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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zander Murie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigori Draugovich Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zander Murie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 cm
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163 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
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175 cm
23
145 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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TWGC Champion
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zander Murie! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Grigori Draugovich Ii! The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Draugovich Ii thuds his shin into the meat of Murie's side. Draugovich Ii misses with a hook
and Murie counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Draugovich Ii's guard now. Murie looking to sit in guard and control but Draugovich Ii gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Draugovich Ii trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Draugovich Ii wants to control from the top but Murie keeps moving. Murie keeping full guard, as Draugovich Ii tries to pass. Murie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Draugovich Ii with a flurry of punches that miss. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Murie is trying to control the position but Draugovich Ii postures up. Draugovich Ii looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Murie scores with a decent looking hook. Draugovich Ii is looking to chop away at Murie's legs. Draugovich Ii connects with an inside leg kick. A leg kick checked by Draugovich Ii. Murie throws a hook but Draugovich Ii avoids it easily. Draugovich Ii throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murie sees it coming and avoids it easily. Murie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Murie shoots in but Draugovich Ii avoids the takedown attempt easily. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draugovich Ii 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 Murie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Murie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Draugovich Ii takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Grigori Draugovich Ii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Draugovich Ii uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murie. This has been an exciting period of action! Murie looks to score with a jab to the body but Draugovich Ii is just out of range. Murie scores with a decent looking hook. Murie misses with a leg kick. Murie thows a body kick. Draugovich Ii tries to catch it but that hurt him. Draugovich Ii staying out of range there. Murie just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Murie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Draugovich Ii. Murie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Murie will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Murie just misses with a punch to the body.
Draugovich Ii moves out of range as Murie strikes. Murie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Murie throws a head kick that misses. Murie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Draugovich Ii 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 Murie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Murie cracks Draugovich Ii with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Murie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Murie is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Murie lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Draugovich Ii is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Draugovich Ii moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Draugovich Ii is still on wobbly legs! Can Murie finish him? Murie throws a head kick that misses and Draugovich Ii cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Draugovich Ii misses the jab. Draugovich Ii seems to have recovered his senses. Draugovich Ii bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Murie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Draugovich Ii connects with an inside leg kick. Draugovich Ii throws a right hand that misses
and Murie counters with a slapping leg kick. Murie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Draugovich Ii tries to improve position but can't. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zander Murie dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Murie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Draugovich Ii.
Murie throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Murie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Draugovich Ii steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murie. Draugovich Ii misses with a looping left. Murie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Draugovich Ii momentarily.
Draugovich Ii misses with a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murie checks a leg kick. Murie drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Murie connects with a couple of short punches. Murie throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Murie passes easily into side control. Nice work. The strikes coming from Murie are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Draugovich Ii parries the strikes from Murie easily there. Murie is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Draugovich Ii to escape.
Draugovich Ii struggling a bit here. Murie wants to control but Draugovich Ii is keeping him busy. Draugovich Ii tries to bench press Murie off him but Murie keeps the position. Murie with the ground and pound but Draugovich Ii regains half guard under the barage of strikes. Draugovich Ii tries to roll over but Murie keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nice strikes from Murie there. Murie is trying to control the action in half guard but Draugovich Ii is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Draugovich Ii looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Zander Murie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Murie wants to pass to mount but Draugovich Ii is defending the position. Murie thows a huge punch but Draugovich Ii dodges it nicely.
Murie trying to pass the guard but Draugovich Ii defending well. Murie lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Draugovich Ii is trying to get back to full guard. Draugovich Ii is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Draugovich Ii is staying active underneath Murie, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Murie with the ground and pound but Draugovich Ii uses the opportunity to regain guard. Draugovich Ii preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Murie is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Draugovich Ii has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Murie is looking to defend but Draugovich Ii has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Murie! Draugovich Ii pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Murie taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Grigori Draugovich Ii! After winning the bout, Grigori Draugovich Ii thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
52% |
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