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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Jordan!
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, Max Pain!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Pain sprawls well initially but Jordan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Pain makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Pain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jordan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pain.
Jordan drives through with a takedown into Pain's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Pain manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pain is working for takedown but Jordan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pain is defended easily by Jordan.
Pain gets tackled into the cage by Jordan. Jordan maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain wants to break free but Jordan has control.
Pain drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jordan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Michael Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Pain.
Jordan feints and as Pain raises his hands in defense, Jordan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jordan postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pain is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jordan preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Jordan wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jordan is looking to improve his position.
Jordan trying to hold on to Pain's head to control him but Pain postures up.
Pain thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jordan's head.
Jordan tries to get to full guard but Pain has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan wants to control but Pain is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jordan gets full guard.
Pain stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jordan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pain throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jordan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jordan is controlling Pain's posture.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jordan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jordan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jordan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Jordan is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Pain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jordan walks away with a smile on his face. Pain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pain looks winded!
Pain throws a series of punches but Jordan moves out of range.
Jordan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pains jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jordan tries a head kick but it misses.
Pain tries to counter with a clinch but Jordan shakes him off and moves away.
Jordan forces Pain back against the cage and clinches.
Jordan misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pain tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jordan stalling against the cage.
Jordan breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Max Pain will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jordan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pain is trying to defend but Jordan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jordan is keen to just control but Pain is a slippery customer.
Pain keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Max Pain has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain wants to control but Jordan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Pain avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jordan.
Pain throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Pain is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Pain throws a sloppy head kick and Jordan moves out of range easily.
Pain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pain is breathing heavily.
Pain shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jordan's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jordan is pulling down on Pain's head. It's preventing any offense from Pain, at least for the moment.
Jordan working for a triangle but Pain defends it easily.
Jordan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pain's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jordan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pain being controlled here, momentarily.
Jordan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pain's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jordan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jordan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pain's guard.
Pain keeping full guard, as Jordan tries to pass.
Pain utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jordan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Pain's guard.
Pain tries to roll over but Jordan keeps him under control.
Jordan stalling.
Pain slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jordan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Jordan dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Jordan fails with the takedown.
Pain throws a combination that misses
and Jordan moves into the clinch.
Pain goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jordan prevents it.
Jordan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jordan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pain.
Jordan throws a sloppy head kick and Pain moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jordan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jordan shoots in and drives through. Pain sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And Pain tries to counter it with a takedown but Jordan pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Pain gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jordan counters with a series of strikes. Pain will be more careful next time no doubt.
Michael Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Pain.
Pain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jordan looking to score a takedown here. Pain is defending well but Jordan drives through and ends up in Pain's guard.
Jordan trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pain's guard.
Jordan lands a couple of elbows.
Pain 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.
Pain utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain looking to control.
Jordan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jordan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jordan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Jordan feints and as Pain raises his hands in defense, Jordan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pain preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jordan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pain keeping moving, preventing Jordan from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain looking to control.
Jordan tries to free his leg and advance position but Pain is retaining full guard.
Jordan wants to control from the top but Pain keeps moving.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pain trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Jordan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jordan tries to counter by clinching up but Pain breaks away and moves out of range.
Jordan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jordan tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Jordan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Pain has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pain works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Jordan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jordan 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Michael Jordan!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Michael Jordan!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Michael Jordan!
Michael Jordan wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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