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PCL 71: Enemy Negotiations PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juice Pigg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Shishkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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207 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juice Pigg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Shishkin!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shishkin closes the distance and clinches.
Pigg misses with a knee to the head.
Pigg with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shishkin lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Juice Pigg has been cut.
Pigg is working for takedown but Shishkin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pigg goes for a takedown attempt but Shishkin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pigg throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pigg moves into the clinch successfully.
Shishkin landing knees to the body.
Shishkin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shishkin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pigg wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juice Pigg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pigg is breathing heavily.
Pigg takes a shot to the head.
Pigg goes for a takedown in the clinch but Shishkin prevents it.
Shishkin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Shishkin has clasped his hands together around Pigg's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pigg is looking to regain half guard here but Shishkin keeps moving and retains side control.
Shishkin creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pigg sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Shishkin is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pigg is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shishkin advances to full mount.
Shishkin moves to the back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Shishkin is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Pigg is defending well though. Shishkin let's go of the attempt for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pigg is really stuck here.
Shishkin is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shishkin is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Pigg defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pigg has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Shishkin working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Shishkin is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Pigg knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Pigg for a finish.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shishkin is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Pigg is defending well though. Shishkin let's go of the attempt for now.
Pigg fending off the submission attempt from Shishkin.
Pigg can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pigg defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Shishkin has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Pigg has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Shishkin working for a choke but Pigg is defending well.
Shishkin has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Shishkin is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Pigg knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Pigg for a finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Pigg's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Shishkin tries to get the hooks in deep but Pigg pushed the leg off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shishkin is trying to stick to Pigg's back but Pigg is turning into Shishkin. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Shishkin's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Pigg.
Pigg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pigg postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pigg postures up and lands a big shot to Shishkin's brow.
Shishkin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pigg passes into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shishkin taking some punishment here, with Pigg in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexey Shishkin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juice Pigg's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Shishkin lands the left hand.
Good shot there by Shishkin.
Pigg gets a clinch.
Shishkin prevents a takedown attempt there.
Shishkin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shishkin turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Shishkin is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pigg is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Shishkin is looking to take a break and control but Pigg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pigg is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pigg is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shishkin staying calm.
Shishkin working away.
Alexey Shishkin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pigg is looking to regain half guard here but Shishkin keeps moving and retains side control.
Pigg manages to get back to half guard.
Shishkin has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Pigg defend it? Shishkin steps over the head and cranks it - Pigg is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Shishkin!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alexey Shishkin!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alikai Drustav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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188 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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197 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alikai Drustav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Big Hurt!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurt is looking to clinch.
Hurt gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Drustav to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Drustav postures up in Hurt's guard and throws a big left but Hurt blocks it.
Drustav wants to control from the top but Hurt keeps moving.
Drustav will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Drustav drops back looking for a leg! Hurt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hurt manages to kick Drustav off! Drustav jumps back into Hurt's guard.
Drustav drops back looking for a leg! Hurt is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hurt manages to kick Drustav off! Drustav jumps back into Hurt's guard.
Drustav controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drustav working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drustav controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drustav stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hurt swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Drustav drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Drustav jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Drustav passes Hurt's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Well, if Drustav is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurt is not content to let Drustav control the position.
Hurt wants to get back to full guard.
Drustav is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hurt doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Drustav.
Drustav works his way into full mount!
Drustav working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Hurt turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Drustav off and cradles Hurt's limp body as Drustav celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Alikai Drustav!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Mallorca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chin Checka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mallorca's entrance music is I Can Talk. A fine choice. Checka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ghetto Paradis. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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199 lbs
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200 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miguel Mallorca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chin Checka!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mallorca swings for the body but Checka moves out of range.
Mallorca avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Checka moves out of range as Mallorca throws a body kick.
Mallorca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Checka.
Mallorca ducks under a wild hook from Checka.
Mallorca takes one to the side of the head.
Mallorca thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Checka if he has to take too many more of those.
A punch combination from Mallorca misses.
Checka throws a nice looking combination but Mallorca bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mallorca jabs at Checka's body.
Checka throws a looping overhand right but Mallorca ducks down to avoid it.
Mallorca throws a push kick but Checka slaps the foot to one side.
Mallorca lands with a shot to the body.
Mallorca scores with a nice head shot.
Miguel Mallorca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Mallorca.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Checka misses the jab.
Mallorca lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallorca does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mallorca lands with an overhand left.
Checka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Checka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mallorca.
Mallorca is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Checka.
Checka takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mallorca drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Checka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mallorca postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mallorca uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Checka.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Checka connects with a body shot.
Mallorca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mallorca throws a body kick that misses.
Mallorca ducks under a wild hook from Checka.
Checka on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mallorca misses with a few strikes there.
Mallorca misses with a body kick.
Mallorca shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Checka eats them both and turns towards Mallorca to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mallorca scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Checka doesn't seem bothered though.
Good leg kick by Mallorca there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mallorca lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Checka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice defenses there by Checka.
Checka lands a lovely overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mallorca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Checka circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Mallorca. Those never looked like landing.
Checka fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mallorca lands a slapping body shot.
Chin Checka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mallorca throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mallorca looks to land a left hand but Checka moved out of range nicely.
Checka walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mallorca.
Checka looks to land a left hand but Mallorca moved out of range nicely.
Checka throws an overhand right that lands on Mallorca's shoulder, as Mallorca tries to avoid the shot.
Mallorca defending well as Checka loads up on a big left hand.
Good shot there by Mallorca.
Mallorca misses with a combination
and Checka counters with a straight right hand.
Checka might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mallorca is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fighters circling - Mallorca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Checka swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Checka throws an overhand right that lands on Mallorca's shoulder, as Mallorca tries to avoid the shot.
