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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frodo Begins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Puhovin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Puhovin acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frodo Begins!
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, Alexander Puhovin!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puhovin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Puhovin is looking for a kimura here.
Puhovin is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Puhovin is trying to work for a kimura but Begins is defending well.
Begins is looking for a sweep. Puhovin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Begins has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Puhovin is working away from the top position though.
Puhovin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Puhovin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Begins knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puhovin is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Puhovin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Begins wants to control but Puhovin is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Puhovin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Puhovin stalling away here and it's allowed Begins to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Puhovin trying to control but Begins is working from the bottom.
Puhovin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puhovin wants to control from the top but Begins keeps moving.
Puhovin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Puhovin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alexander Puhovin.
Begins gets a double leg takedown into Puhovin's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puhovin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Puhovin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Begins is fighting to break Puhovin's control of his arms but Puhovin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Begins trying to control the position from guard on top but Puhovin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begins won't allow Puhovin to sweep him here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Begins trying to control the position from guard on top but Puhovin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Frodo Begins.
Puhovin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Begins.
Begins closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Begins lands in his opponent's guard.
Puhovin has control of Begins's left arm, preventing Begins from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Puhovin's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Puhovin 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.
Begins throws a hook but Puhovin avoids it easily.
Begins drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Puhovin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Begins wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Begins trying to control the action but Puhovin is working from the bottom.
Puhovin tries to bench press Begins off him but Begins keeps the position.
Puhovin manages to work his way to half guard, despite Begins's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puhovin keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Begins tries to pass to full mount but Puhovin defends it.
Begins is trying to control. Puhovin wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Begins tries to pass to full mount but Puhovin defends it.
Begins wants to stand but Puhovin has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Puhovin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Puhovin keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Puhovin tries to get to full guard but Begins has control of the leg.
Puhovin keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Puhovin trying to control from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Begins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Frodo Begins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Begins shoots in and bounces Puhovin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Puhovin is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Puhovin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Puhovin has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Begins has gone for a leg lock! Puhovin slips out almost immediately though and dives into Begins's guard.
Puhovin sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Puhovin drops back, looking for a kneebar! Begins looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Begins looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Begins!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puhovin sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
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 Frodo Begins will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Begins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Puhovin closes the distance and clinches up with Begins, looking for a takedown. Puhovin pushes Begins against the cage but Begins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Begins looks to land a combination but Puhovin avoids it well.
Puhovin bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Begins struggling a bit here.
Puhovin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Puhovin moves into full mount!
Puhovin looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Puhovin.
Puhovin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Begins?
Begins is working to get back to half guard.
Puhovin works his way to his opponent's back.
Puhovin looking for the RNC.
Begins is in bad spot here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Begins prevents Puhovin from getting a body triangle.
Begins fending off the submission attempt from Puhovin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begins fending off the submission attempt from Puhovin.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puhovin working for the choke.
Puhovin controlling from the back.
Puhovin trying to control momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puhovin has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Puhovin is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Begins knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Begins for a finish.
Puhovin looking to break Begins's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Begins remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Puhovin will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Puhovin has managed to slip his arm under Begins's chin. This could be all over... yep, Begins is tapping out! Submission win for Puhovin.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alexander Puhovin!
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hype
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