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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Lebedin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kris Pederson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexander Lebedin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Lebedin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kris Pederson!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pederson shoots in but Lebedin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pederson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lebedin sprawls well initially but Pederson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lebedin wants to improve his position but Pederson is controlling well.
Lebedin is working hard here to advance position.
Lebedin punching from the bottom.
Pederson tries to stand and escape but Lebedin is controlling the position.
Lebedin gets back to full guard.
Pederson stopping the sweep attempt from Lebedin.
Pederson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lebedin, up you get!
Lebedin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lebedin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lebedin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lebedin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pederson as he jumps to the side.
Lebedin fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexander Lebedin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pederson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebedin shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pederson's guard.
Lebedin is breathing heavily.
Lebedin is in close to Pederson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pederson working a defensive guard here.
Lebedin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lebedin working some strikes from top position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pederson is on top in guard.
Lebedin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pederson manages to get himself to full guard.
Pederson wants to stand and escape but Lebedin is having none of it.
Lebedin is in close to Pederson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lebedin stands up over Pederson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lebedin lands a couple of elbows.
Pederson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pederson wants to stand and escape but Lebedin is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pederson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Pederson misses with a takedown attempt
so Lebedin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
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!
Pederson throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pederson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lebedin's guard.
Pederson is stalling in the full guard.
Lebedin striking from the bottom.
Pederson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lebedin is trying to improve his position.
Lebedin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Lebedin is trying to improve his position.
Lebedin sneaks back into half guard.
Pederson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebedin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lebedin scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Lebedin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Lebedin working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lebedin connects with a nice short shot to Pederson's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lebedin lands with a punch from half guard.
Lebedin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pederson is rocked!
Ground and pound from Lebedin.
Pederson is still in real trouble! Can Lebedin finish him?
Lebedin lands with a punch from half guard.
Pederson wants to get back to full guard.
Pederson has hold of Lebedin's hands but Lebedin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lebedin scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lebedin lands with a punch from half guard.
Lebedin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pederson moves into full guard.
Pederson has momentary wrist control but Lebedin slips an elbow through the middle.
Lebedin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lebedin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lebedin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pederson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pederson wants to sweep here but Lebedin controlling him for the moment.
Pederson pushes Lebedin off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Lebedin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pederson can pounce on him.
Pederson seems to have recovered his senses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pederson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pederson throwing strikes from guard but Lebedin blocks nicely.
Lebedin keeping moving, preventing Pederson from controlling successfully.
Lebedin wants to sweep but no luck.
Lebedin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lebedin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lebedin throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lebedin trying to strike off his back.
Lebedin can't keep his opponent in guard - Pederson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lebedin misses with some strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alexander Lebedin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pederson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lebedin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Pederson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lebedin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lebedin throws a big right hand that misses.
Alexander Lebedin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lebedin landing with the ground and pound.
Pederson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pederson is on top in guard.
Pederson won't allow Lebedin to sweep him here.
Lebedin punching from the bottom.
Pederson throws a big right hand that misses.
Pederson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lebedin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pederson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lebedin is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pederson trying to control the position from guard on top but Lebedin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pederson stopping the sweep attempt from Lebedin.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lebedin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pederson counters with a single leg into guard. Lebedin didn't expect that.
Pederson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lebedin manages to work his way to half guard, despite Pederson's best efforts.
Pederson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lebedin is trying to get back to full guard.
Pederson is looking to advance position but Lebedin won't allow it.
Lebedin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Pederson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lebedin is keeping the position for now.
Lebedin keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Lebedin lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lebedin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pederson's guard.
Lebedin looking to pass the guard.
Lebedin won't allow Pederson to get back to his feet.
Lebedin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lebedin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pederson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pederson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lebedin manages to get himself to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lebedin lands some strikes from the bottom.
Lebedin looking for a sweep. Not yet Lebedin, not yet.
Pederson passes Lebedin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Lebedin tries to roll over but Pederson keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lebedin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lebedin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pederson!
Lebedin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pederson?
Pederson is working to get back to half guard.
Lebedin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lebedin with the ground and pound from mount.
Pederson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Pederson won't allow Lebedin to pass to mount.
Pederson missing with punches from the bottom.
Lebedin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pederson wants to get back to full guard.
Pederson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lebedin with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lebedin postures up in Pederson's guard and throws a big left but Pederson blocks it.
Pederson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lebedin manages to get himself to full guard.
Lebedin wants to sweep but no luck.
Lebedin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pederson's guard.
Lebedin scoring with punches to the head and body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lebedin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pederson wants to stand and escape but Lebedin is having none of it.
Lebedin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pederson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Lebedin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Pederson's head.
Pederson is looking for a triangle but Lebedin pushes his legs off easily.
Pederson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lebedin!
Pederson trying to control but Lebedin is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lebedin throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pederson. What's that going to do exactly?
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 Lebedin will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Pederson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Alexander Lebedin has been cut.
Lebedin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pederson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Lebedin working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Pederson's thigh. Pederson counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Pederson looking for a sweep. Not yet Pederson, not yet.
Lebedin scoring with some ground and pound.
Pederson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Lebedin throwing strikes from guard but Pederson blocks nicely.
Lebedin is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Pederson is trying to control the position but Lebedin postures up.
Pederson looking for a sweep. Not yet Pederson, not yet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Lebedin shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pederson kicks Lebedin off and gets back to his feet.
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!
Pederson tries for a takedown but Lebedin circles away easily
and Lebedin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lebedin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pederson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebedin is nestled in close to Pederson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lebedin blocks the strikes from Pederson.
Pederson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lebedin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lebedin frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Pederson is trying desperately to improve position.
Pederson is in a horrible position here. Lebedin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lebedin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lebedin cracks Pederson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lebedin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lebedin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pederson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lebedin landing strikes from the mount and Pederson is in trouble!
Pederson gets back to half guard.
Pederson wants to get back to his feet.
Pederson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pederson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lebedin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lebedin passes Pederson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
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!
Pederson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pederson tries to get to full guard but Lebedin has control of the leg.
Pederson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lebedin chips away with some ground and pound.
Lebedin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lebedin won't allow Pederson to get back to his feet.
Lebedin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pederson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pederson scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Pederson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lebedin looking to pass the guard.
Lebedin postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Lebedin gets a clinch.
Lebedin goes for a takedown attempt but Pederson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lebedin misses with a takedown
and Pederson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lebedin!
Lebedin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pederson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lebedin is looking to get to half guard.
Lebedin taking shots to the head.
Lebedin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pederson lands a big shot there that rocks Lebedin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lebedin regains half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lebedin missing with punches from the bottom.
Lebedin is pressing down on Pederson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lebedin lands a decent shot there.
Lebedin trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Pederson won't allow Lebedin to sweep him here.
Pederson trying to control but Lebedin is working from the bottom.
Pederson stands up over Lebedin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lebedin is looking to sweep but instead, Pederson has passed into half guard.
Lebedin punching from the bottom.
Pederson is working for a submission of some sort.
Pederson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lebedin is trying to get back to full guard.
Lebedin is refusing to be controlled, as Pederson sits in half guard.
Kris Pederson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lebedin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lebedin.
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 Alexander Lebedin.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lebedin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Lebedin!
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