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QFC Tournament 531 Round 4 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between L Manning Hines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikita Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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151 lbs
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170 cm
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152 lbs
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Good takedowns
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, L Manning Hines!
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, Nikita Ivanov!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hines leaves Ivanov with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ivanov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hines defends it nicely.
Ivanov shoots in looking for a takedown but Hines manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ivanov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
L Manning Hines has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikita Ivanov.
Hines shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hines sitting and controlling from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hines is trying to control. Ivanov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hines tries to pass to full mount but Ivanov defends it.
Hines sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Hines wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ivanov keeps working.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hines is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hines is looking to take a break and control but Ivanov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ivanov is defended easily by Hines.
Ivanov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hines defends it nicely.
Ivanov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hines did well to prevent Ivanov getting side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov is looking for a kimura here.
Ivanov is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hines sees it coming and defends easily.
Hines manages to get to full guard.
Hines lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hines tries to free his leg and advance position but Ivanov is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hines wants to control from the top but Ivanov keeps moving.
Hines is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hines postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hines is pushing down on Ivanov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ivanov is fighting to maintain full guard but Hines has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
L Manning Hines 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.
No luck for Ivanov with that takedown attempt.
Ivanov drives through with a takedown into Hines's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Ivanov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hines is keeping the position for now.
Hines working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ivanov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ivanov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ivanov tries to free his leg and advance position but Hines is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hines manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ivanov manages to get himself to full guard.
Hines looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hines looking to sit in guard and control but Ivanov gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ivanov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hines's guard.
Ivanov seems to be working for a kimura but Hines defends the submission attempt.
Ivanov wants to work for an arm triangle but Hines is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hines is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ivanov is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov is working for a submission of some sort.
Ivanov moves into full mount! Hines won't be happy about that!
Nikita Ivanov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ivanov has hold of Hines's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hines manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hines wants to control but Ivanov is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Hines is now in Ivanov's guard. A big mistake from Ivanov there, giving up the dominant position!
Hines is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hines is pushing down on Ivanov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ivanov is fighting to maintain full guard but Hines has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hines is trying to control the action in half guard but Ivanov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hines throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hines controlling the action here.
Hines tries to pass to full mount but Ivanov defends it.
Hines seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ivanov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ivanov won't allow Hines to pass to mount.
Ivanov trying to control but Hines postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nikita Ivanov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Hines swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivanov fails to land the takedown.
Hines is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hines fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ivanov sprawls well initially but Hines persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hines trying to control from half guard but Ivanov is working away.
Hines throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hines is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hines avoids the attempt from Ivanov to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hines controlling from mount.
Ivanov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hines looking to control but Ivanov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ivanov is bucking up trying to escape but Hines cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
L Manning Hines is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hines looking to control but Ivanov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hines controlling the position easily from mount.
Ivanov prevents Hines from taking his back.
Hines content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hines avoids the attempt from Ivanov to control.
Hines looking to control but Ivanov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hines looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ivanov tries to lock up and control but Hines gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hines lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ivanov is looking to improve his position but Hines isn't that keen on the idea.
Hines is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Ivanov has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Ivanov!
Ivanov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hines is keeping the position for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nikita Ivanov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hines trying to keep a closed guard but Ivanov is proving a slippery customer.
And that's the end of the fight!
L Manning Hines showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hines 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for L Manning Hines!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for L Manning Hines!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for L Manning Hines!
L Manning Hines wins by unanimous decision!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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