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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Argo Gulskii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Igor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Igor Igor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 lbs
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187 cm
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189 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Argo Gulskii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Igor!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Igor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Igor clinches up with Gulskii and pushes him back against the cage.
Gulskii wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Igor is looking to break free of the clinch but Gulskii has double underhooks.
Igor manages to break the clinch.
Gulskii throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from Igor as Gulskii shoots in.
Igor Igor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gulskii avoids the head kick by Igor.
Gulskii gets a takedown into half guard.
Gulskii trying to control the action but Igor is working from the bottom.
Gulskii takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Igor works his way to full guard. Good work.
Igor escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gulskii gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Igor keeping moving, preventing Gulskii from controlling successfully.
Gulskii sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Igor's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Gulskii seems content to control.
Gulskii is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Igor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Igor is not content to let Gulskii control the position.
Igor regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gulskii is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Igor keeping moving, preventing Gulskii from controlling successfully.
Gulskii not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Argo Gulskii just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gulskii.
Gulskii tries to close the distance and clinch up but Igor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gulskii scores with a one two! Igor had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gulskii shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gulskii is breathing heavily.
Igor throwing short punches from the bottom.
Igor is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gulskii is aware though and is defending well.
Igor throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Igor throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Gulskii sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Igor's guard.
Gulskii is looking for a kimura but Igor is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gulskii to get the leverage.
Igor wants to get back to his feet.
Gulskii with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Igor kicks off Gulskii and gets to his feet.
Igor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gulskii counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Igor's guard now.
Gulskii keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Igor's head.
Gulskii wants to pass the guard but Igor is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Igor throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Gulskii content to stall in guard here.
Gulskii wants to pass the guard but Igor is keeping the position.
Igor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gulskii wanted to stand there but Igor had control of the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Igor throws a head kick but Gulskii moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gulskii.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Argo Gulskii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gulskii keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Igor dives in and grabs Gulskii's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gulskii pushes down on Igor's head and hops out.
Gulskii throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Igor's waist but Igor gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gulskii off to one side.
Igor tries to clinch but Gulskii is having none of it.
Gulskii displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Igor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gulskii counters with a one-two to the body.
Gulskii shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Argo Gulskii dominated that round.
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.
Gulskii lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gulskii looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Igor!
Gulskii dominating with strikes here.
Gulskii cracks Igor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gulskii looking for a guillotine from mount but Igor is having none of it.
Gulskii lands a nice shot to the head.
Gulskii can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Igor is looking to escape.
Gulskii is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Igor is surviving well by controlling Gulskii's body position as best he can.
Igor is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulskii is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Igor has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Igor really wants to buck Gulskii off and get back to his feet.
Gulskii looking to control but Igor is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gulskii stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Igor gets a clinch.
Igor manages to break the clinch.
Gulskii closes this distance looking for a takedown but Igor circles away.
Igor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gulskii counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Igor!
Igor gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gulskii trying to pass the guard but Igor defending well.
Gulskii prevents Igor from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gulskii not doing much here.
Igor flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Igor taking some punishment here, with Gulskii in his half guard.
Gulskii takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Igor is refusing to be controlled, as Gulskii sits in half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Igor misses with the combination.
A left and a right from Gulskii both land. Nice combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Igor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gulskii.
Gulskii shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Igor's guard.
Gulskii is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Igor has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gulskii can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Igor thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Gulskii decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Igor takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gulskii shoots in but Igor avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Igor lands with a nice combination. Gulskii backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Igor swinging wildly here.
Igor gets caught flat footed, as Gulskii shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gulskii working some strikes from top position.
Gulskii trying to control the position from guard on top but Igor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Igor had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gulskii defends it easily.
Gulskii trying to control the position from guard on top but Igor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Igor throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Argo Gulskii dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Igor tries a head kick but it misses.
Igor stuffs the takedown.
Gulskii gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Igor counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gulskii looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Igor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Igor has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gulskii is proving hard to escape from.
Gulskii has control of Igor's left arm, preventing Igor from doing any damage.
Gulskii wants to sweep here but Igor controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulskii controlling the position.
Igor wants to stand but Gulskii has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Igor throws a strike but Gulskii rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gulskii controls from within his opponent's guard.
Igor throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gulskii stops Igor from standing up.
Argo Gulskii overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gulskii not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gulskii with a nice head shot there.
Gulskii controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Igor keeping moving, preventing Gulskii from controlling successfully.
Igor is looking to stand up but Gulskii isn't so interested in that idea.
Gulskii wants to control from the top but Igor keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gulskii is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Igor is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Igor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gulskii fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Igor sprawls well initially but Gulskii persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gulskii is keen to just control but Igor is a slippery customer.
Gulskii is working for a submission of some sort.
Igor scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Gulskii manages to mount him!
Gulskii with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Igor is squirming around, avoiding Gulskii's attempts to control the action.
Igor wants to try and get back to his feet.
Gulskii trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Igor is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Argo Gulskii is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gulskii postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Igor looks a forlorn figure.
Gulskii tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Igor Igor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Igor is desperately trying to improve his position but Gulskii has a good base and remains in mount.
Gulskii blocks Igor's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Igor Igor.
I think Gulskii has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Argo Gulskii!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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