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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Morientes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morientes comes into the arena with Rap Das Armas blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Reis's choice of entrance music: Survivor - Eye of the Tiger. Ricardo Morientes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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184 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Morientes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Reis!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morientes blocks a head kick by Reis.
Reis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Morientes connects with an inside leg kick.
Reis thows a body kick. Morientes tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Morientes shoots in for a takedown but Reis shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Reis lands a head kick!
Reis lands with a nice body punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morientes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Morientes is breathing heavily.
Reis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Reis circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Morientes drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Reis follows Morientes to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Reis!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Dimitra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Syete Gabilog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Syete Gabilog is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Dimitra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Syete Gabilog!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gabilog showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dimitra.
Dimitra has managed to clinch.
Gabilog tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dimitra manages to pull guard.
Gabilog landing with the ground and pound.
Gabilog stops Dimitra from standing up.
Dimitra throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dimitra on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dimitra tries to get out of the position.
Dimitra is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gabilog trying to control the position from guard on top but Dimitra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gabilog preventing the sweep.
Dimitra utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gabilog stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dimitra swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gabilog working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabilog throws a strike but Dimitra rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dimitra tries to free his leg and advance position but Gabilog is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dimitra slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gabilog is looking to stand up but Dimitra isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dimitra trying to control the position from guard on top but Gabilog is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gabilog has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gabilog uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Dimitra keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gabilog is defended easily by Dimitra.
Dimitra with a poor takedown
and Gabilog counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gabilog sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dimitra's guard.
Gabilog scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitra looks like he's trying to stand up.
Gabilog is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gabilog is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dimitra is breathing heavily.
Gabilog wants to pass to mount but Dimitra is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gabilog landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gabilog working over Dimitra with some ground and pound. Dimitra looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gabilog trying to pass the guard but Dimitra defending well.
Gabilog sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dimitra defending well though.
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. Gabilog connects with a nice short shot to Dimitra's temple.
Gabilog takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitra slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gabilog wants to control from the top but Dimitra keeps moving.
Gabilog advances to half guard.
Gabilog trying to pass the guard but Dimitra defending well.
Gabilog seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dimitra does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gabilog keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Gabilog uses his free foot to push down on Dimitra's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Dimitra.
Gabilog looking for a guillotine from mount but Dimitra is having none of it.
Gabilog scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dimitra?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Syete Gabilog dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dimitra keeps the fight on the outside.
Dimitra shoots and misses
and Gabilog counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dimitra is in trouble now - Gabilog has advanced to mount!
Gabilog tries to control but Dimitra wriggling away.
Dimitra is in a horrible position here. Gabilog smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gabilog is landing with some decent strikes but Dimitra is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gabilog lands a heavy elbow.
Gabilog landing strikes from the mount and Dimitra is in trouble!
Syete Gabilog has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gabilog is landing with some decent strikes but Dimitra is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The referee warns Dimitra that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gabilog fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dimitra is rocked!
Gabilog connects with a bit shot that sees Dimitra covering up! More strikes from Gabilog and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Gabilog is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Syete Gabilog!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ben Gorden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iain Durrant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorden comes to the cage accompanied by Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up . Iain Durrant is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Gorden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iain Durrant!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorden throws a shot from downtown. Durrant moves away and avoids it.
Durrant closes the distance and clinches up with Gorden, looking for a takedown. Durrant pushes Gorden against the cage but Gorden circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gorden does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gorden displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Durrant.
Durrant shoots in for a takedown but Gorden shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ben Gorden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Iain Durrant.
Durrant throws out a loose jab but Gorden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gorden looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gorden leaves Durrant with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gorden lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gorden.
Gorden lands with an overhand left.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Durrant.
Durrant looks gassed!
Durrant walks into a left hand.