Mallorca throws a jab but it's blocked by Checka.
Mallorca takes a swing at Checka's ribcage but misses.
Mallorca connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mallorca scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A big right from Mallorca misses.
Mallorca takes a swing at Checka's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mallorca takes a swing at Checka's ribcage but misses.
Mallorca scores with a sloppy right hand. Checka should have avoided that one.
Checka moves out of range of the body kick.
Mallorca connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Mallorca 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.
Checka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mallorca makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Checka misses with a wild combination.
Mallorca misses with an uppercut.
Checka tries to clinch up.
Mallorca misses with a body shot.
Mallorca throws a push kick but Checka slaps the foot to one side.
Checka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mallorca.
Checka moves out of range as Mallorca throws a body kick.
Mallorca scores with a crisp jab that stopped Checka in his tracks.
Mallorca throws an overhand right that lands on Checka's shoulder, as Checka tries to avoid the shot.
Mallorca listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Checka misses its intended target.
Miguel Mallorca is winning the standup battle so far.
Checka misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallorca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Checka.
Mallorca scores with a leg kick.
Mallorca looks to land a right hand but Checka moved out of range.
Checka catches Mallorca with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Checka slips a jab and a cross from Mallorca.
No joy there for Mallorca, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Checka misses with a straight right.
Checka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mallorca turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Checka tries to move into range but Mallorca moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mallorca takes a swing at Checka's ribcage but misses.
Mallorca swings widly with a right hand
and Checka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
No joy there for Mallorca, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mallorca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Checka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mallorca.
Checka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mallorca.
Mallorca misses with a two punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mallorca misses the body punch
and Checka counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Checka misses.
Mallorca moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mallorca looks to throw the jab but Checka is out of range.
Mallorca will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some bone on bone action there as Checka checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Checka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mallorca manages to avoid it.
Mallorca moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mallorca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Checka moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Checka throws a right and a left that Mallorca avoids nicely.
Mallorca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Checka moves away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Checka crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mallorca - the referee stops the clock and Checka gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mallorca. Checka manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Checka is breathing heavily.
Mallorca throws a push kick but Checka slaps the foot to one side.
Mallorca lands with a cross.
Mallorca looks to land a combination but Checka avoids it well.
Mallorca misses with a leg kick.
Checka has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mallorca.
Checka misses with a looping right.
Checka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mallorca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mallorca displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mallorca looks to land a combination but Checka avoids it well.
Mallorca throws a body punch but Checka moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Mallorca. Beautiful body shot.
Mallorca looks for the body kick but Checka saw that one coming.
Checka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mallorca misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Mallorca throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
No luck for Mallorca with that takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mallorca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Checka.
Mallorca connects with a jab.
Checka takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Checka checks a low kick from Mallorca.
Checka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Checka tries to clinch but Mallorca moves out of range.
Mallorca throws a wild body kick that Checka sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Mallorca dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Mallorca lands a really nice looking cross but Checka seems unphased.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Checka!
It looks like Miguel Mallorca has been cut.
Mallorca takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Checka dodges the punch combination from Mallorca.
Checka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mallorca was well out of range. Poor timing from Checka.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mallorca. That's going to slow Checka down.
Mallorca looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Checka throws a jab but it's blocked by Mallorca.
Mallorca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mallorca throws a body kick that misses.
Mallorca misses with a double jab.
Mallorca ducks under a wild hook from Checka.
Checka looks to land a right hand but Mallorca moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallorca lands a jab to the head.
Checka fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mallorca on the side of the head.
Mallorca getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mallorca misses the shot to the body.
Mallorca lets loose with a powerful body kick. Checka will feel that in the morning.
Checka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big right from Checka misses.
Mallorca lands an overhand right.
Checka lands an overhand right.
Checka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mallorca.
Mallorca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mallorca cracks Checka with a good jab.
Checka steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mallorca. That one must have hurt.
Checka stuns Mallorca with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Checka darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Checka lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Checka takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jab from Mallorca.
Both fighters circling a little - Mallorca finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mallorca closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mallorca looks for the body kick but Checka saw that one coming.
Mallorca throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Mallorca. Those never looked like landing.
Mallorca cracks Checka with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mallorca misses with a hook. Checka ducked under it nicely.
Mallorca lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Checka circles away quickly and effectively.
Mallorca throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mallorca misses with a head kick.
Mallorca takes a swing at Checka's ribcage but misses.
Checka blocks a jab.
Mallorca keeps Checka at a distance using the push kick.
Checka throws a hook to the side of Mallorca's head but Mallorca sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mallorca takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mallorca throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mallorca looks to land a body kick but Checka moved away.
Mallorca avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Mallorca misses.
Mallorca tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Checka was well out of range. Poor timing from Mallorca.
Checka misses with a straight right.
Checka shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mallorca eats them both and turns towards Checka to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mallorca lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Checka backs up against the cage.
Mallorca tries to land a front kick but Checka steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mallorca lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Checka connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mallorca misses with a two punch combination.
Checka has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mallorca moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Miguel Mallorca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Checka has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Checka there as he acknowledges the shot.
Chin Checka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Checka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mallorca sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Mallorca showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mallorca has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Mallorca!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Stifler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy McGee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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24
196 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
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25
202 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Stifler !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy McGee!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stifler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stifler lands a jab to the head.
McGee drives through and clinches with Stifler against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from McGee.
Stifler cracks McGee with a nice body shot.
McGee struggles to land a body shot inside as Stifler controls his hands.
Stifler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stifler is looking to break free of the clinch but McGee has double underhooks.
McGee taking a breather.
Stifler has McGee pressed against the cage, preventing McGee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stifler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McGee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stifler .
