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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Igor Svetnela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Saussaman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Svetnela kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Angel of Death by Slayer. Saussaman is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dont stop til you get enough by Michael Jackson. Josh Saussaman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Svetnela!
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, Josh Saussaman!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svetnela fails with an attempt to clinch.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saussaman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saussaman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Svetnela fails in his attempt to clinch.
Svetnela tries to clinch but Saussaman moves out of range.
Saussaman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saussaman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Svetnela moves in looking to clinch but Saussaman pushes him off.
Igor Svetnela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saussaman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saussaman keeps the fight on the outside.
Svetnela moves in looking to clinch but Saussaman pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Svetnela looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Svetnela tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svetnela wants to clinch.
Svetnela tries to clinch up.
Svetnela fails in his attempt to clinch.
Svetnela is looking to clinch.
Svetnela tries to clinch there but Saussaman circles away.
Svetnela tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saussaman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Svetnela wants to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Saussaman checks a leg kick.
Svetnela moves in looking to clinch but Saussaman pushes him off.
Saussaman throws a leg kick but Svetnela sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Svetnela tries to clinch but Saussaman moves out of range.
Svetnela gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Saussaman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Svetnela is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saussaman stands and throws Svetnela's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Saussaman trying to control the action but Svetnela is working from the bottom.
Saussaman looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Saussaman is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Svetnela knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Saussaman tries to advance to mount but Svetnela denies him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Saussaman tries for a kimura but Svetnela is defending well.
Saussaman postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Saussaman is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Svetnela has escaped the position, nice work there.
Saussaman looks gassed!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saussaman wants to control but Svetnela is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Saussaman dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Saussaman misses with a body kick.
Svetnela tries to clinch up but Saussaman circles away and keeps his distance.
Svetnela tries to clinch but Saussaman moves out of range.
Saussaman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saussaman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Svetnela tries to clinch but Saussaman moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Svetnela looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Svetnela tries to clinch but Saussaman moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svetnela lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Svetnela is looking to clinch but Saussaman is avoiding it.
Svetnela wants to clinch.
Igor Svetnela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Svetnela fails in his attempt to clinch.
Svetnela fails in his attempt to clinch.
Svetnela fails with an attempt to clinch.
Svetnela fails with an attempt to clinch.
Svetnela tries to clinch there but Saussaman circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela fails with an attempt to clinch.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saussaman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saussaman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saussaman swats away the attempt to clinch by Svetnela.
Saussaman sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Saussaman is breathing heavily.
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!
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saussaman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Svetnela moves in looking to clinch but Saussaman pushes him off.
Svetnela tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Svetnela wants to clinch.
Igor Svetnela is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch but Saussaman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Svetnela is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Svetnela.
Svetnela wants to clinch.
Svetnela fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Svetnela wants to clinch.
Svetnela wants to clinch.
Saussaman keeps the fight on the outside.
Svetnela moves in looking to clinch but Saussaman pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Svetnela dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Svetnela tries to clinch up.
Svetnela tries to clinch but Saussaman moves out of range.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saussaman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Svetnela tries to clinch up.
Svetnela is looking to clinch.
Svetnela tries to clinch there but Saussaman circles away.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saussaman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Svetnela looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Svetnela tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svetnela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Svetnela wants to clinch up but Saussaman keeps it at a distance.
Saussaman swats away the attempt to clinch by Svetnela.
Saussaman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Svetnela misses with a body kick.
Svetnela is looking to clinch but Saussaman is avoiding it.
A low kick from Saussaman is predictable there
and Svetnela counters with a body kick that stops Saussaman in his tracks momentarily.
Svetnela fails with an attempt to clinch.
Svetnela wants to clinch up but Saussaman keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela tries to clinch there but Saussaman circles away.
Saussaman swats away the attempt to clinch by Svetnela.
Svetnela tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Saussaman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Saussaman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Svetnela blocks a head kick by Saussaman.
Svetnela moves in looking to clinch but Saussaman pushes him off.
Horrible takedown by Saussaman or perhaps it was just good defense by Svetnela which made him look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saussaman tries to land a body kick
and Svetnela counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Svetnela doesn't manage to clinch there - Saussaman circles away.
Svetnela closes the distance and clinches up with Saussaman, looking for a takedown. Svetnela pushes Saussaman against the cage but Saussaman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Svetnela tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Svetnela doesn't manage to clinch there - Saussaman circles away.
Good leg kick by Saussaman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fight stays on the outside here - Svetnela looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Svetnela wants to clinch up but Saussaman keeps it at a distance.
Crunch! Saussaman slams his shin into Svetnela's torso.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svetnela tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Saussaman throws a push kick but Svetnela slaps the foot to one side.
Svetnela tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saussaman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saussaman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Saussaman can't break the clinch.
Saussaman blocks an elbow strike from Svetnela.
Saussaman jumps guard but Svetnela stands there with Saussaman around his waist. Saussaman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Igor Svetnela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Saussaman.
Saussaman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saussaman has had enough of the clinch but Svetnela keeps him there for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Svetnela comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Svetnela connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saussaman's face.
Saussaman avoiding damage as Svetnela throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Svetnela throws an elbow but misses.
Saussaman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Svetnela showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Svetnela 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Svetnela!
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