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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Micka Caseiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franz Stefaniak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 cm
19
181 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Big right hand |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Micka Caseiro! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Franz Stefaniak! The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Caseiro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Caseiro is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stefaniak is keeping busy. Stefaniak manages to break the clinch.
Stefaniak shoots in looking for a takedown but Caseiro manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Stefaniak's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Caseiro keeps the fight on the outside. Stefaniak swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stefaniak misses with a looping right. Caseiro has closed the distance and engaged Stefaniak in a clinch.
Caseiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefaniak uses good head movement to avoid it. Caseiro lands a hook to the side of the head. Caseiro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Caseiro gets through Stefaniak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Stefaniak dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Stefaniak is trying to push Caseiro away but Caseiro has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Caseiro lands with a right to the head. Stefaniak has Caseiro pushed against the cage. Caseiro working aggressively here.
Caseiro is struggling to control the position. Caseiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stefaniak wants to take the fight to the mat but Caseiro manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch. Caseiro is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Caseiro misses with a body punch.
Stefaniak is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Stefaniak tries to break free but Caseiro pushes him back against the cage. Caseiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. Caseiro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stefaniak stalls. Stefaniak blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caseiro misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Caseiro throws a punch but it's blocked by Stefaniak. Caseiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Caseiro stalling in the clinch but Stefaniak improves position. Caseiro misses with the head strike.
Caseiro looking to stall.
Caseiro scores with an uppercut up the middle. Caseiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Caseiro will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Stefaniak up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Caseiro is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stefaniak is keeping busy. Caseiro can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Micka Caseiro. A punch combination from Stefaniak misses. Caseiro gets tackled into the cage by Stefaniak. Stefaniak maintains the clinch. Caseiro is trying to maintain a safe position but Stefaniak gets an underhook and turns Caseiro into the cage. Caseiro keeps control of Stefaniak as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Stefaniak slowing the pace effectively. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Micka Caseiro dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Stefaniak clinches. Stefaniak taking a breather. Caseiro is stalling here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stefaniak as Caseiro tries to tie him up. Caseiro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Caseiro misses with some punches.
Caseiro misses with the head strike.
Caseiro looking to stall.
Stefaniak just leaning against Caseiro, taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round. Caseiro has a couple of punches blocked by Stefaniak.
Caseiro misses with the head strike.
Caseiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Stefaniak uses good head movement to avoid it. Caseiro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Caseiro taking a breather. Caseiro misses with a punch to the body.
Stefaniak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. The fight moves into the clinch position. Stefaniak manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Stefaniak is looking to clinch. Caseiro moves into the clinch. Stefaniak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Caseiro scores with a punch to the head. Caseiro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Caseiro is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Stefaniak is keeping busy. Stefaniak stalls.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Caseiro is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Caseiro has a couple of punches blocked by Stefaniak.
Caseiro misses with a body punch.
Caseiro tries to work over Stefaniak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Caseiro is trying to maintain a safe position but Stefaniak gets an underhook and turns Caseiro into the cage. Stefaniak stalling the fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Caseiro prevents Stefaniak from breaking the clinch. Caseiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Caseiro can't find room to land a body shot as Stefaniak controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. Still in the clinch, Caseiro scores with a nice short uppercut. Caseiro misses with some punches.
Stefaniak takes a shot to the head. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Caseiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Caseiro gets through Stefaniak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Caseiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Micka Caseiro dominated that second round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Caseiro moves into the clinch. Caseiro lands a shoulder strike. Stefaniak slowing the pace effectively. Stefaniak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Stefaniak wants to clinch. Caseiro lands a nice hook to Stefaniak's body. Stefaniak takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. The fight moves into the clinch position. Caseiro leaning his opponent against the cage. Stefaniak is trying to drag Caseiro to the mat but Caseiro just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Caseiro gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stefaniak.
Stefaniak drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Caseiro gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Micka Caseiro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Franz Stefaniak. Caseiro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caseiro misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it. Stefaniak's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Caseiro pushes Stefaniak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Caseiro working aggressively here.
Stefaniak letting Caseiro take a breather here. Stefaniak blocks an elbow strike. Stefaniak manages to break the clinch.
Caseiro clinches. Stefaniak content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Caseiro fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Stefaniak is trying to break the clinch but Caseiro has him pressed against the cage. A battle for position here, against the cage. Caseiro lands a hook that snaps the head of Stefaniak backwards. Caseiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Stefaniak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stefaniak goes for a takedown in the clinch but Caseiro prevents it.
Stefaniak stalling.
Caseiro tries a body shot but Stefaniak blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Caseiro.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Stefaniak blocks an uppercut.
Caseiro lands on the inside with an uppercut. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Stefaniak. Caseiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Franz Stefaniak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Caseiro being controlled against the cage. A short body shot lands from Caseiro as the two fighters clinch.
Caseiro throws a punch but it's blocked by Stefaniak. Stefaniak misses with a punch on the inside.
Stefaniak misses with the head strike.
Micka Caseiro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Stefaniak makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight! Micka Caseiro showed his dominance in that final round. Well Caseiro 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27 Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27 Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Micka Caseiro!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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