McGee trying to stall but Stifler improves his position.
McGee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McGee throws a punch but it's blocked by Stifler .
McGee stalling against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McGee blocks a body shot from Stifler .
McGee lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McGee.
A nice left hand lands by McGee.
Stifler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McGee's elbow.
McGee working aggressively here.
Stifler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stifler lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McGee prevents a body shot from Stifler .
Stifler is trying to stall.
Stifler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McGee slows down the pace here.
McGee misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McGee.
Nice body punch from Stifler - that landed with a thud.
Stifler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
McGee is trying to push Stifler away but Stifler has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stifler as McGee tries to tie him up.
McGee has a couple of punches blocked by Stifler .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stifler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McGee backwards.
Stifler misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stifler is trying to maintain a safe position but McGee gets an underhook and turns Stifler into the cage.
Stifler working hard to break the clinch.
Stifler 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A solid leg kick lands there for McGee.
Stifler misses with a body shot.
Stifler throws a body punch but McGee moves out of range.
McGee ducks right into an uppercut from Stifler .
McGee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McGee throws the left hand but Stifler avoids the punch easily.
Stifler drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
McGee wants to stand up but Stifler is controlling him.
Stifler wants to control from the top but McGee keeps moving.
McGee wants to stand up but Stifler is controlling him.
Stifler throwing strikes from guard but McGee blocks nicely.
McGee wants to stand up but Stifler is controlling him.
Stifler stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. McGee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Stifler working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McGee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGee wants to get back to his feet but Stifler is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
McGee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stifler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
McGee keeping moving, preventing Stifler from controlling successfully.
Stifler has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McGee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McGee wants to stand but Stifler is controlling the position.
Stifler looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Stifler with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Stifler 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.
McGee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stifler throws out the jab.
Stifler ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stifler takes one to the side of the head.
Nice sprawl there from McGee as Stifler shoots in.
McGee lands a nice hook to Stifler 's body. Stifler takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McGee misses with a double jab.
Stifler tries to keep at a distance but McGee has taken the fight into the clinch.
McGee taking a breather.
Stifler working aggressively here.
McGee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stifler is keeping busy.
Stifler misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from McGee on the inside.
Stifler lands a body shot in the clinch.
McGee tries to break free but Stifler pushes him back against the cage.
Come on McGee - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Steve Stifler has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McGee tries to work over Stifler 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stifler scores with a nice hook to the head.
McGee misses with a punch to the body.
McGee is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice left hand lands by Stifler .
Stifler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stifler has picked McGee up - he's going for a ride! Stifler dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
McGee on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGee manages to escape and get back to his feet!
McGee is breathing heavily.
McGee lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - McGee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stifler throws a shot from downtown. McGee moves away and avoids it.
Stifler gets the takedown into side control.
McGee wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
McGee sneaks out the side door and pushes Stifler away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
McGee connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stifler . Stifler circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Stifler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stifler slips under a jab from McGee.
Stifler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGee.
McGee looks to land a right hand but Stifler moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Stifler shoots in looking for a takedown. McGee tries to sprawl out of it but Stifler keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McGee throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Stifler looks to throw the jab but McGee is out of range.
Billy McGee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stifler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McGee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stifler .
Stifler closes the distance and clinches up with McGee, looking for a takedown. Stifler pushes McGee against the cage but McGee circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Stifler . That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGee loads up on a big right hand but Stifler slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stifler uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGee.
Stifler dodges the punch combination from McGee.
McGee throws a body kick the misses
enabling Stifler to counter with a crisp jab.
A nice combination there by McGee.
Stifler scores with a takedown into McGee's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stifler throws a big right hand that misses.
Steve Stifler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGee utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McGee pulls Stifler in close to his closed guard and prevents Stifler from doing any damage or advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Steve Stifler will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Stifler scores with a jab to the body.
McGee looks to throw the jab but Stifler is out of range.
Billy McGee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stifler closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into McGee's guard.
Stifler landing some decent shots from guard.
McGee keeping moving, preventing Stifler from controlling successfully.
McGee is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McGee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McGee keeping moving, preventing Stifler from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stifler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McGee is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Stifler is controlling him.
Stifler wants to control from the top but McGee keeps moving.
Stifler pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McGee is keeping the position for now.
Stifler is working hard here to advance position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McGee displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stifler scores with a hook to the body. McGee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stifler looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McGee is fending him off so far but Stifler persists. Nope, McGee circles away and we're back to standing.
Stifler misses with an uppercut.
McGee throws a lazy right hand but Stifler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. McGee darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Stifler takes a swing at McGee's ribcage but misses.
Stifler moves away from the strike by McGee.
Stifler throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stifler digs a good body shot into McGee's ribs.
Stifler stuns McGee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stifler is looking to wear down McGee with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stifler thows a body shot but no joy.
McGee walks into a straight right hand from Stifler .
Stifler misses with a lunging right hand
and McGee counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stifler 's knee momentarily.
McGee throws a low kick, looking for Stifler 's leg but Stifler calmly moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Stifler misses the target.
Stifler punishes McGee's body with a nice straight punch.
A slow jab from Stifler misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stifler bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McGee takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
McGee is rocked!
Stifler just misses with a punch to the body.
Billy McGee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McGee is still on wobbly legs! Can Stifler finish him?
McGee walks straight into a right hand from Stifler - that's dropped him! Stifler jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save McGee from any more punishment! McGee complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Steve Stifler !
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Son Wukong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raiden Stefansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Son Wukong could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Raiden Stefansson's chin.
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31
180 lbs
17 - 15 - 0 |
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22
185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Son Wukong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raiden Stefansson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wukong moves out of range as Stefansson throws a body kick.
Wukong on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stefansson delivers a nice body kick.
