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Event:
C20: Lu vs Spillane
Date: Aug 26, 2017 |
#R1#
Galvao tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Khovanskiy defends well and Galvao ends up having to push Khovanskiy into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Khovanskiy throws a head kick that misses.
Galvao appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Khovanskiy has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Galvao is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Khovanskiy tries a head kick but it misses.
Khovanskiy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khovanskiy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Khovanskiy lands a really nice looking cross but Galvao seems unphased.
Khovanskiy throws the kick towards the body but Galvao avoids it.
Galvao half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Khovanskiy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Galvao.#ROC2#
Galvao is rocked!#TD#
Khovanskiy tries to sprawl but Galvao drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khovanskiy wants to control but Galvao is keeping busy.
#SUB#
Galvao is working for a kimura but Khovanskiy is defending it quite comfortably.
#SUB#
Galvao is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Khovanskiy has managed to free his arm - good work. #SUB#
Galvao is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Khovanskiy sees it coming and defends easily.#T1##SUB#
Galvao is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Khovanskiy is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rafael Galvao!
In defeat, Yuriy Khovanskiy stepped up to the mic, saying 'Go na versusbattle'.
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Event:
C16: Aas vs Hyuk
Date: Aug 05, 2017 |
#R1#
Khovanskiy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Long Wei.
Khovanskiy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Long Wei jabs Khovanskiy right on the nose. Khovanskiy blinks but takes it well.
Khovanskiy tries a head kick but it misses.
Long Wei fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Khovanskiy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khovanskiy throws a head kick that misses
and Khovanskiy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Long Wei avoids the head kick by Khovanskiy.
#CL2#
Long Wei forces Khovanskiy back against the cage and clinches.
Khovanskiy is trying to break the clinch but Long Wei is controlling him.
Long Wei stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Long Wei holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Long Wei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hand to the body from Long Wei.
Long Wei lands a nice shot to the body. #T1#
Long Wei lands a left hand.
Long Wei lands a body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Long Wei.
Long Wei digs a right hand into Khovanskiy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khovanskiy's gas tank.
Long Wei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Long Wei lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Long Wei lands a left hand.
Long Wei lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Long Wei.
Long Wei lands a body punch in the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Khovanskiy has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Khovanskiy is breathing heavily.
Long Wei works on Khovanskiy's body with a couple of short punches.
Long Wei throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.#T2##BC2#
Long Wei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khovanskiy throws a sloppy head kick
and Long Wei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Long Wei tries to land a leg kick but Khovanskiy saw it coming and moves away.
#CL2#
Long Wei fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khovanskiy, pushing him back against the cage.
Long Wei lands a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Long Wei.
A right hook to the body lands for Long Wei.
Khovanskiy managing to block the knees to the body from Long Wei.
Khovanskiy takes a shot to the head. #BC2#
Long Wei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khovanskiy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
#CL2#
Long Wei rushes Khovanskiy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Long Wei scores with a shot to the side of Khovanskiy's head. #T3#
Long Wei trying to land knees to the body.
Long Wei lands a body punch.
Long Wei softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Long Wei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The referee calls for Long Wei to work.
Long Wei lands a left hand.
Good body shot from Long Wei.
#BC2#
Long Wei breaks the clinch.
#CL2#
Long Wei clinches with his opponent.
Long Wei digs a right hand into Khovanskiy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khovanskiy's gas tank. #BC2#
Long Wei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #T4#
Long Wei lands a right hook to the body.
Khovanskiy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Long Wei scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long Wei lands a body shot.
Khovanskiy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Long Wei throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Khovanskiy stumbling backwards into the cage! Khovanskiy bounces back off the cage towards Long Wei, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Long Wei lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Long Wei celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Feng Long Wei!
Feng Long Wei decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Yuriy Khovanskiy had this to say: 'Go na versusbattle'.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jul 14, 2017 |
#R1#
Jahoda misses with a takedown attempt - Khovanskiy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.#CL#
Khovanskiy rushes Jahoda and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jahoda fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Khovanskiy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jahoda tries to pull guard but Khovanskiy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Yuriy Khovanskiy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vlkomir Jahoda.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#BC#
Khovanskiy breaks from the clinch.
Khovanskiy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khovanskiy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jahoda shoots in looking for a takedown. Khovanskiy tries to sprawl out of it but Jahoda keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Khovanskiy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. #T1#
Khovanskiy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jahoda's head backwards.
Khovanskiy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khovanskiy tries a head kick but it misses.
Jahoda darts in looking for a takedown but Khovanskiy gets double underhooks and turns Jahoda into the cage.
Jahoda misses with a takedown attempt
and Khovanskiy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Khovanskiy darts in looking for a takedown but Jahoda gets double underhooks and turns Khovanskiy into the cage.
Khovanskiy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jahoda tries to avoid it but Khovanskiy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jahoda to the ground. Jahoda escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. #CL#
Khovanskiy clinches up against the cage.
