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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Van Kirkland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buddy Threadgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Buddy Threadgood was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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285 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
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198 cm
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288 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikhail Van Kirkland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Buddy Threadgood!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Kirkland looks to land a combination but Threadgood avoids it well.
Threadgood shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Van Kirkland sprawls well. Van Kirkland wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Threadgood gets slowly back to his feet.
Threadgood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Mikhail Van Kirkland has been cut.
Threadgood throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Kirkland slips a jab from Threadgood.
Van Kirkland on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Threadgood lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Threadgood misses with a head kick.
Threadgood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Van Kirkland's calf.
Threadgood tries to score with a low kick but Van Kirkland moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Threadgood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Kirkland.
Threadgood shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Van Kirkland as he jumps to the side.
Threadgood misses with a head kick.
Van Kirkland changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Threadgood looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Threadgood pushes Van Kirkland away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Van Kirkland gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Van Kirkland tries to score with some ground and pound. Threadgood controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Threadgood is pushing Van Kirkland's head away, looking to escape. Van Kirkland manages to hold on to the position though.
Van Kirkland throws an elbow but Threadgood slips to the side and avoids it well.
Van Kirkland trying to control the position but Threadgood is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Threadgood wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Van Kirkland wants to lay and pray for a moment but Threadgood keeps working.
Van Kirkland lands some shots froms side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Kirkland takes a little break here. Threadgood wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Threadgood stops Van Kirkland from passing to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Kirkland is chipping away with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland prevents Threadgood from escaping the position.
Threadgood throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Van Kirkland checks a low kick from Threadgood.
A big left from Threadgood misses.
Van Kirkland avoids the body shot from Threadgood.
Van Kirkland avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Kirkland slips under a jab.
Threadgood fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Van Kirkland is out of range.
Van Kirkland closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Threadgood's guard.
Threadgood keeping moving, preventing Van Kirkland from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland stops Threadgood from standing up.
Van Kirkland trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Van Kirkland throwing strikes but missing.
Van Kirkland looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Kirkland looking to pass the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Kirkland throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Threadgood works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Van Kirkland chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Buddy Threadgood will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mikhail Van Kirkland's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good shot there by Threadgood.
Buddy Threadgood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van Kirkland misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Threadgood misses with an uppercut
and Van Kirkland counters with a shoot takedown. Threadgood fights it but they end up in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Threadgood is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Van Kirkland advances to half guard.
Van Kirkland lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Van Kirkland missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Van Kirkland wants to free his trapped foot but Threadgood is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Threadgood tries to kick Van Kirkland off but Van Kirkland keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Kirkland trying to control from half guard but Threadgood is working away.
Van Kirkland is just content to waste time from the top position. Threadgood takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Van Kirkland stops Threadgood from standing up.
Van Kirkland wants to control from the top but Threadgood keeps moving.
Van Kirkland looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Kirkland controlling from the top position.
Van Kirkland trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Threadgood pushes Van Kirkland off and scrambles back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Van Kirkland. Those never looked like landing.
Threadgood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Van Kirkland in his tracks.
Threadgood shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Van Kirkland eats them both and turns towards Threadgood to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Threadgood throws a head kick that misses.
Threadgood looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Van Kirkland keeping moving, preventing Threadgood from controlling successfully.
Van Kirkland utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Threadgood throwing strikes but missing.
Threadgood throwing strikes from guard but Van Kirkland blocks nicely.
Threadgood drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Van Kirkland dives on top into guard.
Van Kirkland looking to sit in guard and control but Threadgood gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Van Kirkland manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Threadgood manages to get himself to full guard.
Van Kirkland pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Threadgood is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Threadgood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Threadgood wants to stand up but Van Kirkland is controlling him.
Van Kirkland not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Threadgood wants to stand and escape but Van Kirkland is having none of it.
Van Kirkland working some strikes from top position.
Van Kirkland missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Kirkland trying to control the position from guard on top but Threadgood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
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 Mikhail Van Kirkland will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mikhail Van Kirkland's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Threadgood throws a leg kick
and Van Kirkland counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
No joy there for Van Kirkland, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Threadgood swings widly with a right hand
and Van Kirkland counters with a nice uppercut.
Van Kirkland takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Threadgood throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Van Kirkland uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Threadgood.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Threadgood misses the shot to the body.
Threadgood lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mikhail Van Kirkland is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Threadgood looks to land a right hand but Van Kirkland moved out of range.
Threadgood moves to clinch but Van Kirkland breaks away
and Van Kirkland counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Threadgood's guard now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Kirkland works over Threadgood with some ground and pound from guard.
Mikhail Van Kirkland overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Threadgood wants to stand and escape but Van Kirkland is having none of it.
Van Kirkland tries to stand but Threadgood is controlling from the bottom.
Threadgood uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Van Kirkland keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Threadgood misses with a hook
and Van Kirkland counters with a stiff right hand.
Threadgood looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Kirkland is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland is trying hard to land a takedown here. Threadgood sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Threadgood sizes up Van Kirkland with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Threadgood throws out a leg kick but Van Kirkland moves out of range and Threadgood only half commits.
Van Kirkland shoots for a takedown but Threadgood saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Threadgood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Kirkland walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Threadgood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Threadgood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mikhail Van Kirkland's cut is getting worse.
Van Kirkland shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Threadgood misses with a head kick.
Van Kirkland displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Threadgood throws out the jab.
Threadgood just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Van Kirkland misses its intended target.
Threadgood thows a body shot but no joy.
Threadgood throws a body punch but Van Kirkland moves out of range.
Threadgood lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Threadgood tries to bum rush Van Kirkland with a series of wild strikes but Van Kirkland uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Threadgood lands a leg kick that knocks Van Kirkland off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Threadgood throws a leg kick but Van Kirkland checks it.
A big right from Threadgood misses.
Threadgood looks for the body kick but Van Kirkland saw that one coming.
Threadgood throws a leg kick but Van Kirkland checks it.
Threadgood moves in looking to clinch but Van Kirkland pushes him off.
Van Kirkland chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Threadgood can pounce on him.
Threadgood scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Threadgood getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Kirkland walks into a straight right hand from Threadgood.
And that's the end of the fight!
Buddy Threadgood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Threadgood 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buddy Threadgood!
Buddy Threadgood decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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