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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ippo Makkunouchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolf Nu Zayats (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ippo Makkunouchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wolf Nu Zayats!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makkunouchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Nu Zayats swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Makkunouchi tries to clinch up.
Makkunouchi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nu Zayats.
Nu Zayats closes the distance looking to clinch
and Makkunouchi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Makkunouchi.
Makkunouchi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nu Zayats is keeping busy.
A short body shot lands from Nu Zayats as the two fighters clinch.
Makkunouchi is trying to maintain a safe position but Nu Zayats gets an underhook and turns Makkunouchi into the cage.
Nu Zayats tries to break the clinch but Makkunouchi is controlling the position.
Makkunouchi is looking to control Nu Zayats's arms but Nu Zayats gets an underhook and turns him. Now Makkunouchi has his back to the cage.
Nu Zayats works on Makkunouchi's body with a couple of short punches.
A hook to the body from Nu Zayats.
A left hand lands to the body for Nu Zayats.
Makkunouchi tries to stall but Nu Zayats uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ippo Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats looks to land a right hand but Makkunouchi moved out of range.
Nu Zayats wants to clinch
and Makkunouchi counters by clinching up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makkunouchi taking a breather.
A left hand lands to the body for Nu Zayats.
Nu Zayats working hard to break the clinch.
Nu Zayats lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nu Zayats is trying to break the clinch but Makkunouchi has him pressed against the cage.
Nu Zayats looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Makkunouchi looking to stall.
Makkunouchi is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Nu Zayats.
Nu Zayats throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nu Zayats creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nu Zayats scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nu Zayats lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nu Zayats cracks Makkunouchi with a nice body shot.
Makkunouchi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Nu Zayats.
Nu Zayats is looking to break free of the clinch but Makkunouchi has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Nu Zayats - that landed with a thud.
Nu Zayats lands a body punch.
Nu Zayats working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A hook to the body from Nu Zayats.
A short right from Nu Zayats on the inside.
Nu Zayats is trying to force a seperation but Makkunouchi has the dominant position.
Nu Zayats breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nu Zayats fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nu Zayats wants to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Nu Zayats lands an impressive looking overhand right. Makkunouchi doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Ippo Makkunouchi has been cut.
Nu Zayats tries to clinch but Makkunouchi moves away
and Makkunouchi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nu Zayats lands a left hand that snaps the head of Makkunouchi backwards.
Nu Zayats should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Nu Zayats wants to break free but Makkunouchi has control.
A short right from Nu Zayats.
Nu Zayats lands with a light punch inside.
Nu Zayats can't break the clinch.
Makkunouchi is trying to maintain a safe position but Nu Zayats gets an underhook and turns Makkunouchi into the cage.
Nu Zayats gets through Makkunouchi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nu Zayats lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nu Zayats scores with a hook to the body.
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!
Nu Zayats throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nu Zayats softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Nu Zayats.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makkunouchi prevents Nu Zayats from breaking the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Nu Zayats as the two fighters clinch.
Nu Zayats wants to get back to striking at distance but Makkunouchi won't allow it.
Makkunouchi keeps control of Nu Zayats as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Makkunouchi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nu Zayats lands a right hand that snaps the head of Makkunouchi backwards.
Nu Zayats breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nu Zayats throws a right and a left that Makkunouchi avoids nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Makkunouchi stalling in the clinch but Nu Zayats improves position.
Nu Zayats is trying to break free.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nu Zayats works on Makkunouchi's body with a couple of short punches.
Nu Zayats has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nu Zayats breaks from the clinch.
Nu Zayats tries to clinch up but Makkunouchi circles away and keeps his distance.
Wolf Nu Zayats seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Makkunouchi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
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.
Nu Zayats throws a hook to the side of Makkunouchi's head but Makkunouchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nu Zayats clinches.
Nu Zayats working hard to break the clinch.
Nu Zayats misses with some punches.
Makkunouchi is trying to maintain a safe position but Nu Zayats gets an underhook and turns Makkunouchi into the cage.
Nu Zayats lands a body shot in the clinch.
Makkunouchi tries to stall but Nu Zayats uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Makkunouchi can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
A right hook to the body lands for Nu Zayats.
Makkunouchi is looking to control Nu Zayats's arms but Nu Zayats gets an underhook and turns him. Now Makkunouchi has his back to the cage.
Nu Zayats scores with a hook to the body.
Makkunouchi looking to stall.
Nu Zayats presses Makkunouchi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nu Zayats.
Nu Zayats works on Makkunouchi's body with a couple of short punches.
Nu Zayats lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wolf Nu Zayats dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ippo Makkunouchi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nu Zayats tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Makkunouchi counters by moving into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ippo Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats swats away the attempt to clinch by Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats closes the distance looking to clinch
and Makkunouchi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nu Zayats is looking to break free of the clinch but Makkunouchi has double underhooks.
Nu Zayats wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nu Zayats lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nu Zayats is trying to break the clinch but Makkunouchi has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Nu Zayats.
Makkunouchi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maybe Makkunouchi would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Nu Zayats digs a right hand underneath Makkunouchi's ribcage. Makkunouchi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Makkunouchi taking a breather.
Nu Zayats lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats lands a body punch.
Nu Zayats lands a body punch.
Nu Zayats throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Makkunouchis head.
Makkunouchi stalling in the clinch but Nu Zayats improves position.
Nu Zayats scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Nu Zayats.
