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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mulroon Deforz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirill Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filipovic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Crepitating Bowel Erosion, Carcass. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 cm
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185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
25
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mulroon Deforz! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Filipovic! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Filipovic misses with an attempted mid kick.
Deforz throws a right and a left that both miss. Filipovic staying out of range there. A kick lands to the mid section there for Filipovic. Filipovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Filipovic takes the fight into the clinch. Deforz fails to pull guard.
Filipovic lands an elbow just above Deforz 's eye. Filipovic prevents Deforz from breaking the clinch. Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Deforz is breathing heavily. Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A short left from Filipovic. Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Filipovic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Filipovic turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control! Deforz seems a little lost for a moment, as Filipovic dominates the positioning. Deforz parries the strikes from Filipovic easily there. Filipovic is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Deforz to escape.
Filipovic is looking to take a break and control but Deforz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Filipovic advances to full mount. Filipovic with the ground and pound from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round. Filipovic lands a nice shot to the head. Filipovic unloading with bombs! Filipovic looking to control but Deforz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Filipovic sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Filipovic throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Deforz because Filipovic loaded up on that one. Deforz is looking to get to half guard. Filipovic landing strikes from the mount. Filipovic lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Deforz hang on? Deforz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Filipovic tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Deforz is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Filipovic blocks Deforz's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom. Filipovic is going olschool here, as he tries to force Deforz to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Deforz shrugs it off. Filipovic throws some wild stikes that Deforz manages to avoid easily.
BOOM! Filipovic connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Filipovic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Poor strikes thrown by Filipovic there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Deforz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Filipovic.
Filipovic controlling his opponent. Filipovic looking to control but Deforz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Filipovic controlling from the full mount. Deforz manages to regain half guard. Good work. Filipovic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Deforz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Filipovic thows a huge punch but Deforz dodges it nicely.
Filipovic is trying to control. Deforz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Filipovic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Deforz is pressing down on Filipovic's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. Filipovic advances to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Deforz has a hand on Filipovic's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Filipovic takes advantage of the position though and mounts him! Filipovic scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Deforz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Filipovic breaks from Deforz's wrist control and lands an elbow. Filipovic raining down shots from the mount! Filipovic throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Filipovic working Deforz over with strikes here. Filipovic is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Deforz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Deforz is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position. Deforz wants to control but Filipovic is having none of it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirill Filipovic dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Deforz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Deforz throws a right and a left that Filipovic avoids nicely. Filipovic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Filipovic scores with a kick to the midsection. Kirill Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A decent looking body kick lands there for Filipovic. Filipovic throws a front kick that sends Deforz stumbling back into the cage. Filipovic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Deforz's hands. Filipovic with a body punch. A glancing blow. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Filipovic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. The fight moves into the clinch position. Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Deforz's ribcage. Filipovic connects with a knee to the head.
Filipovic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Filipovic lands an elbow inside. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Deforz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Filipovic. Deforz takes an elbow to the temple. Filipovic lands an elbow just above Deforz 's eye. Filipovic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Filipovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Deforz blocks it with crossed arms. Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Deforz's defenses. Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Filipovic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Deforz prevents it.
Deforz takes a knee to the side of the body. Filipovic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Deforz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Filipovic misses with some punches.
Deforz dodges an elbow strike from Filipovic.
Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Deforz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deforz misses with an uppercut. Filipovic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! The fighters circling - Deforz throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Filipovic fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Deforz, pushing him back against the cage. Deforz avoiding damage as Filipovic throws knees to the body.
Deforz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Filipovic gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Filipovic utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Deforz takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Filipovic throws an elbow that misses.
Deforz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Filipovic with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Deforz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Filipovic smiles and moves away.
Deforz is looking to clinch but Filipovic is avoiding it.
Good leg kick by Filipovic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Deforz keeps the fight on the outside. Deforz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Filipovic pinned against the cage. Filipovic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mulroon Deforz. That's going to take a lot out of him. Filipovic moves into the clinch. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges. Filipovic landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Filipovic lands an elbow just above Deforz 's eye. Deforz tries to break the clinch but Filipovic is controlling the position. Filipovic lands a nice knee to the body. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Filipovic obliges. Deforz prevents a takedown attempt there.
Filipovic misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Deforz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deforz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Filipovic counters with a nice body kick. Filipovic moves into range and clinches up with Deforz. Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Deforz is defending well for now. Filipovic landing knees to the body.
Deforz has had enough of the clinch but Filipovic keeps him there for the moment. Filipovic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Deforz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Deforz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Filipovic fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Deforz throws a hook but Filipovic avoids it easily. Filipovic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Deforz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body. Nice uppercut lands for Deforz. That snapped Filipovic's head back.
