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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fiodor Stavrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grossman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur... kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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224 lbs
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217 lbs
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Fiodor Stavrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Les Grossman!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grossman lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Grossman shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stavrov sprawls well. Stavrov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Grossman gets slowly back to his feet.
Stavrov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Grossman keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grossman swings away with a body shot that misses
and Stavrov counters with a straight right hand.
Grossman lands with a shot to the body.
Grossman lands a head shot.
Grossman fails to land the takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grossman. Stavrov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stavrov avoids the body shot from Grossman.
Stavrov staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Stavrov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grossman checks a leg kick.
Grossman lands with a right hand.
Stavrov throws a hook but Grossman avoids it easily.
Grossman throws the left hand but Stavrov avoids the punch easily.
Stavrov throws out a loose jab but Grossman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grossman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stavrov manages to avoid it.
Stavrov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grossman misses with a body shot.
Stavrov ducks under a wild hook from Grossman.
Grossman swings for the body but Stavrov moves out of range.
Stavrov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grossman has a takedown stuffed.
Fiodor Stavrov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Les Grossman.
Stavrov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stavrov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grossman.
Stavrov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Stavrov misses with an uppercut
and Grossman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Grossman tries for a takedown but Stavrov sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Stavrov tries to score with a low kick but Grossman moves his leg out of the way.
Stavrov leaves Grossman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grossman looks to score with a jab to the body but Stavrov is just out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grossman checks a leg kick.
Grossman checks the leg kick.
Grossman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stavrov.
Stavrov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stavrov.
Grossman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grossman checks a leg kick.
Grossman moves in looking to clinch but Stavrov pushes him off.
Good work by Grossman as he checks the leg kick.
Grossman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stavrov but Stavrov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Grossman misses with an uppercut
and Stavrov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grossman missing with a left hand there. Stavrov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grossman cracks a nice hook into Stavrov's ribs.
Grossman clobbers Stavrov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Grossman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stavrov misses with a low kick.
Stavrov leaves Grossman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Grossman tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Stavrov swivels and escapes.
Grossman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stavrov manages to avoid it.
Grossman cracks Stavrov with a good jab.
Stavrov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stavrov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Stavrov, right into the meat.
Grossman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stavrov but Stavrov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Stavrov.
Grossman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stavrov as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Les Grossman will probably get the nod.
That's time! Stavrov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Stavrov blocks a jab.
A big right from Grossman misses.
Grossman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A bone on bone clash there as Grossman blocks the leg kick.
Grossman drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grossman preventing the sweep.
Stavrov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Grossman's guard.
Grossman working a defensive guard here.
Grossman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Grossman is looking to stall here but Stavrov recovers full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stavrov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Grossman is stalling in the full guard.
Grossman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two 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.
Stavrov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Grossman is one step ahead there.
Grossman connects with a couple of short punches.
Grossman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman throwing strikes but missing.
Grossman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stavrov controls Grossman momentarily but Grossman frees himself.
Stavrov keeping moving, preventing Grossman from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stavrov is trying to control the position but Grossman postures up.
Grossman trying to control but Stavrov is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stavrov pulls Grossman in to control the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Grossman works over Stavrov with some ground and pound from guard.
Grossman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stavrov swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Stavrov wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stavrov is trying to control the position but Grossman postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Fiodor Stavrov just wasn't active enough.
Jab by Grossman.
Grossman swings for the body but Stavrov moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Les Grossman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Stavrov keeps the fight on the outside.
Stavrov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stavrov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stavrov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grossman.
Grossman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Grossman tries to close the distance and clinch but Stavrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grossman misses with a wild body shot.
Grossman scores with the left hand. Stavrov knows he should have avoided that one.
Grossman lands with a good body shot.
Grossman fails with the takedown.
Les Grossman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grossman tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grossman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stavrov defends it nicely.
Fiodor Stavrov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Les Grossman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stavrov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Grossman shoots and misses
and Stavrov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Grossman thinking.
Grossman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grossman scores with a jab to the body.
Grossman uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Grossman throws a lazy right hand but Stavrov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grossman misses the jab.
Grossman tries to clinch but Stavrov is having none of it.
Stavrov misses the jab.
Stavrov throws a shot from downtown. Grossman moves away and avoids it.
Grossman checks a low kick from Stavrov.
Fiodor Stavrov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grossman looks to land a left hand but Stavrov moved out of range nicely.
Grossman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stavrov as he avoids it easily.
Stavrov throws a hook to the side of Grossman's head but Grossman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stavrov stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Stavrov wants it to stay on the feet.
Grossman looks to score with a jab to the body but Stavrov is just out of range.
Grossman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grossman blocks a head kick by Stavrov.
Grossman tests Stavrov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Grossman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stavrov throws the kick towards the body but Grossman avoids it.
Grossman shoots in and bounces Stavrov off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman sitting in guard here, content to control.
Stavrov keeping moving, preventing Grossman from controlling successfully.
Grossman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stavrov has Grossman pulled in close to control his posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grossman advances to half guard.
Grossman thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Stavrov to regain full guard.
Stavrov looking to control.
Grossman trying to control the position from guard on top but Stavrov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stavrov is striking but Grossman is not phased and passes to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Les Grossman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Grossman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Les Grossman!
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