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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eorl Vanagandr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baldomir Zsofka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Eorl Vanagandr has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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230 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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238 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful |
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eorl Vanagandr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Baldomir Zsofka!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zsofka misses with a head kick.
Vanagandr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zsofka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A punch combination from Zsofka misses.
Vanagandr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zsofka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Baldomir Zsofka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zsofka wants to slow Vanagandr down by chopping away at his legs.
Zsofka takes one on the button.
Zsofka misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vanagandr. Zsofka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zsofka is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vanagandr's half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zsofka not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsofka is looking for a kimura here.
Zsofka is trying to control the action in half guard but Vanagandr is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Zsofka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vanagandr is looking to control Zsofka's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Vanagandr avoid being mounted?
Vanagandr avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zsofka.
Zsofka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka thows a huge punch but Vanagandr dodges it nicely.
Zsofka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zsofka is keen to just control but Vanagandr is a slippery customer.
Zsofka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vanagandr defending well though.
Zsofka trying to control from half guard but Vanagandr is working away.
Zsofka thows a huge punch but Vanagandr dodges it nicely.
Zsofka seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zsofka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vanagandr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vanagandr tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanagandr avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zsofka.
Zsofka scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Zsofka is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Vanagandr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zsofka on the ground.
Vanagandr avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zsofka.
Vanagandr is not content to let Zsofka control the position.
Zsofka looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka tries to pass to full mount but Vanagandr defends it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Zsofka trying to control from half guard but Vanagandr is working away.
Zsofka not doing much here.
Zsofka wants to take a breather but Vanagandr is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zsofka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baldomir Zsofka 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.
Zsofka has a takedown stuffed.
Vanagandr misses with a few strikes there.
Zsofka looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zsofka fails to land with a series of punches.
Zsofka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch lands to the side of Vanagandr 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vanagandr leaves Zsofka with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Zsofka wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsofka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vanagandr was well out of range. Poor timing from Zsofka.
Zsofka attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vanagandr misses with a wild body shot.
Zsofka tries to clinch up.
Vanagandr takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Zsofka looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Zsofka is looking to advance position but Vanagandr won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanagandr blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zsofka.
Zsofka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Vanagandr avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zsofka.
Zsofka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Zsofka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zsofka missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Zsofka there.
Baldomir Zsofka has got the better of the ground game so far.
Zsofka is trying to work for a kimura but Vanagandr is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka prevents Vanagandr from improving his position.
Zsofka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vanagandr blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zsofka.
Zsofka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Vanagandr's head.
Zsofka trying to control the action but Vanagandr is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vanagandr blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zsofka.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka trying to control from Vanagandr's half guard. Vanagandr has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Zsofka throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zsofka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Zsofka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vanagandr will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Zsofka throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vanagandr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zsofka wants to pass the guard but Vanagandr is keeping the position.
Zsofka throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baldomir Zsofka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Vanagandr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Zsofka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vanagandr, pushing him back against the cage.
Vanagandr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zsofka's elbow.
Zsofka fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Zsofka breaks from the clinch.
Vanagandr scores with a hook to the body. Zsofka takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zsofka throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vanagandr throws a lazy right hand but Zsofka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zsofka swings for the body but Vanagandr moves out of range.
Zsofka takes a swing at Vanagandr's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Vanagandr.
Vanagandr misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zsofka throws a body punch but Vanagandr moves out of range.
Vanagandr throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Vanagandr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zsofka shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Vanagandr defends it nicely.
Zsofka is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vanagandr rather than just go for the knockout.
Vanagandr just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Vanagandr. Those never looked like landing.
Vanagandr has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vanagandr there as he acknowledges the shot.
Eorl Vanagandr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka misses with a straight right.
Eorl Vanagandr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zsofka looks to land a right hand but Vanagandr moved out of range.
Zsofka misses with the combination.
Zsofka throws a front kick aimed at Vanagandr's knee but Vanagandr avoids it well.
Vanagandr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zsofka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Zsofka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vanagandr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baldomir Zsofka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka moves out of range as Vanagandr strikes.
Zsofka just misses with a punch to the body.
Zsofka thows a body shot but no joy.
Zsofka avoids the body shot from Vanagandr.
Zsofka walks into a straight right hand from Vanagandr.
Baldomir Zsofka is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Zsofka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vanagandr.
A jab from Vanagandr misses.
Zsofka throws a jab but it's blocked by Vanagandr.
Vanagandr takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zsofka lands with a nice combination. Vanagandr backs away looking to recover.
Zsofka avoids the body shot from Vanagandr.
Zsofka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zsofka lunges at Vanagandr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vanagandr's hand.
Vanagandr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zsofka.
Zsofka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zsofka misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Eorl Vanagandr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Baldomir Zsofka.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vanagandr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Baldomir Zsofka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zsofka has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Baldomir Zsofka!
Baldomir Zsofka really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that M/S Paint Fightwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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