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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jean Sibelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heydar Aliyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aliyev comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 'Let's Get It On' by Marvin Gaye kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Sibelius!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heydar Aliyev!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aliyev cracks a nice hook into Sibelius's ribs.
Aliyev misses with a body shot.
Aliyev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Heydar Aliyev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aliyev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aliyev throws a right hand that Sibelius ducks under and follows up with a left that Sibelius also avoids with ease.
Good leg kick by Aliyev there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Aliyev leaves Sibelius with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aliyev misses with a hook.
Sibelius thows a body shot but no joy.
Sibelius lands a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sibelius. Aliyev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aliyev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sibelius at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aliyev connects with a body shot.
Sibelius throws a big shot that misses.
Sibelius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aliyev.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aliyev, right into the meat.
Sibelius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aliyev.
Aliyev throws a low kick, looking for Sibelius's leg but Sibelius calmly moves out of range.
Aliyev avoids the body shot from Sibelius.
Sibelius throws a jab when Aliyev was well out of range.
Aliyev ducks under a wild hook from Sibelius.
Aliyev cracks Sibelius with an open hand slap.
Sibelius takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Aliyev scores with a hook to the body. Sibelius takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by Aliyev.
Sibelius tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Aliyev throws a body kick that misses.
Sibelius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aliyev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Aliyev is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sibelius rather than just go for the knockout.
Sibelius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aliyev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aliyev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aliyev.
Aliyev lands a nice looking body shot.
Aliyev stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Aliyev wants it to stay on the feet.
Sibelius shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Aliyev as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Sibelius. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sibelius is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sibelius looks to score with a jab to the body but Aliyev is just out of range.
Aliyev misses with a few strikes there.
Aliyev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aliyev with a nice cross.
Sibelius keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sibelius misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Sibelius misses the target.
Sibelius checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sibelius momentarily.
Aliyev misses with a leg kick.
Sibelius misses the shot to the body.
Aliyev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sibelius closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Aliyev did well to prevent Sibelius getting side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Aliyev avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sibelius.
Aliyev tries to get to full guard but Sibelius has control of the leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aliyev is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sibelius moves into full mount! Aliyev won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heydar Aliyev dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sibelius punishes Aliyev's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice shot by Aliyev.
It looks like Jean Sibelius has been cut.
Aliyev thows a body shot but no joy.
Sibelius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aliyev.
Sibelius misses with a body shot.
Sibelius fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sibelius swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aliyev throws a hook but Sibelius blocks it.
Aliyev cracks the inside of Sibelius's front leg.
A swing and a miss from Aliyev.
Jab, jab by Aliyev - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aliyev keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sibelius swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Heydar Aliyev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sibelius with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A slow jab from Aliyev misses its intended target.
Aliyev lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sibelius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aliyev punishes Sibelius's body with a nice straight punch.
Sibelius misses with a takedown attempt - Aliyev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aliyev scores with a hook.
Sibelius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aliyev moves away.
Aliyev misses with a wild body shot.
Heydar Aliyev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sibelius throws a hook to the side of Aliyev's head but Aliyev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aliyev darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sibelius keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Aliyev lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sibelius lands with a nice body punch.
Aliyev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sibelius at a distance.
Aliyev with a jab.
Aliyev stuffs the takedown attempt from Sibelius. Sibelius gets slowly back to his feet.
Sibelius is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aliyev scores with a jab.
Aliyev attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sibelius misses the shot to the body.
Aliyev tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sibelius is able to avoid easily.
Sibelius misses with a wild body shot.
Sibelius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aliyev.
Sibelius checks a leg kick nicely.
Sibelius closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Aliyev fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Aliyev. That's going to slow Sibelius down.
Aliyev misses with an uppercut.
Aliyev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Aliyev lands a lovely overhand right.
Aliyev pushes Sibelius up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev lands with a left to the head.
Aliyev lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sibelius avoiding damage as Aliyev throws knees to the body.
Aliyev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sibelius is trying to force a seperation but Aliyev has the dominant position.
Sibelius gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Sibelius lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sibelius throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Aliyev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Aliyev avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sibelius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heydar Aliyev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jean Sibelius's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Aliyev takes a swing at Sibelius's ribcage but misses.
Aliyev looks to score with a jab to the body but Sibelius is just out of range.
Aliyev throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aliyev scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sibelius doesn't seem bothered though.
Sibelius takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sibelius takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Aliyev misses the shot to the body.
Sibelius looks to score with a jab to the body but Aliyev is just out of range.
Sibelius ducks under a wild hook from Aliyev.
Aliyev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aliyev ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sibelius checks the leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sibelius fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aliyev manages to avoid it.
Aliyev scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sibelius thuds a left hand into Aliyev's body.
Sibelius takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Aliyev misses the shot to the body.
Sibelius slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Aliyev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sibelius fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aliyev on the side of the head.
Sibelius just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot lands for Aliyev.
