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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Flowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dave Flowers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brock Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Michaels misses with the combination.
Michaels gets caught flat footed, as Flowers shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Flowers stops Michaels from standing up.
Flowers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Flowers sitting in guard here, content to control.
Flowers looking to pass the guard.
Flowers wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.
Michaels can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Flowers controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flowers passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Flowers wants to control but Michaels is keeping him busy.
Flowers is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Michaels is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Michaels is letting Flowers control him for a moment.
That's two 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.
You can see the frustration on Michaels's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Flowers taking a breather here.
Flowers seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Michaels for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dave Flowers just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Michaels misses with a wild combination.
Michaels throws a sloppy head kick and Flowers moves out of range easily.
A right-left combo lands from Michaels.
Flowers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
Michaels throws a head kick that half lands.
Flowers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Flowers just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from Michaels misses.
Michaels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Michaels pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Michaels misses with a few strikes there.
Michaels swinging wilding here.
Michaels swats away the attempt to clinch by Flowers.
Brock Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Michaels lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Flowers backs up against the cage.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flowers moves away.
A jab from Michaels finds it's way through Flowers's defenses.
Flowers slips a jab and a cross from Michaels.
Flowers shoots in for a double leg but Michaels sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Brock Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels lands with a thumping leg kick.
Flowers throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Michaels's waist but Michaels gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Flowers off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Flowers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Michaels misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Michaels misses with a jab, cross combination.
Michaels throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Flowers.
Michaels throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Michaels tries to bum rush Flowers with a series of wild strikes but Flowers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Michaels misses with a two punch combination.
Flowers shoots in and drives through. Michaels sprawls well.
Michaels lands a jab to the nose.
Michaels's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Michaels duly obliges.
Flowers is breathing heavily.
Michaels throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brock Michaels dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Michaels sizes up Flowers with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Michaels lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Flowers backs up against the cage.
Nice defenses there by Flowers.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Flowers moves out of range.
Michaels lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Flowers is rocked!
Flowers decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Oh Flowers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Michaels trying to hold on to Flowers's head to control him but Flowers postures up.
Flowers controlling the action here.
Flowers seems to have got his legs back now.
Flowers is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Michaels still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Michaels has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Michaels really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Flowers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Flowers sneaks back into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flowers gets back to full guard.
Michaels wants to control from the top but Flowers keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels looking to sit in guard and control but Flowers gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Flowers pushes down on Michaels's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's two 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.
Flowers is looking to take a break and control but Michaels is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Flowers perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Michaels wants to control but Flowers is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Michaels won't allow Flowers to pass to mount.
Flowers perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flowers is tying to control. Michaels wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Flowers is really struggling to control Michaels but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Flowers fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flowers throws a head kick that misses.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Flowers moves out of range.
Michaels throws a series of punches but Flowers moves out of range.
Flowers drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Michaels connects with a crisp jab.
Flowers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michaels swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Michaels lands a jab-cross combination.
Flowers slips a straight right by Michaels.
Flowers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Michaels misses with a double jab.
Flowers tries to clinch up.
Michaels stuffs the takedown.
Michaels works over Flowers's head and body with a nice combination.
Michaels throws a right and a left that both miss.
Michaels scores with a three punch combo!
Flowers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Michaels.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flowers dodges the punch combination from Michaels.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Flowers takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Michaels throws a head kick that half lands.
Flowers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Flowers shoots in and drives through. Michaels sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Flowers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right-left combo lands from Michaels.
Michaels scores with a three punch combo!
Michaels wants to land a leg kick but Flowers is out of range.
Flowers closes this distance looking for a takedown but Michaels circles away.
Flowers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michaels misses with the combination.
Michaels paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brock Michaels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Michaels!
Michaels looks to land a combination but Flowers avoids it well.
Flowers closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Michaels tries to kick Flowers off but Flowers keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Michaels trying to control but Flowers postures up.
Flowers passes the guard and advances to mount!
Flowers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flowers avoids the attempt from Michaels to control.
Flowers can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Michaels is looking to escape.
Flowers looking to control and managing it successfully.
Michaels is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's two 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.
Flowers unloading with bombs!
Flowers controlling the pace for now.
Flowers trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Flowers prevents Michaels from getting the reversal.
Flowers avoids the attempt from Michaels to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flowers looking to control and managing it successfully.
Flowers's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dave Flowers just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Flowers throws a predictable looking body shot
and Michaels counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
No joy there for Michaels, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Michaels throws a head kick but Flowers moves out of range.
Flowers wants to clinch.
Michaels stuffs the takedown.
Michaels misses with a series of wild punches.
Michaels swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Flowers tries to clinch but Michaels is having none of it.
Michaels lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Flowers.
Flowers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Flowers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dave Flowers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flowers feints and as Michaels raises his hands in defense, Flowers changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Flowers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Michaels is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Michaels scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Michaels keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Flowers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Michaels getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Flowers showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Michaels 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brock Michaels!
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energy
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