Stefansson moves into the clinch.
Stefansson lands a damaging elbow.
Stefansson pulls Wukong into guard.
Wukong throwing strikes but missing.
Wukong throws and elbow that misses. Stefansson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wukong's guard. Nice move by Stefansson!
Stefansson wants to pass the guard but Wukong is keeping the position.
Stefansson preventing the sweep.
Stefansson sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefansson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wukong has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Stefansson has passed into side control.
Stefansson trying to control the position but Wukong is working away.
Stefansson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Stefansson wants to control but Wukong is keeping him busy.
Stefansson gets to mount! Wukong was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stefansson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wukong is squirming around, avoiding Stefansson's attempts to control the action.
Stefansson controlling from mount.
Wukong is wriggling around trying to escape.
Stefansson working Wukong over with strikes here.
Wukong is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong is working hard here to advance position.
Stefansson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wukong is in all sorts of trouble here.
Stefansson with a couple of short strikes.
Wukong keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Stefansson content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stefansson dominating with strikes here.
Wukong is in all sorts of trouble here.
Stefansson controlling from the full mount.
Wukong regains half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stefansson wants to control but Wukong is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wukong has hold of Stefansson's hands but Stefansson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raiden Stefansson dominated that round.
That's time! Wukong's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wukong misses with a takedown attempt - Stefansson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stefansson misses with a head kick.
Stefansson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wukong looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stefansson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid body kick from Stefansson.
Stefansson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wukong has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Stefansson.
Wukong shoots for a double leg takedown but Stefansson sprawls well. He's pushed Wukong's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Son Wukong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wukong moves out of range of the body kick.
Wukong tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Stefansson swivels and escapes.
Wukong looks to land a combination but Stefansson avoids it well.
Stefansson looks to land a body kick but Wukong moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong takes a kick to the side of the head.
Stefansson throws a wild body kick that Wukong sees coming a mile off.
Wukong gets tackled into the cage by Stefansson. Stefansson maintains the clinch.
Stefansson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stefansson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stefansson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Stefansson.
Wukong tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stefansson smiles and moves away.
Stefansson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wukong takes an elbow to the temple.
Wukong looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wukong gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wukong throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Stefansson to regain full guard.
Raiden Stefansson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wukong trying to control the position from guard on top but Stefansson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wukong throws and elbow that misses. Stefansson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wukong's guard. Nice move by Stefansson!
Wukong wants to hit a switch here but Stefansson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Wukong there!
Stefansson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stefansson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Stefansson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Stefansson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wukong wants to hold on but Stefansson pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stefansson controlling from mount.
Wukong tries to hold on but Stefansson pushes him away.
Stefansson landing strikes from the mount.
Wukong tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stefansson controlling from mount.
Stefansson lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raiden Stefansson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Stefansson throws a wild body kick that Wukong sees coming a mile off.
Stefansson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wukong walks forward, straight into a front kick from Stefansson.
Wukong fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stefansson slips under a jab.
Stefansson slaps away a takedown attempt from Wukong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wukong avoids a kick to the body.
Stefansson fakes the leg kick and cracks Wukong in the body.
Wukong on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Stefansson leaves Wukong with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Stefansson throws a body kick that misses.
Stefansson lands a head kick!
Stefansson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Raiden Stefansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefansson tries a head kick but it misses.
Stefansson pushes Wukong away with a front kick.
Stefansson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wukong takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Stefansson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wukong takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stefansson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stefansson is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Wukong can't fight it off and eventually Stefansson manages to take the fight to the floor. Wukong looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wukong working a defensive guard but Stefansson manages to pass into side control anyway.
Stefansson is trying to move to mount but Wukong reverses beautifully and ends up in Stefansson's guard.
Son Wukong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wukong throws and elbow that misses. Stefansson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wukong's guard. Nice move by Stefansson!
Wukong keeping moving, preventing Stefansson from controlling successfully.
Wukong looking for a sweep. Not yet Wukong, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stefansson stands and throws Wukong's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Stefansson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Stefansson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Stefansson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wukong keeps working.
Stefansson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Wukong kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Wukong is trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Wukong is looking to regain half guard here but Stefansson keeps moving and retains side control.
Stefansson taking a breather here.
Stefansson is looking to take a break and control but Wukong is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Wukong regains half guard, as Stefansson was trying to land strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raiden Stefansson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stefansson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raiden Stefansson!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Triton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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28
188 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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27
200 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Henry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Triton!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Triton wants to clinch but Henry slips to the side
and Henry counters with a two punch combo.
Triton looks to clinch
and Henry counters with a nice uppercut.
Henry thows a body shot but no joy.
Triton tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Henry counters with a three punch combo that has Triton backing up. Triton nods at Henry to acknowledge the strikes.
Henry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Triton wants to clinch
and Henry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Henry lands an overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henry drops Triton with a naaaaasty hook - Triton is in real trouble here! Henry dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Henry!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stelios Xenos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theo AtlaSon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Theo AtlaSon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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194 lbs
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201 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stelios Xenos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Theo AtlaSon!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xenos cracks the inside of AtlaSon's front leg.
Xenos throws a shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Xenos.
Xenos is looking to score with low kicks.
AtlaSon takes a swing at Xenos's ribcage but misses.
AtlaSon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
AtlaSon moves out of range of the body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as AtlaSon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
AtlaSon looks to land a right hand but Xenos moved out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as AtlaSon checks a leg kick.
Xenos lands a nice looking body kick.
AtlaSon throws a low kick, looking for Xenos's leg but Xenos calmly moves out of range.
Xenos moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xenos displaying some good clinch control by pressing AtlaSon up against the cage.
AtlaSon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
AtlaSon misses with a body punch.
