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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Karkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santa Clause (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 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Karkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Santa Clause!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Karkov. That snapped Clause's head back.
It looks like Santa Clause has been cut.
Karkov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Clause lands with a nice body kick.
Clause walks into a straight right hand from Karkov.
Clause fails with the takedown.
Clause pushes Karkov up against the cage in a clinch.
Clause drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Clause tries to score a body lock takedown but Karkov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Alex Karkov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Santa Clause.
Clause is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Karkov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Karkov looking to slow down the pace here.
Clause wants a takedown.
Clause avoiding damage as Karkov throws knees to the body.
Clause manages to break the clinch.
Karkov stuns Clause with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clause 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.
Clause looks gassed!
Karkov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Karkov keeping moving, preventing Clause from controlling successfully.
Clause pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Karkov is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkov pushes a forearm under Clause's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Clause is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alex Karkov!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Silver will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugo Sanchez!
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, John Silver!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver has Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez is trying to drag Silver to the mat but Silver just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Silver tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Silver.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Silver avoids it well.
Silver tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Silver tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez has a takedown stuffed.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver throws a nice head kick!
Silver clinches with his opponent.
A right hook to the body lands for Silver.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Silver breaks from the clinch.
Silver digs a good body shot into Sanchez's ribs.
Silver clinches.
Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver clinches up against the cage.
Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silver connects with a high kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver lands with a kick to the ribs.
Silver throws a one two combo.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from Silver.
Silver lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sanchez or not.
Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver forces Sanchez back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Silver.
Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silver clinches.
Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Silver tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Silver throws a right and a left that both miss.
John Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silver instigates a clinch.
Silver breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver drives through and clinches with Sanchez against the cage.
Silver landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good body shot from Silver.
Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver clinches up with Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage.
Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silver moves into the clinch successfully.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silver.
A right hook to the body lands for Silver.
A short left from Silver.
Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.
Silver breaks the clinch.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver scores with a spinning back kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanchez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silver tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Silver rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez can't get the takedown.
Silver lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Silver.
Silver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Silver on the inside.
Silver throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silver breaks the clinch.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, Silver scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silver lands a left hand.
Silver pushes Sanchez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silver lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
A short right from Silver.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silver.
A short right from Silver on the inside.
Silver gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Silver dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez feints and as Silver raises his hands in defense, Sanchez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez 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.
Sanchez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sanchez won't allow Silver to get back to his feet.
Sanchez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Sanchez is looking to stand up but Silver won't let him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Silver shows good takedown defense.
Silver is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silver wants to clinch.
Silver tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silver.
Silver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
Silver has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Silver scores a nice knee to the body.
Silver lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silver unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
John Silver seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A body shot lands from Silver.
Silver lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Nice body punch from Silver.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver is leaning against Sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver works on Sanchez's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hand to the body from Silver.
Silver lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Silver - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Silver.
Silver lands with a left to the head.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Silver cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver wants to clinch.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silver.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Silver has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silver creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Silver shows good takedown defense.
Silver rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.
Silver is working Sanchez over against the cage.
Silver breaks the clinch.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Silver moves into the clinch successfully.
Silver manages to break the clinch.
Silver lands a body shot.
Silver clinches up against the cage.
Silver makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silver prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Silver digs a right hand underneath Sanchez's ribcage. Sanchez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
John Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hugo Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silver showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Silver is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver moves into the clinch.
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!
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silver digs a right hand into Sanchez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sanchez's gas tank.
Silver lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Silver.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silver lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Silver.
Silver is leaning against Sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silver is working Sanchez over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Silver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Silver is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez shoots in looking for a takedown. Silver tries to sprawl out of it but Sanchez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silver manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silver wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silver closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
John Silver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silver is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver clinches with his opponent.
Silver digs a right hand underneath Sanchez's ribcage. Sanchez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silver unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Silver.
Silver throws a combination. Sanchez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silver throws a head kick that half lands.
Silver bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Silver tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Silver.
Silver is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Silver.
Silver unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silver breaks the clinch.
