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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sigvard Aurelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ari Birmiski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aurelius's entrance music is Marcia Carolus Rex. A fine choice. Birmiski has chosen I'm Back - T.I as his entrance music. Ari Birmiski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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130 lbs
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140 lbs
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Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sigvard Aurelius!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ari Birmiski!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Birmiski moves out of range as Aurelius throws a body kick.
Aurelius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aurelius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Birmiski doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Aurelius counters with a low kick, right behind Birmiski 's knee.
Birmiski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aurelius counters with a body kick that stops Birmiski in his tracks momentarily.
Birmiski throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aurelius counters with a leg kick.
Birmiski misses with a hook to the body
and Aurelius counters with a nice low kick that buckles Birmiski's knee momentarily.
Aurelius motions for Birmiski to come forward. Aurelius throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aurelius misses with a leg kick.
Aurelius connects with a right hand. Birmiski shakes it off.
Birmiski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Aurelius misses with a kick to the body.
Birmiski shoots and misses
and Aurelius counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Birmiski scores with a sloppy right hand. Aurelius should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Aurelius.
Aurelius throws a head kick that misses.
Birmiski is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Aurelius rather than just go for the knockout.
Birmiski blocks a low kick nicely.
A head kick misses from Aurelius.
Aurelius throws a leg kick which misses Birmiski's front leg but catches the back leg as Birmiski tries to avoid it.
Birmiski 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.
Birmiski lands with a hook. Aurelius tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Birmiski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aurelius with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aurelius chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Aurelius fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Birmiski, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Aurelius.
Aurelius scores with a hook to the body.
Birmiski is trying to break free.
Aurelius prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sigvard Aurelius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ari Birmiski.
Birmiski is trying to break the clinch but Aurelius is controlling him.
Birmiski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Birmiski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aurelius backwards.
Birmiski avoids a wild elbow strike from Aurelius.
Aurelius lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Ari Birmiski has been cut.
Aurelius lands a hook that snaps the head of Birmiski backwards.
Aurelius cracks Birmiski with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Birmiski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aurelius lands an elbow just above Birmiski 's eye.
Aurelius pushes Birmiski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aurelius missing with knees to the body.
Birmiski blocks an elbow strike from Aurelius.
Aurelius presses Birmiski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Aurelius is keeping busy.
Aurelius misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Birmiski.
Birmiski trying to control the position but instead, Aurelius has worked for underhooks and has pushed Birmiski into the cage.
Birmiski blocks the elbow strike.
Aurelius throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Birmiskis head.
Aurelius lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Aurelius.
Aurelius lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Aurelius gets through Birmiski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Aurelius creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Birmiski's defenses.
Birmiski managing to block the knees to the body from Aurelius.
Aurelius scores with a hook to the body.
Aurelius lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Aurelius creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Aurelius.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius lands an elbow inside.
Aurelius comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Ari Birmiski's cut even more.
Aurelius is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Birmiski is defending well for now.
Aurelius utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Aurelius has Birmiski pressed against the cage, preventing Birmiski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aurelius lands a hook that snaps the head of Birmiski backwards.
Birmiski takes a shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Aurelius lands a body punch.
Birmiski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Aurelius smiles and moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Aurelius.
Birmiski looks gassed!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Birmiski throws a body kick the misses
and Aurelius counters with a body kick that stops Birmiski in his tracks momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sigvard Aurelius dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ari Birmiski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Birmiski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Aurelius counters with a good low kick that Birmiski was not able to check.
Birmiski looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Birmiski wants to control from the top but Aurelius keeps moving.
Aurelius looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius trying to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Birmiski misses with an uppercut
and Aurelius makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Birmiski throws a leg kick
and Aurelius counters with a slapping leg kick.
Birmiski throws an overhand right that lands on Aurelius's shoulder, as Aurelius tries to avoid the shot.
Aurelius takes a swing at Birmiski's ribcage but misses.
Aurelius wants to clinch but Birmiski slips to the side
and Birmiski counters with a left and a right that stings Aurelius.
Aurelius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Aurelius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Birmiski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aurelius.
Aurelius lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski throws a body punch but Aurelius moves out of range.
Birmiski throws a right hand that Aurelius ducks under and follows up with a left that Aurelius also avoids with ease.
Birmiski misses with a body shot
and Aurelius counters with a low kick, right behind Birmiski 's knee.
Sigvard Aurelius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Birmiski fails with the takedown
and Aurelius counters with a slapping leg kick.
