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AFC 6 "Showdown" PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Facaloto Gals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artem Irhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irhin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Psycho Holiday kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Facaloto Gals!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artem Irhin!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gals shoots in and gets a takedown into Irhin's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gals wants to control from the top but Irhin keeps moving.
Gals wants to pass the guard but Irhin is keeping the position.
Gals lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gals slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gals wants to control from the top but Irhin keeps moving.
Gals throws a big right hand that misses.
Gals trying to control the position from guard on top but Irhin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gals slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gals is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Irhin has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gals working the ground and pound from side control.
Gals is trying to get an arm triangle but Irhin is defending well.
Gals lands a nice forearm strike.
Gals working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gals has hold of Irhin's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Irhin tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Gals cranks the arm and Irhin screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Irhin, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Facaloto Gals!
After the fight, Facaloto Gals was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Olivier Denis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vito Ferrari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vito Ferrari has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Olivier Denis's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Olivier Denis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vito Ferrari!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denis walks into a straight right hand from Ferrari.
Ferrari instigates a clinch.
Ferrari keeps control of Denis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Denis is trying to break the clinch but Ferrari has him pressed against the cage.
Denis has Ferrari pressed against the cage, preventing Ferrari from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A body shot lands from Ferrari.
Denis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ferrari is pressed up against the cage. Denis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ferrari down to the mat. Ferrari avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ferrari scores with a head kick.
Denis is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferrari cracks Denis with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ferrari has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Denis to stand back up!
Oh Denis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ferrari connects with a body shot.
Ferrari connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Denis to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Ferrari!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vito Ferrari!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Everon Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alf Hooker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Everon Teixeira could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Alf Hooker's chin.
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160 lbs
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Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Everon Teixeira!
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, Alf Hooker!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooker lands a leg kick that knocks Teixeira off balance momentarily.
A head kick from Hooker lands but Teixeira takes it in his stride.
It looks like Everon Teixeira has been cut.
Teixeira shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hooker napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hooker tries to buck Teixeira off but Teixeira is having none of it.
Teixeira lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hooker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Teixeira works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hooker tries to bench press Teixeira off him but Teixeira keeps the position.
Teixeira cracks Hooker with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Teixeira landing a few strikes.
Hooker is looking for a sweep.
Teixeira lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hooker down.
Teixeira is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Teixeira lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hooker down.
Hooker is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big shot lands for Teixeira! That's hurt Hooker! Will he recover? Teixeira fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Everon Teixeira!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pat McGroin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by F**k Food by Tech N9ne. Mike Jackson looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pat McGroin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGroin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jackson as he jumps to the side.
McGroin fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from McGroin as Jackson shoots in.
Jackson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Mike Jackson has been cut.
McGroin misses with a takedown attempt - Jackson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat McGroin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No luck with that takedown attempt from McGroin.
McGroin shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed McGroin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jackson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McGroin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jackson is able to avoid easily.
McGroin with a poor takedown
and Jackson counters with a takedown into side control.
Jackson looks gassed!
McGroin prevents Jackson from moving into mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGroin is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
McGroin bucks up and tries to throw Jackson off but instead Jackson has got his back!
McGroin holding both Jackson 's hands and preventing any damage.
Jackson working for the choke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
McGroin controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Jackson is punishing McGroin with some ground and pound.
Jackson struggling to keep hold of the position.
McGroin is really stuck here.
Jackson working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. McGroin is doing well to defend. Jackson seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! McGroin is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mike Jackson!
Our winner, Mike Jackson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michel Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Timonyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timonyn has chosen Cryin' Like A Bitch!! as his entrance music. Dmitry Timonyn acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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183 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michel Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dmitry Timonyn!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Timonyn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jordan tries to clinch there but Timonyn circles away.
Timonyn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Timonyn throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Timonyn misses with a two punch combination.
Timonyn throws a right hand that Jordan ducks under and follows up with a left that Jordan also avoids with ease.
Dmitry Timonyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jordan throws a sloppy head kick and Timonyn moves out of range easily.
Timonyn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Timonyn misses with a body shot.
Jordan doesn't manage to clinch there - Timonyn circles away.
Jordan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Timonyn defends it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice combination there by Timonyn.
Timonyn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Timonyn. Those never looked like landing.
Jordan is looking to clinch.
Jordan throws a low kick, looking for Timonyn's leg but Timonyn calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Timonyn tries to bum rush Jordan with a series of wild strikes but Jordan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Timonyn. Those never looked like landing.
Timonyn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jordan circles away quickly and effectively.
Timonyn misses with the combination.
Jordan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Timonyn fails to land with a series of punches.
Timonyn looks gassed!
Timonyn lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jordan backs up against the cage.
Jordan dodges the punch combination from Timonyn.
Timonyn stuffs the takedown attempt from Jordan. Jordan gets slowly back to his feet.
Jordan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Timonyn as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michel Jordan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jordan tries to clinch there but Timonyn circles away.
Jordan throws a head kick that misses.
Jordan shoots for a double leg takedown but Timonyn sprawls well. He's pushed Jordan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Timonyn looks to land a combination but Jordan avoids it well.
Timonyn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Timonyn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Timonyn takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jordan moves into the clinch successfully.
Jordan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Timonyn prevents it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jordan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jordan shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Timonyn manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Timonyn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jordan.
Jordan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Michel Jordan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Timonyn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Timonyn lands with a nice combination. Jordan backs away looking to recover.
Timonyn throws a series of punches but Jordan avoids them all with ease.
Timonyn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Timonyn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jordan gets a double leg takedown into Timonyn's guard.
Jordan forces his way into half guard.
Jordan trying to control the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Timonyn can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jordan maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Timonyn could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Jordan has cracked it and Timonyn is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Jordan!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michel Jordan!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Spanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by UFC - Face the Pain. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mick Spanner!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spanner closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jones scores with the left hand. Spanner knows he should have avoided that one.
Spanner misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Spanner tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jones sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Spanner somewhat.
Spanner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Spanner gets slowly back to his feet.
Jon Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mick Spanner.
Spanner shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Spanner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones lands with an uppercut that bounces Spanner off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spanner throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spanner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Spanner trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Spanner is controlling the position.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Spanner gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Jones has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Spanner can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Spanner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Spanner makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jones looking for a guillotine here but Spanner defends easily.
Jones is trying to keep Spanner in close.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Spanner is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spanner trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spanner works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Spanner got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jones has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Spanner has managed to get both his arms back between Jones's legs - danger averted.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spanner working some strikes from top position.
Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Spanner is aware though and is defending well.
Spanner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Spanner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Spanner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Spanner doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Spanner manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Spanner's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones prevents Spanner from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Spanner is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spanner keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jones wants to pass the guard but Spanner is keeping the position.
Jones stops Spanner from standing up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Spanner can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jones drops back, looking for a kneebar! Spanner looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Spanner looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Spanner!
Spanner postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Spanner lands a few punches from side control.
Spanner advances to full mount.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Spanner avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
Spanner lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
Jones throwing hammer fists to the chest of Spanner. What's that going to do exactly?
Spanner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Spanner cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Spanner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Spanner postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Jones badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Spanner around the waist but Spanner pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Spanner is the winner by TKO! Spanner jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mick Spanner!
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