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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Koscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigory Stensky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stensky is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: GORBACHOV. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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280 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
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250 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good knees
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Decent boxing
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Koscheck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Grigory Stensky!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koscheck closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Stensky to the mat! Stensky manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koscheck trying to control but Stensky is working from the bottom.
Koscheck stays in close to Stensky's body and controls the position.
Stensky is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Koscheck trying to control the position from guard on top but Stensky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Koscheck wants to pass the guard but Stensky is keeping the position.
Stensky is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Koscheck is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Aaron Koscheck wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Koscheck gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Stensky to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koscheck looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscheck keeping moving, preventing Stensky from controlling successfully.
Koscheck throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Koscheck throws his legs up looking for a submission but Stensky uses it to pass to side control.
Stensky tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Stensky throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Stensky fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck taking punishment in the form of punches.
Koscheck is not content to let Stensky control the position.
Koscheck is trying to improve his position.
Stensky landing a few strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Koscheck manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stensky looking for subs from the bottom but Koscheck mounts him!
Stensky tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Stensky tries to hold on but Koscheck postures up.
Stensky has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck looking to control and managing it successfully.
Koscheck will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Koscheck trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Koscheck controlling the position easily from mount.
Stensky is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Koscheck controlling from the full mount.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Koscheck can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stensky is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Aaron Koscheck wasn't doing enough on the ground.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stensky.
Stensky is looking to clinch.
Koscheck clinches with his opponent.
Stensky is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Koscheck works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Koscheck with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stensky is adopting a defensive guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koscheck tries to free his leg and advance position but Stensky is retaining full guard.
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 Aaron Koscheck will probably get the nod.
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.
A shot to the liver by Koscheck. Beautiful body shot.
Koscheck shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Stensky working for a triangle but Koscheck defends it easily.
Stensky wants to sweep but no luck.
Koscheck got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stensky has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Koscheck has managed to get both his arms back between Stensky's legs - danger averted.
Koscheck got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stensky has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Koscheck has managed to get both his arms back between Stensky's legs - danger averted.
Stensky keeping full guard, as Koscheck tries to pass.
Koscheck has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Koscheck passes Stensky's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stensky manages to get to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscheck trying to move into half guard but instead Stensky has managed to sweep!
Stensky tries to free his leg and advance position but Koscheck is retaining full guard.
Stensky trying to control but Koscheck is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Koscheck is on top in guard.
Koscheck content to stall in guard here.
Koscheck preventing the sweep.
Koscheck looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stensky throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Koscheck wants to pass the guard but Stensky is keeping the position.
Stensky is trying to keep Koscheck in close.
Stensky looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Koscheck has picked Stensky up and slammed him! Stensky can't keep hold of the triangle and Koscheck manages to pass to side control!
Koscheck wants to control but Stensky is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck working away.
Stensky is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Koscheck is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Stensky working to try and regain half guard.
Koscheck controlling the pace for now.
Koscheck wants to finish this one by submission but Stensky is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Koscheck.
Koscheck controlling the pace for now.
Koscheck can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stensky is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stensky is in all sorts of trouble here.
Koscheck trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Stensky wants to control but Koscheck is having none of it.
Stensky gets back to half guard.
Koscheck trying to advance position but Stensky counters by regaining guard.
Stensky isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Koscheck stacks Stensky on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Koscheck!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koscheck tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Koscheck dominated that second round.
That's time! 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.
Stensky misses with a body kick.
Stensky finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Stensky fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stensky fails with a takedown attempt.
Koscheck drives through and clinches with Stensky against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Stensky's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Koscheck has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Stensky regains guard immediately.
Koscheck passes Stensky's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Koscheck passes to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscheck has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Stensky!
Koscheck takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koscheck tries to control but Stensky wriggling away.
Koscheck is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Stensky is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Stensky wants to hold on but Koscheck pushes him away.
Koscheck wants to control the pace but Stensky is squirming around nicely.
Stensky is looking to improve his position but Koscheck isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck controlling from the full mount.
Stensky is trying to escape the mount.
Koscheck tries to control but Stensky wriggling away.
Koscheck looking to control and managing it successfully.
Stensky working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stensky throwing hammer fists to the chest of Koscheck. What's that going to do exactly?
Stensky can't escape the position.
Stensky tries to hold on but Koscheck pushes him away.
Koscheck can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Stensky is looking to escape.
Koscheck controlling the position easily from mount.
Stensky is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Koscheck takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck looking to control but Stensky is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Aaron Koscheck overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stensky is looking to improve his position but Koscheck isn't that keen on the idea.
Stensky wants to hold on but Koscheck pushes him away.
Stensky is wriggling around trying to escape.
Koscheck controlling the pace for now.
Koscheck avoids the attempt from Stensky to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koscheck tries to control but Stensky wriggling away.
Koscheck takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Koscheck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Koscheck has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight for Aaron Koscheck!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Aaron Koscheck!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Aaron Koscheck!
Aaron Koscheck wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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