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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raxus Troy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Rubaylo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Troy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to remember the name. Rubaylo has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ivan Rubaylo was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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230 lbs
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190 cm
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250 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raxus Troy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Rubaylo!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troy shoots for a takedown but Rubaylo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rubaylo looks gassed!
Troy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rubaylo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Troy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rubaylo as he avoids it easily.
Troy throws a right and a left that Rubaylo avoids nicely.
Troy darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Troy is looking for a kimura but Rubaylo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Troy to get the leverage.
Rubaylo makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Troy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Troy.
Troy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Troy fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raxus Troy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rubaylo but Rubaylo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rubaylo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Troy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Troy shoots in looking for a takedown. Rubaylo tries to sprawl out of it but Troy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rubaylo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rubaylo misses with a kick to the body.
Rubaylo misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Troy slips a jab from Rubaylo.
Troy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rubaylo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Troy lands with a kick to the temple. Rubaylo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Troy darts in and clinches Rubaylo up against the cage.
Troy keeps control of Rubaylo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Troy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rubaylo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rubaylo prevents a body shot from Troy.
Troy tries to pull guard but Rubaylo holds him up against the cage and eventually Troy drops back down to his feet.
Troy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rubaylo walks away with a smile on his face. Troy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A head kick misses from Troy.
Troy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rubaylo keeps the fight on the outside.
Rubaylo leaves Troy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Troy throws a nice looking combination but Rubaylo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Troy throws a sloppy head kick and Rubaylo moves out of range easily.
Troy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Troy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rubaylo as he jumps to the side.
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.
Rubaylo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Troy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Troy scores a takedown into full mount!
Troy throwing strikes but Rubaylo bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Troy wanted to stand there but Rubaylo had control of the position.
Troy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Troy trying to control the position from guard on top but Rubaylo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raxus Troy dominated that round.
That's time! Troy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rubaylo blocks a head kick by Troy.
Troy is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Troy.
Troy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rubaylo.
Troy tries to clinch there but Rubaylo circles away.
Troy tries to clinch but Rubaylo moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubaylo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Troy lands with a slapping head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Troy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Troy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Troy.
Raxus Troy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rubaylo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rubaylo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Troy on the side of the head.
Raxus Troy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rubaylo misses with a straight left.
Troy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rubaylo's waist but Rubaylo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Troy off to one side.
Troy tries to clinch up.
Nice takedown defense from Rubaylo. No joy for Troy on that attempt.
Rubaylo misses with a straight right.
Troy drives through and clinches with Rubaylo against the cage.
That's two 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.
A frustrated look appears on Rubaylo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Troy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Troy doesn't manage to clinch there - Rubaylo circles away.
Rubaylo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Troy misses with a straight right.
Rubaylo throws a big shot that misses.
Rubaylo avoids the head kick by Troy.
Rubaylo misses with a body shot.
Troy is looking to clinch.
Troy shoots in looking for a takedown. Rubaylo tries to sprawl out of it but Troy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rubaylo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raxus Troy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Troy doesn't manage to clinch there - Rubaylo circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy rushes Rubaylo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rubaylo tries to break the clinch but Troy is controlling the position.
Troy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Troy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rubaylo is trying to break the clinch but Troy is controlling him.
Troy slows down the pace here.
Troy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rubaylo breaks the clinch.
Troy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rubaylo tries to clinch but Troy is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rubaylo misses with the combination.
Troy is looking to clinch but Rubaylo is avoiding it.
Troy wants to clinch.
Troy closes the distance and clinches.
Troy stalling against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Troy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rubaylo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Troy.
Troy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raxus Troy dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rubaylo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Troy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rubaylo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Troy shoots in for a takedown but Rubaylo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Troy fails with the takedown.
Troy tries a low kick but Rubaylo avoids it.
Troy slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Troy scores with a push kick.
Rubaylo lands with a cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rubaylo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Troy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rubaylo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Troy somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raxus Troy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Troy closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rubaylo quickly recovers to half guard.
Rubaylo trying to hold on to Troy's head to control him but Troy postures up.
Rubaylo makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Troy tries to close the distance and clinch but Rubaylo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Troy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rubaylo counters with a three punch combo that has Troy backing up. Troy nods at Rubaylo to acknowledge the strikes.
Rubaylo lands with an uppercut that bounces Troy off the cage and back into rage.
Troy throws a right hand that Rubaylo ducks under and follows up with a left that Rubaylo also avoids with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Troy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rubaylo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Troy wants to clinch
and Rubaylo counters with a stiff right hand.
Ivan Rubaylo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rubaylo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Troy lands a head kick. Rubaylo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Troy tries to clinch but Rubaylo is having none of it.
Troy tries a head kick but it misses.
Rubaylo stuffs the takedown attempt from Troy. Troy gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Troy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Rubaylo gets full guard.
Rubaylo pulls Troy in close to prevent any damage.
Rubaylo uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Rubaylo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Troy.
Rubaylo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Troy.
Troy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubaylo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rubaylo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rubaylo counters with a straight right hand.
Troy darts in trying to clinch
letting Rubaylo counter with a right hand.
Troy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Troy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Raxus Troy.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Troy, 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raxus Troy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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