Gorden gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Durrant to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Durrant stopping the sweep attempt from Gorden.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durrant is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Gorden has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Durrant is looking to defend but Gorden has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Durrant! Gorden pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Durrant taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ben Gorden!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rich Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rich Brown has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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150 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rich Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Davis!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown tries to clinch up.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Davis lands a body shot.
Davis checks the leg kick.
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis scores with a punch to the head.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Brown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Davis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brown is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
Davis taking some punishment here, with Brown in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Brown there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown wants to free his trapped foot but Davis is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Brown will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Davis taking some punishment here, with Brown in his half guard.
Brown is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brown really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Brown not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davis wants to get back to his feet.
Brown wants to work for an arm triangle but Davis is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brown trying to mount his opponent but Davis defends it.
Brown seems to be working for a kimura but Davis defends the submission attempt.
Brown scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis is trying to stand back up but Brown is controlling him
Davis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brown scores with a couple of nice shots.
Brown missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brown prevents Davis from standing back up.
Brown winds up and cracks Davis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Davis is trying to maintain the position but Brown is very close to passing his half guard.
Brown wants to work for an arm triangle but Davis is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Davis is trying to control but can't.
Brown is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Davis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Davis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brown.
The fighters are battling for position here. Davis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Brown passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Brown working away.
Brown throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Davis is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Davis is looking to get back to his feet here but Brown is keeping cool and he's managed to take Davis's back.
Brown has the hooks in. Davis is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Davis has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Brown misses with punches from the back.
Davis defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Brown's arms.
Davis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brown. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brown is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Even with his hooks in, Brown manages to miss with strikes from the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown lands a shot to the head.
Davis trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Brown dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Brown takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Davis misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Brown counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Brown has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brown forces his way into half guard.
Davis is looking to improve his position.
Brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rich Brown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brown thows a huge punch but Davis dodges it nicely.
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. Brown connects with a nice short shot to Davis's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brown is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Davis sees it coming and defends easily.
Davis tries to kick Brown off but Brown keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands strikes from half guard.
Davis trying to control here.
Brown drops an elbow to the side of Davis's head.
Davis is defending against the submission attempts here by Brown.
Davis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Brown.
Brown tries to pass the half guard into mount. Davis knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Davis wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Brown is looking for a kimura but Davis is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Brown to get the leverage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Davis regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Brown.
Davis is trying to keep Brown in close.
Brown stops Davis from standing up.
Davis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brown loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brown is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Davis wants to sweep but no luck.
Davis wants to get back to his feet but Brown is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Davis is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Davis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Davis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short uppercut from Brown.
Brown tries to circle away but Davis has him pinned against the cage.
Brown throws an elbow that misses.
Davis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brown is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A short body shot lands from Davis as the two fighters clinch.
Davis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Davis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brown can't get the takedown.
A short left from Davis.
Davis breaks the clinch.
Brown shoots for a takedown but Davis saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rich Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davis lands a two punch combo.
Davis works the jab nicely.
Brown walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brown moves away from the strike by Davis.
Brown tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Davis swivels and escapes.
Davis looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davis clinches with his opponent.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Davis blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rich Brown will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Davis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Davis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davis.
Brown throws the kick towards the body but Davis avoids it.
Brown takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Davis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good body shot from Davis.
Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown fails with the takedown.
Davis misses with a straight right.
Brown throws a low kick, looking for Davis's leg but Davis calmly moves out of range.
Brown tries to move into range but Davis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brown shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Davis sprawls well. Davis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brown gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rich Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brown.
Joe Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Davis misses with a body shot
and Brown counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Brown throws a low kick but Davis moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis closes the distance and pushes Brown back into the cage.
Davis misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Davis.
Davis dodges an elbow strike from Brown.
Davis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Davis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the cage.
Davis lands a nice shot to the body.
Davis digs a right hand underneath Brown's ribcage. Brown let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A body shot lands from Davis.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
Davis lands with a right to the head.
Davis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brown.
Brown misses with a knee to the head.
