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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ovid Julios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pjotr Markov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Markov is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Drowning Pool - Bodies. Pjotr Markov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ovid Julios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Pjotr Markov!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Skip Squint and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markov takes a kick to the side of the head.
Julios goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Julios throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Julios wants to clinch.
Julios fakes the leg kick and cracks Markov in the body.
Julios is looking to land body kicks.
A cross from Markov lands.
Julios moves into the clinch.
Julios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Markov is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Markov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Julios's efforts to push away.
Julios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Markov is defending well for now.
Markov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Julios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markov avoids it.
Julios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Markov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julios landing knees to the head.
Markov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Julios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markov avoids it.
Markov slowing the pace effectively.
Julios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Markov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Markov looks gassed!
Julios prevents a body shot from Markov.
Julios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Julios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markov avoids it.
Markov has had enough of the clinch but Julios keeps him there for the moment.
Julios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markov avoids it.
Julios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markov avoids it.
Julios working Markov over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Julios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Markov's face.
Markov managing to block the knees to the body from Julios.
Markov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Julios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Julios manages to break the clinch.
Ovid Julios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Julios wants to clinch up but Markov keeps it at a distance.
Julios attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Markov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Julios clinches with his opponent.
Julios unloads a knee to the mid-section. Markov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Julios breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Julios!
Julios turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Julios misses with a head kick.
Julios tries to close the distance and clinch but Markov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Markov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julios throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Julios keeps Markov at a distance using the push kick.
Julios wants to clinch up but Markov keeps it at a distance.
Julios tries to close the distance and clinch but Markov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Julios tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Markov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Markov throws a sloppy head kick and Julios moves out of range easily.
Markov missing with a left hand there. Julios was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Julios has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Julios can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Markov.
Markov managing to block the knees to the body from Julios.
Markov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Julios landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Julios obliges.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
Julios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Julios tries to land knees in the clinch but Markov avoids the damage to the body.
Julios breaks the clinch.
Julios misses with a body kick.
Julios explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Julios lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Julios pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Julios lands a front kick.
Markov sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Julios wants to clinch.
Julios moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ovid Julios dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Markov is trying to push Julios away but Julios has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Julios breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Julios throws a push kick but Markov slaps the foot to one side.
Julios moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Julios is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Markov can do to turn this around?
Julios doesn't manage to clinch there - Markov circles away.
Julios misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Julios throws the kick towards the body but Markov avoids it.
Julios lands with a slapping head kick.
A head kick misses from Markov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Markov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Julios.
Markov avoids a kick to the body.
Markov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Julios is looking to slow Markov down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Markov is breathing heavily.
Julios looks for the body kick but Markov saw that one coming.
Markov connects with a crisp jab.
Julios clinches.
Julios breaks the clinch.
Julios connects with a high kick.
Julios slips a jab and a cross from Markov.
Good leg kick by Julios there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Julios scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Julios throws a body kick that misses.
Markov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Julios.
Markov takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Julios closes the distance and pushes Markov back into the cage.
Ovid Julios has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Julios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markov avoiding damage as Julios throws knees to the body.
Markov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Julios breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Julios misses with a body kick.
Julios clinches.
Julios's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Markov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Julios closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Julios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markov avoids it.
Julios trying to land knees to the body.
Julios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Markov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Markov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Markov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Julios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julios gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Markov managing to block the knees to the body from Julios.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Markov.
Knees to the body from Julios.
Julios with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Markov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Julios utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Markov managing to block the knees to the body from Julios.
Julios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markov avoids it.
Julios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Markov.
Markov avoiding damage as Julios throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julios misses with a knee to the head.
Julios prevents a body shot from Markov.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Julios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markov avoids it.
Julios blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Julios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Markov's face.
Julios lands a nice knee to the body.
Julios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Markov avoids it.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
Julios lands a knee to the head.
Julios trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Julios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Julios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Markov is defending well for now.
Julios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Markov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ovid Julios dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Julios.
Julios misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ovid Julios is winning the standup battle so far.
Julios fakes the leg kick and cracks Markov in the body.
Julios throws a wild body kick that Markov sees coming a mile off.
Markov misses with a straight right.
Julios lands a head kick!
Julios misses with a head kick.
Markov throws a leg kick that misses.
Julios lets loose with a powerful body kick. Markov will feel that in the morning.
Markov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Julios lands a head kick!
Julios turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Julios throws a head kick that half lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julios pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Markov circles away from the clinch attempt
and Markov counters with a stiff right hand.
Julios lands with a kick to the ribs.
Julios tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Julios lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Julios tries to clinch but Markov moves out of range.
Julios scores with a spinning back kick!
Markov scores with a decent looking hook.
Julios wants to clinch up but Markov keeps it at a distance.
Julios throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julios tries to clinch but Markov moves out of range.
Markov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Markov avoids the head kick by Julios.
Julios blocks a jab.
Markov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Julios lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Julios misses with an attempted mid kick.
Julios throws a head kick but Markov moves out of range.
