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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Dantas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shavkat Ishpulatov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jose Dantas has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Dantas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shavkat Ishpulatov!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dantas connects with the punch.
It looks like Shavkat Ishpulatov has been cut.
Dantas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ishpulatov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ishpulatov rushes Dantas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the body.
Ishpulatov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ishpulatov.
It looks like Jose Dantas has been cut.
Dantas is breathing heavily.
Ishpulatov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the body.
Ishpulatov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ishpulatov lands an elbow that stopped Dantas in his tracks for a moment.
Ishpulatov scores a nice knee to the body.
Ishpulatov working Dantas over with knees to the body.
Dantas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ishpulatov lands a damaging elbow.
Ishpulatov working Dantas over with knees to the body.
Ishpulatov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ishpulatov lands a nice knee to the body.
Ishpulatov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishpulatov landing knees to the body.
Ishpulatov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dantas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ishpulatov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ishpulatov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ishpulatov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dantas's face.
Dantas is rocked!
Nice elbow from Ishpulatov.
Oh Dantas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ishpulatov with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ishpulatov obliges.
Ishpulatov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Ishpulatov.
Ishpulatov with a knee to the head.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ishpulatov working Dantas over with knees to the body.
Dantas has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ishpulatov after a bit of a struggle.
Ishpulatov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dantas's defenses.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ishpulatov.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ishpulatov.
Ishpulatov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ishpulatov landing knees to the head.
Dantas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ishpulatov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ishpulatov.
Ishpulatov scores a nice knee to the body.
Ishpulatov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Ishpulatov.
Dantas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ishpulatov crunches a lovely knee into Dantas's ribcage.
Ishpulatov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ishpulatov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dantas.
Ishpulatov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ishpulatov lands an elbow inside that Dantas shrugs off.
Dantas is trying to drag Ishpulatov to the mat but Ishpulatov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ishpulatov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dantas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ishpulatov scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishpulatov landing knees to the head.
Ishpulatov scores a nice knee to the body.
Ishpulatov lands an elbow just above Dantas 's eye.
Ishpulatov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dantas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ishpulatov scores with a knee to the head.
Ishpulatov lands an elbow inside.
Ishpulatov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ishpulatov working Dantas over with knees to the body.
Dantas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ishpulatov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dantas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ishpulatov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ishpulatov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dantas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dantas can't break the clinch.
Ishpulatov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dantas's defenses.
Ishpulatov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ishpulatov lands an elbow just above Dantas 's eye.
Ishpulatov scores a nice knee to the body.
Dantas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ishpulatov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Dantas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ishpulatov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dantas seems to have got his legs back now.
Ishpulatov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dantas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ishpulatov has Dantas pressed against the cage, preventing Dantas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ishpulatov scores with a knee to the head.
Dantas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ishpulatov tries to land knees in the clinch but Dantas avoids the damage to the body.
Ishpulatov lands an elbow inside.
Dantas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ishpulatov walks away with a smile on his face. Dantas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishpulatov tries to move into range but Dantas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ishpulatov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ishpulatov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dantas, pushing him back against the cage.
Ishpulatov scores a nice knee to the body.
Ishpulatov lands a damaging elbow.
Dantas wants to get back to striking at distance but Ishpulatov won't allow it.
Dantas is trying to pull guard but Ishpulatov has him pressed against the cage.
Ishpulatov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ishpulatov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dantas's efforts to push away.
Dantas tries to break free but Ishpulatov pushes him back against the cage.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the body.
Dantas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ishpulatov has him pressed against the cage.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the body.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the head.
Dantas is trying to push Ishpulatov away but Ishpulatov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishpulatov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dantas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dantas can't break the clinch.
Ishpulatov lands an elbow inside that Dantas shrugs off.
Dantas can't break the clinch.
Dantas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ishpulatov lands a nice elbow.
Dantas is trying to break free.
Ishpulatov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dantas is trying to break the clinch but Ishpulatov is controlling him.
Ishpulatov connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dantas is trying to break the clinch but Ishpulatov is controlling him.
Ishpulatov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dantas's defenses.
Ishpulatov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shavkat Ishpulatov dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dantas's corner calls for a 1-2. Dantas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ishpulatov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ishpulatov clinches up with Dantas and pushes him back against the cage.
Ishpulatov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ishpulatov.
Ishpulatov lands a good knee to the midsection. Dantas won't want to take too many of those.
Ishpulatov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Ishpulatov.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ishpulatov obliges.
Ishpulatov working Dantas over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ishpulatov trying to land knees to the body.
Dantas is working for takedown but Ishpulatov is calmly controlling the position for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ishpulatov.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dantas tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the body.
Ishpulatov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ishpulatov lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishpulatov has Dantas pressed against the cage, preventing Dantas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ishpulatov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ishpulatov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dantas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dantas goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ishpulatov prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Dantas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ishpulatov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ishpulatov lands a nice elbow.
Ishpulatov misses with a knee strike.
