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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Burh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mikhail Burh looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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175 lbs
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159 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Burh!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Davids throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Burh looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
de Davids forces Burh back against the cage and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from de Davids.
de Davids crunches a lovely knee into Burh's ribcage.
de Davids controlling the action here for a moment.
de Davids manages to break the clinch.
de Davids gets a clinch.
de Davids leaning against his opponent.
de Davids cracks Burh with a nice body shot.
de Davids connects with a knee to the head.
de Davids has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Burh is trying to keep an underhook but de Davids manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Burh is looking for a sweep. de Davids is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
de Davids winds up and cracks Burh with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
de Davids is trying to work for a kimura but Burh is defending well.
de Davids wants to pass to mount but Burh is defending the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Davids tries to stand and escape but Burh is controlling the position.
de Davids trying to control the action but Burh is working from the bottom.
de Davids throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de Davids prevents Burh from improving his position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
de Davids scores with a takedown into Burh's guard.
de Davids slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
de Davids has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Burh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
de Davids trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Davids preventing the sweep.
de Davids slips nicely into half guard.
Burh trying to control but de Davids postures up.
de Davids thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Burh to regain full guard.
de Davids trying to control the position from guard on top but Burh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burh is working an open guard so de Davids takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
de Davids clinches with his opponent.
Burh wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
de Davids has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Burh regains guard immediately.
de Davids looking to sit in guard and control but Burh gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Burh wants to control from the top but de Davids keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burh stopping the sweep attempt from de Davids.
Burh decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Burh doesn't succeed with the takedown
and de Davids counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
de Davids has Burh up against the cage in a clinch.
de Davids pulls guard effortlessly.
de Davids controls Burh momentarily but Burh frees himself.
de Davids looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Davids working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Burh doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Burh manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
de Davids looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Burh prevents de Davids from getting back to his feet.
Burh wants to control from the top but de Davids keeps moving.
Burh postures up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
de Davids keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
de Davids tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
de Davids throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice sprawl there from de Davids as Burh shoots in.
de Davids scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
de Davids will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
de Davids wants to control but Burh is keeping him busy.
de Davids stands up.
Burh shoots and misses
and de Davids counters with a nice double leg into guard.
de Davids is stalling in the full guard.
de Davids stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Burh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Burh trying to strike off his back.
Burh is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burh keeping moving, preventing de Davids from controlling successfully.
de Davids decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Burh, up you get!
Burh fails with the takedown
and de Davids holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikhail Burh.
de Davids has Burh pushed against the cage.
Burh wants to stall.
de Davids breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
de Davids takes a jab right on the kisser.
de Davids stuffs the takedown.
de Davids takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Burh scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Burh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Burh's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Burh duly obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burh looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? de Davids is fending him off so far but Burh persists. Nope, de Davids circles away and we're back to standing.
Burh changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. de Davids tries to avoid it but Burh manages to keep hold of a leg and drag de Davids to the ground. de Davids escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Burh throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around de Davids's waist but de Davids gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Burh off to one side.
de Davids fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burh tries for a takedown but de Davids sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
de Davids gets a takedown into half guard.
de Davids trying to control the action but Burh is working from the bottom.
de Davids decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
de Davids scores with a spinning back kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
de Davids feints and as Burh raises his hands in defense, de Davids changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
de Davids trying to control the position from guard on top but Burh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Davids sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
de Davids postures up.
de Davids gets to his feet. Burh looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
de Davids clinches.
de Davids breaks from the clinch.
Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
de Davids tries to clinch but Burh moves out of range.
de Davids throws a nice head kick!
Burh takes a kick to the side of the head.
Burh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Davids clinches up against the cage.
de Davids breaks the clinch.
Burh shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and de Davids counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
de Davids gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
de Davids goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
de Davids is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burh can do to turn this around?
de Davids has taken the fight to the clinch.
Burh fails to pull guard.
Burh takes an elbow to the forehead.
de Davids lands a takedown into guard.
de Davids controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
de Davids trying to control but Burh is working from the bottom.
de Davids is really struggling to control Burh but he's trying to hold on to the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
de Davids decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
de Davids changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Burh looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
de Davids gets a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from de Davids.
de Davids breaks the clinch.
de Davids gets in close and instigates a clinch.
de Davids is pressed up against the cage. Burh has hold of a leg and is looking to drag de Davids down to the mat. de Davids avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Burh darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Burh prevents de Davids from improving his position.
de Davids is working hard here to advance position.
de Davids pushes Burh off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from de Davids lands but Burh takes it in his stride.
Burh fails with the takedown
and de Davids counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Burh!
Burh is in all sorts of trouble here.
de Davids sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
de Davids can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Burh is looking to escape.
de Davids controlling the position easily from mount.
de Davids scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Burh?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Davids looking to control but Burh is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Burh tries to reverse the position but de Davids maintains control.
de Davids throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
de Davids wants to control the pace but Burh is squirming around nicely.
de Davids throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Burh because de Davids loaded up on that one.
de Davids takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
de Davids looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Burh is squirming around, avoiding de Davids's attempts to control the action.
de Davids swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Burh is now in de Davids's guard. A big mistake from de Davids there, giving up the dominant position!
de Davids lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Burh!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burh is trying to escape the mount.
Burh is squirming around, avoiding de Davids's attempts to control the action.
de Davids scoring with strikes but Burh is staying in there.
Burh is looking to improve his position but de Davids isn't that keen on the idea.
de Davids get's back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Burh shoots and misses
and de Davids counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikhail Burh.
de Davids throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Burh works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
de Davids trying to control but Burh is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as de Davids accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
de Davids preventing the sweep.
de Davids forces his way into half guard.
de Davids stands up out of the half guard.
de Davids pushes Burh up against the cage in a clinch.
de Davids breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Davids clinches up with Burh and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from de Davids.
de Davids successfully pulls guard.
Mikhail Burh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Davids manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids showed his dominance in that final round.
Well de Davids 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:26
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaygo Rivaldo de Davids!
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