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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Raban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Jelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim Jelly has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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200 cm
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270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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193 cm
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265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Raban! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jim Jelly! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jelly misses with a takedown and Raban counters with a nice kick to the body. Jelly moves out of range of the body kick from Raban.
Crunch! Raban slams his shin into Jelly's torso. Jelly with a poor takedown and Raban counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters. Raban connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Jelly fails with the takedown and Raban counters with a nice leg kick. James Raban has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jim Jelly. Raban throws a big shot that misses. Jelly tries for a takedown but Raban circles away easily and Raban counters with a good, hard body kick but Jelly shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round. Raban plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Jelly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Jelly shoots and misses and Raban counters with an inside leg kick. Jelly looks winded! Raban throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Raban scores with a head kick.
Raban scores with a kick to the midsection. Jelly has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Raban. Jim Jelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Raban goes for a high kick. It partially lands. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Raban throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Raban scores with a kick to the midsection. Jelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Raban lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jelly takes a step back to recover. A slapping body kick lands there for Raban. Raban lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Raban scoring well with a low kick there.
Raban throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Raban with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Raban thows a body kick. Jelly tries to catch it but that hurt him. Raban misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jelly.
Crunch! Raban slams his shin into Jelly's torso. Jelly has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Raban. Raban pushes Jelly away with a front kick. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Raban, right into the meat.
Raban connects with a high kick. Raban lands a head kick!
A swing and a miss from Raban.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Raban fakes the leg kick and cracks Jelly in the body. Raban scores with a head kick.
Raban throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Raban scores with a nice body kick.
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! Jelly takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Jelly takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Raban throws a front kick that sends Jelly stumbling back into the cage. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Jelly takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A head kick from Raban lands but Jelly takes it in his stride. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Raban dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jelly takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jelly is trying desperately to land a takedown but Raban is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Jelly. Jelly misses with a takedown attempt and Raban counters with a good low kick that Jelly was not able to check. Jelly with a lazy takedown attempt and Raban counters with a leg kick. Jelly avoids the body shot from Raban.
James Raban is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Jelly doesn't succeed with the takedown and Raban makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jelly really felt that one! James Raban has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jim Jelly. Jelly gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Raban counters with a body kick that stops Jelly in his tracks momentarily. Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jelly might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Raban has got the better of the exchanges. Raban pushes Jelly away with a front kick. Raban fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Jelly is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Raban swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Raban takes a swing at Jelly's ribcage but misses. Raban looks to land a combination but Jelly avoids it well. A solid leg kick lands there for Raban.
Raban throws a shot from downtown. Jelly moves away and avoids it. A kick lands to the mid section there for Raban. Raban throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Raban lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Raban lands a front kick. Jelly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Raban throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Raban lands a head kick!
Nice defenses there by Jelly. Raban misses the jab. Jelly on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Raban scores with a kick to the midsection. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Raban thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jelly if he has to take too many more of those.
Raban connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Raban pushes Jelly away with a front kick. Jelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily. James Raban is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Raban misses with an uppercut. Jelly saw that one coming. Raban turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Nice body kick from Raban. Jelly on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. James Raban is winning the standup battle so far. Raban scores with a kick to the body.
Raban lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Raban explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A solid leg kick lands there for Raban.
Raban throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Crunch! Raban slams his shin into Jelly's torso. Jelly takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jelly takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Raban swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action! Raban lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jelly takes a step back to recover. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Jelly dodges the punch combination from Raban.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Raban dominated that second round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Raban connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Jelly with a lazy takedown attempt and Raban counters with a solid body kick. Jelly misses with a takedown attempt and Raban counters with a body kick that stops Jelly in his tracks momentarily. Raban cracks the inside of Jelly's front leg. A slapping leg kick lands for Raban.
Raban fakes the leg kick and cracks Jelly in the body. Raban dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jelly. That did some damage! Jelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Raban. Jelly slips a jab and a cross from Raban.
Jelly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jelly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raban. Jelly with a lazy takedown attempt and Raban counters with a flying knee. Nice. James Raban has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jim Jelly. Crunch! Raban slams his shin into Jelly's torso. Raban is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jelly can do to turn this around? Jelly takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Crunch! Raban slams his shin into Jelly's torso. Raban throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Raban throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jelly sees it coming and avoids it easily. Raban throws a front kick that sends Jelly stumbling back into the cage. Raban lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Raban lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Raban throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jelly on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Raban lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Raban throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
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! Raban throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Raban scores with a nice body kick.
Raban connects with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jelly crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Raban - the referee stops the clock and Jelly gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Raban. Jelly manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. Raban loads up on a big right hand but Jelly slips the punch. Raban throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jelly ducks under a wild hook from Raban. Raban fakes the leg kick and cracks Jelly in the body. Jelly takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Raban explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Raban throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A solid body kick from Raban.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Crunch! Raban slams his shin into Jelly's torso. A decent looking body kick lands there for Raban. Jelly shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Raban counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Raban moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Raban misses the shot to the body. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. A kick lands to the mid section there for Raban. Jelly takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
And that's the end of the fight! James Raban showed his dominance in that final round. Well Raban has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 for James Raban! Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for James Raban! Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for James Raban!
James Raban wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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