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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaban Demidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ripgut might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Abominable Putridity - Throat Fisting Abortion. Demidov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Florence + The Machine - Kiss With A Fist. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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225 lbs
13 - 1 - 0 |
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281 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Ripgut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kaban Demidov!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ripgut connects with a high kick.
It looks like Kaban Demidov has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Demidov.
Demidov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ripgut fails with an attempt to clinch.
Demidov throws a leg kick but Ripgut moved away.
Demidov with a hook.
Ripgut buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Demidov.
Demidov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ripgut paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Demidov throws a jab but it's blocked by Ripgut.
Demidov doesn't manage to clinch there - Ripgut circles away.
Demidov misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demidov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ripgut manages to avoid it.
Demidov swings for the body but Ripgut moves out of range.
Ripgut just misses with a punch to the body.
Demidov tries to clinch up.
Demidov blocks a head kick by Ripgut.
Ripgut moves out of range as Demidov throws a body kick.
Ripgut chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Demidov can pounce on him.
Ripgut tries to work over Demidov's front leg with a kick but Demidov checks it.
Ripgut throws a head kick that misses.
Ripgut tries a low kick but Demidov avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut throws a head kick but Demidov moves out of range.
Ripgut fails in his attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ripgut.
Ripgut fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ripgut scoring well with a low kick there.
Ripgut turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Demidov throws a looping overhand right but Ripgut ducks down to avoid it.
Ripgut wants to clinch.
Demidov misses with a leg kick
and Ripgut counters with an inside leg kick.
Ripgut throws a body punch but Demidov moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Demidov.
Demidov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ripgut wants to clinch.
Demidov connects with the punch.
Kaban Demidov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demidov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ripgut is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demidov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Demidov looks to throw the jab but Ripgut is out of range.
Ripgut blocks a jab.
Ripgut buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ripgut misses with a hook to the body
and Demidov counters with a right hand to the body.
Demidov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Demidov pushes Ripgut away with a front kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ripgut wants to clinch up but Demidov keeps it at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Demidov lands with a straight right. Ripgut didn't see that one coming.
Demidov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sean Ripgut will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kaban Demidov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A bone on bone clash there as Demidov blocks the leg kick.
Demidov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ripgut.
Ripgut fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Demidov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Demidov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Demidov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Demidov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Demidov misses with a body kick.
Kaban Demidov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ripgut moves into range and clinches up with Demidov.
Demidov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demidov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Demidov avoids the damage to the body.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Ripgut avoiding damage as Demidov throws knees to the body.
Demidov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Demidov avoids it.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Demidov avoids the damage to the body.
Ripgut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demidov.
Demidov blocks the elbow strike.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Demidov.
Ripgut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Demidov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Demidov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ripgut blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ripgut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Demidov's brow.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
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.
Ripgut just leaning against Demidov, taking a breather.
Demidov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ripgut has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ripgut unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Demidov avoids a wild elbow strike from Ripgut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ripgut throws an elbow but misses.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Demidov avoids it.
Ripgut managing to block the knees to the body from Demidov.
Ripgut misses with an elbow strike.
Demidov misses with a punch to the body.
Demidov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Demidov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ripgut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Ripgut gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripgut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ripgut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Demidov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ripgut avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demidov.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demidov.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demidov.
Demidov throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Ripgut on the inside.
Demidov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demidov is defending well for now.
Demidov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ripgut doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ripgut is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ripgut tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demidov's elbow.
Demidov prevents a body shot from Ripgut.
Ripgut on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Demidov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Demidov scores a nice knee to the body.
Ripgut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demidov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Demidov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Demidov avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
Ripgut goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demidov digs a right hand underneath Ripgut's ribcage. Ripgut let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Demidov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ripgut.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demidov is defending well for now.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Demidov missing with knees to the body.
Demidov lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Still in the clinch, Demidov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Demidov scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Demidov.
Demidov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ripgut avoids it.
Demidov working Ripgut over with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Demidov tries to land knees in the clinch but Ripgut avoids the damage to the body.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaban Demidov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kaban Demidov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Demidov cracks Ripgut with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ripgut avoids the body shot from Demidov.
Demidov tries to clinch but Ripgut is having none of it.
Demidov blocks a leg kick.
Ripgut swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Demidov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Demidov misses with a leg kick
and Ripgut counters with a low kick, right behind Demidov 's knee.
Demidov throws a lazy right hand but Ripgut sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ripgut moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ripgut fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demidov wants to slow Ripgut down by chopping away at his legs.
Ripgut feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Demidov's calf.
Demidov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Demidov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Demidov keeps the fight on the outside.
Ripgut darts in trying to clinch
and Demidov finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Demidov fakes the leg kick and cracks Ripgut in the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut moves out of range of the body kick.
Demidov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Demidov throws a body punch but Ripgut moves out of range.
Ripgut tries to clinch
and Demidov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Demidov 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.
Demidov throws a leg kick but Ripgut sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Demidov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Demidov misses with a hook.
