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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Florin Chernat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Toni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toni has chosen http://music.yandex.ru/#/track/1750072/album/173573 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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265 lbs
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280 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Florin Chernat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Toni!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chernat shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Toni defends it nicely.
Toni closes the distance and pushes Chernat back into the cage.
Chernat is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Toni pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Toni lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Florin Chernat has been cut.
Toni will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Chernat up against the cage.
Chernat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chernat fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Florin Chernat. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chernat changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Toni tries to avoid it but Chernat manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Toni to the ground. Toni escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Chernat shoots for a double leg takedown but Toni sprawls well. He's pushed Chernat's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Toni ducks under a wild hook from Chernat.
Chernat misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Toni tries to clinch up
and Chernat counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toni scores with a takedown into Chernat's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Toni postures up.
Toni not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Chernat looking for a triangle here. Toni is fighting it but it looks tight! Chernat pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Toni is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Florin Chernat!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Held (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Kidd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kidd is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ain't No Sunshine. On his way into the cage it seems that Marcin Held has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Marcin Held seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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155 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcin Held!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robin Kidd!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Held gets caught napping as Kidd dives in and scores a takedown. Held manages to retain guard.
Held wants to get back to his feet but Kidd is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Held working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kidd.
Held preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kidd postures up in Held's guard and throws a big left but Held blocks it.
Kidd with a flurry of punches that miss.
Held avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Held keeping moving, preventing Kidd from controlling successfully.
Kidd throwing strikes from guard but Held blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kidd stops Held from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidd working some strikes from top position.
Held is looking to stand up but Kidd isn't so interested in that idea.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kidd accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kidd in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kidd throwing strikes from guard but Held blocks nicely.
Held preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kidd throws a big right hand that misses.
Kidd lands a couple of elbows.
Held wants to stand and escape but Kidd is having none of it.
Held avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kidd prevents Held from getting back to his feet.
Held is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Held avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kidd must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Kidd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Held works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kidd throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kidd is in close to Held's body, working some short punches and elbows.
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!
Kidd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Held works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Held utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kidd lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kidd postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kidd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kidd lands a couple of digs.
Kidd throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Held works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Held has momentary wrist control but Kidd slips an elbow through the middle.
Kidd postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Held is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kidd gets to his feet and stands over Held, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Held felt that one! Kidd unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Held from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robin Kidd!
Robin Kidd bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vik Kiv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Parkachev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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160 lbs
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158 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vik Kiv!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Parkachev!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiv moves in looking to clinch but Parkachev pushes him off.
Parkachev swinging wildly here.
Kiv throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kiv throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Parkachev was covering up waiting for the punch and Kiv finishes the takedown easily into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Kiv wants to control from the top but Parkachev keeps moving.
Kiv stands up from Parkachev's guard - Kiv perhaps looking for a knockout.
Parkachev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Parkachev lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Parkachev.
Parkachev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kiv closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiv content to control rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiv seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Parkachev for as long as he can get away with.
We're going to have a standup here because Vik Kiv wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Parkachev smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Parkachev scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Parkachev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kiv swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kiv shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiv looking to control but Parkachev is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kiv breaks from Parkachev's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parkachev tries to reverse the position but Kiv maintains control.
Kiv in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kiv controlling from mount.
Kiv is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Parkachev is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kiv looks to land a combination but Parkachev avoids it well.
Kiv closes the distance and pushes Parkachev back into the cage.
Kiv manages to break the clinch.
Vladimir Parkachev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Parkachev misses.
A right-left combo lands from Parkachev.
Kiv thows a body shot but no joy.
Parkachev lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Parkachev avoids the head kick by Kiv.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kiv. Parkachev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kiv avoids the body shot from Parkachev.
Kiv drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kiv is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kiv postures up.
Parkachev looks gassed!
Kiv not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vik Kiv has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Parkachev sizes up Kiv with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kiv takes a swing at Parkachev's ribcage but misses.
Kiv drives through and clinches with Parkachev against the cage.
Kiv scores with a shoulder strike.
Kiv escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiv fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parkachev takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Parkachev fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kiv looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kiv jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Parkachev scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kiv looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Parkachev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kiv.
