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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oleg Ivanovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack London (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oleg Ivanovich!
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, Jack London!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanovich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in London's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ivanovich with a flurry of punches that miss.
London wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ivanovich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. London is keeping the position for now.
Ivanovich missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
London is pulling down on Ivanovich's head. It's preventing any offense from Ivanovich, at least for the moment.
Ivanovich won't allow London to sweep him here.
Ivanovich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. London is keeping the position for now.
Ivanovich trying to control but London is working from the bottom.
London manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ivanovich manages to get himself to full guard.
Ivanovich looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanovich will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ivanovich doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
London is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ivanovich striking off his back but it's not causing London any problems.
London slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
London keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ivanovich's head.
Ivanovich wants to improve his position but instead London has moved into half guard.
Ivanovich tries to roll over but London keeps him under control.
Ivanovich missing with punches from the bottom.
Ivanovich wants to get back to full guard.
London controlling the pace.
Ivanovich tries to get to full guard but London has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
London lands with a punch from half guard.
Still in half guard, London seems content to control.
Ivanovich works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ivanovich looking to hit a scissor sweep but London is one step ahead there.
Ivanovich is breathing heavily.
Ivanovich is trying to control the position from the bottom.
London seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
I looks like London might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovich looking to hit a scissor sweep but London is one step ahead there.
London postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ivanovich working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
London stays in close to Ivanovich's body and controls the position.
Ivanovich looking to hit a scissor sweep but London is one step ahead there.
London postures up and lands a big shot to Ivanovich's brow.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ivanovich throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ivanovich throws a big shot that misses.
London scores with a decent looking hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by London. That's going to slow Ivanovich down.
London stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
London is looking to slow Ivanovich down with leg kicks.
Nice cross by London.
London bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ivanovich's head.
Ivanovich gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack London dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ivanovich tries for a takedown but London circles away easily
so London counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
London is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ivanovich throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
London controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ivanovich trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
London chips away with some ground and pound.
Ivanovich on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ivanovich tries to get out of the position.
Ivanovich keeping full guard, as London tries to pass.
London passes Ivanovich's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
London stalling.
London prevents Ivanovich from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
London is taking a breather. Ivanovich says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ground and pound from London.
London keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
London drops an elbow to the side of Ivanovich's head.
London is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ivanovich throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
London controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Despite being in the dominant position, Jack London just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ivanovich shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling London to counter with a crisp jab.
Ivanovich has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from London finds it's way round the side to connect with Ivanovich's head.
Ivanovich with a poor takedown
and Ivanovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oleg Ivanovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
London scores a takedown into full mount!
London tries to control but Ivanovich wriggling away.
Jack London has got the better of the ground game so far.
London is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ivanovich tries to reverse the position but London maintains control.
Ivanovich is working hard here to advance position.
Ivanovich regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovich works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ivanovich striking off his back but it's not causing London any problems.
Ivanovich is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
London wants to control from the top but Ivanovich keeps moving.
Ivanovich is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
London taking some punishment here, with Ivanovich in his half guard.
Ivanovich working over London with some ground and pound. London looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
London controlling the position for now.
Ivanovich lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
London is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovich throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ivanovich lands a nice short elbow.
London is trying is best to control the position here.
London manages to get to full guard.
Ivanovich trying to control but London is working from the bottom.
Ivanovich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. London swivels though and keeps the full guard.
London lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ivanovich!
Ivanovich sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
London with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack London showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ivanovich throws the left hand but London avoids the punch easily.
London does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ivanovich misses with a takedown attempt
and London counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by London.
Ivanovich doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ivanovich is trying to control the position from the bottom.
London seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ivanovich bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in London's guard.
London seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
London controls Ivanovich momentarily but Ivanovich frees himself.
Ivanovich has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanovich stopping the sweep attempt from London.
Ivanovich throwing strikes from guard but London blocks nicely.
Ivanovich won't allow London to sweep him here.
Ivanovich being controlled here momentarily.
London tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Ivanovich tries for a takedown but London circles away easily
and London counters with a slapping leg kick.
A choreographed right hand from Ivanovich misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Good standup being displayed there by Ivanovich as he connects with a hook.
Ivanovich shoots in and bounces London off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ivanovich stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. London swivels though and keeps the full guard.
London is controlling Ivanovich's posture.
London preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
London is trying to control the position but Ivanovich postures up.
Ivanovich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ivanovich lands a couple of digs.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now London is on top in guard.
Ivanovich doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ivanovich wants to sweep here but London controlling him for the moment.
London slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovich looking to control.
London content to stall in guard here.
Ivanovich manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. London manages to get himself to full guard.
Ivanovich working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ivanovich wants to control from the top but London keeps moving.
London wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ivanovich distracts London with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
London is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
London controlling the action here.
Ivanovich is trying to get back to full guard.
London with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ivanovich tries to get to full guard but London has control of the leg.
London is taking a breather. Ivanovich says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ivanovich tries to roll over but London keeps him under control.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Oleg Ivanovich.
I think London has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Jack London!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Jack London!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Jack London!
Jack London wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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