Demidov connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Demidov moves out of range of the strikes.
Ripgut checks a low kick from Demidov.
Demidov is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ripgut closes the distance looking to clinch
and Demidov counters with a stiff right hand.
Ripgut turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ripgut takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Sean Ripgut has been cut.
Ripgut tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Demidov counters with a nice body kick.
Demidov misses with a low kick.
Demidov throws a push kick but Ripgut slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd cheers as Demidov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ripgut doesn't seem phased though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ripgut checks the leg kick nicely there.
Demidov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ripgut takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Demidov misses.
Ripgut feints and then cracks Demidov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Demidov down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaban Demidov really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Demidov connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Ripgut.
Demidov throws a leg kick but Ripgut moved away.
Ripgut darts in and clinches Demidov up against the cage.
Demidov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Demidov working Ripgut over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Ripgut.
Kaban Demidov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Demidov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ripgut blocks it with crossed arms.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Demidov avoids a wild elbow strike from Ripgut.
Demidov lands a knee to the body.
Ripgut throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ripgut avoiding damage as Demidov throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut missing with knees to the body.
Ripgut is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Ripgut working Demidov over with knees to the body.
Ripgut looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Demidov avoids it.
Demidov tries a body shot but Ripgut blocks it.
Demidov tries a knee to the head but Ripgut blocks it.
Demidov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Demidov avoids it.
Demidov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ripgut throws an elbow that misses.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demidov is defending well for now.
Demidov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ripgut just misses with a elbow thrown towards Demidov's brow.
Demidov tries a knee to the head but Ripgut blocks it.
Ripgut is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Demidov avoids it.
Demidov avoids the elbow strike from Ripgut, against the cage.
Ripgut doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ripgut trying to land knees to the body.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Demidov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripgut is leaning against Demidov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Demidov blocks the elbow strike.
Demidov trying to land knees to the body.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Demidov avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Ripgut managing to block the knees to the body from Demidov.
Ripgut is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Demidov is defending well for now.
Ripgut managing to block the knees to the body from Demidov.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demidov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ripgut avoids it.
Ripgut goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Demidov avoids a wild elbow strike from Ripgut.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Demidov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Demidov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Demidov lands a nice uppercut.
Demidov with a knee to the head.
Ripgut tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Demidov avoids it.
Ripgut misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demidov.
Ripgut trying to control the position but instead, Demidov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ripgut into the cage.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Demidov avoids the damage to the body.
Ripgut lands a body shot.
Ripgut slows down the pace here.
Demidov blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demidov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Demidov managing to block the knees to the body from Ripgut.
Demidov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ripgut or not.
Ripgut trying to stall but Demidov improves his position.
Demidov avoiding damage as Ripgut throws knees to the body.
Demidov is leaning against Ripgut and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Demidov avoids the damage to the body.
Ripgut pushes off an throws an elbow but Demidov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Demidov.
Demidov scores with a hook to the body.
Ripgut stalling in the clinch but Demidov improves position.
Demidov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ripgut.
Demidov lands a body shot.
Demidov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Demidov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ripgut tries to land knees in the clinch but Demidov avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaban Demidov dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Demidov. Those never looked like landing.
Demidov checks a low kick from Ripgut.
Ripgut avoids the head kick by Demidov.
Demidov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Demidov connects with the punch.
Demidov looks to land a body kick but Ripgut moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demidov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ripgut if he has to take too many more of those.
Ripgut tries a head kick but it misses.
Ripgut tries to clinch but Demidov moves away
and Demidov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demidov connects with a leg kick. Ripgut looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Demidov scores with the left hand. Ripgut knows he should have avoided that one.
Demidov throws a head kick that misses.
Ripgut avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Demidov throws a good cross that connects.
Ripgut throws a jab when Demidov was well out of range.
Demidov jabs Ripgut to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Demidov misses with a hook. Ripgut ducked under it nicely.
Demidov misses with a wild body shot.
Kaban Demidov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demidov fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ripgut tries to clinch up.
Ripgut drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Demidov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Demidov is looking to clinch.
Ripgut tries to land a front kick but Demidov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Demidov throws a head kick that misses
and Ripgut counters with a nice leg kick.
Demidov throws a low kick, looking for Ripgut's leg but Ripgut calmly moves out of range.
Demidov throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ripgut.
Ripgut looks to throw a body kick
and Demidov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Demidov throws a body kick that misses.
Demidov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Demidov throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ripgut blocks a jab.
Ripgut throws a push kick but Demidov slaps the foot to one side.
Demidov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Demidov throws a low kick but Ripgut moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut throws a leg kick
letting Demidov counter with a right hand.
Demidov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sean Ripgut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Demidov misses with a low kick.
Ripgut feints and then cracks Demidov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Demidov down.
Demidov misses with a wild body shot.
Ripgut throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Demidov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Demidov fakes the leg kick and cracks Ripgut in the body.
Demidov lands a slapping body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kaban Demidov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Demidov 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 46:49
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaban Demidov!
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hype
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