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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tea Steak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Lipsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lipsky is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by "Unsung" by Helmet. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tea Steak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Lipsky!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steak throws a right and a left that both miss.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Steak.
Lipsky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steak drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lipsky is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Steak is controlling him.
Steak stands up from Lipsky's guard - Steak perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nice takedown defense from Lipsky. No joy for Steak on that attempt.
Steak fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tea Steak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steak fails with a takedown attempt.
Lipsky doesn't manage to clinch there - Steak circles away.
Steak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steak throws a body punch but Lipsky moves out of range.
Steak closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lipsky circles away.
Lipsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Steak darts in trying to clinch
and Lipsky counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Steak avoiding damage as Lipsky throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Lipsky.
Knees to the body from Lipsky.
Steak tries to break the clinch but Lipsky is controlling the position.
Lipsky tries to land knees in the clinch but Steak avoids the damage to the body.
Steak has had enough of the clinch but Lipsky keeps him there for the moment.
Steak breaks from the clinch.
Steak gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lipsky counters with a big right hand! Oh Steak is in trouble here! Lipsky follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Lipsky!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry fist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Schiknsi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry fist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Schiknsi!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schiknsi checks a leg kick.
Schiknsi thows a body shot but no joy.
fist swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
fist misses with a body kick.
A big right from fist misses.
A low kick from Schiknsi is predictable there
and fist counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Schiknsi shoots for a double leg takedown but fist sprawls well. He's pushed Schiknsi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
fist cracks the inside of Schiknsi's front leg.
Schiknsi swats away the attempt to clinch by fist.
That's one minute gone in the round.
fist tries to close the distance and clinch but Schiknsi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Schiknsi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
fist tries to close the distance and clinch but Schiknsi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
fist cracks Schiknsi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
fist swings for the body but Schiknsi moves out of range.
fist swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Schiknsi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schiknsi misses with a looping left.
fist misses with a double jab.
fist throws a hook but Schiknsi avoids it easily.
Harry fist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Schiknsi shoots in looking for a takedown. fist tries to sprawl out of it but Schiknsi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. fist manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Schiknsi misses with a shot to the body
and Schiknsi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
fist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Schiknsi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Schiknsi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by fist.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
fist looks to throw the jab but Schiknsi is out of range.
Schiknsi closes the distance and clinches up with fist, looking for a takedown. Schiknsi pushes fist against the cage but fist circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harry fist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Igor Schiknsi.
A nice inside leg kick there by fist. That's going to slow Schiknsi down.
fist tries to clinch but Schiknsi is having none of it.
fist tries to clinch up.
Schiknsi throws a hook but fist avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Schiknsi shoots for a double leg takedown but fist sprawls well. He's pushed Schiknsi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Schiknsi misses the body punch
and fist counters with a nice body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Schiknsi misses the target.
Schiknsi looks to score with a jab to the body but fist is just out of range.
fist misses with a wild combination.
Jab, jab by fist - just one landing.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry fist dominated that round.
That's time! fist's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
fist throws an overhand right that lands on Schiknsi's shoulder, as Schiknsi tries to avoid the shot.
fist misses with a jab to the body
and Schiknsi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
fist ducks under a wild hook from Schiknsi.
fist scores with a shot to the body.
fist falls off balance throwing a combination
and Schiknsi counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from fist.
That's one minute gone in the round.
fist uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Schiknsi.
fist is looking to land body kicks.
fist misses with the combination.
Schiknsi loads up on a big right hand but fist slips the punch.
Schiknsi fails to land the takedown.
fist is looking to clinch but Schiknsi is avoiding it.
Harry fist is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Danga de danga de dang - fist scores with a four punch combination!
fist is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Schiknsi shoots in looking for a takedown. fist tries to sprawl out of it but Schiknsi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. fist manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
fist throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harry fist is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
fist throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
fist throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Schiknsi just misses with a punch to the body.
fist lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Schiknsi is breathing heavily.
fist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
fist throws a series of strikes that have Schiknsi backpedaling.
A right-left combo lands from fist.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
fist falls off balance throwing a combination
and Schiknsi counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
fist walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Schiknsi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
fist tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Schiknsi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for fist!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
fist tries to buck Schiknsi off but he can't manage it.
Schiknsi content just to control the position here.
fist is controlling an arm, preventing Schiknsi from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry fist dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
fist throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Schiknsi scores with a hook to the body. fist takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Schiknsi tries for a takedown but fist sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
fist missing with a left hand there. Schiknsi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
fist just misses with a punch to the body.
fist misses with a jab to the body
and fist takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schiknsi looks to score with a jab to the body but fist is just out of range.
