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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Koscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and I want Love (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 welterweight 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, Josh Koscheck!
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, I want Love!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Koscheck, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Love shoots in but Koscheck avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Koscheck tries to clinch up.
Love swats away the attempt to clinch by Koscheck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koscheck looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscheck shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Love is trying to defend but Koscheck finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Koscheck throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Koscheck misses with a head shot. Love uses the momentum to regain guard.
Koscheck is working Love over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Koscheck missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Koscheck.
Koscheck cracks Love with a solid left hand.
Koscheck loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Koscheck throwing strikes from guard but Love blocks nicely.
Koscheck missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koscheck in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Koscheck loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Koscheck preventing the sweep.
Koscheck in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Koscheck with a poor takedown
and Love counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Love prevents Koscheck from improving his position.
Love drops an elbow to the side of Koscheck's head.
Love lands with a punch from half guard.
Love wants to free his trapped foot but Koscheck is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Love working over Koscheck with some ground and pound. Koscheck looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Koscheck on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koscheck taking some punishment here, with Love in his half guard.
Koscheck is trying to maintain the position but Love is very close to passing his half guard.
Koscheck wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Love throwing shots but Koscheck is blocking nicely.
Love looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Koscheck on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Koscheck tries to get out of the position.
Love missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Love thows a huge punch but Koscheck dodges it nicely.
Koscheck trying to control here.
Koscheck is breathing heavily.
Love throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Koscheck wants to improve his position but Love is controlling well.
Love scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Love working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
I want Love dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Koscheck pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Josh Koscheck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koscheck fails with the takedown
and Love counters with a takedown into side control.
Love lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Love creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Koscheck sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Koscheck takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Koscheck is trying to get back to half guard.
Love landing a few strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love scores with a couple of short elbows.
Love working the head with strikes.
Love working away.
Love is chipping away with strikes.
Love landing strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Love in side control, throwing shots but Koscheck defends.
Koscheck struggling a bit here.
Koscheck manages to work his way to half guard, despite Love's best efforts.
I want Love has got the better of the ground game so far.
Love is nestled in close to Koscheck, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Love has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Love working the head and body with strikes.
Love sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koscheck defending well though.
Koscheck is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Nice strikes from Love there.
Love sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koscheck defending well though.
Koscheck is trying to control but can't.
Ground and pound from Love.
Koscheck pushes Love off looking to stand but Love dives back in and keeps control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Koscheck with a poor takedown
and Love counters with a shoot takedown. Koscheck fights it but they end up in guard.
Love lands a couple of elbows.
Love chips away with some ground and pound.
Love cracks Koscheck with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koscheck is trying to control the position but Love postures up.
Koscheck had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Love defends it easily.
Love working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Love is looking to work some ground and pound but Koscheck has wrist control.
Koscheck trying to control the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Koscheck fails with the takedown
and Love counters with a nice double leg into side control. Koscheck won't be happy with that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josh Koscheck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck tries to improve position but can't.
Love connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Koscheck some visible discomfort.
Love scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Koscheck to see if he's OK.
Love lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Koscheck down.
Love scores with punches from side control.
Koscheck is looking to reverse the position.
Love connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Koscheck some visible discomfort.
Koscheck takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koscheck is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Love lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
I want Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Koscheck looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Koscheck is thwarting Love's attempts to control the position.
Koscheck missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koscheck is keen to just control but Love is a slippery customer.
Koscheck not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Love controlling the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Koscheck.
Koscheck loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Koscheck wants to stand but Love is controlling his posture from full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Love fails with the takedown
and Koscheck counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koscheck missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Koscheck loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Koscheck thows a big elbow that misses.
Koscheck is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Koscheck with a flurry of punches that miss.
Koscheck loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Koscheck working some strikes from top position.
Love looking to hit a scissor sweep but Koscheck is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Koscheck accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Koscheck lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Koscheck postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Love wants to sweep but no luck.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Koscheck tries a low kick but Love avoids it.
Koscheck scores with a takedown into Love's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck throwing strikes from guard but Love blocks nicely.
Love lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Koscheck!
Love cracks Koscheck with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Koscheck wants to get back to his feet.
Josh Koscheck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Love is landing with some decent strikes but Koscheck is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Koscheck showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Love 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... I want Love!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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