Aurelius tries a low kick but Birmiski avoids it.
Aurelius takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Birmiski throws a sloppy head kick
and Aurelius counters with a solid body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aurelius, right into the meat.
Aurelius 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.
Aurelius with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Birmiski swings for the body but Aurelius moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius throws a combination. Birmiski tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Aurelius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Birmiski moves away.
Birmiski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aurelius counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sigvard Aurelius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ari Birmiski.
Birmiski is breathing heavily.
Aurelius lands a front kick.
Aurelius bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Birmiski's head backwards.
Aurelius bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Aurelius throws a quick inside leg kick.
Birmiski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Aurelius bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Aurelius fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Aurelius throws a front kick that sends Birmiski stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
Aurelius moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Aurelius chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Aurelius lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Aurelius lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Aurelius connects with a body shot that sends Birmiski's belly button to the back.
Sigvard Aurelius is winning the standup battle so far.
Aurelius chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Aurelius. Birmiski shrugs it off though.
Good standup being displayed there by Aurelius as he connects with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Birmiski throws a combination that misses
and Aurelius counters with a low kick, right behind Birmiski 's knee.
Aurelius fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Birmiski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sigvard Aurelius dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ari Birmiski's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Aurelius fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aurelius.
Birmiski has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Aurelius.
Aurelius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Aurelius attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Birmiski misses with a right hand
and Aurelius counters with a low kick, right behind Birmiski 's knee.
Birmiski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Aurelius throws a leg kick which misses Birmiski's front leg but catches the back leg as Birmiski tries to avoid it.
Birmiski takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Birmiski has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Aurelius.
Aurelius misses with a low kick.
Aurelius tried to score with a low kick but Birmiski checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius lands a nice leg kick that just misses Birmiski's sensitive parts.
Birmiski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aurelius lands a nice leg kick that just misses Birmiski's sensitive parts.
A head kick from Aurelius lands but Birmiski takes it in his stride.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Aurelius, as that shot connected.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aurelius, right into the meat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aurelius.
Birmiski swats away the attempt to clinch by Aurelius.
Aurelius lands a head kick!
Birmiski throws a hook but Aurelius avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aurelius counters with a leg kick.
Aurelius throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Aurelius throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aurelius looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Aurelius pushes Birmiski away with a front kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Aurelius!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick lands there from Aurelius.
Aurelius is looking to slow Birmiski down with leg kicks.
Birmiski checks the leg kick.
Aurelius closes the distance and clinches.
Aurelius lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski managing to block the knees to the body from Aurelius.
A short body shot lands from Aurelius as the two fighters clinch.
Birmiski just leaning against Aurelius, taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Aurelius scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aurelius lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Birmiski.
A nice left hand lands by Aurelius.
Aurelius lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aurelius lands an elbow inside that Birmiski shrugs off.
Aurelius lands an elbow just above Birmiski 's eye.
Birmiski avoiding damage as Aurelius throws knees to the body.
A short right from Aurelius on the inside.
A body shot lands from Aurelius.
Nice body punch from Aurelius - that landed with a thud.
Aurelius lands a hook to the side of the head.
Birmiski is trying to push Aurelius away but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aurelius is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Birmiski can do to turn this around?
Birmiski takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Birmiski's efforts to push away.
Aurelius misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Birmiski.
Aurelius lands an uppercut.
Aurelius lands an elbow that stopped Birmiski in his tracks for a moment.
Aurelius lands a body punch in the clinch.
Birmiski takes an elbow to the temple.
Birmiski takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short uppercut from Aurelius.
Aurelius pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Aurelius as the two fighters clinch.
Aurelius missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Aurelius.
Aurelius tries to land knees in the clinch but Birmiski avoids the damage to the body.
Birmiski managing to block the knees to the body from Aurelius.
Aurelius lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sigvard Aurelius clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Ari Birmiski's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Birmiski throws a combination that misses
and Aurelius counters with a low kick, right behind Birmiski 's knee.
That kick from Aurelius tenderised Birmiski's leg. Birmiski is trying to keep his angry face on.
Birmiski missing with a left hand there. Aurelius was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A shot to the body from Birmiski misses
and Aurelius counters with a leg kick.
Birmiski misses with an uppercut
and Birmiski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Birmiski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Birmiski throws a leg kick that is checked
and Aurelius counters with a thumping low kick.
Aurelius thows a leg kick but Birmiski checks it
and Birmiski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aurelius thinking.
