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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Smirnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirek Saniewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saniewski is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sam przeciwko wszystkim. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Smirnov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mirek Saniewski!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saniewski lands a leg kick that knocks Smirnov off balance momentarily.
Smirnov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A solid body kick from Smirnov.
Smirnov plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Saniewski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Saniewski misses
and Smirnov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Saniewski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Smirnov.
Smirnov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smirnov has Saniewski up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smirnov obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saniewski avoids a wild elbow strike from Smirnov.
Saniewski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smirnov's face.
Knees to the body from Smirnov.
Saniewski is trying to break free.
Saniewski avoiding damage as Smirnov throws knees to the body.
Smirnov trying to land knees to the body.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside that Saniewski shrugs off.
Saniewski managing to block the knees to the body from Smirnov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saniewski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saniewski avoids it.
Saniewski tries to circle away but Smirnov has him pinned against the ropes.
Smirnov tries a knee to the head but Saniewski blocks it.
Saniewski is trying to break the clinch but Smirnov has him pressed against the ropes.
Saniewski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Saniewski wants to break free but Smirnov has control.
Smirnov misses with an elbow strike.
Saniewski tries to land a knee to the head but Smirnov blocks with his arms.
Saniewski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saniewski looking to slow down the pace here.
Saniewski tries to break free but Smirnov pushes him back against the ropes.
Smirnov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saniewski blocks it with crossed arms.
Smirnov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smirnov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saniewski blocks it with crossed arms.
Smirnov tries to land knees in the clinch but Saniewski avoids the damage to the body.
Saniewski is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov stalling.
Saniewski trying to land knees to the body.
Saniewski managing to block the knees to the body from Smirnov.
Smirnov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Saniewski's efforts to push away.
Saniewski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside that Saniewski shrugs off.
Smirnov misses with an elbow strike.
Saniewski trying to land knees to the body.
Smirnov scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saniewski looking to throw knees to the head but Smirnov is blocking nicely.
Smirnov stalling in the clinch.
Saniewski is trying to break free.
Saniewski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smirnov is pushing Saniewski up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Smirnov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saniewski is looking to break free of the clinch but Smirnov has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saniewski.
Saniewski blocks an elbow strike.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside that Saniewski shrugs off.
Smirnov landing knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smirnov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saniewski's brow.
Smirnov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smirnov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saniewski's defenses.
Saniewski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Saniewski takes an elbow to the temple.
Saniewski trying to land knees to the body.
Smirnov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Saniewski's efforts to push away.
Saniewski misses with a knee to the head.
Saniewski tries to land knees in the clinch but Smirnov avoids the damage to the body.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside.
Smirnov lands a damaging elbow.
Smirnov stalling against the ropes.
Smirnov has Saniewski pressed against the ropes, preventing Saniewski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Saniewski avoids a wild elbow strike from Smirnov.
Saniewski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saniewski scores a nice knee to the body.
Smirnov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saniewski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smirnov lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Saniewski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Smirnov throws an elbow but it misses.
Smirnov lands a damaging elbow.
Smirnov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saniewski is defending well for now.
Saniewski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smirnov blocks it with crossed arms.
Saniewski takes an elbow to the temple.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saniewski tries a knee to the head but Smirnov blocks it.
Saniewski looks gassed!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smirnov throws an elbow that misses.
Saniewski is looking to break free of the clinch but Smirnov has double underhooks.
Saniewski is trying to break the clinch but Smirnov has him pressed against the ropes.
Smirnov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saniewski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Smirnov dominated that 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.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smirnov.
Smirnov connects with a solid leg kick.
Smirnov misses with a low kick.
Saniewski cracks Smirnov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Saniewski checks a leg kick.
Saniewski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smirnov.
Saniewski looks to score with a jab to the body but Smirnov is just out of range.
Saniewski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smirnov manages to avoid it.
Smirnov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Smirnov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Saniewski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smirnov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smirnov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smirnov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Saniewski checks it well.
Smirnov misses with a body kick.
Smirnov thumps Saniewski with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smirnov throws a leg kick but Saniewski sees it coming and moves out of range.
Smirnov is looking to slow Saniewski down with leg kicks.
Smirnov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Saniewski connects with a good right hand that stumbles Smirnov. Smirnov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Smirnov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Saniewski.
Smirnov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Smirnov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Saniewski if he has to take too many more of those.
Smirnov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Saniewski misses with a wild body shot.
Smirnov looks for the body kick but Saniewski saw that one coming.
Smirnov bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A good leg kick by Saniewski.
Smirnov rushes Saniewski and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Smirnov taking a breather.
Smirnov managing to block the knees to the body from Saniewski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saniewski managing to block the knees to the body from Smirnov.
Saniewski missing with knees to the body.
