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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vadim Vadokowich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Vadokowich's choice of entrance music: Metallica - Enter Sandman. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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183 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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181 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Sanders!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vadim Vadokowich!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vadokowich throws out the jab.
Sanders clinches with his opponent.
Sanders tries for a takedown. No joy.
Vadokowich lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Sanders fails to land.
Vadokowich blocks an uppercut.
Sanders presses Vadokowich against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sanders lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vadokowich backwards.
Vadokowich tries to break free but Sanders pushes him back against the cage.
Vadokowich wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanders lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanders lands a hook that snaps the head of Vadokowich backwards.
Sanders drags the fight down to the ground.
Sanders working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Vadokowich has passed into half guard!
Sanders is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sanders looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadokowich wants to take a breather but Sanders is having none of it.
Sanders is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Vadokowich wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanders keeps working.
Vadokowich keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanders fails to land the takedown.
A big left from Vadokowich misses.
Sanders throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vadokowich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two 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.
Sanders connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sanders takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanders thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vadokowich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanders.
Sanders throws a jab when Vadokowich was well out of range.
Sanders doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanders throws a body punch but Vadokowich moves out of range.
Vadokowich scores with a jab to the head.
Sanders ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanders ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Sanders misses.
Sanders moves out of range as Vadokowich strikes.
Sanders slips under a jab.
Vadokowich walks into a jab.
Sanders uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vadokowich.
Vadokowich misses with a looping left.
Vadokowich leaves Sanders with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A leg kick checked by Vadokowich.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanders.
Sanders swings wildly with an uppercut but Vadokowich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanders doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanders has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Vadokowich is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vadokowich wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vadokowich is trying to break the clinch but Sanders is controlling him.
Sanders has a couple of punches blocked by Vadokowich.
Sanders working aggressively here.
Vadokowich is working Sanders over against the cage.
Sanders lands a nice uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Vadokowich's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vadokowich blocks a body shot from Sanders.
Vadokowich tries a body shot but Sanders blocks it.
Sanders tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sanders cracks Vadokowich with a nice body shot.
Sanders goes for a takedown attempt but Vadokowich pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sanders is breathing heavily.
Vadokowich throws a hook but Sanders blocks it.
Sanders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich takes a swing at Sanders's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Vadokowich misses the target.
Vadokowich lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice shot by Vadokowich.
Vadokowich throws an overhand right that lands on Sanders's shoulder, as Sanders tries to avoid the shot.
Vadokowich throws a right and a left that Sanders avoids nicely.
Sanders throws a jab but it's blocked by Vadokowich.
Vadokowich misses with a hook. Sanders ducked under it nicely.
Sanders avoids the body shot from Vadokowich.
Sanders lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vadokowich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vadokowich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanders.
Sanders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vadokowich throws out the jab.
Vadokowich throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sanders counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sanders.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vadokowich has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
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!
Sanders pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vadokowich is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Anthony Sanders will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sanders connects with a single shot there.
Sanders tries to clinch there but Vadokowich circles away.
Sanders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vadokowich was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanders.
Sanders gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sanders scores with a decent looking hook.
Vadokowich drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A slow jab from Vadokowich misses its intended target.
Sanders misses with a few strikes there.
A punch lands to the side of Vadokowich 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vadokowich needs to keep his hands up - Sanders had a free shot at his head there.
Nice defenses there by Sanders.
Vadokowich walks into a straight right hand from Sanders.
Vadokowich takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sanders closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Vadokowich is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Vadokowich is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadokowich regains full guard. Nicely done.
Vadokowich wants to sweep but no luck.
Vadokowich keeping moving, preventing Sanders from controlling successfully.
Vadokowich lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sanders!
Sanders is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two 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.
Sanders is working hard here to advance position.
Vadokowich controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Vadokowich controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is desperately trying to improve his position but Vadokowich has a good base and remains in mount.
Sanders regains half guard.
Vadokowich is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sanders is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanders looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Vadokowich wants to control but Sanders is keeping him busy.
