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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Anthony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ricardo Anthony has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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250 lbs
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218 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Anthony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruce Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anthony closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Anthony is working for a kimura but Wayne is defending it quite comfortably.
Wayne has his hands clasped together around Anthony's back. He's all about the action.
Anthony trying to mount his opponent but Wayne defends it.
Anthony decides to stand up.
Anthony gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wayne is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Anthony working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wayne doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wayne manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wayne gets to his feet. Anthony looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Anthony misses with a takedown
and Wayne counters with a shoot takedown. Anthony fights it but they end up in guard.
Anthony is looking for a triangle but Wayne pushes his legs off easily.
Wayne wants to control from the top but Anthony keeps moving.
Wayne is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Anthony is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Anthony is breathing heavily.
Wayne decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Anthony, up you get!
Anthony misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Anthony looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wayne stands up.
A head kick misses from Anthony.
Wayne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Anthony misses with a lunging right hand
and Wayne decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Anthony's guard.
Wayne stands and steps away. Anthony gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Anthony shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wayne keeping hold of Anthony's head, controlling as best he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne kicks off Anthony and gets to his feet.
Anthony gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wayne counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Anthony's guard now.
Wayne is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Anthony is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wayne sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Wayne gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony tries a head kick but it misses.
Wayne bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wayne thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wayne decides to stand up, so the ref orders Anthony to his feet.
Wayne drives through with a takedown into Anthony's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wayne stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Anthony lands with a kick to the ribs.
Anthony shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wayne counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Anthony's guard now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Wayne dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Anthony with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wayne counters with a shoot takedown. Anthony fights it but they end up in guard.
Anthony wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Wayne is now in half guard.
Wayne seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Anthony does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wayne is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Wayne trying to mount his opponent but Anthony defends it.
Wayne is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Wayne is trying to control the action in half guard but Anthony is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Wayne wants to work for an arm triangle but Anthony is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anthony looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Anthony is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Anthony looking for submissions off his back.
Wayne content to control rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wayne is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wayne passes to full mount!
Wayne is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Anthony has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Wayne stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Anthony darts in trying to clinch
and Wayne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anthony gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wayne counters by clinching up.
Anthony jumps guard.
Wayne is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Wayne gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Anthony tries for a takedown but Wayne circles away easily
and Wayne counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Anthony. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wayne is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Anthony defends it well.
Wayne is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anthony trying to control but Wayne postures up.
Bruce Wayne has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anthony is trying to stand back up but Wayne is controlling him
Wayne content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wayne escapes and gets back to his feet.
Wayne paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anthony tries to clinch up
and Wayne decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Anthony's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Wayne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Wayne scores with a hook.
Anthony swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wayne counters with a single leg into guard. Anthony didn't expect that.
Anthony had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wayne defends it easily.
Wayne controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wayne forces his way into half guard.
Wayne is trying to work for a kimura but Anthony is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wayne wants to pass the guard but Anthony is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anthony looking for submissions off his back.
Anthony is defending against the submission attempts here by Wayne.
Wayne trying to control the action but Anthony is working from the bottom.
Wayne wants to pass to mount but Anthony is defending the position.
Anthony tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Wayne manages to move to mount!
Anthony defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Wayne.
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.
Wayne wants to finish this one by submission but Anthony is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Wayne.
Wayne avoids the attempt from Anthony to control.
Wayne stands up from mount. Strange move.
Anthony shoots and misses
and Wayne decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Anthony's guard.
Wayne gets to his feet. Anthony looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Anthony darts in trying to clinch
and Wayne counters with a shoot takedown. Anthony fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne drops back looking for a leg! Anthony is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Anthony manages to kick Wayne off! Wayne jumps back into Anthony's guard.
Anthony looking for a guillotine here but Wayne defends easily.
Ricardo Anthony has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruce Wayne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anthony will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wayne passes Anthony's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Anthony scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Wayne manages to mount him!
Wayne controlling from mount.
Wayne looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Anthony stops Wayne from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Wayne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Anthony really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wayne controlling the pace for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anthony throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wayne. What's that going to do exactly?
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wayne controlling his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Wayne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wayne winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 25:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Wayne!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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