Schiknsi looks to score with a jab to the body but fist is just out of range.
fist wants to clinch.
Schiknsi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Schiknsi misses with a takedown attempt
and fist counters with a leg kick.
fist misses with a jab to the body
enabling Schiknsi to counter with a crisp jab.
fist throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A punch combination from fist misses.
Schiknsi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as fist throws out the jab.
A shot to the body from Schiknsi misses
and fist counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
fist is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
fist misses with a leg kick.
Schiknsi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from fist.
fist dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schiknsi. That did some damage!
fist misses with a looping right.
fist wants to clinch
and Schiknsi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schiknsi controlling from the top position.
fist is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Schiknsi is controlling him.
Igor Schiknsi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schiknsi throwing strikes from guard but fist blocks nicely.
Schiknsi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. fist swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Harry fist.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for fist, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:26
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry fist!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Fortesque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Crosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daniel Fortesque has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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194 lbs
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189 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Fortesque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin Crosby!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crosby dodges the punch combination from Fortesque.
Crosby shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fortesque as he jumps to the side.
Fortesque lands a really nice looking cross but Crosby seems unphased.
It looks like Kevin Crosby has been cut.
Crosby avoids the head kick by Fortesque.
Fortesque's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Fortesque duly obliges.
Fortesque pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fortesque lands with a kick to the temple. Crosby shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crosby shoots in for a double leg but Fortesque sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fortesque throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crosby moves out of range as Fortesque throws a body kick.
Fortesque will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortesque throws a low kick, looking for Crosby's leg but Crosby calmly moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Fortesque.
Fortesque scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crosby fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Daniel Fortesque has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Crosby.
Crosby has a takedown stuffed.
Fortesque swinging wilding here.
Fortesque misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortesque throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Daniel Fortesque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crosby slips a jab and a cross from Fortesque.
Fortesque is breathing heavily.
Fortesque fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crosby tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fortesque tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fortesque tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fortesque tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Crosby.
Crosby lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Fortesque down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crosby has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Fortesque is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Crosby yanks on the arm and Fortesque is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Crosby.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kevin Crosby!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toten Kopf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Sphinx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kopf kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mot�rhead - Iron Fist. Toten Kopf has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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225 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Toten Kopf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taylor Sphinx!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sphinx shoots in for a double leg but Kopf sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sphinx has a takedown stuffed.
Kopf lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sphinx looks gassed!
Kopf rushes Sphinx and presses him up against the cage.
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!
Kopf leaning against his opponent.
Kopf lands a nice uppercut.
It looks like Taylor Sphinx has been cut.
Kopf comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kopf creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sphinx's defenses.
Kopf scores with a hook to the body.
Kopf working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kopf is pushing Sphinx up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A left hand lands to the body for Kopf.
Kopf manages to break the clinch.
Kopf gets a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Kopf.
Kopf gets underhooks to prevent Sphinx's takedown attempt.
Toten Kopf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Taylor Sphinx.
Kopf lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sphinx or not.
Kopf unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sphinx lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kopf dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kopf lands a body shot.
Kopf breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kopf throws a quick head kick that knocks Sphinx silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Kopf is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Toten Kopf!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samu Voutilainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Morino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voutilainen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Girls wanna have fun. Samu Voutilainen is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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160 lbs
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168 lbs
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Brawler
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Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Samu Voutilainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Morino!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voutilainen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick lands from Voutilainen that sends Morino to the canvas. Morino tries to scramble back to his feet but Voutilainen brings him back down into side control.
Morino is rocked!
It looks like Ben Morino has been cut.
A big shot lands for Voutilainen! That's hurt Morino! Will he recover? Voutilainen fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samu Voutilainen!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Flex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flex has chosen "Champagne" - CAVO as his entrance music. Alexander Gustavsson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Alexander Flex's chin.
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182 lbs
4 - 1 - 1 |
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175 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Gustavsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Flex!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustavsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flex tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gustavsson dodges the punch combination from Flex.
Flex rushes Gustavsson and presses him up against the cage.
Flex blocks an elbow strike.
Gustavsson lands an elbow inside that Flex shrugs off.
It looks like Alexander Flex has been cut.
Flex misses with a knee strike.
Gustavsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Flex leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Flex is trying to break free.
Gustavsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Flex leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gustavsson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gustavsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Flex avoids a wild elbow strike from Gustavsson.
Flex breaks from the clinch.
Flex misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alexander Flex seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flex lands with a nice body kick.
