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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackie Treehorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maykel Awang Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jackie Treehorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maykel Awang Bang!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Treehorn drops his hands momentarily and Awang Bang takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Awang Bang rushes Treehorn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Awang Bang gets through Treehorn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Awang Bang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Awang Bang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Awang Bang.
Awang Bang tries to circle away but Treehorn has him pinned against the cage.
Awang Bang has Treehorn pressed against the cage.
Treehorn lands a body shot.
Good body shot from Awang Bang.
Awang Bang breaks the clinch.
Awang Bang bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Treehorn's head.
Maykel Awang Bang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Treehorn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Treehorn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Treehorn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Awang Bang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Awang Bang manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Awang Bang misses with a double jab.
Donk. Treehorn catches Awang Bang right on the button with a cross.
Treehorn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Awang Bang.
Awang Bang shoots in looking for a takedown. Treehorn tries to sprawl out of it but Awang Bang keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Treehorn manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Treehorn scores with a jab. Awang Bang acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Awang Bang scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Treehorn doesn't seem bothered though.
Awang Bang defending well as Treehorn loads up on a big left hand.
Awang Bang swings for the body but Treehorn moves out of range.
Awang Bang fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Treehorn, pushing him back against the cage.
Treehorn has had enough of the clinch but Awang Bang keeps him there for the moment.
Awang Bang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awang Bang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Awang Bang misses with a punch on the inside.
Treehorn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Treehorn fails to land.
Awang Bang lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Treehorn misses with the head strike.
Awang Bang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, Treehorn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Awang Bang digs a right hand underneath Treehorn's ribcage. Treehorn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Treehorn presses Awang Bang against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Awang Bang - that landed with a thud.
Treehorn is breathing heavily.
Awang Bang struggles to land a body shot inside as Treehorn controls his hands.
Awang Bang has Treehorn pushed against the cage.
Treehorn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Awang Bang lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Treehorn backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Treehorn throws a punch but it's blocked by Awang Bang.
Awang Bang lands a body punch.
Treehorn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Awang Bang prevents Treehorn from breaking the clinch.
Treehorn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Awang Bang misses with a body shot.
A combination from Awang Bang does no damage.
Treehorn lands a really nice looking cross but Awang Bang seems unphased.
Awang Bang misses with a double jab.
Treehorn circles away from the clinch attempt
and Treehorn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Treehorn misses with an uppercut. Awang Bang saw that one coming.
A big left from Awang Bang misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Awang Bang throws the left hand but Treehorn avoids the punch easily.
Awang Bang throws a right hand that Treehorn ducks under and follows up with a left that Treehorn also avoids with ease.
Awang Bang tries to clinch but Treehorn moves out of range.
Treehorn misses with a looping left.
Treehorn misses with a lunging right hand
and Awang Bang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Awang Bang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Treehorn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Treehorn connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Treehorn moves forwards but Awang Bang connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Awang Bang throws a body punch but Treehorn moves out of range.
Awang Bang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Treehorn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Awang Bang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maykel Awang Bang dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Awang Bang scores with a body shot.
Awang Bang wants to clinch.
Treehorn clobbers Awang Bang with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Awang Bang throws a series of punches but Treehorn moves out of range.
Treehorn is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Awang Bang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Awang Bang wants to clinch
and Treehorn counters with a left and a right that stings Awang Bang.
Awang Bang misses with an uppercut. Treehorn saw that one coming.
Awang Bang cracks Treehorn with a good jab.
A swing and a miss from Awang Bang.
Treehorn throws a body punch but Awang Bang moves out of range.
Awang Bang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Awang Bang throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Treehorn counters with a nice body shot.
Awang Bang tries to clinch there but Treehorn circles away.
Awang Bang moves in looking to clinch but Treehorn pushes him off.
Awang Bang misses with a body shot.
Jackie Treehorn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Awang Bang wants to clinch up but Treehorn keeps it at a distance.
Awang Bang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Treehorn.
Awang Bang tries to bum rush Treehorn with a series of wild strikes but Treehorn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Awang Bang moves in looking to clinch but Treehorn pushes him off.
Awang Bang throws a right and a left that both miss.
Treehorn swings for the body but Awang Bang moves out of range.
Awang Bang misses the shot to the body.
Treehorn with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awang Bang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Awang Bang moves to clinch but Treehorn breaks away
and Treehorn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Maykel Awang Bang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Awang Bang is looking to clinch but Treehorn is avoiding it.
