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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lev Nikifor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebaastian Struve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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178 lbs
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179 cm
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185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lev Nikifor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebaastian Struve!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Struve looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Struve is looking to work some ground and pound but Nikifor has wrist control.
Nikifor wants to stand but Struve is controlling the position.
Struve thows a big elbow that misses.
Struve in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nikifor knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Struve on the ground.
Struve stays in close to Nikifor's body and controls the position.
Struve in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Struve wants to control from the top but Nikifor keeps moving.
Struve thows a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nikifor misses with a hook. Struve ducked under it nicely.
Struve throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Struve scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Struve is keen to just control but Nikifor is a slippery customer.
Nikifor tries to get to full guard but Struve has control of the leg.
Struve has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nikifor controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Struve scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nikifor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Struve.
Nikifor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Struve working the head and body with strikes.
Struve missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nikifor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Struve.
Struve is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nikifor has managed to free his arm - good work.
Struve missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Struve thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nikifor's head.
Struve is keen to just control but Nikifor is a slippery customer.
Struve passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struve thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nikifor is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Struve thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Struve with the ground and pound from mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Struve there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Struve looking to finish with strikes here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Struve lands with some strikes.
Struve throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nikifor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Struve.
Struve raining down shots from the mount!
Nikifor is bucking up trying to escape but Struve cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nikifor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Struve.
Struve thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sebaastian Struve dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Struve scoring well with a low kick there.
Struve cracks the inside of Nikifor's front leg.
Struve misses with a head kick.
Struve shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Struve was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Struve throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nikifor blocking the ground and pound.
Struve misses with a head shot.
Struve punishing his opponent with strikes.
Struve breaks from Nikifor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Struve breaks from Nikifor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nikifor is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Struve working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Nikifor slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Struve throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Struve thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nikifor's head.
Struve not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nikifor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Struve thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nikifor's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Struve working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Struve trying to control from half guard but Nikifor is working away.
Struve frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Struve with shots to the head and body - Nikifor looks very uncomfortable down there.
The referee warns Nikifor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Struve throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Struve with a couple of short strikes.
Nikifor holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Struve tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Struve throws some wild stikes that Nikifor manages to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Struve.
Struve punishing his opponent with strikes.
Struve throwing strikes here but Nikifor is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Struve with good strikes from the mount here!
Struve misses with a head shot.
Struve cracks Nikifor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Struve throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Struve looking to isolate an arm here. Nikifor doesn't see it coming and as Struve extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Struve!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sebaastian Struve!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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