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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zartan Zatarain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donny Dane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zatarain comes to the cage accompanied by Nine Inch Nails - Hurt. Dane is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Candy Paint. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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184 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zartan Zatarain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Donny Dane!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dane throws the left hand but Zatarain avoids the punch easily.
Dane throws an off balance right hand
and Zatarain counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Zatarain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dane swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zatarain misses with some punches.
Zatarain lands a nice uppercut.
Zatarain lands a nice elbow.
Zatarain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circling - Dane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Dane does it's job there.
Decent striking displayed by Dane there.
Zatarain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dane.
Dane thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zatarain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dane.
Zatarain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zatarain shoots for a double leg takedown but Dane sprawls well. He's pushed Zatarain's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dane misses the jab.
Dane connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zatarain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dane's hands.
Zatarain scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dane throws a shot to the body.
Zatarain gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dane to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dane wants to pass the guard but Zatarain is keeping the position.
Zatarain might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dane is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dane is stalling in the full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Dane connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zatarain's hands.
Dane swings for the body but Zatarain moves out of range.
Dane misses with a body punch
and Zatarain holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Zatarain wants a takedown.
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!
Zatarain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dane misses with an uppercut. Zatarain saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zatarain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zatarain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dane uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zatarain has time to react.
Dane misses with a hook. Zatarain ducked under it nicely.
Zatarain moves out of range of the strikes.
A shot to the body from Zatarain misses
and Dane counters with a stiff right hand.
Dane throws a shot from downtown. Zatarain moves away and avoids it.
Dane throws a shot from downtown. Zatarain moves away and avoids it.
Dane moves out of range of the strikes.
Zatarain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dane.
Zatarain takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dane jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dane throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Dane misses.
Zatarain shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zartan Zatarain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zatarain looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dane rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zatarain counters with a nice leg kick.
Dane scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dane is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zatarain had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Dane throws an off balance right hand
and Zatarain counters with a stiff right hand.
Dane misses with a hook
and Zatarain counters with a stiff right hand.
Zatarain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zatarain scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zatarain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zatarain shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dane pinned against the cage. Dane gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dane lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Dane dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Zatarain takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dane scores with a jab to the head.
Dane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dane throws an off balance right hand
and Zatarain counters with a nice uppercut.
Dane looks to land a left hand but Zatarain moved out of range nicely.
Zatarain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donny Dane seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zatarain shoots in for a takedown but Dane shows good takedown defense.
Dane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zatarain moves away.
Zatarain shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dane manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Zatarain postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Zatarain throwing strikes from guard but Dane blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zatarain throws a strike but Dane rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dane looking to pass the guard.
Zatarain tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zatarain keeping moving, preventing Dane from controlling successfully.
Zatarain is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Zartan Zatarain.
Zatarain fails to land the takedown.
Zatarain moves away from the strike by Dane.
Zatarain misses with a shot to the body
and Dane counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice uppercut there from Dane.
Dane missing with a left hand there. Zatarain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Dane.
Zatarain takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dane misses the jab.
Dane looks to land a left hand but Zatarain moved out of range nicely.
Dane throws an overhand right that lands on Zatarain's shoulder, as Zatarain tries to avoid the shot.
Dane is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dane.
Zatarain takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dane lands with an overhand left.
Zatarain has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zartan Zatarain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dane attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zatarain. Dane does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zatarain ducks under a wild hook from Dane.
Dane takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dane fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zatarain ducks under a wild hook from Dane.
Dane might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Zatarain on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zatarain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dane.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zatarain slips under a jab from Dane.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zatarain moves out of range of the strikes.
Zatarain throws a hook but Dane blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donny Dane showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Dane cracks Zatarain with an open hand slap.
Dane looks to land a right hand but Zatarain moved out of range.
Zatarain tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dane manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dane is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zatarain.
Dane jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dane lands the left hand.
Dane misses the shot to the body.
Zatarain shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dane connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dane misses with a right hand
and Zatarain counters with a left to the body.
Dane cracks Zatarain with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dane throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dane throws a hook but Zatarain avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zatarain moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zatarain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dane.
Dane misses with a hook. Zatarain ducked under it nicely.
Zatarain fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dane avoids it really well and circles away.
Dane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zatarain.
Dane throws a poor cross that misses
and Zatarain counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Zatarain.
Dane utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zatarain throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zatarain 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.
Zatarain postures up in Dane's guard and throws a big left but Dane blocks it.
Dane not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zatarain throws a big right hand that misses.
Zatarain working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dane's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zatarain throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zatarain throws a big right hand that misses.
Zatarain throws a big right hand that misses.
Zatarain throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dane has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dane controls Zatarain momentarily but Zatarain frees himself.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Donny Dane was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Zatarain darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Zartan Zatarain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zatarain throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zatarain scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Donny Dane is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Zatarain looks to land a strike but Dane avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Zatarain throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zatarain is working Dane over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dane is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zatarain tries to free his leg and advance position but Dane is retaining full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dane preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zartan Zatarain showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dane has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donny Dane!
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