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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nigel Edward Ripley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitali Pfeifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ripley comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to my Nightmare. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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130 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nigel Edward Ripley!
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, Vitali Pfeifer!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pfeifer keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ripley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pfeifer's waist but Pfeifer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ripley off to one side.
Horrible takedown by Ripley or perhaps it was just good defense by Pfeifer which made him look bad.
Pfeifer lands a glancing blow to the side of Ripley's head.
Ripley feints and as Pfeifer raises his hands in defense, Ripley changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ripley looking to pass the guard.
Pfeifer keeping moving, preventing Ripley from controlling successfully.
Ripley is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pfeifer is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Ripley sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ripley seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Pfeifer for as long as he can get away with.
Pfeifer has his hands on Ripley's head, controlling the position.
Ripley is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ripley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pfeifer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ripley sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Nigel Edward Ripley just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Ripley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pfeifer is able to avoid easily.
Ripley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripley shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ripley was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ripley trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ripley controlling his opponent.
Ripley has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ripley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pfeifer looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pfeifer wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ripley.
Ripley trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ripley controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Nigel Edward Ripley will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pfeifer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pfeifer lands a head shot.
Pfeifer connects with a nice looking jab.
Ripley is rocked!
Pfeifer is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Ripley hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vitali Pfeifer!
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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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