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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denis White (ranked 540 p4p, 1146 weight class) and Dimitri Svyatogor (ranked 74 p4p, 130 weight class). Svyatogor has chosen Carl Espen - Silent Storm 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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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 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denis White!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dimitri Svyatogor!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svyatogor forces White back against the cage and clinches.
White's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Svyatogor fails to land.
Svyatogor throws a punch but it's blocked by White.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
Svyatogor lands an uppercut.
Svyatogor is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Svyatogor lands with a right to the head.
Svyatogor lands a shoulder strike.
White definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice body punch from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Svyatogor scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Svyatogor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Svyatogor is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. White can't fight it off and eventually Svyatogor manages to take the fight to the floor. White looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Svyatogor 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
White looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Svyatogor trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
Svyatogor not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
White looking to control but Svyatogor passes into half guard.
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.
Svyatogor trying to control from half guard but White is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White tries to roll over but Svyatogor keeps him under control.
Svyatogor seems to be looking for submissions.
Svyatogor is working for a kimura but White is defending it quite comfortably.
Svyatogor trying to control from half guard but White is working away.
White knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Svyatogor on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svyatogor prevents White from improving his position.
Svyatogor is working for a submission of some sort.
Svyatogor seems to be working for a kimura but White defends the submission attempt.
Svyatogor is trying to control the action in half guard but White is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
White is looking to improve his position.
Still in half guard, Svyatogor seems content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Svyatogor is trying to control. White wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
White is in trouble now - Svyatogor has advanced to mount!
White really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Svyatogor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
White can't escape the position.
Svyatogor trying to control but White is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White tries to lock up and control but Svyatogor gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Svyatogor tries to control but White wriggling away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dimitri Svyatogor dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Svyatogor wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Svyatogor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
Svyatogor wants to counter the offense by White and move into the clinch position.
Svyatogor wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
White ducks under a wild hook from Svyatogor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Svyatogor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Svyatogor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svyatogor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White.
Svyatogor drops down looking to force a counter takedown but White defends it well.
Svyatogor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Svyatogor throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Svyatogor misses with a body shot
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Svyatogor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. White doesn't seem bothered though.
Svyatogor throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Svyatogor is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Svyatogor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dimitri Svyatogor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White misses with a looping left.
Svyatogor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White throwing a counter right hand but Svyatogor manages to avoid it.
White on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
White looks to throw the jab but Svyatogor is out of range.
Svyatogor tries to clinch up
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svyatogor rushes White and presses him up against the cage.
White is looking to break free of the clinch but Svyatogor has double underhooks.
Svyatogor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Svyatogor is leaning against White and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Svyatogor.
Svyatogor gets through White's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Svyatogor misses with a punch on the inside.
Svyatogor gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Denis White has been cut.
White wants to get back to striking at distance but Svyatogor won't allow it.
Svyatogor keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Svyatogor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svyatogor tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Svyatogor back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Svyatogor.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.
Svyatogor lands an elbow inside.
White takes an elbow to the forehead.
White is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
White is pressed against the cage. Svyatogor pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts White! Two more big strikes from Svyatogor and White crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Dimitri Svyatogor!
A very excited looking Dimitri Svyatogor made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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