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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akash Janak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Swistopliasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janak comes to the cage accompanied by Imagine - John Lennon. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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300 lbs
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295 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Akash Janak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Swistopliasov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swistopliasov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Janak loads up on a big right hand but Swistopliasov slips the punch.
Janak throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Swistopliasov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Janak instigates a clinch.
Swistopliasov has Janak pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Janak manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Janak is stalling here.
Swistopliasov wants a takedown.
Akash Janak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Swistopliasov.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Janak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Janak gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Swistopliasov.
Swistopliasov wants a takedown.
Swistopliasov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Swistopliasov wants a takedown but no success here.
Nice elbow from Janak.
A bit of stalling here from Janak.
Janak lands a nice elbow.
Swistopliasov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Janak pulls his leg out and moves away.
Janak's corner calls for a 1-2. Janak obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Ivan Swistopliasov has been cut.
Swistopliasov looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Janak cracks Swistopliasov with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Swistopliasov looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Janak finish him?
Janak feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Swistopliasov sprawling to the canvas! Swistopliasov rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Janak finish him?!
Swistopliasov is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swistopliasov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Janak closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Janak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swistopliasov's defenses.
Janak lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Janak.
Swistopliasov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Janak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janak.
Janak prevents the takedown attempt.
Swistopliasov avoiding damage as Janak throws knees to the body.
Janak misses with a knee to the head.
Swistopliasov managing to block the knees to the body from Janak.
Janak lands an elbow inside.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janak misses with a knee to the head.
Janak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Janak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swistopliasov's defenses.
Janak slows down the pace here.
Janak lands an elbow that stopped Swistopliasov in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swistopliasov being controlled against the cage.
Janak lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janak.
Swistopliasov can't get the takedown.
Swistopliasov avoiding damage as Janak throws knees to the body.
Janak lands an elbow inside that Swistopliasov shrugs off.
Janak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swistopliasov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Swistopliasov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Janak lands a damaging elbow.
Janak lands an elbow inside.
Janak tries to land a knee to the head but Swistopliasov blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Janak.
Swistopliasov wants a takedown but no success here.
Nice elbow from Janak.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janak.
Janak tries to land knees in the clinch but Swistopliasov avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Janak.
Nice elbow from Janak.
Janak lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janak lands a nice elbow.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Janak lands a nice elbow.
Swistopliasov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Janak avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Janak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Janak lands an elbow just above Swistopliasov 's eye.
Janak lands an elbow that stopped Swistopliasov in his tracks for a moment.
Janak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swistopliasov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Janak displaying some good clinch control by pressing Swistopliasov up against the cage.
Swistopliasov wants a takedown.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janak lands an elbow inside.
Janak dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Janak is pressed up against the cage. Swistopliasov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Janak down to the mat. Janak avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Janak moves in looking to clinch but Swistopliasov pushes him off.
Janak clinches up against the cage.
Janak trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Janak has Swistopliasov pushed against the cage.
Janak lands an elbow just above Swistopliasov 's eye.
Janak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janak.
Swistopliasov wants a takedown but no success here.
Janak lands an elbow inside that Swistopliasov shrugs off.
Janak lands a nice elbow.
Janak lands an elbow inside that Swistopliasov shrugs off.
Janak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swistopliasov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Janak fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Janak lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Janak tries to clinch up.
Janak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Janak wants to clinch up but Swistopliasov keeps it at a distance.
Swistopliasov closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akash Janak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Swistopliasov'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.
Swistopliasov shoots in but Janak avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Janak misses with a straight left.
Swistopliasov fails with a takedown attempt.
Swistopliasov dives in and grabs Janak's left leg, looking for a takedown. Janak pushes down on Swistopliasov's head and hops out.
Akash Janak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Swistopliasov.
Janak drives through and clinches with Swistopliasov against the cage.
Janak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swistopliasov avoids it.
Janak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Janak gets underhooks to prevent Swistopliasov's takedown attempt.
Swistopliasov is breathing heavily.
Janak lands a damaging elbow.
Janak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Janak leaning his opponent against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janak.
Janak lands an elbow just above Swistopliasov 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swistopliasov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Janak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Janak lands a nice elbow.
Janak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Swistopliasov can do to turn this around?
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janak.
