IFL 4 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Dzemilli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Butsikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dzemilli kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Nuke in coming. Ivan Butsikov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dzemilli
vs
Butsikov

220 cm
25
257 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

208 cm
19
240 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Dzemilli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Butsikov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dzemilli looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Dzemilli looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Butsikov!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Butsikov tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Dzemilli stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Dzemilli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Butsikov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dzemilli doesn't manage to clinch there - Butsikov circles away.
Butsikov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dzemilli sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dzemilli dodges the punch combination from Butsikov.
Butsikov misses with a two punch combination.
Dzemilli tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Butsikov counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Dzemilli uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Dzemilli tries to clinch up
and Butsikov counters with a left and a right that stings Dzemilli.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butsikov looks for a takedown but Dzemilli sprawls well.

Dzemilli scores a takedown into full mount!

Dzemilli stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Dzemilli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Dzemilli throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Butsikov tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dzemilli is in Butsikov's guard.
Butsikov working a defensive guard here.

Dzemilli gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dzemilli fails with the takedown
and Butsikov counters with a two punch combo.

Dzemilli gets a double leg takedown into Butsikov's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli wanted to stand there but Butsikov had control of the position.
Dzemilli has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dzemilli is breathing heavily.
Butsikov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dzemilli trying to stand up but can't free himself from Butsikov's guard.

Dzemilli gets to his feet - Butsikov follows without any prompting.
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!
Butsikov misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Alex Dzemilli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Butsikov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Butsikov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dzemilli throws a leg kick but Butsikov sees it coming and moves out of range.

Dzemilli scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Dzemilli decides to stand back up. Dzemilli steps back and let's Butsikov get back to his feet.

Dzemilli shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Butsikov napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Butsikov tries to improve position but can't.

Dzemilli stands up and beckons Butsikov to his feet.

Butsikov gets a takedown into half guard.

Dzemilli pushes Butsikov off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli looks to land a combination but Butsikov avoids it well.
Dzemilli tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Butsikov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Butsikov tries a head kick but it misses.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dzemilli.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dzemilli stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Dzemilli shoots for a double leg takedown but Butsikov sprawls well. He's pushed Dzemilli's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Butsikov jabs at Dzemilli's body.
Dzemilli throws a left and a right that both miss

and Butsikov counters with a single leg into guard. Dzemilli didn't expect that.
Dzemilli is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli is looking to stand back up but Butsikov counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Dzemilli.
Dzemilli is trying to stand.
Butsikov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dzemilli does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Dzemilli pushes Butsikov off and gets back to his feet.

Dzemilli shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dzemilli was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Dzemilli get's back to his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Butsikov throws a right and a left that Dzemilli avoids nicely.
Butsikov swats away the attempt to clinch by Dzemilli.

Dzemilli moves into the clinch.
Butsikov is trying to break the clinch but Dzemilli is controlling him.
Butsikov can't break the clinch.
Butsikov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dzemilli has him pressed against the cage.
Butsikov has had enough of the clinch but Dzemilli keeps him there for the moment.

Dzemilli has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Butsikov uses from the top position.

Dzemilli has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Butsikov off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Dzemilli fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Butsikov to the ground. Dzemilli is now in Butsikov's guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli stops Butsikov from standing up.

Dzemilli gets to his feet. Butsikov looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Dzemilli is looking to clinch.

Butsikov gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dzemilli wants to stand but Butsikov is controlling his posture from full guard.

Dzemilli gets to his feet. Butsikov looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Butsikov misses with the combination.

Dzemilli looking to score a takedown here. Butsikov is defending well but Dzemilli drives through and ends up in Butsikov's guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Dzemilli stands up from Butsikov's guard - Dzemilli perhaps looking for a knockout.
Butsikov tries a head kick but it misses.
Dzemilli connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dzemilli tries to close the distance and clinch but Butsikov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dzemilli tries to score a power double leg takedown but Butsikov sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dzemilli somewhat.
Dzemilli shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Butsikov pinned against the cage. Butsikov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dzemilli tries for a takedown but Butsikov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Butsikov misses with a double jab.
Dzemilli closes the distance but Butsikov moves to the side
and Butsikov counters with a body kick.
Dzemilli fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Butsikov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dzemilli back to the cage. Butsikov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A head kick misses from Butsikov.
Butsikov looks to land a combination but Dzemilli avoids it well.
Butsikov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dzemilli really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Butsikov throws a one two combo.

Dzemilli rushes Butsikov and presses him up against the cage.
Dzemilli has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Butsikov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Butsikov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Butsikov is looking to break free of the clinch but Dzemilli has double underhooks.

Dzemilli turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Dzemilli manages to end up in side control.
Dzemilli tries to stand but Butsikov is controlling his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Dzemilli 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.

Butsikov misses with a series of wild punches.
Butsikov misses with the combination.

Dzemilli closes the distance and clinches.
Dzemilli keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Butsikov's efforts to push away.
Butsikov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Butsikov can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butsikov can't break the clinch.
Butsikov is trying to push Dzemilli away but Dzemilli has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Butsikov is breathing heavily.
Butsikov is trying to break the clinch but Dzemilli has him pressed against the cage.

Dzemilli works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Dzemilli prevents Butsikov from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dzemilli gets to his feet. Butsikov looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Dzemilli shoots in looking for a takedown but Butsikov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dzemilli's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Butsikov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dzemilli shoots in for a takedown but Butsikov shows good takedown defense.
Dzemilli shoots and misses
and Butsikov counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Dzemilli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Butsikov!
Butsikov throws a series of punches but Dzemilli avoids them all with ease.
Butsikov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dzemilli.

Dzemilli shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Butsikov is trying to defend but Dzemilli finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are battling for position here. Butsikov manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dzemilli decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Dzemilli misses with a double jab
and Butsikov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Butsikov misses with a series of wild punches.

Dzemilli shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dzemilli wants to stand up but Butsikov is controlling the position.
Butsikov is looking to improve his position.

Dzemilli stands up out of the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dzemilli changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Butsikov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Dzemilli decides to stand back up. Dzemilli steps back and let's Butsikov get back to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dzemilli.

Dzemilli is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Butsikov's half guard.
Dzemilli tries to stand and escape but Butsikov is controlling the position.

Dzemilli escapes and gets back to his feet.
Dzemilli throws a combination that misses
and Butsikov counters with a one-two to the body.

Dzemilli closes the distance and pushes Butsikov back into the cage.
Butsikov goes for a takedown attempt but Dzemilli pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Dzemilli changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Butsikov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butsikov is looking to regain half guard here but Dzemilli keeps moving and retains side control.

Dzemilli stands up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Dzemilli shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Butsikov is trying to escape the mount.
Butsikov is squirming around, avoiding Dzemilli's attempts to control the action.
Butsikov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Dzemilli gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!

Dzemilli scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Dzemilli decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Dzemilli tries to clinch up.
Butsikov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Butsikov misses with a kick to the body.
A left lands for Dzemilli.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Dzemilli shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Butsikov's guard.
Dzemilli trying to stand up but can't free himself from Butsikov's guard.
Butsikov looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Alex Dzemilli overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Dzemilli gets to his feet. Butsikov looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Dzemilli scores with a jab.
Dzemilli tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Butsikov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dzemilli is looking to clinch.
Dzemilli is looking to clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Dzemilli misses

and Butsikov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Butsikov.
Butsikov trying to control but Dzemilli is working from the bottom.

Dzemilli has his feet on Butsikov's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Dzemilli scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Dzemilli decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Alex Dzemilli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dzemilli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dzemilli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Butsikov can pounce on him.

Dzemilli is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Butsikov's half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dzemilli seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Dzemilli decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Dzemilli shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Butsikov has a closed guard, preventing Dzemilli from standing up.
Dzemilli stops Butsikov from standing up.
Butsikov looking for a sweep. Not yet Butsikov, not yet.

Dzemilli stands and steps away. Butsikov gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Dzemilli scores with a takedown into Butsikov's guard.

Dzemilli decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli stuffs the takedown attempt from Butsikov. Butsikov gets slowly back to his feet.

Dzemilli has Butsikov up against the cage in a clinch.

Dzemilli has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Butsikov uses from the top position.
Butsikov pushing down on Dzemilli's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dzemilli is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Dzemilli dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dzemilli shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Butsikov is trying to defend but Dzemilli finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Dzemilli stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Dzemilli misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dzemilli with a lazy takedown attempt

and Butsikov counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dzemilli is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Butsikov can do to turn this around?
Dzemilli looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Butsikov slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dzemilli is looking to escape.
Dzemilli 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.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Butsikov tries to stand and escape but Dzemilli is controlling the position.
Dzemilli is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Dzemilli kicks off Butsikov and gets to his feet.
Dzemilli keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dzemilli throws a head kick that misses

and Butsikov counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dzemilli is looking to stand up but Butsikov isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Butsikov manages to pass to side control.
Dzemilli wants to get back to his feet.