Silver clinches.
John Silver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Silver.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Silver scores with a hook to the body.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanchez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silver walks away with a smile on his face. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sanchez moves forwards but Silver connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sanchez thows a body shot but no joy.
Silver tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches up with Silver, looking for a takedown. Sanchez pushes Silver against the cage but Silver circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hugo Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Silver has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silver is pressed up against the cage. Sanchez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silver down to the mat. Silver avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hugo Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Silver has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silver smiles and moves away.
Good shot there by Silver.
Silver tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silver clinches up against the cage.
Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Silver wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silver instigates a clinch.
A body shot lands from Silver.
Silver gets underhooks to prevent Sanchez's takedown attempt.
Silver lands a shot to the body.
Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silver clinches with his opponent.
Silver stops a takedown attempt from Sanchez.
Knees to the body from Silver.
Sanchez tries to score a body lock takedown but Silver shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short uppercut from Silver.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silver pushes Sanchez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silver gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sanchez has Silver pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silver manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Silver comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silver 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 25:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 24:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Silver!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Steinbach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casper Duelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duelly has chosen Its A Fight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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, Viktor Steinbach!
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, Casper Duelly!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steinbach jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Duelly drives through with a takedown into guard.
Duelly trying to control but Steinbach is working from the bottom.
Steinbach wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Steinbach preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Duelly trying to control but Steinbach is working from the bottom.
Steinbach is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Duelly would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Steinbach is trying to control the position but Duelly postures up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Steinbach throws a shot from downtown. Duelly moves away and avoids it.
Steinbach takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Steinbach stuffs the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Steinbach throws a series of punches but Duelly avoids them all with ease.
Steinbach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duelly was well out of range. Poor timing from Steinbach.
Duelly ducks under a wild hook from Steinbach.
Duelly shoots in but no luck this time.
Duelly shoots for a takedown but Steinbach saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Viktor Steinbach has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casper Duelly.
Duelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steinbach.
Nice shot lands for Steinbach.
The crowd cheers as Steinbach lands an impressive looking overhand right. Duelly doesn't seem phased though.
Duelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Viktor Steinbach is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steinbach misses with a series of wild punches.
Steinbach throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steinbach ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duelly moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duelly shoots in but no luck this time.
Steinbach lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duelly circles away quickly and effectively.
Steinbach misses with a double jab.
Duelly ducks under a wild hook from Steinbach.
Duelly closes this distance looking for a takedown but Steinbach circles away.
Duelly wants to clinch up but Steinbach keeps it at a distance.
Steinbach throws a body punch but Duelly moves out of range.
Duelly fails with a takedown attempt.
Steinbach thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steinbach avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duelly fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steinbach throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Duelly counters with a stiff right hand.
Steinbach misses with a combination
and Duelly counters with a shoot takedown. Steinbach fights it but they end up in guard.
Duelly has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Steinbach working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Steinbach wants to stand but Duelly is controlling the position.
Steinbach is breathing heavily.
Duelly wants to control from the top but Steinbach keeps moving.
Duelly decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Steinbach, up you get!
Duelly walks into a stiff left hand from Steinbach.
Duelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duelly fails to land the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steinbach sizes up Duelly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Duelly shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Steinbach but Steinbach pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Duelly fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Duelly misses with a takedown attempt - Steinbach sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Steinbach tests Duelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice takedown defense from Steinbach. No joy for Duelly on that attempt.
Duelly looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Casper Duelly will probably get the nod.
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.
Steinbach lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Duelly at a distance.
Duelly shoots in for a double leg but Steinbach sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Steinbach falls off balance throwing a combination
and Duelly counters with a nice kick to the body.
Duelly fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Steinbach jabs at Duelly's body.
Steinbach lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duelly circles away quickly and effectively.
Duelly is breathing heavily.
Steinbach misses with a hook to the body
and Duelly counters with a nice low kick that buckles Steinbach's knee momentarily.
Steinbach fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duelly manages to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Steinbach.
