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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Grant Vanguard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matti Teitsi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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145 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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135 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grant Vanguard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matti Teitsi!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teitsi connects with a nice looking jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teitsi. Vanguard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vanguard paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vanguard jabs at Teitsi's body.
Vanguard throws a leg kick that misses.
Teitsi swings for the body but Vanguard moves out of range.
Teitsi throws a right and a left that Vanguard avoids nicely.
Grant Vanguard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vanguard paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Teitsi slips a straight right by Vanguard.
Vanguard throws a chopping leg kick but Teitsi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Vanguard misses with a low kick.
Teitsi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vanguard moves out of range of the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Teitsi checks a leg kick.
Vanguard connects with a leg kick. Teitsi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
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!
Vanguard throws a low kick but it's checked well by Teitsi.
Teitsi moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, Vanguard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vanguard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Teitsi lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanguard throws a head punch that misses.
Vanguard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vanguard lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Teitsi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Teitsi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vanguard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vanguard is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vanguard is looking to score with low kicks.
Vanguard misses with a body kick.
Teitsi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Teitsi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Vanguard.
Vanguard throws a low kick but it's checked well by Teitsi.
Vanguard tries to work over Teitsi's front leg with a kick but Teitsi checks it.
Grant Vanguard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vanguard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Teitsi tries to clinch but Vanguard is having none of it.
Vanguard wants to slow Teitsi down by chopping away at his legs.
Vanguard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Teitsi darts in and clinches Vanguard up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vanguard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Teitsi lands with a short shot to the head.
Vanguard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vanguard.
Teitsi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Teitsi controlling the action here for a moment.
Vanguard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vanguard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vanguard.
Vanguard lands with a right to the head.
Vanguard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Teitsi's elbow.
Vanguard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vanguard lands with a right to the head.
Vanguard displaying some good clinch control by pressing Teitsi up against the cage.
Vanguard has a couple of punches blocked by Teitsi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vanguard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vanguard misses with a punch on the inside.
Teitsi tries to throw a body punch but Vanguard avoids it by throwing Teitsi back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vanguard.
Teitsi wants to take the fight to the mat but Vanguard manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Vanguard blocks a body shot from Teitsi.
Teitsi gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Teitsi throws an elbow that misses. Vanguard uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Teitsi's guard. Nice move by Vanguard!
Vanguard preventing the sweep.
Vanguard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teitsi is trying to control the position but Vanguard postures up.
Teitsi wants to control but Vanguard passes easily into half guard.
Teitsi is looking for a sweep. Vanguard is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
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 Grant Vanguard will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vanguard lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Teitsi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Teitsi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vanguard misses with a low kick.
Vanguard lands with a nice body kick.
Teitsi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Teitsi tries to clinch up but Vanguard circles away and keeps his distance.
Vanguard scores with a sloppy right hand. Teitsi should have avoided that one.
Vanguard throws a head kick that Teitsi semi-blocks.
Nice body kick from Vanguard.
Vanguard staying out of range there.
Teitsi walks into a straight right hand from Vanguard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanguard is looking to chop away at Teitsi's legs.
Teitsi works the jab nicely.
Vanguard lands a leg kick that knocks Teitsi off balance momentarily.
Grant Vanguard is winning the standup battle so far.
Teitsi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good exchange - Teitsi coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanguard misses with a two punch combination.
Teitsi works the jab nicely.
Teitsi lands a nice shot that snaps Vanguard's head back.
A head kick from Vanguard lands but Teitsi takes it in his stride.
Teitsi misses with a body shot.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but Teitsi moved away.
Vanguard bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Teitsi misses with a body punch
and Vanguard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Vanguard.
Teitsi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vanguard's efforts to push away.
Vanguard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Vanguard blocks an uppercut.
Vanguard digs a right hand into Teitsi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Teitsi's gas tank.
Teitsi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vanguard blocks an uppercut.
Vanguard manages to break the clinch.
Vanguard turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teitsi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Teitsi.
Teitsi blocks a head kick by Vanguard.
Vanguard loads up on a big right hand but Teitsi slips the punch.
Vanguard fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vanguard, right into the meat.
Teitsi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vanguard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vanguard throws a leg kick which misses Teitsi's front leg but catches the back leg as Teitsi tries to avoid it.
Vanguard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Teitsi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vanguard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vanguard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Teitsis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vanguard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Teitsi is looking to clinch but Vanguard is avoiding it.
Teitsi tries to clinch there but Vanguard circles away.
Teitsi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard tries to move into range but Teitsi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vanguard misses with a low kick as Teitsi jumps back.
Vanguard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Teitsi.
Teitsi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vanguard.
Vanguard stuffs the takedown.
Teitsi drives through and clinches with Vanguard against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vanguard.
Teitsi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vanguard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vanguard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Teitsi.
Grant Vanguard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vanguard leaves Teitsi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Teitsi checks the leg kick.
Vanguard throws a solid leg kick but Teitsi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vanguard.
Teitsi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vanguard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Teitsi.
Vanguard leaves Teitsi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Grant Vanguard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matti Teitsi.
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!
Vanguard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Teitsi's calf.
Teitsi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vanguard at a distance.
Teitsi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vanguard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Teitsi checks a low kick from Vanguard.
Sloppy strikes from Teitsi. Those never looked like landing.
Teitsi moves into range and clinches up with Vanguard.
Teitsi blocks an uppercut.
Vanguard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vanguard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Teitsi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vanguard.
It looks like Matti Teitsi has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teitsi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Teitsi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Vanguard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Teitsi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Vanguard lands a big head kick that sends Teitsi to the canvas! Vanguard follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grant Vanguard!
An out of breath Grant Vanguard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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