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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tiili Donitsi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juho Loco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Loco's choice of entrance music: Mafyo - Mi W Dele / Naschim Pacanan. Donitsi has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Tiili Donitsi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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156 lbs
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185 cm
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160 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tiili Donitsi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juho Loco!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donitsi misses with a takedown attempt - Loco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Donitsi is breathing heavily.
Loco closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Loco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Loco breaks the clinch.
Loco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Loco connects with a knee to the head.
Loco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Loco manages to break the clinch.
Donitsi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Loco tries to avoid it but Donitsi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Loco to the ground. Loco escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Loco lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Loco rushes Donitsi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Loco prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiili Donitsi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Loco scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Loco.
A short right from Loco.
Donitsi can't get the takedown.
Loco lands a damaging elbow.
Loco lands a nice knee to the body.
Loco stalling.
Loco using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Loco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Donitsi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Loco prevents it.
Loco scores a nice knee to the body.
Loco breaks from the clinch.
Loco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Loco fails with an attempt to clinch.
Loco tries to clinch but Donitsi moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donitsi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Loco tries to clinch up
and Donitsi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Loco is looking to escape.
Donitsi thows a huge punch but Loco dodges it nicely.
Donitsi lands with a punch from half guard.
Donitsi trying to control the action but Loco is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Loco blocking the ground and pound attempt from Donitsi.
Nice strikes from Donitsi there.
Loco is looking to escape.
Loco wants to control but Donitsi is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Loco wants to get back to full guard.
Loco is pressing down on Donitsi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Loco is looking to stand up but Donitsi isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Loco can do anything to dispel that myth.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Loco clinches.
Nice elbow from Loco.
Loco lands with a light punch inside.
Donitsi wants a takedown.
Loco is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Loco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donitsi backwards.
Loco unloads a knee to the mid-section. Donitsi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Loco content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loco lands an elbow just above Donitsi 's eye.
A right handed body shot lands from Loco.
Loco creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Donitsi avoids the elbow strike from Loco, against the cage.
Donitsi tries for a takedown. No joy.
Loco gets underhooks to prevent Donitsi's takedown attempt.
Loco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Donitsi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Donitsi tries for a takedown but Loco manages to get underhooks.
Loco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Loco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Donitsi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Loco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Loco tries to clinch but Donitsi is having none of it.
Donitsi fails with the takedown.
Loco is looking to clinch but Donitsi is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donitsi circles away from the clinch attempt
and Donitsi counters with a single leg into guard. Loco didn't expect that.
Donitsi stops Loco from standing up.
Loco is trying to keep Donitsi in close.
Donitsi thows a big elbow that misses.
Loco uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Loco plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Loco has closed the distance and engaged Donitsi in a clinch.
Donitsi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Loco is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Loco lands a nice knee to the body.
Loco stalling the fight.
Donitsi takes an elbow to the temple.
Loco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Donitsi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Loco prevents it.
Loco lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Donitsi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Loco gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Loco lands a nice knee to the body.
Loco landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Donitsi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Loco gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Loco breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donitsi fails with a takedown attempt.
Loco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Donitsi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donitsi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Loco tries to clinch but Donitsi is having none of it.
Donitsi closes the distance and clinches up with Loco, looking for a takedown. Donitsi pushes Loco against the cage but Loco circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Loco darts in trying to clinch
and Donitsi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Donitsi landing some decent shots from guard.
Loco pushes Donitsi off and gets back to his feet.
Donitsi fails to land the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loco has taken the fight to the clinch.
Donitsi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Loco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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 Tiili Donitsi will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Donitsi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Donitsi shoots in for a double leg but Loco sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Loco darts in and clinches Donitsi up against the cage.
Donitsi wants a takedown.
Loco tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Donitsi tries for a takedown but Loco manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiili Donitsi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Loco lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Donitsi or not.
Loco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Loco keeps control of Donitsi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Loco prevents the takedown attempt.
Loco breaks the clinch.
Loco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Loco tries to clinch up but Donitsi circles away and keeps his distance.
Loco has closed the distance and engaged Donitsi in a clinch.
Loco lands a knee to the body.
Loco scores a nice knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Loco.
Loco using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Donitsi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Loco fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Loco throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Loco clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Loco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Donitsi wants a takedown but no success here.