Parkachev lands a jab-cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vik Kiv dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Parkachev enables Kiv to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Parkachev manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Kiv wants to pass the guard but Parkachev is keeping the position.
Parkachev is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kiv stands and steps away. Parkachev gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Parkachev cracks Kiv with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Parkachev slips under a jab from Kiv.
A nice combination there by Parkachev.
Parkachev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kiv fails to land with a series of punches.
Parkachev scores with the left hand. Kiv knows he should have avoided that one.
Kiv throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Parkachev has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Parkachev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kiv is looking to wear down Parkachev with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parkachev lands with a straight right. Kiv didn't see that one coming.
Parkachev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kiv doesn't manage to clinch there - Parkachev circles away.
Kiv shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Parkachev's guard.
Parkachev is trying to control the position but Kiv postures up.
Kiv trying to control but Parkachev is working from the bottom.
Kiv looking to pass the guard.
Kiv trying to control but Parkachev is working from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kiv gets to his feet - Parkachev follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parkachev lands a jab to the head.
Vladimir Parkachev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Parkachev swinging wildly here.
Kiv has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Parkachev turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Parkachev is breathing heavily.
Parkachev working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Vik Kiv overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kiv can't do much from the bottom here.
Kiv keeps Parkachev under control for a moment.
Parkachev tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parkachev tries to get to his feet but Kiv is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Parkachev in his guard.
Parkachev trying to control but Kiv is working from the bottom.
Parkachev is fighting to break Kiv's control of his arms but Kiv is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parkachev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kiv wants to stand and escape but Parkachev is having none of it.
Kiv looking to hit a scissor sweep but Parkachev is one step ahead there.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Vik Kiv.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kiv. Parkachev does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kiv lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Parkachev backs up against the cage.
It looks like Vladimir Parkachev has been cut.
Parkachev misses with a two punch combination.
Parkachev moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kiv's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Parkachev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kiv scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vik Kiv dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Parkachev's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kiv fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parkachev manages to avoid it.
Parkachev swings for the body but Kiv moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Kiv. Those never looked like landing.
Kiv is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Parkachev.
Parkachev throws a body punch but Kiv moves out of range.
Kiv tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parkachev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Decent striking displayed by Parkachev there.
Kiv attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kiv is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kiv takes a swing at Parkachev's ribcage but misses.
Kiv ducks right into an uppercut from Parkachev.
Parkachev bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kiv's head.
Kiv looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kiv looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Parkachev gets tackled into the cage by Kiv. Kiv maintains the clinch.
Kiv escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiv throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Parkachev.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiv throws a nice looking combination but Parkachev bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kiv tries to clinch there but Parkachev circles away.
Kiv dodges the punch combination from Parkachev.
Kiv scores with a sloppy right hand. Parkachev should have avoided that one.
Kiv just misses with a punch to the body.
Parkachev lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kiv circles away quickly and effectively.
Kiv throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Parkachev tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Kiv is in Parkachev's guard.
Parkachev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Parkachev trying to control the position.
Kiv controlling from the top position.
Kiv would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kiv has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiv stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Parkachev throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Parkachev.
Kiv wants to clinch up but Parkachev keeps it at a distance.
Kiv tries to clinch up.
Kiv rushes Parkachev and presses him up against the cage.
Kiv breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kiv avoids the body shot from Parkachev.
Parkachev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kiv connects with a nice looking jab.
Parkachev circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Parkachev, as that shot connected.
Kiv really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Kiv dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Parkachev lands with a shot to the body.
Parkachev lands a two punch combo.
Parkachev just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiv lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kiv throws a nice looking combination but Parkachev bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kiv closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Parkachev did well to prevent Kiv getting side control.
Kiv is trying to work for a kimura but Parkachev is defending well.
Parkachev wants to control but Kiv is keeping busy.
Vladimir Parkachev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiv stops Parkachev from getting back to his feet.
Kiv tries to stand and escape but Parkachev is controlling the position.
Kiv stands up from half guard.
Kiv misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big left from Kiv misses.
Vladimir Parkachev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kiv instigates a clinch.
