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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robin Hood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Sarbinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hood comes to the cage accompanied by Robin Hood Theme. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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285 lbs
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274 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robin Hood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikhail Sarbinov!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarbinov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hood.
Hood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sarbinov swats away the attempt to clinch by Hood.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sarbinov keeps the fight on the outside.
Sarbinov keeps the fight on the outside.
Sarbinov keeps the fight on the outside.
Hood goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hood scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Hood as Sarbinov shoots in.
Hood tries to clinch there but Sarbinov circles away.
Hood looks to land a right hand but Sarbinov moved out of range.
Hood wants to clinch.
Hood slaps away a takedown attempt from Sarbinov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sarbinov shoots in but no luck this time.
Robin Hood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikhail Sarbinov.
Sarbinov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hood defends it nicely.
Hood throws a head kick that misses.
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.
Hood wants to clinch.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch but Sarbinov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sarbinov fails with the takedown.
Hood scores with a hook to the body. Sarbinov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sarbinov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hood tries to clinch up.
Hood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood wants to clinch.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch but Sarbinov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hood moves in looking to clinch but Sarbinov pushes him off.
Hood tries to clinch there but Sarbinov circles away.
Sarbinov gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sarbinov manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hood manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hood has momentary wrist control but Sarbinov slips an elbow through the middle.
Sarbinov lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sarbinov wants to control from the top but Hood keeps moving.
Sarbinov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sarbinov thows a big elbow that misses.
Hood wants to sweep but no luck.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hood controlling the position.
Sarbinov stopping the sweep attempt from Hood.
Sarbinov looking to pass the guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hood tries to clinch up but Sarbinov circles away and keeps his distance.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sarbinov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hood counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sarbinov has his takedown stuffed
and Hood counters with a single leg into guard. Sarbinov didn't expect that.
Sarbinov keeping moving, preventing Hood from controlling successfully.
Hood throwing strikes from guard but Sarbinov blocks nicely.
Hood throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sarbinov works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sarbinov keeping full guard, as Hood tries to pass.
Hood in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hood manages to get himself to full guard.
Sarbinov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sarbinov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hood's head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hood is on top in guard.
Hood lands a couple of digs.
Hood pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sarbinov is keeping the position for now.
Sarbinov lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hood!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Hood really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hood is working to get back to half guard.
Sarbinov looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sarbinov throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Sarbinov there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hood is desperately trying to improve his position but Sarbinov has a good base and remains in mount.
Sarbinov punching from mount but Hood doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hood on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hood tries to get out of the position.
Hood wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hood wants to control but Sarbinov is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hood sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robin Hood dominated that round.
That's time! Hood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hood tries to clinch but Sarbinov moves out of range.
Hood fails to land with a series of punches.
Sarbinov swats away the attempt to clinch by Hood.
Hood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sarbinov swats away the attempt to clinch by Hood.
Sarbinov tries for a takedown but Hood circles away easily
and Hood counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sarbinov shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hood napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hood is not content to let Sarbinov control the position.
Hood takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hood sneaks back into half guard.
Sarbinov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hood keeps working.
Hood regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hood trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sarbinov wants to control from the top but Hood keeps moving.
Hood trying to control the position here.
Sarbinov landing with the ground and pound.
Sarbinov thows a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov trying to control but Hood is working from the bottom.
Hood has his hands on Sarbinov's head, controlling the position.
Hood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sarbinov stands up over Hood, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sarbinov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sarbinov with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hood seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sarbinov working some strikes from top position.
Sarbinov advances position into side control!
Hood struggling a bit here.
Sarbinov trying to control the action but Hood is working from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hood dodges the ground and pound from Sarbinov.
Hood dodges the ground and pound from Sarbinov.
Sarbinov tries to score with some ground and pound. Hood controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hood bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Hood tries to clinch but Sarbinov moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Hood.
That's six 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.
Hood misses with a straight left.
Hood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hood tries to clinch but Sarbinov is having none of it.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sarbinov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hood doesn't manage to clinch there - Sarbinov circles away.
Hood tries to clinch there but Sarbinov circles away.
Mikhail Sarbinov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hood misses with the combination.
Hood throws a series of punches but Sarbinov avoids them all with ease.
Hood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hood moves in looking to clinch but Sarbinov pushes him off.
Sarbinov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hood throws a jab when Sarbinov was well out of range.
Sarbinov with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hood counters with a shoot takedown. Sarbinov fights it but they end up in guard.
Sarbinov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sarbinov trying to control the position.
Sarbinov lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hood!
Hood wants to control but Sarbinov is having none of it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov is landing with some decent strikes but Hood is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Sarbinov.
Sarbinov working Hood over with strikes here.
Sarbinov avoids the attempt from Hood to control.
Mikhail Sarbinov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sarbinov punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hood tries to hold on but Sarbinov postures up.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sarbinov punching from mount but Hood doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hood is squirming around, avoiding Sarbinov's attempts to control the action.
Sarbinov lands a heavy elbow.
Sarbinov landing punches.
Sarbinov throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hood because Sarbinov loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Sarbinov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Hood tries to clinch up but Sarbinov circles away and keeps his distance.
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sarbinov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hood tries to clinch but Sarbinov is having none of it.
Hood looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sarbinov!
Hood thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Sarbinov avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hood.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hood misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sarbinov is looking to improve his position but Hood isn't that keen on the idea.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hood with shots to the head and body - Sarbinov looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarbinov avoids a strike by Hood and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Hood's guard! Fantastic escape!
Sarbinov scoring with some ground and pound.
Sarbinov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sarbinov sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hood preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sarbinov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sarbinov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hood wants to improve his position but instead Sarbinov has moved into half guard.
Sarbinov slips a nice elbow through Hood's hands, connecting with Hood's forehead.
Hood holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Sarbinov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hood is looking to improve his position.
Hood trying to control but Sarbinov postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood keeping control of the position.
Hood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sarbinov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hood keeps working.
Sarbinov performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hood wants to improve his position but Sarbinov is controlling well.
Sarbinov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sarbinov shoots in but Hood avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hood throws a shot from downtown. Sarbinov moves away and avoids it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hood tries to clinch but Sarbinov moves out of range.
Hood is looking to clinch.
Sarbinov tries to move into range but Hood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hood shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hood showed some decent athleticism there.
Hood sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sarbinov defending well though.
Sarbinov works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hood throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hood lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hood has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sarbinov wants to sweep here but Hood controlling him for the moment.
Sarbinov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hood cracks Sarbinov with a solid left hand.
Hood stopping the sweep attempt from Sarbinov.
Sarbinov is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hood in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hood lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sarbinov seems keen to control Hood's posture.
Sarbinov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hood throws a strike but Sarbinov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sarbinov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sarbinov is looking to work some ground and pound but Hood has wrist control.
Hood looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sarbinov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sarbinov is working Hood over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hood wants to get back to his feet but Sarbinov passes into half guard.
Hood blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sarbinov.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sarbinov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sarbinov trying to control the action but Hood is working from the bottom.
Sarbinov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hood is in trouble now - Sarbinov has advanced to mount!
Sarbinov scoring with strikes but Hood is staying in there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sarbinov throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mikhail Sarbinov.
I think Sarbinov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mikhail Sarbinov!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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