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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Svetnela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harald Harfager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svetnela kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Angel of Death by Slayer. Harfager comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Amon Amarth - Pursuit of Vikings kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 lbs
14 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
27
186 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Igor Svetnela!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harald Harfager!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harfager wants to clinch.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Svetnela paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Svetnela shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Harfager looks for the body kick but Svetnela saw that one coming.
Svetnela throws a half hearted mid kick.
Harfager fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Svetnela, pushing him back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice left hand lands by Harfager.
Harfager missing with knees to the body.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Svetnela avoids it.
Harfager tries to land knees in the clinch but Svetnela avoids the damage to the body.
Harfager is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Harfager unloads a knee to the mid-section. Svetnela lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Harfager looking to throw knees to the head but Svetnela is blocking nicely.
Harfager dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Svetnela throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harfager looking to throw knees to the head but Svetnela is blocking nicely.
Svetnela trying to land knees to the body.
Harfager lands a nice shot to the body.
Svetnela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svetnela missing with knees to the body.
Harfager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Svetnela has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harfager working aggressively here.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Svetnela misses with a knee strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harfager as Svetnela tries to tie him up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svetnela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Harfager.
Svetnela lands a nice knee to the body.
Svetnela being controlled against the cage.
Svetnela misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harfager.
A short left from Harfager.
Harfager blocks the elbow strike.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harfager avoids it.
Harfager trying to land knees to the body.
Harfager is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Svetnela is defending well for now.
Svetnela misses with a knee strike.
Harfager stalling the fight.
Svetnela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but Harfager blocks with his arms.
Svetnela is breathing heavily.
Harfager stalling the fight.
Svetnela trying to stall but Harfager improves his position.
Harfager pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Svetnela working aggressively here.
Harfager gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Svetnela gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Svetnela lands a nice elbow.
Harfager tries to stall but Svetnela uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harfager misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Svetnela.
Harfager lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Svetnela blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela looking to throw knees to the head but Harfager is blocking nicely.
Svetnela pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Svetnela pushes Harfager back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harfager lands a body punch.
Svetnela landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Harfager throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Svetnela's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Svetnela misses with a knee to the head.
Harfager keeps control of Svetnela as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Svetnela with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Svetnela connects with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Svetnela to work.
Svetnela is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the head but Svetnela blocks with his arms.
Svetnela trying to stall but Harfager improves his position.
Harfager scores with a shoulder strike.
Harfager connects with a knee to the head.
Svetnela avoids the elbow strike from Harfager, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harfager obliges.
A short left from Harfager.
Harfager unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harfager tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Svetnela blocks an elbow strike from Harfager.
Harfager slows down the pace here.
Harfager tries to land knees in the clinch but Svetnela avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harfager.
Harfager missing with knees to the body.
Harfager pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harfager avoids it.
Svetnela misses with a knee strike.
Svetnela landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Svetnela misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harfager.
Harfager landing knees to the head.
Harfager gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harfager prevents Svetnela from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Harfager.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the head but Svetnela blocks with his arms.
Svetnela throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harfager's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Svetnela gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harfager scores a nice knee to the body.
Svetnela missing with knees to the body.
Harfager with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Harfager tries to stall but Svetnela uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harfager looking to throw knees to the head but Svetnela is blocking nicely.
Harfager trying to stall but Svetnela improves his position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harfager - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Svetnela lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Svetnela blocks an elbow strike from Harfager.
Svetnela throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harfager avoids it.
Harfager takes an elbow to the temple.
Svetnela throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harfager avoids a wild elbow strike from Svetnela.
Harfager looking to throw knees to the head but Svetnela is blocking nicely.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harfager avoids it.
Svetnela throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harfager lands a damaging elbow.
Svetnela lands a knee to the body.
Harfager landing some nice looking knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harfager just misses with a elbow thrown towards Svetnela's brow.
Svetnela missing with knees to the body.
Harfager landing knees to the body.
Harfager works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harfager lands a nice knee to the body.
Harfager throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Svetnela managing to block the knees to the body from Harfager.
Svetnela takes an elbow to the temple.
Harfager is stalling here.
Harfager lands an elbow inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Svetnela throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harfager.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harald Harfager dominated that 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.
Svetnela connects with a jab.
Harfager tries to clinch there but Svetnela circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harfager looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harfager looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up but Svetnela swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harfager moves in looking to clinch but Svetnela pushes him off.
