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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Grigoriev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Langley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Langley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: No More Heroes: Kill or Be Killed Mix. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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207 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nikolay Grigoriev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rick Langley!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Langley staying out of range there.
Grigoriev connects with a looping right hand.
Langley fails with the takedown.
Langley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Grigoriev sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Langley tries for a takedown but Grigoriev sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nikolay Grigoriev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Langley.
Langley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grigoriev thuds a left hand into Langley's body.
Grigoriev connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Langley momentarily.
Langley avoids the body shot from Grigoriev.
Langley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Grigoriev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nikolay Grigoriev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Langley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grigoriev displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Langley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Langley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grigoriev throws a head kick that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grigoriev.
Langley has Grigoriev up against the cage in a clinch.
Grigoriev manages to break the clinch.
Langley closes the distance and pushes Grigoriev back into the cage.
Grigoriev lands an elbow inside that Langley shrugs off.
Grigoriev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Grigoriev gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Langley tries for a takedown. No joy.
Langley is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Grigoriev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nikolay Grigoriev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Langley checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langley shoots in for a takedown but Grigoriev shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Grigoriev swats away the attempt to clinch by Langley.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grigoriev.
Grigoriev is looking to slow Langley down with leg kicks.
Langley looks gassed!
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!
Langley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev throws a hook but Langley avoids it easily.
Langley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Langley is trying desperately to land a takedown but Grigoriev is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Langley.
Grigoriev connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grigoriev. That's going to slow Langley down.
Grigoriev digs a good body shot into Langley's ribs.
Langley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Rick Langley has been cut.
Grigoriev throws the left hand but Langley avoids the punch easily.
A good leg kick by Grigoriev.
Langley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grigoriev connects with a crisp jab.
Grigoriev misses with a straight left.
Langley on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Grigoriev throws the left hand but Langley avoids the punch easily.
Grigoriev misses with an uppercut.
Grigoriev connects with a solid leg kick.
Grigoriev lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Langley takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grigoriev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Grigoriev throws a lazy right hand but Langley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grigoriev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Langley takes one to the side of the head.
Grigoriev fails to land with a series of punches.
Grigoriev lands a nice shot that snaps Langley's head back.
Grigoriev is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grigoriev misses with an uppercut.
Grigoriev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Langley was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev swats away the attempt to clinch by Langley.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolay Grigoriev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Langley's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Grigoriev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Langley. That did some damage!
Grigoriev connects with a nice looking jab.
Grigoriev throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Grigoriev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nikolay Grigoriev is winning the standup battle so far.
Langley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Langley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grigoriev.
A good leg kick by Grigoriev.
Grigoriev throws a head kick but Langley moves out of range.
Langley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Langley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev stuffs the takedown attempt from Langley. Langley gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Langley takes one to the chin there.
Grigoriev misses with a head kick.
Grigoriev throws a leg kick
and Langley counters with a nice double leg into side control. Grigoriev won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from Langley seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Langley tries for a kimura but Grigoriev is defending well.
Langley is breathing heavily.
Langley tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Grigoriev is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Langley throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Langley is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Grigoriev is looking to get to half guard.
Grigoriev is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Grigoriev is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Langley swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Grigoriev is now in Langley's guard. A big mistake from Langley there, giving up the dominant position!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grigoriev passes Langley's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Langley tries to get to full guard but Grigoriev has control of the leg.
Grigoriev trying to control the pace.
Grigoriev trying to control the action but Langley is working from the bottom.
Grigoriev controlling the action here.
Grigoriev seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Langley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Nikolay Grigoriev just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Langley slips under a jab from Grigoriev.
A low kick from Grigoriev misses
and Langley counters by moving into the clinch.
Grigoriev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grigoriev misses with a low kick.
Langley shoots in for a double leg but Grigoriev sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Grigoriev lands a high kick!
Langley tries to clinch but Grigoriev is having none of it.
Langley scores a takedown into full mount!
Grigoriev tries to hold on but Langley pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolay Grigoriev dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rick Langley's cut.
That's time! Grigoriev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Langley moves out of range of the strikes.
Langley closes the distance and clinches up with Grigoriev, looking for a takedown. Langley pushes Grigoriev against the cage but Grigoriev circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Langley takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Langley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Langley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Grigoriev defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Langley.
Grigoriev fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Grigoriev takes a swing at Langley's ribcage but misses.
Grigoriev lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice sprawl there from Grigoriev as Langley shoots in.
Nikolay Grigoriev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Langley.
Langley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head kick misses from Grigoriev.
A solid body kick from Grigoriev.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Langley momentarily.
Grigoriev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev jabs at Langley's body.
Grigoriev scoring well with a low kick there.
Grigoriev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Langley. That did some damage!
Grigoriev scores with a sloppy right hand. Langley should have avoided that one.
Grigoriev lands with a slapping head kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Grigoriev as he connects with a hook.
Grigoriev scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grigoriev lands with an overhand left.
Grigoriev throws a nice outside leg kick.
Langley needs to keep his hands up - Grigoriev had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd cheers as Grigoriev lands an impressive looking overhand right. Langley doesn't seem phased though.
Langley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A cross from Grigoriev lands.
Langley defending well as Grigoriev loads up on a big left hand.
Grigoriev thuds his right hand into Langley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grigoriev.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grigoriev, right into the meat.
Grigoriev misses with an uppercut. Langley saw that one coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grigoriev.
Nikolay Grigoriev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev tests Langley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Langley on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Grigoriev cracks Langley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Langley scores with a leg kick.
Grigoriev lands with a right hand.
Langley takes one to the chin there.
Langley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Langley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Grigoriev as he avoids it easily.
Grigoriev connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Langley's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Grigoriev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Langley can do to turn this around?
Langley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grigoriev but Grigoriev pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Grigoriev throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Langley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grigoriev throws a nice head kick!
Langley takes one to the chin there.
Horrible takedown by Langley or perhaps it was just good defense by Grigoriev which made him look bad.
A slapping body kick lands there for Grigoriev.
Rick Langley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Langley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grigoriev. Grigoriev obviously looking to wear him down.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolay Grigoriev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Grigoriev, 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolay Grigoriev!
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