Flex throws a sloppy head kick and Gustavsson moves out of range easily.
Flex throws a shot to the body.
Gustavsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flex rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gustavsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Flex pushes Gustavsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Flex with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Flex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gustavsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Flex tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Flex lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Flex escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Flex looks for the body kick but Gustavsson saw that one coming.
Gustavsson looks to clinch
and Flex counters with a good, hard body kick but Gustavsson shrugs it off.
Gustavsson tries to clinch up
and Flex counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gustavsson is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Flex pushes Gustavsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Flex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gustavsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Flex blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flex takes an elbow to the forehead.
Flex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Flex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Flex misses with a knee strike.
Gustavsson dodges an elbow strike from Flex.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gustavsson throws an elbow but misses.
Flex creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Flex is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Flex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Flex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gustavsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Flex looks gassed!
Flex dodges an elbow strike from Gustavsson.
Flex avoids a wild elbow strike from Gustavsson.
Flex lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gustavsson backwards.
Flex trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Gustavsson.
Flex breaks the clinch.
Flex throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Flex looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gustavsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Flex.
Flex darts in and clinches Gustavsson up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flex looking to throw knees to the head but Gustavsson is blocking nicely.
Gustavsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Flex leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Flex breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gustavsson avoids a kick to the body.
Flex throws a head kick but Gustavsson moves out of range.
Flex swinging wilding here.
Gustavsson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Flex counters with a body kick that stops Gustavsson in his tracks momentarily.
Flex closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gustavsson lands an elbow inside that Flex shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gustavsson.
Gustavsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Flex leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gustavsson dodges an elbow strike from Flex.
Flex wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Flex is trying to break the clinch but Gustavsson has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gustavsson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Flex's brow.
Flex pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Flex throws a right and a left that Gustavsson avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Flex moves away
and Flex counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Flex looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Flex moves away
and Flex counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Flex.
Gustavsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gustavsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Flex scores with a nice hook to the head.
Flex manages to break the clinch.
Gustavsson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A combination from Flex does no damage.
Gustavsson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gustavsson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Flex counters with a nice body kick.
Flex lands a lovely overhand right.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Flex dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Flex's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Flex lands with a kick to the temple. Gustavsson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Alexander Flex is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Flex closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gustavsson blocks the body kick.
Flex lands with a kick to the ribs.
Flex fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gustavsson, pushing him back against the cage.
Flex unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gustavsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Flex landing knees to the head.
Flex misses with a knee to the head.
Flex lands a body punch.
Flex landing knees to the head.
Gustavsson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gustavsson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Flex's brow.
Flex has had enough of the clinch but Gustavsson keeps him there for the moment.
Flex breaks from the clinch.
Flex lands a head kick. Gustavsson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gustavsson moves out of range of the body kick.
A head kick misses from Flex.
Flex throws a head kick that misses.
Flex is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustavsson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Flex.
Flex misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A thudding body kick lands there by Flex!
No joy there for Flex, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Flex throws a wild body kick that Gustavsson sees coming a mile off.
Flex pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Flex buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Flex lands a high kick!
Flex throws a push kick but Gustavsson slaps the foot to one side.
Flex throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gustavsson.
Gustavsson looks to clinch
and Flex counters with a one-two to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flex pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gustavsson darts in trying to clinch
and Flex counters with a left and a right that stings Gustavsson.
Gustavsson tries to clinch up
and Flex moves into the clinch.
Gustavsson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Flex tries to land a knee to the head but Gustavsson blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gustavsson.
Flex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gustavsson blocks it with crossed arms.
Flex landing knees to the body.
Flex breaks the clinch.
Flex fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gustavsson tries to clinch
and Flex counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but Flex moves away
and Flex counters with a three punch combo that has Gustavsson backing up. Gustavsson nods at Flex to acknowledge the strikes.
Gustavsson clinches but Flex breaks the clinch
and Flex counters with a head kick. That will keep Gustavsson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Flex throws a right hand that Gustavsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Gustavsson also avoids with ease.
Gustavsson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Flex.
Flex lands a high kick!
Flex misses with a kick to the body.
Flex fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gustavsson, pushing him back against the cage.
Gustavsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Flex using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Flex dodges an elbow strike from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Flex tries to break the clinch but Gustavsson is controlling the position.
Flex blocks an elbow strike.
Flex tries a knee to the head but Gustavsson blocks it.
Flex lands an elbow inside that Gustavsson shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flex breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Flex does no damage.
Gustavsson closes the distance looking to clinch
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Flex counters with a solid body kick.