Duelly avoids the body shot from Steinbach.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steinbach throws a looping overhand right but Duelly ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Steinbach, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Duelly dodges the punch combination from Steinbach.
No luck for Duelly with that takedown attempt.
Viktor Steinbach has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casper Duelly.
A cross from Steinbach lands.
Steinbach throws a left and a right that both miss
and Duelly counters with a single leg into guard. Steinbach didn't expect that.
Duelly is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Steinbach is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Duelly is controlling him.
Steinbach not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duelly slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Steinbach tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Duelly wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Duelly stands up and beckons Steinbach to his feet.
Duelly looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Duelly lands with a nice body kick.
Duelly connects with a solid leg kick.
Steinbach falls off balance throwing a combination
and Duelly decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Steinbach's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duelly drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Duelly jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Steinbach is looking to stand back up but Duelly counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Steinbach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duelly prevents Steinbach from standing back up.
Steinbach trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Steinbach is not content to let Duelly control the position.
Steinbach wants to control but Duelly is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Steinbach is refusing to be controlled, as Duelly sits in half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A swing and a miss from Steinbach.
Duelly throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Steinbach counter with a right hand.
Duelly connects with a crisp jab.
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.
Duelly closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Duelly decides to stand back up.
Steinbach throws a sloppy body shot
and Duelly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Duelly.
Duelly passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Duelly looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Duelly tries for a kimura but Steinbach is defending well.
Duelly is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Steinbach is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duelly landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Casper Duelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Steinbach misses with a double jab
and Duelly counters with a nice double leg into side control. Steinbach won't be happy with that.
Duelly tries for a kimura but Steinbach is defending well.
Steinbach tries to improve position but can't.
Steinbach regains half guard.
Steinbach is looking to control Duelly's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Steinbach avoid being mounted?
Duelly stops Steinbach from getting back to his feet.
Duelly is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Steinbach!
Duelly dominating with strikes here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Duelly controlling from the full mount.
Duelly avoids the attempt from Steinbach to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steinbach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Duelly has control of Steinbach's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Steinbach regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Steinbach is squirming around, avoiding Duelly's attempts to control the action.
Steinbach is working to get back to half guard.
Steinbach is squirming around, avoiding Duelly's attempts to control the action.
Duelly is going olschool here, as he tries to force Steinbach to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Steinbach shrugs it off.
Steinbach is working to get back to half guard.
That's two 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.
Duelly has control of Steinbach's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Steinbach regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Duelly moves to take his opponent's back.
Steinbach just trying to survive but Duelly is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Steinbach can't escape the position.
Steinbach wants to control his opponent's hands but Duelly gets his hands free.
Viktor Steinbach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steinbach holding both Duelly 's hands and preventing any damage.
Duelly is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Steinbach is defending well though. Duelly let's go of the attempt for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steinbach showing good submission defense here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duelly misses with an elbow to the head.
Steinbach looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Steinbach tries to escape the position.
Steinbach is trying to get back to his feet but Duelly has full control of the position and if anything, Steinbach has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Duelly lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Steinbach.
Duelly is hanging on to Steinbach's back as he tries to escape.
Duelly is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steinbach holding both Duelly 's hands and preventing any damage.
Steinbach is in bad spot here.
Duelly softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Duelly is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Steinbach is defending well though. Duelly let's go of the attempt for now.
Steinbach is trying to shake Duelly off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Duelly won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steinbach throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Casper Duelly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steinbach misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Casper Duelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Duelly 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 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Casper Duelly!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bam Bam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yourn Rotterdam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bam comes to the cage accompanied by Military Soviet Hymn . Rotterdam comes into a darkened arena with his song building. deftones-change kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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250 lbs
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245 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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Basic striking
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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
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bam Bam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yourn Rotterdam!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bam closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bam lands in his opponent's guard.
Rotterdam escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bam gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bam stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rotterdam swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rotterdam works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bam stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rotterdam swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rotterdam is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rotterdam had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Bam is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Rotterdam Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Bam's back instead.