Davis lands a right hand.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown jumps guard but Davis stands there with Brown around his waist. Brown gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Davis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Davis thows a body shot but no joy.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davis.
Davis closes the distance and clinches.
Brown pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Davis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Davis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brown.
Davis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Davis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rich Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis takes the fight into the clinch.
Davis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davis rushes Brown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Davis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Davis breaks the clinch.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Brown slips a jab and a cross from Davis.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Davis falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brown 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kim Jong Thrill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jesus Gonzalez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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146 lbs
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141 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kim Jong Thrill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesus Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thrill takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thrill scores with a jab to the head.
Thrill throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thrill fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thrill will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gonzalez tests Thrill's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gonzalez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thrill.
Thrill takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gonzalez stalks Thrill and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thrill's face. Thrill staggers backwards, shaken.
Gonzalez stuffs the takedown attempt from Thrill. Thrill gets slowly back to his feet.
Gonzalez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thrill looks to land a combination but Gonzalez avoids it well.
Thrill is breathing heavily.
Gonzalez wants to slow Thrill down by chopping away at his legs.
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thrill manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
Gonzalez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thrill at a distance.
Gonzalez connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thrill chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gonzalez can pounce on him.
Gonzalez lands with a hook. Thrill tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gonzalez.
Thrill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Thrill circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gonzalez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thrill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez drops Thrill with a right and a left! Gonzalez comes rushing in but Thrill regains his composure and manages to keep Gonzalez in guard.
Thrill is rocked!
Gonzalez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Oh Thrill is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thrill seems to have got his legs back now.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
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.
Jesus Gonzalez has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Gonzalez lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thrill on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gonzalez loads up on a big right hand but Thrill slips the punch.
Good work by Thrill as he checks the leg kick.
Thrill shoots in for a takedown but Gonzalez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gonzalez thuds a left hand into Thrill's body.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Thrill's ribcage but misses.
Gonzalez forces Thrill back against the cage and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gonzalez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thrill's brow.
Gonzalez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gonzalez lands a knee to the head.
Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Thrill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thrill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gonzalez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thrill takes a shot to the head.
Gonzalez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gonzalez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thrill or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a head punch that misses.
Thrill pushes off an throws an elbow but Gonzalez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gonzalez tries to land a knee to the head but Thrill blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thrill's elbow.
Gonzalez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gonzalez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gonzalez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gonzalez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thrill backwards.
Gonzalez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gonzalez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thrill's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thrill.
Gonzalez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thrill backwards.
Gonzalez missing with knees to the body.
Thrill is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Gonzalez can't fight it off and eventually Thrill manages to take the fight to the floor. Gonzalez looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gonzalez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Thrill!
Gonzalez controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Gonzalez controlling from the full mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzalez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Gonzalez dominated that round.
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.
Nice takedown defense from Gonzalez. No joy for Thrill on that attempt.
Gonzalez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gonzalez thows a body shot but no joy.
Thrill keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thrill avoids the body shot from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but Thrill moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Gonzalez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thrill shoots for a takedown but Gonzalez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Thrill's ribcage but misses.
Gonzalez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gonzalez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kim Jong Thrill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Thrill if he has to take too many more of those.
Thrill takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thrill shoots in for a double leg but Gonzalez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kim Jong Thrill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gonzalez. That's going to slow Thrill down.
Thrill blocks a head kick by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzalez throws a head kick but Thrill moves out of range.
Jesus Gonzalez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thrill was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gonzalez lands a jab.
Gonzalez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thrill steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gonzalez. That one must have hurt.
Thrill ducks right into an uppercut from Gonzalez.
Thrill ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Jesus Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzalez scores with a nice right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Thrill 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jesus Gonzalez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thrill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands with a straight right. Thrill didn't see that one coming.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonzalez throws a push kick but Thrill slaps the foot to one side.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Thrill's ribcage but misses.
