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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saboh Soth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Dickinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dickinson has chosen Ride of the Valkyries as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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275 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Saboh Soth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Evander Dickinson!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickinson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dickinson tries to keep at a distance but Soth has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Soth.
Soth scores with a knee to the head.
Soth slowing the pace effectively.
Soth seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Soth misses with a knee to the head.
Soth looking to throw knees to the head but Dickinson is blocking nicely.
Soth really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Soth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dickinson avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soth tries to land a knee to the head but Dickinson blocks with his arms.
Soth is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Soth misses with a knee to the head.
Dickinson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Soth avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Dickinson takes an elbow to the temple.
Dickinson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dickinson managing to block the knees to the body from Soth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soth prevents the takedown attempt.
Saboh Soth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evander Dickinson.
Soth stalling in the clinch.
Soth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Soth throws a knee to the head but misses.
Soth tries a knee to the head but Dickinson blocks it.
Soth tries a knee to the head but Dickinson blocks it.
Soth trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dickinson as Soth tries to tie him up.
Soth keeps control of Dickinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Soth effectively controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dickinson blocks it with crossed arms.
Dickinson tries to score a body lock takedown but Soth shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Soth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dickinson avoids the elbow strike from Soth, against the cage.
Soth is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Soth lands a knee to the head.
Soth is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dickinson looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soth lands a knee to the head.
Soth using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dickinson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soth tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dickinson fails to pull guard.
Soth utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Soth throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dickinson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Dickinson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Soth creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dickinson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Dickinson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dickinson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Soth's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soth preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dickinson tries to free his leg and advance position but Soth is retaining full guard.
Dickinson is looking to work some ground and pound but Soth has wrist control.
Dickinson tries to free his leg and advance position but Soth is retaining full guard.
Soth keeping moving, preventing Dickinson from controlling successfully.
Dickinson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Soth looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Soth looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Soth!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dickinson is trying to improve his position.
Soth will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Soth throwing shots but missing, from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dickinson is looking for a sweep.
Dickinson parries the strikes from Soth easily there. Soth is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dickinson to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saboh Soth 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.
Dickinson throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Soth tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dickinson is in Soth's guard.
Dickinson trying to control but Soth is working from the bottom.
Dickinson looking to sit in guard and control but Soth gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Soth tries to free his leg and advance position but Dickinson is retaining full guard.
Dickinson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Soth's guard.
Soth wants to stand and escape but Dickinson is having none of it.
Dickinson slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickinson is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Soth is just riding it out for now. Dickinson eventually gives up the hold.
Dickinson is looking to take a break and control but Soth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dickinson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
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.
Dickinson is keen to just control but Soth is a slippery customer.
Dickinson stands up out of the half guard.
Soth clinches with his opponent.
Soth landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Soth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saboh Soth has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Soth using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dickinson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dickinson goes for a takedown attempt but Soth pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dickinson is breathing heavily.
Soth fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soth pushes Dickinson up against the cage in a clinch.
Soth taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dickinson is working for takedown but Soth is calmly controlling the position for now.
Soth with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soth misses with a knee strike.
Dickinson is looking for a takedown.
Saboh Soth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evander Dickinson.
Soth tries to land a knee to the head but Dickinson blocks with his arms.
Soth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Soth landing knees to the head.
Soth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Soth lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Soth scores with a knee to the head.
Soth misses with a knee to the head.
Soth with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dickinson tries to pull guard but Soth holds him up against the cage and eventually Dickinson drops back down to his feet.
Dickinson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Soth is defending well.
Soth lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dickinson takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson wants a takedown.
Soth landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Soth unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dickinson takes an elbow to the temple.
Soth misses with a knee strike.
Dickinson is trying to drag Soth to the mat but Soth just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nice elbow from Soth.
Dickinson takes an elbow to the forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soth using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dickinson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soth misses with an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dickinson wants to take the fight to the mat but Soth manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saboh Soth dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Soth is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Soth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soth fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soth closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dickinson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Soth wants to clinch.
Soth tries to clinch
and Dickinson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Soth's guard.
Dickinson gets to his feet - Soth follows without any prompting.
Dickinson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dickinson throws a head kick that misses.
Dickinson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Soth tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dickinson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soth tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dickinson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soth moves in looking to clinch but Dickinson pushes him off.
Soth gets caught flat footed, as Dickinson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Soth keeping moving, preventing Dickinson from controlling successfully.
Soth is looking to stand up but Dickinson isn't so interested in that idea.
Dickinson passes Soth's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dickinson stands up out of the half guard.
Soth tries to clinch but Dickinson moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soth closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dickinson counters with a single leg into guard. Soth didn't expect that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soth keeping moving, preventing Dickinson from controlling successfully.
Dickinson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Soth is keeping the position for now.
Dickinson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Soth is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dickinson wants to stand but Soth is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Soth has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Dickinson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Soth looks to clinch
and Dickinson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dickinson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Soth has managed to free his arm - good work.
Soth has one foot on Dickinson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Saboh Soth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soth tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dickinson counters with a shoot takedown. Soth fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dickinson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Soth is keeping the position for now.
Dickinson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Soth's guard.
Evander Dickinson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dickinson postures up in Soth's guard and throws a big left but Soth blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dickinson throws an elbow that misses. Soth uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dickinson's guard. Nice move by Soth!
Saboh Soth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dickinson has a closed guard, preventing Soth from standing up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Evander Dickinson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Soth 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saboh Soth!
Saboh Soth took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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