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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Dowser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roger Dowser acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergey Ivanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roger Dowser!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Dowser.
Ivanov slips a jab and a cross from Dowser.
Ivanov shoots for a double leg takedown but Dowser sprawls well. He's pushed Ivanov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dowser throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dowser misses with a head kick.
Dowser is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dowser's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dowser duly obliges.
Horrible takedown by Ivanov or perhaps it was just good defense by Dowser which made him look bad.
Dowser tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Dowser does no damage.
Dowser fails to land the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dowser looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ivanov.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergey Ivanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dowser will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ivanov slips a jab and a cross from Dowser.
Ivanov shoots for a double leg takedown but Dowser sprawls well. He's pushed Ivanov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dowser misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dowser throws a right hand that Ivanov ducks under and follows up with a left that Ivanov also avoids with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Dowser scores with a four punch combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov misses with a takedown attempt - Dowser sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ivanov avoids the head kick by Dowser.
Some wild striking there from Dowser.
No joy there for Dowser, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ivanov shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dowser but Dowser pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dowser pushes Ivanov up against the cage in a clinch.
Dowser wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dowser gets underhooks to prevent Ivanov's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov wants a takedown.
Ivanov is breathing heavily.
Dowser is trying to push Ivanov away but Ivanov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ivanov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dowser pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dowser tries to break free but Ivanov pushes him back against the cage.
Dowser stops a takedown attempt from Ivanov.
Dowser stops a takedown attempt from Ivanov.
Dowser wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dowser wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dowser is trying to break free.
Dowser tries to break free but Ivanov pushes him back against the cage.
Dowser wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ivanov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dowser gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ivanov prevents Dowser from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dowser gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ivanov.
Dowser looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dowser is trying to break free.
Dowser prevents the takedown attempt.
Ivanov has Dowser pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dowser manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ivanov has Dowser pressed against the cage, preventing Dowser from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dowser dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dowser manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ivanov throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ivanov throwing strikes but missing.
Ivanov with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Dowser dominated that round.
That's time! Ivanov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dowser shoots in for a double leg but Ivanov sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A punch combination from Dowser misses.
Dowser throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ivanov shoots in looking for a takedown but Dowser manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ivanov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ivanov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dowser.
Dowser throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dowser.
Dowser swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A left and a right from Dowser both land. Nice combination.
Ivanov manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dowser on his heels. He'll look to pass Dowser's guard now, I'm sure.
Dowser is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanov lands a couple of elbows.
Ivanov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ivanov postures up in Dowser's guard and throws a big left but Dowser blocks it.
Ivanov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ivanov throwing strikes from guard but Dowser blocks nicely.
Dowser wants to stand up but Ivanov is controlling him.
Ivanov cracks Dowser with a solid left hand.
Dowser working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ivanov.
Ivanov throwing strikes from guard but Dowser blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ivanov stands up over Dowser, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ivanov throws a big right hand that misses.
Dowser utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ivanov postures up in Dowser's guard and throws a big left but Dowser blocks it.
Ivanov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ivanov might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dowser looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ivanov is one step ahead there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivanov throws a big right hand that misses.
Ivanov works over Dowser with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov throws an elbow that misses. Dowser uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ivanov's guard. Nice move by Dowser!
Dowser with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ivanov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ivanov tries to get out of the position.
Dowser wanted to stand there but Ivanov had control of the position.
Sergey Ivanov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dowser prevents Ivanov from getting back to his feet.
Ivanov can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dowser controls the pace.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Roger Dowser wasn't active enough on the ground.
Dowser slaps away a takedown attempt from Ivanov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Roger Dowser seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowser misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergey Ivanov dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.
Ivanov dodges the punch combination from Dowser.
Ivanov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dowser rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ivanov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Dowser scores with a four punch combination!
Dowser lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dowser.
Some wild striking there from Dowser.
A combination from Dowser does no damage.
Dowser takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ivanov shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Dowser. Those never looked like landing.
Dowser scores with a three punch combo!
Roger Dowser seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dowser shoots in but Ivanov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dowser tries to close the distance and clinch but Ivanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ivanov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dowser sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergey Ivanov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dowser fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dowser lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ivanov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dowser's waist but Dowser gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ivanov off to one side.
Dowser tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ivanov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowser throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dowser shoots in looking for a takedown. Ivanov tries to sprawl out of it but Dowser keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ivanov manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ivanov has a takedown stuffed.
Dowser scores with a nice strike.
Dowser throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dowser shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ivanov as he avoids it easily.
Ivanov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Dowser controls Ivanov momentarily but Ivanov frees himself.
Ivanov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ivanov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dowser avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ivanov distracts Dowser with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dowser preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dowser working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ivanov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ivanov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ivanov throwing strikes from guard but Dowser blocks nicely.
Ivanov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dowser's head.
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!
Ivanov throws a big right hand that misses.
Ivanov lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ivanov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dowser preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dowser preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ivanov throws a strike but Dowser rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergey Ivanov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ivanov 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergey Ivanov!
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