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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steve Jennum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ming Maoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Jennum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ming Maoki!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maoki has his takedown stuffed
so Jennum counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Maoki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jennum doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jennum manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jennum stands up over Maoki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jennum trying to control the position from guard on top but Maoki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jennum is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jennum postures up.
Maoki keeping full guard, as Jennum tries to pass.
Maoki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jennum is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jennum pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maoki is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maoki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jennum postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jennum connects with a couple of short punches.
Maoki has his foot on Jennum's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jennum works his way back into a safe position though.
Jennum works over Maoki with some ground and pound from guard.
Maoki keeping moving, preventing Jennum from controlling successfully.
Jennum sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jennum slips nicely into half guard.
Jennum keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are battling for position here. Maoki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jennum trying to control the position from guard on top but Maoki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennum lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jennum got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maoki has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jennum has managed to get both his arms back between Maoki's legs - danger averted.
Maoki looks gassed!
Jennum wants to pass the guard but Maoki is keeping the position.
Jennum stands up over Maoki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jennum drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jennum jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Maoki is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jennum is aware though and is defending well.
Jennum trying to control the position from guard on top but Maoki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maoki looking for a guillotine here but Jennum defends easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jennum is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennum connects with a couple of short punches.
Maoki has momentary wrist control but Jennum slips an elbow through the middle.
Jennum content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jennum drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jennum jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jennum landing some decent shots from guard.
Jennum makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Maoki keeping moving, preventing Jennum from controlling successfully.
Jennum landing some decent shots from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennum is working Maoki over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jennum controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jennum's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Maoki escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jennum gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jennum lands a couple of digs.
Jennum is in close to Maoki's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jennum is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Maoki working for a triangle but Jennum defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jennum is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Jennum dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Maoki with a poor takedown
and Jennum counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Maoki is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jennum scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jennum is trying to control the action in half guard but Maoki is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jennum performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jennum is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jennum looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jennum is nestled in close to Maoki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jennum landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Maoki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maoki works his way to full guard. Good work.
Maoki working for submissions but it's allowed Jennum to get to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennum takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Maoki is breathing heavily.
Jennum scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jennum wants to free his trapped foot but Maoki is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jennum wants to control but Maoki is keeping him busy.
Jennum scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Maoki looking for submissions off his back.
Jennum is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jennum lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jennum working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maoki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jennum pulls his head out easily.
Maoki is not content to let Jennum control the position.
Steve Jennum overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Maoki looking for submissions off his back.
Jennum passes the guard and advances to mount!
Jennum looking to secure an arm triangle but Maoki defends it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jennum punishing his opponent with strikes.
BOOM! Jennum connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennum landing strikes from the mount and Maoki is in trouble!
Jennum postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Maoki looks a forlorn figure.
Jennum jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Maoki manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Maoki is letting Jennum control him for a moment.
Jennum landing strikes.
Maoki taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jennum controlling the position.
Jennum lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jennum landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennum creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Jennum is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Maoki is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jennum thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maoki taking a bit of punishment here - Jennum scoring with strikes.
Jennum wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Maoki, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Maoki sneaks back into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maoki trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Jennum dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Jennum closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Maoki did well to prevent Jennum getting side control.
Maoki with the active half guard here but Jennum passes nicely into side control.
Maoki gets back to half guard.
Jennum lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jennum is looking for a kimura here.
Nice strikes from Jennum there.
Jennum lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennum trying to pass the guard but Maoki defending well.
Jennum trying to control from half guard but Maoki is working away.
Maoki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jennum seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Maoki does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are battling for position here. Maoki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Maoki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maoki is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Maoki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jennum landing some decent shots from guard.
Jennum postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jennum's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jennum scoring with some ground and pound.
Jennum with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jennum landing some decent shots from guard.
Jennum got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maoki has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jennum has managed to get both his arms back between Maoki's legs - danger averted.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jennum drops back looking for a leg! Maoki is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Maoki manages to kick Jennum off! Jennum jumps back into Maoki's guard.
Jennum lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jennum is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jennum is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maoki can do to turn this around?
Jennum lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jennum is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Maoki has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Jennum is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Maoki.
Maoki is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jennum connects with a decent elbow.
Maoki is being controlled here.
Jennum working the ground and pound.
Jennum lands an elbow.
Maoki takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Maoki can't do much from the bottom here.
Jennum is chipping away with strikes.
Maoki trying to control but Jennum flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jennum trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Jennum is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jennum throwing damaging strikes from the back! Maoki could be in trouble here!
Jennum is landing with strikes from the back.
Maoki tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Jennum can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maoki is looking to escape.
Maoki wants to control but Jennum is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ming Maoki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maoki really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Jennum showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jennum, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Steve Jennum!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Steve Jennum!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Steve Jennum!
Steve Jennum wins by unanimous decision!
Steve Jennum thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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