A frustrated look appears on Nu Zayats's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Nu Zayats on the inside.
Makkunouchi wants to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nu Zayats.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nu Zayats creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nu Zayats.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nu Zayats works on Makkunouchi's body with a couple of short punches.
Nu Zayats makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Nu Zayats scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nu Zayats pushes Makkunouchi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Makkunouchi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nu Zayats scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Nu Zayats on the inside.
Nu Zayats tries to break the clinch but Makkunouchi is controlling the position.
Nu Zayats throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nu Zayats lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Makkunouchi or not.
Nu Zayats wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nu Zayats lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Nu Zayats.
Nu Zayats is trying to break the clinch but Makkunouchi is controlling him.
Nu Zayats makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nu Zayats is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Makkunouchi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Makkunouchi taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nu Zayats breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nu Zayats fails in his attempt to clinch.
Makkunouchi wants to clinch.
Makkunouchi defending well as Nu Zayats loads up on a big left hand.
Nu Zayats misses with a combination
and Makkunouchi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats wants to break free but Makkunouchi has control.
Makkunouchi taking a breather.
Makkunouchi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Makkunouchi stalling.
Makkunouchi tries to stall but Nu Zayats uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ippo Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Makkunouchi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Makkunouchi.
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.
Nu Zayats lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Makkunouchi backwards.
Nu Zayats wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nu Zayats wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nu Zayats lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Makkunouchi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nu Zayats.
Makkunouchi is looking to control Nu Zayats's arms but Nu Zayats gets an underhook and turns him. Now Makkunouchi has his back to the cage.
Nu Zayats makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nu Zayats as Makkunouchi tries to tie him up.
Nu Zayats digs a right hand underneath Makkunouchi's ribcage. Makkunouchi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Makkunouchi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nu Zayats lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nu Zayats lands a shoulder strike.
Nu Zayats tries to circle away but Makkunouchi has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ippo Makkunouchi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ippo Makkunouchi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nu Zayats is looking to clinch.
Nu Zayats tries to clinch up but Makkunouchi circles away and keeps his distance.
Nu Zayats wants to clinch.
Nu Zayats is looking to clinch but Makkunouchi is avoiding it.
Nu Zayats will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nu Zayats tries to clinch
and Makkunouchi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Makkunouchi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Nu Zayats.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nu Zayats as Makkunouchi tries to tie him up.
A hook to the body from Nu Zayats.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nu Zayats tries to circle away but Makkunouchi has him pinned against the cage.
Nu Zayats wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Makkunouchi has him pressed against the cage.
Nu Zayats tries to circle away but Makkunouchi has him pinned against the cage.
Makkunouchi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nu Zayats throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Makkunouchis head.
Makkunouchi is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ippo Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats closes the distance looking to clinch
and Makkunouchi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats is trying to force a seperation but Makkunouchi has the dominant position.
Nu Zayats throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Makkunouchi looking to slow down the pace here.
Nu Zayats stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nu Zayats works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nu Zayats throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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.
Nu Zayats scores with a shot to the side of Makkunouchi's head.
Nu Zayats lands a shot to the body.
Nu Zayats breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nu Zayats wants to clinch.
Nu Zayats tries to clinch up
and Makkunouchi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Makkunouchi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nu Zayats is keeping busy.
Nu Zayats throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Makkunouchis head.
Nu Zayats working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nu Zayats's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nu Zayats throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Makkunouchi moves into the clinch.
Makkunouchi taking a breather.
A left hand lands to the body for Nu Zayats.
Nu Zayats works on Makkunouchi's body with a couple of short punches.
Nu Zayats lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Nu Zayats as the two fighters clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Nu Zayats.
A right handed body shot lands from Nu Zayats.
Makkunouchi is looking to control Nu Zayats's arms but Nu Zayats gets an underhook and turns him. Now Makkunouchi has his back to the cage.
Nu Zayats throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nu Zayats gets through Makkunouchi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Nu Zayats.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nu Zayats.
Nu Zayats tries to circle away but Makkunouchi has him pinned against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Nu Zayats as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nu Zayats.
Makkunouchi trying to control the position but instead, Nu Zayats has worked for underhooks and has pushed Makkunouchi into the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Nu Zayats.
Makkunouchi has Nu Zayats pushed against the cage.
Nu Zayats lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nu Zayats lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Nu Zayats on the inside.
Makkunouchi looking to slow down the pace here.
Makkunouchi seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Nu Zayats is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nu Zayats lands a left hand that snaps the head of Makkunouchi backwards.
Nu Zayats lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nu Zayats wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Makkunouchi has him pressed against the cage.
Makkunouchi trying to stall but Nu Zayats improves his position.
A frustrated look appears on Nu Zayats's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nu Zayats is trying to force a seperation but Makkunouchi has the dominant position.
Nu Zayats lands a shot to the body.
Nu Zayats lands a nice uppercut.
Nu Zayats lands a nice shot to the body.
Makkunouchi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nu Zayats is keeping busy.
Nu Zayats digs a right hand into Makkunouchi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Makkunouchi's gas tank.
Nu Zayats working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ippo Makkunouchi.
Nu Zayats tries to clinch there but Makkunouchi circles away.
Nu Zayats clinches but Makkunouchi breaks the clinch
and Makkunouchi counters by clinching up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ippo Makkunouchi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Makkunouchi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ippo Makkunouchi!
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