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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sabin Figaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Figaro's entrance music is Prospect - Warrior. A fine choice. Black has chosen Dr Dre - The Next Episode as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sabin Figaro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Black!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Figaro shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Black as he jumps to the side.
Black throws a body punch but Figaro moves out of range.
Black is looking to clinch but Figaro is avoiding it.
Figaro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Black.
Black lands a front kick.
Black tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Figaro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Figaro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Figaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Black moves into the clinch.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Figaro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Figaro misses with a body kick.
Figaro 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.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Figaro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black takes one to the side of the head.
Black looks for the body kick but Figaro saw that one coming.
Figaro takes a swing at Black's ribcage but misses.
Figaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Black misses with a head kick.
Figaro throws a low kick but Black moves out of range easily.
Figaro connects with a solid leg kick.
Henry Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black throws a body punch but Figaro moves out of range.
Henry Black is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Figaro scores with a nice strike.
Black misses with a right hand
and Figaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Black tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Figaro was well out of range. Poor timing from Black.
Black lands a nice leg kick that just misses Figaro's sensitive parts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Figaro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Black was well out of range. Poor timing from Figaro.
Figaro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Figaro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Figaro misses with an uppercut. Black saw that one coming.
Black throws the kick towards the body but Figaro avoids it.
Figaro blocks a low kick nicely.
Figaro throws a head kick that misses.
Black throws a sloppy head kick
and Figaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Black chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Figaro moves out of range as Black strikes.
Black is looking to clinch but Figaro is avoiding it.
Black tries to clinch up.
Black clinches up with Figaro and pushes him back against the ropes.
Figaro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Black has him pressed against the ropes.
Figaro is trying to break free.
Black is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Figaro is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Figaro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Figaro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Black lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Figaro backwards.
Black lands with a right to the head.
Black misses with a hook to the ribs.
Black tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Black trying to land knees to the body.
Figaro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Black lands a hook that snaps the head of Figaro backwards.
Figaro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Figaro misses with a low kick.
Black misses with a wild body shot.
Figaro scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Black blocks the low kick.
Black takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Black misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Black 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 Figaro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Figaro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Figaro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Black on the side of the head.
Figaro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Black sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Black scores with a sloppy right hand. Figaro should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Figaro looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Black!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
BOOM! Figaro connects with a massive shot to the dome!
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.
Black tries to hold on but Figaro postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Figaro dominating with strikes here.
Black is bucking up trying to escape but Figaro cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sabin Figaro dominated that round.
That's time! Figaro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice uppercut there from Black.
Black has taken the fight to the clinch.
Figaro tries to break the clinch but Black is controlling the position.
Black lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Black lands a hook that snaps the head of Figaro backwards.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Black crunches a lovely knee into Figaro's ribcage.
Black pushes off an throws an elbow but Figaro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Figaro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Black backwards.
Black missing with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Figaro - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Figaro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Black tries to land knees in the clinch but Figaro avoids the damage to the body.
Black can't find room to land a body shot as Figaro controls the action.
Black misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Figaro.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Figaro.
Black tries to land knees in the clinch but Figaro avoids the damage to the body.
Black lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Figaro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Black backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Black working aggressively here.
Black tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Figaro's elbow.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Figaro is trying to push Black away but Black has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Black works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Figaro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Black.
It looks like Sabin Figaro has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Black.
Figaro is trying to force a seperation but Black has the dominant position.
Figaro blocks a body shot from Black.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Figaro avoids it by throwing Black back against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black keeps control of Figaro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Black lands a shoulder strike.
Black lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Figaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Black tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Figaro counter with a right hand.
Figaro misses with a leg kick
and Black counters with a right hand to the body.
Figaro throws a hook to the side of Black's head but Black sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Black scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Black misses with a low kick.
Figaro throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figaro throws a lazy head kick
and Black counters with a nice body kick.
Black tries to clinch up.
A big left from Figaro misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Figaro swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Figaro throws a leg kick
and Black counters with a left to the body.
Black cracks Figaro with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Black is looking to slow Figaro down with leg kicks.
Figaro misses the shot to the body.
Black connects with a solid leg kick.
Black moves into the clinch successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Figaro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Black missing with knees to the body.
Figaro is trying to force a seperation but Black has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Black showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sabin Figaro's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Black connects with an inside leg kick.
Black scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Figaro misses with a wild body shot.
Figaro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Black 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 Figaro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Figaro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Black takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Figaro takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Figaro checks a leg kick.
Figaro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Black keeps Figaro at a distance using the push kick.
Black tries to clinch but Figaro moves out of range.
Black darts in and clinches Figaro up against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Figaro is looking to break free of the clinch but Black has double underhooks.
Figaro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black working aggressively here.
Black lands with a short shot to the head.
Figaro blocks an elbow strike from Black.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Black throws an elbow but misses.