Gonzalez staying out of range there.
Gonzalez misses with a hook. Thrill ducked under it nicely.
Thrill checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez swinging wildly here.
Thrill walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Thrill's head.
Thrill doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thrill ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Thrill moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Thrill moves out of range.
Gonzalez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thrill has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
Gonzalez misses with a double jab.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut. Thrill saw that one coming.
Gonzalez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gonzalez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thrill ducks right into an uppercut from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thrill rather than just go for the knockout.
Gonzalez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Thrill moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thrill momentarily.
Gonzalez misses with a low kick.
Gonzalez throws a head kick but Thrill moves out of range.
Thrill misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gonzalez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gonzalez lands a jab to Thrill's midsection.
Thrill throws a combination that misses
and Gonzalez counters with a nice uppercut.
Thrill on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Thrill moves out of range.
Gonzalez misses with a body kick.
Gonzalez misses with a wild combination.
Gonzalez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thrill walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thrill shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thrill chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gonzalez can pounce on him.
Gonzalez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thrill doesn't seem bothered though.
Thrill on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gonzalez thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
Thrill keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez tries to score with a low kick but Thrill moves his leg out of the way.
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
Gonzalez tests Thrill's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thrill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Thrill moves out of range.
Gonzalez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thrill takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thrill takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzalez connects with a right hand. Thrill shakes it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzalez throws a lazy right hand but Thrill sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A punch combination from Gonzalez misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gonzalez.
Thrill avoids the body shot from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Gonzalez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thrill.
Thrill throws a right hand that Gonzalez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gonzalez also avoids with ease.
Gonzalez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thrill is out of range.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Thrill.
Gonzalez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gonzalez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thrill.
Gonzalez loads up on a big right hand but Thrill slips the punch.
Thrill takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thrill.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gonzalez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thrill takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gonzalez missing with a left hand there. Thrill was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gonzalez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gonzalez staying out of range there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gonzalez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gonzalez thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands an overhand right.
Thrill scores with a takedown into Gonzalez's guard.
Thrill preventing the sweep.
Gonzalez controls Thrill momentarily but Thrill frees himself.
Gonzalez pulls Thrill in close to prevent any damage.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gonzalez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jesus Gonzalez was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Gonzalez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gonzalez cracks Thrill with an open hand slap.
Thrill fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrill fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gonzalez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thrill avoids the body shot from Gonzalez.
A good leg kick by Gonzalez.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gonzalez.
Thrill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gonzalez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gonzalez throws a chopping leg kick but Thrill manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gonzalez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Gonzalez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gonzalez connects with a looping right hand.
Gonzalez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thrill shoots and misses
and Gonzalez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzalez lands an elbow just above Thrill 's eye.
Gonzalez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gonzalez lands a damaging elbow.
Still in the clinch, Gonzalez scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrill blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzalez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thrill's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez works on Thrill's body with a couple of short punches.
Gonzalez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gonzalez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right hand to the body from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Gonzalez lands a shoulder strike.
Thrill blocks an elbow strike.
Gonzalez breaks the clinch.
Gonzalez instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
Thrill dodges an elbow strike from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gonzalez prevents the takedown attempt.
Thrill takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gonzalez missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thrill will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kim Jong Thrill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzalez forces Thrill back against the cage and clinches.
Gonzalez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thrill or not.
Gonzalez misses with an elbow over the top.
Gonzalez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gonzalez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gonzalez lands a nice uppercut.
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thrill.
Thrill dodges an elbow strike from Gonzalez.
A right handed body shot lands from Gonzalez.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzalez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thrill managing to block the knees to the body from Gonzalez.
Thrill is trying to force a seperation but Gonzalez has the dominant position.
Kim Jong Thrill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice left hand lands by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez looking to throw knees to the head but Thrill is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Gonzalez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gonzalez 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 26:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Gonzalez!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Epoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vampiro Vampire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vampiro Vampire has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mohammad Epoto's chin.
