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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Voss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuriy Boiko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scott Voss looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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205 lbs
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190 cm
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200 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Scott Voss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yuriy Boiko!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voss is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Boiko's half guard.
Boiko gets back to full guard.
Boiko looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boiko keeps trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Boiko is on top in guard.
Boiko is stalling in the full guard.
Voss working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Boiko doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Boiko manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Voss wants to stand but Boiko is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boiko postures up and lands a big shot to Voss's brow.
Voss is breathing heavily.
Voss working for a triangle but Boiko defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boiko throws a big elbow that misses.
Boiko postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Boiko has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Voss is proving hard to escape from.
Boiko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boiko trying to move into half guard but instead Voss has managed to sweep!
Voss preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voss wants to stand and escape but instead Boiko has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Boiko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Voss swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Boiko connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Voss utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Boiko throws a big elbow that misses.
Boiko distracts Voss with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Boiko drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Boiko jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Boiko trying to control the position from guard on top but Voss is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boiko stops Voss from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boiko wants to pass the guard but Voss is keeping the position.
Boiko passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Boiko in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Boiko looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Boiko works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Voss is not content to let Boiko control the position.
Boiko working the head and body with strikes.
Boiko looks up at the clock and then as Voss takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Boiko smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boiko is looking to take a break and control but Voss is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Voss struggling a bit here.
Boiko works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boiko looks up at the clock and then as Voss takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Boiko smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Boiko working away.
Voss is not content to let Boiko control the position.
Voss is looking to regain half guard here but Boiko keeps moving and retains side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boiko is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Voss has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuriy Boiko dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Voss displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Boiko.
Yuriy Boiko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voss staying out of range there.
Voss scores with a takedown into Boiko's guard.
Boiko wants to control the position but Voss says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Boiko is looking to improve his position.
Boiko actively working from the bottom here.
Voss tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Boiko.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Voss is trying to control. Boiko wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boiko gets back to full guard.
Boiko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boiko working a defensive guard here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Boiko can do anything to dispel that myth.
Voss won't allow Boiko to sweep him here.
Voss wants to control from the top but Boiko keeps moving.
Boiko is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boiko seems to be looking for submissions.
Boiko is looking for a kimura but Voss is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Boiko to get the leverage.
Boiko thows a huge punch but Voss dodges it nicely.
Boiko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Boiko is thwarting Voss's attempts to control the position.
Boiko takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Boiko throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Boiko is looking for a kimura but Voss is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Boiko to get the leverage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boiko has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Voss taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boiko lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Boiko avoids the attempt from Voss to control.
Boiko with good strikes from the mount here!
Boiko working for a guillotine from mount but Voss is in no mood to give up.
Voss taking shots to the head.
Voss taking shots to the head.
Boiko scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Voss?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boiko lands a couple of good shots and Voss has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Boiko is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Voss has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Boiko not allowing Voss to control his hands.
Boiko looking for the RNC.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boiko lands an elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boiko punches the canvas rather than the man.
Boiko connects with a big shot to the side of Voss's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuriy Boiko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Boiko misses with a takedown attempt - Voss sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Boiko bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Voss is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Boiko throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Boiko wants to stand but Voss is controlling his arm.
Boiko working away.
Boiko is putting a hurting on Voss here, landing some big shots from side control.
Voss on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Voss can't do much from the bottom here.
Boiko working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Voss is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Boiko off and has taken his back!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voss has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Boiko's body.
Yuriy Boiko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Voss working for the choke.
Voss looking for the RNC.
Voss doesn't have the hooks in and Boiko manages to turn into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boiko wants to control from the top but Voss keeps moving.
Boiko slips nicely into half guard.
Boiko wants to work for an arm triangle but Voss is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Boiko moves nicely into side control.
Boiko scores with punches from side control.
Boiko tries for a kimura but Voss is defending well.
Voss is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boiko working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Voss on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Boiko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Voss knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Voss takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voss is trying to control Boiko's posture but Boiko avoids it.
Voss dodges the ground and pound from Boiko.
Boiko creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Boiko works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sloppy strikes there by Boiko.
Boiko tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Boiko has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Boiko in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boiko is looking to take a break and control but Voss is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Scott Voss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yuriy Boiko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Boiko tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Boiko has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that's the end of the fight!
Yuriy Boiko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Boiko has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuriy Boiko!
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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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