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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joel Abadi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lubomir Burqa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Lubomir Burqa enters the cage!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joel Abadi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lubomir Burqa!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burqa throws a body punch but Abadi moves out of range.
Abadi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Abadi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Abadi lands a head kick!
Abadi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Abadi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Abadi wants to slow Burqa down by chopping away at his legs.
The fighters circling - Abadi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burqa misses with a hook to the body
and Abadi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Abadi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Burqa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abadi throws a leg kick that misses.
Burqa avoids the head kick by Abadi.
Abadi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abadi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Abadi is looking to slow Burqa down with leg kicks.
Abadi tries a head kick but it misses.
Burqa misses the shot to the body.
That kick from Abadi tenderised Burqa's leg. Burqa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Abadi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Abadi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Abadi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Burqa blocks a low kick nicely.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Burqa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Abadi - the referee stops the clock and Burqa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Abadi. Burqa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Good leg kick by Abadi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Abadi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Burqa.
It looks like Joel Abadi has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abadi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Burqa counters with a nice uppercut.
Abadi tries to clinch up but Burqa circles away and keeps his distance.
Burqa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Abadi can pounce on him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Abadi.
Abadi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Burqa takes a step back to recover.
Abadi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Abadi. Burqa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abadi thumps Burqa with a low kick.
Abadi scores with a head kick. Burqa tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Lubomir Burqa has been cut.
Joel Abadi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abadi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abadi tries to work over Burqa's front leg with a kick but Burqa checks it.
Abadi misses with a low kick.
Burqa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Abadi tries a head kick but it misses.
Burqa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Burqa.
Abadi throws a leg kick but Burqa moved away.
Burqa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Abadi scoring well with a low kick there.
Abadi misses with a leg kick.
Burqa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Abadi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Abadi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Abadi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Abadi is looking to land body kicks.
Abadi just misses with a punch to the body.
Abadi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Burqa misses with a shot to the body
and Abadi counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Abadi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Burqa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Abadi avoids a punch combination nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Abadi.
Abadi feints and then cracks Burqa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burqa down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Abadi dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Abadi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Abadi lands a head kick!
Burqa swats away the attempt to clinch by Abadi.
Abadi wants to land a leg kick but Burqa is out of range.
Abadi throws a leg kick which misses Burqa's front leg but catches the back leg as Burqa tries to avoid it.
Abadi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Burqa checks it well.
Abadi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Abadi throws a head kick but Burqa moves out of range.
Abadi misses with a low kick.
Burqa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Abadi.
Burqa jabs Abadi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Abadi
and Burqa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abadi avoids the body shot from Burqa.
Abadi tries to work over Burqa's front leg with a kick but Burqa checks it.
Abadi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Burqa counters with a nice body shot.
Burqa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abadi manages to avoid it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Abadi here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Burqa takes a swing at Abadi's ribcage but misses.
Burqa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burqa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Abadi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Abadi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abadi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Abadi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Abadi, right into the meat.
Abadi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Burqa checks it well.
Joel Abadi is winning the standup battle so far.
Burqa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Abadi can pounce on him.
Abadi throws the kick towards the body but Burqa avoids it.
Abadi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Abadi shoots in for a takedown but Burqa shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Burqa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Abadi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Abadi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abadi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burqa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abadi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Abadi lands with an uppercut that bounces Burqa off the cage and back into rage.
Abadi looks to land a body kick but Burqa moved away.
Burqa takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Abadi misses with a low kick.
Burqa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Abadi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Abadi scores with a leg kick.
Abadi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abadi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Abadi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Burqa checks a low kick from Abadi.
Burqa keeps the fight on the outside.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Abadi, right into the meat.
Burqa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Burqa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Abadi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burqa takes a kick to the side of the head.
Burqa is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Abadi rather than just go for the knockout.
Abadi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lubomir Burqa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Abadi, right into the meat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Abadi.
Abadi throws a front kick aimed at Burqa's knee but Burqa avoids it well.
Burqa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Abadi counters with an inside leg kick.
Abadi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burqa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abadi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Burqa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Abadi.
Abadi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Abadi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abadi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Burqa steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Abadi. That one must have hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abadi throws a chopping leg kick but Burqa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Abadi doesn't manage to clinch there - Burqa circles away.
Abadi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Burqa is out of range.
Abadi tries to land a leg kick but Burqa saw it coming and moves away.
Burqa checks the leg kick nicely there.
Burqa keeps the fight on the outside.
Abadi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Abadi connects with a solid leg kick.
Abadi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Abadi.
Abadi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abadi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Burqa. That did some damage!
Abadi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Burqa.
Abadi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Burqa is able to avoid easily.
Burqa blocks a head kick by Abadi.
