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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jon Forio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Schiknsi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Forio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Schiknsi!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Schiknsi.
Schiknsi dodges the punch combination from Forio.
Jon Forio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Forio gets caught flat footed, as Schiknsi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Schiknsi gets to his feet - Forio follows without any prompting.
Forio misses with an uppercut.
Schiknsi avoids the body shot from Forio.
Schiknsi thows a body shot but no joy.
Schiknsi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Schiknsi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Forio.
Forio with a lazy takedown attempt
and Schiknsi counters with a shoot takedown. Forio fights it but they end up in guard.
Schiknsi is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Forio working a defensive guard here.
Schiknsi throwing strikes from guard but Forio blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schiknsi controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Forio is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Schiknsi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Forio tries to strike from the bottom.
Forio being controlled here, momentarily.
Schiknsi wants to control from the top but Forio keeps moving.
Forio working for a triangle but Schiknsi defends it easily.
That's two 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.
Forio keeping moving, preventing Schiknsi from controlling successfully.
Schiknsi postures up.
Forio escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Schiknsi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Schiknsi looking to pass the guard.
Schiknsi advances position into side control!
Schiknsi is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Forio will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schiknsi decides to stand back up.
Forio scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Check out the look on Forio's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ground and pound from Forio seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Schiknsi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Forio is refusing to be controlled, as Schiknsi sits in half guard.
Schiknsi is stalling here. Forio is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Schiknsi seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Forio has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Schiknsi looks gassed!
Forio has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Forio wants to control the action but instead Schiknsi gets a body lock and reverses into Forio's guard! Nice work!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forio looking to control.
Schiknsi wants to control from the top but Forio keeps moving.
Schiknsi is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Forio manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Schiknsi manages to get himself to full guard.
Schiknsi keeping moving, preventing Forio from controlling successfully.
Forio looking to sit in guard and control but Schiknsi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Forio looking to hit a scissor sweep but Schiknsi is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Schiknsi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Schiknsi throws a right and a left that Forio avoids nicely.
Forio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Forio with a poor takedown
letting Schiknsi counter with a right hand.
A punch combination from Schiknsi misses.
Forio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Schiknsi swings for the body but Forio moves out of range.
Forio shoots and misses
and Schiknsi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Schiknsi moves nicely into side control.
Forio tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Forio is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forio being controlled for a moment.
Forio is looking to reverse the position.
Forio seems a little lost for a moment, as Schiknsi dominates the positioning.
Schiknsi wants to control but Forio is keeping him busy.
Forio is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Schiknsi off and has taken his back!
Schiknsi turns into Forio and is now in his guard.
Forio trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Forio pulls Schiknsi in to control the position.
Schiknsi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Schiknsi slips nicely into half guard.
Schiknsi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Schiknsi seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Forio tries to get to full guard but Schiknsi has control of the leg.
Schiknsi blocks the strikes from Forio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schiknsi keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Forio trying to hold on to Schiknsi's head to control him but Schiknsi postures up.
Forio wants to get back to his feet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Forio tries for a takedown but Schiknsi circles away easily
and Schiknsi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Forio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Forio misses with a hook to the body
and Schiknsi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Forio's guard now.
Schiknsi trying to control but Forio is working from the bottom.
Schiknsi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Forio misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forio with a lazy takedown attempt
and Schiknsi decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Forio's guard.
Schiknsi is stalling in the full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schiknsi wants to stand but Forio is controlling his posture from full guard.
Schiknsi trying to control the position from guard on top but Forio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Forio had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Schiknsi is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Forio Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Schiknsi's back instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Schiknsi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Forio misses with a takedown attempt
and Schiknsi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Forio's guard now.
Schiknsi is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Forio bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Schiknsi's guard.
Forio looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Forio drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Forio jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Schiknsi trying to keep a closed guard but Forio is proving a slippery customer.
Schiknsi has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Schiknsi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Igor Schiknsi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schiknsi prevents Forio from improving his position.
Well, if Schiknsi is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Forio is defending against the submission attempts here by Schiknsi.
Schiknsi decides to stand up.
Forio gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Schiknsi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Forio throws a nice looking combination but Schiknsi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Forio closes the distance and clinches up with Schiknsi, looking for a takedown. Forio pushes Schiknsi against the cage but Schiknsi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Forio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schiknsi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Forio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schiknsi misses with a wild combination.
Forio throws a combination that misses
and Schiknsi counters with a three punch combo that has Forio backing up. Forio nods at Schiknsi to acknowledge the strikes.
Forio throws a series of punches but Schiknsi moves out of range.
Forio misses with a takedown
and Schiknsi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Forio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Schiknsi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Schiknsi is controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schiknsi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Schiknsi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Forio defends it well.
Forio is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Schiknsi pulls his head out easily.
Forio trying to hold on to Schiknsi's head to control him but Schiknsi postures up.
Forio actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Forio trying to hold on to Schiknsi's head to control him but Schiknsi postures up.
Schiknsi content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Forio is trying to control but can't.
Jon Forio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Schiknsi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Forio's hands.
Forio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schiknsi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Forio. Forio circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Schiknsi fails to land with a series of punches.
Forio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schiknsi.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Schiknsi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Schiknsi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Schiknsi!
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