Gustavsson looks to clinch
and Flex counters with a three punch combo that has Gustavsson backing up. Gustavsson nods at Flex to acknowledge the strikes.
Flex throws a sloppy head kick and Gustavsson moves out of range easily.
Gustavsson blocks the body kick.
Gustavsson instigates a clinch.
Gustavsson lands an elbow that stopped Flex in his tracks for a moment.
Flex misses with a knee strike.
Flex misses with some punches.
Flex scores a nice knee to the body.
Flex avoids the elbow strike from Gustavsson, against the cage.
Gustavsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Flex showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexander Flex's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gustavsson clinches but Flex breaks the clinch
and Flex counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Flex breaks from the clinch.
Flex looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Flex gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Flex connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gustavsson's face.
Gustavsson lands an elbow just above Flex 's eye.
Flex can't break the clinch.
Flex looking to throw knees to the head but Gustavsson is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gustavsson throws an elbow but misses.
Flex with a knee to the head.
Flex throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gustavsson blocks an elbow strike.
Flex dodges an elbow strike from Gustavsson.
Flex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Flex takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gustavsson lands an elbow that stopped Flex in his tracks for a moment.
That has opened up Alexander Flex's cut even more.
Gustavsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gustavsson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Flex's brow.
Gustavsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Gustavsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Flex blocks the elbow strike.
Flex throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gustavsson blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gustavsson throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Flex.
Gustavsson missing with knees to the body.
Flex tries to break the clinch but Gustavsson is controlling the position.
Gustavsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Gustavsson lands an elbow that stopped Flex in his tracks for a moment.
Gustavsson misses with an elbow strike.
Flex blocks an elbow strike from Gustavsson.
Flex using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gustavsson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gustavsson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Flex's defenses.
Gustavsson avoiding damage as Flex throws knees to the body.
Gustavsson lands an elbow inside.
Gustavsson lands an elbow inside that Flex shrugs off.
Gustavsson throws an elbow that misses.
Flex blocks the elbow strike.
Flex landing knees to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gustavsson throws an elbow but misses.
Flex blocks an elbow strike.
Gustavsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Gustavsson misses with an elbow strike.
Flex lands an elbow just above Gustavsson 's eye.
Flex blocks an elbow strike from Gustavsson.
Flex landing knees to the head.
Flex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Flex breaks the clinch.
Gustavsson moves out of range of the body kick from Flex.
Gustavsson tries to clinch up
and Flex counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Alexander Gustavsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alexander Flex is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Flex misses with a head kick.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Flex counters with a head kick. That will keep Gustavsson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Flex lands a slapping body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Flex. Gustavsson shrugs it off though.
Flex pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Flex throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gustavsson.
Flex throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gustavsson.
Flex misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gustavsson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Flex counters with a body kick that stops Gustavsson in his tracks momentarily.
Flex instigates a clinch.
Flex tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gustavsson.
Knees to the body from Flex.
Gustavsson misses with an elbow strike.
Flex tries a knee to the head but Gustavsson blocks it.
Flex lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Flex looking to throw knees to the head but Gustavsson is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gustavsson.
Flex lands an elbow inside that Gustavsson shrugs off.
Flex scores a nice knee to the body.
Flex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Flex can't break the clinch.
Flex avoids the elbow strike from Gustavsson, against the cage.
Flex blocks an elbow strike.
Flex avoids the elbow strike from Gustavsson, against the cage.
Gustavsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gustavsson takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flex blocks an elbow strike from Gustavsson.
Gustavsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Gustavsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Flex with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Flex with a knee to the head.
Flex landing knees to the body.
Flex lands a nice elbow.
Flex breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gustavsson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Flex moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Flex.
Flex with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Flex creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gustavsson's defenses.
Gustavsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Alexander Flex seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Flex blocks an elbow strike from Gustavsson.
Flex throws a knee to the head but misses.
Flex scores with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Flex comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Flex has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Flex!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tappin Out (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Collins had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tappin Out!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins lets loose with a powerful body kick. Out will feel that in the morning.
Out looks gassed!
Collins clinches with his opponent.
Collins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Out showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Collins.
Collins gets a clinch.
Collins breaks the clinch.
Collins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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!
Collins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Out stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Collins lands an overhand right.
It looks like Tappin Out has been cut.
Collins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Collins throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Out crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Steve Collins!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Barton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Opa Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jokinen's choice of entrance music: Prodigy - Baby's Got A Temper. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dustin Barton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Opa Jokinen!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barton feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jokinen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Jokinen looking to control.
Jokinen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jokinen has his foot on Barton's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Barton works his way back into a safe position though.
