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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Jahr (ranked 5494 p4p, 5083 weight class) and Heraclion Demler (ranked 534 p4p, 518 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ragnar Jahr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heraclion Demler!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jahr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Demler.
Jahr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Demler moves out of range of the body kick.
Demler lunges at Jahr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jahr's hand.
Jahr misses with a left hand
and Demler counters with a thumping low kick.
Jahr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Demler tries to clinch up.
Demler swinging wildly here.
Jahr lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Demler tries to clinch up but Jahr circles away and keeps his distance.
Jahr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Heraclion Demler has been cut.
Jahr tries to land a leg kick but Demler saw it coming and moves away.
Demler tries to clinch but Jahr moves out of range.
Jahr attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Demler tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jahr counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Demler thinking.
Jahr throws a poor cross that misses
and Demler counters with a low kick, right behind Jahr 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jahr misses with an uppercut
and Demler counters with a series of strikes. Jahr will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahr listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jahr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Demler steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Demler is looking to clinch.
Jahr misses with a low kick.
Demler is looking to clinch.
Jahr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jahr throws a low kick but Demler avoids it.
Jahr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Demler dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jahr. That did some damage!
Jahr throws a leg kick
and Demler counters with a series of strikes. Jahr will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ragnar Jahr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jahr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Demler manages to avoid it.
Jahr tries to score with a low kick but Demler moves his leg out of the way.
Jahr cracks a nice hook into Demler's ribs.
Jahr scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Demler checks a low kick from Jahr.
Demler wants to clinch up but Jahr keeps it at a distance.
Jahr stuns Demler with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Demler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jahr looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Jahr throws a solid leg kick but Demler takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jahr.
Jahr lands the left hand.
Demler wants to clinch.
Demler doesn't manage to clinch there - Jahr circles away.
Demler scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jahr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Demler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jahr cracks Demler with an open hand slap.
Jahr throws a leg kick which misses Demler's front leg but catches the back leg as Demler tries to avoid it.
Jahr looks to score with a jab to the body but Demler is just out of range.
Demler connects with an inside leg kick.
Jahr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jahr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jahr throws a leg kick
and Demler counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Demler walks into a left hand.
Demler is looking to clinch.
Jahr appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jahr misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Demler counters with a one-two to the body.
Demler is looking to clinch.
Jahr looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Demler avoids the body shot from Jahr.
Some bone on bone action there as Demler checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jahr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That has opened up Heraclion Demler's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jahr connects with a body shot.
Jahr throws a leg kick
and Demler counters with a nice leg kick.
Jahr is looking to wear down Demler with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jahr misses with a wild body shot.
Demler is looking for the big counter here.
Demler lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Demler tries to close the distance and clinch but Jahr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jahr tried to counter with a leg kick but Demler avoided it.
Jahr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Demler doesn't manage to clinch there - Jahr circles away.
Jahr with the inside leg kick.
Jahr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jahr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jahr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jahr throws a low kick but Demler moves out of range easily.
Jahr backing away here, and Demler unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jahr is looking to chop away at Demler's legs.
Demler only half commits to the counter leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ragnar Jahr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heraclion Demler's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Demler feints and then cracks Jahr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jahr down.
Jahr takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Demler tries to clinch but Jahr moves out of range.
Jahr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Demler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jahr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A clash of legs there as Demler blocks the low kick.
Demler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jahr throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Demler counters with an inside leg kick.
Demler throws a head kick but Jahr moves out of range.
Jahr thinks about countering with a body kick.
Heraclion Demler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jahr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demler moves away from the strike by Jahr.
As Jahr backs off Demler throws a huge counter combo but Jahr manages to avoid it all.
Jahr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jahr lands with a good body shot.
Demler tries to clinch there but Jahr circles away.
Jahr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahr throws a predictable looking body shot
and Demler counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jahr's knee momentarily.
Demler tries to close the distance and clinch but Jahr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jahr swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jahr swats away the attempt to clinch by Demler.
Demler chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jahr can pounce on him.
Jahr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Jahr.
Jahr tries a head kick but it misses.
Demler doesn't manage to clinch there - Jahr circles away.
Jahr scores with a nice right hand.
Demler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jahr tries to land a front kick but Demler steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Demler gets a clinch.
Jahr blocking some punches.
Jahr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jahr is trying to break the clinch but Demler has him pressed against the cage.
Demler throws a punch but it's blocked by Jahr.
Demler slows down the pace here.
Jahr slows down the pace here.
Demler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Demler.
Jahr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Demler can do to turn this around?
Demler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jahr backwards.
Demler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Demler misses with a punch on the inside.
Demler throws a punch but it's blocked by Jahr.
Demler has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jahr is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jahr is trying to break the clinch but Demler has him pressed against the cage.
Jahr wants to break free but Demler has control.
Jahr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demler misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jahr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Demler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Demler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jahr leaning against his opponent.
Demler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Demler gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jahr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jahr is trying to break the clinch but Demler is controlling him.
Jahr gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Demler.
Demler misses with a punch to the body.
Demler lands an elbow just above Jahr 's eye.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Heraclion Demler will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Heraclion Demler's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A punch combination from Jahr misses.
Jahr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ragnar Jahr is winning the standup battle so far.
Jahr paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Demler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Demler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jahr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jahr throws a predictable looking body shot
and Demler counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jahr lands with an uppercut that bounces Demler off the cage and back into range.
Jahr misses the body punch
and Demler counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Demler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jahr throws a sloppy head kick and Demler moves out of range easily.
Jahr will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
As Jahr backs off Demler throws a huge counter combo but Jahr manages to avoid it all.
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!
Demler clinches up against the cage.
Jahr working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jahr breaks from the clinch.
A head kick by Jahr misses
and Demler counters with a good low kick that Jahr was not able to check.
Demler moves out of range of the body kick from Jahr.
Jahr tries to land a leg kick but Demler saw it coming and moves away.
Jahr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Demler sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jahr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Demler has closed the distance and engaged Jahr in a clinch.
Demler struggles to land a body shot inside as Jahr controls his hands.
Jahr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jahr is trying to stall.
Demler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jahr backwards.
Jahr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jahr dodges an elbow strike from Demler.
Jahr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Demler jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jahr walks away with a smile on his face. Demler gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Demler wants to clinch.
Jahr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Demler takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jahr misses with a head kick.
Jahr misses with a head kick.
Demler feints a counter leg kick.
Jahr instigates a clinch.
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!
Jahr has Demler pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Demler.
Demler lands an elbow inside.
Jahr tries to break the clinch but Demler is controlling the position.
Demler lands with a right to the head.
Demler lands a shoulder strike.
Jahr is trying to break the clinch but Demler has him pressed against the cage.
Demler lands a right hand.
Demler holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Demler.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jahr tries to circle away but Demler has him pinned against the cage.
Demler tries for a takedown but Jahr manages to get underhooks.
Jahr stalling in the clinch.
Demler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Demler misses with the head strike.
Demler lands an elbow inside that Jahr shrugs off.
Jahr slows down the pace here.
Demler tries to pull guard but Jahr holds him up against the cage and eventually Demler drops back down to his feet.
Ragnar Jahr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heraclion Demler.
Demler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jahr is defending well for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Heraclion Demler.
I think Demler has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Heraclion Demler!
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