna rushes Suran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Suran blocking some punches.
Suran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Luna throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luna working aggressively here.
Luna breaks from the clinch.
Good leg kick by Luna there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Suran will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Suran lands with a thumping leg kick.
Luna pushes Suran up against the cage in a clinch.
Luna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Suran lands with a left to the head.
Luna blocking some punches.
Luna throws a head punch that misses.
Luna misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luna lands with a light punch inside.
Suran misses with some punches.
Suran avoids a wild elbow strike from Luna.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suran looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Luna blocks an uppercut.
Luna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suran looking to throw knees to the head but Luna is blocking nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luna.
Luna misses with some punches.
Luna has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Luna misses with some punches.
Luna avoids the elbow strike from Suran, against the cage.
Suran with a knee to the head.
Suran is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Suran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luna blocks it with crossed arms.
Luna working aggressively here.
Suran lands with a light punch inside.
Luna gets through Suran's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Suran tries a knee to the head but Luna blocks it.
Luna lands an elbow that stopped Suran in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Luna.
Suran avoids the elbow strike from Luna, against the cage.
Luna breaks the clinch.
Luna has managed to clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Luna.
Suran blocks an uppercut.
Luna avoiding damage as Suran throws knees to the body.
Luna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luna lands a shoulder strike.
Suran misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short left from Luna.
Suran misses with an elbow strike.
Luna pushes off an throws an elbow but Suran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Suran manages to break the clinch.
Luna takes the fight into the clinch.
Suran breaks from the clinch.
Luna tries to keep at a distance but Suran has taken the fight into the clinch.
Suran avoids a wild elbow strike from Luna.
Luna presses Suran against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Luna pushes off an throws an elbow but Suran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luna moves into the clinch.
Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suran gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Luna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suran closes the distance and pushes Luna back into the cage.
Suran is trying to push Luna away but Luna has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Suran misses with a knee strike.
Suran keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Luna's efforts to push away.
Suran wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Luna lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Suran missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Suran fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suran takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Luna fails to land.
Suran keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Luna's efforts to push away.
A short left from Luna.
Luna gets through Suran's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Suran avoiding damage as Luna throws knees to the body.
Luna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luna lands a right hand.
Luna breaks the clinch.
Luna fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Suran throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Luna holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Luna.
Luna working aggressively here.
Luna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Luna.
Luna blocks an uppercut.
Luna breaks from the clinch.
Suran has taken the fight to the clinch.
Luna is trying to break the clinch but Suran has him pressed against the cage.
Suran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suran landing knees to the head.
Luna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Suran backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Luna fails to land.
Suran is trying to break free.
Luna misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suran misses with a knee strike.
Luna lands an elbow inside.
Luna lands a damaging elbow.
Suran tries to break the clinch but Luna is controlling the position.
Luna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luna breaks from the clinch.
Suran forces Luna back against the cage and clinches.
Luna's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Luna gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Suran is looking to break free of the clinch but Luna has double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Luna.
Luna working aggressively here.
Suran lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Luna.
Suran tries to land a knee to the head but Luna blocks with his arms.
Suran blocks an elbow strike from Luna.
Luna manages to break the clinch.
Luna closes the distance and pushes Suran back into the cage.
Suran scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luna creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Luna throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Luna throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Surans head.
Luna blocks an elbow strike from Suran.
Luna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luna is looking to slow Suran down with leg kicks.
Luna rushes Suran and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Luna dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Luna moves into the clinch.
Luna works on Suran's body with a couple of short punches.
Luna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luna stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Suran.
Suran goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Luna throws a jab when Suran was well out of range.
Suran takes the fight into the clinch.
Suran blocks an elbow strike from Luna.
Luna misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Suran.
Luna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luna is looking to land body kicks.
Suran tries to work over Luna's front leg with a kick but Luna checks it.
Suran pushes Luna up against the cage in a clinch.
Suran tries to circle away but Luna has him pinned against the cage.
Suran misses with a knee strike.
Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luna forces Suran back against the cage and clinches.
Luna blocking some punches.
Suran's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Suran lands a right hand.
Luna breaks the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Suran cracks the inside of Luna's front leg.
Suran tries to keep at a distance but Luna has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Luna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suran bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Suran lands a nice leg kick that just misses Luna's sensitive parts.
Luna gets tackled into the cage by Suran. Suran maintains the clinch.
Suran struggles to land a body shot inside as Luna controls his hands.
Luna prevents a body shot from Suran.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suran tries to keep at a distance but Luna has taken the fight into the clinch.
Suran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Luna swings wildly with an uppercut but Suran uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Suran.
Suran blocking some punches.
Luna tries to break free but Suran pushes him back against the cage.
Suran can't find room to land a body shot as Luna controls the action.
Luna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suran avoids a kick to the body.
Suran forces Luna back against the cage and clinches.
Luna lands with a short shot to the head.
Luna looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Luna has a couple of punches blocked by Suran.
Suran breaks from the clinch.
Suran closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Suran throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luna throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna has Suran pressed against the cage, preventing Suran from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Suran breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luna closes the distance and clinches.
Luna wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suran prevents a body shot from Luna.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luna.
Suran avoiding damage as Luna throws knees to the body.
Suran pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Suran has had enough of the clinch but Luna keeps him there for the moment.
Suran struggles to land a body shot inside as Luna controls his hands.
Luna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Suran backwards.
Suran with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Luna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Luna escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luna clinches up against the cage.
Suran throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Luna can't break the clinch.
Luna misses with the head strike.
Suran lands a left hand.
Suran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luna moves into the clinch.
Suran tries a knee to the head but Luna blocks it.
Suran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luna clinches with his opponent.
Suran struggles to land a body shot inside as Luna controls his hands.
Suran lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Luna lands with a left to the head.
Luna lands a hook that snaps the head of Suran backwards.
Luna misses with some punches.
Luna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Suran backwards.
Luna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Luna has a couple of punches blocked by Suran.
Suran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luna dodges an elbow strike from Suran.
Suran breaks from the clinch.
Luna takes the fight into the clinch.
Luna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suran blocks an elbow strike from Luna.
Luna tries to land a knee to the head but Suran blocks with his arms.
Suran landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Suran wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luna has him pressed against the cage.
Suran scores with a nice hook to the head.
Suran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Suran obliges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luna creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luna.
Luna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Suran just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luna's brow.
Suran tries to land knees in the clinch but Luna avoids the damage to the body.
Luna pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luna has taken the fight to the clinch.
Luna softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luna can't find room to land a body shot as Suran controls the action.
Suran lands a knee to the head.
Luna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Suran takes the fight into the clinch.
Suran managing to block the knees to the body from Luna.
Luna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luna misses with a punch on the inside.
Luna has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Suran pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suran turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suran moves into the clinch.
Suran lands a knee to the body.
Luna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Luna.
Zdenko Suran has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suran tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Suran backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Juan Luna.
Well Luna has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Luna!
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