Alexander Smirnov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smirnov tries to land knees in the clinch but Saniewski avoids the damage to the body.
Smirnov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saniewski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smirnov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saniewski trying to land knees to the body.
Saniewski is breathing heavily.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside.
Saniewski lands a knee to the body.
Smirnov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saniewski's defenses.
Smirnov working Saniewski over with knees to the body.
Smirnov lands a nice elbow.
Saniewski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Saniewski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smirnov is struggling to control the position.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the head but Saniewski blocks with his arms.
Saniewski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Smirnov throws an elbow but misses.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside.
Smirnov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saniewski takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smirnov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saniewski's brow.
Saniewski misses with a knee strike.
Smirnov lands an elbow that stopped Saniewski in his tracks for a moment.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside.
Smirnov lands a knee to the body.
Smirnov tries a knee to the head but Saniewski blocks it.
Smirnov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Saniewski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smirnov blocks it with crossed arms.
Saniewski missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Smirnov.
Smirnov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saniewski's defenses.
Smirnov scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saniewski avoids it.
Smirnov effectively controlling the action here.
Saniewski throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Saniewski can't break the clinch.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside that Saniewski shrugs off.
Saniewski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smirnov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Saniewski tries to break the clinch but Smirnov is controlling the position.
Smirnov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smirnov looking to throw knees to the head but Saniewski is blocking nicely.
Smirnov lands a nice knee to the body.
Smirnov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saniewski looking to throw knees to the head but Smirnov is blocking nicely.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the head but Saniewski blocks with his arms.
Smirnov misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Smirnov dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Saniewski moves out of range as Smirnov strikes.
That kick from Saniewski tenderised Smirnov's leg. Smirnov is trying to keep his angry face on.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Saniewski checks a leg kick.
Smirnov looks for the body kick but Saniewski saw that one coming.
Saniewski blocks the body kick.
Smirnov has managed to clinch.
Saniewski stalling in the clinch but Smirnov improves position.
Saniewski tries to land a knee to the head but Smirnov blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smirnov obliges.
Smirnov lands a damaging elbow.
Smirnov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saniewski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smirnov avoids it.
Smirnov misses with an elbow strike.
Saniewski blocks an elbow strike.
Saniewski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saniewski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smirnov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Saniewski is trying to push Smirnov away but Smirnov has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smirnov trying to land knees to the body.
Smirnov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saniewski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saniewski connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Alexander Smirnov has been cut.
Saniewski misses with a knee to the head.
Saniewski working hard to break the clinch.
Smirnov is trying to stall.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saniewski avoids it.
Smirnov misses with an elbow over the top.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saniewski avoids it.
Saniewski can't break the clinch.
Saniewski tries to break the clinch but Smirnov is controlling the position.
Smirnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saniewski.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside.
Saniewski avoids a wild elbow strike from Smirnov.
Saniewski tries to land a knee to the head but Smirnov blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saniewski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saniewski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Saniewski can't break the clinch.
Saniewski is trying to break free.
Saniewski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smirnov blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Smirnov throws an elbow but misses.
Smirnov missing with knees to the body.
Smirnov misses with a knee to the head.
Smirnov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saniewski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smirnov has him pressed against the ropes.
Saniewski takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saniewski avoids a wild elbow strike from Smirnov.
Saniewski blocks an elbow strike.
Saniewski managing to block the knees to the body from Smirnov.
Saniewski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saniewski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Saniewski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Smirnov.
Mirek Saniewski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov lands an elbow inside that Saniewski shrugs off.
Smirnov landing knees to the body.
Saniewski's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smirnov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smirnov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saniewski avoids a wild elbow strike from Smirnov.
Saniewski takes an elbow to the temple.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Saniewski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Saniewski tries to break free but Smirnov pushes him back against the ropes.
Smirnov lands a nice knee to the body.
Saniewski taking a breather.
Smirnov tries a knee to the head but Saniewski blocks it.
Saniewski takes an elbow to the temple.
Smirnov lands a nice knee to the body.
Smirnov misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smirnov lands an elbow that stopped Saniewski in his tracks for a moment.
Saniewski working hard to break the clinch.
Smirnov misses with an elbow over the top.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Saniewski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smirnov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saniewski avoids it.
Smirnov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smirnov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saniewski blocks it with crossed arms.
Smirnov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saniewski tries a knee to the head but Smirnov blocks it.
Smirnov tries to land knees in the clinch but Saniewski avoids the damage to the body.
Saniewski has had enough of the clinch but Smirnov keeps him there for the moment.
Saniewski managing to block the knees to the body from Smirnov.
Saniewski missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Smirnov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Smirnov 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Smirnov!
A victorious Alexander Smirnov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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