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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Viacheslav Voronov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pietro Falasco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Viacheslav Voronov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pietro Falasco!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falasco swings widly with a right hand
and Voronov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Voronov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Voronov misses with a body shot
and Falasco counters with a series of strikes. Voronov will be more careful next time no doubt.
Falasco throws a predictable looking body shot
and Voronov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Falasco misses with a left hand
letting Voronov counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Voronov misses with a wild body shot.
Voronov lands a nice looking body shot.
Voronov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Voronov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Falasco tries to clinch there but Voronov circles away.
Voronov misses with a wild body shot.
Falasco rushes Voronov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Voronov struggles to land a body shot inside as Falasco controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Falasco fails to land.
Voronov takes an elbow to the temple.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Voronov.
Voronov presses Falasco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Falasco looks gassed!
Voronov lands a left hand.
Falasco can't find room to land a body shot as Voronov controls the action.
Voronov tries to break the clinch but Falasco is controlling the position.
Voronov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Falasco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Voronov's efforts to push away.
Voronov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Falasco.
A right hand to the body from Voronov.
Falasco's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Voronov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronov is leaning against Falasco and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Voronov.
A short body shot lands from Voronov as the two fighters clinch.
Voronov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Falasco backwards.
Voronov lands with a short shot to the head.
Voronov lands a left hand.
Falasco blocking some punches.
Voronov manages to break the clinch.
Voronov works Falasco's body with a nice hook.
Voronov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Falasco at a distance.
Falasco takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice jab there from Voronov.
Voronov is looking to wear down Falasco with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voronov misses with a wild body shot.
Falasco gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Voronov.
Falasco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voronov.
A cross from Voronov lands.
Voronov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Falasco takes one on the button.
Voronov punishes Falasco's body with a nice straight punch.
Falasco on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Voronov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Falasco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Voronov moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voronov lands a slapping body shot.
Voronov misses with a wild combination.
Voronov slips a jab and a cross from Falasco.
Falasco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Falasco takes one to the side of the head.
Voronov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Falasco.
Voronov digs a good body shot into Falasco's ribs.
Voronov lands with a straight right. Falasco didn't see that one coming.
Falasco walks into a jab.
Voronov thuds a left hand into Falasco's body.
Voronov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Voronov cracks Falasco with an open hand slap.
Falasco misses with a double jab.
Voronov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Falasco has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Falasco there as he acknowledges the shot.
Voronov misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Voronov does it's job there.
Voronov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Voronov keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Falasco 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Falasco tries to close the distance and clinch but Voronov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Voronov jabs at Falasco's body.
Falasco moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Voronov.
Falasco swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Voronov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Voronov connects with a body shot.
Falasco takes one to the side of the head.
Good shot there by Voronov.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A shot to the liver by Voronov. Beautiful body shot.
Voronov connects with a looping right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Falasco takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Voronov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Voronov punishes Falasco's body with a nice straight punch.
Voronov digs a good body shot into Falasco's ribs.
Voronov jabs at Falasco's body.
Pietro Falasco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voronov lands a lovely overhand right.
Falasco walks into a left hand.
Voronov lands a nice shot that snaps Falasco's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falasco takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Voronov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Voronov throws a shot to the body.
Voronov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Falasco throws out the jab.
Falasco just misses with a punch to the body.
Voronov lands with a cross.
Nice jab there from Voronov.
Voronov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Voronov misses with a jab to the body
and Falasco counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Falasco has a couple of punches blocked by Voronov.
Voronov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Voronov misses with a punch on the inside.
Voronov misses with a punch to the body.
Voronov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Voronov scores with a shoulder strike.
Falasco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Voronov swings wildly with an uppercut but Falasco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Falasco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Falasco lands an uppercut.
Falasco blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Falasco as the two fighters clinch.
Falasco lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viacheslav Voronov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Falasco walks into a jab.
Voronov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Falasco can do to turn this around?
Falasco lands with an uppercut that bounces Voronov off the cage and back into rage.
Viacheslav Voronov is winning the standup battle so far.
Voronov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Falasco counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Falasco throws out a loose jab but Voronov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Voronov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Falasco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Falasco misses with a body shot.
Falasco punishes Voronov's body with a nice straight punch.
Voronov swats away the attempt to clinch by Falasco.
Falasco misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Falasco misses the target.
Voronov loads up on a big right hand but Falasco slips the punch.
Falasco throws an overhand right that lands on Voronov's shoulder, as Voronov tries to avoid the shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Voronov lands with a shot to the body.
Falasco has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice body punch from Voronov.
A head kick misses from Voronov.
Falasco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Falasco lands with a nice combination. Voronov backs away looking to recover.
Voronov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Falasco's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voronov throws a leg kick that misses.
Voronov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Falasco.
Falasco throws a combination that misses
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Voronov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Falasco sizes up Voronov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Voronov throws a looping overhand right but Falasco ducks down to avoid it.
Falasco throws a shot from downtown. Voronov moves away and avoids it.
Falasco moves into range and clinches up with Voronov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronov.
Voronov tries to throw a body punch but Falasco avoids it by throwing Voronov back against the cage.
Good body shot from Falasco.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Falasco tries to throw a body punch but Voronov avoids it by throwing Falasco back against the cage.