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181 lbs
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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
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mohammad Epoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vampiro Vampire!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vampire looks to land a left hand but Epoto moved out of range nicely.
Epoto really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vampire throws a hook to the side of Epoto's head but Epoto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Epoto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vampire.
Epoto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Vampire does it's job there.
Vampire looks to throw the jab but Epoto is out of range.
Vampire lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vampire.
Epoto moves out of range of the strikes.
Epoto fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Epoto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Epoto slips a jab from Vampire.
Epoto has managed to clinch.
Vampire lands with a left to the head.
Epoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vampire lands a left hand.
Epoto landing knees to the head.
It looks like Vampiro Vampire has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vampire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Epoto.
Vampire looks gassed!
Vampire lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Epoto crunches a lovely knee into Vampire's ribcage.
Epoto scores with a knee to the head.
Epoto misses with a knee strike.
Epoto missing with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Epoto.
Vampire tries to land knees in the clinch but Epoto avoids the damage to the body.
Epoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Epoto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Epoto looking to throw knees to the head but Vampire is blocking nicely.
Epoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vampire pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Epoto blocks an elbow strike from Vampire.
Epoto trying to land knees to the body.
Epoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Epoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Vampire won't want to take too many of those.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Vampire's face.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epoto stalls.
Epoto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vampire avoids it.
Epoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vampire.
Epoto with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vampire taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Vampire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vampire misses with some punches.
Epoto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Epoto is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Epoto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Vampire fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Epoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epoto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Epoto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Epoto lands a knee to the head.
Epoto landing knees to the head.
Vampire pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vampire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Epoto landing knees to the body.
Epoto with a knee to the head.
Vampire misses with a punch on the inside.
Epoto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Epoto avoiding damage as Vampire throws knees to the body.
Vampire swings wildly with an uppercut but Epoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epoto misses with a knee to the head.
Vampire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vampire avoiding damage as Epoto throws knees to the body.
Epoto missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Vampire.
A knee to the head by Epoto.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vampire avoids it.
Epoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vampire is defending well for now.
Epoto is looking to control Vampire's arms but Vampire gets an underhook and turns him. Now Epoto has his back to the cage.
Vampire working aggressively here.
Epoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A shot in the inside from Vampire.
Epoto dodges an elbow strike from Vampire.
Epoto stalling in the clinch but Vampire improves position.
Vampire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vampire avoids it.
Epoto connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Epoto looking to slow down the pace here.
Epoto blocks the elbow strike.
Vampire avoiding damage as Epoto throws knees to the body.
Epoto avoids the elbow strike from Vampire, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammad Epoto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vampiro Vampire's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Vampire throws a hook but Epoto blocks it.
Vampire throws the left hand but Epoto avoids the punch easily.
Vampire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Epoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vampire is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Epoto throws a head kick but Vampire moves out of range.
Vampire throws a lazy right hand but Epoto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vampire smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Epoto is looking to clinch but Vampire is avoiding it.
Epoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epoto cracks the inside of Vampire's front leg.
Epoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Epoto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vampire.
Vampire fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Epoto on the side of the head.
Vampiro Vampire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epoto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vampire.
Epoto slips under a jab.
Vampire might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vampire throws the left hand but Epoto avoids the punch easily.
Epoto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vampire.
Epoto ducks under a wild hook from Vampire.
Vampire misses with a leg kick
and Epoto counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Epoto connects with a leg kick. Vampire looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vampire is breathing heavily.
Epoto delivers a nice body kick.
Vampire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vampire on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Epoto throws a leg kick
and Vampire counters with a straight right hand.
Vampire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epoto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A knee to the head by Epoto.
Epoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Vampire creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Epoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto crunches a lovely knee into Vampire's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vampire takes a knee right on the jaw!
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto is stalling here.
A knee to the head by Epoto.
