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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Radar Salter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radar Salter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Lombard!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salter lunges at Lombard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lombard's hand.
Salter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Ricardo Lombard has been cut.
Salter definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Salter tries to bum rush Lombard with a series of wild strikes but Lombard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Salter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lombard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salter.
Radar Salter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salter connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lombard. Lombard circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A decent looking cross lands there for Salter.
Lombard tries to clinch up but Salter circles away and keeps his distance.
Lombard scores with a hook to the body. Salter takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Salter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Salter misses with a right hand
and Lombard counters by moving into the clinch.
Lombard throws a punch but it's blocked by Salter.
Lombard misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lombard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salter is trying to force a seperation but Lombard has the dominant position.
Salter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Salter lands with a kick to the temple. Lombard shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lombard looks to throw the jab but Salter is out of range.
Lombard clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salter blocks it with crossed arms.
Salter breaks the clinch.
Salter connects with a single shot there.
Lombard sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Salter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lombard darts in and clinches Salter up against the cage.
Lombard has Salter pressed against the cage, preventing Salter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Salter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Salter lands a jab.
Salter misses with a combination
and Lombard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Salter ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Salter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salter dips to his left and cracks Lombard with an uppercut!
Lombard moves out of range as Salter strikes.
Lombard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Salter connects with a looping right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombard defending well as Salter loads up on a big left hand.
Salter blocks a jab.
Salter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Salter slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Salter scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Salter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lombard under the eye.
Salter just misses with a punch to the body.
Lombard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No joy there for Salter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lombard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A jab from Lombard misses.
Salter connects with a right hand. Lombard shakes it off.
Lombard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Salter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Salter keeps the fight on the outside.
Lombard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Salter scores with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salter tries a head kick but it misses.
Salter misses with a head kick.
Salter missing with a left hand there. Lombard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Salter scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jab from Salter.
Salter misses with a body shot.
Lombard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lombard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Salter. That one must have hurt.
Salter throws a big shot that misses.
Nice shot by Salter.
Lombard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lombard is looking to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Salter.
Salter lands with a nice body punch.
Salter lands a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salter scores with a hook to the body. Lombard takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Salter throws a sloppy head kick
and Lombard counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lombard's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Salter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lombard scrambles back to his feet.
Salter lands a two punch combo.
Salter misses the shot to the body.
Lombard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lombard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Salter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lombard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Salter.
Lombard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salter misses with a looping right.
Salter misses with a looping right.
Salter lands a jab to Lombard's midsection.
Salter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lombard throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Radar Salter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Lombard's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Salter misses with a two punch combination.
Salter misses with the combination.
A punch lands to the side of Lombard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sloppy strikes from Salter. Those never looked like landing.
Salter scores with a nice strike.
Lombard throws a series of punches but Salter avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Salter does it's job there.
Salter tries to land a front kick but Lombard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lombard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lombard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salter.
Salter throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lombard's head.
Lombard throws a leg kick but Salter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Salter.
Salter misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lombard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Salter finds it's way round the side to connect with Lombard's head.
Lombard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lombard moves in looking to clinch but Salter pushes him off.
Salter connects with a high kick.
Lombard tries to close the distance and clinch but Salter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lombard is looking to clinch.
Salter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lombard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lombard darts in and clinches Salter up against the cage.
Salter blocking some punches.
Lombard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lombard tries a body shot but Salter blocks it.
Salter blocks an uppercut.
Salter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Salter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lombard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Salter throws a sloppy body shot
and Lombard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Salter throws a head kick but Lombard moves out of range.
Salter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lombard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lombard is looking to clinch but Salter is avoiding it.
Lombard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Salter lunges at Lombard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lombard's hand.
Salter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Salter moves out of range as Lombard strikes.
Salter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lombard.
Lombard closes the distance and clinches.
Salter blocks an uppercut.
Salter can't break the clinch.
Lombard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salter is trying to force a seperation but Lombard has the dominant position.
Lombard has a couple of punches blocked by Salter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salter manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Salter.
Radar Salter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lombard wants to clinch up but Salter keeps it at a distance.
Salter connects with a crisp jab.
Lombard misses with a straight left.
Lombard moves out of range of the strikes.
Salter throws a nice head kick!
Salter throws a hook but Lombard blocks it.
Salter scores with a nice strike.
Salter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lombard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Salter lands with a slapping head kick.
Salter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lombard can do to turn this around?
Salter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lombard throws a jab when Salter was well out of range.
Salter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lombard fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombard takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salter connects with a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Salter.
Lombard drives through and clinches with Salter against the cage.
Lombard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Salter wants to break free but Lombard has control.
Salter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Salter tries to break the clinch but Lombard is controlling the position.
Lombard misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Salter.
Lombard keeps control of Salter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Salter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Salter connects with a looping right hand.
Lombard throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Lombard misses.
Lombard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Radar Salter dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Lombard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Salter keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot by Salter.
Salter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lombard.
Lombard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salter manages to avoid it.
Lombard blocks a head kick by Salter.
Salter looks to land a combination but Lombard avoids it well.
Salter lands a jab.
Lombard is looking to clinch but Salter is avoiding it.
Salter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lombard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Salter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lombard throws an off balance right hand
and Salter counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Salter throws a head kick that half lands.
Lombard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Salter.
Lombard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lombard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lombard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lombard jabs at Salter's body.
Lombard lands a right hook to the body.
Lombard darts in looking for a takedown but Salter gets double underhooks and turns Lombard into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lombard.
Lombard can't find room to land a body shot as Salter controls the action.
Salter wants to get back to striking at distance but Lombard won't allow it.
Salter avoids a wild elbow strike from Lombard.
Lombard misses with some punches.
Salter tries to circle away but Lombard has him pinned against the cage.
Salter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Salter.
Salter feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lombards jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Salter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lombard staying out of range there.
Salter moves out of range of the strikes.
Radar Salter is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Salter throws a head kick that half lands.
Lombard has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lombard tries to clinch up.
Salter loads up on a big right hand but Lombard slips the punch.
Salter misses with a looping right.
Salter looks to land a combination but Lombard avoids it well.
Salter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lombard counters by clinching up.
Lombard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Salter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lombard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Salter.
Salter scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lombard moves out of range as Salter strikes.
Salter throws a right and a left that Lombard avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Salter misses.
Salter throws a lazy right hand but Lombard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Salter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Salter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lombard takes a swing at Salter's ribcage but misses.
Lombard slips under a jab.
Salter tries to bum rush Lombard with a series of wild strikes but Lombard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Salter lands a slapping body shot.
Salter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lombard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lombard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salter.
Salter misses with a hook. Lombard ducked under it nicely.
Lombard moves in looking to clinch but Salter pushes him off.
Lombard gets the takedown into side control.
Lombard working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Salter tries to escape but Lombard is in control.
Ricardo Lombard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombard is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Salter knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lombard working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Salter tries to escape but Lombard is in control.
Lombard in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lombard is trying to get an arm triangle but Salter is defending well.
Lombard throws a strike aimed at the side of Salter's head but Salter avoids it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Radar Salter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Salter, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Radar Salter!
An out of breath Radar Salter thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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