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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sergejs Denisovs (ranked 4385 p4p, 473 weight class) and Barnito Mustacho (ranked 5418 p4p, 522 weight class). Mustacho has chosen Los Ninos de Sara - Vagabundo as his entrance music. Sergejs Denisovs has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergejs Denisovs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barnito Mustacho!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustacho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Denisovs feinted with a counter takedown.
Denisovs throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mustacho counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Denisovs moves into the clinch.
Mustacho is pressed up against the cage. Denisovs has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mustacho down to the mat. Mustacho avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mustacho connects with a leg kick. Denisovs looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Denisovs closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mustacho throws an elbow but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Denisovs dodges an elbow strike from Mustacho.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mustacho misses with an elbow strike.
Denisovs tries to break free but Mustacho pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Mustacho.
It looks like Sergejs Denisovs has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denisovs throws a head punch that misses.
Mustacho throws an elbow that misses.
Mustacho pushes off an throws an elbow but Denisovs leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mustacho throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Denisovs looking for a takedown.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike from Mustacho.
Mustacho blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mustacho just misses with a elbow thrown towards Denisovs's brow.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike from Mustacho.
Denisovs misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mustacho just misses with a elbow thrown towards Denisovs's brow.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike from Mustacho.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho throws an elbow but it misses.
Mustacho prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergejs Denisovs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike.
Denisovs working hard to break the clinch.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike.
Denisovs avoids a wild elbow strike from Mustacho.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike from Mustacho.
Mustacho throws an elbow that misses.
Denisovs tries for a takedown but Mustacho manages to get underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mustacho throws an elbow but misses.
Denisovs tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mustacho smiles and moves away.
Denisovs throws a lazy head kick
and Mustacho counters with a nice low kick that buckles Denisovs's knee momentarily.
Barnito Mustacho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mustacho thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Denisovs if he has to take too many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denisovs rushes Mustacho and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Denisovs misses with an elbow strike.
Denisovs is trying to break the clinch but Mustacho is controlling him.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike.
Mustacho throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Denisovs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mustacho.
Denisovs looking for a takedown.
Denisovs dodges an elbow strike from Mustacho.
Mustacho is pushing Denisovs up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Denisovs fails to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Denisovs decides to pull guard.
Mustacho preventing the sweep.
Mustacho tries to free his leg and advance position but Denisovs is retaining full guard.
Mustacho showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mustacho trying to control the position from guard on top but Denisovs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mustacho avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mustacho tries to free his leg and advance position but Denisovs is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barnito Mustacho dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergejs Denisovs's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Mustacho connects with a high kick.
Mustacho throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mustacho looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mustacho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mustacho fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Denisovs.
Mustacho throws a head kick that half lands.
Mustacho clinches up against the cage.
Mustacho misses with an elbow strike.
Mustacho has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mustacho pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mustacho managing to block the knees to the body from Denisovs.
Mustacho throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mustacho just misses with a elbow thrown towards Denisovs's brow.
Denisovs wants to break the clinch but can't.
Denisovs avoids the elbow strike from Mustacho, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denisovs dodges an elbow strike from Mustacho.
Denisovs tries to score a body lock takedown but Mustacho shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mustacho misses with an elbow over the top.
Denisovs tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mustacho throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mustacho misses with an elbow over the top.
Mustacho pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mustacho throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mustacho throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mustacho has Denisovs pressed against the cage, preventing Denisovs from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike from Mustacho.
Mustacho pushes off an throws an elbow but Denisovs leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Denisovs is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mustacho gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergejs Denisovs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mustacho throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mustacho throws an elbow but misses.
Denisovs fails to pull guard.
Denisovs stalling in the clinch but Mustacho improves position.
Denisovs tries to stall but Mustacho uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mustacho misses with an elbow strike.
Denisovs wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Denisovs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mustacho - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mustacho just misses with a elbow thrown towards Denisovs's brow.
Mustacho effectively controlling the action here.
Mustacho throws an elbow but it misses.
Denisovs tries a knee to the head but Mustacho blocks it.
Denisovs avoids a wild elbow strike from Mustacho.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mustacho throws an elbow but misses.
Denisovs fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mustacho misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Mustacho.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denisovs is trying to pull guard but Mustacho turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Denisovs avoids a wild elbow strike from Mustacho.
Mustacho throws an elbow that misses.
Denisovs is trying to force a seperation but Mustacho has the dominant position.
Denisovs is looking to take this one to the mat.
Mustacho looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike from Mustacho.
Denisovs blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mustacho throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Denisovs is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Denisovs tries a knee to the head but Mustacho blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barnito Mustacho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sergejs Denisovs's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Mustacho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Denisovs. That did some damage!
Mustacho cracks the inside of Denisovs's front leg.
Denisovs shoots in but Mustacho avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mustacho flicks out a counter leg kick but Denisovs steps away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mustacho - that will leave a mark!
Mustacho lands with a slapping head kick.
Denisovs throws a lazy head kick
and Mustacho counters with a good, hard body kick but Denisovs shrugs it off.
Barnito Mustacho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mustacho scores with a head kick.
Denisovs has his takedown stuffed
and Mustacho counters by clinching up.
Denisovs tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergejs Denisovs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Denisovs pulls guard successfully.
Denisovs isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Mustacho stacks Denisovs on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Mustacho!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mustacho trying to control the action but Denisovs is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustacho tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Mustacho postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Mustacho controls the position from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two 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.
Let's hope that Mustacho has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Mustacho.
Mustacho's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Denisovs is trying to work for a sweep but Mustacho has mounted him!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho tries to control but Denisovs wriggling away.
Mustacho avoids the attempt from Denisovs to control.
Mustacho really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Denisovs. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mustacho controlling from the full mount.
More stalling from Mustacho.
Denisovs is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four 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.
Mustacho trying to control but Denisovs is having none of it.
Denisovs wants to hold on but Mustacho pushes him away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mustacho sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mustacho trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Barnito Mustacho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mustacho has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barnito Mustacho!
During a confident post fight interview, Barnito Mustacho thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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