Kiv pulls Parkachev into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kiv throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Parkachev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vik Kiv showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kiv, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vik Kiv!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erlan Baltabekov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Menoza Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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240 lbs
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245 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Erlan Baltabekov!
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, Menoza Torres!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Torres misses with a double jab.
Baltabekov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Torres as he avoids it easily.
Baltabekov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut there from Torres.
Torres goes for a small jab and connects. Now Torres goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Baltabekov stumbles back but Torres runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Baltabekov to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Baltabekov will ever be the same after a knockout like that.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Menoza Torres!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chan Sung Jung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jung's choice of entrance music: Zombies. Chan Sung Jung has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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146 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Love!
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, Chan Sung Jung!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jung counters with a straight right hand.
Love walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jung throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jung dodges the punch combination from Love.
Love closes the distance and clinches up with Jung, looking for a takedown. Love pushes Jung against the cage but Jung circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jung displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Love.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love is breathing heavily.
Love misses with a takedown attempt
and Jung counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Love thinking.
Jung stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jung lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Love gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Jung to counter with a crisp jab.
A punch lands to the side of Love 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jung thumps Love with a low kick.
Jung lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jung's corner calls for a 1-2. Jung obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jung throws out a powerful jab.
Love is rocked!
Jung connects with a crisp jab.
Oh Love is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Love walks into a straight right hand from Jung.
Jung steps in with a hook that catches Love right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Jung follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Love looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chan Sung Jung!
A victorious Chan Sung Jung thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zachary Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curt Warburton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warburton has chosen Type O Negative as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Zachary Brooks could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Curt Warburton's chin.
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zachary Brooks!
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, Curt Warburton!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brooks.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Warburton.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Brooks on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Brooks is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
It looks like Zachary Brooks has been cut.
Brooks is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Warburton's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Warburton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brooks. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nice strikes from Warburton there.
Brooks is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Warburton lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Brooks! More strikes land and this one is all over! Warburton jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Curt Warburton!
Curt Warburton took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, NEBULA Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Highway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piter KZ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Highway might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gunnery Sgt Highway. Tom Highway has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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210 lbs
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205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Highway!
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, Piter KZ!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Highway gets a double leg takedown into KZ's guard.
Highway tries to free his leg and advance position but KZ is retaining full guard.
Highway throwing strikes from guard but KZ blocks nicely.
Highway throws a big elbow that misses.
KZ keeping moving, preventing Highway from controlling successfully.
KZ is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Highway knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for KZ on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
KZ is looking for a triangle here but Highway uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
KZ can't do much from the bottom here.
Highway is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down KZ's shoulder. That is not cool.
Highway landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
KZ is trying to control Highway's posture but Highway avoids it.
Highway throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Highway tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Check out the look on Highway's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Highway working the ground and pound.
KZ sneaks back into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. KZ manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
KZ is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Highway frees his head nicely. Oh but KZ has switched to an armbar! Highway is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Piter KZ!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Leon Villar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hideo Tokoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tokoro has chosen World's End Rhapsody as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leon Villar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hideo Tokoro!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Villar enables Tokoro to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Villar manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tokoro is looking to work some ground and pound but Villar has wrist control.
Villar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tokoro is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Villar can't keep his opponent in guard - Tokoro advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Tokoro is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tokoro takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Tokoro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tokoro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Villar's head.
Tokoro not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Villar taking some punishment here, with Tokoro in his half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tokoro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokoro working Villar over with strikes.
Tokoro works his foot free and advances to mount.
Tokoro connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tokoro breaks from Villar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tokoro raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villar working to try and regain half guard.
Tokoro breaks from Villar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Villar is rocked!
Tokoro postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Villar badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Tokoro around the waist but Tokoro pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Tokoro is the winner by TKO! Tokoro jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hideo Tokoro!
Our winner, Hideo Tokoro, 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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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Saifullah Gaziev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Cro Crop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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162 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Brawler
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Saifullah Gaziev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Cro Crop!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cro Crop shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cro Crop showed some decent athleticism there.
Cro Crop sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gaziev defending well though.
Gaziev wants to get back to full guard.
