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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ilya Muromets (ranked 673 p4p, 1372 weight class) and Death Before Dishonor (ranked 84 p4p, 157 weight class). Ilya Muromets has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 cm 24 179 11 - 3 - 0 |
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182 cm 23 202 6 - 2 - 0 |
Great wrestler Counter fighter Granite chin |
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Good wrestler Decent boxing Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ilya Muromets! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Death Before Dishonor! The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Before Dishonor throws a sloppy head kick
so Muromets counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Muromets slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Before Dishonor takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Before Dishonor wants to get back to his feet but Muromets drags him back down. Muromets lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. Before Dishonor is working to avoid the ground and pound but Muromets connects with a decent elbow. Muromets working the head and body with strikes. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Check out the look on Muromets's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Before Dishonor taking punishment in the form of punches.
Before Dishonor is trying to escape and get back to his feet. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Muromets in side control, just content to control the action for now. Muromets landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Before Dishonor is looking to regain half guard here but Muromets keeps moving and retains side control. Before Dishonor wants to control but Muromets postures up. Muromets trying to control the position but Before Dishonor is working away. Before Dishonor wants to get back to his feet. Muromets wants to control but Before Dishonor is keeping him busy. Before Dishonor pushes Muromets away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Muromets gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control. Before Dishonor tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Muromets wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Before Dishonor looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Muromets in side control, just content to control the action for now. Muromets trying to control the position but Before Dishonor is working away.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Before Dishonor is trying to get back to his feet. Muromets landing strikes. Muromets lands a nice forearm strike. Muromets working the ground and pound. Before Dishonor regains half guard. Muromets controlling the action here. Muromets slips a nice elbow through Before Dishonor's hands, connecting with Before Dishonor's forehead.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Muromets is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Before Dishonor taking some punishment here, with Muromets in his half guard. Muromets controlling the action here. Before Dishonor looks like he's trying to stand up.
Before Dishonor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Muromets is taking a breather. Before Dishonor says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something. Muromets lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Muromets slips a nice elbow through Before Dishonor's hands, connecting with Before Dishonor's forehead. Muromets lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Before Dishonor tries to get to full guard but Muromets has control of the leg.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Muromets working over Before Dishonor with some ground and pound. Before Dishonor looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Muromets is stalling here. Before Dishonor is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Muromets seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Before Dishonor has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Muromets can't do much from the bottom here. Before Dishonor is putting a hurting on Muromets here, landing some big shots from side control. Muromets is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Before Dishonor off and has taken his back! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Muromets lands punches and elbows.
Muromets working for a choke but Before Dishonor is defending well. Muromets lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Before Dishonor hold on?!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ilya Muromets 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.
Before Dishonor misses with a two punch combination.
Before Dishonor misses with a double jab
and Muromets decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Before Dishonor's guard. Muromets lands a couple of elbows. Muromets passes Before Dishonor's left leg - he's now in half guard. Muromets is keen to just control but Before Dishonor is a slippery customer. Ground and pound from Muromets. Muromets looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Muromets controlling the pace. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Muromets scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Muromets has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Muromets lands strikes from half guard. It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Muromets here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man. Muromets lands with a punch from half guard. Muromets working the head and body with strikes.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Muromets is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Before Dishonor! Before Dishonor is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Muromets landing strikes, looking to finish!
 Before Dishonor is rocked! Muromets connects with a bit shot that sees Before Dishonor covering up! More strikes from Muromets and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Muromets is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilya Muromets! Ilya Muromets decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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