Black has Figaro pressed against the ropes, preventing Figaro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Figaro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Figaro is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Black tries a knee to the head but Figaro blocks it.
Figaro gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Figaro is nestled in close to Black, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Figaro throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Figaro prevents Black from improving his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Figaro thows a huge punch but Black dodges it nicely.
Figaro is working for a submission of some sort.
Black desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Figaro working over Black with some ground and pound. Black looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Black is pressing down on Figaro's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Figaro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Black swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Figaro working some strikes from top position.
Black had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Figaro defends it easily.
Black trying to control the position.
Black looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Black is trying to hold Figaro in close to prevent damage but Figaro has managed to pass into half guard.
Ground and pound from Figaro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Figaro prevents Black from improving his position.
Figaro trying to advance position but Black counters by regaining guard.
Black tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sabin Figaro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Figaro trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Black avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Figaro 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.
Figaro with a nice head shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Figaro avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Figaro chips away with some ground and pound.
Figaro scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Sabin Figaro did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Sabin Figaro's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Black fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Figaro manages to avoid it.
Black tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Figaro counters with a leg kick.
Henry Black seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Black throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Figaro swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Black tries to clinch but Figaro moves out of range.
Black dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Figaro. That did some damage!
A bone on bone clash there as Black blocks the leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Black looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Black bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Black blocks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Figaro misses.
Black tries to close the distance and clinch but Figaro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Figaro just misses with a punch to the body.
Figaro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Black. Black obviously looking to wear him down.
Black closes the distance and clinches.
Figaro blocks a body shot from Black.
Black misses with a short punch on the inside.
Black misses with a punch on the inside.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black misses with an elbow strike.
Black trying to control the position but instead, Figaro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Black into the ropes.
Figaro managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Figaro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Figaro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Black moves in looking to clinch but Figaro pushes him off.
Good work by Figaro as he checks the leg kick.
Figaro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Black showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Figaro.
Black rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Figaro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Figaro misses with a body shot.
Figaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Black buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Figaro slips a straight right by Black.
Black moves into the clinch.
Black keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Figaro's efforts to push away.
Figaro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Black misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Figaro.
A short uppercut from Black.
Black scores with a nice hook to the head.
Figaro prevents a body shot from Black.
Figaro tries to break the clinch but Black is controlling the position.
Black fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Black gets underhooks to prevent Figaro's takedown attempt.
Figaro avoids a wild elbow strike from Black.
Figaro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Figaro blocks it with crossed arms.
Black prevents Figaro from breaking the clinch.
Black using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Black letting Figaro take a breather here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Figaro tries to circle away but Black has him pinned against the ropes.
Figaro is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Black dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Sabin Figaro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Figaro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Figaro swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Black fails with an attempt to clinch.
Figaro has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Black.
Black checks a leg kick.
Black throws a shot to the body.
Figaro throws a body punch but Black moves out of range.
Black tries to clinch but Figaro is having none of it.
Figaro delivers a nice body kick.
Nice body kick from Black.
Black stuffs the takedown attempt from Figaro. Figaro gets slowly back to his feet.
Figaro shoots for a takedown but Black saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
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.
Figaro takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Figaro fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Black checks it well.
Nice body punch from Black.
Black throws a low kick but it's checked well by Figaro.
Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Figaro connects with a jab.
Black moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Black is looking to clinch but Figaro is avoiding it.
Figaro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Black swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Figaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black misses with a low kick as Figaro jumps back.
Black wants to clinch up but Figaro keeps it at a distance.
Figaro scores with a nice head shot.
Figaro throws a leg kick but Black sees it coming and moves out of range.
Figaro keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Black wants to clinch up but Figaro keeps it at a distance.
Black chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Figaro can pounce on him.
Black gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Figaro.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black misses with a two punch combination.
Figaro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Figaro throws a sloppy head kick
and Black counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Black tries to clinch up.
Figaro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black leaves Figaro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sabin Figaro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Black tries to clinch there but Figaro circles away.
Figaro lands a jab to Black's midsection.
Black walks into a straight right hand from Figaro.
Figaro throws the kick towards the body but Black avoids it.
Black lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Black tries to land a front kick but Figaro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Figaro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Black misses with a low kick.
Figaro blocks a head kick by Black.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black is looking to land body kicks.
Black looks to score with a jab to the body but Figaro is just out of range.
Black looks for the body kick but Figaro saw that one coming.
Black explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Figaro avoids the body shot from Black.
Figaro digs a good body shot into Black's ribs.
Figaro swats away the attempt to clinch by Black.
Black ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Figaro moves away.
Figaro misses with a takedown attempt - Black sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Black takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Black digs a good body shot into Figaro's ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Black comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Black 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 47:48
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 47:48
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Black!
Henry Black is the new welterweight champion!
An out of breath and clearly excited Henry Black thanked Conviction for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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