Bam's corner are yelling at him, telling him to just focus on controlling Rotterdam's hands.
Bam rolls, trying to escape but Rotterdam keeps control of the position.
Rotterdam is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Rotterdam patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bam turns into Rotterdam and is now in his guard.
Bam landing with the ground and pound.
Bam passes Rotterdam's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rotterdam looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Rotterdam looks gassed!
Bam scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bam seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rotterdam taking some punishment here, with Bam in his half guard.
Bam scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bam is trying to control. Rotterdam wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rotterdam tries to roll over but Bam keeps him under control.
Rotterdam looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bam is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bam seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rotterdam does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bam drops an elbow to the side of Rotterdam's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bam lands a nice short elbow.
Bam landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bam looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bam is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bam thows a huge punch but Rotterdam dodges it nicely.
Rotterdam is staying active underneath Bam, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bam scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rotterdam is looking to improve his position.
Rotterdam moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bam advances position into side control!
Bam working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bam is chipping away with strikes.
Rotterdam is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bam's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bam lands a nice short elbow.
Bam looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rotterdam with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rotterdam is refusing to be controlled, as Bam sits in half guard.
Bam missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bam seems to be looking for submissions.
Bam missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rotterdam looks like he's trying to stand up.
Rotterdam wants to control but Bam is keeping busy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rotterdam misses with a takedown attempt - Bam sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
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.
Bam misses with a takedown attempt
and Rotterdam counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bam's guard now.
Bam keeping moving, preventing Rotterdam from controlling successfully.
Bam is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rotterdam manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bam missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bam avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bam avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rotterdam looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rotterdam keeping moving, preventing Bam from controlling successfully.
Rotterdam tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bam Bam dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bam tries for a takedown but Rotterdam circles away easily
and Rotterdam counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bam won't be happy with that.
Rotterdam tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Rotterdam working away.
Bam tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rotterdam is trying to get an arm triangle but Bam is defending well.
Bam tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Bam wants to control but Rotterdam postures up.
Rotterdam is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bam knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bam drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bam postures up and lands a big shot to Rotterdam's brow.
Bam working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bam scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rotterdam throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bam lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bam working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rotterdam's head.
Bam postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rotterdam is looking for a triangle but Bam pushes his legs off easily.
Bam avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bam landing with the ground and pound.
Rotterdam is looking to stand up but Bam isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two 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.
Rotterdam trying to strike off his back.
Bam is in close to Rotterdam's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bam content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bam passes Rotterdam's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rotterdam has hold of Bam's hands but Bam slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bam takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bam is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rotterdam defends it well.
Bam thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Rotterdam to regain full guard.
Bam drops back looking for a leg! Rotterdam is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rotterdam manages to kick Bam off! Bam jumps back into Rotterdam's guard.
Rotterdam is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotterdam keeping moving, preventing Bam from controlling successfully.
Bam tries to free his leg and advance position but Rotterdam is retaining full guard.
Rotterdam working for a triangle but Bam defends it easily.
Bam scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rotterdam escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bam gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bam lands a couple of elbows.
Bam trying to control the position from guard on top but Rotterdam is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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.
Rotterdam has momentary wrist control but Bam slips an elbow through the middle.
Bam looking to pass the guard.
Rotterdam working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bam doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bam manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bam landing some decent shots from guard.
Rotterdam is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bam scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rotterdam has his foot on Bam's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bam works his way back into a safe position though.
Bam is working Rotterdam over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rotterdam striking off his back but it's not causing Bam any problems.
Bam passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Yourn Rotterdam will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Bam's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Bam shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rotterdam darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bam wants to get back to full guard.
Bam slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rotterdam drops back looking for a leg! Bam is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bam manages to kick Rotterdam off! Rotterdam jumps back into Bam's guard.
Bam bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rotterdam's guard.
Bam with a nice head shot there.
Bam looking to pass the guard.
Bam trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rotterdam keeping full guard, as Bam tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bam is looking to work some ground and pound but Rotterdam has wrist control.
