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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Priakhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jim crow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). crow is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Audioslave- Cohise. jim crow is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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190 cm
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206 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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182 cm
22
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Viktor Priakhin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, jim crow! The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! crow shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. crow showed some decent athleticism there. crow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. crow thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Priakhin's head. crow misses with a head shot. Priakhin uses the momentum to regain guard. Priakhin keeping full guard, as crow tries to pass. Priakhin managing to control the position. crow got a little sloppy there for a moment and Priakhin has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, crow has managed to get both his arms back between Priakhin's legs - danger averted. Priakhin has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but crow has passed into side control.
crow working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Priakhin is looking to reverse the position. Priakhin is working hard here to advance position. Priakhin defending against the ground and pound. Priakhin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. crow tries to score with some ground and pound. Priakhin controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage. crow landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. crow postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Priakhin parries the strikes from crow easily there. crow is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Priakhin to escape.
Priakhin is working to avoid the ground and pound but crow connects with a decent elbow. Priakhin is breathing heavily. crow working the head with strikes. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Priakhin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. crow creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. Priakhin on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. crow creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Priakhin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike. Priakhin pushes crow away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, crow gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control. Priakhin avoids any damage from the ground and pound of crow. Priakhin is pushing crow's head away, looking to escape. crow manages to hold on to the position though. crow scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Priakhin to see if he's OK. crow decides to stand up, so the ref orders Priakhin to his feet. The fight stays on the outside here - crow looks like he's thinking about clinching though. crow is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Priakhin blocks a head kick by crow.
Priakhin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from crow.
That's three minutes gone in the round. crow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Priakhin gets a takedown into half guard. Priakhin moves nicely into side control. crow is looking to reverse the position. Priakhin tries to move into full mount but can't pass crow's legs. crow explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there! crow is looking to clinch. Priakhin doesn't succeed with the takedown and crow counters with a takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Priakhin is looking for a sweep. crow lands a few punches from side control. Priakhin tries to improve position but can't. crow looks up at the clock and then as Priakhin takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, crow smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Priakhin is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Priakhin struggling a bit here. crow wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Priakhin, who protects the arm well. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. crow with the ground and pound but Priakhin regains half guard under the barage of strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jim crow dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Priakhin feints and as crow raises his hands in defense, Priakhin changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Priakhin passes easily into side control. Nice work. crow tries to bench press Priakhin off him but Priakhin keeps the position. crow explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there! crow closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - crow lands in his opponent's guard. crow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Priakhin swivels though and keeps the full guard. crow loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. crow throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. crow is looking to work some ground and pound but Priakhin has wrist control. crow stands and steps away. Priakhin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game. A solid leg kick lands there for Priakhin.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Priakhin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and crow has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from crow and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. crow shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Priakhin's guard. crow postures up in Priakhin's guard and throws a big left but Priakhin blocks it. Priakhin tries to land a sweep but no joy. jim crow has got the better of the ground game so far. crow throws a big right hand that misses. Priakhin is pulling down on crow's head. It's preventing any offense from crow, at least for the moment. Priakhin controls crow momentarily but crow frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round. crow stands up from guard. Let's bang! Priakhin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says crow as he avoids it easily. Priakhin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
crow is looking to clinch but Priakhin is avoiding it.
crow fails in his attempt to clinch. crow has closed the distance and engaged Priakhin in a clinch.
crow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
crow looking to throw knees to the head but Priakhin is blocking nicely.
Priakhin has dropped down and is working for a takedown. crow is trying to keep an underhook but Priakhin manages to get the takedown into half guard. Priakhin is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. crow trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Priakhin manages to pass to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Priakhin trying to control but crow is having none of it. crow taking shots to the head. Priakhin looking to control but crow is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. crow tries to hold on but Priakhin pushes him away. crow can't escape the position.
Priakhin landing strikes from the mount and crow is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. crow tries to reverse the position but Priakhin maintains control. Priakhin blocks crow's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom. Priakhin controlling from mount. Priakhin trying to control but crow is having none of it. crow is working to get back to half guard.
Priakhin tries to control but crow wriggling away. Priakhin is really struggling to control crow but he's trying to hold on to the position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but jim crow will probably get the nod - 10:9. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
crow wants to clinch up but Priakhin keeps it at a distance. crow wants to clinch up but Priakhin keeps it at a distance. Priakhin tries to clinch but crow moves away and crow counters with a big head kick but Priakhin shrugs it off. crow fails to land the takedown. crow tries to clinch up. crow decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. crow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Priakhin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Priakhin manages to get to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. crow loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round. Priakhin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Priakhin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. crow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Priakhin works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Priakhin throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. crow moves into the clinch. The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as crow takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. crow using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Priakhin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
crow stops a takedown attempt from Priakhin.
crow misses with a knee to the head. Priakhin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Priakhin.
Priakhin manages to pull guard.
Priakhin trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. crow working some strikes from top position. crow postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Priakhin is adopting a defensive guard. crow is looking to work some ground and pound but Priakhin has wrist control. crow throws and elbow that misses. Priakhin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in crow's guard. Nice move by Priakhin! Priakhin lands a couple of elbows. Priakhin with a nice head shot there. crow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. crow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Priakhin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. crow is working away from the top position though. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. crow lands a nice short elbow. Priakhin is looking to escape. crow lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Priakhin regains full guard. Nicely done. Priakhin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
crow decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Priakhin misses with a wild combination.
crow tries a head kick but it misses.
Priakhin tries to close the distance and clinch up but crow swats him away and circles back towards the center. Priakhin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts crow as he jumps to the side. crow doesn't manage to clinch there - Priakhin circles away.
crow wants to clinch but Priakhin slips to the side and Priakhin counters into the clinch. Nicely done. crow connects with a nasty looking knee right to Priakhin's face.
crow misses with a knee strike.
crow misses with a knee to the head. crow landing knees to the head.
crow lands a nice elbow. crow doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Viktor Priakhin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! jim crow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Priakhin crunches a lovely knee into crow's ribcage. crow lands a left hand.
And that's the end of the fight! jim crow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well crow 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30 Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30 Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jim crow!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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