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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Akuku Kukula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Farrelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Akuku Kukula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randy Farrelly!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Farrelly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Farrelly misses with a few strikes there.
Kukula clinches with his opponent.
Farrelly working hard to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Farrelly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Farrelly manages to pull guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Farrelly trying to keep a closed guard but Kukula is proving a slippery customer.
Farrelly looks gassed!
Kukula drops back looking for a leg! Farrelly is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Farrelly manages to kick Kukula off! Kukula jumps back into Farrelly's guard.
Kukula is stalling in the full guard.
Kukula wants to pass the guard but Farrelly is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukula decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Farrelly, up you get!
Kukula tries to clinch but Farrelly is having none of it.
Farrelly misses with a two punch combination.
Randy Farrelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kukula tries to clinch but Farrelly moves out of range.
Farrelly misses with a two punch combination.
Kukula is looking to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kukula.
Farrelly fails with a takedown attempt.
Farrelly tries to keep at a distance but Kukula has taken the fight into the clinch.
Farrelly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukula has a takedown stuffed.
Kukula stuffs the takedown attempt from Farrelly. Farrelly gets slowly back to his feet.
Kukula fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kukula tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Farrelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kukula's jab looks to have found its range, popping Farrelly under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farrelly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kukula really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kukula rushes Farrelly and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Farrelly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kukula misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Farrelly.
Farrelly managing to block the knees to the body from Kukula.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrelly jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kukula walks away with a smile on his face. Farrelly gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Akuku Kukula has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Farrelly.
Kukula tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Farrelly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kukula fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Farrelly throws a big shot that misses.
Kukula fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice shot by Farrelly.
Farrelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kukula moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Farrelly shoots for a takedown but Kukula saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kukula shoots in for a takedown but Farrelly shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukula moves into the clinch.
Kukula creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Farrelly's defenses.
Farrelly tries to land knees in the clinch but Kukula avoids the damage to the body.
Farrelly takes an elbow to the temple.
Farrelly pushes Kukula back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kukula breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kukula has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kukula tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kukula looking to throw knees to the head but Farrelly is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kukula missing with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrelly throws an elbow but it misses.
Kukula jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Farrelly walks away with a smile on his face. Kukula gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akuku Kukula dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A combination from Farrelly does no damage.
Farrelly swinging wildly here.
Farrelly tries to keep at a distance but Kukula has taken the fight into the clinch.
Farrelly presses Kukula against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Farrelly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kukula leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kukula jumps guard but Farrelly stands there with Kukula around his waist. Kukula gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kukula pulls Farrelly into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farrelly is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukula looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kukula being controlled here, momentarily.
Kukula looking for a guillotine here but Farrelly defends easily.
Kukula striking off his back but it's not causing Farrelly any problems.
Farrelly must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrelly trying to control the position from guard on top but Kukula is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kukula is controlling Farrelly's posture.
Farrelly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kukula is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Akuku Kukula wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Kukula is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kukula closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukula misses with the head strike.
Kukula pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kukula keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Farrelly's efforts to push away.
Farrelly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Farrelly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kukula forces Farrelly back against the cage and clinches.
Kukula prevents a takedown attempt there.
Farrelly fails to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kukula avoiding damage.
Kukula is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Farrelly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kukula using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farrelly has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kukula just misses with a elbow thrown towards Farrelly's brow.
Kukula utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kukula gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kukula breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kukula tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Farrelly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akuku Kukula dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Kukula swats away the attempt to clinch by Farrelly.
Farrelly is looking to clinch.
Farrelly keeps the fight on the outside.
Kukula wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kukula tries to clinch but Farrelly is having none of it.
Farrelly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Farrelly on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kukula. Kukula obviously looking to wear him down.
Kukula tries to close the distance and clinch up but Farrelly swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Farrelly swings widly with a right hand
and Kukula makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Farrelly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kukula shoots for a takedown but Farrelly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Farrelly stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Farrelly wants it to stay on the feet.
Farrelly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kukula tries to clinch but Farrelly is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukula shoots in looking for a takedown. Farrelly tries to sprawl out of it but Kukula keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Farrelly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akuku Kukula. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crunch! Kukula slams his shin into Farrelly's torso.
Kukula fails with an attempt to clinch.
Akuku Kukula is winning the standup battle so far.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Farrelly.
Kukula dives in and grabs Farrelly's left leg, looking for a takedown. Farrelly pushes down on Kukula's head and hops out.
Kukula shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Farrelly shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kukula pinned against the cage. Kukula gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Farrelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Farrelly tries to pull guard but Kukula forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Farrelly jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kukula walks away with a smile on his face. Farrelly gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kukula is looking to clinch but Farrelly is avoiding it.
Kukula darts in and clinches Farrelly up against the cage.
Kukula breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Farrelly keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrelly darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Farrelly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Farrelly is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kukula defends it well.
Kukula keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Farrelly is thwarting Kukula's attempts to control the position.
Akuku Kukula is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrelly is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kukula is just riding it out for now. Farrelly eventually gives up the hold.
Kukula kicks Farrelly off and gets back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akuku Kukula showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kukula 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akuku Kukula!
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