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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Strike First Die Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Sirin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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230 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good knees
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, Strike First Die Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Sirin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Die Young tries to keep at a distance but Sirin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Die Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sirin blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sirin.
Die Young unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sirin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Die Young looking to throw knees to the head but Sirin is blocking nicely.
Die Young with a knee to the head.
It looks like Vladimir Sirin has been cut.
Die Young is trying to break free.
Die Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sirin looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Die Young is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sirin is keeping busy.
Die Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sirin blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Die Young takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Die Young lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Die Young misses with a knee strike.
Sirin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Die Young smiles and moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Sirin. No joy for Die Young on that attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Die Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Sirin circles away.
Sirin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sirin counters by moving into the clinch.
Sirin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Die Young has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Die Young lands an elbow inside that Sirin shrugs off.
Sirin has Die Young pressed against the cage.
Die Young is trying to stall.
Die Young stalls.
Die Young tries to circle away but Sirin has him pinned against the cage.
Die Young crunches a lovely knee into Sirin's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirin jumps guard but Die Young stands there with Sirin around his waist. Sirin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Die Young using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sirin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Die Young trying to stall but Sirin improves his position.
Sirin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Die Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sirin closes the distance and clinches.
Die Young trying to control the position but instead, Sirin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Die Young into the cage.
Sirin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Die Young tries to land a knee to the head but Sirin blocks with his arms.
The referee calls for Sirin to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirin has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Die Young uses from the top position.
Sirin has his feet on Die Young's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sirin tries to clinch up but Die Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Sirin instigates a clinch.
Sirin has Die Young pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Die Young manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Strike First Die Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladimir Sirin.
Die Young tries to circle away but Sirin has him pinned against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Die Young breaks from the clinch.
Sirin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sirin counters with a one-two to the body.
Strike First Die Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sirin darts in and clinches Die Young up against the cage.
Die Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Die Young wants to break free but Sirin has control.
Sirin pulls guard effortlessly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirin pushes Die Young off and scrambles back to his feet.
Sirin clinches with his opponent.
Die Young throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sirin lands a nice uppercut.
The referee calls for Sirin to work.
Sirin prevents a body shot from Die Young.
A frustrated look appears on Die Young's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sirin has Die Young pushed against the cage.
Die Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sirin avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sirin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
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 Strike First Die Young will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Sirin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Die Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Die Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Die Young throws a head kick that misses.
Die Young throws a head kick but Sirin moves out of range.
Die Young shoots and misses
and Sirin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sirin manages to break the clinch.
Sirin clinches.
Sirin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sirin.
Sirin has Die Young pressed against the cage, preventing Die Young from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Sirin.
Sirin slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strike First Die Young has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Die Young wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sirin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Die Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Sirin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sirin gets control of Die Young's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sirin will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sirin has his feet on Die Young's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sirin tries to clinch up but Die Young circles away and keeps his distance.
Sirin drives through and clinches with Die Young against the cage.
Sirin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Die Young has him pressed against the cage.
Sirin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Sirin.
Sirin avoids a wild elbow strike from Die Young.
Die Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sirin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sirin darts in and clinches Die Young up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sirin.
Sirin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sirin.
Sirin is trying to break free.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sirin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sirin.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Die Young missing with knees to the body.
Sirin manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Sirin uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Sirin has Die Young up against the cage in a clinch.
Sirin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Strike First Die Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirin closes the distance and pushes Die Young back into the cage.
Die Young looking to stall.
Sirin stalling the fight.
Die Young misses with a body punch.
Die Young is trying to break the clinch but Sirin has him pressed against the cage.
Sirin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sirin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sirin is looking to clinch.
Sirin tries to close the distance and clinch but Die Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sirin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sirin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirin takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Sirin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sirin tries to break free but Die Young pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Die Young is trying to break the clinch but Sirin has him pressed against the cage.
Sirin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sirin effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting on Sirin's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Sirin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Die Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Die Young tries to grapple but his opponent circles
so Sirin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Sirin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Sirin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Sirin doesn't manage to clinch there - Die Young circles away.
Sirin wants to clinch up but Die Young keeps it at a distance.
Sirin throws a series of punches but Die Young avoids them all with ease.
Sirin tries to close the distance and clinch but Die Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sirin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sirin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Die Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sirin moves into the clinch.
Sirin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Die Young's efforts to push away.
Die Young is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sirin looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Die Young scores with a shot to the side of Sirin's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Die Young breaks from the clinch.
Die Young moves in looking to clinch but Sirin pushes him off.
Die Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Sirin circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Die Young lands but Sirin takes it in his stride.
Sirin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sirin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sirin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Die Young working hard to break the clinch.
Die Young trying to stall but Sirin improves his position.
Sirin ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sirin no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Sirin wriggles free and stands up.
Sirin closes the distance and clinches.
Sirin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Sirin.
Sirin lands an uppercut.
Die Young has Sirin pressed against the cage, preventing Sirin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sirin lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sirin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Die Young up against the cage.
Sirin gets control of Die Young's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sirin will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sirin uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Sirin clinches.
Die Young tries to break free but Sirin pushes him back against the cage.
Sirin fails to pull guard.
Sirin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Die Young is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sirin is keeping busy.
Sirin lands with a right to the head.
Die Young taking a breather.
Die Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sirin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sirin tries to break free but Die Young pushes him back against the cage.
Sirin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Die Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sirin is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Vladimir Sirin.
Sirin looks for a takedown but Die Young sprawls well.
That's four 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.
Sirin tries to clinch up.
Die Young feints and then cracks Sirin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sirin down.
Die Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sirin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sirin tries to clinch but Die Young is having none of it.
Sirin wants to clinch.
Sirin tries to clinch up.
Die Young closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sirin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sirin.
Sirin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Die Young's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Die Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Die Young keeps control of Sirin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Sirin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sirin 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Sirin!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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