Jokinen looking for a sweep. Not yet Jokinen, not yet.
Jokinen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Barton would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Barton preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barton is fighting to break Jokinen's control of his arms but Jokinen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Barton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jokinen is keeping the position for now.
Jokinen is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Barton frees his head nicely. Oh but Jokinen has switched to an armbar! Barton is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Opa Jokinen!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladdy Stanislov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladdy Stanislov!
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, Seppo Taalasmaa!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stanislov throws a right hand that Taalasmaa ducks under and follows up with a left that Taalasmaa also avoids with ease.
Stanislov moves out of range of the strikes.
Stanislov takes a swing at Taalasmaa's ribcage but misses.
Taalasmaa moves into the clinch.
Stanislov can't break the clinch.
Taalasmaa is trying to maintain a safe position but Stanislov gets an underhook and turns Taalasmaa into the cage.
Stanislov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taalasmaa throws out a loose jab but Stanislov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taalasmaa misses with a double jab
and Stanislov counters with a three punch combo that has Taalasmaa backing up. Taalasmaa nods at Stanislov to acknowledge the strikes.
Taalasmaa throws a looping overhand right but Stanislov ducks down to avoid it.
Stanislov lunges at Taalasmaa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Taalasmaa's hand.
Taalasmaa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Taalasmaa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Stanislov counters with a two punch combo.
Taalasmaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stanislov manages to avoid it.
Stanislov moves away from the strike by Taalasmaa.
Stanislov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Taalasmaa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Taalasmaa throws a hook to the side of Stanislov's head but Stanislov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stanislov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice uppercut lands for Stanislov. That snapped Taalasmaa's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taalasmaa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stanislov ducks under a wild hook from Taalasmaa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Stanislov finds it's way through Taalasmaa's defenses.
Stanislov misses with a two punch combination.
Taalasmaa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Taalasmaa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Taalasmaa throws a body punch but Stanislov moves out of range.
Taalasmaa throws a hook to the side of Stanislov's head but Stanislov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stanislov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stanislov with a nice cross.
Stanislov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa wants to clinch.
Stanislov tries to bum rush Taalasmaa with a series of wild strikes but Taalasmaa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vladdy Stanislov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Taalasmaa looks to throw the jab but Stanislov is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Stanislov.
Taalasmaa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Taalasmaa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Stanislov swivels and escapes.
Vladdy Stanislov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seppo Taalasmaa.
Stanislov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stanislov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Taalasmaa is trying desperately to land a takedown but Stanislov is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Taalasmaa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanislov moves out of range as Taalasmaa strikes.
Stanislov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Taalasmaa's head backwards.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stanislov.
Taalasmaa is rocked!
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!
Taalasmaa lands a glancing blow to the side of Stanislov's head.
Taalasmaa is still on wobbly legs! Can Stanislov finish him?
Taalasmaa misses with a low kick.
Taalasmaa seems to have recovered his senses.
Stanislov misses with a few strikes there.
Taalasmaa looks for a takedown but Stanislov sprawls well.
Taalasmaa looks gassed!
Taalasmaa throws a hook but Stanislov avoids it easily.
Stanislov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Taalasmaa on the side of the head.
Stanislov scores with a sloppy right hand. Taalasmaa should have avoided that one.
Taalasmaa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Taalasmaa throws a hook to the side of Stanislov's head but Stanislov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stanislov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Taalasmaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Taalasmaa misses with a shot to the body
and Stanislov counters with a right hand to the body.
Taalasmaa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A shot to the body from Taalasmaa misses
and Stanislov counters with a nice body shot.
Taalasmaa seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Stanislov shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Taalasmaa is backing up but Stanislov catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Taalasmaa covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Stanislov Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladdy Stanislov!
Vladdy Stanislov retains his lightweight title!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck The Russian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichiban Tostito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Russian comes to the cage accompanied by Keep on. Tostito has chosen Hero - Nickelback as his entrance music. The key to victory for Chuck The Russian has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chuck The Russian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ichiban Tostito!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Russian tries to clinch up.
The Russian throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Tostito stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. The Russian follows into mount!
Tostito is rocked!
It looks like Ichiban Tostito has been cut.
The Russian prevents Tostito from getting the reversal.
Tostito is still in real trouble! Can The Russian finish him?
Tostito tries to hold on but The Russian postures up.
Tostito seems to have recovered his senses.
The Russian tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The Russian is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
The Russian throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Tostito stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. The Russian follows into mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Russian gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Tostito keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice jab there from The Russian.
The Russian throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Russian tries to clinch up but Tostito circles away and keeps his distance.