Khovanskiy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Khovanskiy jumps guard but Jahoda turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jahoda looking for a takedown.
Khovanskiy tries to land knees in the clinch but Jahoda avoids the damage to the body. #T2##BC#
Khovanskiy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#TD2#
Jahoda shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Khovanskiy is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jahoda works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jahoda sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T3##SUB2#
Jahoda working for a submission but Khovanskiy is keeping him at bay.
Jahoda controlling the position easily from mount.
Jahoda throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jahoda controlling the position easily from mount.
Jahoda scoring with strikes but Khovanskiy is staying in there.
Jahoda content just to control the position here. #T4#
Let's hope that Jahoda 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.
Khovanskiy is desperately trying to improve his position but Jahoda has a good base and remains in mount.
Jahoda controlling from the full mount.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Jahoda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yuriy Khovanskiy will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Khovanskiy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jahoda is able to avoid easily.
Jahoda misses with a takedown attempt - Khovanskiy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
As Jahoda looks to move away, Khovanskiy throws a big counter combo but Jahoda just gets out of the way.
Khovanskiy leaves Jahoda with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jahoda shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yuriy Khovanskiy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vlkomir Jahoda.
Khovanskiy scores with a kick to the body.
Khovanskiy throws a series of strikes that have Jahoda backpedaling.
Jahoda gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Khovanskiy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Khovanskiy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khovanskiy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.#CL#
Khovanskiy drives through and clinches with Jahoda against the cage.
#BC#
Khovanskiy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#T1#
Khovanskiy fails with a takedown attempt. #CL2#
Jahoda moves into range and clinches up with Khovanskiy.#TD#
Khovanskiy gets control of Jahoda's arms and successfully pulls guard. Khovanskiy will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jahoda showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jahoda's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Vlkomir Jahoda has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jahoda won't allow Khovanskiy to get back to his feet.
Jahoda postures up in Khovanskiy's guard and throws a big left but Khovanskiy blocks it. #T2##SUB2#
Jahoda drops back looking for a leg! Khovanskiy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Khovanskiy manages to kick Jahoda off! Jahoda jumps back into Khovanskiy's guard.
Jahoda controlling from the top position. #SUB2#
Jahoda thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jahoda trying to control but Khovanskiy is working from the bottom.
Jahoda slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jahoda is pushing down on Khovanskiy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Khovanskiy is fighting to maintain full guard but Jahoda has managed to sneak the leg through.#T3#
Jahoda trying to control the pace.
Khovanskiy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jahoda slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Khovanskiy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jahoda can do to turn this around?#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Khovanskiy is looking to clinch. #T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jahoda looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Khovanskiy is fending him off so far but Jahoda persists. Nope, Khovanskiy circles away and we're back to standing.
Jahoda shoots in but Khovanskiy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Khovanskiy throws a head kick that misses. #CL#
Khovanskiy rushes Jahoda and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jahoda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
#BC#
Khovanskiy breaks from the clinch.
Khovanskiy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Khovanskiy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.#TD2#
Jahoda closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jahoda lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Khovanskiy keeping moving, preventing Jahoda from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuriy Khovanskiy dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Jahoda closes this distance looking for a takedown but Khovanskiy circles away.
Jahoda dives in for a single leg takedown but Khovanskiy sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jahoda shoots for a takedown but Khovanskiy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Yuriy Khovanskiy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vlkomir Jahoda.#CL#
Jahoda tries to keep at a distance but Khovanskiy has taken the fight into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Khovanskiy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Khovanskiy trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khovanskiy is pressed up against the cage. Jahoda has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Khovanskiy down to the mat. Khovanskiy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jahoda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#CL#
Khovanskiy has taken the fight to the clinch.
#BC#
Khovanskiy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#T1#
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Khovanskiy!
Jahoda displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Khovanskiy.
Khovanskiy throws a head kick that misses. #TD2#
Jahoda closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Khovanskiy to the mat! Khovanskiy manages to get full guard.
Jahoda trying to control but Khovanskiy is working from the bottom.
Jahoda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Khovanskiy is keeping the position for now.
Khovanskiy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jahoda is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Khovanskiy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
#T2#
Jahoda won't allow Khovanskiy to get back to his feet.
Jahoda passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Khovanskiy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jahoda in side control lands a decent elbow.
Jahoda in side control, just content to control the action for now. #T3#
Khovanskiy is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Jahoda has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Khovanskiy gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Jahoda controlling from the full mount. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jahoda lands a heavy elbow.
Jahoda controlling the pace for now. #SUB2#
Jahoda is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Khovanskiy has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jahoda fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Vlkomir Jahoda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yuriy Khovanskiy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jahoda putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that's the end of the fight!
Vlkomir Jahoda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Khovanskiy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuriy Khovanskiy!
After the fight, Yuriy Khovanskiy was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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