Epoto leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knees to the body from Epoto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epoto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Epoto lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Epoto.
Vampire tries a body shot but Epoto blocks it.
Epoto lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Epoto.
Epoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Epoto working Vampire over with knees to the body.
Epoto scores with a knee to the head.
Epoto tries to land knees in the clinch but Vampire avoids the damage to the body.
Epoto effectively controlling the action here.
Epoto tries a knee to the head but Vampire blocks it.
Epoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vampire is defending well for now.
Vampire blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Epoto is looking to control Vampire's arms but Vampire gets an underhook and turns him. Now Epoto has his back to the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Vampire.
Vampire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Epoto blocks an elbow strike from Vampire.
Epoto tries to stall but Vampire uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vampire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Epoto's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vampire throws an elbow but misses.
Epoto keeps control of Vampire as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vampire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Epoto's elbow.
Vampire holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Vampire misses with some punches.
Mohammad Epoto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vampire breaks from the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Epoto.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vampire scores with a shot to the body.
Epoto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vampire.
Epoto tries to clinch there but Vampire circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammad Epoto dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vampiro Vampire's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Vampire throws a jab but it's blocked by Epoto.
Epoto slips under a jab from Vampire.
Vampire looks to throw the jab but Epoto is out of range.
Epoto plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Epoto slips under a jab.
Vampire swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Vampire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vampire scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vampire checks a low kick from Epoto.
Epoto ducks under a wild hook from Vampire.
Epoto goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Vampire misses with a double jab
and Epoto counters with a low kick, right behind Vampire 's knee.
Vampire takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epoto swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Vampire sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Epoto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Epoto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vampire misses with a looping right.
Epoto is looking to clinch.
Vampire takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Epoto moves in looking to clinch but Vampire pushes him off.
That kick from Epoto tenderised Vampire's leg. Vampire is trying to keep his angry face on.
Epoto fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epoto tries to clinch but Vampire is having none of it.
Vampire is looking to clinch but Epoto is avoiding it.
Vampire chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Epoto can pounce on him.
Epoto tries to clinch but Vampire moves out of range.
Vampire's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vampire takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vampire misses the jab.
Epoto forces Vampire back against the cage and clinches.
Epoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Epoto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Epoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Vampire has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vampire creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vampire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vampire.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epoto misses with a knee strike.
Vampire avoiding damage as Epoto throws knees to the body.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Epoto scores a nice knee to the body.
Epoto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vampire pushes Epoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Epoto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Epoto blocks an uppercut.
Epoto avoids a wild elbow strike from Vampire.
Epoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Epoto.
Vampire lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Epoto or not.
Epoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vampire.
Epoto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vampire lands a body shot.
Vampire lands an elbow that stopped Epoto in his tracks for a moment.
Vampire gets through Epoto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Epoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vampiro Vampire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vampire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Vampire misses with an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Vampire's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vampire swings wildly with an uppercut but Epoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epoto misses with a knee to the head.
Epoto looking to throw knees to the head but Vampire is blocking nicely.
Vampire is trying to break the clinch but Epoto is controlling him.
Vampire is working Epoto over against the cage.
Vampire misses with a punch on the inside.
Epoto trying to control the position but instead, Vampire has worked for underhooks and has pushed Epoto into the cage.
Epoto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vampire avoids it.
Vampire scores with a shot to the side of Epoto's head.
Vampire gets through Epoto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vampire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vampire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mohammad Epoto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vampire pushes off an throws an elbow but Epoto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vampire misses with an elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mohammad Epoto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Epoto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohammad Epoto!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Kovalenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joaquim Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maria has chosen Kronos - Bloodtower as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Kovalenko!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joaquim Maria!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovalenko misses with a wild combination.
Kovalenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Kovalenko misses.
No joy there for Kovalenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maria dodges the punch combination from Kovalenko.
Sloppy strikes from Kovalenko. Those never looked like landing.