Dantas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ishpulatov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dantas wants to break free but Ishpulatov has control.
Dantas wants to get back to striking at distance but Ishpulatov won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Ishpulatov.
Ishpulatov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dantas is looking to break free of the clinch but Ishpulatov has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishpulatov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dantas tries to circle away but Ishpulatov has him pinned against the cage.
Ishpulatov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dantas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dantas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dantas avoiding damage as Ishpulatov throws knees to the body.
Dantas is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ishpulatov to keep the fight standing.
Dantas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ishpulatov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dantas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dantas is trying to push Ishpulatov away but Ishpulatov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ishpulatov obliges.
Dantas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ishpulatov scores with a knee to the head.
Dantas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ishpulatov has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantas avoiding damage as Ishpulatov throws knees to the body.
Ishpulatov tries to land a knee to the head but Dantas blocks with his arms.
Dantas is trying to break the clinch but Ishpulatov has him pressed against the cage.
Dantas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ishpulatov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dantas is defending well for now.
Dantas wants to get back to striking at distance but Ishpulatov won't allow it.
Ishpulatov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dantas blocks it with crossed arms.
Dantas jumps guard but Ishpulatov stands there with Dantas around his waist. Dantas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Shavkat Ishpulatov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dantas has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ishpulatov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ishpulatov scores with a knee to the head.
Ishpulatov trying to land knees to the body.
Ishpulatov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dantas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ishpulatov lands an elbow that stopped Dantas in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantas tries to pull guard but Ishpulatov forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Ishpulatov.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ishpulatov obliges.
Ishpulatov connects with a knee to the head.
Ishpulatov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ishpulatov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dantas tries to pull guard but Ishpulatov holds him up against the cage and eventually Dantas drops back down to his feet.
Ishpulatov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the body.
Dantas is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ishpulatov to keep the fight standing.
Ishpulatov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dantas's defenses.
Dantas takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shavkat Ishpulatov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Dantas cracks Ishpulatov with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dantas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ishpulatov on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Dantas. Those never looked like landing.
Ishpulatov closes the distance and clinches.
Ishpulatov crunches a lovely knee into Dantas's ribcage.
Ishpulatov stops a takedown attempt from Dantas.
Ishpulatov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ishpulatov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Ishpulatov.
Ishpulatov lands a nice elbow.
Ishpulatov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dantas's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ishpulatov lands a damaging elbow.
Dantas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ishpulatov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ishpulatov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishpulatov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dantas is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ishpulatov pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ishpulatov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ishpulatov lands an elbow that stopped Dantas in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Ishpulatov.
Ishpulatov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dantas can't break the clinch.
Dantas working hard to break the clinch.
Ishpulatov is pressed up against the cage. Dantas has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ishpulatov down to the mat. Ishpulatov avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Dantas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dantas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ishpulatov.
Dantas looks to land a left hand but Ishpulatov moved out of range nicely.
Ishpulatov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ishpulatov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ishpulatov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ishpulatov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishpulatov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ishpulatov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dantas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ishpulatov trying to land knees to the body.
Dantas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ishpulatov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ishpulatov.
Ishpulatov misses with a knee strike.
Dantas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dantas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ishpulatov walks away with a smile on his face. Dantas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ishpulatov drives through and clinches with Dantas against the cage.
Dantas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dantas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ishpulatov walks away with a smile on his face. Dantas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ishpulatov clinches.
Ishpulatov working Dantas over with knees to the body.
Ishpulatov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dantas avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantas tries to pull guard but Ishpulatov won't allow it.
Ishpulatov landing knees to the body.
Dantas is trying to break the clinch but Ishpulatov has him pressed against the cage.
Ishpulatov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dantas's face.
Dantas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ishpulatov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dantas's face.
Ishpulatov misses with a knee to the head.
Dantas is trying to pull guard but Ishpulatov turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ishpulatov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Dantas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ishpulatov lands an elbow just above Dantas 's eye.
Ishpulatov lands a knee to the head.
Dantas managing to block the knees to the body from Ishpulatov.
Dantas has had enough of the clinch but Ishpulatov keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishpulatov trying to land knees to the body.
Dantas fails to pull guard.
Ishpulatov working Dantas over with knees to the body.
Dantas takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dantas is trying to force a seperation but Ishpulatov has the dominant position.
Ishpulatov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dantas wants to break free but Ishpulatov has control.
Dantas tries to break the clinch but Ishpulatov is controlling the position.
Ishpulatov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ishpulatov scores with a knee to the head.
Dantas is trying to push Ishpulatov away but Ishpulatov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dantas wants to get back to striking at distance but Ishpulatov won't allow it.
Ishpulatov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dantas's defenses.
Ishpulatov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jose Dantas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ishpulatov tries to land a knee to the head but Dantas blocks with his arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shavkat Ishpulatov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ishpulatov winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Shavkat Ishpulatov!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Shavkat Ishpulatov!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Shavkat Ishpulatov!
Shavkat Ishpulatov wins by unanimous decision!
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