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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hai Farrell (ranked 8712 p4p, 0 weight class) and Djuradj Kastriotic (ranked 5853 p4p, 0 weight class). Hai Farrell has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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193 lbs
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184 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Brawler
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hai Farrell!
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, Djuradj Kastriotic!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrell moves into the clinch.
Kastriotic gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Farrell makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Farrell really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kastriotic gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Farrell to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kastriotic wants to get back to his feet but Farrell is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Farrell is looking to work some ground and pound but Kastriotic has wrist control.
Farrell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Farrell works over Kastriotic with some ground and pound from guard.
Kastriotic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Farrell is one step ahead there.
Kastriotic working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kastriotic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Farrell.
Kastriotic striking off his back but it's not causing Farrell any problems.
Kastriotic wants to hit a switch here but Farrell passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kastriotic there!
Farrell misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kastriotic in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kastriotic wants to hold on but Farrell pushes him away.
Kastriotic is looking to improve his position but Farrell isn't that keen on the idea.
Kastriotic regains half guard.
Farrell will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kastriotic flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kastriotic is looking for a sweep. Farrell is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Farrell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Farrell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kastriotic defending well though.
Farrell throwing shots but Kastriotic is blocking nicely.
Farrell is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Farrell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Farrell sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kastriotic defending well though.
Farrell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Farrell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Farrell throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kastriotic pushes Farrell off looking to stand but Farrell dives back in and keeps control.
Farrell 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.
Farrell is thwarting Kastriotic's attempts to control the position.
Kastriotic is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farrell throwing shots but Kastriotic is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farrell takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Farrell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrell is nestled in close to Kastriotic, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kastriotic trying to control here.
Farrell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Farrell thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kastriotic trying to control but Farrell postures up.
Kastriotic moves into full guard.
Kastriotic looks winded!
Farrell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kastriotic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Farrell keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kastriotic's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hai Farrell dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kastriotic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Farrell gets control of Kastriotic's arms and successfully pulls guard. Farrell will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Farrell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kastriotic can do to turn this around?
Kastriotic preventing the sweep.
Farrell throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Farrell is on top in guard.
Kastriotic is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Farrell tries to roll over but Kastriotic keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kastriotic wants to control but Farrell is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrell is trying to control but can't.
Kastriotic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Farrell keeps working.
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. Kastriotic connects with a nice short shot to Farrell's temple.
Kastriotic wants to take a breather but Farrell is having none of it.
Kastriotic prevents Farrell from improving his position.
Farrell kicks Kastriotic off and gets back to his feet.
Kastriotic is looking to land body kicks.
Kastriotic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farrell drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kastriotic sprawls and moves away.
Kastriotic looks to throw a body kick
and Farrell counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrell winds up and cracks Kastriotic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Farrell thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Farrell 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.
Farrell winds up and cracks Kastriotic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice strikes from Farrell there.
Kastriotic is trying to get back to full guard.
Kastriotic is breathing heavily.
Kastriotic gets full guard.
Farrell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Farrell works over Kastriotic with some ground and pound from guard.
Farrell is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hai Farrell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Farrell makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kastriotic is looking for a triangle but Farrell pushes his legs off easily.
Farrell makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Farrell scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kastriotic has momentary wrist control but Farrell slips an elbow through the middle.
Kastriotic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Farrell is aware though and is defending well.
Farrell gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Farrell tries to sprawl but Kastriotic drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Kastriotic is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Farrell has one foot on Kastriotic's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kastriotic closes the distance and pushes Farrell back into the cage.
Farrell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Farrell shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kastriotic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Farrell lands strikes from half guard.
Kastriotic wants to control but Farrell passes into side.
Farrell landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hai Farrell dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Farrell will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Farrell blocks a head kick by Kastriotic.
Kastriotic slaps away a takedown attempt from Farrell, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kastriotic scores with a takedown into Farrell's guard.
Farrell had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kastriotic defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farrell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kastriotic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kastriotic tries to roll over but Farrell keeps him under control.
Kastriotic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Farrell.
Kastriotic tries to kick Farrell off in order to stand up. Farrell Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Kastriotic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kastriotic tries to buck Farrell off but Farrell is having none of it.
Kastriotic can't do much from the bottom here.
Farrell in side control, throwing shots but Kastriotic defends.
Kastriotic struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kastriotic is looking to reverse the position.
Kastriotic keeps trying to improve his position.
Farrell grinds an elbow into Kastriotic's temple.
Farrell lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kastriotic down.
Farrell landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Farrell grinds an elbow into Kastriotic's temple.
Farrell blocks the strikes from Kastriotic.
Farrell is working Kastriotic over with some ground and pound from side control.
Farrell scoring with punches and elbows.
Farrell working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrell creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kastriotic takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Farrell cracks Kastriotic with a big elbow.
Kastriotic taking punishment in the form of punches.
Kastriotic is trying to control Farrell's posture but Farrell avoids it.
Farrell cracks Kastriotic with a big elbow.
Farrell lands an elbow.
Farrell lands some shots froms side control.
Farrell tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Farrell lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kastriotic down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrell scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kastriotic to see if he's OK.
Farrell trying to control the action but Kastriotic is working from the bottom.
Farrell blocks the strikes from Kastriotic.
Kastriotic takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Farrell working the head with strikes.
Kastriotic bucks up and tries to throw Farrell off but instead Farrell has got his back!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Farrell lands punches and elbows.
Djuradj Kastriotic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hai Farrell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kastriotic is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hai Farrell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Farrell, 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hai Farrell!
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energy
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