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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Soviet Remnant (ranked 490 p4p, 631 weight class) and Grigoriy Petrov (ranked 72 p4p, 88 weight class). Grigoriy Petrov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
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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 22 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Soviet Remnant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Grigoriy Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Remnant is able to avoid easily.
Petrov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petrov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Remnant is out of range.
Petrov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Remnant chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Remnant fails to land with a series of punches.
Petrov doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrov. Remnant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Remnant tests Petrov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Petrov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Remnant.
Remnant tries to land a front kick but Petrov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
It seemed like Petrov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Remnant throws a head kick that misses
letting Petrov counter with a right hand.
Petrov swinging wildly here.
Remnant swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Petrov's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Petrov duly obliges.
It looks like Soviet Remnant has been cut.
Soviet Remnant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Remnant throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Petrov avoids the body shot from Remnant.
Petrov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Remnant if he has to take too many more of those.
Petrov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Remnant has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Petrov misses with a body kick.
Remnant lands a nice leg kick that just misses Petrov's sensitive parts.
Remnant misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov throws a shot to the body.
Good work by Remnant as he checks the leg kick.
Remnant tries to land a leg kick but Petrov saw it coming and moves away.
Remnant buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Remnant slips a straight right by Petrov.
Remnant throws a leg kick but Petrov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Petrov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Remnant turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Remnant misses with a looping right.
Petrov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Remnant avoids the body shot from Petrov.
Remnant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Petrov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petrov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Remnant moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Remnant is out of range.
Remnant swings for the body but Petrov moves out of range.
Remnant slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A big left from Petrov misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Remnant throws a low kick but it's checked well by Petrov.
Remnant checks a low kick from Petrov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov cracks a nice hook into Remnant's ribs.
Remnant misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Petrov misses the target.
A punch lands to the side of Petrov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Petrov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petrov checks a leg kick nicely.
Petrov is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Petrov misses the jab.
Petrov blocks a jab.
Petrov blocks a leg kick.
Petrov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Remnant.
Remnant throws a big shot that misses.
Petrov with a hook.
Petrov lands a lovely overhand right.
Remnant throws a looping overhand right but Petrov ducks down to avoid it.
Petrov scores with a hook.
A thudding body kick lands there by Remnant!
Remnant tried to score with a low kick but Petrov checks it.
A slow jab from Petrov misses its intended target.
Petrov throws a front kick aimed at Remnant's knee but Remnant avoids it well.
And Remnant counters with a quick kick to the body but Petrov blocks it.
Good work by Petrov as he checks the leg kick.
Petrov digs a good body shot into Remnant's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Remnant - just one landing.
Remnant walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Petrov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Remnant looks to land a left hand but Petrov moved out of range nicely.
Petrov thinks about the counter body kick.
Remnant will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Petrov blocks a low kick nicely.
Remnant throws an overhand right that lands on Petrov's shoulder, as Petrov tries to avoid the shot.
Remnant looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Remnant swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Petrov.
Remnant keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Remnant looks for the body kick but Petrov saw that one coming.
Petrov blocks a low kick nicely.
Petrov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Remnant throws a leg kick which misses Petrov's front leg but catches the back leg as Petrov tries to avoid it.
A big left from Petrov misses.
Petrov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Remnant misses with a body kick.
Remnant is looking to land body kicks.
Petrov blocks a leg kick.
Petrov throws out a loose jab but Remnant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Remnant wants to slow Petrov down by chopping away at his legs.
Remnant is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Petrov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Petrov misses.
Petrov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Remnant.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Remnant. That one must have hurt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Petrov, as that shot connected.
Remnant looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Remnant takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Remnant.
Petrov blocks the body kick.
A big right from Remnant misses.
A head kick misses from Remnant.
Petrov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Remnant.
Remnant blocks a low kick nicely.
Remnant shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Petrov jabs at Remnant's body.
Petrov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Remnant moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Remnant thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petrov scores with a one two! Remnant had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Petrov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Remnant slips under a jab.
