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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Max Damien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Popov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Popov has chosen Be Good to Yourself as his entrance music. Alexander Popov will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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145 lbs
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146 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Max Damien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Popov!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damien shoots in and bounces Popov off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Popov thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Popov throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Damien tries to free his leg and advance position but Popov is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Popov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Popov lands some strikes from the bottom.
Damien has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Popov throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Popov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Popov throws a couple of heel strikes.
Popov punching to the body, from the bottom.
Popov scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Popov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Popov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Popov trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Damien is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Popov lands a decent shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damien pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Popov is keeping the position for now.
Damien might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Popov lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Popov striking off his back but it's not causing Damien any problems.
Damien stands up out of Popov's guard for a moment - Popov manages to land a nice upkick.
Popov strikes from his own guard.
Popov trying to strike off his back.
Popov trying to strike off his back.
Popov lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Popov trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Popov punching from the bottom.
Popov striking from his own guard.
Popov punching from the bottom - just letting Damien know he's still in a fight.
Popov scores with a nice shot.
Popov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Popov striking off his back but it's not causing Damien any problems.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Popov will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popov lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Popov throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Popov tries to strike from the bottom.
Popov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Popov will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Popov lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Popov keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Popov throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Popov scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Popov striking from the bottom.
Popov keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Popov lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Popov throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Damien knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Popov on the ground.
Popov trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Damien is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popov striking from the bottom.
Popov throwing short punches from the bottom.
Popov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Damien takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Popov trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Damien wants to stand but Popov has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Popov throws a couple of heel strikes.
Popov lands a decent shot there.
Popov striking off his back.
Popov lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Popov scores with a nice shot.
Popov trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Popov striking from his own guard.
Damien loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Popov throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Popov throwing short punches from the bottom.
Damien takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Popov scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Popov punching from the bottom - just letting Damien know he's still in a fight.
Popov keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Popov doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Popov tries to strike from the bottom.
Popov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Popov lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Popov doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Popov lands some strikes from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Popov striking from the bottom here.
Popov throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Popov striking off his back.
Popov lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Popov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Damien feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Popov punching from the bottom.
Popov trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Popov lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Popov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Popov lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Popov throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Popov scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Popov striking from his own guard.
Popov throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Popov lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Popov lands a decent punch to the body there.
Popov keeping full guard, as Damien tries to pass.
Popov throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Popov with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Damien can't handle though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popov throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Popov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Popov trying to strike off his back.
Popov throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Popov throws a couple of heel strikes.
Popov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Popov keeping moving, preventing Damien from controlling successfully.
Popov throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Popov trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Popov lands some strikes from the bottom.
Popov scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Damien would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Popov punching to the body, from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Popov scores with a nice shot.
Popov scores with a short punch from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Popov throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Popov thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Popov striking off his back but it's not causing Damien any problems.
Damien wants to get up but he can't break Popov's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Damien stands up out of Popov's guard for a moment - Popov manages to land a nice upkick.
Popov scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Popov lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Popov throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Popov throwing short punches from the bottom.
Popov lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Alexander Popov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Popov throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Popov striking from the bottom here.
Popov striking off his back.
Popov lands a decent shot there.
Popov scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Popov striking from the bottom.
Popov keeping moving, preventing Damien from controlling successfully.
Popov lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Popov throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Popov lands a decent shot there.
Popov striking from the bottom.
Popov lands a decent shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Popov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Popov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Popov punching to the body, from the bottom.
Damien takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Popov punching from the bottom - just letting Damien know he's still in a fight.
Damien is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Popov throwing short punches from the bottom.
Popov keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Popov strikes from his own guard.
Damien throwing strikes from guard but Popov blocks nicely.
Popov throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Popov punching to the body, from the bottom.
Popov striking from the bottom here.
Popov keeping full guard, as Damien tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Popov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Popov gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Damien to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Popov keeping moving, preventing Damien from controlling successfully.
Popov lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Popov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Popov scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Popov throwing short punches from the bottom.
Damien takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Popov lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Popov strikes from his own guard.
Damien is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Popov doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Damien trying to control the position from guard on top but Popov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popov throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Popov lands a decent punch to the body there.
Popov striking off his back.
Popov throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Popov keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Popov striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Damien is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Popov with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Damien can't handle though.
Damien stands up out of Popov's guard for a moment - Popov manages to land a nice upkick.
Popov striking from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damien takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Popov striking from his own guard.
Damien stands up out of Popov's guard for a moment - Popov manages to land a nice upkick.
Damien wants to pass the guard but Popov is keeping the position.
Popov throwing short punches from the bottom.
Popov lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Popov keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Damien stands up out of Popov's guard for a moment - Popov manages to land a nice upkick.
Popov lands an upkick as Damien stands over him.
Popov keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Damien trying to control the position from guard on top but Popov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Popov striking off his back.
Popov strikes from his own guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damien is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Popov lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Popov punching from the bottom - just letting Damien know he's still in a fight.
Popov punching from the bottom - just letting Damien know he's still in a fight.
Popov lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Damien wants to control from the top but Popov keeps moving.
Popov throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Popov lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Popov scores with a nice shot.
Popov keeping moving, preventing Damien from controlling successfully.
Damien stands up out of Popov's guard for a moment - Popov manages to land a nice upkick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Popov punching to the body, from the bottom.
Popov with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Damien can't handle though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Popov lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Popov lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Popov striking from his own guard.
Popov lands some strikes from the bottom.
Popov punching from the bottom.
Popov lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Damien stands up out of Popov's guard for a moment - Popov manages to land a nice upkick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Popov striking off his back but it's not causing Damien any problems.
Popov punching from the bottom - just letting Damien know he's still in a fight.
Popov thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Max Damien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Popov throwing short punches from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Popov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Popov winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Popov!
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