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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olexander Smirnoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniyel Nebi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Olexander Smirnoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniyel Nebi!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smirnoff moves to clinch but Nebi breaks away
and Nebi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Smirnoff tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Nebi counters with a body kick that stops Smirnoff in his tracks momentarily.
Nebi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smirnoff wants to clinch up but Nebi keeps it at a distance.
Nebi throws a leg kick but Smirnoff checks it.
Nebi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but Nebi moves out of range.
Nebi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Smirnoff wants to clinch but Nebi slips to the side
and Nebi counters with a nice leg kick.
Nebi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Smirnoff is out of range.
Olexander Smirnoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smirnoff is looking to clinch but Nebi is avoiding it.
Smirnoff tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nebi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smirnoff drives through and clinches with Nebi against the cage.
Nebi blocks an elbow strike from Smirnoff.
Smirnoff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smirnoff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smirnoff lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smirnoff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nebi's brow.
Nebi misses with a punch on the inside.
Nebi takes an elbow to the temple.
Smirnoff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nebi avoids the elbow strike from Smirnoff, against the cage.
Nebi avoids a wild elbow strike from Smirnoff.
Nebi taking a breather.
Nebi breaks from the clinch.
Nebi throws a sloppy head kick and Smirnoff moves out of range easily.
Nebi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nebi throws a leg kick
and Smirnoff moves into the clinch.
Nebi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nebi takes an elbow to the temple.
Smirnoff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nebi blocks an elbow strike.
Smirnoff comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nebi tries to stall but Smirnoff uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Smirnoff creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nebi's defenses.
Smirnoff misses with an elbow over the top.
Nebi avoids a wild elbow strike from Smirnoff.
Smirnoff is pushing Nebi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nebi blocks an elbow strike from Smirnoff.
Nebi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smirnoff's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smirnoff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nebi's brow.
Nebi tries to throw a body punch but Smirnoff avoids it by throwing Nebi back against the cage.
Nebi dodges an elbow strike from Smirnoff.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnoff creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smirnoff lands an elbow just above Nebi 's eye.
Nebi is pushing Smirnoff up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Smirnoff lands an elbow inside.
Smirnoff misses with an elbow over the top.
Smirnoff gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smirnoff throws an elbow but it misses.
Smirnoff keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nebi's efforts to push away.
Smirnoff lands a nice elbow.
Smirnoff blocks an uppercut.
Nebi misses with the head strike.
Smirnoff misses with an elbow strike.
Nebi misses with a body punch.
Smirnoff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nebi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smirnoff fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smirnoff moves to clinch but Nebi breaks away
and Nebi counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nebi keeps the fight on the outside.
Smirnoff avoids a kick to the body.
Smirnoff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nebi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smirnoff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nebi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nebi is looking to chop away at Smirnoff's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smirnoff tries to clinch
and Nebi counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Smirnoff has closed the distance and engaged Nebi in a clinch.
Nebi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nebi wants to get back to striking at distance but Smirnoff won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Daniyel Nebi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smirnoff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nebi swats away the attempt to clinch by Smirnoff.
Smirnoff tries to clinch up.
Nebi tries to land a front kick but Smirnoff steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Smirnoff doesn't manage to clinch there - Nebi circles away.
Smirnoff doesn't manage to clinch there - Nebi circles away.
Smirnoff closes the distance but Nebi moves to the side
and Nebi counters with a leg kick.
Smirnoff avoids the head kick by Nebi.
Smirnoff is looking to clinch but Nebi is avoiding it.
Smirnoff tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nebi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smirnoff gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nebi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smirnoff tries to clinch up but Nebi circles away and keeps his distance.
Nebi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smirnoff is looking to clinch but Nebi is avoiding it.
Smirnoff closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nebi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Smirnoff is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Smirnoff moves in looking to clinch but Nebi pushes him off.
Smirnoff fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but Nebi is having none of it.
Smirnoff wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smirnoff tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Nebi counters with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smirnoff fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nebi thuds his shin into the meat of Smirnoff's side.
