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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Dolvich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ell Krost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dolvich comes to the cage accompanied by Russian National Anthem. Ivan Dolvich has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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240 lbs
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266 lbs
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Dolvich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ell Krost!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dolvich avoids the body shot from Krost.
Dolvich slips a straight right by Krost.
Dolvich checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nice uppercut there from Dolvich.
Dolvich shoots in and gets a takedown into Krost's guard.
Dolvich wants to control from the top but Krost keeps moving.
Krost wants to get back to his feet but Dolvich is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Krost is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dolvich sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dolvich wants to pass the guard but Krost is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ivan Dolvich wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Dolvich lands a nice hook to Krost's body. Krost takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dolvich changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Krost tries to avoid it but Dolvich manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Krost to the ground. Krost escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dolvich shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Krost napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Krost is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Dolvich asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Dolvich trying to control the action but Krost is working from the bottom.
Dolvich landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
It looks like Ell Krost has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Krost pushes Dolvich away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Dolvich gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Dolvich looks up at the clock and then as Krost takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dolvich smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Krost looks gassed!
Dolvich trying to control the position but Krost is working away.
Check out the look on Dolvich's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dolvich's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Dolvich knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Krost on the ground.
Krost taking a bit of punishment here - Dolvich scoring with strikes.
Dolvich prevents Krost from escaping the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dolvich tries to stand but Krost is controlling his head.
Krost is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dolvich is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dolvich scoring with punches and elbows.
Dolvich landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dolvich tries to advance to mount but Krost denies him.
Dolvich lands a few punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dolvich landing a few strikes.
Dolvich is staying tight to Krost's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Dolvich landing strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dolvich scoring with punches and elbows.
Dolvich decides to take the fight back to the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Dolvich dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ell Krost's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dolvich lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That has opened up Ell Krost's cut even more.
Dolvich wants to clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dolvich here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Dolvich goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dolvich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Krost's guard.
Krost is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dolvich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The cut above Ell Krost's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Krost is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krost is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krost working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dolvich.
Dolvich trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dolvich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Krost can do to turn this around?
Krost is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dolvich trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dolvich thows a big elbow that misses.
Dolvich with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dolvich trying to stand up but can't free himself from Krost's guard.
Dolvich loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dolvich keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Krost's head.
Krost wants to get back to his feet but Dolvich is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dolvich is working Krost over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Krost keeping moving, preventing Dolvich from controlling successfully.
Dolvich showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dolvich postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dolvich with a nice head shot there.
Dolvich content to stall in guard here.
Dolvich cracks Krost with a solid left hand.
Dolvich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Krost works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dolvich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Krost is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dolvich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ivan Dolvich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dolvich cracks Krost with a solid left hand.
Dolvich trying to control but Krost is working from the bottom.
Dolvich stops Krost from standing up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dolvich wanted to stand there but Krost had control of the position.
Dolvich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Dolvich dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ell Krost's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Dolvich shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dolvich showed some decent athleticism there.
Dolvich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Krost wants to get back to his feet.
Dolvich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Krost defending well though.
Krost pushes Dolvich off looking to stand but Dolvich dives back in and keeps control.
Dolvich content to control rather than advance.
Krost takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dolvich trying to control the action but Krost is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ivan Dolvich.
Dolvich drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dolvich is in close to Krost's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dolvich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Krost is keeping the position for now.
Dolvich postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Krost wants to stand but Dolvich is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dolvich is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dolvich lands a couple of elbows.
Krost wants to stand up but Dolvich is controlling him.
Dolvich has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dolvich postures up and lands a big shot to Krost's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dolvich tries to free his leg and advance position but Krost is retaining full guard.
Dolvich controlling from the top position.
Dolvich gets to his feet. Krost looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dolvich shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dolvich showed some decent athleticism there.
Krost looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dolvich tries to pass to full mount but Krost defends it.
Dolvich scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dolvich wants to pass to mount but Krost is defending the position.
Dolvich trying to control the action but Krost is working from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dolvich lands a nice short elbow.
Ell Krost has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ground and pound from Dolvich.
Ground and pound from Dolvich.
Dolvich wants to control but Krost is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dolvich is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Krost is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Dolvich is controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Dolvich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dolvich 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Dolvich!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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