Rotterdam pushes a forearm under Bam's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Bam is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yourn Rotterdam!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alan King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dustin Barton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dustin Barton has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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24
167 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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20
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alan King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dustin Barton!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has King pinned against the cage. King gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Barton shoots for a double leg takedown but King sprawls well. He's pushed Barton's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
No luck for Barton with that takedown attempt.
Alan King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dustin Barton.
King misses with the combination.
Barton fails to land with a series of punches.
King ducks under a wild hook from Barton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
King tries to roll over but Barton keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barton wants to control but King is keeping him busy.
That's two 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.
King is controlling Barton's trapped leg to prevent Barton from advancing to side control.
The fighters are battling for position here. King manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. King swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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.
Barton wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dustin Barton will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Barton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barton tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
King digs a right hand underneath Barton's ribcage. Barton let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A body shot lands from King.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barton backwards.
Barton swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
King lands a nice uppercut.
King lands a shot to the body.
Barton wants to break the clinch but can't.
King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from King.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from King.
King lands on the inside with an uppercut.
King lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
The referee calls for King to work.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
King lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barton is breathing heavily.
King throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bartons head.
King lands a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from King.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
King lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from King.
King stalling against the cage.
King throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bartons head.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from King.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
King pushes Barton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King pushes Barton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
King taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
King lands an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from King.
A right hand to the body from King.
King stalls.
King lands a body shot in the clinch.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
King lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for King.
King works on Barton's body with a couple of short punches.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
Barton being controlled against the cage.
King presses Barton against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
King lands a body punch.
King lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
King lands a body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for King.
King lands with a left to the head.
King works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
King just leaning against Barton, taking a breather.
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King lands a right hand.
King cracks Barton with a nice body shot.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
King lands with a light punch inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as King takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barton is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barton backwards.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barton backwards.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Barton backwards.
A short body shot lands from King as the two fighters clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hand to the body from King.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
King lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alan King dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Barton fails with an attempt to clinch.
King tries to clinch up.
Barton shoots in for a takedown but King shows good takedown defense.
Barton throws a head kick but King moves out of range.
King scores with a shot to the body.
King lands with an overhand left.
King clinches with his opponent.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
King lands a shot to the body.
Barton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
King lands with a left to the head.
King works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
King pushes Barton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on King - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from King.
King is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barton backwards.
King lands a nice shot to the body.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barton backwards.
King prevents a takedown attempt there.
A left hand lands to the body for King.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from King.
A body shot lands from King.
A short body shot lands from King as the two fighters clinch.
A bit of stalling here from King.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
King will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barton up against the cage.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barton backwards.
Alan King has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Come on King - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
King lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barton or not.
King leaning against his opponent.
Barton has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. King avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Alan King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dustin Barton.
King is working Barton over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
King leaning against his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barton takes a shot to the head.
King lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barton or not.
King lands a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from King.
Barton goes for a takedown attempt but King pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
King tries to clinch but Barton is having none of it.
King drives through and clinches with Barton against the cage.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barton backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
King seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barton lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
King dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
King lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
King'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.
Barton is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.
King works on Barton's body with a couple of short punches.
King lands on the inside with an uppercut.
King lands with a light punch inside.
Barton misses with a short punch on the inside.
King digs a right hand into Barton's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barton's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alan King showed his dominance in that final round.
I think King has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:26
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alan King!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jumalaton Hirmu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baako The African (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hirmu comes to the cage accompanied by Halloween Theme. Jumalaton Hirmu had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Baako The African has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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196 lbs
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23
199 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jumalaton Hirmu!
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, Baako The African!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - The African throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The African gets a takedown into half guard.
The African not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The African lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The African is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hirmu sees it coming and defends easily.
The African uses his free foot to push down on Hirmu's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hirmu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirmu regains half guard.
The African sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hirmu defending well though.
The African not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The African frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The African scoring with strikes but Hirmu is staying in there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The African breaks from Hirmu's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The African avoids the attempt from Hirmu to control.
Hirmu can't escape the position.