Awang Bang throws a looping overhand right but Treehorn ducks down to avoid it.
Treehorn ducks under a wild hook from Awang Bang.
Awang Bang misses with a two punch combination.
Awang Bang slips under a jab from Treehorn.
Maykel Awang Bang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Awang Bang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Treehorn.
Treehorn misses with a straight left.
Awang Bang throws a right hand that Treehorn ducks under and follows up with a left that Treehorn also avoids with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Awang Bang takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Treehorn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Treehorn moves in looking to clinch but Awang Bang pushes him off.
Treehorn misses with a looping right.
Treehorn loads up on a big right hand but Awang Bang slips the punch.
Treehorn throws a nice looking combination but Awang Bang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Awang Bang takes a swing at Treehorn's ribcage but misses.
Treehorn fails to land with a series of punches.
Treehorn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Awang Bang manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Awang Bang takes the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Awang Bang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Treehorn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Awang Bang blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Treehorn.
Awang Bang wants to get back to striking at distance but Treehorn won't allow it.
Awang Bang is trying to push Treehorn away but Treehorn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Treehorn has had enough of the clinch but Awang Bang keeps him there for the moment.
Treehorn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Treehorn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Treehorn misses with the head strike.
Awang Bang blocks an uppercut.
Awang Bang lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Awang Bang working aggressively here.
Awang Bang tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Treehorn smiles and moves away.
Treehorn wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Awang Bang looks to land a combination but Treehorn avoids it well.
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 Jackie Treehorn will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Treehorn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Treehorn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Awang Bang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Treehorn manages to avoid it.
Awang Bang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Treehorn manages to avoid it.
Awang Bang throws a poor cross that misses
and Treehorn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Awang Bang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Awang Bang takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Awang Bang tries to clinch up.
Awang Bang's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Awang Bang duly obliges.
Awang Bang dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Awang Bang fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Treehorn, pushing him back against the cage.
Awang Bang is looking to control Treehorn's arms but Treehorn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Awang Bang has his back to the cage.
Treehorn tries to throw a body punch but Awang Bang avoids it by throwing Treehorn back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Awang Bang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Treehorn throws out a loose jab but Awang Bang uses good head movement to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Treehorn.
Awang Bang fails to land with a series of punches.
Awang Bang slips a jab from Treehorn.
Awang Bang throws a hook but Treehorn avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Awang Bang. Treehorn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Awang Bang swings for the body but Treehorn moves out of range.
Treehorn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Awang Bang at a distance.
Awang Bang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Awang Bang doesn't manage to clinch there - Treehorn circles away.
Awang Bang tries to clinch there but Treehorn circles away.
Treehorn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Treehorn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Treehorn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Awang Bang under the eye.
Awang Bang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice straight punches there by Treehorn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Treehorn.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Awang Bang misses the shot to the body.
Awang Bang lunges at Treehorn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Treehorn's hand.
Awang Bang tries to close the distance and clinch but Treehorn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Treehorn scores with a body shot.
Awang Bang cracks Treehorn with an open hand slap.
Treehorn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Awang Bang fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Treehorn, pushing him back against the cage.
Awang Bang dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Treehorn is pressed up against the cage. Awang Bang has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Treehorn down to the mat. Treehorn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Awang Bang doesn't manage to clinch there - Treehorn circles away.
Treehorn lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Awang Bang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Treehorn.
Treehorn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Awang Bang throws a poor cross that misses
and Treehorn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Awang Bang looks to land a left hand but Treehorn moved out of range nicely.
Awang Bang throws an overhand right that lands on Treehorn's shoulder, as Treehorn tries to avoid the shot.
Awang Bang just misses with a punch to the body.
Awang Bang misses with a looping left.
Treehorn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Awang Bang jabs Treehorn right on the nose. Treehorn blinks but takes it well.
Awang Bang throws out a loose jab but Treehorn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Treehorn misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Awang Bang fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Treehorn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Awang Bang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Treehorn moves away.
Treehorn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Awang Bang.
Awang Bang throws an overhand right that lands on Treehorn's shoulder, as Treehorn tries to avoid the shot.
Awang Bang throws a series of punches but Treehorn moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Treehorn circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Awang Bang. Treehorn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Awang Bang misses with the combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maykel Awang Bang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Awang Bang 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maykel Awang Bang!
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