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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Costea Dinescu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ionescu Victor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ready for War kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Costea Dinescu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ionescu Victor!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victor throws a wild body kick that Dinescu sees coming a mile off.
Dinescu rushes Victor and presses him up against the ropes.
Victor trying to stall but Dinescu improves his position.
Dinescu prevents Victor from breaking the clinch.
Victor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dinescu's elbow.
Victor trying to control the position but instead, Dinescu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Victor into the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinescu.
Victor tries to break free but Dinescu pushes him back against the ropes.
Victor stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinescu misses with some punches.
Victor tries to break free but Dinescu pushes him back against the ropes.
Dinescu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Victor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dinescu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dinescu prevents a body shot from Victor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinescu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Victor stalling in the clinch but Dinescu improves position.
Victor is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Dinescu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Victor is stalling here.
Dinescu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Victor trying to stall but Dinescu improves his position.
Dinescu gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Dinescu has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Dinescu is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Victor moves into full guard.
Victor controlling Dinescu's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dinescu scoring with some ground and pound.
Dinescu trying to control but Victor is working from the bottom.
Dinescu stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Victor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dinescu stopping the sweep attempt from Victor.
Dinescu trying to control the position from guard on top but Victor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinescu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Victor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dinescu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ionescu Victor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dinescu fails to land the takedown.
Victor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dinescu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Victor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dinescu.
Victor has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Dinescu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Victor throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Victor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dinescu. Dinescu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
No joy there for Dinescu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Victor looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Victor scores with a jab.
Dinescu just misses with a punch to the body.
Victor misses with a hook. Dinescu ducked under it nicely.
Dinescu half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Victor throws a looping overhand right but Dinescu ducks down to avoid it.
Costea Dinescu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dinescu takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dinescu is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Victor gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dinescu.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Victor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dinescu struggles to land a body shot inside as Victor controls his hands.
Dinescu stalling the fight.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Costea Dinescu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Victor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dinescu checks it well.
Dinescu goes for a double leg but Victor avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Victor continues to drive forward.
Victor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Victor displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dinescu.
Victor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Dinescu with a body shot.
Dinescu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dinescu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Victor unleashes a big counter combination but Dinescu bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Victor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dinescu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dinescu scores with a hook.
Dinescu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Victor can do to turn this around?
Dinescu fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Victor avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Costea Dinescu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinescu misses with a straight right.
Victor only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Victor throws a jab when Dinescu was well out of range.
Dinescu lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinescu throws a right hand that Victor ducks under and follows up with a left that Victor also avoids with ease.
Dinescu tries to work over Victor's front leg with a kick but Victor checks it.
Dinescu misses with a hook.
Dinescu lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Victor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dinescu checks a leg kick.
Dinescu misses with a two punch combination.
A countering left hand to the body from Victor misses.
Dinescu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Victor circles away quickly and effectively.
Victor misses with a wild body shot.
Victor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Victor throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dinescu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Victor walks into a left hand.
Victor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Dinescu. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Victor throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Dinescu counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Victor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dinescu.
Dinescu missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dinescu thows a huge punch but Victor dodges it nicely.
Victor is trying to control but can't.
Victor taking some punishment here, with Dinescu in his half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dinescu missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dinescu is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Victor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dinescu scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinescu drops an elbow to the side of Victor's head.
Dinescu working the head and body with strikes.
Dinescu not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Victor tries to get to full guard but Dinescu has control of the leg.
Dinescu with the ground and pound but Victor uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Dinescu throws an elbow that misses. Victor uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dinescu's guard. Nice move by Victor!
Dinescu has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Victor can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinescu has an active guard here but Victor has managed to pass into half guard.
Victor is controlling the pace.
Dinescu is trying to maintain the position but Victor is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Costea Dinescu dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
A solid body kick from Victor.
Dinescu takes a swing at Victor's ribcage but misses.
Victor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Victor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dinescu gets a clinch.
Dinescu is trying to maintain a safe position but Victor gets an underhook and turns Dinescu into the ropes.
Victor tries to break free but Dinescu pushes him back against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Dinescu.
Victor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Victor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinescu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dinescu controlling the action here for a moment.
Dinescu throws a punch but it's blocked by Victor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinescu drops down looking for an ankle pick but Victor pulls his leg out and moves away.
Victor throws a right and a left that Dinescu avoids nicely.
A big right from Victor misses.
Victor tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dinescu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Victor has time to react.
Dinescu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Victor needs to keep his hands up - Dinescu had a free shot at his head there.
Dinescu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dinescu misses with a few strikes there.
Dinescu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Victor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dinescu stalks Victor and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Victor's face. Victor staggers backwards, shaken.
Nice sprawl there from Victor as Dinescu shoots in.
Victor is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Dinescu's corner calls for a 1-2. Dinescu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dinescu is looking to clinch.
Victor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victor swings for the body but Dinescu moves out of range.
