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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikola Zrinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikola Zrinski will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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185 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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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
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Don Capone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikola Zrinski!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capone with a lazy takedown attempt
and Zrinski counters with a nice kick to the body.
Zrinski throws a sloppy head kick and Capone moves out of range easily.
Zrinski closes the distance and clinches up with Capone, looking for a takedown. Zrinski pushes Capone against the cage but Capone circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Capone really is a fat lump.
Capone moves in looking to clinch but Zrinski pushes him off.
Capone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zrinski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Capone shoots and misses
and Zrinski counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Capone avoids the head kick by Zrinski.
Zrinski fails to land the takedown.
Capone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Zrinski.
Don Capone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nikola Zrinski.
Capone has taken the fight to the clinch.
Capone is struggling to control the position.
Capone lands an elbow just above Zrinski 's eye.
Zrinski is trying to stall.
Zrinski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Capone smiles and moves away.
Zrinski throws a head kick but Capone moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Capone is defended easily by Zrinski.
Capone clinches up against the cage.
Zrinski has had enough of the clinch but Capone keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Capone obliges.
Zrinski looks gassed!
Capone stalling against the cage.
Capone lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Nikola Zrinski has been cut.
The referee calls for Capone to work.
Capone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zrinski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
A bit of stalling here from Capone.
Capone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Capone working Zrinski over with knees to the body.
Capone controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Don Capone.
Capone has a takedown stuffed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone shoots in looking for a takedown. Zrinski tries to sprawl out of it but Capone keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zrinski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Capone closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zrinski circles away.
Capone shoots for a takedown but Zrinski saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Capone moves into the clinch.
Capone displaying some good clinch control by pressing Zrinski up against the cage.
Zrinski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Capone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Capone is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Capone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zrinski up against the cage.
Capone lands a knee to the body.
Capone stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Don Capone.
Capone has taken the fight to the clinch.
Capone scores a nice knee to the body.
Capone connects with a knee to the head.
Capone avoiding damage.
Capone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Capone scores a nice knee to the body.
Capone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Capone crunches a lovely knee into Zrinski's ribcage.
Capone lands an elbow just above Zrinski 's eye.
Capone avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Don Capone.
Zrinski throws a sloppy head kick and Capone moves out of range easily.
Capone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zrinski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nikola Zrinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Capone shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Zrinski as he avoids it easily.
Capone shoots in for a takedown but Zrinski shows good takedown defense.
Capone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Capone shoots in for a takedown but Zrinski shows good takedown defense.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Capone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Capone fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Capone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nikola Zrinski's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zrinski lands a head kick. Capone smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Capone tries for a takedown but Zrinski circles away easily
and Zrinski counters with a nice body kick.
Capone steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zrinski. That one must have hurt.
Zrinski scores with a head kick. Capone tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Zrinski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Capone looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Capone sneaks back into half guard.
Zrinski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Capone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Capone is looking to control Zrinski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Capone avoid being mounted?
Capone might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Zrinski not doing much here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Capone misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Zrinski is breathing heavily.
Capone makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Capone fails with the takedown.
Capone moves into range and clinches up with Zrinski.
Capone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Capone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zrinski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zrinski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Capone is pushing Zrinski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Capone seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Capone.
Come on Capone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Don Capone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Don Capone.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Capone.
Capone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Capone for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Capone tries to land a knee to the head but Zrinski blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Capone.
Zrinski being controlled against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Don Capone.
Capone drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone working away.
Capone trying to control the action but Zrinski is working from the bottom.
Capone has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Capone shoots in looking for a takedown. Zrinski tries to sprawl out of it but Capone keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Zrinski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Capone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Capone wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Capone has a takedown stuffed.
Zrinski throws a nice head kick!
Capone wants to clinch.
Zrinski stuffs the takedown attempt from Capone. Capone gets slowly back to his feet.
Capone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zrinski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Capone.
Capone fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Capone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nikola Zrinski's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Zrinski leaves Capone with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Zrinski throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Capone.
Don Capone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Capone dodges the punch combination from Zrinski.
Capone takes the fight into the clinch.
Capone tries to stall but Zrinski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zrinski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capone looking to throw knees to the head but Zrinski is blocking nicely.
Capone trying to control the position but instead, Zrinski has worked for underhooks and has pushed Capone into the cage.
Capone has Zrinski pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Don Capone.
Capone is looking to clinch but Zrinski is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone swats away the attempt to clinch by Zrinski.
A head kick from Zrinski lands but Capone takes it in his stride.
Zrinski lands with a kick to the temple. Capone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Zrinski swats away the attempt to clinch by Capone.
Zrinski lands with a nice body kick.
Capone shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Zrinski defends it nicely.
Zrinski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zrinski lands with a slapping head kick.
Capone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zrinski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zrinski tries to keep at a distance but Capone has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Capone.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Capone trying to land knees to the body.
Capone effectively controlling the action here.
Zrinski working hard to break the clinch.
Zrinski tries to circle away but Capone has him pinned against the cage.
Zrinski working hard to break the clinch.
Capone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Capone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Capone lands a good knee to the midsection. Zrinski won't want to take too many of those.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Capone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zrinski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Capone has him pressed against the cage.
Capone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Capone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Capone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Come on Capone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Capone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zrinski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Don Capone.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Capone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Zrinski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Capone lands a damaging elbow.
Capone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zrinski tries to circle away but Capone has him pinned against the cage.
Capone lands a nice knee to the body.
Capone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Capone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zrinski's defenses.
Capone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zrinski has had enough of the clinch but Capone keeps him there for the moment.
Zrinski is trying to break free.
Come on Capone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Capone is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zrinski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Capone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Capone tries to land a knee to the head but Zrinski blocks with his arms.
Capone tries to land knees in the clinch but Zrinski avoids the damage to the body.
Nikola Zrinski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zrinski is trying to push Capone away but Capone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Capone lands a knee to the body.
Capone unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Capone has Zrinski pressed against the cage, preventing Zrinski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Capone.
Capone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Capone keeps control of Zrinski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Capone avoids the elbow strike from Zrinski, against the cage.
Zrinski tries to circle away but Capone has him pinned against the cage.
Zrinski tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Capone smiles and moves away.
Zrinski tries to keep at a distance but Capone has taken the fight into the clinch.
Capone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Zrinski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Capone effectively controlling the action here.
Don Capone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Capone obliges.
And that's the end of the fight!
Don Capone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Capone, 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Capone!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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