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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Sarnavskiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Crusher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Sarnavskiy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ed Crusher!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crusher misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Crusher misses with a head kick.
Sarnavskiy doesn't manage to clinch there - Crusher circles away.
Crusher gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crusher tries to break free but Sarnavskiy pushes him back against the cage.
Crusher can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sarnavskiy as Crusher tries to tie him up.
Sarnavskiy manages to break the clinch.
Crusher moves forwards but Sarnavskiy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sarnavskiy misses with the combination.
Crusher moves to clinch but Sarnavskiy breaks away
and Sarnavskiy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusher shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sarnavskiy as he avoids it easily.
Crusher throws a lazy head kick
and Sarnavskiy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Crusher shoots in and bounces Sarnavskiy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sarnavskiy wants to stand but Crusher is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarnavskiy keeping moving, preventing Crusher from controlling successfully.
Sarnavskiy has his feet on Crusher's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Crusher has a takedown stuffed.
Alexander Sarnavskiy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Crusher.
Crusher clinches up with Sarnavskiy and pushes him back against the cage.
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!
Sarnavskiy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crusher goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sarnavskiy prevents it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Crusher.
Crusher is trying to push Sarnavskiy away but Sarnavskiy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sarnavskiy tries to break free but Crusher pushes him back against the cage.
Crusher wants to break free but Sarnavskiy has control.
Sarnavskiy breaks the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Sarnavskiy. Beautiful body shot.
Crusher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sarnavskiy scores with a head kick. Crusher tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarnavskiy fails in his attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Crusher is defended easily by Sarnavskiy.
Crusher takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sarnavskiy slips a jab from Crusher.
Horrible takedown by Crusher or perhaps it was just good defense by Sarnavskiy which made him look bad.
Crusher looks gassed!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crusher misses with a wild body shot.
Sarnavskiy throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Sarnavskiy 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.
Sarnavskiy closes the distance and clinches.
Sarnavskiy breaks the clinch.
Sarnavskiy gets caught napping as Crusher dives in and scores a takedown. Sarnavskiy manages to retain guard.
Crusher looking to sit in guard and control but Sarnavskiy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sarnavskiy stands and steps away. Crusher gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Sarnavskiy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crusher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sarnavskiy throws a head kick but Crusher moves out of range.
Sarnavskiy rushes Crusher and presses him up against the cage.
Crusher is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarnavskiy prevents Crusher from breaking the clinch.
Sarnavskiy breaks from the clinch.
Sarnavskiy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sarnavskiy misses with a few strikes there.
Alexander Sarnavskiy is winning the standup battle so far.
Crusher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sarnavskiy.
Crusher tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sarnavskiy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sarnavskiy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crusher moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alexander Sarnavskiy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarnavskiy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sarnavskiy wants it to stay on the feet.
Crusher gets the takedown into side control.
Crusher stands up and beckons Sarnavskiy to his feet.
Sarnavskiy throws a sloppy head kick
and Crusher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ed Crusher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sarnavskiy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Crusher.
Crusher misses with a takedown attempt - Sarnavskiy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Alexander Sarnavskiy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Crusher.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crusher throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crusher fails to land the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarnavskiy connects with a high kick.
Crusher takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sarnavskiy throws a head kick that misses.
Sarnavskiy slaps away a takedown attempt from Crusher, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Crusher looks for a takedown but Sarnavskiy sprawls well.
Sarnavskiy looks to land a body kick but Crusher moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarnavskiy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crusher misses with the body kick
and Sarnavskiy counters with an inside leg kick.
Crusher shoots in looking for a takedown. Sarnavskiy tries to sprawl out of it but Crusher keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sarnavskiy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sarnavskiy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Crusher shoots in but Sarnavskiy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sarnavskiy misses with a two punch combination.
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 Alexander Sarnavskiy will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Crusher throws a head kick but Sarnavskiy moves out of range.
Alexander Sarnavskiy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sarnavskiy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sarnavskiy gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Crusher to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sarnavskiy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Crusher controls from within his opponent's guard.
Crusher stops Sarnavskiy from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusher is stalling in the full guard.
We're going to have a standup here because Alexander Sarnavskiy wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sarnavskiy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Crusher backs up against the cage.
Sarnavskiy sizes up Crusher with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sarnavskiy throws a lazy head kick
and Crusher counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusher is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sarnavskiy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Crusher stalling.
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!
Crusher is trying to control. Sarnavskiy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ed Crusher.
Crusher shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Crusher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sarnavskiy.
Crusher avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sarnavskiy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sarnavskiy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sarnavskiy has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crusher drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Crusher is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sarnavskiy to keep the fight standing.
Alexander Sarnavskiy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alexander Sarnavskiy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Crusher.
Crusher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sarnavskiy prevents a takedown attempt there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sarnavskiy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ed Crusher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sarnavskiy 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Sarnavskiy!
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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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