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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stan Macnturf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandar Assoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Macnturf is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Alexandar Assoli is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stan Macnturf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexandar Assoli!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assoli shoots in and drives through. Macnturf sprawls well.
Macnturf is breathing heavily.
Assoli has managed to clinch.
Assoli manages to break the clinch.
Macnturf misses with the combination.
Macnturf lands the left hand.
Assoli shoots in for a takedown but Macnturf shows good takedown defense.
Assoli tries to close the distance and clinch but Macnturf swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Assoli throws a combination that misses
and Macnturf counters by clinching up.
Assoli manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick from Assoli.
Assoli shoots in for a takedown but Macnturf shows good takedown defense.
Stan Macnturf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexandar Assoli.
Macnturf misses with a looping left.
Macnturf swats away the attempt to clinch by Assoli.
Assoli looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Assoli frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macnturf throwing hammer fists to the chest of Assoli. What's that going to do exactly?
Macnturf tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Macnturf is squirming around, avoiding Assoli's attempts to control the action.
Assoli connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Macnturf knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Assoli on the ground.
Assoli looking to finish with strikes here!
Assoli tries to control but Macnturf wriggling away.
Assoli is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Assoli tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Assoli get's back to his feet.
Assoli avoids a punch combination nicely.
Assoli wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slapping body kick lands there for Assoli.
Assoli wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macnturf showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Assoli.
Alexandar Assoli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assoli misses with a double jab
and Macnturf connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Macnturf lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Macnturf cracks Assoli with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Assoli shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Macnturf as he avoids it easily.
Assoli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Macnturf.
Assoli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Assoli tries to close the distance and clinch up but Macnturf swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Assoli clinches.
Assoli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Macnturf as Assoli shoots in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assoli looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Macnturf is fending him off so far but Assoli persists. Nope, Macnturf circles away and we're back to standing.
Assoli shoots in for a takedown but Macnturf shows good takedown defense.
Assoli drives through and clinches with Macnturf against the cage.
Assoli drops down looking for an ankle pick but Macnturf pulls his leg out and moves away.
Assoli shoots in for a double leg but Macnturf sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Macnturf tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Assoli wants to clinch.
Macnturf stuffs the takedown attempt from Assoli. Assoli gets slowly back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Assoli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Assoli tries to close the distance and clinch but Macnturf swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Assoli looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandar Assoli 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.
Assoli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Assoli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stan Macnturf is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A lazy left from Macnturf finds it's target.
Macnturf takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Assoli tries to clinch there but Macnturf circles away.
Assoli gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Assoli breaks from the clinch.
Macnturf uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Macnturf throws the left hand but Assoli avoids the punch easily.
Assoli instigates a clinch.
Macnturf has had enough of the clinch but Assoli keeps him there for the moment.
Macnturf wants to break the clinch but can't.
Macnturf wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Assoli has him pressed against the cage.
Macnturf tries to break the clinch but Assoli is controlling the position.
Macnturf prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Macnturf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assoli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Assoli shoots in but Macnturf avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Assoli has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Assoli there as he acknowledges the shot.
Assoli pushes Macnturf up against the cage in a clinch.
Assoli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Assoli tries to clinch up but Macnturf circles away and keeps his distance.
Macnturf keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Stan Macnturf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexandar Assoli.
Assoli changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Macnturf tries to avoid it but Assoli manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Macnturf to the ground. Macnturf escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Assoli takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Assoli clinches up with Macnturf and pushes him back against the cage.
Assoli pulls guard effortlessly.
Assoli is trying to keep Macnturf in close.
Assoli looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macnturf wants to stand and escape but instead Assoli has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Assoli stands and throws Macnturf's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Macnturf tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Assoli wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Assoli trying to control the action but Macnturf is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assoli scoring with punches from side control.
Macnturf is working to avoid the ground and pound but Assoli connects with a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Assoli wants to control but Macnturf is keeping him busy.
Macnturf tries to improve position but can't.
Macnturf is working hard here to advance position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Nice sprawl there from Macnturf as Assoli shoots in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A punch lands to the side of Assoli 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Macnturf wants to clinch.
Assoli will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Assoli keeps the fight on the outside.
Assoli pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Assoli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Macnturf ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Assoli moves away.
Macnturf ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Assoli moves away.
Macnturf steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Assoli. That one must have hurt.
Nice takedown defense from Macnturf. No joy for Assoli on that attempt.
Assoli tries for a takedown but Macnturf sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Macnturf shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandar Assoli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Assoli shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Macnturf as he avoids it easily.
Assoli fails in his attempt to clinch.
Assoli shoots in for a takedown but Macnturf shows good takedown defense.
Macnturf just misses with a punch to the body.
Macnturf keeps the fight on the outside.
Assoli throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Macnturf's waist but Macnturf gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Assoli off to one side.
Stan Macnturf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexandar Assoli.
Assoli gets a clinch.
Macnturf pushes Assoli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Assoli breaks the clinch.
Macnturf scores with a crisp jab that stopped Assoli in his tracks.
Assoli clinches with his opponent.
Macnturf wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Assoli lands a takedown into guard.
Assoli stops Macnturf from standing up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Assoli looking to sit in guard and control but Macnturf gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assoli working for a triangle but Macnturf defends it easily.
Assoli is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Assoli manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Macnturf manages to get himself to full guard.
Assoli wants to control from the top but Macnturf keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Assoli is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Macnturf is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Assoli dives into side control.
Macnturf on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Macnturf tries to get out of the position.
Assoli decides to stand up, so the ref orders Macnturf to his feet.
Assoli tries to clinch up
and Macnturf counters with a straight right hand.
Assoli shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Assoli takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macnturf keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Macnturf connects with a single shot there.
A head kick from Assoli lands but Macnturf takes it in his stride.
It looks like Stan Macnturf has been cut.
Assoli misses with a head kick.
Assoli fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Macnturf gets caught flat footed, as Assoli shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Assoli stands and steps away. Macnturf gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Assoli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Macnturf throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Assoli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Assoli clinches but Macnturf breaks the clinch
and Macnturf counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Assoli scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macnturf gets through Assoli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Assoli breaks the clinch.
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!
Assoli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Assoli throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alexandar Assoli seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Macnturf tries for a takedown but Assoli sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Assoli tries to clinch but Macnturf is having none of it.
Assoli takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Macnturf scores with a shot to the body.
Assoli tries to clinch but Macnturf is having none of it.
Assoli fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Macnturf, pushing him back against the cage.
Assoli breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Assoli fails with a takedown attempt.
Assoli misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexandar Assoli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Assoli has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandar Assoli!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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