Kovalenko throws a series of punches but Maria moves out of range.
Kovalenko tries to bum rush Maria with a series of wild strikes but Maria uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kovalenko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Maria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kovalenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maria showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kovalenko.
Kovalenko scores with a three punch combo!
Maria slips a jab and a cross from Kovalenko.
Kovalenko looks to land a combination but Maria avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kovalenko. Maria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kovalenko misses with a double jab.
Kovalenko throws a nice looking combination but Maria bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovalenko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maria moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maria slips a jab and a cross from Kovalenko.
Maria fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kovalenko moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Maria is looking to land body kicks.
Maria connects with a leg kick. Kovalenko looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kovalenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maria throws a leg kick which misses Kovalenko's front leg but catches the back leg as Kovalenko tries to avoid it.
Kovalenko is breathing heavily.
Maria lands a brutal head kick. Kovalenko looks out on his feet and Maria throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Joaquim Maria! Joaquim Maria retains his heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asser Toropainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Badr Ramsay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toropainen comes into the arena with Paleface-Syntynyt rellestää blaring out of the sound system. Ramsay is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Protect Ya Neck by Wu Tang Clan. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Asser Toropainen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Badr Ramsay!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramsay gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Toropainen trying to control but Ramsay is working from the bottom.
Toropainen looking to sit in guard and control but Ramsay gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ramsay must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Toropainen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Toropainen throws his legs up looking for a submission but Ramsay uses it to pass to side control.
Toropainen tries to bench press Ramsay off him but Ramsay keeps the position.
Toropainen can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramsay tries to stand but Toropainen is controlling his head.
Toropainen is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ramsay's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Toropainen is trying to maintain the position but Ramsay is very close to passing his half guard.
Ramsay seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Toropainen moves into full guard.
Toropainen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ramsay gets to his feet. Toropainen looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ramsay swings for the body but Toropainen moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toropainen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Toropainen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Toropainen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ramsay keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Toropainen stops Ramsay from getting back to his feet.
Toropainen is trying to control. Ramsay wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Toropainen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Toropainen lands strikes from half guard.
Toropainen perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Toropainen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ramsay can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ramsay is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toropainen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ramsay doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Toropainen.
Ramsay really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Toropainen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ramsay tries to roll over but Toropainen keeps him under control.
Toropainen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ramsay's head.
Toropainen is trying to control. Ramsay wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Toropainen is looking for a kimura but Ramsay is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Toropainen to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramsay trying to hold on to Toropainen's head to control him but Toropainen postures up.
Toropainen seems to be looking for submissions.
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. Toropainen connects with a nice short shot to Ramsay's temple.
Toropainen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ramsay doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Toropainen.
Ramsay makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ramsay.
Toropainen trying to control but Ramsay is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asser Toropainen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Toropainen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ramsay. That did some damage!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Toropainen, as that shot connected.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Toropainen.
Ramsay avoids the body shot from Toropainen.
Ramsay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toropainen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Toropainen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ramsay keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Toropainen throws a front kick aimed at Ramsay's knee but Ramsay avoids it well.
Toropainen tries to bum rush Ramsay with a series of wild strikes but Ramsay uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Toropainen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ramsay can pounce on him.
Ramsay throws the kick towards the body but Toropainen avoids it.
Ramsay on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toropainen digs a good hook to Ramsay's body.
Toropainen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ramsay circles away.
Toropainen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ramsay throws out the jab.
Nice takedown defense from Ramsay. No joy for Toropainen on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Asser Toropainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toropainen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Toropainen wants to control from the top but Ramsay keeps moving.
Toropainen looking to sit in guard and control but Ramsay gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ramsay trying to stand up but can't free himself from Toropainen's guard.
Toropainen looking for a triangle here. Ramsay is fighting it but it looks tight! Toropainen pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Ramsay is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Asser Toropainen!
Asser Toropainen is the new light heavyweight champion!
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