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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Spider Rico (ranked 6556 p4p, 5140 weight class) and Peter Kropotkin (ranked 263 p4p, 226 weight class). Spider Rico has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Solid Muay Thai
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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Spider Rico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Peter Kropotkin!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kropotkin lands a right hook to the body.
Rico with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kropotkin to score with a decent uppercut.
Kropotkin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rico to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Rico stands up over Kropotkin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rico scoring with some ground and pound.
Rico sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kropotkin's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kropotkin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rico lands a couple of digs.
Rico throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kropotkin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rico makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rico scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kropotkin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kropotkin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kropotkin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kropotkin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rico makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kropotkin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rico in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kropotkin keeping moving, preventing Rico from controlling successfully.
Rico works over Kropotkin with some ground and pound from guard.
Rico throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kropotkin looking to control.
Rico is in close to Kropotkin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rico has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rico makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rico throws a big right hand that misses.
Rico throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rico is working Kropotkin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kropotkin lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Rico might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rico keeping moving, preventing Kropotkin from controlling successfully.
Kropotkin throwing strikes but missing.
Rico seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Kropotkin looking to sit in guard and control but Rico gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Spider Rico dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rico takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Spider Rico has been cut.
Kropotkin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rico dives in and scores a takedown into Kropotkin's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rico postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rico with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rico working some strikes from top position.
Rico won't allow Kropotkin to get back to his feet.
Spider Rico overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rico postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rico lands a couple of digs.
Rico scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rico is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rico is in close to Kropotkin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rico postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kropotkin has his foot on Rico's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rico works his way back into a safe position though.
Rico distracts Kropotkin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rico trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kropotkin is looking for a triangle but Rico pushes his legs off easily.
Kropotkin looking to control.
Rico connects with a couple of short punches.
Rico working some strikes from top position.
Rico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rico trying to control but Kropotkin is working from the bottom.
Kropotkin trying to keep a closed guard but Rico is proving a slippery customer.
Kropotkin has his foot on Rico's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rico works his way back into a safe position though.
Rico landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico postures up and lands a big shot to Kropotkin's brow.
Rico landing some decent shots from guard.
Rico is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rico works over Kropotkin with some ground and pound from guard.
Rico landing some decent shots from guard.
Rico is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rico landing with the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rico landing some decent shots from guard.
Rico works over Kropotkin with some ground and pound from guard.
Rico landing some decent shots from guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Spider Rico dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Spider Rico's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kropotkin scores with a one two! Rico had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kropotkin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rico closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Peter Kropotkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kropotkin misses with a double jab
and Rico decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kropotkin's guard.
Kropotkin manages to escape and get back to his feet.
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!
Kropotkin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rico. Rico circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kropotkin throws a one two combo.
Kropotkin tries to bum rush Rico with a series of wild strikes but Rico uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kropotkin scores with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Kropotkin.
Rico is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kropotkin can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kropotkin cracks Rico with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kropotkin scores with a shot to the body.
Kropotkin thows a leg kick but Rico checks it
so Rico counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rico connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rico landing with the ground and pound.
Rico working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kropotkin's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rico's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rico cracks Kropotkin with a solid left hand.
Kropotkin throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Rico chips away with some ground and pound.
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!
Rico preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rico makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kropotkin has momentary wrist control but Rico slips an elbow through the middle.
Rico connects with a couple of short punches.
Rico working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kropotkin's head.
Kropotkin has momentary wrist control but Rico slips an elbow through the middle.
Kropotkin trying to keep a closed guard but Rico is proving a slippery customer.
Rico scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rico chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rico lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rico postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rico tries to free his leg and advance position but Kropotkin is retaining full guard.
Peter Kropotkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rico working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kropotkin's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Peter Kropotkin.
I think Rico has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spider Rico!
A relieved looking Spider Rico thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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