Smirnoff tries to close the distance and clinch but Nebi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but Nebi is having none of it.
Smirnoff wants to clinch but Nebi slips to the side
and Nebi counters with an outside leg kick.
Nebi looks to land a body kick but Smirnoff moved away.
Nebi throws a low kick, looking for Smirnoff's leg but Smirnoff calmly moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nebi 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 Smirnoff has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smirnoff and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smirnoff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daniyel Nebi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but Nebi is having none of it.
Smirnoff fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nebi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nebi throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Smirnoff moves into the clinch.
Nebi has had enough of the clinch but Smirnoff keeps him there for the moment.
Nebi struggles to land a body shot inside as Smirnoff controls his hands.
Nebi throws a punch but it's blocked by Smirnoff.
Nebi throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smirnoff.
Nebi blocks an elbow strike.
Smirnoff lands a damaging elbow.
Nebi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smirnoff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Smirnoff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nebi misses with a body punch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smirnoff takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nebi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nebi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smirnoff wants to clinch.
Smirnoff gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nebi avoids the elbow strike from Smirnoff, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smirnoff is pushing Nebi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Smirnoff creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nebi's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nebi blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Daniyel Nebi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Nebi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nebi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smirnoff doesn't manage to clinch there - Nebi circles away.
Smirnoff wants to clinch up but Nebi keeps it at a distance.
Smirnoff wants to clinch
and Nebi counters with a good low kick that Smirnoff was not able to check.
Nebi swats away the attempt to clinch by Smirnoff.
Smirnoff tries to clinch up.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but Nebi moves out of range.
Smirnoff tries to clinch up but Nebi circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but Nebi moves away
and Nebi counters with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Nebi is predictable there
and Smirnoff holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nebi takes an elbow to the temple.
Nebi blocks the elbow strike.
Nebi blocks the elbow strike.
Smirnoff creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nebi's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smirnoff.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smirnoff throws an elbow but misses.
Olexander Smirnoff has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smirnoff misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Smirnoff.
Smirnoff lands an elbow that stopped Nebi in his tracks for a moment.
Nebi misses with some punches.
Smirnoff pushes off an throws an elbow but Nebi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nebi tries to circle away but Smirnoff has him pinned against the cage.
Smirnoff has Nebi pressed against the cage, preventing Nebi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smirnoff just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nebi's brow.
Smirnoff lands an elbow that stopped Nebi in his tracks for a moment.
Smirnoff looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nebi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nebi misses with a leg kick.
Smirnoff tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nebi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smirnoff is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smirnoff keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Smirnoff doesn't manage to clinch there - Nebi circles away.
Smirnoff moves in looking to clinch but Nebi pushes him off.
Smirnoff doesn't manage to clinch there - Nebi circles away.
Smirnoff rushes Nebi and presses him up against the cage.
Smirnoff lands an elbow that stopped Nebi in his tracks for a moment.
Nebi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nebi stalling against the cage.
Smirnoff lands an elbow that stopped Nebi in his tracks for a moment.
Nebi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smirnoff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smirnoff gets a clinch.
Smirnoff gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Olexander Smirnoff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nebi manages to break the clinch.
A leg kick checked by Smirnoff.
Smirnoff fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nebi misses with a leg kick
and Smirnoff counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Smirnoff.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smirnoff.
Nebi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smirnoff displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nebi up against the cage.
Nebi misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nebi blocks an elbow strike from Smirnoff.
Smirnoff gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smirnoff throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nebi blocks an elbow strike from Smirnoff.
Nebi avoids a wild elbow strike from Smirnoff.
Smirnoff pushes off an throws an elbow but Nebi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smirnoff comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smirnoff letting Nebi take a breather here.
Smirnoff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nebi looking to stall.
Smirnoff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smirnoff blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smirnoff throws an elbow but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Olexander Smirnoff showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nebi 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniyel Nebi!
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energy
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