AtlaSon misses with a short punch on the inside.
AtlaSon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Xenos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Xenos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
AtlaSon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Xenos is pushing AtlaSon up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
AtlaSon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
AtlaSon has had enough of the clinch but Xenos keeps him there for the moment.
Xenos throws a punch but it's blocked by AtlaSon.
Xenos is pushing AtlaSon up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Xenos looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
AtlaSon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
AtlaSon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
AtlaSon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
AtlaSon struggles to land a body shot inside as Xenos controls his hands.
Xenos lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Theo AtlaSon has been cut.
AtlaSon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
AtlaSon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Xenos stalls.
Xenos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of AtlaSon backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xenos misses with the head strike.
Xenos missing with knees to the body.
AtlaSon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Xenos.
AtlaSon tries to land a knee to the head but Xenos blocks with his arms.
AtlaSon lands with a left to the head.
Xenos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
AtlaSon misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Xenos.
Xenos prevents a body shot from AtlaSon.
A quick uppercut on the inside from AtlaSon.
AtlaSon working aggressively here.
AtlaSon misses with the head strike.
Xenos working AtlaSon over with knees to the body.
AtlaSon misses with a hook from the clinch.
AtlaSon struggles to land a body shot inside as Xenos controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Xenos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stalling in the clinch from Xenos.
AtlaSon managing to block the knees to the body from Xenos.
AtlaSon misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from AtlaSon.
A head punch on the inside from AtlaSon fails to land.
AtlaSon throws a knee to the head but misses.
AtlaSon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xenos blocks it with crossed arms.
AtlaSon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Xenos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
AtlaSon scores with a knee to the head.
Xenos fails to pull guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot in the inside from Xenos.
AtlaSon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Xenos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
AtlaSon tries a knee to the head but Xenos blocks it.
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 Stelios Xenos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Theo AtlaSon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
AtlaSon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Xenos.
A slow jab from AtlaSon misses its intended target.
Xenos throws out a loose jab but AtlaSon uses good head movement to avoid it.
AtlaSon walks into a stiff left hand from Xenos.
Xenos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on AtlaSon if he has to take too many more of those.
AtlaSon throws a right hand that misses
and Xenos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Xenos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
AtlaSon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Xenos, right into the meat.
AtlaSon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by AtlaSon.
A solid leg kick lands there for Xenos.
AtlaSon checks a leg kick.
Xenos doesn't manage to clinch there - AtlaSon circles away.
AtlaSon scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That kick from AtlaSon tenderised Xenos's leg. Xenos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Xenos lands a really nice looking cross but AtlaSon seems unphased.
AtlaSon is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
AtlaSon throws a low kick but Xenos moves out of range easily.
AtlaSon avoids the body shot from Xenos.
AtlaSon blocks a low kick nicely.
AtlaSon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Xenos connects with a right hand. AtlaSon shakes it off.
AtlaSon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Xenos moves away.
AtlaSon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Xenos is looking to clinch but AtlaSon is avoiding it.
AtlaSon takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A shot to the liver by Xenos. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Xenos.
AtlaSon takes a swing at Xenos's ribcage but misses.
Xenos throws a shot from downtown. AtlaSon moves away and avoids it.
Xenos scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
AtlaSon blocks a leg kick.
Xenos 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.
AtlaSon wants to land a leg kick but Xenos is out of range.
AtlaSon avoids the head kick by Xenos.
A head kick from AtlaSon lands but Xenos takes it in his stride.
Xenos moves away from the strike by AtlaSon.
AtlaSon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Xenos.
Xenos doesn't manage to clinch there - AtlaSon circles away.
Xenos connects with a single shot there.
Xenos throws a push kick but AtlaSon slaps the foot to one side.
Xenos throws a body kick that misses.
Xenos feints and then cracks AtlaSon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow AtlaSon down.
A low kick from Xenos is predictable there
and AtlaSon counters with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Xenos. Beautiful body shot.
Xenos scores with the left hand. AtlaSon knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xenos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Xenos duly obliges.
AtlaSon is rocked!
Xenos pounces like a tiger and cracks AtlaSon with a vicious hook! AtlaSon is down but not out! Xenos follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Stelios Xenos!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodolfo Gusman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Candy Paint. Gusman has chosen La sonora santanera - El santo, el cavernario as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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30
187 lbs
19 - 13 - 0 |
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29
191 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Charlie Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodolfo Gusman!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gusman misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
Brown lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown checks a leg kick.
Brown moves forwards but Gusman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gusman defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Gusman moves out of range easily.
Brown misses with a straight left.
Gusman misses with a low kick.
Brown thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brown works the jab nicely.
Gusman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
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!
Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gusman.
Brown avoids the body shot from Gusman.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gusman just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gusman shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Brown's guard.
Gusman won't allow Brown to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Gusman closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Brown quickly recovers to half guard.
Gusman stops Brown from getting back to his feet.
Gusman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brown won't allow Gusman to pass to mount.
Brown is trying to stand.
Brown keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brown tries to kick Gusman off but Gusman keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Gusman thows a leg kick but Brown checks it
and Brown counters with a nice uppercut.
Charlie Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown misses with a hook. Gusman ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gusman lands a jab to Brown's midsection.
Gusman clinches with his opponent.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Gusman won't allow it.
Gusman misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gusman.
Gusman wants the takedown. Brown is fighting it off but Gusman persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Brown's guard against the cage.
Brown is looking to stand up but Gusman isn't so interested in that idea.
Gusman wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Gusman controlling from the top position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Gusman from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Rodolfo Gusman wasn't active enough on the ground.
Gusman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brown tries to work over Gusman's front leg with a kick but Gusman checks it.
Brown checks the leg kick nicely there.
Brown cracks Gusman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gusman misses with a low kick as Brown jumps back.