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.
Dzemilli is refusing to be controlled, as Butsikov sits in half guard.
Dzemilli is trying to stand.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Butsikov wants to stand but Dzemilli has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Dzemilli kicks off Butsikov and gets to his feet.
Dzemilli fails to land with a series of punches.
Dzemilli throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Butsikov counters with a three punch combo that has Dzemilli backing up. Dzemilli nods at Butsikov to acknowledge the strikes.
Dzemilli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Butsikov shoots in for a takedown but Dzemilli shows good takedown defense.
Butsikov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dzemilli sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Alex Dzemilli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Butsikov.

Dzemilli closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Butsikov did well to prevent Dzemilli getting side control.

Dzemilli stands up and beckons Butsikov to join him on the feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Butsikov.
Dzemilli is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dzemilli shoots for a double leg takedown but Butsikov sprawls well. He's pushed Dzemilli's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Butsikov looks for a takedown but Dzemilli sprawls well.
Dzemilli doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Butsikov counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Dzemilli kicks Butsikov off and gets back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horrible takedown by Butsikov or perhaps it was just good defense by Dzemilli which made him look bad.
Dzemilli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dzemilli lands a two punch combo.
Dzemilli has a takedown stuffed.
Alex Dzemilli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Butsikov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dzemilli back to the cage. Butsikov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A punch combination from Butsikov misses.
Butsikov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dzemilli.
Butsikov swinging wildly here.

Dzemilli shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Butsikov's guard.
Dzemilli will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Butsikov is on top in guard.
Dzemilli is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Butsikov is controlling him.
Dzemilli has a closed guard, preventing Butsikov from standing up.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Dzemilli uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Butsikov misses with a low kick.
Butsikov dodges the punch combination from Dzemilli.
Dzemilli with a lazy takedown attempt
and Butsikov finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Dzemilli dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Butsikov. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Butsikov. Those never looked like landing.
Dzemilli shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Butsikov counters with a two punch combo.
Butsikov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dzemilli looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Butsikov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dzemilli shoots and misses
and Butsikov finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Butsikov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dzemilli sprawls well. Dzemilli wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Butsikov gets slowly back to his feet.
Dzemilli is trying hard to land a takedown here. Butsikov sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dzemilli is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Butsikov.
Butsikov keeps the fight on the outside.
Butsikov keeps the fight on the outside.
Dzemilli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Dzemilli gets the takedown into side control.
Dzemilli prevents Butsikov from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Ivan Butsikov just about did enough to take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dzemilli shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Butsikov is trying to defend but Dzemilli finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dzemilli seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Dzemilli postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Butsikov to stand up.
Dzemilli tries for a takedown but Butsikov circles away easily
and Butsikov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Butsikov shoots in looking for a takedown. Dzemilli tries to sprawl out of it but Butsikov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dzemilli manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dzemilli with a lazy takedown attempt

so Butsikov counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Dzemilli manages to escape and get back to his feet.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

Butsikov gets a double leg takedown into Dzemilli's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dzemilli wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Butsikov manages to pass to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dzemilli pushes Butsikov off looking to stand but Butsikov dives back in and keeps control.
Dzemilli on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dzemilli tries to get out of the position.

Dzemilli makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Butsikov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dzemilli shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Butsikov sprawls well. Butsikov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dzemilli gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Dzemilli. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dzemilli is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sloppy strikes from Butsikov. Those never looked like landing.
Dzemilli tries to close the distance and clinch but Butsikov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Butsikov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dzemilli shoots and misses

and Butsikov decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Dzemilli's guard.
Dzemilli wants to get back to his feet but Butsikov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Dzemilli uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Dzemilli is predictable there
and Butsikov counters with a body kick that stops Dzemilli in his tracks momentarily.
Dzemilli shoots and misses

and Butsikov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Butsikov.
Butsikov prevents Dzemilli from getting back to his feet.
Butsikov tries to stand but Dzemilli is controlling from the bottom.

Dzemilli scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Butsikov misses with a double jab.
Dzemilli misses with a takedown attempt - Butsikov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A combination from Butsikov does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli with a lazy takedown attempt
and Butsikov counters with a body kick that stops Dzemilli in his tracks momentarily.
Butsikov throws a right hand that Dzemilli ducks under and follows up with a left that Dzemilli also avoids with ease.
Butsikov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dzemilli as he jumps to the side.
Dzemilli feints and then cracks Butsikov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Butsikov down.

Dzemilli drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Dzemilli decides to stand back up.
Dzemilli tries for a takedown but Butsikov circles away easily
and Butsikov counters with a body kick that stops Dzemilli in his tracks momentarily.
Dzemilli shoots in and drives through. Butsikov sprawls well.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Butsikov.

Dzemilli closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli wants to stand up but Butsikov has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Butsikov wants to get back to his feet.

Dzemilli decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Dzemilli will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Dzemilli manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Butsikov on his heels. He'll look to pass Butsikov's guard now, I'm sure.
Dzemilli tries to stand but Butsikov is controlling from the bottom.
Dzemilli stopping the sweep attempt from Butsikov.
Butsikov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli postures up.
Butsikov is looking to stand up but Dzemilli isn't so interested in that idea.

Dzemilli decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Butsikov, up you get!

Dzemilli closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Butsikov's guard.

Dzemilli decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Butsikov, up you get!
Dzemilli tries for a takedown but Butsikov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Butsikov throws a series of punches but Dzemilli moves out of range.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Butsikov wants to break free but Dzemilli has control.
Butsikov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Dzemilli decides to pull guard.
Dzemilli wants to stand and escape but Butsikov is having none of it.

Dzemilli scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Dzemilli tries to clinch up but Butsikov circles away and keeps his distance.
Dzemilli misses with a takedown
and Butsikov counters with a solid body kick.
Dzemilli throws a nice outside leg kick.
Butsikov throws a right hand that Dzemilli ducks under and follows up with a left that Dzemilli also avoids with ease.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Butsikov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dzemilli shoots in for a takedown but Butsikov shows good takedown defense.
Dzemilli misses with a takedown

and Butsikov counters with a shoot takedown. Dzemilli fights it but they end up in guard.
Dzemilli is wriggling around but Butsikov manages to pass to half guard.
Butsikov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dzemilli keeps working.
Butsikov prevents Dzemilli from standing back up.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Butsikov in particular looking to stall.
Butsikov prevents Dzemilli from standing back up.
Butsikov passes to side control.
The strikes coming from Butsikov are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Butsikov prevents Dzemilli from escaping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dzemilli is looking to get back to his feet here but Butsikov is keeping cool and he's managed to take Dzemilli's back.
Dzemilli is trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Alex Dzemilli will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dzemilli has a takedown stuffed.
Butsikov throws a series of punches but Dzemilli avoids them all with ease.
Dzemilli fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Butsikov tries for a takedown but Dzemilli sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dzemilli shoots in but Butsikov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Dzemilli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Butsikov misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butsikov throws a right hand that Dzemilli ducks under and follows up with a left that Dzemilli also avoids with ease.
Butsikov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dzemilli circles away quickly and effectively.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Butsikov throws a series of punches but Dzemilli avoids them all with ease.

Dzemilli gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dzemilli decides to pull guard.
Butsikov wants to control from the top but Dzemilli keeps moving.
Butsikov prevents Dzemilli from getting back to his feet.
Dzemilli wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Butsikov manages to pass to side control.
Dzemilli pushes Butsikov off looking to stand but Butsikov dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Dzemilli has one foot on Butsikov's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Dzemilli misses with a takedown

and Butsikov counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dzemilli!

Dzemilli bucks up and throws Butsikov to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Dzemilli shoots in looking for a takedown. Butsikov tries to sprawl out of it but Dzemilli keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Butsikov manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Dzemilli rushes Butsikov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dzemilli manages to pull guard.
Dzemilli wants to stand and escape but Butsikov is having none of it.
Dzemilli is wriggling around but Butsikov manages to pass to half guard.

Butsikov stands up from half guard.
Dzemilli closes this distance looking for a takedown but Butsikov circles away.
Butsikov shoots in for a takedown but Dzemilli shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Dzemilli dives in and scores a takedown into Butsikov's guard.

Butsikov kicks Dzemilli off and gets to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dzemilli fails with a takedown attempt.
Dzemilli tries to clinch up but Butsikov circles away and keeps his distance.
Dzemilli misses with a takedown attempt

and Butsikov counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dzemilli's guard now.
Dzemilli wants to stand but Butsikov is controlling the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli is looking to stand back up but Butsikov counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Dzemilli.

Dzemilli has one foot on Butsikov's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Butsikov shoots in looking for a takedown. Dzemilli tries to sprawl out of it but Butsikov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dzemilli manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Dzemilli clinches.
Butsikov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Butsikov has had enough of the clinch but Dzemilli keeps him there for the moment.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dzemilli prevents Butsikov from breaking the clinch.

Dzemilli jumps into guard, dragging Butsikov to the mat.
Dzemilli has a closed guard, preventing Butsikov from standing up.

Dzemilli scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Butsikov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dzemilli.

Dzemilli closes the distance and clinches.

Dzemilli manages to pull guard.

