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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Percival Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scorpion Kiing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kiing has chosen Living on a Prayer 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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220 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Percival Butcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scorpion Kiing!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiing moves out of range as Butcher strikes.
Kiing tries to clinch but Butcher moves out of range.
Butcher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Butcher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Butcher misses with a two punch combination.
Butcher swats away the attempt to clinch by Kiing.
Kiing ducks under a wild hook from Butcher.
Butcher keeps the fight on the outside.
Kiing misses with a series of wild punches.
Kiing ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Butcher moves away.
Kiing clinches up with Butcher and pushes him back against the cage.
Kiing breaks the clinch.
Kiing gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Butcher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kiing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Butcher.
Butcher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kiing was well out of range. Poor timing from Butcher.
Butcher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big left from Butcher misses.
Butcher scores with a jab to the head.
Butcher takes a swing at Kiing's ribcage but misses.
Kiing throws a low kick, looking for Butcher's leg but Butcher calmly moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kiing wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kiing. Butcher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Butcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Butcher misses the jab.
Butcher connects with a jab.
Kiing tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Butcher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Butcher scores with a sloppy right hand. Kiing should have avoided that one.
Butcher scores with a punch to the head.
Butcher moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kiing closes the distance and pushes Butcher back into the cage.
Kiing is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kiing is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kiing pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kiing misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kiing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Butcher avoids it.
Kiing misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Butcher.
Kiing effectively controlling the action here.
Kiing trying to land knees to the body.
Butcher is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher is looking to break free of the clinch but Kiing has double underhooks.
Kiing can't break the clinch.
Kiing misses with a punch to the body.
Kiing looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kiing can't break the clinch.
Kiing throws an elbow but it misses.
Kiing pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kiing trying to land knees to the body.
Kiing breaks the clinch.
Kiing is looking to clinch but Butcher is avoiding it.
Kiing doesn't manage to clinch there - Butcher circles away.
Kiing lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Butcher circles away quickly and effectively.
Kiing lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Butcher circles away quickly and effectively.
Butcher misses with a two punch combination.
Kiing closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kiing is trying to break the clinch but Butcher is controlling him.
Kiing is trying to break the clinch but Butcher is controlling him.
Kiing putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Butcher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kiing looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Butcher manages to break the clinch.
Kiing has closed the distance and engaged Butcher in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiing misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kiing missing with knees to the body.
Kiing tries to break free but Butcher pushes him back against the cage.
Kiing prevents Butcher from breaking the clinch.
Kiing has a couple of punches blocked by Butcher.
Butcher managing to block the knees to the body from Kiing.
Kiing breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kiing blocks a jab.
Kiing moves in looking to clinch but Butcher pushes him off.
Butcher with a nice cross.
Butcher scores with a decent looking hook.
Butcher misses with a straight right.
Butcher displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kiing drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kiing tries to close the distance and clinch but Butcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Butcher cracks Kiing with a right hand to the side of the head.
Butcher misses with a body punch
and Kiing counters with a two punch combo.
Kiing walks into a left hand.
Butcher is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Butcher checks a low kick from Kiing.
A cross from Butcher lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butcher misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiing clinches up with Butcher and pushes him back against the cage.
Butcher tries to break free but Kiing pushes him back against the cage.
Kiing with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Butcher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kiing jumps guard but Butcher stands there with Kiing around his waist. Kiing gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kiing tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Butcher's elbow.
Kiing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Butcher avoids it.
Butcher is trying to break free.
Kiing crunches a lovely knee into Butcher's ribcage.
Butcher breaks the clinch.
Butcher jabs at Kiing's body.
Kiing doesn't manage to clinch there - Butcher circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Butcher.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lazy left from Butcher finds it's target.
Butcher thuds a left hand into Kiing's body.
Butcher comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Butcher bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Butcher darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Percival Butcher dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Butcher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Percival Butcher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as Butcher lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kiing doesn't seem phased though.
Butcher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kiing was well out of range. Poor timing from Butcher.
Butcher thuds a left hand into Kiing's body.
Butcher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Butcher lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kiing scores with a one two! Butcher had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kiing rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Butcher moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Percival Butcher is winning the standup battle so far.
Butcher lands a nice hook to Kiing's body. Kiing takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Butcher misses with the combination.
Butcher ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kiing slips a jab and a cross from Butcher.
Butcher fails to land with a series of punches.
Butcher scores with the left hand. Kiing knows he should have avoided that one.
Kiing ducks right into an uppercut from Butcher.
Butcher swats away the attempt to clinch by Kiing.
Kiing misses with a body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Butcher catches Kiing with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Butcher connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiing throws a solid leg kick but Butcher takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kiing.
Butcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kiing closes the distance and pushes Butcher back into the cage.
Kiing has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kiing with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Butcher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Butcher scores with a four punch combination!
Butcher scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Butcher wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Butcher lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kiing backs up against the cage.
Butcher scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kiing doesn't seem bothered though.
Butcher fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Butcher fails to land with a series of punches.
Butcher throws a combination that misses
and Kiing counters with a left to the body.
Kiing walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Butcher lands with a straight right. Kiing didn't see that one coming.
Kiing shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kiing misses the jab.