Sanders is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vadokowich's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vadokowich's back!
Vadokowich is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Sanders is not going to allow Vadokowich to sit and survive in this position.
Vadokowich defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanders tightening his grip on Vadokowich, looking for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Sanders 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.
Sanders scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Vadokowich tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Vadokowich is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sanders's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Vadokowich wants to control but Sanders is keeping busy.
Sanders seems to be looking for submissions.
Vadokowich is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sanders is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Vadokowich doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sanders.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Vadokowich slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A big left from Vadokowich misses.
Vadokowich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vadokowich uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sanders lands with a shot to the body.
Vadokowich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vadokowich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vadokowich misses with a shot to the body
and Sanders cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vadim Vadokowich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vadokowich scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanders doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich scores with a jab. Sanders acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vadokowich moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vadokowich thuds a left hand into Sanders's body.
Vadokowich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanders uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanders moves away.
Vadim Vadokowich seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanders misses with a hook.
Vadokowich slips under a jab.
Sanders is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sanders misses with a hook. Vadokowich ducked under it nicely.
Vadokowich lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sanders throws a hook to the side of Vadokowich's head but Vadokowich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vadokowich misses with a few strikes there.
Vadokowich lands an overhand right.
Sanders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vadokowich misses with a wild body shot.
Vadokowich scores with a nice head shot.
Vadokowich digs a good body shot into Sanders's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich misses with an uppercut. Sanders saw that one coming.
Vadokowich misses with an uppercut. Sanders saw that one coming.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vadokowich darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sanders missing with a left hand there. Vadokowich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vadokowich misses with a straight left.
A big left from Sanders misses.
Vadokowich connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sanders. Sanders circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Vadokowich with a jab.
Sanders blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vadokowich. Sanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vadokowich misses with a hook. Sanders ducked under it nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Vadokowich. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vadokowich.
A jab from Vadokowich misses.
Sanders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich misses with a straight left.
Vadokowich misses with a body shot
and Sanders counters with a good low kick that Vadokowich was not able to check.
A big right from Vadokowich misses.
Vadokowich misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders misses with a wild body shot.
Sanders lands a nice looking body shot.
Vadokowich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vadokowich throws a nice looking combination but Sanders bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanders shoots in for a double leg but Vadokowich sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Vadokowich bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sanders's head backwards.
Vadokowich throws the kick towards the body but Sanders avoids it.
Vadokowich digs a good body shot into Sanders's ribs.
Vadokowich slips a jab from Sanders.
Sanders walks into a jab.
Vadokowich misses with a looping right.
Sanders throws a jab when Vadokowich was well out of range.
Vadokowich swings for the body but Sanders moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Sanders.
Sanders blocks a jab.
Sanders walks into a stiff left hand from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich slips under a jab from Sanders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vadim Vadokowich really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Vadokowich scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vadokowich moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big left from Vadokowich misses.
Vadokowich lands a right hook to the body.
Sanders missing with a left hand there. Vadokowich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanders takes a swing at Vadokowich's ribcage but misses.
Vadokowich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanders.
A punch combination from Sanders misses.
Sanders throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vadokowich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vadokowich throws a looping overhand right but Sanders ducks down to avoid it.
Vadokowich throws a jab when Sanders was well out of range.
Vadokowich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanders uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vadokowich.
Sanders defending well as Vadokowich loads up on a big left hand.
Vadokowich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanders sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vadokowich cracks Sanders with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sanders throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanders takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanders keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vadokowich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanders.
Vadokowich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanders.
Jab from Sanders.
Sanders misses the jab.
Sanders throws a hook to the side of Vadokowich's head but Vadokowich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vadokowich misses with a straight right.
Vadokowich ducks under a wild hook from Sanders.
Vadokowich looks to land a left hand but Sanders moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Sanders.
Sanders lands with an uppercut that bounces Vadokowich off the cage and back into rage.
Sanders throws the left hand but Vadokowich avoids the punch easily.
Sanders with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vadokowich scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sanders uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanders looks to land a combination but Vadokowich avoids it well.
