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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chancey The Face (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rach Ruch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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164 lbs
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162 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chancey The Face!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rach Ruch!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Face on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ruch lands with a good body shot.
Ruch throws a right and a left that The Face avoids nicely.
Ruch throws a jab when The Face was well out of range.
The Face ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ruch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The Face looks for a takedown but Ruch sprawls well.
Ruch throws a shot from downtown. The Face moves away and avoids it.
The Face uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ruch.
Ruch swinging wildly here.
Ruch's jab looks to have found its range, popping The Face under the eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruch. The Face does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ruch throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and The Face counters by clinching up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Face scores with a shot to the side of Ruch's head.
The Face tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Face working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Face tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Face being controlled against the cage.
The Face digs a right hand underneath Ruch's ribcage. Ruch let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The Face has Ruch pressed against the cage, preventing Ruch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ruch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ruch gets underhooks to prevent The Face's takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruch wants to get back to striking at distance but The Face won't allow it.
The Face has Ruch pressed against the cage, preventing Ruch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ruch avoiding damage as The Face throws knees to the body.
The Face crunches a lovely knee into Ruch's ribcage.
The Face scores a nice knee to the body.
The Face keeps control of Ruch as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ruch is trying to force a seperation but The Face has the dominant position.
The Face wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chancey The Face. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Face trying to land knees to the body.
Ruch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruch lands a nice shot to the body.
The Face crunches a lovely knee into Ruch's ribcage.
The Face throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ruch blocks an uppercut.
Ruch managing to block the knees to the body from The Face.
The Face has Ruch pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. The Face pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Ruch tumbling to the mat - The Face dives into Ruch's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Ruch looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The Face throws a strike but Ruch rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The Face is working an open guard so Ruch takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruch looks to land a right hand but The Face moved out of range.
The Face slips a jab and a cross from Ruch.
The Face fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice shot by Ruch.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ruch connects with a nice looking jab.
Ruch misses with a jab to the body
and The Face counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rach Ruch will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The Face dives in and scores a takedown into Ruch's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruch pulls The Face in close to prevent any damage.
The Face prevents Ruch from getting back to his feet.
Ruch not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Face has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The Face keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ruch's head.
The Face throwing strikes from guard but Ruch blocks nicely.
The Face looking to sit in guard and control but Ruch gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ruch 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.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Rach Ruch was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Jab by Ruch.
Rach Ruch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruch with a hook.
Ruch throws a nice looking combination but The Face bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ruch swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and The Face counters by moving into the clinch.
The Face wants to take the fight to the mat but Ruch manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
The Face wants to take the fight to the mat but Ruch manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A short left from Ruch.
Ruch tries to break the clinch but The Face is controlling the position.
Ruch blocks a body shot from The Face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruch has had enough of the clinch but The Face keeps him there for the moment.
The Face landing knees to the body.
The Face throws a punch but it's blocked by Ruch.
Ruch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Face tries a knee to the head but Ruch blocks it.
Ruch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The Face misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Face tries for a takedown but Ruch manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chancey The Face. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ruch - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruch throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Face creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Face looking for a takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Face has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Ruch is trying to keep an underhook but The Face manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ruch wants to control but The Face is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The Face throwing shots but Ruch is blocking nicely.
Ruch has one foot on The Face's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Ruch swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and The Face counters with a single leg into guard. Ruch didn't expect that.
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!
Ruch lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for The Face!
Ruch controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
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 Chancey The Face will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Ruch scores with the left hand. The Face knows he should have avoided that one.
Ruch misses with a wild combination.
Rach Ruch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruch comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ruch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Face fails with a takedown attempt.
Ruch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ruch swinging wildly here.
Ruch lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Face backs up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Face keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruch connects with the punch.
A right-left combo lands from Ruch.
The Face dodges the punch combination from Ruch.
Ruch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Face shoots in for a double leg but Ruch sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ruch throws a series of punches but The Face moves out of range.
Ruch misses with a straight left.
A jab from Ruch misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left and a right from Ruch both land. Nice combination.
The Face misses with a takedown attempt - Ruch sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chancey The Face. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ruch closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The Face moves away from the strike by Ruch.
The Face closes the distance and clinches up with Ruch, looking for a takedown. The Face pushes Ruch against the cage but Ruch circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The Face is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ruch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruch misses the jab.
The Face on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ruch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Face circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruch throws a right and a left that The Face avoids nicely.
The Face shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ruch as he avoids it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruch darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ruch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Face.
The Face fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The Face slips a jab and a cross from Ruch.
Ruch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Face slips a jab and a cross from Ruch.
The Face drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ruch keeping full guard, as The Face tries to pass.
Ruch has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruch looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ruch wants to stand but The Face is controlling the position.
The Face chips away with some ground and pound.
Ruch is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Rach Ruch was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ruch throws the left hand but The Face avoids the punch easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruch throws a poor cross that misses
and The Face counters with a right hand to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rach Ruch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ruch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rach Ruch!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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