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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fidel Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigori Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rasputin has chosen Rasputin as his entrance music. 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, Fidel Castro!
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, Grigori Rasputin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro cracks a nice hook into Rasputin's ribs.
Castro moves into the clinch.
Rasputin tries to circle away but Castro has him pinned against the cage.
Castro prevents Rasputin from breaking the clinch.
Castro wants to stall.
A short body shot lands from Castro as the two fighters clinch.
Rasputin is trying to break the clinch but Castro is controlling him.
Rasputin wants to get back to striking at distance but Castro won't allow it.
A short uppercut from Castro.
A frustrated look appears on Rasputin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Castro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rasputin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rasputin throws a series of punches but Castro avoids them all with ease.
Rasputin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Castro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Castro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rasputin on the side of the head.
Rasputin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Castro counters with a two punch combo.
Castro misses with the combination.
Rasputin throws a hook but Castro blocks it.
Rasputin looks to land a body kick but Castro moved away.
Rasputin throws a good cross that connects.
It looks like Fidel Castro has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castro takes one on the button.
Grigori Rasputin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro stalks Rasputin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rasputin's face. Rasputin staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro misses with a double jab.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rasputin throws a big shot that misses.
Rasputin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Castro moves into the clinch.
Castro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rasputin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Castro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice jab there from Castro.
A telegraphed right hand from Rasputin misses the target.
Rasputin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castro scores with a one two! Rasputin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Castro.
Castro throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rasputin misses with a body shot
and Castro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Castro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rasputin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Castro lands a two punch combo.
Castro with a nice cross.
Castro scores with the left hand. Rasputin knows he should have avoided that one.
Castro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rasputin.
Castro staying out of range there.
Rasputin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Castro moves into the clinch.
Rasputin looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rasputin lands with a hook. Castro tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rasputin loads up on a big right hand but Castro slips the punch.
Castro lands a two punch combo.
Rasputin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rasputin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rasputin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rasputin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Rasputin misses.
Rasputin misses with a combination
and Castro counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Castro.
Rasputin wants to get back to striking at distance but Castro won't allow it.
Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rasputin throws a combination that misses
and Castro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rasputin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rasputin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Left hook, right uppercut from Castro.
Castro goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Castro displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A right-left combo lands from Castro.
Rasputin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Castro's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Castro duly obliges.
Castro defending well as Rasputin loads up on a big left hand.
Rasputin walks into a jab.
Castro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rasputin doesn't seem bothered though.
Castro with a nice cross.
Castro is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Castro moves away from the strike by Rasputin.
Rasputin misses with an uppercut.
Rasputin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rasputin misses with a hook to the body
and Castro counters with a left and a right that stings Rasputin.
Castro lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rasputin throws a big shot that misses.
Castro goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rasputin throws a combination that misses
and Castro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rasputin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Castro misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rasputin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Castro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Castro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice straight punches there by Rasputin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rasputin.
Castro goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rasputin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Castro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rasputin throws a hook to the side of Castro's head but Castro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Castro misses with a few strikes there.
Rasputin lands a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castro drives through and clinches with Rasputin against the cage.
Castro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Castro clinches with his opponent.
Castro can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rasputin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Castro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Castro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Castro.
Castro is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rasputin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fidel Castro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fidel Castro's cut.
That's time! Castro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rasputin misses with a jab to the body
and Castro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fidel Castro is winning the standup battle so far.
Castro throws a series of punches but Rasputin moves out of range.
Castro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rasputin.
Castro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Castro lands a jab to the head.
Castro lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Castro swinging wildly here.
Rasputin missing with a left hand there. Castro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castro closes the distance and clinches.
Castro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rasputin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Castro lands an uppercut.
Castro has Rasputin pressed against the cage, preventing Rasputin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rasputin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Castro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Castro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rasputin to score with a decent uppercut.
Rasputin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Castro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rasputin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rasputin is looking to chop away at Castro's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rasputin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Castro looks to land a combination but Rasputin avoids it well.
Castro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rasputin.
Rasputin just misses with a punch to the body.
Rasputin lands a jab to Castro's midsection.
Castro defending well as Rasputin loads up on a big left hand.
Rasputin misses with a straight left.
Rasputin misses with a body punch
and Castro counters with a series of strikes. Rasputin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rasputin throws a jab when Castro was well out of range.
Castro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Castro throws a series of punches but Rasputin avoids them all with ease.
Rasputin throws a jab when Castro was well out of range.
Castro swinging wildly here.
