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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kemal Mang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taisto Tappura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taisto Tappura is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kemal Mang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taisto Tappura!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tappura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mang takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mang has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mang there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tappura throws a poor cross that misses
and Mang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tappura connects with a looping right hand.
Tappura scores with a nice head shot.
Tappura throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tappura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tappura throws a jab when Mang was well out of range.
Mang blocks a jab.
Tappura throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tappura throws a hook but Mang avoids it easily.
Tappura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tappura misses with a left hand
and Mang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tappura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Tappura misses.
Tappura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mang was well out of range. Poor timing from Tappura.
Tappura with a nice cross.
Tappura scores with a nice right hand.
Tappura throws a lazy right hand but Mang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tappura bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mang's head backwards.
Tappura checks a low kick from Mang.
A cross from Tappura lands.
Tappura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mang.
Tappura is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mang had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tappura misses with a right hand
and Mang counters by clinching up.
Mang trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mang lands an elbow just above Tappura 's eye.
Mang misses with a knee strike.
Mang looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mang stalling in the clinch.
Tappura avoiding damage as Mang throws knees to the body.
Mang lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Taisto Tappura has been cut.
Tappura takes a knee to the side of the body.
Still in the clinch, Tappura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tappura is defending well for now.
Mang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tappura.
Mang misses with a knee to the head.
Tappura lands an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tappura.
Mang lands a nice elbow.
Mang trying to stall but Tappura improves his position.
Tappura lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mang backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tappura managing to block the knees to the body from Mang.
Mang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tappura avoids it.
Mang pushes off an throws an elbow but Tappura leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tappura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mang pushes off an throws an elbow but Tappura leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mang trying to land knees to the body.
Tappura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tappura blocks the elbow strike.
Tappura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tappura lands a glancing blow to the side of Mang's head.
Tappura misses with a hook. Mang ducked under it nicely.
Tappura misses with an uppercut. Mang saw that one coming.
Tappura checks the leg kick.
Tappura throws the left hand but Mang avoids the punch easily.
Tappura throws a big shot that misses.
Tappura might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tappura looks to land a left hand but Mang moved out of range nicely.
Tappura misses the shot to the body.
Tappura throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mang fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tappura, pushing him back against the cage.
Mang looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mang lands a good knee to the midsection. Tappura won't want to take too many of those.
Tappura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tappura breaks from the clinch.
Mang tries to clinch up
and Tappura counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tappura throws a body punch but Mang moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taisto Tappura dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taisto Tappura's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mang moves into range and clinches up with Tappura.
Mang trying to land knees to the body.
Mang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tappura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mang is stalling here.
Mang tries to land knees in the clinch but Tappura avoids the damage to the body.
Mang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mang looking to throw knees to the head but Tappura is blocking nicely.
Mang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tappura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tappura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mang misses with a knee strike.
Mang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tappura avoids the elbow strike from Mang, against the cage.
Mang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tappura avoids it.
Tappura avoids the elbow strike from Mang, against the cage.
Mang tries to land a knee to the head but Tappura blocks with his arms.
Mang misses with a knee to the head.
Mang takes a shot to the head.
Tappura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tappura lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tappura is trying to break free.
Tappura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Mang.
Tappura throws a lazy right hand but Mang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Tappura. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Tappura scores with a one two! Mang had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tappura checks a low kick from Mang.
Tappura's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tappura duly obliges.
Mang needs to keep his hands up - Tappura had a free shot at his head there.
Mang tries to clinch up
enabling Tappura to counter with a crisp jab.
Tappura moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Tappura. That snapped Mang's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mang slips under a jab.
Tappura takes a swing at Mang's ribcage but misses.
Tappura throws a hook but Mang blocks it.
Mang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tappura scores with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Mang.
Mang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tappura.
Tappura looks to score with a jab to the body but Mang is just out of range.
Mang throws a front kick aimed at Tappura's knee but Tappura avoids it well.
Tappura fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tappura lands a jab to Mang's midsection.
Mang defending well as Tappura loads up on a big left hand.
Sloppy strikes from Tappura. Those never looked like landing.
Taisto Tappura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tappura swats away the attempt to clinch by Mang.
Tappura throws a lazy right hand but Mang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Tappura does it's job there.
Tappura throws a body punch but Mang moves out of range.
A combination from Tappura does no damage.
Mang moves out of range as Tappura strikes.
Tappura just misses with a punch to the body.
Mang finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tappura paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tappura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mang tries to clinch up but Tappura circles away and keeps his distance.
Tappura swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mang.
Jab, jab by Tappura - just one landing.
Tappura scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Taisto Tappura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tappura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tappura rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tappura takes a swing at Mang's ribcage but misses.
Tappura takes a swing at Mang's ribcage but misses.
Mang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tappura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taisto Tappura showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Taisto Tappura's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Tappura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mang moves away.
Tappura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mang.
A swing and a miss from Tappura.
Tappura misses with a wild body shot.
Mang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tappura.
Tappura takes a swing at Mang's ribcage but misses.
Tappura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mang was well out of range. Poor timing from Tappura.
A bone on bone clash there as Tappura blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tappura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mang throws a low kick, looking for Tappura's leg but Tappura calmly moves out of range.
Tappura throws a big shot that misses.
Mang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tappura.
Mang looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tappura throws out the jab.
Tappura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mang closes the distance and pushes Tappura back into the cage.
Tappura wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mang lands an elbow inside.
Mang lands an elbow that stopped Tappura in his tracks for a moment.
Mang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mang lands an elbow inside.
Mang lands an elbow that stopped Tappura in his tracks for a moment.
That has opened up Taisto Tappura's cut even more.
Tappura managing to block the knees to the body from Mang.
Mang misses with a knee strike.
Mang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mang is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tappura is defending well for now.
Tappura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tappura is trying to break the clinch but Mang is controlling him.
Mang tries a knee to the head but Tappura blocks it.
Mang with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mang stalling in the clinch but Tappura improves position.
Mang lands a nice knee to the body.
Tappura takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
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!
Mang misses with a knee strike.
Mang has Tappura pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Mang for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Tappura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kemal Mang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tappura avoiding damage as Mang throws knees to the body.
Mang tries to land a knee to the head but Tappura blocks with his arms.
Mang throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tappura blocks it with crossed arms.
Tappura managing to block the knees to the body from Mang.
Mang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tappura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mang with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tappura wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mang has him pressed against the cage.
Tappura breaks from the clinch.
Tappura changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tappura takes a swing at Mang's ribcage but misses.
Tappura keeps the fight on the outside.
Mang slips a jab from Tappura.
Mang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tappura throws a body punch but Mang moves out of range.
Tappura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tappura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mang tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tappura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Mang.
Tappura with a jab.
Taisto Tappura is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tappura lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mang circles away quickly and effectively.
Mang's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tappura connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mang scrambles back to his feet.
Tappura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tappura misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tappura. Mang does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tappura looks to land a combination. Mang sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tappura misses with a double jab.
Tappura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mang.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mang misses with a low kick.
Mang feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tappura's calf.
Kemal Mang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mang throws out a leg kick but Tappura moves out of range and Mang only half commits.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kemal Mang showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tappura has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taisto Tappura!
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energy
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hype
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