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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Giorgios Finlitis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Mustard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mustard has chosen Beat it as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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203 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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200 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Giorgios Finlitis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mr Mustard!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustard misses with a shot to the body
and Finlitis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Finlitis.
Mustard goes for a takedown attempt but Finlitis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mustard swings widly with a right hand
and Finlitis counters with a shoot takedown. Mustard fights it but they end up in guard.
Finlitis is looking to stand up but Mustard won't let him.
Mustard working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Finlitis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Finlitis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Finlitis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mustard is proving hard to escape from.
Mustard is pulling down on Finlitis's head. It's preventing any offense from Finlitis, at least for the moment.
Finlitis wants to get up but he can't break Mustard's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mustard is pulling down on Finlitis's head to control his posture.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Finlitis wants to clinch.
Finlitis fails to land with a series of punches.
Mustard throws a poor cross that misses
and Finlitis counters with a single leg into guard. Mustard didn't expect that.
Mustard manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Mustard has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Finlitis's face.
Mustard is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Finlitis is surviving well by controlling Mustard's body position as best he can.
Finlitis wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustard is landing with some decent strikes but Finlitis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Mustard fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mustard scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Finlitis?
Mustard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mustard landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mustard postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Finlitis looks a forlorn figure.
Mustard looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Finlitis wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mustard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mustard scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mustard has isolated one of Finlitis's arms. Finlitis looking to fight him off but Mustard twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mr Mustard!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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