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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Armando Julio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunnar Edvard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julio comes to the cage accompanied by Wings Of Life. Armando Julio looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Decent boxing
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armando Julio!
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, Gunnar Edvard!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edvard throws a series of punches but Julio moves out of range.
Edvard swings for the body but Julio moves out of range.
Julio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Edvard.
Edvard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Julio circles away quickly and effectively.
Edvard moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Armando Julio has been cut.
Julio tries to close the distance and clinch but Edvard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Julio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Edvard looks to land a left hand but Julio moved out of range nicely.
Edvard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Edvard looks to land a combination but Julio avoids it well.
Edvard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Edvard looks to land a right hand but Julio moved out of range.
Edvard changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Julio tries to avoid it but Edvard manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Julio to the ground. Julio escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Edvard lands a nice shot that snaps Julio's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edvard throws a series of punches but Julio moves out of range.
A jab from Edvard misses.
Edvard throws a hook but Julio blocks it.
Edvard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Edvard looks to land a left hand but Julio moved out of range nicely.
Julio fails to land the takedown.
Edvard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Julio looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Edvard!
Julio is breathing heavily.
Edvard keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Edvard regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edvard trying to control from the bottom.
Edvard gets back to full guard.
Edvard manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Edvard punishing his opponent with strikes.
Julio sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Edvard lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julio gets full guard.
Edvard 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.
Julio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Edvard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Edvard manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Julio escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Edvard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Edvard trying to control the position from guard on top but Julio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Edvard wants to pass the guard but Julio is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Edvard trying to control but Julio is working from the bottom.
Edvard tries to free his leg and advance position but Julio is retaining full guard.
Julio keeping moving, preventing Edvard from controlling successfully.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Julio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Edvard as he jumps to the side.
Julio defending well as Edvard loads up on a big left hand.
Edvard misses with a series of wild punches.
Edvard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Edvard throws a hook to the side of Julio's head but Julio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Edvard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Armando Julio's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Julio walks into a jab.
Edvard might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Edvard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Julio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Julio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Edvard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Julio.
Julio shoots in looking for a takedown. Edvard tries to sprawl out of it but Julio keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Edvard manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No joy there for Edvard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Julio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Edvard.
Edvard misses with a wild combination.
Edvard gets a takedown into half guard.
Julio is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edvard content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Edvard is thwarting Julio's attempts to control the position.
Edvard scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two 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.
Ground and pound from Edvard.
Edvard keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Julio taking some punishment here, with Edvard in his half guard.
Edvard seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Julio tries to get to full guard but Edvard has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edvard is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Despite being in the dominant position, Gunnar Edvard just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A big left from Edvard misses.
Edvard misses with a double jab.
Julio gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Edvard counters with a left and a right that stings Julio.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armando Julio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Edvard looks to land a left hand but Julio moved out of range nicely.
Julio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Edvard.
Edvard connects with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Edvard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Julio's hands.
A lazy left from Edvard finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edvard lands a head shot.
Edvard throws a series of punches but Julio avoids them all with ease.
Julio slips a jab and a cross from Edvard.
Julio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Edvard as he jumps to the side.
Edvard throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Edvard misses with a body shot.
A jab from Edvard does it's job there.
Edvard scores with a sloppy right hand. Julio should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Edvard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Armando Julio's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Edvard's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Edvard duly obliges.
Edvard misses with a hook. Julio ducked under it nicely.
Julio with a lazy takedown attempt
and Edvard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Armando Julio's cut is getting worse.
Nice shot by Edvard.
Julio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Edvard.
Edvard changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Julio looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Edvard advances to full mount.
Julio wants to hold on but Edvard pushes him away.
Julio is desperately trying to improve his position but Edvard has a good base and remains in mount.
Julio is squirming around, avoiding Edvard's attempts to control the action.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edvard controlling his opponent.
Julio is looking to get to half guard.
Edvard trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Edvard might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Julio kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's two 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.
Edvard controlling his opponent.
Armando Julio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Julio working to try and regain half guard.
A nice elbow there by Edvard.
Julio taking shots to the head.
Edvard trying to control but Julio is having none of it.
Gunnar Edvard has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julio is trying desperately to improve position.
Julio takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Edvard with shots to the head and body - Julio looks very uncomfortable down there.
Edvard lands a big shot there that rocks Julio but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Edvard looking to control but Julio is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Edvard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Edvard controlling the pace for now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Edvard cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edvard takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Despite being in the dominant position, Gunnar Edvard just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Edvard shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Edvard showed some decent athleticism there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Edvard winds up and cracks Julio with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Edvard content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Julio tries to get to full guard but Edvard has control of the leg.
Gunnar Edvard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Edvard works his way into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gunnar Edvard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Edvard has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gunnar Edvard!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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