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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Zhelyabov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Sidorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhelyabov comes to the cage accompanied by Гимн СССР. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Zhelyabov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Sidorov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sidorov stuns Zhelyabov with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sidorov throws a poor cross that misses
and Zhelyabov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sidorov throws a right hand that misses
and Zhelyabov counters with a stiff right hand.
Zhelyabov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sidorov's calf.
Sidorov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zhelyabov throws a low kick but Sidorov moves out of range easily.
Sidorov misses the jab.
Sidorov throws a lazy uppercut
and Zhelyabov counters with an inside leg kick.
Zhelyabov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sidorov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sidorov misses with a right hand
and Zhelyabov counters with a nice leg kick.
Zhelyabov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zhelyabov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhelyabov tries to work over Sidorov's front leg with a kick but Sidorov checks it.
Zhelyabov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sidorov throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sidorov throws a poor cross that misses
and Zhelyabov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sidorov moves out of range of the leg kick from Zhelyabov.
Marko Sidorov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sidorov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zhelyabov counters with a low kick, right behind Sidorov 's knee.
Sidorov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zhelyabov throws out the jab.
Sidorov jabs Zhelyabov to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zhelyabov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sidorov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Zhelyabov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sidorov misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sidorov misses with a wild body shot.
Sidorov misses with a left hand
and Zhelyabov counters with a straight right hand.
Zhelyabov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sidorov moves away.
Sidorov punishes Zhelyabov's body with a nice straight punch.
Sidorov misses with an uppercut.
Sidorov throws a right hand that misses
and Zhelyabov counters with an inside leg kick.
Zhelyabov lands a head kick!
Zhelyabov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sidorov's sensitive parts.
Sidorov blocks the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sidorov misses with a left hand
and Zhelyabov counters with a nice leg kick.
Sidorov throws a right hand that misses
and Zhelyabov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sidorov's knee momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Zhelyabov.
Sidorov throws an overhand right that lands on Zhelyabov's shoulder, as Zhelyabov tries to avoid the shot.
Zhelyabov swats away the attempt to clinch by Sidorov.
Sidorov works over Zhelyabov's head and body with a nice combination.
Zhelyabov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sidorov.
Sidorov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zhelyabov counters with a nice leg kick.
Sidorov checks a low kick from Zhelyabov.
Zhelyabov lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sidorov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zhelyabov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sidorov throws a right hand that misses
and Zhelyabov counters with a head kick.
Sidorov tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zhelyabov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A head kick misses from Zhelyabov.
Sidorov misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Zhelyabov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhelyabov misses with a straight right.
Zhelyabov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei Zhelyabov dominated that round.
That's time! Zhelyabov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sidorov blocks a head kick by Zhelyabov.
A shot to the body from Sidorov misses
and Zhelyabov counters with a right hand to the body.
Zhelyabov misses with a head kick.
Sidorov misses with a right hand
and Zhelyabov counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Zhelyabov feints and then cracks Sidorov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sidorov down.
Sidorov tries to clinch but Zhelyabov is having none of it.
A shot to the liver by Sidorov. Beautiful body shot.
Andrei Zhelyabov is winning the standup battle so far.
Sidorov misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sidorov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zhelyabov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sidorov swings widly with a right hand
and Zhelyabov counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sidorov is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sidorov lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhelyabov lands a high kick!
Sidorov fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zhelyabov is out of range.
Nice body punch from Sidorov.
Zhelyabov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Zhelyabov connects with a high kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sidorov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zhelyabov throws a head kick but Sidorov moves out of range.
Zhelyabov looks to score with a jab to the body but Sidorov is just out of range.
Sidorov misses with a shot to the body
and Zhelyabov counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhelyabov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zhelyabov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zhelyabov misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zhelyabov.
Zhelyabov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sidorov.
Zhelyabov misses with a head kick.
Sidorov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zhelyabov keeps the fight on the outside.
Zhelyabov throws a leg kick but Sidorov moved away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zhelyabov.
Zhelyabov tries to move into range but Sidorov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sidorov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zhelyabov counters with a low kick, right behind Sidorov 's knee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhelyabov misses the shot to the body.
Zhelyabov tries a head kick but it misses.
Sidorov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Zhelyabov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sidorov moves to clinch but Zhelyabov breaks away
and Zhelyabov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sidorov's knee momentarily.
Zhelyabov tried to score with a low kick but Sidorov checks it.
Sidorov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zhelyabov counters with a slapping leg kick.
Zhelyabov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sidorov throws an off balance right hand
and Zhelyabov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhelyabov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sidorov's calf.
Sidorov moves to clinch but Zhelyabov breaks away
and Zhelyabov counters with a slapping leg kick.
Zhelyabov throws a sloppy head kick and Sidorov moves out of range easily.
Sidorov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sidorov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Zhelyabov walks into a stiff left hand from Sidorov.
Sidorov throws a poor cross that misses
and Zhelyabov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sidorov swings widly with a right hand
and Zhelyabov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sidorov's knee momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhelyabov misses with an uppercut
and Sidorov counters with a left to the body.
Nice shot by Sidorov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei Zhelyabov dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Zhelyabov slips under a jab from Sidorov.
Zhelyabov is looking to chop away at Sidorov's legs.
Zhelyabov thows a body shot but no joy.
Sidorov has managed to clinch.
Sidorov trying to land knees to the body.
Zhelyabov takes a shot to the head.
Sidorov lands with a right to the head.
Sidorov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zhelyabov is defending well for now.
Sidorov trying to control the position but instead, Zhelyabov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sidorov into the cage.
Zhelyabov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sidorov avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhelyabov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sidorov swings widly with a right hand
and Zhelyabov counters with an outside leg kick.
Sidorov takes a kick to the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Sidorov blocks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sidorov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zhelyabov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zhelyabov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sidorov avoids the body shot from Zhelyabov.
Sidorov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zhelyabov. Zhelyabov obviously looking to wear him down.
Zhelyabov circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sidorov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zhelyabov connects with a high kick.
Zhelyabov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sidorov 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.
Sidorov misses with a lunging right hand
and Zhelyabov counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Zhelyabov throws a head kick but Sidorov moves out of range.
Zhelyabov checks a low kick from Sidorov.
Zhelyabov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Zhelyabov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zhelyabov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sidorov misses with a shot to the body
and Zhelyabov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sidorov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zhelyabov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sidorov misses with a right hand
and Zhelyabov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sidorov thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sidorov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zhelyabov finds it's way round the side to connect with Sidorov's head.
Zhelyabov tries a head kick but it misses.
Sidorov throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Zhelyabov throws a low kick but Sidorov moves out of range easily.
Sidorov misses with a left hand
and Zhelyabov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sidorov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sidorov misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Zhelyabov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zhelyabov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sidorov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zhelyabov counters with a stiff right hand.
Marko Sidorov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sidorov swings for the body but Zhelyabov moves out of range.
Sidorov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zhelyabov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sidorov counters with a nice body shot.
Sidorov throws a lazy right hand but Zhelyabov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A clash of legs there as Sidorov blocks the low kick.
Zhelyabov lands with a nice body kick.
Zhelyabov defending well as Sidorov loads up on a big left hand.
Sidorov misses with a right hand
and Zhelyabov counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sidorov misses with a left hand
and Zhelyabov counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sidorov's knee momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andrei Zhelyabov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zhelyabov, 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrei Zhelyabov!
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