Gusman misses with a low kick.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gusman thumps Brown with a low kick.
Gusman is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Brown rather than just go for the knockout.
Gusman misses with a wild body shot.
Brown swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gusman.
Brown slips a straight right by Gusman.
Gusman punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
Gusman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gusman manages to avoid it.
Charlie Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gusman avoids the head kick by Brown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gusman fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Brown avoids it really well and circles away.
Gusman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brown misses with a straight right.
Brown moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gusman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Brown is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Brown cracks Gusman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brown looks to score with a jab to the body but Gusman is just out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gusman closes this distance looking for a takedown but Brown circles away.
Gusman catches Brown with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gusman cracks Brown with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gusman takes one to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rodolfo Gusman will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Brown throws a hook but Gusman avoids it easily.
Jab, jab by Gusman - just one landing.
Brown works Gusman's body with a nice hook.
Brown checks the leg kick nicely there.
Brown defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gusman.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Gusman is out of range.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gusman can pounce on him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gusman, right into the meat.
Gusman tries to move into range but Brown moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Gusman. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gusman.
Gusman takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gusman moves out of range as Brown strikes.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gusman.
Brown connects with a body shot that sends Gusman's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gusman blocks a jab.
Gusman tries to clinch up.
Gusman closes the distance and pushes Brown back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Gusman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gusman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gusman lands a takedown into guard.
Gusman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gusman won't allow Brown to get back to his feet.
Gusman is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gusman trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gusman prevents Brown from getting back to his feet.
Gusman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brown is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gusman is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Rodolfo Gusman.
Gusman tries a low kick but Brown avoids it.
A big left from Brown misses.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gusman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brown slips under a jab.
Gusman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.
Brown misses with a straight left.
Brown misses with a straight left.
Brown throws the left hand but Gusman avoids the punch easily.
Charlie Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Brown misses with a body shot.
Brown on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brown misses with a right hand
and Gusman counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Brown!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Gusman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Brown wants to get back to his feet.
Gusman unloading with bombs!
Gusman wants to control the pace but Brown is squirming around nicely.
Brown really wants to buck Gusman off and get back to his feet.
Brown 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.
Gusman landing strikes from the mount.
Brown squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gusman landing strikes from the mount and Brown is in trouble!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gusman raining down shots from the mount!
Gusman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Brown is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Gusman content just to control the position here.
Gusman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Brown is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gusman sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Brown is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gusman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodolfo Gusman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Gusman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown misses with a body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Brown.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brown.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Gusman's shoulder, as Gusman tries to avoid the shot.
Gusman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brown takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gusman rushes Brown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gusman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gusman has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gusman.
Gusman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gusman has him pressed against the cage.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gusman has him pressed against the cage.
Gusman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown is trying to break free.
Nice body punch from Gusman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gusman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Gusman lands with a short shot to the head.
Gusman lands a hook that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Gusman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Gusman lands a big right hand that drops Brown! The killer instinct kicks in and Gusman finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Gusman!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodolfo Gusman!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ibi Dikki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mad Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dikki comes to the cage accompanied by . Reid has chosen Don't Save Us From The Flames as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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29
201 lbs
15 - 10 - 1 |
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25
200 lbs
11 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ibi Dikki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mad Reid!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Reid throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reid throws a right hand that Dikki ducks under and follows up with a left that Dikki also avoids with ease.
Reid lands with an uppercut that bounces Dikki off the cage and back into range.
Reid connects with a nice looking jab.
Reid throws a body punch but Dikki moves out of range.
Reid bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Reid swings for the body but Dikki moves out of range.
Reid misses with a straight right.
Reid fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dikki manages to avoid it.
Reid misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid throws a hook to the side of Dikki's head but Dikki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reid jabs Dikki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dikki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Reid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dikki moves away.
Dikki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reid.
Reid takes a swing at Dikki's ribcage but misses.
A jab lands there for Reid.
Dikki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters circling - Reid throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reid smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reid misses with a hook. Dikki ducked under it nicely.
Reid throws a shot from downtown. Dikki moves away and avoids it.
Reid scores with a three punch combo!
Reid will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dikki defending well as Reid loads up on a big left hand.
Dikki misses with a straight right.
Reid misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid thuds a left hand into Dikki's body.
Reid scores with a shot to the body.
Reid takes a swing at Dikki's ribcage but misses.
Reid ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Reid sizes up Dikki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dikki throws a big shot that misses.
Reid misses with a wild body shot.
Mad Reid is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dikki.
Reid swings for the body but Dikki moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reid moves into range and connects with a jab.
Reid throws the left hand but Dikki avoids the punch easily.
Reid ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dikki moves away.
Reid takes a swing at Dikki's ribcage but misses.
Reid misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dikki avoids the body shot from Reid.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dikki slips a straight right by Reid.
That kick from Dikki tenderised Reid's leg. Reid is trying to keep his angry face on.
Reid throws a body punch but Dikki moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mad Reid dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Reid misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dikki.
Reid throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dikki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reid finds it's way round the side to connect with Dikki's head.
Mad Reid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reid punishes Dikki's body with a nice straight punch.
Reid avoids the head kick by Dikki.
A big right from Reid misses.
Reid pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dikki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dikki dives in and grabs Reid's left leg, looking for a takedown. Reid pushes down on Dikki's head and hops out.
Dikki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid lands a lovely overhand right.
Reid throws a body punch but Dikki moves out of range.
Dikki shoots for a takedown but Reid saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Reid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reid scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dikki doesn't seem bothered though.
Dikki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reid.
Reid swings for the body but Dikki moves out of range.
Dikki takes one to the side of the head.
Dikki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reid.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dikki slips under a jab from Reid.
Reid lands a nice shot to the body.
