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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Shalbek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Branko Dalibor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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237 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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191 cm
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284 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Shalbek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Branko Dalibor!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dalibor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dalibor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shalbek throws a right hand that misses
and Dalibor decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Shalbek's guard.
Shalbek keeping moving, preventing Dalibor from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dalibor wants to pass the guard but Shalbek is keeping the position.
Dalibor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dalibor trying to control but Shalbek is working from the bottom.
Dalibor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dalibor trying to control the position from guard on top but Shalbek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dalibor throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalibor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Shalbek preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Shalbek wants to sweep but no luck.
Dalibor trying to control but Shalbek is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dalibor is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Branko Dalibor was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Dalibor misses with a jab, cross combination.
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.
Shalbek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shalbek looks to clinch
and Dalibor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dalibor tries to bum rush Shalbek with a series of wild strikes but Shalbek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shalbek misses with a body shot.
Shalbek tries to clinch up
and Dalibor counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dalibor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Dalibor misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shalbek circles away quickly and effectively.
Dalibor takes a swing at Shalbek's ribcage but misses.
Vladimir Shalbek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dalibor is defended easily by Shalbek.
Shalbek tries to sprawl but Dalibor drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Dalibor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dalibor uses his free foot to push down on Shalbek's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Shalbek.
Dalibor looking to ground and pound but Shalbek is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Shalbek because Dalibor loaded up on that one.
Shalbek avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dalibor.
Shalbek blocking the ground and pound.
A nice elbow there by Dalibor.
Dalibor lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dalibor looking to finish with strikes here!
Dalibor breaks from Shalbek's wrist control and lands an elbow.
It looks like Vladimir Shalbek has been cut.
Shalbek is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dalibor wants to control the pace but Shalbek is squirming around nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Dalibor there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Branko Dalibor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Shalbek's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dalibor connects with a body shot.
Shalbek misses the shot to the body.
Shalbek throws an off balance right hand
and Shalbek takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dalibor misses with a two punch combination.
Dalibor misses with a double jab
and Dalibor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dalibor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shalbek circles away quickly and effectively.
Shalbek throws a shot from downtown. Dalibor moves away and avoids it.
Shalbek throws a right hand that misses
enabling Dalibor to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalibor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dalibor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shalbek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shalbek tries to clinch up
and Dalibor counters with a nice uppercut.
Shalbek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dalibor throws a lazy uppercut
and Shalbek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dalibor scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Shalbek enables Dalibor to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Shalbek manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Dalibor wants to control from the top but Shalbek keeps moving.
Dalibor throws and elbow that misses. Shalbek uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dalibor's guard. Nice move by Shalbek!
Shalbek stops Dalibor from standing up.
Dalibor kicks Shalbek off and gets to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shalbek throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Dalibor to counter with a crisp jab.
Shalbek takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shalbek moves in looking to clinch but Dalibor pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor misses with a body shot
enabling Shalbek to counter with a crisp jab.
Branko Dalibor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shalbek misses with a shot to the body
and Dalibor counters with a left and a right that stings Shalbek.
Vladimir Shalbek's cut is getting worse.
Dalibor walks into a left hand.
Shalbek takes one on the button.
Shalbek misses with a double jab
and Dalibor counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Shalbek!
Dalibor tries to control but Shalbek wriggling away.
Dalibor misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalibor thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Shalbek is trying desperately to improve position.
Dalibor sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dalibor landing strikes from the mount.
Dalibor connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Dalibor.
Shalbek is rocked!
Vladimir Shalbek's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Vladimir Shalbek's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Branko Dalibor!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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