Chuck The Russian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Russian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tostito displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Russian throws out the jab.
Tostito moves in looking to clinch but The Russian pushes him off.
The Russian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tostito swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Russian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Tostito.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tostito.
The Russian is breathing heavily.
Tostito clinches.
Tostito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tostito comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tostito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Chuck The Russian has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tostito.
Tostito just leaning against The Russian, taking a breather.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
Tostito lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tostito.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tostito just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Russian's brow.
Tostito lands an elbow inside.
Tostito pushes off an throws an elbow but The Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tostito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tostito throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tostito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tostito lands a left hand.
Tostito throws an elbow but it misses.
Tostito lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tostito tries a knee to the head but The Russian blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Tostito.
Tostito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tostito lands a right hand.
Tostito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tostito lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tostito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice elbow from Tostito.
Tostito gets through The Russian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
Tostito pushes The Russian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Tostito.
The Russian is rocked!
The Russian blocks an elbow strike from Tostito.
Tostito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Russian's defenses.
Tostito throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Russians head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tostito.
Tostito working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tostito makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tostito lands with a right to the head.
Tostito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tostito lands an elbow inside.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
The Russian blocks an elbow strike.
Tostito creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tostito connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Russian's face.
Tostito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tostito lands a nice uppercut.
Tostito misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tostito lands with a short shot to the head.
The Russian wants to get back to striking at distance but Tostito won't allow it.
Tostito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Russian's defenses.
Tostito swings wildly with an uppercut but The Russian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tostito lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tostito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tostito avoids a wild elbow strike from The Russian.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Tostito.
Tostito throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tostito lands an elbow that stopped The Russian in his tracks for a moment.
A short left from Tostito.
Tostito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tostito looking to throw knees to the head but The Russian is blocking nicely.
The Russian blocks an elbow strike from Tostito.
Tostito lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Russian backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Russian.
Tostito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Russian avoids the elbow strike from Tostito, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tostito.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tostito as The Russian tries to tie him up.
Tostito lands an elbow inside that The Russian shrugs off.
Tostito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tostito lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Russian misses with a knee to the head.
Tostito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Russian's defenses.
A shot in the inside from Tostito.
Tostito throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tostito.
Tostito misses with the head strike.
Tostito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Russian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tostito lands an elbow inside that The Russian shrugs off.
The Russian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tostito lands a nice elbow.
Tostito just leaning against The Russian, taking a breather.
The Russian wants to stall.
Tostito pushes off an throws an elbow but The Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short uppercut from Tostito.
Tostito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tostito lands a nice uppercut.
Tostito gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tostito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tostito tries to land a knee to the head but The Russian blocks with his arms.
The Russian tries to land a knee to the head but Tostito blocks with his arms.
Tostito landing knees to the body.
Tostito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tostito fails to land.
The Russian looks to throw an elbow but misses.
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 Chuck The Russian will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tostito forces The Russian back against the cage and clinches.
Tostito misses with some punches.
Tostito dodges an elbow strike from The Russian.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Russian.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Russian avoids the elbow strike from Tostito, against the cage.
Tostito pushes off an throws an elbow but The Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Russian misses with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tostito takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tostito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Russian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tostito lands a shoulder strike.
The Russian takes a shot to the head.
Tostito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Russian tries a knee to the head but Tostito blocks it.
The Russian takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Russian managing to block the knees to the body from Tostito.
Tostito lands an elbow inside that The Russian shrugs off.
Tostito lands a nice uppercut.
Tostito is looking to control The Russian's arms but The Russian gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tostito has his back to the cage.
The Russian working aggressively here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tostito unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Russian lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
Tostito with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tostito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Russian's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Russian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tostito blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Tostito on the inside.
The Russian dodges an elbow strike from Tostito.
Tostito comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Tostito.
Tostito throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Russian avoids a wild elbow strike from Tostito.
The Russian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tostito lands a left hand.
The Russian lands a nice knee to the body.
Tostito trying to land knees to the body.
Tostito misses with some punches.
The Russian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tostito's face.
A short left from Tostito.
Tostito on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tostito scores with a shot to the side of The Russian's head.
The Russian blocks an elbow strike from Tostito.
The Russian is struggling to control the position.
Tostito throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tostito throws an elbow but misses.
Tostito gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tostito throws an elbow that misses.
Tostito tries to land knees in the clinch but The Russian avoids the damage to the body.
The Russian blocking some punches.
The Russian is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The Russian looking to throw knees to the head but Tostito is blocking nicely.
The Russian tries to land a knee to the head but Tostito blocks with his arms.
