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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Audrius Polinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Price could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Audrius Polinski's chin.
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207 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, David Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Audrius Polinski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price is trying hard to land a takedown here. Polinski sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Polinski wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Price scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Price stalling.
Price prevents Polinski from standing back up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Price in particular looking to stall.
Polinski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Price has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee stands the fighters back up. David Price just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Price circles away from the clinch attempt.
Price shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Price was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Polinski is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Price can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Polinski is looking to escape.
Price controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polinski is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polinski somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Polinski tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Polinski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Price keeps the fight on the outside.
Price swats away the attempt to clinch by Polinski.
Price looks for a takedown but Polinski sprawls well.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Price swats away the attempt to clinch by Polinski.
Price fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Price. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Polinski takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Polinski.
It looks like David Price has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Polinski.
Polinski misses with a knee strike.
Price takes an elbow to the temple.
Polinski gets underhooks to prevent Price's takedown attempt.
Price is breathing heavily.
Polinski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Price tries for a takedown. No joy.
Polinski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Polinski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Polinski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Polinski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Price's defenses.
Polinski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Price's face.
Polinski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Polinski using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Polinski landing knees to the head.
Polinski lands an elbow inside that Price shrugs off.
Price takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Polinski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Price takes a knee right on the jaw!
Price looking for a takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Polinski.
Price goes for a takedown in the clinch but Polinski prevents it.
Polinski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Polinski obliges.
Polinski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Price takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Polinski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Audrius Polinski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Price's cut.
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.
Price changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Polinski looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Polinski is trying to get back to his feet.
Polinski stops Price from passing to mount.
Price controls the position.
Polinski is not content to let Price control the position.
Price taking a break here but Polinski is having none of it and regains half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polinski wants to get back to his feet.
Price is keen to just control but Polinski is a slippery customer.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Polinski tries to clinch up.
David Price is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Price swats away the attempt to clinch by Polinski.
Price looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Polinski tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Polinski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Polinski tries to clinch up.
Price gets the takedown into side control.
Polinski is trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Price tries to advance to mount but Polinski denies him.
Polinski is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Price slows the pace down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polinski is not content to let Price control the position.
Polinski wants to get back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Price has a takedown stuffed.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Price swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Polinski clinches.
Polinski working Price over with knees to the body.
Polinski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Polinski stops a takedown attempt from Price.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Price. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Price takes a knee right on the jaw!
Price takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polinski scores with a knee to the head.
Polinski lands a damaging elbow.
Polinski lands an elbow that stopped Price in his tracks for a moment.
Polinski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Polinski.
Polinski connects with a knee to the head.
Polinski prevents the takedown attempt.
Polinski lands a good knee to the midsection. Price won't want to take too many of those.
Polinski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Price tries to score a body lock takedown but Polinski shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Price wants a takedown but no success here.
Polinski landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Polinski throws an elbow but it misses.
Polinski gets underhooks to prevent Price's takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by Polinski.
Polinski landing knees to the head.
Polinski unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Polinski throws an elbow but it misses.
Polinski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Price tries for a takedown. No joy.
Price takes a knee to the side of the body.
Polinski is pressed up against the cage. Price has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Polinski down to the mat. Polinski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Polinski tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
Price fails with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Price or perhaps it was just good defense by Polinski which made him look bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Audrius Polinski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on David Price's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Polinski wants to clinch up but Price keeps it at a distance.
Polinski tries to clinch up.
Polinski slaps away a takedown attempt from Price, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Polinski tries to clinch there but Price circles away.
Price tries for a takedown but Polinski sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Polinski is looking to clinch but Price is avoiding it.
Price fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Price. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Polinski rushes Price and presses him up against the cage.
Polinski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Polinski scores with a knee to the head.
Price drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Polinski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Polinski lands an elbow just above Price 's eye.
Price takes an elbow to the temple.
Polinski using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Polinski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Polinski lands a nice elbow.
Polinski connects with a knee to the head.
Polinski with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polinski landing knees to the head.
Price tries for a takedown but Polinski manages to get underhooks.
Polinski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Polinski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Price's defenses.
Polinski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Price is working for takedown but Polinski is calmly controlling the position for now.
Polinski lands an elbow inside that Price shrugs off.
Polinski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Price drops down looking for an ankle pick but Polinski pulls his leg out and moves away.
Polinski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Price will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Polinski tries to clinch up but Price circles away and keeps his distance.
Audrius Polinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Polinski tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Polinski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Polinski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Polinski tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
Polinski stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Polinski wants it to stay on the feet.
Polinski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Polinski has Price up against the cage in a clinch.
Polinski lands a damaging elbow.
Polinski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Polinski lands a nice elbow.
Polinski lands an elbow that stopped Price in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Polinski.
Polinski working Price over with knees to the body.
Polinski lands an elbow inside that Price shrugs off.
Polinski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Price lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Price looking for a takedown.
Polinski landing knees to the head.
Price drops down looking for an ankle pick but Polinski pulls his leg out and moves away.
Price closes this distance looking for a takedown but Polinski circles away.
Price keeps the fight on the outside.
Polinski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Polinski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Price fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Price paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Price shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Price showed some decent athleticism there.
Polinski is trying to stand.
Price is pressing down on Polinski's thigh, looking to free his foot. Polinski is holding on for now.
Price is taking a breather. Polinski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Audrius Polinski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Price wants to lay and pray for a moment but Polinski keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polinski wants to get back to his feet.
Price controlling the action here.
Price is trying to control. Polinski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Polinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Price swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Polinski tries to clinch up but Price circles away and keeps his distance.
Polinski stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Polinski wants it to stay on the feet.
Polinski rushes Price and presses him up against the cage.
Polinski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Price's defenses.
David Price has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Polinski.
Price tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Polinski avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Audrius Polinski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Polinski winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Audrius Polinski!
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