Filipovic throws a head kick but Deforz moves out of range.
Deforz misses with a double jab.
Filipovic thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Deforz if he has to take too many more of those.
Filipovic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Deforz's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Filipovic is trying to drag Deforz to the mat but Deforz just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. Filipovic lands an elbow inside that Deforz shrugs off. Deforz can't find room to land a body shot as Filipovic controls the action.
Deforz wants a takedown but no success here.
Filipovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Deforz avoids it. Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Filipovic prevents Deforz from breaking the clinch. Filipovic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Deforz avoids it. Deforz blocks an elbow strike. Deforz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Filipovic scores a nice knee to the body.
Deforz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Deforz has hold of one of Filipovic's legs. Filipovic is fighting the takedown attempt but Deforz gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard. Filipovic bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Deforz's guard. Filipovic slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Deforz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Filipovic is controlling him. Filipovic trying to control the position from guard on top but Deforz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirill Filipovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Deforz loads up on a big right hand but Filipovic slips the punch. Filipovic throws a head kick that Deforz semi-blocks.
Deforz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Filipovic scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Filipovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Filipovic misses with a takedown attempt and Deforz counters with a stiff right hand. Deforz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Filipovic.
Filipovic moves in looking to clinch but Deforz pushes him off. Deforz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Filipovic connects with a solid leg kick. Filipovic tries to clinch but Deforz moves out of range. Deforz throws a body punch but Filipovic moves out of range. Decent striking displayed by Filipovic there. Both fighters are breathing heavily. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Filipovic. Filipovic moves into the clinch. Deforz is trying to break the clinch but Filipovic has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Deforz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Filipovic missing with knees to the body.
Deforz is trying to break the clinch but Filipovic is controlling him. Deforz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. A head punch on the inside from Filipovic fails to land. A looping hook to the body misses from Filipovic. Deforz does a little dance to reset his feet. Kirill Filipovic seems to be getting the better of the standup. No joy there for Filipovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Deforz moves into the clinch successfully.
Deforz has had enough of the clinch but Filipovic keeps him there for the moment. Deforz has had enough of the clinch but Filipovic keeps him there for the moment. Filipovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Deforz. Filipovic unloads a knee to the mid-section. Filipovic lands an elbow that stopped Deforz in his tracks for a moment. Filipovic lands an elbow just above Deforz 's eye. Filipovic crunches a lovely knee into Deforz's ribcage. Filipovic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Deforz's efforts to push away. Deforz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Filipovic takes a swing at Deforz's ribcage but misses. Filipovic misses with a hook to the body
and Deforz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Filipovic has closed the distance and engaged Deforz in a clinch.
Filipovic lands a nice elbow. A nice glancing elbow lands by Filipovic. Mulroon Deforz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Filipovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Deforz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Deforz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Deforz throws a lazy right hand but Filipovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Filipovic moves into the clinch. Deforz wants to get back to striking at distance but Filipovic won't allow it.
Deforz managing to block the knees to the body from Filipovic.
Deforz lands with a short head shot on the inside. Deforz takes an elbow to the temple. Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Deforz's defenses. Deforz blocks a body shot from Filipovic. Deforz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Filipovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Deforz avoids the head kick by Filipovic.
Deforz scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Deforz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Filipovic misses with a head kick.
Deforz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Deforz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Filipovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Filipovic moves into the clinch successfully.
Kirill Filipovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Filipovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Filipovic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Deforz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Deforz has Filipovic pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Filipovic manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Knees to the body from Filipovic.
Filipovic tries to score a body lock takedown but Deforz shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Mulroon Deforz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirill Filipovic. Deforz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Filipovic has him pressed against the cage. Filipovic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Deforz is defending well for now. Deforz is trying to force a seperation but Filipovic has the dominant position. Filipovic creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Deforz's defenses. Deforz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Deforz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard. Filipovic landing with the ground and pound. Deforz 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. Deforz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Filipovic gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Filipovic throws and elbow that misses. Deforz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Filipovic's guard. Nice move by Deforz!
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Filipovic pulls Deforz in close to prevent any damage. Deforz stopping the sweep attempt from Filipovic. Filipovic looking to control but Deforz passes into half guard.
Deforz thows a huge punch but Filipovic dodges it nicely.
Filipovic wants to control but Deforz is keeping busy.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Kirill Filipovic. Well Filipovic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 26:30 Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 26:30 Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kirill Filipovic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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