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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Crocell Satqiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Zhitnik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhitnik has chosen Metallica - Leper Messiah as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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336 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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280 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Crocell Satqiel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Zhitnik!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhitnik fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Satqiel on the side of the head.
Satqiel looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Zhitnik!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Satqiel with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Satqiel landing strikes, looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhitnik tries to hold on but Satqiel pushes him away.
Zhitnik is in all sorts of trouble here.
Satqiel punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zhitnik tries to hold on but Satqiel postures up.
Zhitnik is looking to get to half guard.
Satqiel 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.
Zhitnik wants to control but Satqiel is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Satqiel looking to finish Zhitnik with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zhitnik!
Zhitnik is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zhitnik keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Satqiel looking to finish Zhitnik with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zhitnik!
Satqiel looking to control and managing it successfully.
Satqiel is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Zhitnik to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Zhitnik shrugs it off.
Zhitnik wants to hold on but Satqiel pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satqiel wants to control the pace but Zhitnik is squirming around nicely.
Zhitnik is trying to escape the mount.
Satqiel will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Satqiel throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Satqiel working the ground and pound effectively.
Satqiel throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Zhitnik tries to hold on but Satqiel postures up.
Zhitnik is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satqiel sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Zhitnik really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Satqiel misses with a head shot.
Satqiel prevents Zhitnik from getting the reversal.
Zhitnik manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Satqiel passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Zhitnik!
Zhitnik sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhitnik won't allow Satqiel to pass to mount.
Zhitnik is doing well to control the position and prevent Satqiel from advancing to side control.
Satqiel stops Zhitnik from getting back to his feet.
Satqiel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zhitnik's head.
Satqiel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Zhitnik defending well though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zhitnik trying to hold on to Satqiel's head to control him but Satqiel postures up.
Satqiel throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crocell Satqiel dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Zhitnik slaps away a takedown attempt from Satqiel, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Satqiel.
Zhitnik shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Satqiel as he jumps to the side.
Zhitnik is looking to clinch.
Zhitnik bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Satqiel is not content to let Zhitnik control the position.
Satqiel tries to improve position but can't.
Zhitnik working the head with strikes.
Satqiel regains half guard, as Zhitnik was trying to land strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhitnik missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zhitnik prevents Satqiel from improving his position.
Zhitnik wants to pass the guard but Satqiel is defending well.
Satqiel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zhitnik.
Nice strikes from Zhitnik there.
Satqiel wants to control but Zhitnik is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Crocell Satqiel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Satqiel moves into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhitnik throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Satqiel is trying to control the position but Zhitnik postures up.
Zhitnik tries to free his leg and advance position but Satqiel is retaining full guard.
Zhitnik must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Zhitnik postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zhitnik postures up in Satqiel's guard and throws a big left but Satqiel blocks it.
Zhitnik pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Satqiel is keeping the position for now.
Zhitnik throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Satqiel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zhitnik throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Satqiel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zhitnik trying to control the position from guard on top but Satqiel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhitnik pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Satqiel is keeping the position for now.
Satqiel is trying to control the position but Zhitnik postures up.
Zhitnik sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Zhitnik with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Satqiel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
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.
Zhitnik with a nice head shot there.
Satqiel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zhitnik distracts Satqiel with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Zhitnik in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zhitnik throws a big right hand that misses.
Satqiel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Zhitnik with a nice head shot there.
Zhitnik postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zhitnik engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Zhitnik lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Zhitnik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Zhitnik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Satqiel looks to land a left hand but Zhitnik moved out of range nicely.
Satqiel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zhitnik on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Satqiel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Satqiel leaves Zhitnik with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Satqiel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice sprawl there from Satqiel as Zhitnik shoots in.
Zhitnik walks into a left hand.
Satqiel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zhitnik doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Satqiel to counter with a crisp jab.
Crocell Satqiel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Igor Zhitnik.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zhitnik takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Satqiel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Satqiel looks to land a right hand but Zhitnik moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Satqiel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zhitnik fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zhitnik doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Satqiel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zhitnik thinking.
Satqiel looks to score with a jab to the body but Zhitnik is just out of range.
Zhitnik darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Zhitnik with the ground and pound but Satqiel uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Zhitnik trying to control the position from guard on top but Satqiel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Satqiel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satqiel wants to sweep but no luck.
Satqiel is adopting a defensive guard.
Zhitnik throws a big right hand that misses.
Satqiel looking for a guillotine here but Zhitnik defends easily.
Zhitnik postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satqiel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zhitnik throwing strikes from guard but Satqiel blocks nicely.
Satqiel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zhitnik.
Zhitnik missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zhitnik throwing strikes from guard but Satqiel blocks nicely.
Zhitnik postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Satqiel preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Satqiel is trying to control the position but Zhitnik postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zhitnik stopping the sweep attempt from Satqiel.
Zhitnik postures up in Satqiel's guard and throws a big left but Satqiel blocks it.
Satqiel is looking for a triangle but Zhitnik pushes his legs off easily.
Zhitnik throwing strikes from guard but Satqiel blocks nicely.
Zhitnik is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Satqiel being controlled here, momentarily.
Zhitnik landing some decent shots from guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Zhitnik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zhitnik has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Zhitnik!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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