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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brynrolf Fahnskhap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Melianko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fedor Melianko is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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270 lbs
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280 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Good chin |
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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, Brynrolf Fahnskhap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Melianko!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melianko wants to clinch up but Fahnskhap keeps it at a distance.
Melianko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Melianko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Melianko throws a hook but Fahnskhap avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Melianko misses its intended target.
Melianko throws a big shot that misses.
Melianko throws a shot from downtown. Fahnskhap moves away and avoids it.
Fahnskhap slips a jab and a cross from Melianko.
Fahnskhap lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Fahnskhap.
Fahnskhap feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fahnskhap cracks Melianko with a solid left hand.
Fahnskhap looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Melianko trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Fahnskhap makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fahnskhap 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.
Fahnskhap postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melianko trying to keep a closed guard but Fahnskhap is proving a slippery customer.
Fahnskhap is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fahnskhap is standing up over Melianko. Melianko looks to escape but Fahnskhap dives into side control.
Melianko tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Fahnskhap controls the position.
Fahnskhap wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Melianko, who protects the arm well.
Melianko throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Fahnskhap is chipping away with strikes.
Fahnskhap landing strikes.
Melianko is looking for a sweep.
Melianko misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Melianko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fahnskhap. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Melianko tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fahnskhap wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Melianko is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Melianko has hold of Fahnskhap's hands but Fahnskhap slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melianko makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Melianko.
Fahnskhap is working Melianko over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fahnskhap postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Melianko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fahnskhap controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Melianko throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Fahnskhap is in close to Melianko's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fahnskhap lands a couple of elbows.
Fahnskhap cracks Melianko with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fahnskhap chips away with some ground and pound.
Melianko throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Melianko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Melianko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Melianko wants to sweep here but Fahnskhap controlling him for the moment.
Melianko looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fahnskhap is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fahnskhap trying to control but Melianko is working from the bottom.
Melianko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fahnskhap working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fahnskhap working some strikes from top position.
Melianko throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Fahnskhap working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Melianko's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fahnskhap advances to half guard.
Melianko lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Fahnskhap is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Melianko sees it coming and defends easily.
Fahnskhap is nestled in close to Melianko, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fahnskhap 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.
Fahnskhap looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melianko misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Melianko flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Fahnskhap blocks the strikes from Melianko.
Melianko is refusing to be controlled, as Fahnskhap sits in half guard.
Melianko missing with punches from the bottom.
Melianko looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fahnskhap working Melianko over with strikes.
Fahnskhap keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fahnskhap fails to land with a series of punches.
Melianko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Melianko throws a jab but it's blocked by Fahnskhap.
Fahnskhap shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Melianko as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brynrolf Fahnskhap dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fahnskhap shoots in but Melianko avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fahnskhap looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Melianko is fending him off so far but Fahnskhap persists. Nope, Melianko circles away and we're back to standing.
Fahnskhap staying out of range there.
Melianko lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fahnskhap shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brynrolf Fahnskhap. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Melianko works Fahnskhap's body with a nice hook.
Fahnskhap shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Melianko defends it nicely.
Melianko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fahnskhap counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fahnskhap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fahnskhap postures up.
Melianko trying to strike off his back.
Melianko striking off his back but it's not causing Fahnskhap any problems.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Melianko 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melianko wants to stand and escape but Fahnskhap is having none of it.
Melianko tries to strike from the bottom.
Fahnskhap lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fahnskhap is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Melianko tries to strike from the bottom.
Melianko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fahnskhap controls from within his opponent's guard.
Melianko throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Fahnskhap sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Fahnskhap is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fahnskhap thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Melianko throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Fahnskhap scoring with some ground and pound.
Fahnskhap is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Fahnskhap lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Melianko tries to strike from the bottom.
Melianko thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Fahnskhap landing some decent shots from guard.
Fahnskhap keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Melianko's head.
Fahnskhap makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fahnskhap lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fahnskhap working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fahnskhap got a little sloppy there for a moment and Melianko has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fahnskhap has managed to get both his arms back between Melianko's legs - danger averted.
Fahnskhap with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fahnskhap wants to control from the top but Melianko keeps moving.
Fahnskhap is really struggling to control Melianko but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Melianko had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fahnskhap defends it easily.
Melianko has momentary wrist control but Fahnskhap slips an elbow through the middle.
Fahnskhap stands and throws Melianko's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Melianko tries to strike but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fahnskhap is looking to take a break and control but Melianko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fahnskhap lands a decent elbow from side control.
Melianko throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
A jab from Melianko misses.
Fahnskhap scores a takedown into full mount!
Fahnskhap in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fahnskhap with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fahnskhap blocks Melianko's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Fahnskhap in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Melianko is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brynrolf Fahnskhap overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fahnskhap lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brynrolf Fahnskhap dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Fahnskhap looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Melianko flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Fahnskhap lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fahnskhap maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Melianko could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Fahnskhap has cracked it and Melianko is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Fahnskhap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brynrolf Fahnskhap!
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energy
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hype
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