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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vitali Dragonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Logan Louis will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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200 lbs
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205 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vitali Dragonov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Logan Louis!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dragonov takes one to the side of the head.
Louis throws a right hand that Dragonov ducks under and follows up with a left that Dragonov also avoids with ease.
Dragonov slips a jab and a cross from Louis.
Dragonov slips under a jab from Louis.
Dragonov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dragonov fails with a takedown attempt.
Dragonov misses the shot to the body.
Dragonov checks a low kick from Louis.
Dragonov scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Louis has one of Dragonov's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Louis wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Dragonov works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Louis tries to bench press Dragonov off him but Dragonov keeps the position.
Dragonov creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Louis sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Louis tries to bench press Dragonov off him but Dragonov keeps the position.
Dragonov misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragonov wants to stand but Louis is controlling his arm.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Louis misses with a low kick as Dragonov jumps back.
Dragonov wants to clinch up but Louis keeps it at a distance.
Dragonov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Louis but Louis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Louis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dragonov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Louis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dragonov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitali Dragonov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Louis misses.
Logan Louis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dragonov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dragonov shoots in and bounces Louis off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Dragonov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dragonov with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dragonov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dragonov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dragonov prevents Louis from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Louis kicks Dragonov off and gets to his feet.
Dragonov is breathing heavily.
Dragonov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dragonov throws a hook to the side of Louis's head but Louis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Louis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dragonov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Louis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dragonov circles away quickly and effectively.
Dragonov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Louis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dragonov backs up against the cage.
Louis throws a right and a left that Dragonov avoids nicely.
A jab from Louis finds it's way through Dragonov's defenses.
Louis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dragonov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Louis swivels and escapes.
Dragonov fails with a takedown attempt.
Louis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dragonov circles away quickly and effectively.
Dragonov fails with a takedown attempt.
Louis throws a series of punches but Dragonov moves out of range.
Dragonov has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Louis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Louis, right into the meat.
Danga de danga de dang - Louis scores with a four punch combination!
Dragonov slips a jab and a cross from Louis.
Louis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Louis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Louis fails to land with a series of punches.
Louis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Louis lands with a nice combination. Dragonov backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Louis's guard.
Louis is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dragonov stopping the sweep attempt from Louis.
Louis managing to control the position.
Louis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dragonov is one step ahead there.
Louis wants to stand but Dragonov is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Logan Louis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dragonov closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dragonov lands in his opponent's guard.
Louis wants to sweep but no luck.
Dragonov wants to control from the top but Louis keeps moving.
Louis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Louis trying to control the position here.
Louis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Louis is breathing heavily.
Dragonov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dragonov lands a couple of elbows.
Louis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dragonov stands up over Louis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragonov distracts Louis with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dragonov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Louis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Louis is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Louis trying to keep a closed guard but Dragonov is proving a slippery customer.
Dragonov thows a big elbow that misses.
Louis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dragonov scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dragonov landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Louis takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Louis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Louis wants to get back to full guard.
Louis is refusing to be controlled, as Dragonov sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis works his way to full guard. Good work.
Louis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dragonov throwing strikes from guard but Louis blocks nicely.
Dragonov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A cross from Louis lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Louis.
Dragonov shoots in looking for a takedown. Louis tries to sprawl out of it but Dragonov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Louis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Louis scores with a hook to the body. Dragonov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Louis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vitali Dragonov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Louis tries to avoid it but Dragonov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Louis to the ground. Louis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dragonov wants to clinch.
Louis is looking to slow Dragonov down with leg kicks.
Louis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dragonov.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitali Dragonov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Louis.
Louis lands with a nice combination. Dragonov backs away looking to recover.
Dragonov moves into the clinch.
Louis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dragonov checks a leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Louis. No joy for Dragonov on that attempt.
Louis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dragonov circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dragonov.
Louis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dragonov.
Louis misses with a wild combination.
Dragonov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Louis misses with a few strikes there.
Louis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dragonov.
Louis has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Louis throws a shot to the body.
Dragonov instigates a clinch.
Louis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dragonov is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Louis's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louis is trying to get back to full guard.
Vitali Dragonov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Louis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Louis desperately trying to maintain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitali Dragonov 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!
A combination from Louis does no damage.
Louis throws a one two combo.
Dragonov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Louis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Louis jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Louis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Louis lands a head shot.
Dragonov misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dragonov slips a jab and a cross from Louis.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dragonov is defended easily by Louis.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dragonov tries to clinch but Louis is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Louis wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitali Dragonov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louis scores with a jab to the body.
Louis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dragonov.
Louis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Louis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Louis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louis lands a jab-cross combination.
A punch combination from Louis misses.
Louis stuffs the takedown.
Louis throws a right and a left that Dragonov avoids nicely.
Louis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dragonov looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dragonov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis trying to hold on to Dragonov's head to control him but Dragonov postures up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Louis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dragonov stops Louis from standing up.
Dragonov won't allow Louis to sweep him here.
Louis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Louis wants to sweep but no luck.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dragonov shoots for a double leg takedown but Louis sprawls well. He's pushed Dragonov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dragonov instigates a clinch.
Louis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Louis scores with the left hand. Dragonov knows he should have avoided that one.
Louis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dragonov.
Dragonov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Louis can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis throws a right and a left that Dragonov avoids nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dragonov.
Louis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dragonov slips a jab and a cross from Louis.
Dragonov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Louis as he avoids it easily.
Dragonov fails with the takedown.
Louis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dragonov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Louis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Louis stalks Dragonov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dragonov's face. Dragonov staggers backwards, shaken.
Dragonov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dragonov looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dragonov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Louis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dragonov circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dragonov is defended easily by Louis.
Louis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dragonov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Louis as he jumps to the side.
Dragonov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Louis.
Louis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Louis is working the combinations to good effect here.
Louis dips to his left and cracks Dragonov with an uppercut!
Dragonov dodges the punch combination from Louis.
Dragonov has a takedown stuffed.
Louis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Horrible takedown by Dragonov or perhaps it was just good defense by Louis which made him look bad.
And that's the end of the fight!
Logan Louis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Louis 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Logan Louis!
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