The Russian misses with a knee to the head.
Tostito is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The Russian misses with a knee to the head.
The Russian misses with a body punch.
The Russian avoids the elbow strike from Tostito, against the cage.
The Russian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tostito blocks it with crossed arms.
Tostito working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tostito lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Tostito.
Tostito pushes off an throws an elbow but The Russian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tostito.
Tostito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Russian backwards.
Tostito throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tostito misses with a knee strike.
The Russian lands a nice uppercut.
The Russian breaks from the clinch.
The Russian is looking to land body kicks.
Tostito throws a looping overhand right but The Russian ducks down to avoid it.
Tostito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Russian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Russian slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tostito scores with a decent looking hook.
Tostito takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Chuck The Russian is winning the standup battle so far.
The Russian throws a sloppy head kick and Tostito moves out of range easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tostito shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Russian pinned against the cage. The Russian gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The Russian ducks under a wild hook from Tostito.
Tostito throws a body kick that misses.
The Russian cracks the inside of Tostito's front leg.
Chuck The Russian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tostito tries a head kick but it misses.
Tostito waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract The Russian.
The Russian clinches but Tostito breaks the clinch
and Tostito holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The Russian looking to throw knees to the head but Tostito is blocking nicely.
Tostito lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tostito.
Tostito lands a hook that snaps the head of The Russian backwards.
The Russian takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The Russian misses with a knee to the head.
Tostito lands with a right to the head.
Tostito lands a damaging elbow.
Tostito lands an elbow inside that The Russian shrugs off.
The Russian wants to stall.
The Russian landing knees to the head.
The Russian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
The Russian throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Russian misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tostito.
Tostito gets through The Russian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Tostito.
The Russian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tostito gets through The Russian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Russian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tostito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Tostito.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The Russian blocks an elbow strike from Tostito.
The Russian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tostito lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tostito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tostito lands a nice elbow.
Tostito connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Russian's face.
The Russian lands a nice uppercut.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Ichiban Tostito showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tostito tries to clinch there but The Russian circles away.
The Russian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice takedown defense from The Russian. No joy for Tostito on that attempt.
Tostito gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tostito creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Russian avoids the elbow strike from Tostito, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tostito.
The Russian trying to control the position but instead, Tostito has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Russian into the cage.
Tostito throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Russian tries a knee to the head but Tostito blocks it.
The Russian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Russian blocks an elbow strike.
Tostito lands with a left to the head.
Tostito misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tostito throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Russian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tostito throws an elbow but it misses.
Tostito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tostito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
The Russian breaks from the clinch.
Tostito blocks a head kick by The Russian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tostito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Russian.
Good standup being displayed there by The Russian as he connects with a hook.
The Russian takes one to the side of the head.
Tostito blocks a head kick by The Russian.
A head kick misses from Tostito.
The Russian misses with a head kick.
A big right from Tostito misses.
The Russian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tostito.
Tostito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Russian rushes Tostito and presses him up against the cage.
Tostito avoiding damage as The Russian throws knees to the body.
Tostito throws an elbow but it misses.
Tostito lands a nice uppercut.
The Russian wants to get back to striking at distance but Tostito won't allow it.
Tostito scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Russian throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Russian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tostito gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tostito has a couple of punches blocked by The Russian.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Russian missing with knees to the body.
Tostito lands an elbow inside that The Russian shrugs off.
The Russian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
Tostito missing with knees to the body.
Tostito scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tostito misses with an elbow strike.
The Russian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tostito pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Russian misses with a head kick.
Tostito gets a clinch.
The Russian trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tostito just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Russian's brow.
Tostito trying to land knees to the body.
Tostito swings wildly with an uppercut but The Russian uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Russian tries to break the clinch but Tostito is controlling the position.
The Russian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tostito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Tostito scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tostito working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Russian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tostito has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tostito lands a shoulder strike.
Tostito pushes The Russian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Russian misses with a knee to the head.
The Russian takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tostito throws an elbow but misses.
The Russian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tostito lands a shoulder strike.
The Russian has Tostito pressed against the cage.
Tostito throws an elbow but it misses.
Tostito misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Russian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Russian trying to control the position but instead, Tostito has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Russian into the cage.
The Russian misses with a knee to the head.
Tostito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tostito holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tostito lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Russian just leaning against Tostito, taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tostito.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tostito.
The Russian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hook to the body lands for Tostito.
Tostito scores with a hook to the body.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
The Russian tries a knee to the head but Tostito blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The Russian avoids a wild elbow strike from Tostito.
