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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Svetnela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svetnela has chosen Angel of Death by Slayer as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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195 lbs
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194 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Christian Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Igor Svetnela!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svetnela jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Scott keeps the fight on the outside.
Scott fails to land the takedown.
Svetnela cracks the inside of Scott's front leg.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Scott.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Svetnela 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 Scott has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Scott and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Svetnela moves into range and clinches up with Scott.
Scott trying to land knees to the body.
Scott throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Scott successfully pulls guard.
Scott is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Svetnela controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott has an active guard here but Svetnela has managed to pass into half guard.
Svetnela content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Svetnela blocks the strikes from Scott.
Scott wants to control but Svetnela passes into side.
Scott is looking for a sweep.
That's two 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.
Svetnela trying to control the action but Scott is working from the bottom.
Scott tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Svetnela wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Svetnela gets to mount! Scott was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Scott is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to lock up and control but Svetnela gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Scott is looking to improve his position but Svetnela isn't that keen on the idea.
Svetnela sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Scott is wriggling around trying to escape.
Svetnela stands up from mount. Strange move.
Svetnela is looking to land body kicks.
Scott shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Svetnela but Svetnela pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Scott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scott misses with a leg kick
and Svetnela counters with a head kick that drops Scott to the mat! Scott scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Svetnela misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Svetnela dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Scott gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Svetnela holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Good body shot from Svetnela.
Svetnela using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Scott has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Svetnela trying to land knees to the body.
Scott tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Svetnela lands a nice knee to the body.
Svetnela putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Scott in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svetnela stalling against the cage.
Scott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Svetnela lands an elbow just above Scott 's eye.
Svetnela working Scott over with knees to the body.
Svetnela is trying to stall.
Svetnela connects with a nasty looking knee right to Scott's face.
Svetnela is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scott is defending well for now.
Svetnela crunches a lovely knee into Scott's ribcage.
Svetnela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Svetnela.
Svetnela lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Svetnela is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scott is defending well for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Svetnela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svetnela lands a nice knee to the body.
Svetnela lands a good knee to the midsection. Scott won't want to take too many of those.
Svetnela scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but Scott blocks with his arms.
Svetnela lands a knee to the body.
Svetnela wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svetnela trying to land knees to the body.
Scott takes a knee right on the jaw!
Svetnela is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scott is defending well for now.
Svetnela is pressed up against the cage. Scott has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Svetnela down to the mat. Svetnela avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Scott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Svetnela throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Scott wants to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a head kick.
Scott shoots and misses
and Svetnela counters with a thumping low kick.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Christian Scott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Svetnela tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scott was well out of range. Poor timing from Svetnela.
Scott avoids the head kick by Svetnela.
Nice body kick from Svetnela.
Svetnela moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Svetnela scores with a push kick.
Svetnela buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Svetnela throws a head kick but Scott moves out of range.
Svetnela lands a nice hook to Scott's body. Scott takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Svetnela tests Scott's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svetnela takes the fight into the clinch.
Scott changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Svetnela fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Svetnela is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott tries to clinch but Svetnela moves away
and Svetnela counters with a thumping low kick.
Scott misses with a head kick.
Scott swats away the attempt to clinch by Svetnela.
Svetnela has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Svetnela buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Svetnela darts in trying to clinch
and Scott moves into the clinch.
Svetnela gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Scott.
Scott looking for a takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Svetnela gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Svetnela with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Svetnela is pressed up against the cage. Scott has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Svetnela down to the mat. Svetnela avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Scott shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Good standup being displayed there by Svetnela as he connects with a hook.
Svetnela throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Svetnela scores with a head kick.
Scott steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Svetnela. That one must have hurt.
Svetnela lands a nice looking body kick.
Svetnela throws a leg kick which misses Scott's front leg but catches the back leg as Scott tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scott throws a leg kick
and Svetnela counters with a body kick.
Scott moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Svetnela, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Svetnela showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Svetnela throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Scott misses with a takedown
and Svetnela counters with a good, hard body kick but Scott shrugs it off.
Svetnela throws a head kick but Scott moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Svetnela.
Scott tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Svetnela counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Svetnela moves into range and clinches up with Scott.
Svetnela landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Svetnela.
Svetnela lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Svetnela lands a nice uppercut.
Svetnela scores with a shoulder strike.
Svetnela connects with a nasty looking knee right to Scott's face.
Svetnela lands an elbow just above Scott 's eye.
Svetnela controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Svetnela throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Svetnela lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott managing to block the knees to the body from Svetnela.
Scott tries to land knees in the clinch but Svetnela avoids the damage to the body.
Svetnela lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Scott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Svetnela lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Svetnela lands a good knee to the midsection. Scott won't want to take too many of those.
Svetnela working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Svetnela digs a right hand underneath Scott's ribcage. Scott let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Svetnela is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Scott is defending well for now.
Scott will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Svetnela avoiding damage as Scott throws knees to the body.
Scott misses with the head strike.
Svetnela utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Svetnela lands a nice elbow.
Svetnela lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Scott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Svetnela lands an elbow just above Scott 's eye.
Svetnela prevents the takedown attempt.
Svetnela landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Svetnela lands a good knee to the midsection. Scott won't want to take too many of those.
Svetnela working Scott over with knees to the body.
Scott can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Scott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Scott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Svetnela avoids it.
Svetnela lands a shoulder strike.
Svetnela landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Svetnela scores with a knee to the head.
Scott jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Svetnela walks away with a smile on his face. Scott gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Svetnela takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Scott avoids it.
Scott scores a nice knee to the body.
Svetnela prevents the takedown attempt.
Igor Svetnela seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Svetnela lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Scott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Svetnela lands an elbow just above Scott 's eye.
Scott looking for a takedown.
Svetnela with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Scott takes an elbow to the temple.
Scott goes for a takedown attempt but Svetnela pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Svetnela buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Scott tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Svetnela counters with a nice low kick that buckles Scott's knee momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Svetnela tries to clinch up.
Svetnela tries a head kick but it misses.
Scott doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Svetnela counters with a nice body kick.
Svetnela fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Scott, pushing him back against the cage.
Scott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Svetnela obliges.
Scott tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Svetnela just stands there and leans against the cage.
Svetnela lands an elbow inside.
Svetnela connects with a nasty looking knee right to Scott's face.
Svetnela missing with knees to the body.
Svetnela throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Svetnela lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Svetnela unloads a knee to the mid-section. Scott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Scott looking for a takedown.
Svetnela stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott is trying to drag Svetnela to the mat but Svetnela just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Scott tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Svetnela stops a takedown attempt from Scott.
Svetnela connects with a knee to the head.
Svetnela creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Scott's defenses.
Scott is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Svetnela gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Svetnela unloads a knee to the mid-section. Scott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Scott avoiding damage as Svetnela throws knees to the body.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but Scott blocks with his arms.
Scott ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Scott no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Svetnela stopping the sweep attempt from Scott.
Igor Svetnela is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Svetnela postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Svetnela comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Svetnela 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 25:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 24:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Svetnela!
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energy
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