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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Casey Silk (ranked 3246 p4p, 3772 weight class) and Perov Yelisey (ranked 322 p4p, 355 weight class). Perov Yelisey has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Casey Silk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Perov Yelisey!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yelisey takes one to the chin there.
Silk connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silk listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silk feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Silk keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Yelisey's head.
Yelisey is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silk has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Yelisey is working away from the top position though.
Silk works his way to full guard. Good work.
Yelisey postures up and lands a big shot to Silk's brow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yelisey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Yelisey chips away with some ground and pound.
Silk pulls Yelisey in close to prevent any damage.
Yelisey is in close to Silk's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silk keeping full guard, as Yelisey tries to pass.
Yelisey is working Silk over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silk trying to control the position.
Yelisey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yelisey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Yelisey trying to control but Silk is working from the bottom.
Silk has momentary wrist control but Yelisey slips an elbow through the middle.
Yelisey scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yelisey stopping the sweep attempt from Silk.
Yelisey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Yelisey lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silk utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Yelisey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silk controls Yelisey momentarily but Yelisey frees himself.
Yelisey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silk works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silk punching to the body, from the bottom.
Yelisey throwing strikes from guard but Silk blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yelisey is looking to work some ground and pound but Silk has wrist control.
Yelisey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silk looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yelisey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yelisey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silk lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yelisey is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yelisey holds on and takes a little breather.
Yelisey wants to sweep but no luck.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yelisey is on top in guard.
Yelisey preventing the sweep.
Yelisey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Yelisey throwing strikes but missing.
Yelisey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
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.
Silk looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silk has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Yelisey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silk's head.
Yelisey with a nice head shot there.
Yelisey's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Yelisey stands up over Silk, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yelisey working some strikes from top position.
Silk working a defensive guard but Yelisey manages to pass into side control anyway.
Yelisey scoring with punches and elbows.
Silk tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Perov Yelisey 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.
Silk lands a slapping body shot.
Silk shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Yelisey is trying to defend but Silk finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Yelisey slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Yelisey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yelisey is on top in guard.
Yelisey stands up over Silk, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yelisey landing with the ground and pound.
Yelisey must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yelisey postures up and lands a big shot to Silk's brow.
Yelisey scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yelisey is working Silk over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silk working for a triangle but Yelisey defends it easily.
Yelisey makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yelisey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yelisey cracks Silk with a solid left hand.
Silk is rocked!
Yelisey postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Silk covers up, he's hurt! Yelisey keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Yelisey and the ref steps in to end the fight! Yelisey can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Perov Yelisey!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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