Costea Dinescu is winning the standup battle so far.
Victor dips to his left and cracks Dinescu with an uppercut!
Victor throws a sloppy head kick and Dinescu moves out of range easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Dinescu - that will leave a mark!
Victor shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Victor tries to work over Dinescu's front leg with a kick but Dinescu checks it.
Victor tries to keep at a distance but Dinescu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dinescu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Victor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dinescu moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Dinescu.
Dinescu stalling the fight.
Dinescu tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Costea Dinescu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dinescu has Victor pressed against the ropes.
Dinescu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Victor backwards.
Victor manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from Dinescu misses its intended target.
Dinescu lands with a straight right. Victor didn't see that one coming.
Dinescu throws out a powerful jab.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Victor enables Dinescu to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Victor manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Victor controls Dinescu momentarily but Dinescu frees himself.
Dinescu slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Victor lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Costea Dinescu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinescu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Victor wants to stand but Dinescu has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dinescu is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Victor defends well.
Victor got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dinescu has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Victor has managed to get both his arms back between Dinescu's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Costea Dinescu clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dinescu slips a straight right by Victor.
Dinescu drops down looking for a counter takedown but Victor sprawls and moves away.
Dinescu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costea Dinescu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dinescu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Victor lunges at Dinescu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dinescu's hand.
Victor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Victor throws an overhand right that lands on Dinescu's shoulder, as Dinescu tries to avoid the shot.
Dinescu scores with a punch to the head.
Dinescu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Victor circles away.
Victor unleashes a big counter combination but Dinescu bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Victor dodges the punch combination from Dinescu.
Victor flicks out a counter leg kick but Dinescu steps away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinescu throws a push kick but Victor slaps the foot to one side.
Dinescu misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dinescu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Victor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dinescu checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor slips under a jab.
Victor throws a low kick, looking for Dinescu's leg but Dinescu calmly moves out of range.
Dinescu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dinescu goes for a double leg but Victor avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Victor continues to drive forward.
Victor appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Costea Dinescu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dinescu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Victor swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Victor connects with a body shot.
Victor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Victor tries to get set, Dinescu tries to push him back and clinch up but Victor manages to avoid the attempt.
A big right from Victor misses.
Dinescu moves out of range of the strikes.
Dinescu misses with a straight right.
A head kick misses from Victor.
A little feinted left hand from Dinescu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Victor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Victor throws a nice looking combination but Dinescu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Dinescu misses the target.
Dinescu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victor misses with a leg kick
and Dinescu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dinescu is struggling to control the position.
Victor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Victor fails to land.
Dinescu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dinescu drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Victor gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Victor lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dinescu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Victor is keeping busy.
Victor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dinescu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Victor's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinescu trying to control the position but instead, Victor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dinescu into the ropes.
Dinescu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Victor backwards.
Victor being controlled against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Dinescu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Victor breaks the clinch.
Victor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dinescu counters by clinching up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Victor misses with the head strike.
Victor tries to break free but Dinescu pushes him back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dinescu lands an uppercut.
Victor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Victor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dinescu takes a shot to the head.
Victor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dinescu is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Costea Dinescu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Victor tries a body shot but Dinescu blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dinescu as Victor tries to tie him up.
Dinescu is struggling to control the position.
Dinescu tries to land a knee to the head but Victor blocks with his arms.
Victor pushes Dinescu back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Ionescu Victor will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Dinescu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Victor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dinescu defending well as Victor loads up on a big left hand.
Victor misses with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Dinescu blocks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Victor.
Dinescu shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Victor manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dinescu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dinescu throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dinescu working some strikes from top position.
Dinescu looking to pass the guard.
Dinescu lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinescu throws an elbow that misses. Victor uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dinescu's guard. Nice move by Victor!
Victor stopping the sweep attempt from Dinescu.
Dinescu escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Victor gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Victor trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dinescu's guard.
Dinescu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ionescu Victor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dinescu looking for a guillotine here but Victor defends easily.
Dinescu looking to control but Victor passes into half guard.
Dinescu works his way to full guard. Good work.
Victor is looking to stand up but Dinescu won't let him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor won't allow Dinescu to sweep him here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Victor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dinescu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dinescu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dinescu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Victor throws a head punch that misses.
Dinescu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dinescu lands with a short shot to the head.
Dinescu stalls.
Dinescu lands with a left to the head.
Victor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Dinescu throws an elbow but misses.
Costea Dinescu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dinescu is keeping busy.
Dinescu misses with the head strike.
Victor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dinescu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Victor swings wildly with an uppercut but Dinescu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Victor trying to stall but Dinescu improves his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Come on Dinescu - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Victor swings wildly with an uppercut but Dinescu uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Costea Dinescu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dinescu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 49:46
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 49:46
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Costea Dinescu!
A very excited looking Costea Dinescu made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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