Abadi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Burqa throws a body punch but Abadi moves out of range.
Abadi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burqa checks a low kick from Abadi.
Abadi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Burqa. That did some damage!
A clash of legs there as Burqa blocks the low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abadi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abadi keeps Burqa at a distance using the push kick.
Burqa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abadi.
Abadi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Burqa. That did some damage!
Burqa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Abadi throws a leg kick
and Burqa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Burqa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A head kick misses from Abadi.
Abadi tries a head kick but it misses.
Abadi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Abadi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Abadi throws a sloppy head kick and Burqa moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abadi scoring well with a low kick there.
Abadi throws a low kick but Burqa avoids it.
Burqa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lubomir Burqa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burqa misses with an uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Abadi.
Abadi tries to close the distance and clinch but Burqa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Abadi wants to clinch up but Burqa keeps it at a distance.
Abadi throws a low kick, looking for Burqa's leg but Burqa calmly moves out of range.
Abadi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Abadi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Abadi clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Abadi scoring well with a low kick there.
Abadi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Burqa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Abadi.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Abadi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Abadi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Abadi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Abadi thumps Burqa with a low kick.
Abadi motions for Burqa to come forward. Abadi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick from Abadi lands but Burqa takes it in his stride.
Abadi throws a head kick that misses.
Abadi lands a head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abadi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Abadi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Burqa blocks a low kick nicely.
Burqa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Burqa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Burqa takes a swing at Abadi's ribcage but misses.
Abadi is looking to slow Burqa down with leg kicks.
Abadi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abadi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burqa looks to land a combination but Abadi avoids it well.
Abadi connects with a leg kick. Burqa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Abadi feints and then cracks Burqa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Burqa down.
Burqa moves out of range as Abadi throws a body kick.
Burqa blocks a head kick by Abadi.
Abadi throws a leg kick that misses.
Abadi misses with a body kick.
Abadi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Abadi thumps Burqa with a low kick.
Abadi throws a low kick but Burqa moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abadi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Abadi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Abadi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Burqa counters with a left to the body.
Abadi throws out a leg kick but Burqa moves out of range and Abadi only half commits.
A solid leg kick lands there for Abadi.
Abadi thuds his shin into the meat of Burqa's side.
Abadi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Burqa looks to score with a jab to the body but Abadi is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burqa blocks the body kick.
A shot to the body from Burqa misses
and Abadi counters with an inside leg kick.
Burqa moves out of range of the leg kick from Abadi.
Abadi thumps Burqa with a low kick.
Crunch! Abadi slams his shin into Burqa's torso.
Burqa is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Burqa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abadi.
Burqa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Abadi scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burqa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Abadi can pounce on him.
A solid body kick from Abadi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abadi scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Abadi had his way with Lubomir Burqa in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Burqa keeps the fight on the outside.
Some bone on bone action there as Burqa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Abadi connects with an inside leg kick.
Burqa misses with a wild body shot.
Abadi tries to clinch up but Burqa circles away and keeps his distance.
Burqa blocks a low kick nicely.
Abadi fakes the leg kick and cracks Burqa in the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burqa thows a body shot but no joy.
Burqa connects with a body shot.
Burqa lands a slapping body shot.
Burqa just misses with a punch to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burqa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Burqa throws a body punch but Abadi moves out of range.
Burqa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Abadi.
Abadi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burqa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Abadi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Burqa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Abadi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abadi misses with a low kick.
Abadi lands with a kick to the temple. Burqa shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Burqa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abadi moves away.
Abadi tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Burqa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burqa. Abadi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by Abadi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Abadi throws a body kick that misses.
Abadi is looking to score with low kicks.
Abadi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burqa's sensitive parts.
Burqa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Abadi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Abadi throws out a leg kick but Burqa moves out of range and Abadi only half commits.
Burqa checks a low kick from Abadi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abadi misses with a low kick.
Burqa throws a body punch but Abadi moves out of range.
Burqa scores with a hook to the body. Abadi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burqa keeps the fight on the outside.
Burqa throws a body punch but Abadi moves out of range.
Abadi scores with a leg kick.
Abadi throws a sloppy head kick and Burqa moves out of range easily.
Burqa moves out of range of the body kick from Abadi.
Good work by Burqa as he checks the leg kick.
Abadi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Burqa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burqa checks the leg kick.
Burqa takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Burqa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Abadi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Abadi lands a nice looking body kick.
Abadi is looking to clinch.
Abadi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Abadi there.
Burqa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lubomir Burqa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joel Abadi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Burqa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lubomir Burqa.
Well Abadi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 49:47
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 48:47
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joel Abadi!
Joel Abadi retains his heavyweight title!
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