That's two 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.
Vadokowich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanders.
A big right from Vadokowich misses.
Sanders ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vadokowich just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanders looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sanders paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sanders slips a straight right by Vadokowich.
Vadokowich checks a leg kick.
Vadokowich lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanders is looking to clinch but Vadokowich is avoiding it.
Vadokowich sizes up Sanders with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sanders is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vadokowich.
Sanders misses with a hook to the body
letting Vadokowich counter with a right hand.
Sanders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vadokowich was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanders.
Sanders connects with a body shot.
Vadokowich scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanders doesn't seem bothered though.
Sanders on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vadokowich connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vadokowich ducks right into an uppercut from Sanders.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Sanders. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sanders.
Vadokowich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sanders steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanders.
Nice defenses there by Sanders.
Vadokowich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanders misses with a looping left.
Vadokowich stuns Sanders with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanders swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vadokowich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vadokowich throws a hook but Sanders avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Sanders throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice body punch from Vadokowich.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Vadokowich connects with a nice looking jab.
Vadokowich lands a jab.
Sanders ducks under a wild hook from Vadokowich.
Sanders fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vadokowich manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vadokowich.
Sanders fails to land the takedown.
Vadokowich scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanders throws an overhand right that lands on Vadokowich's shoulder, as Vadokowich tries to avoid the shot.
Vadokowich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanders misses with an uppercut.
Sanders throws a shot to the body.
Vadokowich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanders defending well as Vadokowich loads up on a big left hand.
Vadokowich throws a body punch but Sanders moves out of range.
Sanders tries to clinch up
and Vadokowich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vadokowich misses with a wild body shot.
Sanders comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sanders takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vadim Vadokowich dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Vadokowich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vadokowich misses with an uppercut. Sanders saw that one coming.
Vadokowich walks into a straight right hand from Sanders.
Vadokowich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanders.
Vadokowich lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sanders backs up against the cage.
Vadokowich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanders sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vadokowich throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanders.
Vadokowich misses with a hook. Sanders ducked under it nicely.
Vadokowich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanders was well out of range. Poor timing from Vadokowich.
Vadokowich lands with an overhand left.
Vadokowich takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vadokowich thuds a left hand into Sanders's body.
Vadokowich misses with a looping left.
Vadokowich scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vadokowich closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Vadokowich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanders ducks under a wild hook from Vadokowich.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanders.
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.
Vadokowich connects with a right hand. Sanders shakes it off.
Vadokowich blocks a jab.
Sanders will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vadokowich throws a good cross that connects.
Vadokowich lands a lovely overhand right.
Sanders walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sanders connects with a jab.
Vadokowich fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sanders fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vadokowich manages to avoid it.
A jab from Vadokowich misses.
Sanders takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vadokowich jabs Sanders right on the nose. Sanders blinks but takes it well.
Sanders scores with the left hand. Vadokowich knows he should have avoided that one.
Vadokowich just misses with a punch to the body.
Vadokowich defending well as Sanders loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vadokowich avoids the body shot from Sanders.
Vadokowich displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanders throws out the jab.
Vadokowich thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanders blocks a jab.
Sanders slips a jab from Vadokowich.
Sanders bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanders drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanders drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Vadokowich dives on top into guard.
Sanders working for submissions but it's allowed Vadokowich to get to half guard.
Vadokowich trying to mount his opponent but Sanders defends it.
Sanders actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders wants to improve his position but Vadokowich is controlling well.
Still in half guard, Vadokowich seems content to control.
Sanders actively working from the bottom here.
Sanders is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Vadokowich jumps into side control!
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.
Sanders is looking to regain half guard here but Vadokowich keeps moving and retains side control.
Vadokowich controls the position.
Vadokowich wants to control but Sanders is keeping him busy.
Sanders is trying to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vadim Vadokowich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vadokowich 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 47:48
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 47:48
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vadim Vadokowich!
Vadim Vadokowich is the new welterweight champion!
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