Dikki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reid throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reid works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dikki on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dikki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Reid counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ibi Dikki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dikki back to the cage. Reid follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Reid moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dikki dodges the punch combination from Reid.
Dikki moves out of range of the strikes.
Reid throws a big shot that misses.
Good shot there by Reid.
Dikki takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reid keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Reid throws a body punch but Dikki moves out of range.
Dikki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reid's waist but Reid gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dikki off to one side.
Reid digs a good hook to Dikki's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dikki.
Reid misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dikki.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reid changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dikki dodges the punch combination from Reid.
Dikki staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mad Reid showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Reid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dikki was well out of range. Poor timing from Reid.
Reid catches Dikki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Reid digs a good body shot into Dikki's ribs.
Dikki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dikki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dikki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reid lands a body shot.
Reid scores with a decent looking hook.
Reid throws a series of strikes that have Dikki backpedaling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Reid duly obliges.
Reid listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dikki staying out of range there.
Reid looks to score with a jab to the body but Dikki is just out of range.
Dikki misses with a few strikes there.
Reid cracks Dikki with a good jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Dikki might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Dikki slips a jab from Reid.
Dikki throws a hook but Reid avoids it easily.
Dikki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dikki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dikki fails with the takedown.
Reid cracks Dikki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dikki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reid lands a really nice looking cross but Dikki seems unphased.
Reid dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reid lands with a hook. Dikki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dikki is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good shot there by Reid.
Oh Dikki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Reid rushes Dikki with punches - Dikki moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Dikki goes down! Reid follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mad Reid!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joaquim Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tolya Kozakov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maria comes to the cage accompanied by Kronos - Bloodtower. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tolya Kozakov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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278 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joaquim Maria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tolya Kozakov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maria misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kozakov misses with a jab to the body
and Maria counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kozakov, right into the meat.
Maria tries to score with a low kick but Kozakov moves his leg out of the way.
Kozakov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kozakov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Maria thows a body kick. Kozakov tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kozakov throws a sloppy head kick
and Maria counters with a body kick that stops Kozakov in his tracks momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maria throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maria throws a leg kick but Kozakov checks it.
Maria thuds his shin into the meat of Kozakov's side.
Kozakov looks gassed!
A head kick by Kozakov misses
and Maria counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Tolya Kozakov has been cut.
Maria avoids the head kick by Kozakov.
Kozakov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maria lands a front kick.
Maria dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kozakov. That did some damage!
Kozakov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Maria lands a leg kick that knocks Kozakov off balance momentarily.
Maria tried to score with a low kick but Kozakov checks it.
Maria scores with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maria dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kozakov. That did some damage!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Maria, right into the meat.
Maria scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maria misses with a low kick.
Maria wants to land a leg kick but Kozakov is out of range.
Maria scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maria lands a nice looking body kick.
Kozakov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maria can pounce on him.
Kozakov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kozakov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Maria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Maria there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kozakov walks forward, straight into a front kick from Maria.
Kozakov throws a leg kick
and Maria makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Maria cracks the inside of Kozakov's front leg.
Maria throws a nice head kick!
Maria tests Kozakov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maria throws a leg kick which misses Kozakov's front leg but catches the back leg as Kozakov tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tolya Kozakov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maria pushes Kozakov away with a front kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Maria lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kozakov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kozakov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kozakov misses with a combination
and Maria counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kozakov is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Maria throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maria lands a leg kick that knocks Kozakov off balance momentarily.
Kozakov takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kozakov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maria. Maria obviously looking to wear him down.
Kozakov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Maria is looking to slow Kozakov down with leg kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maria throws a leg kick which misses Kozakov's front leg but catches the back leg as Kozakov tries to avoid it.
Kozakov misses the shot to the body.
Maria cracks the inside of Kozakov's front leg.
Kozakov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Maria.
Maria feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kozakov's calf.
Maria lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kozakov's sensitive parts.
Maria lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Maria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maria lands a nice looking body kick.
Maria throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kozakov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Maria throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaquim Maria dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tolya Kozakov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kozakov thows a body shot but no joy.
Maria throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kozakov counters with a low kick, right behind Maria 's knee.
Kozakov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kozakov throws a head kick but Maria moves out of range.
Kozakov throws a big shot that misses.
Kozakov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maria checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kozakov is looking to chop away at Maria's legs.
Good work by Kozakov as he checks the leg kick.
Maria moves out of range as Kozakov throws a body kick.
Kozakov is breathing heavily.
Maria lands a head kick!
Maria is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maria avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maria lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Maria.
Kozakov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Maria getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kozakov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kozakov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maria with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kozakov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Maria.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Maria.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maria.
Tolya Kozakov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maria moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maria explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Maria lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kozakov takes a step back to recover.
Maria lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maria connects with a nice looking jab.
Maria lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Maria bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Maria fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kozakov.
Kozakov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kozakov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Maria - the referee stops the clock and Kozakov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Maria. Kozakov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Maria lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maria lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maria fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kozakov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Maria scores with a leg kick.
Kozakov checks a leg kick nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maria.
Nice body kick there by Maria.
Maria cracks the inside of Kozakov's front leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maria throws a leg kick but Kozakov checks it.
Maria scores with a nice right hand.
Maria scores with a push kick.
Kozakov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Maria feints and then cracks Kozakov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kozakov down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kozakov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Maria buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maria.
Maria is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kozakov can do to turn this around?
Maria moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kozakov might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Maria has got the better of the exchanges.
Kozakov throws a jab when Maria was well out of range.
Maria lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kozakov's sensitive parts.
Maria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Maria.
Maria misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maria blocks a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maria. That's going to slow Kozakov down.
