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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stanislav Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfred Shaheim Leigh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivanov comes to the cage accompanied by Muffin man. Alfred Shaheim Leigh acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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200 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
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200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stanislav Ivanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alfred Shaheim Leigh!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ivanov pushes Leigh up against the cage in a clinch.
Ivanov controlling the action here for a moment.
Ivanov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ivanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Leigh avoids the damage to the body.
Leigh jumps guard but Ivanov stands there with Leigh around his waist. Leigh gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ivanov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leigh goes for a takedown attempt but Ivanov pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ivanov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ivanov lands a nice knee to the body.
Leigh should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Ivanov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ivanov leaning his opponent against the cage.
Leigh drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stanislav Ivanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alfred Shaheim Leigh.
Leigh is trying to drag Ivanov to the mat but Ivanov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leigh letting Ivanov take a breather here.
Ivanov misses with a knee to the head.
Leigh goes for a takedown attempt but Ivanov pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ivanov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ivanov drives through and clinches with Leigh against the cage.
Leigh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leigh tries for a takedown. No joy.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ivanov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Leigh drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ivanov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ivanov stalling the fight.
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.
Leigh fails to pull guard.
Leigh drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Leigh has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ivanov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Leigh looks gassed!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Leigh has Ivanov pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ivanov manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ivanov gets underhooks to prevent Leigh's takedown attempt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ivanov throws an elbow but misses.
Ivanov has Leigh pressed against the cage.
Leigh looking for a takedown.
Ivanov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ivanov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leigh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leigh is trying to drag Ivanov to the mat but Ivanov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ivanov stops a takedown attempt from Leigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leigh avoiding damage as Ivanov throws knees to the body.
Ivanov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ivanov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Ivanov.
Ivanov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leigh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ivanov lands a knee to the head.
Leigh wants a takedown but no success here.
Ivanov throws an elbow that misses.
Ivanov leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ivanov keeps control of Leigh as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Ivanov.
Ivanov misses with a knee strike.
Leigh goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ivanov prevents it.
Ivanov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov tries a knee to the head but Leigh blocks it.
Ivanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Leigh avoids the damage to the body.
Leigh tries to score a body lock takedown but Ivanov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Leigh tries to score a body lock takedown but Ivanov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ivanov working Leigh over with knees to the body.
Ivanov looking to throw knees to the head but Leigh is blocking nicely.
Leigh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ivanov.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Leigh.
Ivanov missing with knees to the body.
Ivanov gets underhooks to prevent Leigh's takedown attempt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ivanov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ivanov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanislav Ivanov dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ivanov lands a high kick!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ivanov.
Ivanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leigh shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ivanov as he jumps to the side.
Ivanov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Leigh walks into a stiff left hand from Ivanov.
Leigh looks for a takedown but Ivanov sprawls well.
Ivanov jabs at Leigh's body.
Ivanov moves into the clinch.
Ivanov misses with a knee to the head.
Leigh is breathing heavily.
Leigh looking for a takedown.
Stanislav Ivanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alfred Shaheim Leigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov missing with knees to the body.
Ivanov missing with knees to the body.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Ivanov.
Leigh being controlled against the cage.
Ivanov tries to land a knee to the head but Leigh blocks with his arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Stanislav Ivanov.
Leigh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
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.
Ivanov scores with a decent looking hook.
Ivanov scores with a kick to the body.
Jab, jab by Ivanov - just one landing.
Leigh tries to keep at a distance but Ivanov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ivanov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ivanov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leigh blocks it with crossed arms.
Leigh wants a takedown but no success here.
Ivanov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ivanov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leigh avoids it.
Ivanov controlling the action here for a moment.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Ivanov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov is stalling here.
Ivanov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Leigh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ivanov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leigh is defending well for now.
Leigh wants to break free but Ivanov has control.
Leigh tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ivanov smiles and moves away.
Ivanov moves in looking to clinch but Leigh pushes him off.
Leigh shoots in for a takedown but Ivanov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stanislav Ivanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivanov is looking to clinch.
Nice shot by Ivanov.
Ivanov tries to clinch up.
Ivanov has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ivanov lands a good knee to the midsection. Leigh won't want to take too many of those.
Ivanov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ivanov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Leigh wants a takedown but no success here.
Ivanov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ivanov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ivanov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ivanov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ivanov missing with knees to the body.
Ivanov controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Ivanov for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Leigh wants a takedown but no success here.
Ivanov has Leigh pressed against the cage.
Ivanov misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanislav Ivanov 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. This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Ivanov.
Leigh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ivanov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stanislav Ivanov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leigh will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A head kick from Ivanov lands but Leigh takes it in his stride.
Leigh shoots in looking for a takedown. Ivanov tries to sprawl out of it but Leigh keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ivanov manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stanislav Ivanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alfred Shaheim Leigh.
Ivanov lands with a slapping head kick.
Ivanov rushes Leigh and presses him up against the cage.
Ivanov looking to throw knees to the head but Leigh is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Leigh is trying to drag Ivanov to the mat but Ivanov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov lands an elbow that stopped Leigh in his tracks for a moment.
Ivanov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Leigh blocks it with crossed arms.
Ivanov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leigh drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ivanov pulls his leg out and moves away.
Stanislav Ivanov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ivanov lands a jab-cross combination.
Ivanov drives through and clinches with Leigh against the cage.
Ivanov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leigh.
Ivanov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ivanov prevents the takedown attempt.
Ivanov just leaning against Leigh, taking a breather.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Ivanov.
Ivanov tries to land a knee to the head but Leigh blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Leigh.
Ivanov pushes off an throws an elbow but Leigh leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ivanov effectively controlling the action here.
Leigh has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ivanov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Leigh managing to block the knees to the body from Ivanov.
Ivanov landing knees to the body.
Ivanov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ivanov seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Leigh changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ivanov fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ivanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leigh shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Leigh takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ivanov stuffs the takedown.
Ivanov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ivanov rushes Leigh and presses him up against the cage.
Ivanov misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ivanov.
Ivanov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ivanov gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stanislav Ivanov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ivanov looking to throw knees to the head but Leigh is blocking nicely.
Leigh has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ivanov avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Leigh goes for a takedown attempt but Ivanov pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ivanov misses with a head kick.
Ivanov forces Leigh back against the cage and clinches.
Ivanov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Leigh up against the cage.
Leigh on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stanislav Ivanov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ivanov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:26
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stanislav Ivanov!
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