The Russian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tostito's face.
Tostito lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Russian backwards.
Tostito lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tostito throws an elbow but it misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The Russian's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Russian is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tostito is keeping busy.
Tostito lands with a short shot to the head.
The Russian can't break the clinch.
Tostito scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tostito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Russian's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tostito lands an elbow that stopped The Russian in his tracks for a moment.
The Russian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tostito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tostito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Russian.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tostito lands a shoulder strike.
The Russian blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Come on The Russian - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tostito creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tostito throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Ichiban Tostito just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The Russian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tostito misses with an elbow strike.
The Russian breaks the clinch.
The Russian takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tostito tries for a takedown but The Russian sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The Russian misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Russian moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tostito walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The Russian fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tostito tries to clinch up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tostito.
Tostito blocks a head kick by The Russian.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Tostito tries to clinch there but The Russian circles away.
Tostito moves away from the strike by The Russian.
Tostito tries to clinch there but The Russian circles away.
Tostito shoots in for a double leg but The Russian sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Chuck The Russian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ichiban Tostito.
The Russian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tostito keeps the fight on the outside.
The Russian wants to clinch up but Tostito keeps it at a distance.
Tostito closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Russian circles away.
The Russian tries to clinch but Tostito moves out of range.
Tostito looks to clinch
and The Russian counters with a left and a right that stings Tostito.
The Russian bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tostito's head.
The Russian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tostito throws out the jab.
The Russian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tostito connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tostito misses with a body kick.
The Russian misses with a head kick.
The Russian stuffs the takedown attempt from Tostito. Tostito gets slowly back to his feet.
Tostito misses with a head kick.
The Russian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tostito throws out the jab.
The Russian moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tostito takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tostito fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Russian rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tostito moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Russian blocks a head kick by Tostito.
The Russian throws a head kick that misses.
The Russian throws a sloppy head kick and Tostito moves out of range easily.
Tostito lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Russian throws a sloppy head kick and Tostito moves out of range easily.
The Russian moves forwards but Tostito connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The Russian tries to clinch but Tostito moves out of range.
Tostito works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tostito takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tostito lands a head kick!
Tostito tries to clinch but The Russian is having none of it.
The Russian tries to clinch up but Tostito circles away and keeps his distance.
Tostito shoots in but The Russian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The Russian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Russian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tostito wants to clinch up but The Russian keeps it at a distance.
Tostito tries for a takedown but The Russian sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The Russian ducks under a wild hook from Tostito.
The Russian lands with a kick to the temple. Tostito shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The Russian tries a head kick but it misses.
The Russian clinches.
The Russian tries a knee to the head but Tostito blocks it.
The Russian can't break the clinch.
Tostito lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Tostito.
The Russian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tostito lands an elbow inside.
The Russian misses with a knee strike.
Tostito misses with an elbow over the top.
Tostito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Russian's defenses.
The Russian tries to stall but Tostito uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Russian blocks an elbow strike.
The Russian misses with a knee strike.
The Russian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tostito with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
Tostito throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Russian is trying to maintain a safe position but Tostito gets an underhook and turns The Russian into the cage.
A short left from Tostito.
Tostito lands an elbow just above The Russian 's eye.
The Russian tries to break the clinch but Tostito is controlling the position.
Tostito lands with a right to the head.
The Russian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tostito misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Russian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tostito tries to clinch up but The Russian circles away and keeps his distance.
Some wild striking there from Tostito.
The Russian throws a head kick but Tostito moves out of range.
Tostito drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on The Russian's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Ichiban Tostito will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
The Russian with a jab.
Tostito falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Russian counters with a head kick. That will keep Tostito thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The Russian wants to clinch.
The Russian misses with the combination.
Tostito tries to clinch but The Russian moves out of range.
Tostito pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tostito takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tostito blocks a head kick by The Russian.
A swing and a miss from Tostito.
Tostito throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Russian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tostito closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming The Russian to the mat! The Russian manages to get full guard.
Tostito pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Russian is keeping the position for now.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tostito accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tostito pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Russian is keeping the position for now.
The Russian has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tostito can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The Russian isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Tostito stacks The Russian on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Tostito!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tostito wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Russian keeps working.
Tostito is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. The Russian knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tostito in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tostito is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but The Russian is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tostito working away.
Chuck The Russian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ichiban Tostito is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Russian tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee asks Tostito politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Tostito prefers to stall for the moment though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ichiban Tostito comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tostito has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 46:49
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 48:49
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ichiban Tostito!
Ichiban Tostito is the new light heavyweight champion!
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