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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Og Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mack comes to the cage accompanied by Shadow Dancing. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bernard Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Og Kush!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mack defending well as Kush loads up on a big left hand.
Kush misses with a straight left.
Mack throws a right hand that misses
and Kush counters with a nice uppercut.
Mack connects with a body shot.
Mack takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mack lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kush circles away quickly and effectively.
Mack swings for the body but Kush moves out of range.
Mack slips a jab from Kush.
Mack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kush.
Kush tries to bum rush Mack with a series of wild strikes but Mack uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mack throws a right and a left that Kush avoids nicely.
Bernard Mack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kush just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kush.
Mack throws a big shot that misses.
Mack misses with the combination.
Kush swings widly with a right hand
and Mack counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mack lands a glancing blow to the side of Kush's head.
Some bone on bone action there as Kush checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mack lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mack looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kush connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack just misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mack closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Some wild striking there from Mack.
Mack scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kush in his tracks.
A combination from Mack does no damage.
A punch lands to the side of Mack 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mack tries to bum rush Kush with a series of wild strikes but Kush uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kush looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Mack.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kush avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kush showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mack.
Mack uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kush.
A right-left combo lands from Kush.
Kush avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kush shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mack eats them both and turns towards Kush to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kush stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kush wants it to stay on the feet.
Kush keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mack.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kush checks a leg kick.
Mack bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kush moves away.
Mack throws a jab but it's blocked by Kush.
Jab, jab by Mack - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mack misses with the combination.
Kush swings for the body but Mack moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mack wants to clinch up but Kush keeps it at a distance.
Mack avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bernard Mack will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kush has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mack.
Kush might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kush digs a good hook to Mack's body.
Mack thumps Kush with a low kick.
Mack misses with a two punch combination.
Mack throws a combination that misses
and Kush counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mack thinking.
Mack misses with a body shot.
Kush falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mack counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mack throws a low kick but Kush avoids it.
Good work by Kush as he checks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack looks to land a combination but Kush avoids it well.
Kush drops his hands momentarily and Mack takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kush slips under a jab.
Kush keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mack.
Kush scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mack doesn't seem bothered though.
Kush scores with a jab to the body.
Mack throws a leg kick but Kush moved away.
Mack misses with the combination.
Kush avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kush looks to land a left hand but Mack moved out of range nicely.
Kush takes a swing at Mack's ribcage but misses.
Mack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kush.
Mack fails to land with a series of punches.
Kush throws a hook but Mack blocks it.
Mack lands with a nice combination. Kush backs away looking to recover.
Og Kush is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kush misses with a wild body shot.
Kush keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mack.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack throws a hook but Kush avoids it easily.
Kush tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mack was well out of range. Poor timing from Kush.
Mack thows a body shot but no joy.
Mack looks to land a combination but Kush avoids it well.
Kush keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Mack, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mack misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Mack.
Mack blocks a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kush looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bernard Mack is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Kush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mack. Kush does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mack misses with a low kick as Kush jumps back.
Kush moves out of range as Mack throws a body kick.
Kush takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kush takes a swing at Mack's ribcage but misses.
Kush tries to clinch but Mack moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kush lands with a shot to the body.
Mack avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Bernard Mack will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Mack keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kush.
Kush fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kush manages to avoid it.
Kush slips a straight right by Mack.
Mack fails to land with a series of punches.
Mack throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Kush.
Mack lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kush circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush misses the shot to the body.
Mack misses with a hook to the body
and Kush counters with a right hand to the body.
Kush doesn't manage to clinch there - Mack circles away.
Kush scores with a jab to the body.
Mack gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Mack is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kush!
Mack looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Mack looking to control but Kush is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mack lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mack controlling the pace for now.
Mack seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kush for as long as he can get away with.
Og Kush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bernard Mack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kush can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kush is in a horrible position here. Mack smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Mack jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Kush manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mack throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Kush taking a bit of punishment here - Mack scoring with strikes.
Mack trying to control the action but Kush is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mack working the strikes but Kush uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bernard Mack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mack 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bernard Mack!
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hype
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