Petrov misses with a straight right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Soviet Remnant will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Soviet Remnant's cut.
That's time! Remnant's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Remnant with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Remnant throws out a powerful jab.
Soviet Remnant is winning the standup battle so far.
Petrov lands a slapping body shot.
Petrov misses with a low kick.
Good exchange - Remnant coming out on top.
Remnant fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Petrov.
Petrov looks to land a left hand but Remnant moved out of range nicely.
Petrov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Petrov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Remnant's sensitive parts.
Petrov just misses with a punch to the body.
Petrov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Remnant takes one to the chin there.
Remnant lands a nice looking kick to the body. Petrov takes a step back to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good work by Petrov as he checks the leg kick.
Petrov lands with a straight right. Remnant didn't see that one coming.
An inside leg kick from Remnant misses.
Petrov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A clash of legs there as Petrov blocks the low kick.
Remnant tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Petrov checks the leg kick.
Remnant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Petrov circles away quickly and effectively.
Petrov throws a solid leg kick but Remnant takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Petrov.
Remnant throws a quick counter head kick but Petrov was just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov misses with a two punch combination.
Petrov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That kick from Petrov tenderised Remnant's leg. Remnant is trying to keep his angry face on.
Petrov misses with a kick to the body.
Petrov moves out of range of the strikes.
Remnant works the jab nicely.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Petrov cracks Remnant with a good jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Remnant shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Petrov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Petrov jabs at Remnant's body.
Remnant looks to land a body kick but Petrov moved away.
Remnant throws a wild body kick that Petrov sees coming a mile off.
Petrov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Remnant moved out of range.
Remnant misses the jab.
Petrov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Remnant ducks under a wild hook from Petrov.
Remnant throws a wild body kick that Petrov sees coming a mile off.
Petrov tries to land a leg kick but Remnant saw it coming and moves away.
Remnant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Remnant misses with a series of wild punches.
Remnant takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Petrov misses the shot to the body.
Petrov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Petrov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Petrov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Remnant.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Remnant.
Petrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Remnant.
Remnant slips a jab from Petrov.
Remnant cracks Petrov with a good jab.
Petrov throws a nice looking combination but Remnant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Remnant throws a leg kick but Petrov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Remnant throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Petrov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Remnant.
A nice leg kick from Remnant, right into the meat of the thigh.
Remnant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrov lands the left hand.
Remnant scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Petrov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov misses with a looping right.
Remnant takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Remnant misses with a body kick.
Petrov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Remnant with a nice calf kick.
Remnant checks a low kick from Petrov.
Remnant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Remnant looks to land a combination but Petrov avoids it well.
Petrov is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Remnant with a body shot.
Petrov throws a body punch but Remnant moves out of range.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Remnant is out of range.
Remnant throws a lazy right hand but Petrov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Petrov avoids the head kick by Remnant.
Remnant throws a nice head kick!
Petrov scores with a body shot.
Petrov scoring well with a low kick there.
Petrov darts in and out, connecting 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!
Remnant fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Petrov is out of range.
Remnant throws a looping overhand right but Petrov ducks down to avoid it.
Remnant misses with an uppercut.
Petrov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov takes a swing at Remnant's ribcage but misses.
Remnant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Petrov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Remnant dips to his left and cracks Petrov with an uppercut!
Petrov throws a leg kick but Remnant checks it.
Remnant misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Petrov! But no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Petrov checks a leg kick.
Remnant tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Petrov stuns Remnant with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Remnant with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Petrov blocks the body kick.
Petrov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Remnant throws out a leg kick but Petrov moves out of range and Remnant only half commits.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Remnant checks a leg kick.
Remnant ducks under a wild hook from Petrov.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Remnant.
Remnant jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Petrov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Remnant.
Remnant connects with a high kick.
Petrov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Remnant uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Petrov.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Grigoriy Petrov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Soviet Remnant's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Petrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Remnant moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Petrov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Remnant has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Remnant and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Remnant.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Petrov avoids the head kick by Remnant.
