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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michal Nowak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Cony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowak comes into the arena with Juno Reactor - Pistolero blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michal Nowak!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joseph Cony!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nowak fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cony, pushing him back against the cage.
Nowak landing knees to the head.
Nowak pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cony has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nowak after a bit of a struggle.
Knees to the body from Nowak.
Cony takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nowak prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nowak lands a good knee to the midsection. Cony won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nowak unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cony looks winded!
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Cony takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nowak connects with a knee to the head.
Nowak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nowak working Cony over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nowak landing knees to the head.
Cony should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Cony takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Nowak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nowak prevents the takedown attempt.
Michal Nowak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Cony.
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cony is rocked!
Nowak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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!
Nowak connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cony's face.
Cony is still on wobbly legs! Can Nowak finish him?
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Cony seems to have recovered his senses.
Nowak holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Nowak for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Nowak seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Nowak lands a nice knee to the body.
Nowak crunches a lovely knee into Cony's ribcage.
Nowak connects with a knee to the head.
Nowak working Cony over with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Nowak.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michal Nowak.
Nowak chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nowak feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cony's calf.
Nowak has managed to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nowak connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cony's face.
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Cony takes a knee right on the jaw!
The referee is keeping an eye on Nowak - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nowak connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cony's face.
Nowak connects with a knee to the head.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Nowak.
Nowak stalling against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowak crunches a lovely knee into Cony's ribcage.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nowak obliges.
Nowak has Cony pressed against the cage.
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Cony tries to score a body lock takedown but Nowak shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nowak putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cony in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nowak landing knees to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nowak manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nowak using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Nowak dominated that round.
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.
Nowak lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nowak moves into the clinch successfully.
Cony is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nowak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nowak lands a knee to the body.
Nowak stalling.
Nowak unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nowak connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nowak holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nowak lands a good knee to the midsection. Cony won't want to take too many of those.
Cony is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowak slowing the pace effectively.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Nowak lands a knee to the body.
Cony drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nowak gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nowak landing knees to the body.
Cony takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nowak putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cony in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nowak stalling the fight.
Nowak with a knee to the head.
Nowak is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nowak landing knees to the head.
Nowak connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Nowak landing knees to the head.
Nowak leaning against his opponent.
Nowak lands a good knee to the midsection. Cony won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Nowak.
Nowak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nowak scores a nice knee to the body.
Cony takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nowak scores a nice knee to the body.
Nowak lands a good knee to the midsection. Cony won't want to take too many of those.
Nowak effectively controlling the action here.
Cony tries to score a body lock takedown but Nowak shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Michal Nowak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Cony.
Nowak connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cony is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nowak taking a breather.
Nowak landing knees to the body.
Nowak unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nowak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cony can do to turn this around?
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Nowak crunches a lovely knee into Cony's ribcage.
Cony takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nowak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nowak is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowak is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nowak landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cony tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nowak content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nowak with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nowak obliges.
Nowak crunches a lovely knee into Cony's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Nowak.
Nowak landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Nowak dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cony looks for a takedown but Nowak sprawls well.
Nowak clinches up with Cony and pushes him back against the cage.
Cony looking for a takedown.
Nowak is stalling here.
Cony has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nowak is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Michal Nowak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Cony.
Cony is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Cony takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cony takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nowak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nowak lands a knee to the body.
Michal Nowak has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cony tries for a takedown but Nowak manages to get underhooks.
Cony takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Nowak stalls.
Nowak working Cony over with knees to the body.
Nowak unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nowak landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cony takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nowak landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nowak is pushing Cony up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowak connects with a knee to the head.
Cony is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Nowak is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nowak landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nowak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nowak connects with a knee to the head.
Nowak leaning against his opponent.
Nowak gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cony.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nowak obliges.
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Nowak.
Cony wants a takedown.
Nowak stalling against the cage.
Cony is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Nowak is defending well.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nowak.
Nowak landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nowak scores with a knee to the head.
Nowak using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nowak landing knees to the body.
Nowak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nowak gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cony.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Nowak.
Nowak lands a knee to the head.
Cony is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nowak landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nowak landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nowak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cony takes a knee right on the jaw!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cony can't get the takedown.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Nowak clearly takes 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.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cony is defended easily by Nowak.
Nowak fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cony.
Nowak gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cony to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cony won't allow Nowak to get back to his feet.
Cony is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Nowak looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cony drops back, looking for a kneebar! Nowak looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Nowak looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Nowak!
Nowak knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cony on the ground.
Nowak tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowak trying to control the action but Cony is working from the bottom.
Cony manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Cony wants to work for an arm triangle but Nowak is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cony seems to be looking for submissions.
Cony stops Nowak from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cony seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
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!
Cony is working for a kimura but Nowak is defending it quite comfortably.
Cony prevents Nowak from standing back up.
Cony in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Nowak tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Cony!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joseph Cony!
Joseph Cony is the new middleweight champion!
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