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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steinar Sting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Suren Nazarethyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nazarethyan has chosen Brennan Heart & Wildstylez - Lose My Mind as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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148 lbs
33 - 18 - 0 |
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150 lbs
20 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steinar Sting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Suren Nazarethyan!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarethyan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nazarethyan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nazarethyan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sting was well out of range. Poor timing from Nazarethyan.
Sting pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nazarethyan scores with a nice strike.
Sting bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nazarethyan's head.
It looks like Suren Nazarethyan has been cut.
Nice straight punches there by Nazarethyan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nazarethyan.
Nice cross by Sting.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sting lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nazarethyan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sting's head backwards.
Nazarethyan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sting misses with a leg kick.
Nazarethyan throws a low kick but Sting moves out of range easily.
Nazarethyan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sting stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sting cracks the inside of Nazarethyan's front leg.
Nazarethyan thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan cracks Sting with a good jab.
Sting connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sting ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sting misses with a body kick.
Nazarethyan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sting connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nazarethyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sting moves away.
Nazarethyan slips a jab and a cross from Sting.
Nazarethyan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nazarethyan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sting is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
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!
Sting tries to land a front kick but Nazarethyan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Suren Nazarethyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sting connects with a jab.
Nazarethyan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sting. Nazarethyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sting connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nazarethyan. Nazarethyan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nazarethyan is rocked!
Sting loads up on a big right hand but Nazarethyan slips the punch.
Nazarethyan throws a right and a left that Sting avoids nicely.
Nazarethyan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nazarethyan throws a series of punches but Sting avoids them all with ease.
Sting tries to work over Nazarethyan's front leg with a kick but Nazarethyan checks it.
Nice takedown defense from Nazarethyan. No joy for Sting on that attempt.
Nazarethyan connects with a leg kick. Sting looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
An inside leg kick lands from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
An inside leg kick from Sting misses.
Sting takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Donk. Nazarethyan catches Sting right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sting takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nazarethyan throws a leg kick which misses Sting's front leg but catches the back leg as Sting tries to avoid it.
Nazarethyan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nazarethyan.
Sting looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sting chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nazarethyan can pounce on him.
Nazarethyan checks a leg kick.
Nazarethyan thuds a left hand into Sting's body.
Nazarethyan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nazarethyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sting moves away.
Nazarethyan jabs at Sting's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sting tries to clinch but Nazarethyan moves out of range.
A slow jab from Sting misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sting drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Nazarethyan looking for a sweep. Not yet Nazarethyan, not yet.
Nazarethyan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nazarethyan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nazarethyan looking for a sweep. Not yet Nazarethyan, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sting postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nazarethyan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sting working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nazarethyan's head.
Nazarethyan keeping moving, preventing Sting from controlling successfully.
Sting postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Suren Nazarethyan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Suren Nazarethyan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nazarethyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Sting is just out of range.
Sting checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sting uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan misses the shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nazarethyan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nazarethyan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sting rather than just go for the knockout.
Sting misses with a right hand
and Nazarethyan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sting pushes Nazarethyan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nazarethyan has a couple of punches blocked by Sting.
Sting pushes Nazarethyan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sting tries to throw a body punch but Nazarethyan avoids it by throwing Sting back against the cage.
Sting throws a punch but it's blocked by Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan being controlled against the cage.
Sting lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sting tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sting misses with a punch on the inside.
Sting cracks Nazarethyan with a nice body shot.
Nazarethyan taking a breather.
Sting lands a right hand.
Nazarethyan misses with a punch to the body.
Sting goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nazarethyan prevents it.
Nazarethyan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sting lands with a left to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nazarethyan throws a punch but it's blocked by Sting.
Nazarethyan takes a shot to the head.
Nazarethyan lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Nazarethyan fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Nazarethyan.
Sting misses with a body punch.
Nazarethyan prevents a body shot from Sting.
Sting prevents a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nazarethyan.
Sting misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sting struggles to land a body shot inside as Nazarethyan controls his hands.
Sting is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sting working aggressively here.
Nazarethyan blocks an uppercut.
Sting lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sting can't find room to land a body shot as Nazarethyan controls the action.
Sting lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nazarethyan backwards.
Nazarethyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sting tries to work over Nazarethyan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sting as Nazarethyan tries to tie him up.
Nazarethyan is pushing Sting up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right from Nazarethyan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan working aggressively here.
A short left from Nazarethyan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sting.
Sting misses with a punch to the body.
Sting working aggressively here.
Nazarethyan tries to work over Sting's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nazarethyan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sting can't get the takedown.
Sting blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nazarethyan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nazarethyan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nazarethyan misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sting misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Nazarethyan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sting prevents a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Sting tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nazarethyan's elbow.
Sting tries to work over Nazarethyan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sting gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nazarethyan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sting will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sting with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sting trying to control but Nazarethyan is working from the bottom.
Nazarethyan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Suren Nazarethyan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Suren Nazarethyan's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nazarethyan throws a hook to the side of Sting's head but Sting sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nazarethyan dips to his left and cracks Sting with an uppercut!
Suren Nazarethyan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nazarethyan closes the distance but Sting moves to the side
so Sting counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sting postures up in Nazarethyan's guard and throws a big left but Nazarethyan blocks it.
Nazarethyan trying to control the position.
Sting preventing the sweep.
Sting has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nazarethyan keeping full guard, as Sting tries to pass.
Nazarethyan trying to keep a closed guard but Sting is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nazarethyan is adopting a defensive guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarethyan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Suren Nazarethyan hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nazarethyan is looking to clinch.
Nazarethyan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sting paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nazarethyan checks a leg kick nicely.
Sting takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sting looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nazarethyan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sting on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Suren Nazarethyan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan slips a jab and a cross from Sting.
Nazarethyan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steinar Sting has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nazarethyan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nazarethyan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sting has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nazarethyan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sting takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sting takes a swing at Nazarethyan's ribcage but misses.
Nazarethyan sizes up Sting with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sting chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nazarethyan can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sting throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nazarethyan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nazarethyan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sting lands a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nazarethyan. That's going to slow Sting down.
Sting throws a sloppy body shot
and Nazarethyan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nazarethyan misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nazarethyan.
Sting fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sting tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sting prevents a body shot from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan blocks an uppercut.
Nazarethyan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sting is keeping busy.
Sting breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nazarethyan scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarethyan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sting throws a jab but it's blocked by Nazarethyan.
Sting walks into a stiff left hand from Nazarethyan.
Nazarethyan misses with a wild body shot.
Nazarethyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sting.
Sting tries to clinch but Nazarethyan moves away
and Nazarethyan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nazarethyan.
Sting lands a shot to the body.
Sting lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazarethyan tries to throw a body punch but Sting avoids it by throwing Nazarethyan back against the cage.
Nazarethyan can't find room to land a body shot as Sting controls the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sting working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Nazarethyan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nazarethyan prevents a body shot from Sting.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Suren Nazarethyan.
I've got Nazarethyan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:30
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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