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Peterhof Fightfest 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva Jr (ranked 6658 p4p, 681 weight class) and Samuel Andrade (ranked 6096 p4p, 649 weight class). Andrade has chosen Spanish Eyes as his entrance music. Anderson Silva Jr is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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270 lbs
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219 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Silva Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samuel Andrade!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva Jr throws a wild body kick that Andrade sees coming a mile off.
Andrade shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A punch combination from Andrade misses.
Silva Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A cross from Silva Jr lands.
It looks like Samuel Andrade has been cut.
Silva Jr connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Andrade looks winded!
Silva Jr shoots in looking for a takedown but Andrade manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva Jr's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Some wild striking there from Andrade.
Silva Jr slaps away a takedown attempt from Andrade, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Silva Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Andrade walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Silva Jr! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anderson Silva Jr!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Lashley (ranked 5173 p4p, 572 weight class) and Smackma Bitchup (ranked 5095 p4p, 565 weight class). Lashley comes to the cage accompanied by Fire & Brimstone . 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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248 lbs
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241 lbs
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Lashley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Smackma Bitchup!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bitchup gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lashley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lashley content to stall in guard here.
Lashley gets to his feet. Bitchup looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Lashley tries to clinch but Bitchup moves away
and Bitchup counters with a left and a right that stings Lashley.
Bitchup has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bitchup lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lashley shoots in but Bitchup avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bitchup scores with a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lashley misses with a takedown attempt - Bitchup sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bitchup throws out a counter right but Lashley avoids it with no problem.
Bitchup scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bitchup with a nice cross.
Bobby Lashley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bitchup lands with a good body shot.
Lashley is breathing heavily.
Lashley has his takedown stuffed
and Bitchup counters with a crisp right that sends Lashley to the canvas! Bitchup follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Smackma Bitchup!
Smackma Bitchup seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Bobby Lashley had this to say: 'I Don't Know Man, I Could Just Focus On Pro Wrestling And Retire MMA Or I Could Train Harder Than Ever And Win My Next Fight '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Murhaa (ranked 7062 p4p, 682 weight class) and Maksim Semenov (ranked 5939 p4p, 619 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Maksim Semenov enters the cage!
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196 lbs
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BJJ Blue 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ispa Murhaa!
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, Maksim Semenov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Semenov throws a body shot but no joy.
Murhaa is looking to counter the offense by Semenov and move into the clinch.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Semenov swinging wildly here.
Murhaa scores with a jab. Semenov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Semenov avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
Semenov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murhaa drives through and clinches with Semenov against the cage.
Murhaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Semenov backwards.
Murhaa is leaning against Semenov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murhaa scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Murhaa.
Murhaa stalling against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murhaa is working Semenov over against the cage.
Murhaa pushes Semenov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murhaa controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Semenov tries to circle away but Murhaa has him pinned against the cage.
Murhaa prevents Semenov from breaking the clinch.
Murhaa stalling against the cage.
Semenov working hard to break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Murhaa.
A body shot lands from Murhaa.
Semenov looks winded!
A right handed body shot lands from Murhaa.
Semenov can't break the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Murhaa.
Murhaa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murhaa just leaning against Semenov, taking a breather.
Murhaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Semenov backwards.
Murhaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murhaa prevents Semenov from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Murhaa as the two fighters clinch.
A short left from Murhaa.
A short left from Murhaa.
Murhaa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Semenov is rocked!
Murhaa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Semenov.
Semenov is still on wobbly legs! Can Murhaa finish him?
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Semenov seems to have recovered his senses.
Murhaa is struggling to control the position.
Good body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa controlling the action here for a moment.
Murhaa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands with a left to the head.
It looks like Maksim Semenov has been cut.
Murhaa cracks Semenov with a nice body shot.
Murhaa lands with a short shot to the head.
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murhaa works on Semenov's body with a couple of short punches.
Murhaa lands a right hand.
A short body shot lands from Murhaa as the two fighters clinch.
Murhaa slowing the pace effectively.
Murhaa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murhaa lands with a short shot to the head.
Murhaa lands a nice uppercut.
Murhaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Murhaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Semenov backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa leaning against his opponent.
Semenov can't break the clinch.
Murhaa leaning against his opponent.
Murhaa keeps control of Semenov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murhaa lands a hook that snaps the head of Semenov backwards.
Murhaa presses Semenov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murhaa digs a right hand underneath Semenov's ribcage. Semenov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Murhaa.
Murhaa works on Semenov's body with a couple of short punches.
Murhaa controlling the action here for a moment.
Murhaa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murhaa lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ispa Murhaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maksim Semenov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Murhaa lands an overhand right.
