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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nils Hoglander (ranked 1164 p4p, 1255 weight class) and Olenev Stepanovich (ranked 151 p4p, 160 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Stepanovich's choice of entrance music: Swallowing Dust. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nils Hoglander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Olenev Stepanovich!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stepanovich just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Hoglander wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hoglander displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stepanovich throws out the jab.
Hoglander pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Olenev Stepanovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stepanovich throws the left hand but Hoglander avoids the punch easily.
Stepanovich looks to throw the jab but Hoglander is out of range.
Stepanovich bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hoglander's head backwards.
Good shot there by Stepanovich.
Hoglander pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Stepanovich on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stepanovich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hoglander.
Stepanovich takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The fighters circling - Stepanovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hoglander looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stepanovich slips a straight right by Hoglander.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoglander takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Stepanovich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hoglander was well out of range. Poor timing from Stepanovich.
Stepanovich bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hoglander's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stepanovich lands with a nice body punch.
Stepanovich misses with a lunging right hand
and Hoglander counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoglander misses with a wild body shot.
Nice jab there from Stepanovich.
Hoglander takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stepanovich with a hook.
Hoglander needs to keep his hands up - Stepanovich had a free shot at his head there.
Hoglander takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hoglander displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stepanovich throws out the jab.
Hoglander tests Stepanovich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hoglander comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hoglander looks to land a right hand but Stepanovich moved out of range.
Hoglander misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Stepanovich.
Stepanovich moves into range and connects with a jab.
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!
Stepanovich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hoglander.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Stepanovich has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Stepanovich throws a shot from downtown. Hoglander moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hoglander misses with an uppercut. Stepanovich saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Stepanovich.
Hoglander throws a jab but it's blocked by Stepanovich.
Stepanovich ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stepanovich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoglander manages to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Hoglander on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hoglander takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hoglander looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stepanovich lands with an overhand left.
Stepanovich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hoglander sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stepanovich fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stepanovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoglander.
Hoglander ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stepanovich scores with a punch to the head.
Stepanovich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hoglander misses the target.
A big left from Stepanovich misses.
Stepanovich misses with a left hand
and Hoglander counters with a straight right hand.
Hoglander throws a right hand that Stepanovich ducks under and follows up with a left that Stepanovich also avoids with ease.
Stepanovich misses with a looping right.
Stepanovich throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoglander.
Hoglander misses with an uppercut.
And Stepanovich tries to counter it with a takedown but Hoglander pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Stepanovich moves away from the strike by Hoglander.
A jab from Stepanovich misses.
Hoglander throws a big shot that misses.
Stepanovich misses with a straight right.
Stepanovich throws a big shot that misses.
Hoglander is looking to counter punch.
Stepanovich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hoglander.
Stepanovich misses the shot to the body.
Stepanovich slips under a jab from Hoglander.
Stepanovich swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoglander.
Stepanovich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Hoglander.
Hoglander slips a straight right by Stepanovich.
A lazy left from Stepanovich finds it's target.
Hoglander takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Hoglander stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Stepanovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stepanovich let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Stepanovich misses with a hook
and Hoglander counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hoglander ducks under a wild hook from Stepanovich.
An attempted straight right counter from Hoglander misses the target.
Stepanovich throws a hook but Hoglander blocks it.
Stepanovich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Stepanovich ducks under a wild hook from Hoglander.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stepanovich lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hoglander looks to land a right hand but Stepanovich moved out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stepanovich.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olenev Stepanovich dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hoglander staying out of range there.
Stepanovich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hoglander might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hoglander throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stepanovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hoglander blocks a jab.
Stepanovich slips a straight right by Hoglander.
Stepanovich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Hoglander misses.
Hoglander gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stepanovich jabs at Hoglander's body.
Stepanovich bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hoglander's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stepanovich misses the shot to the body.
Stepanovich sizes up Hoglander with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hoglander takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stepanovich cracks Hoglander with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoglander takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Hoglander. That snapped Stepanovich's head back.
Stepanovich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Hoglander on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hoglander misses the jab.
Stepanovich scores with a punch to the head.
Hoglander uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stepanovich.
Hoglander is looking to counter punch.
Stepanovich misses with a looping left.
Hoglander moves away from the strike by Stepanovich.
Hoglander looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stepanovich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Olenev Stepanovich seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big right from Stepanovich misses.
Hoglander is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stepanovich.
Stepanovich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hoglander moves out of range as Stepanovich strikes.
Hoglander is looking to counter punch.
Hoglander on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stepanovich takes a swing at Hoglander's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoglander misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich throws a lazy right hand but Hoglander sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stepanovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hoglander moves away.