Loco landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Donitsi.
Donitsi wants a takedown.
Loco lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Loco landing knees to the body.
Donitsi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Loco prevents it.
Loco is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Loco content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Donitsi has Loco pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Loco manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Loco manages to break the clinch.
Loco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Loco lands a nice knee to the body.
Loco landing knees to the head.
Donitsi can't break the clinch.
Loco unloads a knee to the mid-section. Donitsi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Loco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Loco looks to land a combination. Donitsi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Loco wants to clinch.
Loco is looking to clinch.
Donitsi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donitsi tries to keep at a distance but Loco has taken the fight into the clinch.
Loco is trying to break free.
Loco lands a nice knee to the body.
Loco trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Loco.
Donitsi wants a takedown.
Donitsi goes for a takedown attempt but Loco pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Loco pushes Donitsi up against the cage in a clinch.
Loco looking to stall.
Donitsi is trying to trip Loco. He has hold of a leg but Loco is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Donitsi persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Donitsi trying to control but Loco is working from the bottom.
Loco tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Donitsi trying to control but Loco is working from the bottom.
Loco wants to sweep but no luck.
Loco is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Donitsi is controlling him.
Donitsi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Loco is keeping the position for now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Some bone on bone action there as Loco checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Donitsi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Loco!
Donitsi landing shots from mount.
Loco really wants to buck Donitsi off and get back to his feet.
Loco can't escape the position.
Loco is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Donitsi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Loco hang on?
Loco is desperately trying to improve his position but Donitsi has a good base and remains in mount.
Tiili Donitsi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Loco wants to control but Donitsi is having none of it.
Donitsi cracks Loco with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Loco wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Loco working to try and regain half guard.
Loco squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Donitsi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donitsi controlling the position easily from mount.
Loco blocking the ground and pound.
Donitsi throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Loco because Donitsi loaded up on that one.
Donitsi throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Loco because Donitsi loaded up on that one.
Loco is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Donitsi with a couple of short strikes.
Donitsi controlling from mount.
Loco trying desperately to get to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Donitsi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Loco really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiili Donitsi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Donitsi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Juho Loco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Loco tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Donitsi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Loco wants to get back to his feet.
Well, if Donitsi is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Loco taking some punishment here, with Donitsi in his half guard.
Donitsi working the head and body with strikes.
Donitsi works his way into full mount!
Loco is trying to stand up.
BOOM! Donitsi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donitsi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Loco's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donitsi landing strikes from the mount.
Donitsi controlling his opponent.
Loco takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Donitsi with good strikes from the mount here!
Loco is working to get back to half guard.
Donitsi throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Loco is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Loco is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Donitsi trying to control but Loco is having none of it.
Loco really wants to buck Donitsi off and get back to his feet.
Donitsi controlling from the full mount.
Donitsi trying to control but Loco is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donitsi with shots to the head and body - Loco looks very uncomfortable down there.
Donitsi with the ground and pound from mount.
Donitsi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Donitsi throws some wild stikes that Loco manages to avoid easily.
Donitsi wants to control the pace but Loco is squirming around nicely.
Donitsi avoids the attempt from Loco to control.
Donitsi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Donitsi controlling the position easily from mount.
Loco is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donitsi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Loco?
Loco wants to hold on but Donitsi pushes him away.
Loco is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Loco manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Loco wants to get back to his feet.
Donitsi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Donitsi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Loco wants to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Donitsi connects with a nice short shot to Loco's temple.
Loco wants to control but Donitsi is keeping busy.
Loco is trying to stand back up but Donitsi is controlling him
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donitsi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Donitsi is looking to advance position but Loco won't allow it.
Loco is trying to stand back up but Donitsi is controlling him
Loco is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Loco wants to clinch.
Loco wants to clinch up but Donitsi keeps it at a distance.
Juho Loco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loco lands with a kick to the temple. Donitsi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Loco tries to clinch up.
Donitsi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loco tries to clinch but Donitsi moves away
and Donitsi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Loco wants to stand but Donitsi is controlling the position.
Loco keeping moving, preventing Donitsi from controlling successfully.
Juho Loco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Loco throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tiili Donitsi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Donitsi, 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiili Donitsi!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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