Dzemilli manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Dzemilli dodges the punch combination from Butsikov.

Dzemilli moves into the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Butsikov wants to break the clinch but can't.

Dzemilli pulls guard effortlessly.

Dzemilli uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Butsikov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dzemilli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Dzemilli decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Dzemilli stands up out of the half guard.
Dzemilli doesn't manage to clinch there - Butsikov circles away.
Butsikov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dzemilli will feel that in the morning.
Dzemilli shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Butsikov counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Dzemilli pushes Butsikov off and gets back to his feet.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Butsikov misses with a wild combination.

Dzemilli closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Butsikov to the mat! Butsikov manages to get full guard.
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!
Dzemilli wants to stand but Butsikov is controlling his posture from full guard.

Dzemilli gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dzemilli doesn't manage to clinch there - Butsikov circles away.

Dzemilli scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dzemilli wants to get back to his feet.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Dzemilli decides to stand and escape the position.
Dzemilli with a poor takedown
and Butsikov counters with a leg kick.

Butsikov drives through with a takedown into guard.
Butsikov trying to control but Dzemilli is working from the bottom.
Dzemilli wants to stand but Butsikov is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dzemilli has his feet on Butsikov's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Ivan Butsikov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sloppy strikes from Butsikov. Those never looked like landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Dzemilli showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dzemilli 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 50:46
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 49:47
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Dzemilli!

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ilya Porunov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Harry Moon enters the cage!

Porunov
vs
Moon

190 cm
18
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

181 cm
19
193 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Absolution 159 ($79)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilya Porunov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry Moon!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Moon closes the distance and pushes Porunov back into the cage.

Moon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Porunov shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Moon counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Moon gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Porunov regains guard.
Porunov is looking to stand up but Moon isn't so interested in that idea.

Moon drops back looking for a leg! Porunov is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Porunov manages to kick Moon off! Moon jumps back into Porunov's guard.

Moon drops back looking for a leg! Porunov is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Porunov manages to kick Moon off! Moon jumps back into Porunov's guard.
Moon postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon wants to pass the guard but Porunov is keeping the position.
Moon must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Porunov manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Moon manages to get himself to full guard.

Moon has his foot on Porunov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Porunov works his way back into a safe position though.
Porunov wants to control from the top but Moon keeps moving.

Moon escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Porunov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Porunov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Moon escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Porunov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Moon has an active guard here but Porunov has managed to pass into half guard.
Moon looks gassed!

Moon looking for a kimura from the bottom but Porunov passes into side control!
Porunov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moon keeps working.
Moon tries to buck Porunov off but Porunov is having none of it.
Moon is not content to let Porunov control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Porunov in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Moon is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ilya Porunov!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
41%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Meshkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Pustoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Meshkov
vs
Pustoy

190 cm
18
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuri Meshkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Pustoy!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pustoy tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Meshkov counters with a takedown into side control.
Pustoy gets back to half guard.
Pustoy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Meshkov is working away from the top position though.
Meshkov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pustoy is looking for a sweep. Meshkov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Meshkov is looking to take a break and control but Pustoy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pustoy won't allow Meshkov to pass to mount.
Meshkov thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Pustoy to regain full guard.
Meshkov thows a big elbow that misses.
Meshkov connects with a couple of short punches.
Meshkov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Meshkov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Meshkov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Meshkov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meshkov trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pustoy's guard.
Meshkov controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Meshkov distracts Pustoy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Meshkov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Meshkov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pustoy keeping full guard, as Meshkov tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pustoy is on top in guard.
Pustoy trying to control but Meshkov is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov controlling Pustoy's posture.
Meshkov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pustoy is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov is adopting a defensive guard.
Meshkov's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

We're going to have a standup here because Yuri Meshkov wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Meshkov slips a jab from Pustoy.
Meshkov misses with a takedown

and Pustoy moves into the clinch.
Pustoy misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pustoy prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pustoy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pustoy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Meshkov.
Pustoy prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuri Meshkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meshkov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Meshkov is trying to drag Pustoy to the mat but Pustoy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Meshkov is breathing heavily.
Pustoy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Meshkov.
Meshkov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meshkov blocks a body shot from Pustoy.
Pustoy tries a body shot but Meshkov blocks it.
Pustoy tries to land knees in the clinch but Meshkov avoids the damage to the body.
Meshkov avoids a wild elbow strike from Pustoy.
Meshkov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pustoy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Meshkov is trying to push Pustoy away but Pustoy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Pustoy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meshkov moves out of range of the strikes.
Meshkov shoots and misses

and Pustoy counters by clinching up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Pustoy breaks from the clinch.

Pustoy moves into the clinch.
Pustoy prevents Meshkov from breaking the clinch.
Meshkov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pustoy trying to land knees to the body.
Meshkov fails to pull guard.
Pustoy is trying to break free.
Meshkov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pustoy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pustoy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Meshkov avoids it.
Pustoy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Meshkov avoids it.
Meshkov tries to circle away but Pustoy has him pinned against the cage.
Pustoy struggles to land a body shot inside as Meshkov controls his hands.
Meshkov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pustoy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Meshkov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pustoy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pustoy misses with a punch to the body.
Pustoy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Meshkov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Meshkov taking a breather.

That's six 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.
Meshkov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pustoy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pustoy obliges.
Meshkov tries for a takedown but Pustoy manages to get underhooks.
Pustoy lands an elbow that stopped Meshkov in his tracks for a moment.

Pustoy breaks the clinch.
Meshkov swinging wildly here.
Pustoy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pustoy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Meshkov has his takedown stuffed

and Pustoy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pustoy.
Pustoy missing with knees to the body.
Meshkov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pustoy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Pustoy.
Pustoy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Meshkov avoids it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov blocks an elbow strike from Pustoy.
Pustoy is trying to stall.
Meshkov is trying to drag Pustoy to the mat but Pustoy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Pustoy tries to land knees in the clinch but Meshkov avoids the damage to the body.
Pustoy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meshkov's efforts to push away.
Meshkov is trying to drag Pustoy to the mat but Pustoy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Meshkov tries for a takedown but Pustoy manages to get underhooks.
Pustoy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Meshkov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pustoy.
Meshkov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pustoy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nice elbow from Pustoy.
Pustoy crunches a lovely knee into Meshkov's ribcage.
Pustoy misses with a punch to the body.
Pustoy is pressed up against the cage. Meshkov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pustoy down to the mat. Pustoy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Meshkov shoots and misses
and Pustoy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Meshkov gets tackled into the cage by Pustoy. Pustoy maintains the clinch.
Pustoy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Meshkov.
Meshkov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pustoy fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Pustoy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Meshkov, pushing him back against the cage.

Pustoy decides to pull guard.
Pustoy keeping moving, preventing Meshkov from controlling successfully.
Meshkov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pustoy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meshkov is one step ahead there.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Meshkov preventing the sweep.
Meshkov landing with the ground and pound.
Meshkov with a nice head shot there.

Pustoy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Meshkov defends well.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Meshkov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Meshkov scoring with some ground and pound.
Meshkov works over Pustoy with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Yuri Meshkov will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Meshkov shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pustoy is trying to defend but Meshkov finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pustoy is looking to improve his position.
Meshkov trying to control the action but Pustoy is working from the bottom.

Meshkov is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pustoy defends it well.

Pustoy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Meshkov is nestled in close to Pustoy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Meshkov.
Pustoy is breathing heavily.

Meshkov wants to work for an arm triangle but Pustoy is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Pustoy has hold of Meshkov's hands but Meshkov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Meshkov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pustoy tries to roll over but Meshkov keeps him under control.
Meshkov is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Pustoy actively working from the bottom here.
Meshkov is controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Meshkov working Pustoy over with strikes.
Pustoy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Meshkov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Meshkov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pustoy on the ground.
Meshkov performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Pustoy taking some punishment here, with Meshkov in his half guard.
Meshkov working over Pustoy with some ground and pound. Pustoy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Yuri Meshkov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Meshkov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pustoy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Meshkov content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pustoy tries to roll over but Meshkov keeps him under control.
Meshkov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Meshkov keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Pustoy actively working from the bottom here.
Meshkov drops an elbow to the side of Pustoy's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pustoy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Meshkov controlling the action here.
Meshkov scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Meshkov takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Meshkov is nestled in close to Pustoy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Meshkov prevents Pustoy from improving his position.
Meshkov working Pustoy over with strikes.
Meshkov wants to free his trapped foot but Pustoy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Meshkov is working hard here to advance position.
Pustoy is trying to get back to full guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Meshkov wants to work for an arm triangle but Pustoy is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Pustoy taking some punishment here, with Meshkov in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Meshkov there.
Meshkov working over Pustoy with some ground and pound. Pustoy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Meshkov wants to pass to mount but Pustoy is defending the position.
Meshkov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Meshkov working Pustoy over with strikes.
Meshkov perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov is nestled in close to Pustoy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Meshkov lands strikes from half guard.
Meshkov lands with a punch from half guard.
Pustoy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Meshkov controlling the action here.
Meshkov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pustoy won't allow Meshkov to pass to mount.
Pustoy tries to get to full guard but Meshkov has control of the leg.
Pustoy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Meshkov has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Pustoy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Meshkov landing strikes, looking to finish!
Meshkov has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pustoy's face.
Meshkov landing punches.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pustoy looks a forlorn figure.
Pustoy working to try and regain half guard.
Meshkov scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Meshkov controlling from the full mount.
Pustoy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pustoy is in a horrible position here. Meshkov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Meshkov with a couple of short strikes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov with a couple of short strikes.
Meshkov landing strikes, looking to finish!
Meshkov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pustoy is bucking up trying to escape but Meshkov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Meshkov is landing with some decent strikes but Pustoy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pustoy is bucking up trying to escape but Meshkov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pustoy is wriggling around trying to escape.
Meshkov lands a big elbow.
Meshkov lands a heavy elbow.
Pustoy is wriggling around trying to escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meshkov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Meshkov lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pustoy hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Meshkov dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Meshkov is defended easily by Pustoy.
Meshkov misses with a takedown