Maksim Semenov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murhaa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Semenov throws a one two combo.
Murhaa throws a right and a left that Semenov avoids nicely.
Ispa Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murhaa works Semenov's body with a nice hook.
Semenov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Semenov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murhaa closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Semenov's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Semenov drops to his knees and Murhaa pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ispa Murhaa!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hector Numagodov (ranked 5020 p4p, 632 weight class) and Brent Reid (ranked 3835 p4p, 503 weight class). Numagodov comes to the cage accompanied by Daft Punk - Contact. Reid has chosen At The Hundredth Meridian - The Tragically Hip 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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180 lbs
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173 lbs
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Basic striking
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Counter fighter
Experienced |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hector Numagodov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brent Reid!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Numagodov darts in and clinches Reid up against the cage.
Numagodov blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Reid swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Numagodov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Numagodov is trying to break free.
Numagodov misses with some punches.
Reid softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Numagodov blocking some punches.
Reid works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Numagodov misses with a punch to the body.
Numagodov is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Reid can't fight it off and eventually Numagodov manages to take the fight to the floor. Reid looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Numagodov stopping the sweep attempt from Reid.
Numagodov throws a big right hand that misses.
Numagodov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Numagodov doesn't defend quickly enough and Reid has managed to lock this one up! Can Numagodov escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Reid on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Brent Reid!
A victorious Brent Reid thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Nurmagomedov (ranked 3988 p4p, 392 weight class) and Alvin Smarks (ranked 5145 p4p, 456 weight class). Nurmagomedov's entrance music is Dagestan, by Sabine Kors feat. Timaro. A fine choice. This should be fireworks!
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153 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Nurmagomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alvin Smarks!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smarks throws a body punch but Nurmagomedov moves out of range.
Nurmagomedov appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Smarks throws a combination that misses
and Nurmagomedov counters with a nice double leg into side control. Smarks won't be happy with that.
Nurmagomedov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Smarks to see if he's OK.
Nurmagomedov fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Smarks tries to bench press Nurmagomedov off him but Nurmagomedov keeps the position.
Nurmagomedov throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Nurmagomedov working the head and body with strikes.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice forearm strike.
Nurmagomedov looks up at the clock and then as Smarks takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nurmagomedov smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Smarks gets back to half guard.
We've been hearing that Nurmagomedov has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smarks keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Smarks's head.
Ground and pound from Nurmagomedov.
Smarks wants to control but Nurmagomedov is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smarks looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nurmagomedov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nurmagomedov looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Smarks keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Smarks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nurmagomedov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Smarks regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nurmagomedov is looking to work some ground and pound but Smarks has wrist control.
Nurmagomedov is in close to Smarks's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Smarks trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smarks throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nurmagomedov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nurmagomedov forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurmagomedov trying to control the action but Smarks is working from the bottom.
Nurmagomedov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nurmagomedov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nurmagomedov is nestled in close to Smarks, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nurmagomedov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nurmagomedov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Smarks is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Smarks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Smarks is rocked!
Nurmagomedov is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Smarks is hurt! He's hurt bad - Nurmagomedov fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Smarks from any more punishment! Congratulations to Nurmagomedov! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fedor Nurmagomedov!
Fedor Nurmagomedov thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sticky Fingaz (ranked 3055 p4p, 311 weight class) and Alex Rostov (ranked 3918 p4p, 386 weight class). Sticky Fingaz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sticky Fingaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Rostov!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fingaz stuffs the takedown attempt from Rostov. Rostov gets slowly back to his feet.
Fingaz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rostov as he avoids it easily.
Fingaz changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rostov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fingaz throws a strike aimed at the side of Rostov's head but Rostov avoids it well.
Rostov wants to control but Fingaz postures up.
Rostov is looking to reverse the position.
Fingaz misses with the ground and pound.
Fingaz cracks Rostov with a big elbow.
Fingaz fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fingaz working the ground and pound but Rostov is defending the strikes.
Fingaz throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Rostov works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Rostov wants to improve his position but Fingaz is controlling well.
Fingaz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fingaz working over Rostov with some ground and pound. Rostov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fingaz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fingaz throwing shots but Rostov is blocking nicely.
Fingaz throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Rostov to regain full guard.
Fingaz throws a big elbow that misses.
Rostov wants to stand but Fingaz is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rostov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fingaz stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Rostov throws up his legs and catches Fingaz in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Fingaz tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Rostov! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Alex Rostov!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Alex Rostov waved his t-shirt featuring Vikai Gear's logo in front of the cameras.
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