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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sallah Alcoubra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Jazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alcoubra's entrance music is Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums. A fine choice. Jazz has chosen AC/DC - Back in Black as his entrance music. Esko Jazz has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sallah Alcoubra's chin.
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190 lbs
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sallah Alcoubra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Esko Jazz!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jazz is looking to clinch but Alcoubra is avoiding it.
Jazz slips a jab and a cross from Alcoubra.
Alcoubra scores with a decent looking hook.
Jazz tries to close the distance and clinch but Alcoubra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sallah Alcoubra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Jazz.
No joy there for Alcoubra, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alcoubra misses with the combination.
Alcoubra lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jazz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alcoubra.
Jazz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jazz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alcoubra tries a head kick but it misses.
Jazz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jazz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jazz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice cross by Alcoubra.
Alcoubra misses with a double jab.
Alcoubra misses with the combination.
Alcoubra looks to land a right hand but Jazz moved out of range.
Alcoubra throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sallah Alcoubra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Alcoubra scores with a jab. Jazz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jazz doesn't manage to clinch there - Alcoubra circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jazz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Alcoubra flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alcoubra tries to hold on but Jazz pushes him away.
Jazz raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Alcoubra is trying desperately to improve position.
Alcoubra knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jazz on the ground.
Alcoubra gets back to half guard.
Alcoubra is refusing to be controlled, as Jazz sits in half guard.
Jazz wants to get back to his feet.
Jazz is tying to control. Alcoubra wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alcoubra tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jazz wants to pass to mount but Alcoubra is defending the position.
Alcoubra is looking for a sweep. Jazz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Alcoubra tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Alcoubra is trying to maintain the position but Jazz is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alcoubra misses with the combination.
Alcoubra will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Alcoubra throws a series of punches but Jazz avoids them all with ease.
Alcoubra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alcoubra is breathing heavily.
Jazz misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Alcoubra counter with a right hand.
Jazz is looking to clinch but Alcoubra is avoiding it.
Alcoubra missing with a left hand there. Jazz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jazz takes a swing at Alcoubra's ribcage but misses.
Jazz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jazz dodges the punch combination from Alcoubra.
Alcoubra throws a series of punches but Jazz avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sallah Alcoubra dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Alcoubra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jazz.
Nice straight punches there by Alcoubra. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Alcoubra.
Jazz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alcoubra throws a nice looking combination but Jazz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alcoubra throws a series of strikes that have Jazz backpedaling.
Jazz moves into the clinch successfully.
Jazz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jazz wants to break free but Alcoubra has control.
Alcoubra escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jazz misses with a combination
and Alcoubra counters with a left and a right that stings Jazz.
A big right from Jazz misses.
Alcoubra throws a nice looking combination but Jazz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jazz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alcoubra.
Alcoubra scores with the left hand. Jazz knows he should have avoided that one.
Jazz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Alcoubra tries a head kick but it misses.
Alcoubra takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jazz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jazz throws a sloppy head kick
and Jazz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alcoubra closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Alcoubra scores with a jab to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Alcoubra.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jazz is looking to clinch.
Jazz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Alcoubra counters with a stiff right hand.
Jazz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Alcoubra pinned against the cage. Alcoubra gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jazz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jazz cracks Alcoubra with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alcoubra lands a jab-cross combination.
Jazz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alcoubra misses with a wild combination.
Alcoubra misses with a head kick.
Alcoubra throws a head kick that misses.
Alcoubra scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jazz throws a combination that misses
and Alcoubra counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alcoubra misses with an uppercut. Jazz saw that one coming.
Alcoubra swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jazz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Alcoubra!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jazz working Alcoubra over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jazz scoring with strikes but Alcoubra is staying in there.
Jazz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jazz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Alcoubra tries to hold on but Jazz pushes him away.
Jazz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Alcoubra?
Jazz lands with some strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jazz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jazz with the ground and pound from mount.
Jazz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Esko Jazz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Jazz tries to land a body kick
and Alcoubra counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alcoubra lands a nice shot that snaps Jazz's head back.
Jazz is rocked!
Alcoubra lands a left and a right that sends Jazz crashing to the canvas! Alcoubra dives into mount looking to finish!
Jazz is still in real trouble! Can Alcoubra finish him?
Alcoubra controlling his opponent.
Alcoubra has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jazz's face.
Jazz seems to have recovered his senses.
Alcoubra controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jazz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alcoubra prevents Jazz from getting the reversal.
Jazz bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Jazz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jazz wants to control from the top but Alcoubra keeps moving.
Jazz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jazz throws and elbow that misses. Alcoubra uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jazz's guard. Nice move by Alcoubra!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jazz being controlled here, momentarily.
Jazz thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Alcoubra trying to control the position from guard on top but Jazz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jazz is trying to control the position but Alcoubra postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jazz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Alcoubra puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Alcoubra looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jazz tries to roll over but Alcoubra keeps him under control.
Jazz trying to hold on to Alcoubra's head to control him but Alcoubra postures up.
Jazz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Alcoubra's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Alcoubra's back!
Alcoubra has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Jazz.
Jazz controlling well, preventing Alcoubra from escaping the position.
Jazz throws a series of strikes and Alcoubra wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
That's four 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.
Alcoubra tries to hold on but Jazz pushes him away.
Jazz cracks Alcoubra with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jazz wants to control the pace but Alcoubra is squirming around nicely.
Alcoubra wants to control but Jazz is having none of it.
Jazz punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jazz lands a big shot there that rocks Alcoubra but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Alcoubra takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jazz working Alcoubra over with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sallah Alcoubra showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alcoubra has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sallah Alcoubra!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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