Aliyev ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sibelius avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Aliyev misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Aliyev 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 Sibelius has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sibelius and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sibelius. Aliyev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aliyev scores with a jab.
Aliyev looks to score with a jab to the body but Sibelius is just out of range.
Aliyev lands a head kick!
Aliyev lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Aliyev.
Sibelius is rocked!
Aliyev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sibelius paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sibelius misses with a takedown attempt - Aliyev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aliyev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sibelius.
Aliyev scores with a nice right hand.
Oh Sibelius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aliyev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sibelius sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aliyev connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sibelius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sibelius takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Aliyev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sibelius was well out of range. Poor timing from Aliyev.
A swing and a miss from Sibelius.
Aliyev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sibelius. That did some damage!
Aliyev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sibelius.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev misses with a low kick.
Sibelius missing with a left hand there. Aliyev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sibelius dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sibelius seems to have got his legs back now.
Aliyev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sibelius.
Aliyev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice cross by Aliyev.
Aliyev connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Aliyev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Aliyev misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aliyev throws a leg kick that misses.
Aliyev digs a good body shot into Sibelius's ribs.
Sibelius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aliyev moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heydar Aliyev really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Sibelius's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Aliyev lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sibelius's sensitive parts.
Good leg kick by Aliyev there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Aliyev swings widly with a right hand
and Sibelius counters with a straight right hand.
Aliyev tries to clinch but Sibelius is having none of it.
Aliyev throws a nice outside leg kick.
Aliyev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aliyev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sibelius.
Aliyev jabs Sibelius to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Aliyev looks to land a combination but Sibelius avoids it well.
Sibelius scores a takedown into full mount!
Sibelius avoids the attempt from Aliyev to control.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sibelius punishing his opponent with strikes.
Aliyev is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Sibelius scoring with strikes but Aliyev is staying in there.
Aliyev taking shots to the head.
Sibelius lands with some strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aliyev regains half guard.
Sibelius trying to control the action but Aliyev is working from the bottom.
Sibelius is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sibelius throws a sloppy strike and Aliyev uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Aliyev has ended up in Sibelius's guard.
Sibelius looking to hit a scissor sweep but Aliyev is one step ahead there.
Aliyev avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Aliyev pushing down on Sibelius's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sibelius is trying to get back to full guard.
Sibelius wants to control but Aliyev is keeping busy.
Aliyev wants to pass to mount but Sibelius is defending the position.
Sibelius has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Aliyev is keen to just control but Sibelius is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Aliyev is going to stand back up.
Aliyev wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sibelius keeps working.
Aliyev controlling the action here.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Heydar Aliyev.
Aliyev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aliyev gets caught napping as Sibelius dives in and scores a takedown. Aliyev manages to retain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Jean Sibelius will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jean Sibelius's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Sibelius misses with a takedown attempt - Aliyev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sibelius throws the left hand but Aliyev avoids the punch easily.
Sibelius thows a body shot but no joy.
Sibelius lands with an overhand left.
Sibelius connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Aliyev momentarily.
A lazy left from Sibelius finds it's target.
Sibelius checks a low kick from Aliyev.
Aliyev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Aliyev looks to land a left hand but Sibelius moved out of range nicely.
Sibelius misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sibelius will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
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.
Aliyev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sibelius.
Nice cross by Aliyev.
Aliyev misses with the combination.
Sibelius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aliyev looks to throw the jab but Sibelius is out of range.
Sibelius shoots in for a takedown but Aliyev shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Sibelius. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aliyev looks to score with a jab to the body but Sibelius is just out of range.
Aliyev throws a chopping leg kick but Sibelius manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sibelius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aliyev moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev throws a hook to the side of Sibelius's head but Sibelius sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Aliyev stuns Sibelius with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good shot there by Aliyev.
Aliyev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Aliyev avoids the body shot from Sibelius.
Sibelius looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sibelius takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aliyev lands a jab to the head.
Aliyev lands with a kick to the temple. Sibelius shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aliyev digs a good body shot into Sibelius's ribs.
Aliyev scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Aliyev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sibelius has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev thumps Sibelius with a low kick.
Sibelius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sibelius connects with a body shot that sends Aliyev's belly button to the back.
Sibelius throws a right and a left that both miss.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aliyev.
Jean Sibelius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aliyev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Aliyev tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sibelius manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aliyev lands a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Aliyev. That's going to slow Sibelius down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aliyev lands with a hook. Sibelius tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Aliyev.
Aliyev thumps Sibelius with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aliyev takes a swing at Sibelius's ribcage but misses.
Aliyev pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Aliyev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aliyev stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Aliyev wants it to stay on the feet.
Heydar Aliyev is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sibelius walks into a straight right hand from Aliyev.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good leg kick by Aliyev there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Aliyev looks to land a combination. Sibelius sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heydar Aliyev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Aliyev has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 46:49
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 46:49
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heydar Aliyev!
Heydar Aliyev is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath Heydar Aliyev thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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