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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buddha Bless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Money (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Money comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Not Afraid kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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176 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Buddha Bless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Money!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Money stuffs the takedown.
Bless stuffs the takedown attempt from Money. Money gets slowly back to his feet.
Bless fails with the takedown
so Money counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Bless has a closed guard, preventing Money from standing up.
Money passes Bless's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Money lands with a punch from half guard.
Money drops an elbow to the side of Bless's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Money prevents Bless from improving his position.
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!
Still in half guard, Money seems content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Money is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Bless really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Money fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Money trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Money lands with some strikes.
Bless tries to reverse the position but Money maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Money trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bless is looking to get to half guard.
Bless wants to control but Money is having none of it.
Bless is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Money is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Money trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bless on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bless tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Money prevents Bless from getting the reversal.
Bless is working hard here to advance position.
Money controlling from mount.
Bless is trying to escape the mount.
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.
Money connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Money prevents Bless from getting the reversal.
Bless tries to hold on but Money postures up.
Money landing shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Money lands a big shot there that rocks Bless but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Money dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bless fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Money on the side of the head.
It looks like Tom Money has been cut.
A head kick misses from Money.
Bless showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Money.
Bless leaves Money with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bless is looking to clinch.
Money throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bless.
Money fails to land the takedown.
Money tries to clinch up
and Bless counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Money's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Money is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bless slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bless's guard.
Bless tries to strike from the bottom.
Money has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bless is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Money is standing up over Bless. Bless looks to escape but Money dives into side control.
Tom Money has got the better of the ground game so far.
Money scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bless to see if he's OK.
Bless is trying to get back to half guard.
Bless regains half guard there - taking advantage of Money's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bless is holding on to half guard well.
Money wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bless keeps working.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bless manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bless is working an open guard so Money takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bless clinches.
Bless turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Bless controlling the position.
Bless swings around for an armbar but Money sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Bless's guard.
Bless working a defensive guard here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bless holds on and takes a little breather.
Bless is striking off his back. Money thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Money prevents Bless from improving his position.
Bless wants to control but Money passes into side.
Money thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bless is letting Money control him for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buddha Bless dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tom Money's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bless doesn't manage to clinch there - Money circles away.
Bless throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Money stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bless fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Money.
Bless tries a head kick but it misses.
Bless throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Money is looking to clinch but Bless is avoiding it.
Bless circles away from the clinch attempt.
Money misses with a few strikes there.
Bless looks to land a combination but Money avoids it well.
Bless stuffs the takedown attempt from Money. Money gets slowly back to his feet.
Bless shoots for a takedown but Money saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bless fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buddha Bless. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bless leaves Money with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bless rushes Money and presses him up against the cage.
Bless manages to break the clinch.
Money fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bless avoids it really well and circles away.
Money takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Money takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Money throws a nice looking combination but Bless bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Money shoots in for a takedown but Bless shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Money on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bless lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Money circles away quickly and effectively.
Bless gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bless controlling the action here for a moment.
Bless scores with a knee to the head.
Bless breaks from the clinch.
Money closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bless circles away.
Bless closes the distance and clinches up with Money, looking for a takedown. Bless pushes Money against the cage but Money circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bless looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bless decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bless lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bless winds up and cracks Money with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bless misses with a head shot. Money uses the momentum to regain guard.
Bless trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bless trying to stand up but can't free himself from Money's guard.
Bless won't allow Money to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bless stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Money swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bless gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bless lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Money circles away quickly and effectively.
Bless clinches with his opponent.
Bless's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bless tries to close the distance and clinch but Money swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Money throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bless's waist but Bless gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Money off to one side.
Bless closes the distance and clinches.
Money tries to pull guard but Bless holds him up against the cage and eventually Money drops back down to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Buddha Bless showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bless 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buddha Bless!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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