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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitri Romonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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216 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Wood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dmitri Romonov!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romonov takes the fight into the clinch.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by Romonov.
Still in the clinch, Romonov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Romonov on the inside.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Romonov breaks the clinch.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Romonov manages to avoid it.
Romonov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Romonov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romonov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood thuds a left hand into Romonov's body.
Romonov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wood.
Romonov throws a jab when Wood was well out of range.
Wood cracks a nice hook into Romonov's ribs.
Wood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Romonov.
Romonov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wood shoots in for a takedown but Romonov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Romonov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wood counters with a nice uppercut.
Wood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Romonov looks gassed!
Wood lands a jab to the nose.
Wood connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Romonov momentarily.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Wood.
Romonov taking punishment in the form of punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Romonov keeps working.
Romonov is looking for a sweep.
Romonov taking a bit of punishment here - Wood scoring with strikes.
Romonov on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Romonov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Romonov is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Wood is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Wood is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wood punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wood lands a big shot there that rocks Romonov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Wood looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wood sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Wood trying to control but Romonov is having none of it.
Romonov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Romonov gets back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Romonov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romonov regains full guard. Nicely done.
Wood scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wood lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wood is standing up over Romonov. Romonov looks to escape but Wood dives into side control.
Romonov regains half guard.
Wood takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Romonov is trying to get back to full guard.
Wood 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.
Wood passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wood raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood looking to finish Romonov with some ground and pound. This is bad for Romonov!
Wood controlling the pace for now.
Romonov is trying to escape the mount.
Wood looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wood working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Wood dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Wood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wood avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wood looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Romonov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wood has gone for a leg lock! Romonov slips out almost immediately though and dives into Wood's guard.
Romonov trying to control but Wood is working from the bottom.
Romonov preventing the sweep.
Romonov trying to control but Wood is working from the bottom.
Romonov looking to sit in guard and control but Wood gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood pushes down on Romonov's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wood throwing shots but Romonov is blocking nicely.
Wood is keen to just control but Romonov is a slippery customer.
Romonov has a hand on Wood's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Wood takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Romonov avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wood.
Romonov is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wood trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two 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.
Romonov is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Romonov taking shots to the head.
Wood with good strikes from the mount here!
George Wood overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wood prevents Romonov from getting the reversal.
Romonov is breathing heavily.
Wood working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Romonov hang on?
Wood tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Romonov takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romonov tries to reverse the position but Wood maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romonov is in a horrible position here. Wood smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Romonov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Wood.
Romonov tries to lock up and control but Wood gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wood trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wood scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wood cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Romonov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Romonov tries to hold on but Wood postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood blocks Romonov's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Wood avoids the attempt from Romonov to control.
Romonov taking shots to the head.
Wood trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Romonov tries to hold on but Wood postures up.
Wood tries to control but Romonov wriggling away.
Wood looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wood lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Wood dominated that second round.
That's time! Wood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Romonov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Romonov can do to turn this around?
A swing and a miss from Romonov.
Romonov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wood.
George Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
Wood throws a combination that misses
and Wood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Romonov shoots in but Wood avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wood scores with a body shot.
Wood swings for the body but Romonov moves out of range.
Wood scores with a hook to the body. Romonov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wood swings for the body but Romonov moves out of range.
Wood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wood shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Romonov looking to control.
Wood trying to control the position from guard on top but Romonov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wood stands and throws Romonov's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Romonov seems a little lost for a moment, as Wood dominates the positioning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood wants to take a breather but Romonov manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Wood.
Wood is pushing down on Romonov's leg trying to pass to half guard. Romonov is fighting to maintain full guard but Wood has managed to sneak the leg through.
Romonov is looking for a sweep. Wood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Romonov wants to control but Wood is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wood is keen to just control but Romonov is a slippery customer.
Wood throws a strike but Romonov avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Wood scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Romonov manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood is looking to improve his position but Romonov isn't that keen on the idea.
Romonov scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wood wants to hold on but Romonov pushes him away.
Wood gets back to half guard.
Romonov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Romonov is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Romonov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wood tries to get to full guard but Romonov has control of the leg.
Wood works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romonov passes Wood's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Romonov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wood actively working from the bottom here.
Romonov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wood gets full guard.
Romonov connects with a couple of short punches.
Romonov postures up in Wood's guard and throws a big left but Wood blocks it.
Romonov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Romonov got a little sloppy there for a moment and Wood has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Romonov has managed to get both his arms back between Wood's legs - danger averted.
Romonov wants to control from the top but Wood keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romonov throws a big right hand that misses.
Wood working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Romonov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Romonov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Romonov controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Romonov drops back looking for a leg! Wood is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wood manages to kick Romonov off! Romonov jumps back into Wood's guard.
Wood is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wood controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Wood clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Romonov dives in and grabs Wood's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wood pushes down on Romonov's head and hops out.
Wood swinging wilding here.
Wood throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Romonov on the side of the head.
Wood lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Romonov misses the body punch
and Wood counters with a nice uppercut.
Wood shoots in for a takedown but Romonov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Romonov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wood throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Romonov was covering up waiting for the punch and Wood finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Romonov is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Wood preventing the sweep.
Wood lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Romonov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romonov trying to control the position.
Romonov has an active guard here but Wood has managed to pass into half guard.
Romonov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wood lands with a punch from half guard.
Wood wants to take a breather but Romonov is having none of it.
Wood throwing shots but Romonov is blocking nicely.
Romonov is looking to improve his position.
Wood scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romonov tries to get to full guard but Wood has control of the leg.
Wood is trying to control the action in half guard but Romonov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Romonov is trying to stand.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wood getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Romonov tries to score with a low kick but Wood moves his leg out of the way.
Wood shoots and misses
and Romonov counters with a right hand to the body.
Wood throws a body punch but Romonov moves out of range.
Wood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Romonov throws a jab but it's blocked by Wood.
A punch lands to the side of Romonov 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wood lands a nice hook to Romonov's body. Romonov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
George Wood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romonov slips a jab and a cross from Wood.
Wood closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wood is trying to control. Romonov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romonov is looking for a sweep. Wood is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wood moves into full mount! Romonov won't be happy about that!
Wood can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Romonov is looking to escape.
Romonov takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Romonov keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wood with shots to the head and body - Romonov looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wood looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Romonov is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romonov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Romonov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wood is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Romonov is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). George Wood!
George Wood retains his light heavyweight title!
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