Kiing walks into a straight right hand from Butcher.
Butcher with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiing dodges the punch combination from Butcher.
Kiing wants to clinch up but Butcher keeps it at a distance.
Kiing pivots, looking for a leg kick but Butcher is out of range and Kiing settles back down.
Butcher blocks a leg kick.
Kiing tries a low kick but Butcher avoids it.
Kiing avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kiing is looking to clinch.
Butcher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kiing circles away quickly and effectively.
Butcher misses with the combination.
Butcher stuns Kiing with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Butcher with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Butcher misses with a wild body shot.
Butcher lands with a hook. Kiing tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Butcher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kiing misses with a low kick.
Butcher looks to score with a jab to the body but Kiing is just out of range.
Butcher throws a body punch but Kiing moves out of range.
Percival Butcher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiing throws a nice looking combination but Butcher bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kiing tries to clinch there but Butcher circles away.
Kiing is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Butcher takes one to the side of the head.
Butcher swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kiing finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Butcher cracks Kiing with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kiing takes the fight into the clinch.
Kiing lands an elbow inside.
Kiing breaks from the clinch.
Butcher blocks a jab.
Butcher lands a jab to the nose.
Kiing lands a head kick. Butcher smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kiing swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut there from Butcher.
A punch combination from Kiing misses.
Butcher dodges the punch combination from Kiing.
Kiing takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiing clinches with his opponent.
Butcher avoiding damage as Kiing throws knees to the body.
Kiing tries to land knees in the clinch but Butcher avoids the damage to the body.
Kiing drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kiing tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Butcher smiles and moves away.
Kiing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Butcher bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kiing's head.
Butcher uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Butcher misses with a few strikes there.
Butcher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Butcher looks for a takedown but Kiing sprawls well.
Kiing throws a sloppy head kick and Butcher moves out of range easily.
Butcher lands with a straight right. Kiing didn't see that one coming.
Kiing tries to bum rush Butcher with a series of wild strikes but Butcher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Percival Butcher dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Kiing has closed the distance and engaged Butcher in a clinch.
Kiing is looking to break free of the clinch but Butcher has double underhooks.
Kiing has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Butcher avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kiing breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Butcher swinging wildly here.
Nice body punch from Butcher.
Butcher connects with a right hand. Kiing shakes it off.
Kiing goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Butcher fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Butcher with a jab.
Butcher lands with a shot to the body.
Kiing with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Butcher to score with a decent uppercut.
Kiing takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Butcher looks to land a combination but Kiing avoids it well.
Butcher looks to land a combination. Kiing sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kiing misses with a head kick.
Butcher lands a slapping body shot.
Butcher lands with a cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Butcher scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiing swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Butcher counters with a three punch combo that has Kiing backing up. Kiing nods at Butcher to acknowledge the strikes.
Kiing avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kiing. Butcher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kiing ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Butcher lands a slapping body shot.
Butcher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Butcher looks to land a right hand but Kiing moved out of range.
Kiing has closed the distance and engaged Butcher in a clinch.
Butcher breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the body from Butcher misses
and Kiing counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Butcher checks the leg kick nicely there.
Butcher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kiing.
Butcher thows a body shot but no joy.
Butcher misses with a two punch combination.
Kiing tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Butcher throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kiing stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kiing moves in looking to clinch but Butcher pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Butcher on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kiing rushes Butcher and presses him up against the cage.
Kiing throws a punch but it's blocked by Butcher.
Kiing tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Butcher avoids it.
Kiing pushes Butcher back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Butcher is trying to break free.
Kiing tries to land knees in the clinch but Butcher avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kiing creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Butcher blocks an elbow strike.
Kiing tries to land a knee to the head but Butcher blocks with his arms.
Butcher is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Butcher managing to block the knees to the body from Kiing.
Butcher can't break the clinch.
Kiing misses with a hook from the clinch.
Butcher tries to break free but Kiing pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kiing looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Butcher wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kiing has him pressed against the cage.
Butcher is trying to break the clinch but Kiing has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Butcher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kiing tries to break the clinch but Butcher is controlling the position.
Kiing's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Butcher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kiing manages to avoid it.
Butcher jabs at Kiing's body.
Kiing tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Butcher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kiing is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Butcher rather than just go for the knockout.
Butcher jabs at Kiing's body.
Butcher is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kiing can do to turn this around?
Kiing on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Butcher lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kiing takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Butcher scores with a sloppy right hand. Kiing should have avoided that one.
Butcher clobbers Kiing with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kiing is looking to clinch but Butcher is avoiding it.
Butcher looks to land a right hand but Kiing moved out of range.
Percival Butcher is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Butcher.
Butcher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Butcher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kiing.
Nice uppercut there from Butcher.
Butcher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kiing lands with a nice combination. Butcher backs away looking to recover.
Kiing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Butcher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kiing circles away quickly and effectively.
Kiing feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Butcher's calf.
Kiing lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kiing wants to clinch.
Kiing doesn't manage to clinch there - Butcher circles away.
Butcher cracks a nice hook into Kiing's ribs.
Butcher takes a swing at Kiing's ribcage but misses.
Scorpion Kiing has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kiing fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Percival Butcher showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Butcher, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Percival Butcher!
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