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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shaggy Dope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksander Yaroslev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yaroslev has chosen Awaken by Dethklok as his entrance music. The key to victory for Shaggy Dope has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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270 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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205 cm
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285 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shaggy Dope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aleksander Yaroslev!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dope misses with the combination.
Dope throws a nice looking combination but Yaroslev bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yaroslev bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Dope pushes Yaroslev away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Yaroslev gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Yaroslev landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Yaroslev in side control, throwing shots but Dope defends.
Yaroslev works to advance to full mount. Dope defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Dope tries to lock up and control but Yaroslev gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yaroslev looking to finish Dope with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dope!
Dope flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Yaroslev goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Dope is on top in guard.
Dope trying to control the position from guard on top but Yaroslev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dope trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Yaroslev manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
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.
Yaroslev is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dope is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yaroslev is aware though and is defending well.
Yaroslev postures up.
Yaroslev throwing strikes from guard but Dope blocks nicely.
Yaroslev stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dope swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dope throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Yaroslev tries to free his leg and advance position but Dope is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yaroslev postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dope looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yaroslev looking to pass the guard.
Dope throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Dope working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yaroslev doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yaroslev manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yaroslev working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dope's head.
Yaroslev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yaroslev must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yaroslev is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dope escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yaroslev gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yaroslev throwing strikes but missing.
Yaroslev throwing strikes but missing.
Dope looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dope looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yaroslev postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Yaroslev landing some decent shots from guard.
Yaroslev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Yaroslev is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yaroslev trying to control the position from guard on top but Dope is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dope has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Yaroslev can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yaroslev landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yaroslev working some strikes from top position.
Dope working for submissions but it's allowed Yaroslev to get to half guard.
Yaroslev passes to side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yaroslev lands some shots froms side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksander Yaroslev 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.
Yaroslev dives in and scores a takedown into Dope's guard.
Dope wants to control the position but Yaroslev says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Dope is looking for a sweep. Yaroslev is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Aleksander Yaroslev has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dope looking for submissions off his back.
Yaroslev tries to pass to full mount but Dope defends it.
Dope actively working from the bottom here.
Dope is looking to improve his position.
Dope is in trouble now - Yaroslev has advanced to mount!
Yaroslev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dope?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yaroslev working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dope is desperately trying to improve his position but Yaroslev has a good base and remains in mount.
Yaroslev can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dope is looking to escape.
Yaroslev is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Dope goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Yaroslev!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aleksander Yaroslev!
During a confident post fight interview, Aleksander Yaroslev thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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