Maria throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaquim Maria dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tolya Kozakov's cut.
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.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Maria. Kozakov shrugs it off though.
Kozakov tries to bum rush Maria with a series of wild strikes but Maria uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kozakov misses with the combination.
Joaquim Maria is winning the standup battle so far.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maria.
Kozakov misses with a head kick.
Maria tries a low kick but Kozakov avoids it.
Kozakov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Maria.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maria scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maria.
Kozakov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maria misses with a low kick.
Maria with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maria.
Maria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maria.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maria.
A head kick misses from Kozakov.
Maria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maria moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maria.
Maria buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maria buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maria turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kozakov misses with a head kick.
Maria throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kozakov misses with a body shot.
Kozakov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Maria rather than just go for the knockout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maria. That's going to slow Kozakov down.
Maria cracks the inside of Kozakov's front leg.
Kozakov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Maria fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Maria throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maria dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kozakov. That did some damage!
Maria thows a body kick. Kozakov tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Maria cracks the inside of Kozakov's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maria connects with a leg kick. Kozakov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maria lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Maria lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maria.
Kozakov moves out of range of the body kick from Maria.
Maria lands with a kick to the ribs.
Maria pushes Kozakov away with a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Maria.
Maria looks to land a body kick but Kozakov moved away.
Kozakov sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Maria throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maria buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Maria connects with a solid leg kick.
Maria delivers a nice body kick.
Maria misses with a low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Maria.
Kozakov throws a series of punches but Maria avoids them all with ease.
Nice body kick there by Maria.
Maria throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kozakov walks forward, straight into a front kick from Maria.
A slapping body kick lands there for Maria.
Kozakov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maria. Maria obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaquim Maria clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Tolya Kozakov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Maria scores with a nice body kick.
Kozakov throws a right and a left that Maria avoids nicely.
Kozakov misses with a leg kick
and Maria counters with a big head kick but Kozakov shrugs it off.
Kozakov misses with a kick to the body
and Maria counters with a good low kick that Kozakov was not able to check.
Kozakov throws a leg kick which misses Maria's front leg but catches the back leg as Maria tries to avoid it.
Maria throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by Maria.
Maria is looking to slow Kozakov down with leg kicks.
Kozakov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maria. Maria obviously looking to wear him down.
Kozakov is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Maria lands a nice looking body kick.
Maria fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Maria.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozakov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maria. Maria obviously looking to wear him down.
Kozakov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Maria. That one must have hurt.
Maria fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kozakov.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maria.
Maria lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kozakov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maria. Maria obviously looking to wear him down.
Maria with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kozakov checks the leg kick.
Maria scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maria throws a leg kick which misses Kozakov's front leg but catches the back leg as Kozakov tries to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maria is looking to slow Kozakov down with leg kicks.
Maria scores with a kick to the body.
Maria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Maria.
Maria throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Maria throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kozakov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maria can pounce on him.
Maria explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Maria thumps Kozakov with a low kick.
Maria throws a front kick aimed at Kozakov's knee but Kozakov avoids it well.
Maria thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kozakov if he has to take too many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maria dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kozakov. That did some damage!
Maria delivers a nice body kick.
Kozakov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Maria.
A slapping leg kick lands for Maria.
Maria tries to land a front kick but Kozakov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Maria thows a body kick. Kozakov tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Maria thows a body kick. Kozakov tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kozakov moves out of range of the leg kick from Maria.
Kozakov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maria lands with a kick to the ribs.
Maria connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kozakov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Maria lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kozakov takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Maria throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kozakov tries to land a body kick
and Maria counters with a leg kick.
No joy there for Kozakov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kozakov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maria.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maria looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maria lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaquim Maria had his way with Tolya Kozakov in that round.
The cut man is working on Tolya Kozakov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Maria darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kozakov misses with a leg kick
and Maria counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kozakov thows a body shot but no joy.
Kozakov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maria throws out the jab.
Maria lands a front kick.
Maria buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kozakov throws a leg kick but Maria moved away.
Kozakov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kozakov throws a wild body kick that Maria sees coming a mile off.
Maria blocks a head kick by Kozakov.
Kozakov is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Kozakov.
Kozakov misses the shot to the body.
Kozakov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Maria is out of range.
Maria tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kozakov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big left from Kozakov misses.
Maria misses with a kick to the body.
Maria misses with a low kick.
Maria throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maria lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kozakov thows a body shot but no joy.
Kozakov connects with a crisp jab.
Maria misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crunch! Kozakov slams his shin into Maria's torso.
Kozakov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
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!
Maria takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kozakov looks to land a body kick but Maria moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kozakov. Maria does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kozakov. Maria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maria throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kozakov throws a leg kick but Maria moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kozakov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maria. That did some damage!
Maria fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kozakov is out of range.
Maria lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Maria chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kozakov can pounce on him.
Maria tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kozakov is able to avoid easily.
Kozakov fails to land with a series of punches.
Maria fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kozakov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Maria throws a lazy body kick
and Kozakov counters with a right hand to the body.
A clash of legs there as Maria blocks the low kick.
Kozakov throws a lazy uppercut
and Maria makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kozakov really felt that one!
Joaquim Maria is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kozakov misses with the combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Maria, right into the meat.
Kozakov throws a body punch but Maria moves out of range.
Kozakov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Maria counters with a good low kick that Kozakov was not able to check.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maria lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kozakov throws a head kick but Maria moves out of range.
Kozakov throws a sloppy head kick and Maria moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maria moves out of range of the strikes.
Maria lands a head shot.
Tolya Kozakov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Joaquim Maria.
Well Maria has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 50:41
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 50:41
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 50:41
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joaquim Maria!
Joaquim Maria retains his heavyweight title!
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