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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jesco White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Berik Yawoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by Smoke the Fire. Yawoka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: keep running up that hill. Berik Yawoka has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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199 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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180 cm
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187 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesco White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Berik Yawoka!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yawoka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but White moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
White really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
Yawoka lands a jab-cross combination.
White drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Yawoka struggling a bit here.
White scores with punches from side control.
White prevents Yawoka from escaping the position.
Yawoka is trying to get back to half guard.
Yawoka sneaks back into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yawoka makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
White gets a takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yawoka is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yawoka is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of White's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take White's back!
White knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Yawoka on the ground.
Can White hold on?! Yawoka is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Yawoka is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Yawoka missing with strikes.
White trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
White rolls, trying to escape but Yawoka keeps control of the position.
Yawoka struggling to keep hold of the position.
White looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Yawoka trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control but not successfully.
Yawoka thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yawoka is persistently looking for the submission but White is defending it well.
Yawoka is riding his opponent, not letting White buck him off.
White trying to control the hands but Yawoka breaks the grip.
White fending off the submission attempt from Yawoka.
White is trying to get back to his feet but Yawoka has full control of the position and if anything, White has just worked his way into a worse spot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Yawoka's arms.
Yawoka looking for the choke but no joy.
Yawoka trying to control momentarily.
White takes a big shot to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control but not successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yawoka has good solid back control here.
Yawoka is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but White won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Yawoka off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Berik Yawoka!
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energy
A | B |
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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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