Hirmu tries to lock up and control but The African gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The African looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hirmu is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The African is going olschool here, as he tries to force Hirmu to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hirmu shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The African landing strikes from the mount.
The African looking to secure an arm triangle but Hirmu defends it well.
The African goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Hirmu turns into him and now he's in The African's guard.
Hirmu wants to get up but he can't break The African's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The African has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Hirmu is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for The African.
Hirmu wants to lay and pray for a moment but The African keeps working.
The African managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hirmu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baako The African dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The African shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The African landing strikes, looking to finish!
The African working for a guillotine from mount but Hirmu is in no mood to give up.
The African jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Hirmu is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Hirmu and The African has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The African working the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirmu manages to get back to half guard.
The African has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The African is nestled in close to Hirmu, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The African moves into full mount! Hirmu won't be happy about that!
The African connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns Hirmu that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The African has hold of Hirmu's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hirmu manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hirmu is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The African looking for a guillotine from mount but Hirmu is having none of it.
The African looking to finish Hirmu with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hirmu!
The African is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The African working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Hirmu that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The African lands a heavy elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The African is landing with some decent strikes but Hirmu is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The African landing punches.
The African breaks from Hirmu's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The African postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hirmu looks a forlorn figure.
The African breaks from Hirmu's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The African looking to finish Hirmu with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hirmu!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baako The African showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
The African closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hirmu to the mat! Hirmu manages to get full guard.
The African advances position into side control!
The African scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hirmu taking a bit of punishment here - The African scoring with strikes.
The African is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hirmu has escaped the position, nice work there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The African is chipping away with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The African grinds an elbow into Hirmu's temple.
Hirmu gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The African seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The African working over Hirmu with some ground and pound. Hirmu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Baako The African is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The African controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirmu is trying to maintain the position but The African is very close to passing his half guard.
The African content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
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.
The African's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Jumalaton Hirmu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Despite being in the dominant position, Baako The African just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hirmu gets caught flat footed, as The African shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baako The African comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The African has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baako The African!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichiban Tostito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tostito has chosen Hero - Nickelback as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jensen Saint!
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, Ichiban Tostito!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint ducks under a wild hook from Tostito.
Tostito throws out a loose jab but Saint uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tostito throws a chopping leg kick but Saint manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Saint circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tostito pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Saint bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tostito's head backwards.
Tostito moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tostito lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Saint, as that shot connected.
Tostito swinging wilding here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tostito lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saint has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saint and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A head kick misses from Tostito.
Tostito tries to land a front kick but Saint steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tostito throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tostito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tostito tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saint paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint looks for the body kick but Tostito saw that one coming.
Tostito motions for Saint to come forward. Tostito throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tostito moves in looking to clinch but Saint pushes him off.
Jab from Saint.
Tostito looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tostito throws a head kick but Saint moves out of range.
Tostito takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tostito looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tostito lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ichiban Tostito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tostito throws a sloppy head kick and Saint moves out of range easily.
Ichiban Tostito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Saint.
Saint lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Saint.
Tostito looks to land a body kick but Saint moved away.
Jab from Saint.
Tostito throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Saint counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tostito!
Tostito looks gassed!
Tostito takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saint trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Saint lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Saint is landing with some decent strikes but Tostito is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Saint is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Saint 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.
Saint trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Saint lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tostito hang on?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tostito?
Tostito tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tostito takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Saint fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tostito is rocked!
Tostito is bucking up trying to escape but Saint cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tostito is still in real trouble! Can Saint finish him?
Tostito is squirming around, avoiding Saint's attempts to control the action.
Tostito seems to have recovered his senses.
Tostito tries to reverse the position but Saint maintains control.
Tostito is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Saint.
Saint looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Saint has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tostito's face.
Tostito is bucking up trying to escape but Saint cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Saint lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Saint.
Saint looking to control but Tostito is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Saint lands with some strikes.
