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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tsartas Kasuranis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Kinsella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Logan Kinsella will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tsartas Kasuranis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Logan Kinsella!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kinsella throws a series of punches but Kasuranis avoids them all with ease.
Kasuranis looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Kinsella throws a one two combo.
Kasuranis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kasuranis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kasuranis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kinsella will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kinsella throws a right and a left that Kasuranis avoids nicely.
Kinsella lands a jab-cross combination.
Kasuranis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Logan Kinsella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kasuranis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kinsella throws a right hand that Kasuranis ducks under and follows up with a left that Kasuranis also avoids with ease.
Kinsella scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kinsella works over Kasuranis's head and body with a nice combination.
Kasuranis shoots in looking for a takedown. Kinsella tries to sprawl out of it but Kasuranis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kinsella manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kasuranis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kinsella!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kinsella wants to get back to his feet but Kasuranis is dominant here and he's now got Kinsella's back!
Kasuranis struggling to keep hold of the position.
Kinsella is trying to get back to his feet but Kasuranis has full control of the position and if anything, Kinsella has just worked his way into a worse spot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasuranis trying to control momentarily.
Kinsella is trying to get back to his feet but Kasuranis has full control of the position and if anything, Kinsella has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Kasuranis has good solid back control here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tsartas Kasuranis.
Kasuranis shoots for a double leg takedown but Kinsella sprawls well. He's pushed Kasuranis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella works over Kasuranis's head and body with a nice combination.
Kinsella shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kasuranis eats them both and turns towards Kinsella to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kasuranis fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tsartas Kasuranis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kasuranis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kinsella defends it nicely.
Kinsella will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kinsella throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kasuranis counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kasuranis tries to clinch but Kinsella moves out of range.
Kinsella lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kinsella.
Kasuranis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kinsella throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kasuranis.
Kasuranis dodges the punch combination from Kinsella.
Kasuranis catches Kinsella with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kinsella scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Some wild striking there from Kinsella.
Kinsella scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kinsella tests Kasuranis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Logan Kinsella is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kinsella lands the left hand.
Kasuranis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kinsella sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Logan Kinsella 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.
Kinsella misses with the combination.
Kinsella is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kinsella misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kasuranis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Logan Kinsella seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kinsella scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kinsella scores with a one two! Kasuranis had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kinsella throws a series of punches but Kasuranis avoids them all with ease.
Kasuranis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kinsella swinging wildly here.
Kinsella scores with a three punch combo!
Tsartas Kasuranis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kinsella throws a series of punches but Kasuranis avoids them all with ease.
Kinsella moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kasuranis fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Kinsella to the ground. Kasuranis is now in Kinsella's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasuranis is stalling in the full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tsartas Kasuranis wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Kinsella misses with a series of wild punches.
Kinsella throws a combination that misses
and Kasuranis counters with a three punch combo that has Kinsella backing up. Kinsella nods at Kasuranis to acknowledge the strikes.
No joy there for Kinsella, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kinsella fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kasuranis shoots in and drives through. Kinsella sprawls well.
Kasuranis shoots in but no luck this time.
Kinsella looks to land a combination. Kasuranis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kinsella throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kasuranis shoots in looking for a takedown but Kinsella manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kasuranis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tsartas Kasuranis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kinsella.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kasuranis is defended easily by Kinsella.
Kasuranis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kasuranis closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kasuranis decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kinsella misses with a double jab
and Kasuranis counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Kinsella!
Kinsella taking a bit of punishment here - Kasuranis scoring with strikes.
Kasuranis throwing strikes but Kinsella manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasuranis can't do much from the bottom here.
Kinsella wants to stand but Kasuranis has his arm trapped.
Kasuranis tries to improve position but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella decides to stand back up. Kinsella steps back and let's Kasuranis get back to his feet.
Kasuranis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kinsella looks to land a combination but Kasuranis avoids it well.
Kinsella looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kasuranis fails with a takedown attempt.
Kasuranis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kinsella's waist but Kinsella gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kasuranis off to one side.
Kinsella tries to bum rush Kasuranis with a series of wild strikes but Kasuranis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kasuranis looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kasuranis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kinsella sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kinsella lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A left and a right from Kinsella both land. Nice combination.
Kinsella slaps away a takedown attempt from Kasuranis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tsartas Kasuranis will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Kinsella lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kinsella.
Kinsella misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kinsella moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kinsella works over Kasuranis's head and body with a nice combination.
Kasuranis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kinsella circles away.
Kinsella throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A nice combination there by Kinsella.
Kinsella leaves Kasuranis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kinsella displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kasuranis shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kinsella as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tsartas Kasuranis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kinsella swats away the attempt to clinch by Kasuranis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Kinsella, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kinsella throws a nice looking combination but Kasuranis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kasuranis drives through with a takedown into Kinsella's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kasuranis trying to control but Kinsella is working from the bottom.
We're going to have a standup here because Tsartas Kasuranis wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A punch combination from Kinsella misses.
Kinsella lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kasuranis circles away quickly and effectively.
Kasuranis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kinsella defends it nicely.
Kinsella fails to land with a series of punches.
Kinsella looks to land a combination but Kasuranis avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kasuranis eats them both and turns towards Kinsella to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kasuranis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kasuranis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kinsella scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kasuranis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kinsella avoids it really well and circles away.
Kinsella tries to bum rush Kasuranis with a series of wild strikes but Kasuranis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice takedown defense from Kinsella. No joy for Kasuranis on that attempt.
Kasuranis shoots in looking for a takedown. Kinsella tries to sprawl out of it but Kasuranis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kinsella manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kinsella lands a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kinsella misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kinsella defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kasuranis.
Kinsella throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kasuranis.
Kasuranis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kinsella as he avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kasuranis.
Kinsella throws a nice looking combination but Kasuranis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kasuranis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kinsella throws a right hand that Kasuranis ducks under and follows up with a left that Kasuranis also avoids with ease.
Kasuranis fails with a takedown attempt.
Kinsella throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kasuranis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kinsella throws a series of punches but Kasuranis avoids them all with ease.
Kasuranis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kasuranis shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kinsella is trying to defend but Kasuranis finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kasuranis is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kasuranis wants to advance to full mount but Kinsella doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Logan Kinsella.
I think Kinsella 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Logan Kinsella!
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