Voronov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Voronov lands an uppercut.
Falasco lands a knee to the body.
Voronov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Falasco misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Voronov.
Voronov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Falasco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Voronov managing to block the knees to the body from Falasco.
Voronov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Falasco working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Falasco.
Falasco landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Falasco blocks a body shot from Voronov.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Falasco.
Falasco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Voronovs head.
A short body shot lands from Falasco as the two fighters clinch.
Voronov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Falasco lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Falasco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Falasco.
Voronov digs a right hand into Falasco's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Falasco's gas tank.
Voronov misses with a body punch.
Falasco lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Voronov.
Voronov takes a shot to the head.
Falasco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Voronov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Falasco stalls.
Falasco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Falasco taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Voronov lands a body punch.
A short right from Voronov on the inside.
Voronov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Falasco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voronov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Falasco backwards.
Falasco misses with a punch on the inside.
Voronov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Voronov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Falasco.
Voronov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Voronov just misses with a punch to the body.
Voronov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Falasco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Voronov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Falasco was well out of range. Poor timing from Voronov.
Voronov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Voronov misses with an uppercut
enabling Falasco to counter with a crisp jab.
Falasco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Falasco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Voronov.
Voronov just misses with a punch to the body.
Falasco takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Voronov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Falasco.
Falasco is looking to clinch.
Falasco throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Voronov connects with a body shot that sends Falasco's belly button to the back.
Voronov connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voronov scores with a hook.
Falasco ducks right into an uppercut from Voronov.
Falasco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Falasco tries to move into range but Voronov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Voronov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Falasco with a nice cross.
Voronov misses with a two punch combination.
Voronov tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Falasco is able to avoid easily.
Falasco's jab looks to have found its range, popping Voronov under the eye.
Voronov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Voronov ducks under a wild hook from Falasco.
Falasco walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Voronov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Falasco.
Falasco swings for the body but Voronov moves out of range.
Voronov throws a hook but Falasco avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Falasco moves away from the strike by Voronov.
A nice combination there by Falasco.
Falasco forces Voronov back against the cage and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Falasco.
Voronov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Pietro Falasco will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Voronov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Falasco tests Voronov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Voronov connects with a right hand. Falasco shakes it off.
Falasco misses with a hook.
A shot to the body from Voronov misses
and Falasco counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Falasco instigates a clinch.
Falasco throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Falasco scores a nice knee to the body.
Falasco lands a shoulder strike.
Voronov avoids the elbow strike from Falasco, against the cage.
Falasco stalling the fight.
Falasco pushes Voronov back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Falasco.
A left hand lands to the body for Falasco.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronov.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Falasco gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Voronov takes a shot to the head.
Voronov scores with a shot to the side of Falasco's head.
Falasco is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Falasco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Voronov.
Voronov lands a body punch.
Voronov is trying to force a seperation but Falasco has the dominant position.
Voronov misses with a body punch.
Falasco lands a right hand that snaps the head of Voronov backwards.
Falasco working aggressively here.
Come on Falasco - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Voronov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Falasco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Voronovs head.
Falasco taking a breather.
Voronov managing to block the knees to the body from Falasco.
Falasco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Voronov's elbow.
Pietro Falasco seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Voronov is trying to break the clinch but Falasco has him pressed against the cage.
Falasco lands a damaging elbow.
A body shot lands from Voronov.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Voronov.
Voronov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Falasco's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A hook to the body from Voronov.
Voronov scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Voronov - that landed with a thud.
Voronov throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Voronov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voronov gets through Falasco's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Falasco.
Voronov lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Voronov.
Falasco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Voronov.
Voronov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Voronov connects with a looping right hand.
Falasco throws an off balance right hand
and Voronov counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Voronov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Falasco lands the left hand.
Voronov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Falasco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Voronov moves away.
Voronov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Falasco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voronov.
Voronov looks to land a right hand but Falasco moved out of range.
Voronov thows a body shot but no joy.
Falasco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voronov.
Falasco lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Voronov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voronov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Voronov takes one on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Falasco. Voronov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Falasco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Voronov was well out of range. Poor timing from Falasco.
Falasco thows a body shot but no joy.
Voronov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Falasco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Voronov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Falasco manages to avoid it.
Voronov misses with the combination.
Falasco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Falasco. Voronov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Falasco lands a jab-cross combination.
Falasco catches Voronov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Falasco takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Voronov connects with a looping right hand.
Voronov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Voronov throws a right hand that misses
and Falasco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Voronov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voronov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Falasco misses with a right hand
and Falasco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Voronov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Falasco misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Falasco misses with a looping left.
Voronov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Falasco has closed the distance and engaged Voronov in a clinch.
Voronov throws a head punch that misses.
Voronov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Falasco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Voronov backwards.
Falasco is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Voronov is keeping busy.
Voronov tries to break the clinch but Falasco is controlling the position.
Voronov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Voronov tries to break free but Falasco pushes him back against the cage.
Falasco lands a left hand.
Voronov throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee calls for Falasco to work.
A right hook to the body lands for Voronov.
Falasco lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voronov.
Voronov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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 Viacheslav Voronov.
Well Voronov has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:27
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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