Saint has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Tostito is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jensen Saint!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Krystov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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155 lbs
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163 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seppo Taalasmaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Krystov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taalasmaa lunges at Krystov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Krystov's hand.
Krystov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Taalasmaa looks to throw the jab but Krystov is out of range.
Krystov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Taalasmaa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Krystov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Krystov looking for a sweep. Not yet Krystov, not yet.
Krystov keeping moving, preventing Taalasmaa from controlling successfully.
Taalasmaa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Taalasmaa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Taalasmaa trying to control the position from guard on top but Krystov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Krystov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Krystov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krystov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taalasmaa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Krystov is keeping the position for now.
Krystov can't keep his opponent in guard - Taalasmaa advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Krystov tries to roll over but Taalasmaa keeps him under control.
Taalasmaa is looking to take a break and control but Krystov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Taalasmaa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Krystov defends it well.
Taalasmaa working over Krystov with some ground and pound. Krystov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krystov trying to control but Taalasmaa postures up.
Taalasmaa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Taalasmaa drops an elbow to the side of Krystov's head.
Taalasmaa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Taalasmaa drops an elbow to the side of Krystov's head.
Krystov moves into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taalasmaa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Krystov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taalasmaa is one step ahead there.
Krystov has momentary wrist control but Taalasmaa slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Taalasmaa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Taalasmaa trying to control the position from guard on top but Krystov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Krystov is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krystov won't allow Taalasmaa to sweep him here.
Krystov stays in close to Taalasmaa's body and controls the position.
Krystov's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Taalasmaa throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Taalasmaa punching from the bottom - just letting Krystov know he's still in a fight.
Taalasmaa looking for subs off his back but Krystov has passed one foot through into half guard.
Taalasmaa gets back to full guard.
Taalasmaa keeping moving, preventing Krystov from controlling successfully.
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.
Krystov is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Taalasmaa striking from his own guard.
Taalasmaa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Taalasmaa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Taalasmaa looking to control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Krystov misses with a takedown
and Taalasmaa counters with a takedown into side control.
Seppo Taalasmaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Krystov.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taalasmaa working the ground and pound from side control.
Krystov is looking to reverse the position.
Krystov looks gassed!
Taalasmaa scoring with punches from side control.
Krystov is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seppo Taalasmaa 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.
Krystov 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.
Taalasmaa looking for a sweep. Not yet Taalasmaa, not yet.
Taalasmaa wants to stand and escape but Krystov is having none of it.
Taalasmaa tries to strike from the bottom.
Krystov preventing the sweep.
Taalasmaa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Taalasmaa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Taalasmaa thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Krystov controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Krystov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Krystov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Krystov lands a big elbow.
Krystov avoids the attempt from Taalasmaa to control.
Krystov landing punches.
Taalasmaa tries to hold on but Krystov postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Krystov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Taalasmaa's head.
Taalasmaa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Krystov is looking to take a break and control but Taalasmaa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Taalasmaa punching from the bottom.
Taalasmaa works his way to full guard. Good work.
Krystov tries to free his leg and advance position but Taalasmaa is retaining full guard.
Krystov is breathing heavily.
Krystov pushing down on Taalasmaa's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Taalasmaa wants to control but Krystov is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Taalasmaa is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Krystov is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Krystov lands strikes from half guard.
Taalasmaa is looking for a sweep. Krystov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Taalasmaa wants to control but Krystov is keeping busy.
Krystov misses with a head shot. Taalasmaa uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa keeping full guard, as Krystov tries to pass.
Taalasmaa wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Krystov slips a straight right by Taalasmaa.
Krystov slips under a jab.
Krystov has his takedown stuffed
and Taalasmaa counters with a right hand to the body.
Krystov gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Krystov can't keep his opponent in guard - Taalasmaa advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Krystov controlling the position for now.
Seppo Taalasmaa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Taalasmaa prevents Krystov from improving his position.
Taalasmaa drops an elbow to the side of Krystov's head.
Taalasmaa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Taalasmaa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Taalasmaa winds up and cracks Krystov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Taalasmaa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Krystov is looking to improve his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taalasmaa lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa escapes and gets back to his feet.
