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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Forde (ranked 4709 p4p, 5019 weight class) and Vladimir Kuznetsov (ranked 262 p4p, 268 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joshua Forde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Kuznetsov!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forde throws a series of punches but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Kuznetsov looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Forde looking to score a takedown here. Kuznetsov is defending well but Forde drives through and ends up in Kuznetsov's guard.
Forde stands up over Kuznetsov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Forde cracks Kuznetsov with a solid left hand.
Forde landing with the ground and pound.
Kuznetsov is rocked!
Kuznetsov being controlled here, momentarily.
Kuznetsov is still in real trouble! Can Forde finish him?
Forde makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Forde's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Forde scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Forde is in close to Kuznetsov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Forde has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forde working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Forde lands a couple of elbows.
Our spies down at at Cozad MMA St Petersburg inform us that Kuznetsov has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Forde not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Forde wants to pass the guard but Kuznetsov is keeping the position.
Kuznetsov has momentary wrist control but Forde slips an elbow through the middle.
Forde looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Forde is working Kuznetsov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forde passes Kuznetsov's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Forde lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Forde is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Forde sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Kuznetsov tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forde perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Kuznetsov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Forde takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Forde really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Forde working the head and body with strikes.
Forde working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Forde looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kuznetsov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Forde takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forde content to control rather than advance.
Kuznetsov has hold of Forde's hands but Forde slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kuznetsov trying to hold on to Forde's head to control him but Forde postures up.
Kuznetsov taking some punishment here, with Forde in his half guard.
Kuznetsov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Forde lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Kuznetsov quite badly. Kuznetsov pulls Forde in close trying to recover. Forde postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Kuznetsov on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Kuznetsov doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joshua Forde!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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