Petrov is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Remnant with a body shot.
Petrov throws a body punch but Remnant moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Remnant misses the target.
Remnant tries a low kick but Petrov avoids it.
Petrov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Remnant tests Petrov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Remnant connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Petrov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Remnant.
Remnant takes one on the button.
Remnant lands a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Remnant misses with a two punch combination.
Petrov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Remnant manages to avoid it.
Petrov's corner calls for a 1-2. Petrov obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Remnant connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Remnant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A solid body kick from Remnant.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Remnant checks the leg kick nicely there.
Petrov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from Remnant tenderised Petrov's leg. Petrov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Petrov throws the left hand but Remnant avoids the punch easily.
Petrov throws an overhand right that lands on Remnant's shoulder, as Remnant tries to avoid the shot.
Remnant swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Remnant scores with a punch to the head.
Remnant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Petrov checks the leg kick.
Petrov appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Petrov looks to score with a jab to the body but Remnant is just out of range.
Remnant misses with a looping right.
Petrov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Petrov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Remnant walks into a straight right hand from Petrov.
Remnant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrov was well out of range. Poor timing from Remnant.
Good work by Petrov as he checks the leg kick.
Petrov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Petrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Remnant.
Remnant swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Remnant throws a front kick aimed at Petrov's knee but Petrov avoids it well.
Good work by Petrov as he checks the leg kick.
Remnant loads up on a big right hand but Petrov slips the punch.
Petrov throws out a counter right but Remnant avoids it with no problem.
Remnant misses with an uppercut.
Remnant looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov scores with a nice strike.
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!
Petrov feints and then cracks Remnant's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Remnant down.
Petrov walks forward, straight into a front kick from Remnant.
Remnant lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Remnant looks to land a combination but Petrov avoids it well.
Remnant lands a nice looking kick to the body. Petrov takes a step back to recover.
Petrov avoids the head kick by Remnant.
Remnant misses with a low kick as Petrov jumps back.
Petrov lands with a shot to the body.
Petrov misses with the combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Petrov.
Good leg kick by Petrov.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
A little feinted left hand from Remnant on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Petrov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Remnant checks the leg kick nicely there.
Remnant looks to land a combination. Petrov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Remnant misses the jab.
Petrov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Petrov blocks the low kick.
Remnant thuds his shin into the meat of Petrov's side.
Petrov tries to land a leg kick but Remnant saw it coming and moves away.
Donk. Remnant catches Petrov right on the button with a cross.
Petrov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Remnant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Remnant tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Petrov is able to avoid easily.
Petrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Remnant.
Remnant misses with an uppercut.
Petrov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Petrov tries a low kick but Remnant avoids it.
Petrov missing with a left hand there. Remnant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Remnant is out of range.
Remnant moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Petrov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Remnant - the referee stops the clock and Petrov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Remnant. Petrov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Petrov misses the jab.
Remnant with a nice calf kick.
Remnant throws a head kick but Petrov moves out of range.
Remnant throws a body punch but Petrov moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Remnant thuds a left hand into Petrov's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Remnant misses with a hook. Petrov ducked under it nicely.
Remnant connects with a leg kick.
Remnant looks for the body kick but Petrov saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrov. Remnant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Remnant keeps Petrov at a distance using the push kick.
Petrov scores with a sloppy right hand. Remnant should have avoided that one.
Remnant throws a push kick but Petrov slaps the foot to one side.
Remnant tries to score with a low kick but Petrov moves his leg out of the way.
Petrov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Petrov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petrov throws a jab but it's blocked by Remnant.
A bone on bone clash there as Remnant blocks the leg kick.
Petrov misses with an uppercut.
A solid body kick from Remnant.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Remnant lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Remnant lands with a hook. Petrov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Remnant dodges the punch combination from Petrov.
Remnant fires out a quick counter leg kick but Petrov just manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Soviet Remnant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Remnant has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Grigoriy Petrov!
Our winner, Grigoriy Petrov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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