Hoglander takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stepanovich slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Stepanovich misses with a left hand
enabling Hoglander to counter with a crisp jab.
Stepanovich with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stepanovich throws the left hand but Hoglander avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Stepanovich does it's job there.
Hoglander takes one to the chin there.
Hoglander steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stepanovich.
Stepanovich lands a head shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hoglander, as that shot connected.
Stepanovich looks to land a combination but Hoglander avoids it well.
A little feinted left hand from Hoglander on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stepanovich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hoglander bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hoglander swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stepanovich stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Stepanovich is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hoglander tries to move into range but Stepanovich moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hoglander uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stepanovich.
Nice jab there from Stepanovich.
Hoglander tries to bum rush Stepanovich with a series of wild strikes but Stepanovich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stepanovich scores with a punch to the head.
Hoglander takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hoglander throws a lazy right hand but Stepanovich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Stepanovich misses.
Hoglander misses with a hook.
Stepanovich misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoglander uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stepanovich has time to react.
Stepanovich misses with a straight right.
Hoglander's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stepanovich connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hoglander scrambles back to his feet.
Hoglander scores with a jab. Stepanovich acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hoglander showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stepanovich.
Hoglander slips a jab from Stepanovich.
Stepanovich misses with a double jab
and Hoglander counters with a straight right hand.
Stepanovich throws a nice looking combination but Hoglander bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stepanovich scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hoglander misses with a looping right.
Hoglander keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stepanovich.
Hoglander was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hoglander slips a straight right by Stepanovich.
Hoglander is looking to counter punch.
Stepanovich punishes Hoglander's body with a nice straight punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Olenev Stepanovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Hoglander misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stepanovich.
Hoglander scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stepanovich in his tracks.
Stepanovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hoglander.
Stepanovich fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hoglander looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hoglander is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Stepanovich throws a hook but Hoglander avoids it easily.
Stepanovich lands a really nice looking cross but Hoglander seems unphased.
Hoglander throws a series of punches but Stepanovich avoids them all with ease.
Hoglander misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hoglander misses the shot to the body.
Stepanovich throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Hoglander.
It looked like Hoglander wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Stepanovich works Hoglander's body with a nice hook.
Stepanovich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hoglander.
Hoglander shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoglander defending well as Stepanovich loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoglander misses with a hook. Stepanovich ducked under it nicely.
Stepanovich misses with a looping left.
Donk. Stepanovich catches Hoglander right on the button with a cross.
Hoglander slips a jab and a cross from Stepanovich.
A slow jab from Stepanovich misses its intended target.
Stepanovich missing with a left hand there. Hoglander was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hoglander lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stepanovich at a distance.
Hoglander misses with a hook. Stepanovich ducked under it nicely.
Hoglander connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hoglander thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stepanovich misses with a straight left.
Hoglander has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hoglander there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stepanovich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hoglander.
Stepanovich throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoglander.
Stepanovich swings for the body but Hoglander moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Hoglander misses its target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoglander misses with a hook.
Stepanovich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hoglander.
Hoglander takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stepanovich swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hoglander counters with a stiff right hand.
Stepanovich looks to throw the jab but Hoglander is out of range.
Hoglander misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Hoglander.
Stepanovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stepanovich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hoglander.
Stepanovich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Stepanovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hoglander.
Hoglander throws a hook but Stepanovich blocks it.
Stepanovich lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hoglander at a distance.
Stepanovich lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Stepanovich.
Stepanovich slips under a jab.
Stepanovich getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stepanovich misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stepanovich throws a body punch but Hoglander moves out of range.
Hoglander appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hoglander staying out of range there.
Hoglander takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Stepanovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoglander is just out of range.
Stepanovich lands with a nice body punch.
Hoglander paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hoglander misses with a body punch
and Stepanovich counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hoglander keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stepanovich.
Stepanovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoglander is just out of range.
Hoglander is looking to counter punch.
Stepanovich throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoglander.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stepanovich missing with a left hand there. Hoglander was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hoglander.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Stepanovich.
Stepanovich scores with a jab to the head.
Hoglander avoids the body shot from Stepanovich.
Hoglander throws an off balance right hand
and Stepanovich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hoglander throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stepanovich takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hoglander connects with a right hand. Stepanovich shakes it off.
Stepanovich cracks Hoglander with an open hand slap.
Hoglander misses the jab.
Hoglander keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stepanovich.
Hoglander swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hoglander jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nils Hoglander has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hoglander displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stepanovich throws out the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Olenev Stepanovich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Stepanovich 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olenev Stepanovich!
Olenev Stepanovich decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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