Nice shot by Markov.
Markov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Markov looks to land a left hand but Julios moved out of range nicely.
Julios misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Markov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick from Markov misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julios moves in looking to clinch but Markov pushes him off.
Julios throws a half hearted mid kick.
Julios is looking to clinch but Markov is avoiding it.
Nice uppercut there from Markov.
A jab from Markov misses.
Markov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Julios moves out of range as Markov throws a body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Julios. Markov shrugs it off though.
Julios tries to clinch there but Markov circles away.
Julios throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Julios tries to clinch up but Markov circles away and keeps his distance.
A cross from Markov lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julios plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Julios finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Julios throws a lazy head kick
and Markov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Markov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Julios tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Julios takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Markov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Markov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Markov clobbers Julios with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Markov misses with a straight right.
A head kick misses from Julios.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Markov lands a jab to the head.
Markov keeps the fight on the outside.
Julios throws a front kick that sends Markov stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ovid Julios clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Markov moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Julios tries to clinch up.
Julios throws a sloppy head kick and Markov moves out of range easily.
Julios misses with a head kick.
Julios tries to close the distance and clinch but Markov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Julios swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Markov throws a looping overhand right but Julios ducks down to avoid it.
Markov blocks a head kick by Julios.
Markov swats away the attempt to clinch by Julios.
Markov lands a head shot.
Markov checks a leg kick.
Markov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julios tries to clinch up but Markov circles away and keeps his distance.
Julios staying out of range there.
Julios steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Markov.
Julios throws a half hearted mid kick.
Julios tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Markov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Markov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Julios showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Markov.
Julios throws a head kick but Markov moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Markov.
Julios lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Julios tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Markov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Julios looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julios avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Markov.
Both fighters circling a little - Julios finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Julios checks a leg kick.
Julios tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Julios throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Markov.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Julios throws a sloppy head kick
and Markov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Julios has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Markov finds it's way round the side to connect with Julios's head.
Markov scores with a leg kick.
Markov blocks a head kick by Julios.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Julios.
Julios looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julios misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Markov cracks Julios with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Julios tries a head kick but it misses.
Julios throws a head kick that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Julios lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Markov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Markov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Julios walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Markov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Julios pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Julios tries to clinch up.
Markov connects with a leg kick. Julios looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Julios tries to clinch up but Markov circles away and keeps his distance.
Markov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Julios moves away.
Some bone on bone action there as Julios checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Julios misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julios drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Markov lands with a nice body punch.
Markov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Markov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Markov lands with an overhand left.
Good exchange - Markov coming out on top.
Markov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice defenses there by Julios.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Julios throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Markov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Julios looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fight stays on the outside here - Julios looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Markov's corner calls for a 1-2. Markov obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice body kick there by Julios.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Ovid Julios will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Julios tries to clinch there but Markov circles away.
Markov blocks a head kick by Julios.
A slapping leg kick lands for Julios.
Julios moves into the clinch successfully.
Julios prevents a body shot from Markov.
Markov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Julios backwards.
It looks like Ovid Julios has been cut.
Julios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Markov.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
Markov breaks the clinch.
Markov scores with a jab to the head.
Markov scores with a jab to the head.
Markov moves out of range as Julios throws a body kick.
Markov blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julios doesn't manage to clinch there - Markov circles away.
Julios wants to land a leg kick but Markov is out of range.
Julios looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Julios tries to close the distance and clinch up but Markov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Julios moves in looking to clinch but Markov pushes him off.
Julios clinches.
Markov lands an uppercut.
Julios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Markov.
A frustrated look appears on Markov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Markov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Julios throws a knee to the head but misses.
Markov works on Julios's body with a couple of short punches.
Markov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Markov.
Julios misses with a body kick.
Markov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Julios on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Markov lands a nice looking body shot.
Julios misses with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Markov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Markov takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Markov is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Julios walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Julios thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Markov if he has to take too many more of those.
Julios moves into range and clinches up with Markov.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
Markov managing to block the knees to the body from Julios.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Markov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Markov tries to throw a body punch but Julios avoids it by throwing Markov back against the cage.
Julios crunches a lovely knee into Markov's ribcage.
Julios with a knee to the head.
Julios trying to land knees to the body.
Julios trying to land knees to the body.
Julios lands a nice knee to the body.
Julios with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Markov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Julios pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Julios.
Julios looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pjotr Markov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Markov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Julios.
Julios doesn't manage to clinch there - Markov circles away.
Julios has closed the distance and engaged Markov in a clinch.
Markov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Julios misses with a head kick.
Markov moves out of range as Julios throws a body kick.
Julios throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Julios throws a head kick that Markov semi-blocks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Julios doesn't manage to clinch there - Markov circles away.
Julios is looking to clinch but Markov is avoiding it.
Ovid Julios is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slapping body kick lands there for Julios.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ovid Julios showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Julios 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 50:43
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 50:43
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ovid Julios!
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