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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joca Fenomeno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Jonberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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180 lbs
7 - 10 - 0 |
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178 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joca Fenomeno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Jonberg!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fenomeno doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jonberg counters with a stiff right hand.
Jonberg pushes Fenomeno up against the cage in a clinch.
Jonberg content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jonberg lands an elbow just above Fenomeno 's eye.
Fenomeno letting Jonberg take a breather here.
Jonberg continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Knees to the body from Jonberg.
Jonberg content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michael Jonberg.
Jonberg scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Joca Fenomeno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fenomeno misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fenomeno will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joca Fenomeno. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonberg connects with a single shot there.
Jonberg stuffs the takedown.
Fenomeno with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jonberg counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jonberg looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jonberg moves into the clinch.
Jonberg with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jonberg leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fenomeno lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jonberg is stalling here.
Jonberg scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fenomeno misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenomeno is trying to force a seperation but Jonberg has the dominant position.
Jonberg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jonberg utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fenomeno is breathing heavily.
Jonberg lands a knee to the body.
Jonberg utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jonberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fenomeno's face.
Jonberg slowing the pace effectively.
Jonberg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fenomeno's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michael Jonberg.
Jonberg stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jonberg wants it to stay on the feet.
Jonberg pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jonberg darts in and clinches Fenomeno up against the cage.
Jonberg lands an elbow just above Fenomeno 's eye.
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fenomeno lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jonberg is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jonberg.
Jonberg landing knees to the body.
Jonberg prevents Fenomeno from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fenomeno misses with a body punch.
Jonberg leaning against his opponent.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jonberg obliges.
Jonberg stalling the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jonberg utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fenomeno drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jonberg pulls his leg out and moves away.
Fenomeno fails with the takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jonberg has managed to clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jonberg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Jonberg dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jonberg takes the fight into the clinch.
Jonberg stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jonberg landing knees to the body.
Fenomeno tries to break the clinch but Jonberg is controlling the position.
Jonberg putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fenomeno in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jonberg has Fenomeno pressed against the cage, preventing Fenomeno from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jonberg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fenomeno wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jonberg lands a knee to the head.
Michael Jonberg seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jonberg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fenomeno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Jonberg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jonberg has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jonberg receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michael Jonberg.
Fenomeno looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fenomeno looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jonberg is fending him off so far but Fenomeno persists. Nope, Jonberg circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fenomeno.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joca Fenomeno. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fenomeno will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jonberg clinches up against the cage.
Jonberg lands an elbow just above Fenomeno 's eye.
Fenomeno takes an elbow to the temple.
Jonberg stalling against the cage.
Jonberg avoids the elbow strike from Fenomeno, against the cage.
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
Jonberg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fenomeno's face.
Jonberg content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jonberg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fenomeno lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jonberg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg stalls.
Fenomeno tries to work over Jonberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jonberg scores a nice knee to the body.
Fenomeno taking a breather.
Jonberg leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg prevents Fenomeno from breaking the clinch.
Fenomeno tries to work over Jonberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fenomeno has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fenomeno has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jonberg avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jonberg avoiding damage.
Jonberg landing some nice looking knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jonberg is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michael Jonberg.
Jonberg clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Jonberg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Fenomeno shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jonberg pinned against the cage. Jonberg gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fenomeno slips a straight right by Jonberg.
Jonberg comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jonberg takes the fight into the clinch.
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
Jonberg is pushing Fenomeno up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fenomeno is looking to take this one to the mat.
Fenomeno wants to get back to striking at distance but Jonberg won't allow it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Fenomeno looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fenomeno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jonberg crunches a lovely knee into Fenomeno's ribcage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jonberg is stalling here.
Jonberg scores a nice knee to the body.
Jonberg lands a knee to the head.
Jonberg lands a good knee to the midsection. Fenomeno won't want to take too many of those.
Jonberg lands a damaging elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are getting on Jonberg's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Jonberg scores with a knee to the head.
Jonberg creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fenomeno's defenses.
Jonberg landing knees to the body.
Jonberg putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fenomeno in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fenomeno is trying to push Jonberg away but Jonberg has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Joca Fenomeno has been cut.
Jonberg stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fenomeno has had enough of the clinch but Jonberg keeps him there for the moment.
Jonberg unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jonberg stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Michael Jonberg.
Fenomeno tries to keep at a distance but Jonberg has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fenomeno presses Jonberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonberg just leaning against Fenomeno, taking a breather.
Jonberg lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fenomeno tries to break the clinch but Jonberg is controlling the position.
Fenomeno takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jonberg landing knees to the body.
Jonberg lands a knee to the head.
Jonberg lands an elbow that stopped Fenomeno in his tracks for a moment.
Michael Jonberg is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jonberg scores a nice knee to the body.
Jonberg scores with a knee to the head.
Joca Fenomeno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jonberg connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jonberg stalls.
Jonberg landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Jonberg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jonberg 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Jonberg!
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energy
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RATING
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