Janak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Janak dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Janak lands a damaging elbow.
Swistopliasov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Janak avoiding damage.
Janak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Swistopliasov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Janak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swistopliasov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Janak fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Janak lands with a cross.
Janak instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janak.
Janak lands an elbow just above Swistopliasov 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janak lands an elbow inside.
Janak lands a damaging elbow.
Janak lands a nice elbow.
Janak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swistopliasov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Janak pulls his leg out and moves away.
A jab from Janak finds it's way through Swistopliasov's defenses.
Janak turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Janak moves into the clinch successfully.
Janak lands an elbow inside.
Janak lands a damaging elbow.
Janak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Janak.
Janak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Swistopliasov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Janak lands an elbow inside.
Janak landing knees to the head.
Swistopliasov is trying to drag Janak to the mat but Janak just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Janak lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Janak holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Swistopliasov goes for a takedown attempt but Janak pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Janak!
Janak displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Swistopliasov.
Janak displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jab by Janak.
Sloppy strikes from Swistopliasov. Those never looked like landing.
Janak clinches up with Swistopliasov and pushes him back against the cage.
Janak lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janak stalling.
Janak lands an elbow that stopped Swistopliasov in his tracks for a moment.
Swistopliasov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Janak is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Janak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Janak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Swistopliasov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Janak gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Janak avoiding damage.
Janak lands an elbow just above Swistopliasov 's eye.
Janak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swistopliasov's defenses.
Janak lands an elbow inside that Swistopliasov shrugs off.
Swistopliasov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Janak pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Janak lands an elbow inside.
Janak lands an elbow that stopped Swistopliasov in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Janak trying to land knees to the body.
Janak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Swistopliasov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Janak pulls his leg out and moves away.
Janak has Swistopliasov up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akash Janak dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ivan Swistopliasov's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Swistopliasov.
Swistopliasov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Janak is fending him off so far but Swistopliasov persists. Nope, Janak circles away and we're back to standing.
Swistopliasov fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Akash Janak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Swistopliasov.
Janak fails with an attempt to clinch.
Akash Janak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sloppy strikes from Janak. Those never looked like landing.
Janak stuffs the takedown.
Janak moves into range and clinches up with Swistopliasov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Swistopliasov avoiding damage as Janak throws knees to the body.
Janak lands an elbow that stopped Swistopliasov in his tracks for a moment.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the temple.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janak.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Janak lands a damaging elbow.
Swistopliasov has Janak pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Janak manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Janak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Swistopliasov's defenses.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the temple.
Janak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Janak lands a nice elbow.
Janak tries to land knees in the clinch but Swistopliasov avoids the damage to the body.
Janak lands an elbow just above Swistopliasov 's eye.
Janak tries a knee to the head but Swistopliasov blocks it.
Janak lands an elbow just above Swistopliasov 's eye.
Janak lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janak.
Janak lands an elbow inside that Swistopliasov shrugs off.
Janak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the temple.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Swistopliasov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Swistopliasov avoiding damage as Janak throws knees to the body.
Janak missing with knees to the body.
Swistopliasov being controlled against the cage.
Janak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swistopliasov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janak is fighting off a takedown attempt but Swistopliasov is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Janak to the mat. Janak regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Janak wants to stand up but Swistopliasov is controlling him.
Swistopliasov thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Swistopliasov drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Swistopliasov jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Janak knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Swistopliasov on the ground.
Janak is controlling Swistopliasov's posture.
Janak is trying to keep Swistopliasov in close.
Janak is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swistopliasov won't allow Janak to sweep him here.
Swistopliasov drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Swistopliasov jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Swistopliasov drops back looking for a leg! Janak is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Janak manages to kick Swistopliasov off! Swistopliasov jumps back into Janak's guard.
Swistopliasov drops back looking for a leg! Janak is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Janak manages to kick Swistopliasov off! Swistopliasov jumps back into Janak's guard.
Janak looking to hit a scissor sweep but Swistopliasov is one step ahead there.
Janak might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Swistopliasov stops Janak from standing up.
Swistopliasov thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Swistopliasov prevents Janak from getting back to his feet.
Swistopliasov thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Swistopliasov is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ivan Swistopliasov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Akash Janak is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Swistopliasov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akash Janak showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Janak, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:25
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akash Janak!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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