Svetnela fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Svetnela throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harfager wants to clinch up but Svetnela keeps it at a distance.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Svetnela paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svetnela takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Harfager tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harfager tries to clinch up.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch but Svetnela swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Svetnela throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Harfager wants to clinch up but Svetnela keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svetnela throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Svetnela lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A thudding body kick lands there by Svetnela!
Harfager is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Svetnela.
Svetnela feints and then cracks Harfager's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harfager down.
Svetnela plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Harfager tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Svetnela throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Svetnela.
Svetnela scores with a push kick.
Svetnela scores with a leg kick.
Svetnela scores with a kick to the body.
Harfager blocks a head kick by Svetnela.
Svetnela lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svetnela connects with a body shot.
Svetnela throws a nice head kick!
Svetnela connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harfager takes a kick to the side of the head.
Svetnela looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick misses from Svetnela.
Svetnela throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Svetnela throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harfager's head.
A good leg kick by Svetnela.
Harfager walks forward, straight into a front kick from Svetnela.
Svetnela scores with a kick to the midsection.
Svetnela throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harfager's head.
Igor Svetnela is winning the standup battle so far.
Svetnela feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harfager's calf.
Svetnela throws a quick inside leg kick.
Svetnela moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Svetnela lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harfager's sensitive parts.
Both fighters circling a little - Svetnela finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Harfager sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Harfager's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Svetnela lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harfager has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Svetnela.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Svetnela.
Harfager thows a leg kick but Svetnela checks it
and Svetnela makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Harfager really felt that one!
Harfager gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Svetnela makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Svetnela connects with a solid leg kick.
Svetnela lands a jab to Harfager's midsection.
Svetnela scores with a kick to the midsection.
Svetnela scores with a hook.
A good leg kick by Svetnela.
Svetnela buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harfager on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Svetnela throws a head kick that misses
and Harfager counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Harfager takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Svetnela thumps Harfager with a low kick.
Svetnela throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Svetnela throws a head kick that half lands.
Svetnela lands a high kick!
Svetnela looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Svetnela scores with a body shot.
Svetnela throws a head kick that Harfager semi-blocks.
Svetnela lands with a kick to the temple. Harfager shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Svetnela pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Good leg kick by Svetnela there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Svetnela lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harfager's sensitive parts.
Svetnela tries to keep at a distance but Harfager has taken the fight into the clinch.
Svetnela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harfager takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Svetnela scores with a kick to the midsection.
Svetnela fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harfager.
Harfager closes the distance but Svetnela moves to the side
and Svetnela counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harfager takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harfager has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Svetnela.
Svetnela lands a front kick.
Svetnela throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Svetnela dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Svetnela throws a nice head kick!
Svetnela delivers a nice body kick.
Harfager tries to clinch but Svetnela moves away
and Svetnela counters with a slapping leg kick.
Svetnela lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harfager tries to clinch but Svetnela moves away
and Svetnela counters with a head kick.
Svetnela throws a body kick that misses.
Svetnela throws a head kick that misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Harfager. Svetnela shrugs it off though.
Svetnela throws a lazy body kick
and Harfager counters by moving into the clinch.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Svetnela avoids it.
Svetnela using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harfager has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Harfager.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harfager obliges.
Svetnela blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Harfager.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Svetnela swings wildly with an uppercut but Harfager uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harfager is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Svetnela is keeping busy.
Svetnela is leaning against Harfager and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harfager takes a knee right on the jaw!
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svetnela working Harfager over with knees to the body.
Harfager working Svetnela over with knees to the body.
Svetnela gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Harfager displaying some good clinch control by pressing Svetnela up against the cage.
Svetnela manages to break the clinch.
Harfager closes the distance looking to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a low kick, right behind Harfager 's knee.
Harfager pivots, looking for a leg kick but Svetnela is out of range and Harfager settles back down.
Svetnela feints and then cracks Harfager's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harfager down.
Harfager wants to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a solid body kick.
Svetnela misses with a wild body shot.
Harfager thows a leg kick but Svetnela checks it
and Svetnela counters with a nice leg kick.
Svetnela scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Svetnela wants to slow Harfager down by chopping away at his legs.
Svetnela circles away from the clinch attempt
and Svetnela counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Svetnela is looking to wear down Harfager with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harfager closes the distance but Svetnela moves to the side
and Svetnela counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Harfager tries to clinch up
and Svetnela counters with an outside leg kick.
Svetnela lands a slapping body shot.
Harfager fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harfager wants to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a straight right hand.
Harfager wants to clinch but Svetnela slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Harfager tries to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a slapping leg kick.
