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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oleg Taktarov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Byron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oleg Taktarov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josh Byron!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taktarov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Byron.
Taktarov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Byron throws a nice head kick!
Byron buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Taktarov throws a right and a left that Byron avoids nicely.
Byron moves in looking to clinch but Taktarov pushes him off.
Taktarov throws a series of punches but Byron moves out of range.
Byron tries to clinch up.
Byron tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Byron takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Josh Byron has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taktarov shoots in and drives through. Byron sprawls well.
Taktarov is breathing heavily.
Byron is looking to clinch.
Byron wants to clinch.
Byron wants to clinch up but Taktarov keeps it at a distance.
Byron scoring well with a low kick there.
Taktarov gets caught flat footed, as Byron shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Byron working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Taktarov can't keep his opponent in guard - Byron advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Byron wants to control but Taktarov is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byron wants to stand up but Taktarov manages to regain full guard.
Byron wants to stand and escape but instead Taktarov has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Taktarov thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Byron wants to get back to his feet but Taktarov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Taktarov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Taktarov wants to stand but Byron has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Byron wants to stand but Taktarov is controlling the 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.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A solid body kick from Byron.
Taktarov keeps the fight on the outside.
A solid body kick from Byron.
Byron scores with a head kick.
Byron is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Byron closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Byron trying to stall but Taktarov improves his position.
Byron lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Byron manages to break the clinch.
Taktarov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Josh Byron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Byron wants to clinch up but Taktarov keeps it at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Byron lands an impressive looking overhand right. Taktarov doesn't seem phased though.
Byron tries to close the distance and clinch but Taktarov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taktarov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Byron sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Byron tries to clinch there but Taktarov circles away.
Byron wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byron fails with an attempt to clinch.
Byron defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Taktarov.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oleg Taktarov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Byron takes the fight into the clinch.
Byron lands a knee to the body.
Byron with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Byron lands an elbow inside.
Byron tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Taktarov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Byron tries to break the clinch but Taktarov is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Byron.
Byron creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taktarov's defenses.
Byron taking a breather.
Byron unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Taktarov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Byron connects with a knee to the head.
Byron is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Byron landing knees to the head.
Byron tries to stall but Taktarov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Byron stops a takedown attempt from Taktarov.
Byron breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byron fails in his attempt to clinch.
Byron with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Byron lands with a kick to the temple. Taktarov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Taktarov stuffs the takedown.
Byron wants to clinch.
Taktarov misses with the combination.
Byron rushes Taktarov and presses him up against the cage.
Taktarov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Byron is looking to break free of the clinch but Taktarov has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Byron.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Byron gets underhooks to prevent Taktarov's takedown attempt.
Byron lands a nice knee to the body.
Byron connects with a nasty looking knee right to Taktarov's face.
Byron lands an elbow that stopped Taktarov in his tracks for a moment.
Byron lands a knee to the head.
Taktarov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Josh Byron will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josh Byron's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Byron misses with a two punch combination.
Byron works over Taktarov's head and body with a nice combination.
Taktarov keeps the fight on the outside.
Taktarov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taktarov closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Byron did well to prevent Taktarov getting side control.
Byron is trying to stand up here but Taktarov is controlling him well.
Taktarov is looking for a kimura here.
Byron wants to get back to his feet.
Taktarov is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byron is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Taktarov looking to control but Byron is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Byron is trying to stand.
Taktarov throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Byron because Taktarov loaded up on that one.
Taktarov sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Byron tries to buck Taktarov off but he can't manage it.
Byron is bucking up trying to escape but Taktarov cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Taktarov lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Taktarov breaks from Byron's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Taktarov throws some wild stikes that Byron manages to avoid easily.
Taktarov raining down shots from the mount!
Taktarov is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Byron has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Byron!
Byron postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Byron looking to sit in guard and control but Taktarov gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Taktarov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byron wants to stand but Taktarov is controlling the position.
Taktarov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Taktarov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Byron is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Taktarov is controlling him.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Taktarov throws a combination that misses
and Byron counters with a head kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Taktarov.
Byron tries to clinch there but Taktarov circles away.
Byron throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Taktarov's head.
That's four 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.
Taktarov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Byron.
Taktarov swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Byron holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Byron putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Taktarov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Byron is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taktarov is keeping busy.
Taktarov is working for takedown but Byron is calmly controlling the position for now.
Byron with a knee to the head.
Byron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Byron wants to break free but Taktarov has control.
Byron gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Taktarov.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oleg Taktarov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Byron working hard to break the clinch.
Taktarov looking for a takedown.
Byron creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taktarov's defenses.
Byron crunches a lovely knee into Taktarov's ribcage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A knee to the head by Byron.
Byron landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Byron pulls Taktarov into guard.
Taktarov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Byron's guard.
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 Oleg Taktarov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josh Byron's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Taktarov takes a kick to the side of the head.
A head kick from Byron lands but Taktarov takes it in his stride.
Taktarov looks to land a combination but Byron avoids it well.
Oleg Taktarov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byron fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Byron looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Byron fails in his attempt to clinch.
Byron throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Taktarov keeps the fight on the outside.
Taktarov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Byron scores with a jab.
Byron throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taktarov scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taktarov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Byron is looking to escape.
Taktarov has control of Byron's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Byron regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byron is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Taktarov lands a nice shot to the head.
Byron squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Taktarov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
You get the feeling that Byron really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Taktarov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Taktarov controlling from mount.
Taktarov lands a heavy elbow.
Taktarov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Byron wants to get back to his feet.
Byron takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Taktarov landing punches.
Taktarov throwing strikes here but Byron is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byron is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Taktarov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A nice elbow there by Taktarov.
Taktarov landing strikes from the mount.
Taktarov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Byron squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Taktarov lands with some strikes.
Byron is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Taktarov wants to control the pace but Byron is squirming around nicely.
Taktarov landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Taktarov looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Byron is trying to stand up.
Taktarov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Taktarov unloading with bombs!
Taktarov working the ground and pound effectively.
Taktarov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Byron is looking to escape.
Taktarov pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Taktarov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Byron is looking to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oleg Taktarov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Taktarov 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oleg Taktarov!
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