Rasputin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rasputin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Castro to counter with a crisp jab.
Rasputin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Castro scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rasputin throws a combination that misses
and Castro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rasputin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rasputin throws a lazy right hand but Castro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rasputin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Castro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rasputin.
Castro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Castro.
Castro lands with a nice combination. Rasputin backs away looking to recover.
A nice combination there by Castro.
Rasputin throws a head kick but Castro moves out of range.
A punch combination from Castro misses.
Castro checks the leg kick.
Rasputin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rasputin throws a hook but Castro avoids it easily.
Rasputin throws a hook but Castro blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro misses with a wild combination.
Castro gets a clinch.
Rasputin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Castro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Castro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rasputin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Castro misses.
Rasputin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Castro walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Castro ducks under a wild hook from Rasputin.
Rasputin throws a jab when Castro was well out of range.
Rasputin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Castro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Castro drops his hands momentarily and Rasputin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Castro misses with a double jab.
Rasputin throws a hook to the side of Castro's head but Castro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rasputin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rasputin misses the body punch
and Castro counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro moves out of range as Rasputin strikes.
A big left from Rasputin misses.
Rasputin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Castro scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rasputin throws a hook but Castro blocks it.
Castro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Castro is working the combinations to good effect here.
Castro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Castro lands a jab to the nose.
Rasputin misses with an uppercut. Castro saw that one coming.
A right-left combo lands from Castro.
Castro lands a two punch combo.
Rasputin throws a big shot that misses.
Castro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rasputin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rasputin throws a combination that misses
and Castro counters with a nice uppercut.
Castro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rasputin throws a hook to the side of Castro's head but Castro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Castro throws a combination. Rasputin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grigori Rasputin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fidel Castro's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Castro ducks under a wild hook from Rasputin.
Rasputin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rasputin misses with a straight right.
Rasputin misses with an uppercut.
Castro misses with a double jab.
Castro takes one on the button.
Rasputin lands a nice shot to the body.
Castro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rasputin connects with a crisp jab.
Castro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rasputin to score with a decent uppercut.
Rasputin throws a wild body kick that Castro sees coming a mile off.
Rasputin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Castro misses with a wild combination.
Castro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rasputin.
Castro lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rasputin throws a lazy right hand but Castro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rasputin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Rasputin misses.
Castro connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice cross by Castro.
Castro fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Castro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rasputin.
Castro misses with a few strikes there.
Castro throws a nice looking combination but Rasputin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rasputin misses with a straight right.
Castro stalks Rasputin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rasputin's face. Rasputin staggers backwards, shaken.
Rasputin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Castro.
Fidel Castro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch lands to the side of Castro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rasputin throws a series of strikes that have Castro backpedaling.
Castro moves out of range of the strikes.
Rasputin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rasputin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Castro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rasputin swings for the body but Castro moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Castro lands a really nice looking cross but Rasputin seems unphased.
Nice defenses there by Castro.
Castro throws a good cross that connects.
Rasputin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rasputin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Castro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rasputin.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rasputin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Castro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Castro lands with a nice combination. Rasputin backs away looking to recover.
Rasputin misses with a kick to the body.
Rasputin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rasputin misses with an uppercut. Castro saw that one coming.
Castro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Castro misses with a two punch combination.
Rasputin takes a swing at Castro's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro avoids the body shot from Rasputin.
The fighters circling - Rasputin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Castro lands with a right hand.
Castro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rasputin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Castro misses with a double jab.
Castro scores with a decent looking hook.
Rasputin connects with a nice looking jab.
Rasputin throws a head kick but Castro moves out of range.
Rasputin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Castro scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Castro's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Castro duly obliges.
Rasputin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Castro counters with a two punch combo.
Castro throws a nice looking combination but Rasputin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Castro connects with the punch.
Castro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rasputin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rasputin looks to land a combination but Castro avoids it well.
That's four 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.
Rasputin misses with a hook. Castro ducked under it nicely.
Castro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rasputin.
Castro's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Castro duly obliges.
Some wild striking there from Castro.
Rasputin misses with a combination
and Castro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A combination from Rasputin does no damage.
Nice defenses there by Castro.
Rasputin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Castro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rasputin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Castro tries to bum rush Rasputin with a series of wild strikes but Rasputin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rasputin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castro.
Castro scores with a one two! Rasputin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rasputin misses with a body shot.
Rasputin throws a shot from downtown. Castro moves away and avoids it.
Castro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rasputin.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grigori Rasputin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rasputin 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grigori Rasputin!
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