Aurelius blocks a head kick by Birmiski.
Aurelius misses with a low kick.
Birmiski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aurelius manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Birmiski checks a leg kick.
Aurelius throws a half hearted mid kick.
Birmiski misses with a hook to the body
and Aurelius counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Aurelius lands with a nice combination. Birmiski backs away looking to recover.
Aurelius throws a leg kick
letting Birmiski counter with a right hand.
Aurelius throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Aurelius thows a body kick. Birmiski tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Aurelius changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Birmiski is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Aurelius fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Birmiski checks it well.
Birmiski throws a leg kick
and Aurelius counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Birmiski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Birmiski falls off balance throwing a combination
and Aurelius counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aurelius.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Aurelius lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Birmiski backwards.
Aurelius lands an elbow inside.
Aurelius scores with a nice hook to the head.
Birmiski working hard to break the clinch.
Birmiski tries to pull guard but Aurelius holds him up against the cage and eventually Birmiski drops back down to his feet.
Aurelius lands an elbow inside.
Aurelius throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Birmiski tries to score a body lock takedown but Aurelius shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aurelius.
Aurelius lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aurelius lands an elbow that stopped Birmiski in his tracks for a moment.
Birmiski goes for a takedown in the clinch but Aurelius prevents it.
Sigvard Aurelius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ari Birmiski.
Aurelius tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Birmiski avoids it.
Birmiski wants a takedown.
Aurelius lands a right hand that snaps the head of Birmiski backwards.
Aurelius lands a left hand that snaps the head of Birmiski backwards.
Aurelius stops a takedown attempt from Birmiski.
Aurelius lands a right hand.
Aurelius lands with a left to the head.
Aurelius trying to land knees to the body.
Aurelius lands a nice elbow.
Aurelius creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Birmiski's defenses.
The cut above Ari Birmiski's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Aurelius lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Aurelius.
Birmiski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Aurelius.
Birmiski is trying to push Aurelius away but Aurelius has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aurelius lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Birmiski backwards.
Aurelius lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Birmiski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Birmiski managing to block the knees to the body from Aurelius.
Birmiski takes a shot to the head.
Aurelius pushes Birmiski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aurelius gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Birmiski.
Aurelius lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sigvard Aurelius had his way with Ari Birmiski in that round.
The cut man is working on Ari Birmiski's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Aurelius dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Birmiski. That did some damage!
Aurelius throws a leg kick but Birmiski sees it coming and moves out of range.
Birmiski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Aurelius circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Aurelius.
Nice takedown defense from Aurelius. No joy for Birmiski on that attempt.
Aurelius scoring well with a low kick there.
Aurelius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Birmiski moves out of range as Aurelius throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Birmiski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Birmiski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Aurelius connects with a solid leg kick.
Birmiski checks the leg kick nicely there.
Birmiski is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius throws a leg kick that misses.
Birmiski misses with a right hand
and Aurelius counters with a good low kick that Birmiski was not able to check.
A slapping leg kick lands for Aurelius.
Aurelius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Birmiski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Birmiski ducks under a wild hook from Aurelius.
Birmiski misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aurelius.
Birmiski throws a right hand that misses
and Aurelius counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Birmiski misses with a body kick.
Aurelius scores with a body shot.
Birmiski doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Aurelius counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sigvard Aurelius is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sigvard Aurelius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ari Birmiski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Birmiski on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Birmiski misses with a body punch
and Aurelius makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Birmiski really felt that one!
Birmiski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Aurelius lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Birmiski 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.
Aurelius wants to clinch.
Aurelius feints and then cracks Birmiski's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Birmiski down.
Birmiski misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aurelius makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius lands a head shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Aurelius, right into the meat.
Birmiski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Aurelius counters with an outside leg kick.
Birmiski fails to land the takedown.
Birmiski takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Birmiski misses with a takedown
and Aurelius counters with a thumping low kick.
Aurelius throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Aurelius looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick lands from Aurelius.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelius is looking to land body kicks.
Birmiski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aurelius counters with an inside leg kick.
Birmiski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Aurelius misses with a leg kick
and Birmiski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aurelius scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Aurelius.
Birmiski throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Aurelius.
Nice body kick there by Aurelius.
Ari Birmiski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A slapping body kick lands there for Aurelius.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sigvard Aurelius showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Aurelius, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 50:43
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 50:43
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sigvard Aurelius!
Sigvard Aurelius retains his bantamweight title!
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