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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Tarasenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Twist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tarasenko's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Johnny Cash - When The Man Comes Around. 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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196 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vladimir Tarasenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oliver Twist!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarasenko has closed the distance and engaged Twist in a clinch.
Tarasenko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tarasenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tarasenko.
Twist bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Tarasenko is looking to regain half guard here but Twist keeps moving and retains side control.
Tarasenko tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Tarasenko is in all sorts of trouble here.
Twist trying to control but Tarasenko is having none of it.
Tarasenko is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist with a couple of short strikes.
Twist controlling the pace for now.
Twist looking to control but Tarasenko is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tarasenko tries to lock up and control but Twist gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Twist fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tarasenko is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns Tarasenko that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twist trying to control but Tarasenko is having none of it.
Twist landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tarasenko is working to get back to half guard.
Tarasenko in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Twist scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tarasenko?
Tarasenko wants to control but Twist is having none of it.
Tarasenko keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twist lands a big elbow.
Twist looking to control but Tarasenko is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Twist.
Tarasenko tries to lock up and control but Twist gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Twist raining down shots from the mount!
Twist raining down shots from the mount!
Twist prevents Tarasenko from getting the reversal.
Twist tries to control but Tarasenko wriggling away.
Tarasenko tries to lock up and control but Twist gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tarasenko can't escape the position.
Tarasenko is working hard here to advance position.
Twist wants to control the pace but Tarasenko is squirming around nicely.
Tarasenko can't escape the position.
Tarasenko slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Twist looks gassed!
Twist is trying to control the action in half guard but Tarasenko is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Twist is thwarting Tarasenko's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Twist dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Twist fails to land the takedown.
Tarasenko fails with the takedown
and Twist counters with a takedown into side control.
Twist throws an elbow but Tarasenko slips to the side and avoids it well.
Tarasenko tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Twist wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tarasenko wants to control but Twist postures up.
Tarasenko tries to buck Twist off but Twist is having none of it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Twist working away.
Tarasenko throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Tarasenko is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tarasenko shoots in for a takedown but Twist shows good takedown defense.
Tarasenko wants to clinch.
Twist keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Twist is looking to clinch.
Tarasenko gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Twist to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Twist got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tarasenko has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Twist has managed to get both his arms back between Tarasenko's legs - danger averted.
Twist gets to his feet - Tarasenko follows without any prompting.
Twist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Twist wants to clinch.
Vladimir Tarasenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarasenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Twist counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tarasenko is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Twist is aware though and is defending well.
Tarasenko is trying to control the position but Twist postures up.
Tarasenko has his foot on Twist's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Twist works his way back into a safe position though.
Twist has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tarasenko is proving hard to escape from.
Twist wants to control from the top but Tarasenko keeps moving.
Tarasenko looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarasenko is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Twist defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarasenko is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Twist got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tarasenko has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Twist has managed to get both his arms back between Tarasenko's legs - danger averted.
Twist is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Twist must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Twist trying to control the position from guard on top but Tarasenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Twist is looking to work some ground and pound but Tarasenko has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tarasenko keeping moving, preventing Twist from controlling successfully.
Oliver Twist has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tarasenko controls Twist momentarily but Twist frees himself.
Twist is posturing up here but Tarasenko has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Twist tries to roll out but it's too tight and Twist has to tap! Slick submission there by Tarasenko!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vladimir Tarasenko!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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