Harfager misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Svetnela throws a push kick but Harfager slaps the foot to one side.
Harfager takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela tries a head kick but it misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Svetnela!
Svetnela lets loose with a powerful body kick. Harfager will feel that in the morning.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Svetnela. Harfager shrugs it off though.
Svetnela scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harfager avoids the head kick by Svetnela.
Svetnela plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Svetnela throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Svetnela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Svetnela lands a nice looking kick to the body. Harfager takes a step back to recover.
Harfager tries to clinch but Svetnela moves away
and Svetnela counters with an inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Svetnela.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Svetnela, right into the meat.
Harfager blocks a head kick by Svetnela.
Svetnela thuds his shin into the meat of Harfager's side.
A head kick misses from Svetnela.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harfager tries to clinch but Svetnela moves away
and Svetnela counters with a big head kick but Harfager shrugs it off.
Harfager wants to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a nice leg kick.
Svetnela scores with a jab. Harfager acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Harfager avoids the head kick by Svetnela.
Svetnela misses with a head kick.
Harfager has taken the fight to the clinch.
Harfager trying to control the position but instead, Svetnela has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harfager into the cage.
Svetnela misses with a knee strike.
Svetnela using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harfager managing to block the knees to the body from Svetnela.
Svetnela pushes off an throws an elbow but Harfager leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harfager trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harfager.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harfager pressing his opponent against the cage.
Svetnela controlling the action here for a moment.
Harfager on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Svetnela clearly takes that round.
That's time! Svetnela's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Harfager misses with a straight left.
Harfager closes the distance but Svetnela moves to the side
and Svetnela counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Svetnela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Svetnela connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Svetnela.
Svetnela throws a wild body kick that Harfager sees coming a mile off.
Svetnela circles away from the clinch attempt
and Svetnela counters with a head kick.
Svetnela throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Svetnela throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Harfager.
Harfager clinches but Svetnela breaks the clinch
and Svetnela counters with a body kick.
Harfager darts in trying to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a big head kick but Harfager shrugs it off.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harfager tries to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a nice uppercut.
A low kick from Harfager misses
and Harfager takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Svetnela throws a head kick but Harfager moves out of range.
Harfager tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Svetnela counters with an inside leg kick.
Svetnela throws a front kick that sends Harfager stumbling back into the cage.
Svetnela throws out a leg kick but Harfager moves out of range and Svetnela only half commits.
Svetnela throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Harfager.
Svetnela is looking to land body kicks.
Svetnela thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Harfager if he has to take too many more of those.
Harfager moves into range and clinches up with Svetnela.
Knees to the body from Svetnela.
Harfager utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Svetnela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harfager.
Harfager pushes off an throws an elbow but Svetnela leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Svetnela scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harfager trying to land knees to the body.
Svetnela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harfager closes the distance but Svetnela moves to the side
and Svetnela makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Harfager misses with an attempted mid kick.
Svetnela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Svetnela swats away the attempt to clinch by Harfager.
Svetnela lands a high kick!
Harfager closes the distance but Svetnela moves to the side
and Svetnela makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Harfager closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Svetnela tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Svetnela avoiding damage as Harfager throws knees to the body.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harfager avoids it.
Harald Harfager seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Harfager lands a knee to the body.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but Harfager blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Harfager.
Harfager lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harfager lands an elbow that stopped Svetnela in his tracks for a moment.
Svetnela is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harfager can do to turn this around?
Harfager is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Svetnela is defending well for now.
Svetnela tries to break free but Harfager pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Harfager.
Harfager lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Svetnela or not.
Harfager using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Svetnela is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Svetnela missing with knees to the body.
Harfager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Harfager avoiding damage as Svetnela throws knees to the body.
Harfager throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Harfager lands a nice knee to the body.
Harfager comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Harfager is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Svetnela landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Harfager with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Svetnela blocks an elbow strike.
Svetnela gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Svetnela lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harfager or not.
Svetnela connects with a knee to the head.
Harfager lands a good knee to the midsection. Svetnela won't want to take too many of those.
Svetnela throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Harfager blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Svetnela throws an elbow but misses.
Harfager trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela breaks from the clinch.
Harfager looks to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a good, hard body kick but Harfager shrugs it off.
Svetnela lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Harfager walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Svetnela checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Svetnela circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harfager tries to close the distance and clinch up but Svetnela swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harfager wants to clinch up but Svetnela keeps it at a distance.
A slapping body kick lands there for Svetnela.