and Pustoy counters by clinching up.
Meshkov wants to get back to striking at distance but Pustoy won't allow it.
Meshkov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pustoy pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuri Meshkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Meshkov misses with a takedown attempt

and Pustoy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pustoy effectively controlling the action here.
Pustoy tries a body shot but Meshkov blocks it.
Pustoy missing with knees to the body.
Meshkov wants a takedown but no success here.
Pustoy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Meshkov backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pustoy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Meshkov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pustoy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meshkov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Meshkov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Pustoy jumps guard and drags Meshkov to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Pustoy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Meshkov is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meshkov preventing the sweep.

Pustoy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Meshkov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pustoy is keeping the position for now.
Meshkov chips away with some ground and pound.
Meshkov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Pustoy has his foot on Meshkov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Meshkov works his way back into a safe position though.
Meshkov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pustoy's head.
Meshkov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Pustoy is trying to control the position but Meshkov postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Meshkov controls from within his opponent's guard.
Meshkov wants to control from the top but Pustoy keeps moving.

Pustoy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Meshkov content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Yuri Meshkov wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Meshkov or perhaps it was just good defense by Pustoy which made him look bad.
Yuri Meshkov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pustoy misses with a series of wild punches.

Meshkov dives in and scores a takedown into Pustoy's guard.
Meshkov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pustoy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pustoy wants to sweep here but Meshkov controlling him for the moment.
Meshkov postures up and lands a big shot to Pustoy's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Meshkov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pustoy looking for a sweep. Not yet Pustoy, not yet.
Meshkov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Pustoy working for a triangle but Meshkov defends it easily.

Pustoy is looking for a triangle but Meshkov pushes his legs off easily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pustoy has a closed guard, preventing Meshkov from standing up.
Pustoy looking for a sweep. Not yet Pustoy, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Meshkov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Pustoy working for a triangle but Meshkov defends it easily.

Pustoy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Meshkov with a nice head shot there.
Meshkov stopping the sweep attempt from Pustoy.

Pustoy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pustoy has a closed guard, preventing Meshkov from standing up.
Meshkov wants to control from the top but Pustoy keeps moving.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pustoy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Meshkov slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Pustoy wants to sweep but no luck.
Meshkov controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Yuri Meshkov has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Meshkov misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Meshkov shoots and misses
and Pustoy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pustoy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meshkov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pustoy tries to bum rush Meshkov with a series of wild strikes but Meshkov uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Meshkov closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Meshkov lands in his opponent's guard.
Pustoy 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.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Pustoy has momentary wrist control but Meshkov slips an elbow through the middle.
Pustoy wants to sweep but no luck.
Meshkov would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Pustoy looking for a guillotine here but Meshkov defends easily.

Meshkov avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov controls from within his opponent's guard.

Pustoy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Meshkov is aware though and is defending well.
Meshkov landing with the ground and pound.
Meshkov slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Meshkov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Meshkov clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Meshkov closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Pustoy's guard.
Pustoy being controlled here, momentarily.
Meshkov trying to control the position from guard on top but Pustoy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Meshkov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Meshkov tries to stand but Pustoy is controlling from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Yuri Meshkov wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A telegraphed right hand from Pustoy misses the target.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Meshkov gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pustoy moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meshkov goes for a takedown attempt but Pustoy pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Pustoy.
Pustoy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Meshkov decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pustoy tries to kick Meshkov off but Meshkov keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Meshkov is looking to advance position but Pustoy won't allow it.
Meshkov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pustoy tries to get to full guard but Meshkov has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pustoy is trying to maintain the position but Meshkov is very close to passing his half guard.

Pustoy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Meshkov pulls his head out easily.
It looks like Meshkov is going to stand back up.
Pustoy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Meshkov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Meshkov's back!
You can see the frustration on Meshkov's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov trying to control the hands but Pustoy breaks the grip.
Pustoy trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Pustoy avoiding Meshkov 's attempts to control his hands.
Pustoy wants to control but Meshkov is keeping busy.

Meshkov defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

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.
Meshkov is defending well here and trying to improve his position.

Meshkov fending off the submission attempt from Pustoy.
Meshkov is keeping busy.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Meshkov looking very determined here, making life difficult for Pustoy.
Meshkov tries to escape but Pustoy has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Meshkov wants to control his opponent's hands but Pustoy gets his hands free.
Pustoy has the hooks in. Meshkov is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

Pustoy is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Meshkov knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Meshkov for a finish.
Meshkov holding both Pustoy 's hands and preventing any damage.
Pustoy has the hooks in. Meshkov is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Will Pustoy go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

Meshkov is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Meshkov trying to control the hands but Pustoy won't let him.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pustoy tries to get the hooks in deep but Meshkov pushed the leg off.

Meshkov preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Pustoy.
Meshkov is really stuck here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Meshkov preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Pustoy.
Pustoy trying to control.
Meshkov is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Yuri Meshkov will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Meshkov gets a takedown into half guard.
Pustoy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Meshkov tries to pass to full mount but Pustoy defends it.

Pustoy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Meshkov lands with a punch from half guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Meshkov trying to mount his opponent but Pustoy defends it.
Pustoy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pustoy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Meshkov slips a nice elbow through Pustoy's hands, connecting with Pustoy's forehead.
Meshkov wants to stand but Pustoy has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Meshkov is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pustoy won't allow Meshkov to pass to mount.

Meshkov gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Pustoy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Meshkov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pustoy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Meshkov closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Meshkov lands in his opponent's guard.
Meshkov is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Meshkov landing some decent shots from guard.

Pustoy is working an open guard so Meshkov takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Meshkov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Pustoy 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Meshkov got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pustoy has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Meshkov has managed to get both his arms back between Pustoy's legs - danger averted.
Pustoy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meshkov is one step ahead there.
Meshkov is in close to Pustoy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pustoy 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.
Meshkov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Meshkov with a nice head shot there.
Pustoy being controlled here, momentarily.
Pustoy is trying to control the position but Meshkov postures up.

Pustoy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Meshkov can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Meshkov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Meshkov distracts Pustoy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Meshkov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pustoy can do to turn this around?
Meshkov controls from within his opponent's guard.
Meshkov looking to pass the guard.
Meshkov wants to stand but Pustoy has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Meshkov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Pustoy is looking for a triangle but Meshkov pushes his legs off easily.

Pustoy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's six 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.
Meshkov cracks Pustoy with a solid left hand.
Meshkov trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pustoy's guard.
Meshkov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pustoy is keeping the position for now.
Meshkov connects with a couple of short punches.
Meshkov chips away with some ground and pound.
Pustoy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Meshkov.
Pustoy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meshkov is one step ahead there.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Meshkov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Pustoy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Meshkov can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Meshkov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Meshkov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Meshkov wants to control from the top but Pustoy keeps moving.
Meshkov tries to stand but Pustoy is controlling from the bottom.

That's eight 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.
Pustoy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meshkov is one step ahead there.
Meshkov sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Yuri Meshkov has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Meshkov shoots for a double leg takedown but Pustoy sprawls well. He's pushed Meshkov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Meshkov gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pustoy counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuri Meshkov. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pustoy crunches a lovely knee into Meshkov's ribcage.

Pustoy breaks from the clinch.
Meshkov shoots and misses
and Pustoy counters with a stiff right hand.
Meshkov misses with a takedown attempt

and Pustoy counters by moving into the clinch.
Pustoy is leaning against Meshkov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pustoy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Meshkov avoids it.
Meshkov blocks an uppercut.
Meshkov keeps control of Pustoy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pustoy is pressed up against the cage. Meshkov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pustoy down to the mat. Pustoy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pustoy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Meshkov shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pustoy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pustoy misses with a hook. Meshkov ducked under it nicely.
Dmitry Pustoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yuri Meshkov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Meshkov shoots and misses
and Pustoy counters with a series of strikes. Meshkov will be more careful next time no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuri Meshkov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Meshkov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 50:45
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 48:46
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 49:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuri Meshkov!

