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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Sotnikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rassberry Juice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sotnikov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lumen - Пора орать. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
26
212 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Sotnikov! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rassberry Juice! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sotnikov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Juice counters with a takedown into side control. Juice is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sotnikov knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. A lull in the action here as Juice stalls from top position. Juice throws an elbow but Sotnikov slips to the side and avoids it well. The ground and pound from Juice seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent. Sotnikov is trying to get back to half guard. Juice wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sotnikov keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round. Juice content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. Juice working the ground and pound but Sotnikov is defending the strikes. Juice lands an elbow. Juice tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Juice wants to control but Sotnikov is keeping him busy. Juice working the body and head with strikes. Juice in side control, throwing shots but Sotnikov defends. Juice is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sotnikov knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sotnikov is not content to let Juice control the position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Juice fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Juice wants to control but Sotnikov is keeping him busy. Juice thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Juice looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sotnikov is avoiding damage well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Juice in side control, throwing shots but Sotnikov defends. Juice trying to control the action but Sotnikov is working from the bottom. Juice has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Juice is trying to get an arm triangle but Sotnikov is defending well. Sotnikov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Juice. Juice fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Juice has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Sotnikov! Sotnikov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Juice on the ground. Sotnikov holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Juice tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Juice thowing shots but they're missing. Juice thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Juice thowing shots but they're missing. Juice trying to control but he's not successful this time. Juice throws some wild stikes that Sotnikov manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rassberry Juice dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Sotnikov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Juice counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sotnikov's guard now. Juice is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Juice sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sotnikov's guard. Juice wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sotnikov keeps working. Juice passes the guard and advances to mount! Juice has hold of Sotnikov's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Sotnikov manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sotnikov holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Juice tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Juice takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Sotnikov holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Juice tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Juice is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sotnikov can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Juice in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Juice thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. Sotnikov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sotnikov tries to get out of the position. Sotnikov blocking the ground and pound. Juice swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rassberry Juice!
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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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