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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mickey ONeill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Kokoszynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ONeill's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "This Is England" by The Clash. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mickey ONeill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Kokoszynski!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kokoszynski misses with a wild body shot.
ONeill blocks a low kick nicely.
Some wild striking there from Kokoszynski.
ONeill fails with the takedown.
ONeill swats away the attempt to clinch by Kokoszynski.
ONeill bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kokoszynski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping ONeill at a distance.
ONeill 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.
ONeill trying to control the position from guard on top but Kokoszynski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
ONeill stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kokoszynski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ONeill wants to control from the top but Kokoszynski keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ONeill looking to sit in guard and control but Kokoszynski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
ONeill looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kokoszynski is one step ahead there.
ONeill keeping moving, preventing Kokoszynski from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
ONeill controls Kokoszynski momentarily but Kokoszynski frees himself.
ONeill wants to sweep but no luck.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kokoszynski wants to clinch up but ONeill keeps it at a distance.
Kokoszynski thows a body shot but no joy.
Kokoszynski fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kokoszynski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kokoszynski keeps the fight on the outside.
A bone on bone clash there as ONeill blocks the leg kick.
Kokoszynski throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
ONeill tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kokoszynski lands a nice hook to ONeill's body. ONeill takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kokoszynski misses with a body shot.
Kokoszynski takes a swing at ONeill's ribcage but misses.
Kokoszynski misses with a wild body shot.
ONeill throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kokoszynski throws a leg kick which misses ONeill's front leg but catches the back leg as ONeill tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ONeill looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kokoszynski!
ONeill tries to control but Kokoszynski wriggling away.
Kokoszynski has given up his back.
Kokoszynski manages to reverse the position and now he's in ONeill's guard. Nice work there by Kokoszynski.
Kokoszynski slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mickey ONeill will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kokoszynski wants to clinch.
Kokoszynski clinches but ONeill breaks the clinch
and ONeill counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kokoszynski is pulling down on ONeill's head. It's preventing any offense from ONeill, at least for the moment.
ONeill tries to free his leg and advance position but Kokoszynski is retaining full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
ONeill trying to control but Kokoszynski is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ONeill slips nicely into half guard.
ONeill tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kokoszynski knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
ONeill is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kokoszynski doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time ONeill.
ONeill trying to mount his opponent but Kokoszynski defends it.
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.
ONeill is just content to waste time from the top position. Kokoszynski takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Kokoszynski keeping full guard, as ONeill tries to pass.
ONeill has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
ONeill is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ONeill trying to control the position from guard on top but Kokoszynski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kokoszynski is trying to keep ONeill in close.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kokoszynski scores with the left hand. ONeill knows he should have avoided that one.
Mickey ONeill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kokoszynski tries to clinch but ONeill moves away
and ONeill counters with a single leg into guard. Kokoszynski didn't expect that.
Kokoszynski looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ONeill trying to control the position from guard on top but Kokoszynski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
ONeill trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kokoszynski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
ONeill trying to move into half guard but instead Kokoszynski has managed to sweep!
ONeill looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ONeill wants to hit a switch here but Kokoszynski passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for ONeill there!
ONeill tries to reverse the position but Kokoszynski maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey ONeill dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Kokoszynski lands a nice looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - ONeill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
ONeill blocks a jab.
Kokoszynski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from ONeill.
Kokoszynski misses with a low kick.
Kokoszynski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
ONeill looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
ONeill misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mickey ONeill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kokoszynski.
ONeill shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kokoszynski as he avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kokoszynski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with ONeill, pushing him back against the cage.
ONeill can't get the takedown.
Kokoszynski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from ONeill.
Kokoszynski landing knees to the head.
Kokoszynski misses with an elbow over the top.
Kokoszynski unloads a knee to the mid-section. ONeill lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kokoszynski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but ONeill blocks it with crossed arms.
Kokoszynski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kokoszynski is trying to maintain a safe position but ONeill gets an underhook and turns Kokoszynski into the cage.
Kokoszynski looking to throw knees to the head but ONeill is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kokoszynski just misses with a elbow thrown towards ONeill's brow.
Kokoszynski has ONeill pressed against the cage, preventing ONeill from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kokoszynski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kokoszynski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through ONeill's defenses.
Kokoszynski trying to land knees to the body.
Kokoszynski lands an elbow inside.
Kokoszynski lands an elbow that stopped ONeill in his tracks for a moment.
Kokoszynski lands an elbow inside.
Kokoszynski connects with a nasty looking knee right to ONeill's face.
Kokoszynski lands an elbow inside.
Kokoszynski tries to land knees in the clinch but ONeill avoids the damage to the body.
Kokoszynski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from ONeill.
A left hand lands to the body for ONeill.
ONeill drags the fight down to the ground.
ONeill working a defensive guard but Kokoszynski manages to pass into side control anyway.
Kokoszynski trying to control the position but ONeill is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ONeill is looking to reverse the position.
Kokoszynski controlling the position.
ONeill sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
ONeill wants to get back to full guard but Kokoszynski has mounted him!
That's four 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.
ONeill is trying to reverse the position but instead Kokoszynski has taken his back - oops!
ONeill tries to escape the position.
ONeill rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
ONeill tries to get to full guard but Kokoszynski has control of the leg.
Kokoszynski trying to control the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Kokoszynski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think ONeill 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 for Mickey ONeill!
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Mickey ONeill!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Mickey ONeill!
Mickey ONeill wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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