Harfager clinches up with Svetnela and pushes him back against the cage.
Harfager misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Svetnela.
Svetnela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Svetnela throws a sloppy head kick and Harfager moves out of range easily.
Svetnela lands a head kick!
Harfager is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Svetnela pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Svetnela had his way with Harald Harfager in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Harfager is looking to clinch but Svetnela is avoiding it.
Svetnela staying out of range there.
Harfager tries to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a low kick, right behind Harfager 's knee.
Svetnela throws a head kick but Harfager moves out of range.
Svetnela throws a lazy head kick
and Harfager counters by moving into the clinch.
Svetnela missing with knees to the body.
Svetnela misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Harfager.
Svetnela using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harfager has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harfager gets through Svetnela's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Svetnela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harfager pushes Svetnela up against the cage in a clinch.
Svetnela throws a knee to the head but misses.
Harfager lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Harfager throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harfager lands an elbow that stopped Svetnela in his tracks for a moment.
Svetnela wants to break free but Harfager has control.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Harfager looking to throw knees to the head but Svetnela is blocking nicely.
Harfager creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Svetnela's defenses.
Harfager is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Svetnela is defending well for now.
Svetnela is looking to control Harfager's arms but Harfager gets an underhook and turns him. Now Svetnela has his back to the cage.
Svetnela lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harfager throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Svetnela blocks it with crossed arms.
Svetnela takes a knee right on the jaw!
Harfager stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the head but Svetnela blocks with his arms.
Harfager lands a nice shot to the body.
Harfager pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Svetnela using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Harfager has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the head but Svetnela blocks with his arms.
Svetnela unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Harfager obliges.
Svetnela trying to stall but Harfager improves his position.
Svetnela swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harfager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Svetnela has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Harfager throws an elbow but it misses.
Svetnela looking to throw knees to the head but Harfager is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Harfager throws an elbow but misses.
Harfager has Svetnela pressed against the cage, preventing Svetnela from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Svetnela avoids it.
Harfager putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Svetnela in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Svetnela lands an elbow that stopped Harfager in his tracks for a moment.
Svetnela tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Svetnela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svetnela lands a nice knee to the body.
Svetnela pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Harfager misses with a knee strike.
Harfager tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Svetnela avoids it.
Svetnela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svetnela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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.
Svetnela swats away the attempt to clinch by Harfager.
A nice inside leg kick there by Svetnela. That's going to slow Harfager down.
Svetnela plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Svetnela thumps Harfager with a low kick.
Svetnela throws a head kick that misses.
Svetnela lets loose with a powerful body kick. Harfager will feel that in the morning.
Harfager chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Svetnela can pounce on him.
Harfager fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Svetnela, pushing him back against the cage.
Harfager misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Svetnela.
Svetnela blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Svetnela dodges an elbow strike from Harfager.
Harfager trying to stall but Svetnela improves his position.
Harfager misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Svetnela.
Harfager managing to block the knees to the body from Svetnela.
Svetnela blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Svetnela is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Harfager using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Svetnela has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Svetnela landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harfager looks to clinch
and Svetnela counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Harfager closes the distance but Svetnela moves to the side
and Svetnela counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harfager's knee momentarily.
Harfager closes the distance but Svetnela moves to the side
and Svetnela counters with a solid body kick.
Harfager walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Svetnela.
Svetnela lands with a slapping head kick.
Harfager blocks a head kick by Svetnela.
Svetnela tries to land a body kick
and Harfager counters with a head kick. That will keep Svetnela thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Svetnela circles away from the clinch attempt
and Svetnela counters with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Svetnela misses
and Harfager counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harfager on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Harfager takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harfager closes the distance but Svetnela moves to the side
and Svetnela counters with a solid body kick.
Svetnela swats away the attempt to clinch by Harfager.
Svetnela scores with a push kick.
Svetnela scores with a push kick.
Harfager tries to clinch up.
Harfager throws a low kick but it's checked well by Svetnela.
Harald Harfager has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harfager moves into the clinch.
Igor Svetnela is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Svetnela avoiding damage as Harfager throws knees to the body.
Harfager tries to land knees in the clinch but Svetnela avoids the damage to the body.
Svetnela blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Svetnela lands an elbow inside.
Svetnela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Svetnela with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Svetnela breaks the clinch.
Svetnela scoring well with a low kick there.
Svetnela connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Svetnela showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Svetnela 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 49:45
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 49:45
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 49:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Svetnela!
Igor Svetnela retains his middleweight title!
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