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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lonje Moco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herrick Goldman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Goldman's choice of entrance music: Gamma Ray - Blood Religion . Herrick Goldman has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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27
163 lbs
4 - 1 - 1 |
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165 cm
22
170 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lonje Moco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Herrick Goldman!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moco swinging wildly here.
Moco with a poor takedown
enabling Goldman to counter with a crisp jab.
Moco clinches with his opponent.
Goldman throws a punch but it's blocked by Moco.
Goldman lands a body punch.
Goldman lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Goldman.
Goldman lands a shot to the body.
Moco is breathing heavily.
Goldman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Goldman lands with a short shot to the head.
Moco really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Moco wants a takedown but no success here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Goldman.
Goldman pushes Moco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Goldman.
Goldman manages to break the clinch.
Goldman feints and as Moco raises his hands in defense, Goldman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Moco on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Moco tries to get out of the position.
Goldman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Moco avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Moco will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Goldman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moco utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Moco not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Goldman lands a couple of digs.
Goldman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Moco works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Goldman is in close to Moco's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Goldman trying to control the position from guard on top but Moco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Goldman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Goldman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldman pushes down on Moco's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Goldman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Moco wants to improve his position but Goldman is controlling well.
Moco knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Goldman on the ground.
Goldman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Goldman lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Goldman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Goldman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Goldman trying to control the pace.
Goldman slips a nice elbow through Moco's hands, connecting with Moco's forehead.
Moco is not content to let Goldman control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldman controlling the action here.
Goldman winds up and cracks Moco with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Goldman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Moco's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moco regains full guard. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moco is trying to keep Goldman in close.
Goldman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herrick Goldman dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Goldman sizes up Moco with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Goldman darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Goldman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Moco's head.
Goldman prevents Moco from improving his position.
Moco is trying to maintain the position but Goldman is very close to passing his half guard.
Goldman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldman slows the pace down in half guard.
Moco is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Goldman scores with a couple of nice shots.
Moco is refusing to be controlled, as Goldman sits in half guard.
Goldman keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Moco is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Goldman scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Goldman there.
Herrick Goldman has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Goldman throwing shots but Moco is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moco keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Goldman thows a huge punch but Moco dodges it nicely.
Goldman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Moco's head.
Moco is trying to maintain the position but Goldman is very close to passing his half guard.
Goldman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Goldman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldman controlling the action here.
Goldman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Goldman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Goldman controlling the action here.
Goldman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldman controlling the pace.
Goldman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Goldman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Moco keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Moco is not content to let Goldman control the position.
Moco has hold of Goldman's hands but Goldman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herrick Goldman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Moco misses with an uppercut.
Goldman misses with a body shot.
Goldman scores a takedown into full mount!
Goldman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Goldman cracks Moco with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Goldman working Moco over with strikes here.
Moco in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Moco keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Goldman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Goldman throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Goldman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Goldman unloading with bombs!
Moco is squirming around, avoiding Goldman's attempts to control the action.
Goldman landing strikes from the mount.
Goldman content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moco holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Goldman tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Goldman punishing his opponent with strikes.
Goldman raining down shots from the mount!
Goldman landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldman unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Goldman.
It looks like Lonje Moco has been cut.
Goldman cracks Moco with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Goldman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Moco tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Goldman dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! Goldman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goldman trying to control but Moco is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Goldman.
Goldman looking to control but Moco is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Goldman with a couple of short strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Goldman prevents Moco from getting the reversal.
Moco in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Herrick Goldman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Goldman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 24:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 25:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herrick Goldman!
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FIGHT
RATING
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