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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
56%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wandy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by U Know. Silva has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Silva
vs
Henry

185 cm
24
200 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

183 cm
26
188 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wandy Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Henry!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Henry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henry looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva tries to clinch
and Henry counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Henry takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Henry fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Henry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Henry changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Henry throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Henry throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Henry misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Silva defending against the ground and pound.
Henry working the strikes but Silva uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Henry in his half guard.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Henry scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Henry.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Silva has hold of Henry's hands but Henry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Henry working Silva over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Henry is controlling him well.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry working Silva over with strikes.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Henry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Henry there.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henry lands a nice short elbow.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Henry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Henry working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Henry lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Henry working Silva over with strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Henry.
Silva has hold of Henry's hands but Henry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry lands strikes from half guard.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Henry has control of the leg.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henry scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Henry drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silva has hold of Henry's hands but Henry slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Henry lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry working the head and body with strikes.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henry lands a nice short elbow.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henry lands a nice short elbow.
Henry working Silva over with strikes.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Henry working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry lands with a punch from half guard.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva tries to kick Henry off but Henry keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Henry scores with a couple of nice shots.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Henry has control of the leg.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Henry 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.

Henry misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Henry throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Henry's ribs.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henry gets slowly back to his feet.
Henry lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Henry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Henry there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Henry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Henry scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Henry works the jab nicely.
Henry throws a shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Henry.
Wandy Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Henry.

Henry scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Henry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Henry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Henry dominating with strikes here.
Henry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Henry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Henry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
A nice elbow there by Henry.
Silva tries to hold on but Henry pushes him away.
Henry lands with some strikes.
Silva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Henry.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Henry loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry thowing shots but they're missing.
Henry has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Henry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Henry throwing strikes here but Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Leon Henry has got the better of the ground game so far.
Henry unloads with some shots from mount but Silva bucks and avoids them well.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Henry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Henry misses with a head shot.
Henry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Henry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silva taking shots to the head.
Henry with the ground and pound from mount.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Henry scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Silva tries to hold on but Henry postures up.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Henry.
Henry lands a big elbow.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Henry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Henry unloads with some shots from mount but Silva bucks and avoids them well.
Henry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Henry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Henry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Henry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Henry punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry looking to finish with strikes here!
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Henry loaded up on that one.
Henry landing shots from mount.
Henry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Henry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Henry throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Henry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Henry putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Henry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Henry lands a heavy elbow.
Henry lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Henry working Silva over with strikes here.
Henry has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Henry thowing shots but they're missing.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry landing punches.
Henry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henry landing shots from mount.
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Henry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Henry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Henry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Henry tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Henry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Henry moves out of range easily.
Henry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Henry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henry fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Henry stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Henry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Henry scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Henry uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Jab, jab by Henry - just one landing.
Henry lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Henry shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Henry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wandy Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Henry.
Silva swings for the body but Henry moves out of range.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Henry counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva leaves Henry with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Henry cracks Silva with a good jab.
Henry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Henry lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.

Henry feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, Henry changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henry throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Henry's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Henry not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling from the top position.
Henry wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Wandy Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Henry throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henry tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.

Silva pulls guard successfully.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Henry.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Henry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva has his hands on Henry's head, controlling the position.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Henry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Henry scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Henry with a nice head shot there.
Henry wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Henry postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Henry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Henry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Henry with a nice head shot there.
Silva 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.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Henry working some strikes from top position.
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Henry throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henry looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's six 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.
Silva taking a breather here.
Henry wants to control but Silva postures up.
Silva is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Henry's shoulder. That is not cool.
Henry is looking to reverse the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Henry is trying to escape the position but Silva is controlling the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Henry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Henry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Henry. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wandy Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice body punch from Henry.
Henry lands with a nice body punch.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Henry keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown by Henry or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
Silva moves forwards but Henry connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Henry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Henry.
Henry pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's eight 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.
Silva defending well as Henry loads up on a big left hand.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Henry's head.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Henry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henry.
Henry moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Henry shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Henry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Henry cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Henry fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Silva to the ground. Henry is now in Silva's guard.
Henry is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Henry tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Henry is controlling him.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry thows a big elbow that misses.
Henry wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Henry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Henry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Henry throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Henry really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Henry throws a one two combo.
Henry cracks Silva with a good jab.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Henry defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Henry.
Henry shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Henry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Henry dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Nice body punch from Henry.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Henry pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Silva back to the cage. Henry follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Henry lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Henry darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Henry feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Henry then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Leon Henry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice uppercut lands for Henry. That snapped Silva's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Henry catches Silva right on the button with a cross.

Henry scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Henry with the ground and pound but Silva uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Henry thows a big elbow that misses.
Henry throwing strikes but missing.
Henry throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Henry keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Henry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Wandy Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva walks into a left hand.
Silva tries to clinch there but Henry circles away.
A jab from Henry finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
Henry throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Henry looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Henry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Henry.
Henry works the jab nicely.
Henry blocks a head kick by Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Henry scores with a four punch combination!
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Henry lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice uppercut there from Henry.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Henry.
Wandy Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Henry.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Henry moves away.
Henry scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Henry avoids it.
Henry scores with a punch to the head.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Henry lands a slapping body shot.
Henry lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Henry looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Henry drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva dodges the ground and pound from Henry.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silva dodges the ground and pound from Henry.
Silva is trying to buck Henry off.
Henry looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Henry smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Silva parries the strikes from Henry easily there. Henry is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silva to escape.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Henry crashes against the mat.
Henry throws a strike aimed at the side of Silva's head but Silva avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Henry.
Silva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Henry.
Henry scores with punches from side control.
Henry lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Henry is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Henry landing a few strikes.
Henry lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
Silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Henry are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Henry working the body and head with strikes.
Henry scores with a couple of short elbows.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Henry looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva is avoiding damage well.
Henry landing strikes.
Silva gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Henry is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Henry.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry lands strikes from half guard.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Henry is very close to passing his half guard.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva tries to kick Henry off but Henry keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's eight 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.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Henry drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Henry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Henry thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Henry winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to kick Henry off but Henry keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Henry lands a nice short elbow.
Silva is looking to escape.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Henry is controlling him well.
Henry is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Henry dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Henry gets a takedown into half guard.
Henry is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Silva!
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Henry loaded up on that one.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Henry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Henry lands a heavy elbow.
Henry postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Henry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry looking to ground and pound but Silva is blocking nicely.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Henry misses with some ground and pound and Silva recovers position to half guard.
Henry throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Henry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Henry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Henry takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Henry.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Henry passes to full mount!
Henry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Henry lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Henry misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henry dominating with strikes here.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Henry gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Henry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Henry throwing strikes here but Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Henry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Henry is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Henry with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Henry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
Henry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Henry throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Henry loaded up on that one.
Silva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Henry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry thowing shots but they're missing.
Henry looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Silva holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Henry tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Henry landing shots from mount.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Henry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Henry with a couple of short strikes.
Henry scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Henry fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Henry raining down hammerfists from mount.
Henry throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Henry.
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Henry with good strikes from the mount here!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Henry thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Henry lands a nice shot to the head.
Henry lands with some strikes.
Henry punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Henry.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Henry misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Henry in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Henry lands a heavy elbow.
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Henry connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva wants to control but Henry is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Henry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Henry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva wants to hold on but Henry pushes him away.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Henry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Leon Henry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Henry controlling from the full mount.
Henry thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Henry lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Henry controlling from the full mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Henry's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leon Henry comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Henry 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 43:50
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 42:50
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 43:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Henry!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
75%

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ulf Ivarsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Kawajiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivarsson has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Ivarsson
vs
Kawajiri

180 cm
25
195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ulf Ivarsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Renato Kawajiri!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivarsson misses with a straight right.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kawajiri dives in and grabs Ivarsson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ivarsson pushes down on Kawajiri's head and hops out.
Kawajiri fails with the takedown.
Ulf Ivarsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Kawajiri.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice takedown defense from Ivarsson. No joy for Kawajiri on that attempt.
Kawajiri tries to move into range but Ivarsson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ivarsson is fending him off so far but Kawajiri persists. Nope, Ivarsson circles away and we're back to standing.
Ivarsson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ivarsson lands a jab to Kawajiri's midsection.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.
Ivarsson stuffs the takedown.
Kawajiri looks gassed!
Kawajiri fails with the takedown.
No luck for Kawajiri with that takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Kawajiri or perhaps it was just good defense by Ivarsson which made him look bad.
Kawajiri takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice body punch from Ivarsson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivarsson cracks Kawajiri with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ivarsson lands a glancing blow to the side of Kawajiri's head.
Ivarsson scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawajiri takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ivarsson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kawajiri on the side of the head.
Ivarsson clobbers Kawajiri with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Ivarsson moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson pushes Kawajiri back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ivarsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kawajiris head.

Ivarsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ivarsson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kawajiri shoots in looking for a takedown. Ivarsson tries to sprawl out of it but Kawajiri keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ivarsson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ivarsson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kawajiri backs up against the cage.
Ivarsson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ivarsson is fending him off so far but Kawajiri persists. Nope, Ivarsson circles away and we're back to standing.
Ulf Ivarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivarsson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kawajiri.
Ivarsson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kawajiri gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ivarsson lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kawajiri is defended easily by Ivarsson.
A jab from Ivarsson finds it's way through Kawajiri's defenses.

Ivarsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ivarsson gets underhooks to prevent Kawajiri's takedown attempt.
Ivarsson lands a nice uppercut.
Kawajiri is trying to drag Ivarsson to the mat but Ivarsson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ivarsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ivarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Ivarsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A shot to the liver by Ivarsson. Beautiful body shot.
Ivarsson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kawajiri. Kawajiri circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ivarsson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ivarsson wants it to stay on the feet.
Kawajiri is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ivarsson.
Kawajiri is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ivarsson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri has a takedown stuffed.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson shows good takedown defense.
Kawajiri is trying desperately to land a takedown but Ivarsson is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Kawajiri.
Kawajiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown but Ivarsson sprawls well.
Ivarsson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ivarsson.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ivarsson cracks a nice hook into Kawajiri's ribs.
Kawajiri shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ivarsson pinned against the cage. Ivarsson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ivarsson lands with a shot to the body.
Kawajiri takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ivarsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Kawajiri is just out of range.
Kawajiri shoots in but Ivarsson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kawajiri on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Ivarsson pushes Kawajiri up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson lands a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Ivarsson as the two fighters clinch.
Kawajiri tries for a takedown. No joy.

Ivarsson breaks from the clinch.
Ivarsson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kawajiri shoots for a takedown but Ivarsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jab, jab by Ivarsson - just one landing.
Kawajiri is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ivarsson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jab by Ivarsson.
Kawajiri shoots in looking for a takedown but Ivarsson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kawajiri's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ivarsson leaves Kawajiri with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Ivarsson has Kawajiri up against the cage in a clinch.
Ivarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ivarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ivarsson scores with a shot to the side of Kawajiri's head.
Kawajiri drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Ivarsson breaks the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson tries to bum rush Kawajiri with a series of wild strikes but Kawajiri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ivarsson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ivarsson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ivarsson is fending him off so far but Kawajiri persists. Nope, Ivarsson circles away and we're back to standing.
Kawajiri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivarsson's corner calls for a 1-2. Ivarsson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kawajiri shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ivarsson defends it nicely.
Ivarsson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ivarsson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kawajiri doesn't seem bothered though.
Ivarsson lands the left hand.
Kawajiri shoots in but Ivarsson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ivarsson's corner calls for a 1-2. Ivarsson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ivarsson scores with a punch to the head.
Ivarsson cracks Kawajiri with a good jab.
Kawajiri has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ivarsson defends it nicely.
Ivarsson connects with a right hand. Kawajiri shakes it off.
Ivarsson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Kawajiri gets a takedown into half guard.

Ivarsson has one foot on Kawajiri's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Kawajiri is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ivarsson.
Horrible takedown by Kawajiri or perhaps it was just good defense by Ivarsson which made him look bad.
Kawajiri fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson avoids it really well and circles away.
Ivarsson works over Kawajiri's head and body with a nice combination.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ivarsson.
Kawajiri throws a head kick but Ivarsson moves out of range.
Kawajiri takes one on the button.
Ivarsson with a nice cross.

Ivarsson has Kawajiri up against the cage in a clinch.
Kawajiri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ivarsson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kawajiri backwards.
Ivarsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kawajiri backwards.
Kawajiri blocks an uppercut.
Ivarsson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kawajiri.
Kawajiri tries to score a body lock takedown but Ivarsson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kawajiri drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ivarsson gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Ivarsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's eight 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.
Kawajiri takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kawajiri misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ivarsson is fending him off so far but Kawajiri persists. Nope, Ivarsson circles away and we're back to standing.
Ivarsson scores with a nice right hand.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ivarsson as he avoids it easily.
Ivarsson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ivarsson looks to land a combination. Kawajiri sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kawajiri shoots in but no luck this time.
Ivarsson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ivarsson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ivarsson stalks Kawajiri and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kawajiri's face. Kawajiri staggers backwards, shaken.
No luck for Kawajiri with that takedown attempt.
Ivarsson thuds a left hand into Kawajiri's body.
Ivarsson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kawajiri on the side of the head.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown but Ivarsson sprawls well.
Ivarsson closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ivarsson as he avoids it easily.
Ivarsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ivarsson cracks Kawajiri with a good jab.

Ivarsson rushes Kawajiri and presses him up against the cage.
Ivarsson lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ivarsson fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kawajiri.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ivarsson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ivarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kawajiri has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ivarsson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ivarsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.
Kawajiri takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ivarsson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulf Ivarsson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ivarsson lands a right hook to the body.
Ivarsson lands with a straight right. Kawajiri didn't see that one coming.
Ivarsson scores with a jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kawajiri.
Kawajiri moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ivarsson digs a good hook to Kawajiri's body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kawajiri is defended easily by Ivarsson.

Ivarsson rushes Kawajiri and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Ivarsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kawajiri shoots in looking for a takedown but Ivarsson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kawajiri's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ulf Ivarsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Kawajiri.
Kawajiri takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ivarsson lands a jab-cross combination.
Ivarsson cracks a nice hook into Kawajiri's ribs.
Ivarsson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ivarsson lands with a right hand.
Ivarsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kawajiri can do to turn this around?
Kawajiri shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kawajiri with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ivarsson to score with a decent uppercut.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown but Ivarsson sprawls well.
Ivarsson scores with a jab to the body.
Ivarsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ivarsson scores with a punch to the head.
Ulf Ivarsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ivarsson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kawajiri's head backwards.
Ulf Ivarsson is winning the standup battle so far.

Kawajiri throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ivarsson was covering up waiting for the punch and Kawajiri finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Kawajiri is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Ivarsson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Ivarsson has escaped and now he's on top!

Ivarsson stands up and waves to Kawajiri to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ivarsson scores with a one two! Kawajiri had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ivarsson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kawajiri on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ivarsson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kawajiri back to the cage. Ivarsson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ivarsson thuds his right hand into Kawajiri's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ivarsson throws a right hand that Kawajiri ducks under and follows up with a left that Kawajiri also avoids with ease.
Ivarsson leaves Kawajiri with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ivarsson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ulf Ivarsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ivarsson connects with a body shot.
Ivarsson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kawajiri. Kawajiri circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ivarsson jabs Kawajiri right on the nose. Kawajiri blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri shoots in and drives through. Ivarsson sprawls well.
Ivarsson lands with a nice body punch.
Nice shot lands for Ivarsson.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ivarsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kawajiri closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ivarsson circles away.
Ivarsson scores with a jab to the head.
Kawajiri walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kawajiri shoots for a takedown but Ivarsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ivarsson misses with a wild combination.
Kawajiri fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kawajiri.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ivarsson!
Kawajiri shoots in looking for a takedown. Ivarsson tries to sprawl out of it but Kawajiri keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ivarsson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kawajiri gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Ivarsson finds it's way through Kawajiri's defenses.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ivarsson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ivarsson as he avoids it easily.
Ivarsson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kawajiris jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ivarsson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kawajiri looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ivarsson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kawajiri swats away the attempt to clinch by Ivarsson.
Crunch! Kawajiri slams his shin into Ivarsson's torso.
Kawajiri lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ivarsson's sensitive parts.
Kawajiri shoots for a double leg takedown but Ivarsson sprawls well. He's pushed Kawajiri's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ivarsson lands a really nice looking cross but Kawajiri seems unphased.
Ivarsson lands with a hook. Kawajiri tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ivarsson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kawajiri in his tracks.
Kawajiri shoots in but no luck this time.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.
Kawajiri looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson stuns Kawajiri with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ivarsson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kawajiri at a distance.
Kawajiri shoots in but Ivarsson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ivarsson lands a jab to the nose.
Ivarsson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kawajiri on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ivarsson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kawajiri staying out of range there.

Ivarsson clinches up with Kawajiri and pushes him back against the cage.
Ivarsson working aggressively here.
Ivarsson is pressed up against the cage. Kawajiri has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ivarsson down to the mat. Ivarsson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ivarsson digs a good hook to Kawajiri's body.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ivarsson as he jumps to the side.
Nice jab there from Ivarsson.
Kawajiri tries to clinch there but Ivarsson circles away.
Ivarsson stuffs the takedown attempt from Kawajiri. Kawajiri gets slowly back to his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ivarsson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Ivarsson instigates a clinch.

Ivarsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kawajiri gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kawajiri takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ivarsson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ivarsson wants it to stay on the feet.
Kawajiri moves forwards but Ivarsson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
No luck for Kawajiri with that takedown attempt.
Ivarsson lands a lovely overhand right.
Ivarsson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Ivarsson closes the distance and pushes Kawajiri back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Ivarsson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kawajiri tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ivarsson just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri has Ivarsson pressed against the cage, preventing Ivarsson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kawajiri drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ivarsson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ivarsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Kawajiri goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ivarsson prevents it.

Ivarsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ivarsson closes the distance and clinches.
Ivarsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Ivarsson manages to break the clinch.
Kawajiri has a takedown stuffed.
Nice jab there from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson scores with a jab. Kawajiri acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Kawajiri tries to keep at a distance but Ivarsson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kawajiri is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Ivarsson manages to break the clinch.
Kawajiri shoots for a double leg takedown but Ivarsson sprawls well. He's pushed Kawajiri's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Ivarsson takes the fight into the clinch.
Ivarsson pushes Kawajiri back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivarsson lands a body shot.
Ivarsson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kawajiri or not.
Ivarsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Ivarsson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ivarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Ivarsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kawajiri will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A clash of legs there as Ivarsson blocks the low kick.
Ivarsson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ivarsson duly obliges.
Kawajiri shoots in for a double leg but Ivarsson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson shows good takedown defense.
A jab lands there for Ivarsson.
Horrible takedown by Kawajiri or perhaps it was just good defense by Ivarsson which made him look bad.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kawajiri.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ivarsson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ivarsson lands a body shot.
Ivarsson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kawajiri on the side of the head.
Ivarsson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kawajiri.
Ivarsson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kawajiris jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ivarsson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ivarsson duly obliges.
Ivarsson cracks a nice hook into Kawajiri's ribs.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kawajiri is defended easily by Ivarsson.
Ivarsson looks to land a combination but Kawajiri avoids it well.

Ivarsson closes the distance and pushes Kawajiri back into the cage.
Ivarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kawajiri.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivarsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ivarsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kawajiri.
Kawajiri is working for takedown but Ivarsson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ivarsson pushes Kawajiri back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulf Ivarsson dominated that second 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.

Kawajiri takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kawajiri misses with a takedown attempt - Ivarsson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kawajiri will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ivarsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jab from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson lands with a good body shot.
Ivarsson stuffs the takedown.
Ulf Ivarsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Kawajiri.
Kawajiri has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ivarsson finds it's way round the side to connect with Kawajiri's head.
Ivarsson scores with a three punch combo!
Ivarsson connects with a looping right hand.
Ivarsson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kawajiri tries to clinch up but Ivarsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Kawajiri shoots in and drives through. Ivarsson sprawls well.
Ivarsson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ivarsson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ivarsson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kawajiri momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kawajiri misses with a takedown attempt - Ivarsson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ivarsson works over Kawajiri's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawajiri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ivarsson.
Kawajiri tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ivarsson swivels and escapes.
Ivarsson throws a good cross that connects.
Kawajiri shoots for a takedown but Ivarsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ivarsson.
Ivarsson stuffs the takedown attempt from Kawajiri. Kawajiri gets slowly back to his feet.
Kawajiri fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson avoids it really well and circles away.
Ivarsson jabs Kawajiri to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ivarsson cracks Kawajiri with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ivarsson connects with a jab.
Kawajiri gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ivarsson.
Kawajiri slips a jab and a cross from Ivarsson.
Kawajiri misses with a takedown attempt - Ivarsson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ivarsson lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ivarsson as he avoids it easily.
Ivarsson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ivarsson scores with a three punch combo!
Kawajiri shoots in looking for a takedown. Ivarsson tries to sprawl out of it but Kawajiri keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ivarsson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ivarsson cracks Kawajiri with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kawajiri lands a nice looking kick to the body. Ivarsson takes a step back to recover.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson shows good takedown defense.
Ivarsson scores with a nice right hand.
Ivarsson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ivarsson digs a good hook to Kawajiri's body.

Ivarsson clinches up with Kawajiri and pushes him back against the cage.
Kawajiri goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ivarsson prevents it.
Ivarsson lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ivarsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kawajiri is trying to drag Ivarsson to the mat but Ivarsson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson lands a right hand.
A short right from Ivarsson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ivarsson.

Ivarsson breaks the clinch.
Ivarsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kawajiri moves away.
Ivarsson tries to bum rush Kawajiri with a series of wild strikes but Kawajiri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kawajiri shoots for a double leg takedown but Ivarsson sprawls well. He's pushed Kawajiri's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ivarsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Kawajiri misses with a takedown attempt - Ivarsson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kawajiri walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Kawajiri drives through with a takedown into Ivarsson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kawajiri trying to move into half guard but instead Ivarsson has managed to sweep!

Kawajiri has his foot on Ivarsson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ivarsson works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ivarsson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kawajiri, up you get!
Kawajiri shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ivarsson pinned against the cage. Ivarsson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice body punch from Ivarsson.
Kawajiri walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ivarsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Kawajiri plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ivarsson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kawajiri backs up against the cage.
Jab from Ivarsson.
A big left from Ivarsson misses.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ivarsson as he avoids it easily.
Kawajiri takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Kawajiri drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Kawajiri throws an elbow but Ivarsson slips to the side and avoids it well.

Kawajiri thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Ivarsson works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Kawajiri not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kawajiri looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Kawajiri seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Ivarsson has recovered full guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kawajiri tries to free his leg and advance position but Ivarsson is retaining full guard.

Ivarsson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jab, jab by Ivarsson - just one landing.
Kawajiri scoring well with a low kick there.
Ivarsson cracks Kawajiri with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Ivarsson takes the fight into the clinch.
Kawajiri is trying to drag Ivarsson to the mat but Ivarsson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ivarsson lands with a right to the head.
Ivarsson digs a right hand underneath Kawajiri's ribcage. Kawajiri let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ivarsson digs a right hand into Kawajiri's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kawajiri's gas tank.
Ivarsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Kawajiri backwards.
Ivarsson lands with a left to the head.
Kawajiri looking for a takedown.
Kawajiri goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ivarsson prevents it.
A nice left hand lands by Ivarsson.
Kawajiri jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ivarsson walks away with a smile on his face. Kawajiri gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ivarsson jabs Kawajiri right on the nose. Kawajiri blinks but takes it well.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ivarsson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ivarsson lands with a straight right. Kawajiri didn't see that one coming.
Ivarsson lands a jab to the head.
Ivarsson moves out of range of the body kick from Kawajiri.
Kawajiri misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ivarsson.
Ivarsson works the jab nicely.
Ivarsson dips to his left and cracks Kawajiri with an uppercut!
Ivarsson works over Kawajiri's head and body with a nice combination.

Ivarsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kawajiri tries for a takedown but Ivarsson manages to get underhooks.
Ivarsson scores with a shot to the side of Kawajiri's head.
A shot in the inside from Ivarsson.

Ivarsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown but Ivarsson sprawls well.
Ivarsson connects with a single shot there.
Kawajiri gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kawajiri tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ivarsson swivels and escapes.
Kawajiri closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ivarsson circles away.
Ivarsson throws a right and a left that Kawajiri avoids nicely.
Kawajiri fails to land the takedown.
Ivarsson lands a jab-cross combination.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ivarsson wants it to stay on the feet.
Kawajiri tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ivarsson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kawajiri somewhat.
Nice cross by Ivarsson.
Kawajiri's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ivarsson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kawajiri scrambles back to his feet.
Ivarsson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ivarsson duly obliges.
Kawajiri tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ivarsson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kawajiri somewhat.
Ivarsson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A lazy left from Ivarsson finds it's target.

Ivarsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kawajiri, pushing him back against the cage.

Kawajiri has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Ivarsson clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Kawajiri is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Ivarsson has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Ivarsson is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulf Ivarsson clearly takes that round.
That's time! Ivarsson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ivarsson has managed to clinch.
Kawajiri is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ivarsson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right from Ivarsson on the inside.
Kawajiri tries for a takedown but Ivarsson manages to get underhooks.
Ivarsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Kawajiri backwards.
Ivarsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ivarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ivarsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ivarsson works on Kawajiri's body with a couple of short punches.
Ivarsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Kawajiri backwards.

Ivarsson breaks from the clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Kawajiri with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ivarsson to score with a decent uppercut.
Kawajiri misses with a takedown attempt - Ivarsson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ulf Ivarsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Kawajiri.

Ivarsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kawajiri has Ivarsson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ivarsson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivarsson works on Kawajiri's body with a couple of short punches.
Ivarsson lands a body shot in the clinch.

Ivarsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kawajiri closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ivarsson circles away.
Ivarsson punishes Kawajiri's body with a nice straight punch.
Ivarsson scores with a nice strike.
Ivarsson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
No luck for Kawajiri with that takedown attempt.
Ivarsson throws a combination. Kawajiri tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ivarsson sizes up Kawajiri with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ivarsson lands a head shot.
Kawajiri gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ivarsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ivarsson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ivarsson.
Ivarsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ivarsson but Ivarsson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kawajiri gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ivarsson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri shoots in looking for a takedown but Ivarsson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kawajiri's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kawajiri dives in and grabs Ivarsson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ivarsson pushes down on Kawajiri's head and hops out.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ivarsson!
Kawajiri gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ivarsson.
Ivarsson leaves Kawajiri with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ivarsson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ivarsson wants it to stay on the feet.
Ivarsson with a jab.
Kawajiri fails with the takedown.
Ivarsson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good shot there by Ivarsson.
Ivarsson misses with a two punch combination.
Ivarsson scores with a jab to the head.
Kawajiri lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kawajiri throws a low kick but Ivarsson avoids it.
Ivarsson throws a nice looking combination but Kawajiri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kawajiri shoots for a takedown but Ivarsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Ivarsson as he connects with a hook.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ivarsson is fending him off so far but Kawajiri persists. Nope, Ivarsson circles away and we're back to standing.
Donk. Ivarsson catches Kawajiri right on the button with a cross.
Kawajiri is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ivarsson scores with a decent looking hook.
Ivarsson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kawajiri moves out of range as Ivarsson strikes.
Kawajiri blocks a jab.

Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kawajiri was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Kawajiri goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Ivarsson is on top in guard.

Ivarsson stands up and waves to Kawajiri to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ivarsson swinging wildly here.
Kawajiri is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ivarsson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kawajiri has a takedown stuffed.
Kawajiri takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ivarsson connects with a right hand. Kawajiri shakes it off.
Ivarsson lands with a hook. Kawajiri tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kawajiri tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ivarsson swivels and escapes.
Ivarsson stalks Kawajiri and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kawajiri's face. Kawajiri staggers backwards, shaken.
Ivarsson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Ivarsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ivarsson lands an uppercut.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Ivarsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.
Kawajiri looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ivarsson lands with a good body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Ivarsson as Kawajiri shoots in.
Nice jab there from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ivarsson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ivarsson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ivarsson thuds a left hand into Kawajiri's body.
Ivarsson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kawajiri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kawajiri shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ivarsson defends it nicely.
Ivarsson scores with a nice strike.
Kawajiri fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ivarsson works Kawajiri's body with a nice hook.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson throws a good cross that connects.
Kawajiri takes a jab right on the kisser.

Ivarsson has closed the distance and engaged Kawajiri in a clinch.
Kawajiri tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ivarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ivarsson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Ivarsson on the inside.
Ivarsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kawajiri backwards.

Ivarsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ivarsson stuffs the takedown attempt from Kawajiri. Kawajiri gets slowly back to his feet.
Good shot there by Ivarsson.
Nice jab there from Ivarsson.

Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ivarsson napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Kawajiri swings around for an armbar but Ivarsson sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Kawajiri's guard.

Ivarsson stands up and waves to Kawajiri to follow him.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson throws out a powerful jab.
Ivarsson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kawajiri on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice jab there from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kawajiri tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ivarsson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kawajiri somewhat.
Ivarsson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kawajiri backs up against the cage.
Kawajiri misses with a takedown attempt - Ivarsson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ivarsson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kawajiri closes the distance and clinches up with Ivarsson, looking for a takedown. Kawajiri pushes Ivarsson against the cage but Ivarsson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ivarsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kawajiri has a takedown stuffed.
A lazy left from Ivarsson finds it's target.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson lands with a good body shot.
Ivarsson lands with a hook. Kawajiri tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ivarsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ivarsson with a jab.
A jab lands there for Ivarsson.
Ivarsson misses with a double jab.
Ivarsson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ivarsson slaps away a takedown attempt from Kawajiri, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kawajiri is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ivarsson.
Kawajiri fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson avoids it really well and circles away.

Kawajiri looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Kawajiri wants to work for an arm triangle but Ivarsson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri with the ground and pound but Ivarsson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Kawajiri pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ivarsson is keeping the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kawajiri throws and elbow that misses. Ivarsson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kawajiri's guard. Nice move by Ivarsson!

Ivarsson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ulf Ivarsson had his way with Renato Kawajiri in 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. This is the final round!

Kawajiri shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ivarsson pinned against the cage. Ivarsson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ivarsson lands a body shot.
Kawajiri shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson shows good takedown defense.
Kawajiri dives in and grabs Ivarsson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ivarsson pushes down on Kawajiri's head and hops out.
Ulf Ivarsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Kawajiri.

Ivarsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Ivarsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kawajiri drops his hands momentarily and Ivarsson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ivarsson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Ivarsson rushes Kawajiri and presses him up against the cage.
Ivarsson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ivarsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the head.
Ivarsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kawajiri backwards.

Ivarsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ivarsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Ivarsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Kawajiri ducks under a wild hook from Ivarsson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivarsson slaps away a takedown attempt from Kawajiri, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ivarsson stalks Kawajiri and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kawajiri's face. Kawajiri staggers backwards, shaken.
Kawajiri fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kawajiri is defended easily by Ivarsson.
Ivarsson lands a nice hook to Kawajiri's body. Kawajiri takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kawajiri fails with the takedown.
Ivarsson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kawajiri has time to react.
Kawajiri drops his hands momentarily and Ivarsson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice shot lands for Ivarsson.
Kawajiri shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ivarsson pinned against the cage. Ivarsson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Ivarsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ivarsson scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ivarsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kawajiri takes one on the chin but seems OK.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kawajiri.
Ivarsson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ivarsson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kawajiri's head.
Ivarsson throws a combination. Kawajiri tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice sprawl there from Ivarsson as Kawajiri shoots in.
Ivarsson lands a jab to Kawajiri's midsection.
Kawajiri gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ivarsson scores with a nice right hand.
Ivarsson works over Kawajiri's head and body with a nice combination.
Kawajiri fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson avoids it really well and circles away.
Ivarsson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kawajiri at a distance.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.
Kawajiri closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kawajiri shoots for a double leg takedown but Ivarsson sprawls well. He's pushed Kawajiri's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ivarsson stalks Kawajiri and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kawajiri's face. Kawajiri staggers backwards, shaken.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ivarsson throws a nice looking combination but Kawajiri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ivarsson throws a looping overhand right but Kawajiri ducks down to avoid it.
Ivarsson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kawajiri's head.
Kawajiri shoots in but no luck this time.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ivarsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kawajiri has him pressed against the cage.
Ivarsson misses with some punches.
Kawajiri prevents a body shot from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson misses with the head strike.
Kawajiri is trying to drag Ivarsson to the mat but Ivarsson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ulf Ivarsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ivarsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Kawajiri backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ivarsson lands a body punch.
Ivarsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ivarsson prevents the takedown attempt.
Kawajiri jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ivarsson walks away with a smile on his face. Kawajiri gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ivarsson connects with a single shot there.
Kawajiri shoots for a takedown but Ivarsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kawajiri gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ivarsson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kawajiri's head backwards.
Ivarsson throws a series of strikes that have Kawajiri backpedaling.
Ivarsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Kawajiri counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kawajiri.

Kawajiri drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Ivarsson manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Kawajiri has Ivarsson in his guard.
Ivarsson wants to stand and escape but instead Kawajiri has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Kawajiri postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ivarsson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Kawajiri, into his guard.

Ivarsson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kawajiri, up you get!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kawajiri gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kawajiri throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ivarsson's waist but Ivarsson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kawajiri off to one side.
Kawajiri looks for a takedown but Ivarsson sprawls well.
Decent striking displayed by Ivarsson there.

Ivarsson closes the distance and clinches.
Ivarsson lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Ivarsson - that landed with a thud.
Ivarsson lands a shot to the body.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the head.

Ivarsson breaks from the clinch.
Ivarsson leaves Kawajiri with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ivarsson sizes up Kawajiri with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ivarsson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kawajiri on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Ivarsson manages to break the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson swings for the body but Kawajiri moves out of range.
Ivarsson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kawajiri.
Kawajiri takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ivarsson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kawajiri's hands.
Kawajiri takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ivarsson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.
Ivarsson sizes up Kawajiri with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kawajiri has a takedown stuffed.
Ivarsson digs a good hook to Kawajiri's body.
Ivarsson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt.
Ivarsson throws a one two combo.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A punch lands to the side of Kawajiri 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ivarsson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ivarsson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ivarsson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kawajiri looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kawajiri looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kawajiri shoots in but Ivarsson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ivarsson lands a jab to Kawajiri's midsection.
Kawajiri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ivarsson.
Kawajiri shoots for a takedown but Ivarsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kawajiri takes one to the chin there.
Kawajiri on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kawajiri on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kawajiri takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ivarsson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kawajiri fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ivarsson avoids it really well and circles away.
Kawajiri fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ivarsson thuds a left hand into Kawajiri's body.
Nice jab there from Ivarsson.
Ivarsson lands a right hook to the body.
Ivarsson stuffs the takedown.
Nice straight punches there by Ivarsson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ivarsson.
Kawajiri shoots in and drives through. Ivarsson sprawls well.
Ivarsson throws a series of strikes that have Kawajiri backpedaling.
Kawajiri changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ivarsson tries to avoid it but Kawajiri manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ivarsson to the ground. Ivarsson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ivarsson clobbers Kawajiri with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ivarsson lands with a straight right. Kawajiri didn't see that one coming.
Ivarsson throws out a powerful jab.
Kawajiri looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Ivarsson clinches with his opponent.
Ulf Ivarsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivarsson lands an uppercut.
Renato Kawajiri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ivarsson prevents a takedown attempt there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ulf Ivarsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ivarsson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 50:44
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 50:43
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 50:43

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ulf Ivarsson!
Ulf Ivarsson is the new middleweight champion!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
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