Cro Crop scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cro Crop prevents Gaziev from standing back up.
Cro Crop slows the pace down in half guard.
Cro Crop's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cro Crop stops Gaziev from getting back to his feet.
Cro Crop trying to control the action but Gaziev is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Marko Cro Crop was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Cro Crop with a poor takedown
and Gaziev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gaziev lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cro Crop fails with the takedown
and Gaziev counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Cro Crop goes down! Will Cro Crop beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's up! No problem. Let's get back to the action!
Cro Crop is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Gaziev moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Cro Crop! Gaziev continues to tee off on Cro Crop, landing with a left and a right! Gaziev connects with a right hand that leaves Cro Crop sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Gaziev!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Saifullah Gaziev!
Saifullah Gaziev spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Bitaskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lakat Koljenovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lakat Koljenovich is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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20
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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22
265 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Great elbows
Powerful |
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jay Bitaskis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lakat Koljenovich!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koljenovich dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bitaskis. That did some damage!
Koljenovich tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bitaskis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koljenovich closes the distance and clinches.
Koljenovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bitaskis trying to control the position but instead, Koljenovich has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bitaskis into the cage.
Koljenovich prevents a takedown attempt there.
Koljenovich lands an elbow that stopped Bitaskis in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Jay Bitaskis has been cut.
Bitaskis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Koljenovich just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bitaskis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bitaskis jumps guard but Koljenovich turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Bitaskis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koljenovich misses with a knee to the head.
Bitaskis managing to block the knees to the body from Koljenovich.
Bitaskis working aggressively here.
Koljenovich is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koljenovich lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bitaskis can't break the clinch.
Koljenovich lands with a right to the head.
Bitaskis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koljenovich is trying to stall.
Koljenovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bitaskis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bitaskis misses with a body punch.
Bitaskis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bitaskis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bitaskis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Koljenovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Bitaskis jumps guard but Koljenovich turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bitaskis avoiding damage as Koljenovich throws knees to the body.
Koljenovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bitaskis avoids it.
Koljenovich connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bitaskis's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters up against the cage, Koljenovich throws an elbow but misses.
Bitaskis trying to stall but Koljenovich improves his position.
Koljenovich stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bitaskis lands a right hand.
Bitaskis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bitaskis breaks from the clinch.
Koljenovich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bitaskis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bitaskis counters with a nice body shot.
Koljenovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bitaskis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Lakat Koljenovich has been cut.
Koljenovich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bitaskis shoots in for a takedown but Koljenovich shows good takedown defense.
Lakat Koljenovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bitaskis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Decent striking displayed by Bitaskis there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bitaskis changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Koljenovich looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bitaskis is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Koljenovich's shoulder. That is not cool.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bitaskis working away.
Bitaskis wants to control but Koljenovich is keeping him busy.
Koljenovich is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bitaskis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bitaskis trying to control the action but Koljenovich is working from the bottom.
Bitaskis goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Koljenovich has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Bitaskis but great work by Koljenovich.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Koljenovich stalls from top position.
Bitaskis can't do much from the bottom here.
Koljenovich is looking to take a break and control but Bitaskis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bitaskis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koljenovich wants to control but Bitaskis is keeping him busy.
Bitaskis is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Bitaskis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bitaskis moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Bitaskis dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bitaskis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bitaskis counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Koljenovich!
Bitaskis lands a big shot there that rocks Koljenovich but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bitaskis working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bitaskis tries to control but Koljenovich wriggling away.
Koljenovich is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Koljenovich avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bitaskis.
Bitaskis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bitaskis is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bitaskis throwing strikes here but Koljenovich is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bitaskis controlling his opponent.
Bitaskis scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koljenovich can't escape the position.
Koljenovich in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Koljenovich is rocked!
That has opened up Lakat Koljenovich's cut even more.
Koljenovich tries to improve his position but instead Bitaskis has taken his back!
Koljenovich wants to escape the position.
Koljenovich is taking damage to the body and head.
Koljenovich is still in real trouble! Can Bitaskis finish him?
Bitaskis is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Koljenovich is tapping out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jay Bitaskis!
Jay Bitaskis retains his heavyweight title!
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