Krystov gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Taalasmaa counters by clinching up.
Taalasmaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Krystov tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Taalasmaa just stands there and leans against the cage.
Seppo Taalasmaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexander Krystov.
Taalasmaa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taalasmaa tries to throw a body punch but Krystov avoids it by throwing Taalasmaa back against the cage.
Taalasmaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Krystov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taalasmaa lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa is trying to trip Krystov. He has hold of a leg but Krystov is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Taalasmaa persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Krystov controls Taalasmaa momentarily but Taalasmaa frees himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krystov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Taalasmaa chips away with some ground and pound.
Krystov trying to strike off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seppo Taalasmaa dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Krystov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Krystov checks a leg kick nicely.
Taalasmaa forces Krystov back against the cage and clinches.
Taalasmaa misses with a knee strike.
Krystov prevents the takedown attempt.
Taalasmaa prevents the takedown attempt.
A body shot lands from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taalasmaa working aggressively here.
Taalasmaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Krystov.
Taalasmaa prevents the takedown attempt.
Taalasmaa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krystov backwards.
Taalasmaa can't find room to land a body shot as Krystov controls the action.
Taalasmaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Taalasmaa misses its intended target.
Krystov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Taalasmaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Taalasmaa tries a low kick but Krystov avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa scores with a leg kick.
Taalasmaa decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Taalasmaa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Krystov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Krystov taking some punishment here, with Taalasmaa in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Taalasmaa there.
Taalasmaa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Krystov tries to roll over but Taalasmaa keeps him under control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taalasmaa lands a nice short elbow.
Krystov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Taalasmaa has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Krystov takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Krystov's face.
Taalasmaa cracks Krystov with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Taalasmaa scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Krystov?
Taalasmaa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Krystov hang on?
Taalasmaa tries to control but Krystov wriggling away.
Krystov is in a horrible position here. Taalasmaa smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Taalasmaa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taalasmaa swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Krystov is now in Taalasmaa's guard. A big mistake from Taalasmaa there, giving up the dominant position!
Krystov passes Taalasmaa's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Taalasmaa actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krystov wants to pass the guard but Taalasmaa is defending well.
Taalasmaa trying to control from the bottom.
Krystov has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Taalasmaa defend it? Krystov steps over the head and cranks it - Taalasmaa is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Krystov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alexander Krystov!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Borre Oppeboen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mo Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Solid boxing
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Borre Oppeboen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mo Mason!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mason ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oppeboen moves away.
Oppeboen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
It looks like Mo Mason has been cut.
Mason throws a head kick that misses.
Mo Mason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oppeboen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oppeboen looks to land a left hand but Mason moved out of range nicely.
Oppeboen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mason's head backwards.
Oppeboen throws a hook but Mason blocks it.
Mason swings for the body but Oppeboen moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Mason.
Oppeboen slips a jab and a cross from Mason.
Oppeboen blocks a leg kick.
Mason fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Oppeboen fails to land with a series of punches.
Mason misses with a looping right.
Oppeboen throws a series of punches but Mason moves out of range.
Mason has a takedown stuffed.
Mason shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Oppeboen as he avoids it easily.
Borre Oppeboen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mo Mason.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Oppeboen tries to avoid it but Mason manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Oppeboen to the ground. Oppeboen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mason fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oppeboen manages to avoid it.
Oppeboen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oppeboen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mason backs up against the cage.
Mason looks gassed!
Oppeboen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Oppeboen.
Oppeboen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mason counters with a stiff right hand.
Mason takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Oppeboen throws a right hand that Mason ducks under and follows up with a left that Mason also avoids with ease.
Nice combo by Oppeboen! Oh, that's hurt him - Mason falls to the canvas and Oppeboen follows him into side control.
Oppeboen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mason to see if he's OK.
Oppeboen grinds an elbow into Mason's temple.
That has opened up Mo Mason's cut even more.
Oppeboen lands some shots froms side control.
The cut above Mo Mason's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mo Mason's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Borre Oppeboen!
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