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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nicky Montgomery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrey Boyka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Powertool kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Purple 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
0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nicky Montgomery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Boyka!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Boyka.
Montgomery throws Boyka to one side and escapes!
Montgomery scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montgomery looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Boyka is avoiding damage well.
Boyka struggling a bit here.
Montgomery really is a fat lump.
Boyka is looking for a sweep.
Montgomery cracks Boyka with a big elbow.
Montgomery stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Montgomery gets a takedown into half guard.
Boyka looks winded!
Montgomery decides to stand and escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery scores with a takedown into Boyka's guard.
Montgomery with a flurry of punches that miss.
Montgomery landing some decent shots from guard.
Boyka trying to control the position here.
Montgomery with a nice head shot there.
Boyka is trying to control the position but Montgomery postures up.
Montgomery trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boyka is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Montgomery works over Boyka with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boyka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Montgomery gets to his feet. Boyka looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Montgomery closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Boyka did well to prevent Montgomery getting side control.
Montgomery thows a huge punch but Boyka dodges it nicely.
Montgomery looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boyka with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Montgomery looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boyka with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Montgomery throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Boyka is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Montgomery scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montgomery stands up out of the half guard.
Montgomery misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Montgomery shoots in and gets a takedown into Boyka's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyka not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Montgomery working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Boyka's head.
Boyka wants to sweep here but Montgomery controlling him for the moment.
Boyka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Montgomery is working Boyka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Montgomery works over Boyka with some ground and pound from guard.
Montgomery scoring with punches to the head and body.
Montgomery lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Montgomery makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Montgomery postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Montgomery postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Montgomery gets to his feet - Boyka follows without any prompting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Montgomery lands in his opponent's guard.
Boyka told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Montgomery lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Boyka working a defensive guard here.
Boyka 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Montgomery not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Boyka trying to control the position.
Montgomery stands up and waves to Boyka to follow him.
Montgomery drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicky Montgomery dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Boyka gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Montgomery to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Montgomery chips away with some ground and pound.
Boyka is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Montgomery has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Boyka is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Montgomery postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Boyka holds on and takes a little breather.
Montgomery decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Boyka, up you get!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montgomery closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Boyka keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Boyka is breathing heavily.
Montgomery thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nicky Montgomery overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Montgomery missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Boyka trying to hold on to Montgomery's head to control him but Montgomery postures up.
Montgomery working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Montgomery lands strikes from half guard.
Boyka is looking for a sweep. Montgomery is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Montgomery landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Montgomery connects with a nice short shot to Boyka's temple.
Montgomery thows a huge punch but Boyka dodges it nicely.
Montgomery controlling the action here.
Montgomery not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Montgomery scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Boyka is trying to stand.
Montgomery keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Montgomery slips a nice elbow through Boyka's hands, connecting with Boyka's forehead.
Boyka looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Montgomery missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Montgomery is looking for a kimura but Boyka is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Montgomery to get the leverage.
Montgomery lands strikes from half guard.
Boyka has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Montgomery is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery working over Boyka with some ground and pound. Boyka looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Montgomery winds up and cracks Boyka with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Montgomery looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boyka with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Boyka wants to get back to full guard.
Boyka pushes Montgomery off looking to stand but Montgomery dives back in and keeps control.
Montgomery is nestled in close to Boyka, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Montgomery thows a huge punch but Boyka dodges it nicely.
Montgomery lands with a punch from half guard.
Montgomery is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Montgomery is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Boyka sees it coming and defends easily.
Montgomery scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Boyka wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Montgomery looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Montgomery working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Montgomery missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Montgomery thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Boyka's head.
Montgomery missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Montgomery working over Boyka with some ground and pound. Boyka looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Montgomery lands a nice short elbow.
Boyka looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Montgomery throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Montgomery is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boyka can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Montgomery winds up and cracks Boyka with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Montgomery connects with a nice short shot to Boyka's temple.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Montgomery lands a nice short elbow.
Boyka wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicky Montgomery dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Boyka tries to sprawl but Montgomery drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Montgomery is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Montgomery landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Montgomery landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Montgomery thows a huge punch but Boyka dodges it nicely.
Boyka regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Montgomery.
Montgomery landing with the ground and pound.
Boyka 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montgomery is stalling in the full guard.
Boyka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boyka is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyka is looking to stand up but Montgomery isn't so interested in that idea.
Montgomery working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Montgomery stops Boyka from standing up.
Boyka is working an open guard so Montgomery takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Boyka slaps away a takedown attempt from Montgomery, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Boyka stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Boyka wants it to stay on the feet.
Boyka is looking for the big counter here.
Montgomery changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Boyka looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Boyka is trying to control Montgomery's posture but Montgomery avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery working the ground and pound.
Montgomery working the ground and pound.
Montgomery cracks Boyka with a big elbow.
Boyka being controlled for a moment.
Montgomery decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Montgomery closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Montgomery lands in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montgomery is looking to work some ground and pound but Boyka has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery won't allow Boyka to sweep him here.
Boyka keeping moving, preventing Montgomery from controlling successfully.
Montgomery throws a big right hand that misses.
Montgomery postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Boyka has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Montgomery can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Boyka wants to stand and escape but Montgomery is having none of it.
Boyka looking for a sweep. Not yet Boyka, not yet.
Montgomery throwing strikes but missing.
Montgomery with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Montgomery keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Boyka's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Boyka is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Montgomery is controlling him.
Montgomery stands and steps away. Boyka gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Montgomery shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Boyka but Boyka pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nicky Montgomery. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boyka looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Montgomery!
Montgomery explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Montgomery gets the takedown into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nicky Montgomery showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Montgomery, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicky Montgomery!
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