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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Artur Davns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Lundin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mark Lundin will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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145 lbs
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137 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artur Davns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Lundin!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lundin swats away the attempt to clinch by Davns.
Lundin fails with a takedown attempt.
Lundin looks to score with a jab to the body but Davns is just out of range.
Lundin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davns darts in and clinches Lundin up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Davns.
Davns misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Davns gets underhooks to prevent Lundin's takedown attempt.
Davns is pressed up against the cage. Lundin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Davns down to the mat. Davns avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Artur Davns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Lundin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lundin throws a series of punches but Davns avoids them all with ease.
Davns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davns doesn't manage to clinch there - Lundin circles away.
Davns lands a jab-cross combination.
Lundin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davns fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davns digs a good body shot into Lundin's ribs.
Lundin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davns circles away quickly and effectively.
Davns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lundin was well out of range. Poor timing from Davns.
Davns forces Lundin back against the cage and clinches.
Lundin is trying to drag Davns to the mat but Davns just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Davns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lundin backwards.
Davns taking a breather.
Davns lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Davns keeps control of Lundin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lundin as Davns tries to tie him up.
Lundin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lundin breaks the clinch.
Davns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davns tries to close the distance and clinch but Lundin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lundin throws a body shot but no joy.
Davns tries to clinch but Lundin moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lundin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Davns tries to throw a body punch but Lundin avoids it by throwing Davns back against the cage.
Lundin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Davns gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lundin ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lundin no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Davns is stalling in the full guard.
Lundin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davns slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Davns wants to stand but Lundin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Lundin controls Davns momentarily but Davns frees himself.
Davns sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lundin tries to clinch there but Davns circles away.
Davns swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davns throws an overhand right that lands on Lundin's shoulder, as Lundin tries to avoid the shot.
Davns rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lundin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lundin.
Lundin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Davns but Davns pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Davns scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lundin is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davns tries to clinch but Lundin moves away
and Lundin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Davns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lundin fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Artur Davns dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Davns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lundin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davns tries to clinch there but Lundin circles away.
Davns is looking to clinch.
Davns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lundin can do to turn this around?
Davns looks to clinch
and Lundin counters with a nice uppercut.
Davns tries to clinch but Lundin is having none of it.
Lundin shoots in but no luck this time.
Lundin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davns misses with a double jab
and Lundin counters with a stiff right hand.
Davns tries to clinch up
and Lundin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lundin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Davns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lundin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lundin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lundin throws a shot to the body.
Davns dodges the punch combination from Lundin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davns misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Artur Davns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lundin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lundin instigates a clinch.
Davns working aggressively here.
Lundin ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lundin no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Davns stopping the sweep attempt from Lundin.
Lundin looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lundin is on top in guard.
Davns keeping moving, preventing Lundin from controlling successfully.
Lundin postures up and lands a big shot to Davns's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davns working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lundin.
Lundin advances position into side control!
The ground and pound from Lundin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Davns is not content to let Lundin control the position.
Davns on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Davns tries to get out of the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lundin working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lundin in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lundin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Davns is looking to reverse the position.
Lundin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davns is not content to let Lundin control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lundin throws a strike aimed at the side of Davns's head but Davns avoids it well.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lundin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davns is looking to control Lundin's arms but Lundin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Davns has his back to the cage.
Davns blocks the elbow strike.
Davns tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Lundin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Davns closes the distance and pushes Lundin back into the cage.
Davns tries a body shot but Lundin blocks it.
Lundin wants to take the fight to the mat but Davns manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Davns.
Lundin wants a takedown.
Lundin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lundin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Davns smiles and moves away.
Artur Davns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Lundin.
Lundin shoots for a double leg takedown but Davns sprawls well. He's pushed Lundin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Davns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davns throws a right and a left that Lundin avoids nicely.
Lundin is looking for the big counter here.
Nice sprawl there from Davns as Lundin shoots in.
Davns rushes Lundin and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davns wants to stall.
Lundin lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Davns.
A short right from Davns on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davns is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Davns is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Davns seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Lundin is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Lundin decides to pull guard.
Davns has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lundin is proving hard to escape from.
Davns trying to control but Lundin is working from the bottom.
Davns won't allow Lundin to sweep him here.
Lundin wants to stand but Davns is controlling the position.
Lundin trying to keep a closed guard but Davns is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Davns wants to control from the top but Lundin keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lundin is controlling Davns's posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Davns moves into the clinch.
Davns softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Davns trying to control the position but instead, Lundin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Davns into the cage.
Lundin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Davns just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davns pushes Lundin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Davns lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lundin goes for a takedown attempt but Davns pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Davns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lundin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Davns throws a shot to the body.
Davns just misses with a punch to the body.
Lundin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Davns circles away.
Lundin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lundin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lundin misses with a leg kick.
Davns closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davns can't find room to land a body shot as Lundin controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Davns.
Lundin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A nice right hand lands inside from Davns.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davns is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lundin is keeping busy.
A left hand lands to the body for Davns.
Davns lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lundin backwards.
Davns taking a breather.
Davns blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davns leaning his opponent against the cage.
Davns just leaning against Lundin, taking a breather.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lundin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Davns gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davns slowing the pace effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
Artur Davns showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Davns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Artur Davns!
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energy
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RATING
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