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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roy Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustafa Guseinov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roy Blake has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
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178 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roy Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mustafa Guseinov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mustafa Guseinov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guseinov feints and as Blake raises his hands in defense, Guseinov changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Blake looking for a sweep. Not yet Blake, not yet.
Guseinov tries to stand but Blake is controlling from the bottom.
Guseinov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Blake is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Blake tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blake being controlled here, momentarily.
Guseinov has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Blake is proving hard to escape from.
Guseinov is stalling in the full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blake is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
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.
Blake is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Guseinov defends well.
Blake throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Guseinov stays in close to Blake's body and controls the position.
Blake escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Guseinov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Guseinov sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guseinov slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Blake is looking to regain half guard here but Guseinov keeps moving and retains side control.
Guseinov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blake. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blake manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Blake frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Guseinov is trying desperately to improve position.
Blake seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Guseinov is holding on tight.
Blake wants to finish this one by submission but Guseinov is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Blake.
Blake jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Guseinov manages to avoid the submission attempt.
I wouldn't like to be where Guseinov is right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guseinov tries to improve position but can't.
Blake working away.
Blake tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Blake has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Guseinov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Guseinov is trying to control Blake's posture but Blake avoids it.
Blake is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Guseinov has escaped the position, nice work there.
Blake looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Blake tries for a kimura but Guseinov is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake working away.
Blake is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Guseinov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Blake is trying to get an arm triangle but Guseinov is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blake thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
You can see the frustration on Guseinov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Blake dominated that round.
That's time! Blake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Guseinov lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Roy Blake has been cut.
Guseinov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Guseinov shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Guseinov wants to stand but Blake has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Blake looking for submissions off his back.
Blake actively working from the bottom here.
Guseinov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Blake is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Guseinov defends well.
Guseinov trying to stand up but can't free himself from Blake's guard.
Blake might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Guseinov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blake's head.
Blake is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Guseinov defends well.
Guseinov is looking to stand up but Blake won't let him.
Guseinov engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blake is on top in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guseinov managing to control the position.
Blake tries to free his leg and advance position but Guseinov is retaining full guard.
Guseinov wants to sweep here but Blake controlling him for the moment.
Blake advances to half guard.
Guseinov wants to improve his position but Blake is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Guseinov sees it coming and defends easily.
Guseinov tries to get to full guard but Blake has control of the leg.
Blake looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Blake is looking for a kimura but Guseinov is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Blake to get the leverage.
Blake wants to work for an arm triangle but Guseinov is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake seems to be looking for submissions.
Blake is looking for a kimura here.
Guseinov controlling the position for now.
Roy Blake overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Blake looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guseinov has his hands clasped together around Blake's back. He's all about the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Roy Blake will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roy Blake's cut.
That's time! Blake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.
Guseinov is looking to land body kicks.
Guseinov fails with a takedown attempt.
Guseinov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guseinov keeps Blake at a distance using the push kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guseinov throws a nice head kick!
Blake keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Guseinov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Guseinov tries to clinch up.
Guseinov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Guseinov lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nice sprawl there from Guseinov as Blake shoots in.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guseinov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Guseinov leaves Blake with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Blake shoots in and drives through. Guseinov sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Blake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guseinov tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Blake.
Mustafa Guseinov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Guseinov does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake stuffs the takedown.
Guseinov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Guseinov decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Blake takes a kick to the side of the head.
Guseinov tries a head kick but it misses.
Guseinov shoots in but no luck this time.
Guseinov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Guseinov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guseinov attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Blake has his takedown stuffed
and Guseinov makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Blake really felt that one!
Guseinov moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mustafa Guseinov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Guseinov throws a head kick that Blake semi-blocks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blake misses with a takedown
and Guseinov counters with a nice double leg into side control. Blake won't be happy with that.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mustafa Guseinov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blake has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Roy Blake!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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