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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Prokhor Zhenya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Prokhor Zhenya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Drago Jr!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhenya connects with a body shot.
Zhenya throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Drago Jr's waist but Drago Jr gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zhenya off to one side.
Zhenya shoots in but no luck this time.
Zhenya tries to bum rush Drago Jr with a series of wild strikes but Drago Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zhenya gets the takedown into side control.
Zhenya working the head and body with strikes.
Drago Jr is trying to buck Zhenya off.
Drago Jr takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Drago Jr bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Drago Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Zhenya doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zhenya fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Prokhor Zhenya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice shot lands for Drago Jr.
Zhenya looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhenya drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Zhenya is breathing heavily.
Drago Jr is trying to get back to his feet.
Drago Jr is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zhenya taking a breather here.
Zhenya stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Drago Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Drago Jr doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Zhenya counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Zhenya.
Drago Jr is trying to stand back up but Zhenya is controlling him
Zhenya lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Zhenya looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Drago Jr with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zhenya winds up and cracks Drago Jr with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Zhenya is controlling the pace.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Drago Jr is trying to stand back up but Zhenya is controlling him
Zhenya working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhenya controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drago Jr is trying to stand back up but Zhenya is controlling him
Zhenya decides to stand and escape the position.
Zhenya has his takedown stuffed
and Drago Jr counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Zhenya is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nice body kick from Drago Jr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago Jr punishes Zhenya's body with a nice straight punch.
Zhenya avoids a punch combination nicely.
Horrible takedown by Zhenya or perhaps it was just good defense by Drago Jr which made him look bad.
Zhenya shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Drago Jr as he jumps to the side.
Drago Jr throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Zhenya walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A left lands for Drago Jr.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhenya gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Drago Jr gets caught flat footed, as Zhenya shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Zhenya stops Drago Jr from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Prokhor Zhenya dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Drago Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Drago Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zhenya. That did some damage!
Zhenya shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Drago Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zhenya closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Drago Jr to the mat! Drago Jr manages to get full guard.
Drago Jr pushes Zhenya off and scrambles back to his feet.
Zhenya fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Drago Jr lands a with a good body shot.
Drago Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Zhenya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zhenya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zhenya throws a right and a left that Drago Jr avoids nicely.
Zhenya takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Prokhor Zhenya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drago Jr is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A nice combination there by Drago Jr.
Drago Jr scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zhenya gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Drago Jr counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Zhenya is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Prokhor Zhenya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zhenya throws a combination that misses
and Drago Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zhenya misses with a takedown attempt
and Drago Jr counters with an outside leg kick.
Zhenya misses with a takedown
and Drago Jr counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Zhenya thinking.
Zhenya doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Drago Jr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zhenya shoots and misses
and Drago Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Drago Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Zhenya.
Drago Jr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Zhenya.
Drago Jr wants to get back to his feet but Zhenya drags him back down.
Zhenya in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zhenya wants to control but Drago Jr is keeping him busy.
Drago Jr is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Drago Jr wants to get back to his feet but Zhenya is dominant here and he's now got Drago Jr's back!
Prokhor Zhenya overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhenya landing strikes from the mount.
Zhenya punishing his opponent with strikes.
Zhenya raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Zhenya.
Zhenya is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Drago Jr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Drago Jr is squirming around, avoiding Zhenya's attempts to control the action.
Zhenya breaks from Drago Jr's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Drago Jr is trying to stand.
Zhenya lands a heavy elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zhenya trying to control but Drago Jr is having none of it.
Zhenya controlling the pace for now.
Zhenya dominating with strikes here.
Zhenya won't let Drago Jr get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Zhenya is landing with some decent strikes but Drago Jr is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Zhenya cracks Drago Jr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zhenya is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Drago Jr has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Drago Jr is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Prokhor Zhenya dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Zhenya doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Drago Jr counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Zhenya is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Zhenya with a poor takedown
enabling Drago Jr to counter with a crisp jab.
Drago Jr lands with a right hand.
Drago Jr moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Drago Jr pushes Zhenya up against the cage in a clinch.
Drago Jr manages to break the clinch.
Zhenya moves into the clinch successfully.
Drago Jr is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drago Jr breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zhenya with a poor takedown
and Drago Jr counters with a single leg into guard. Zhenya didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Prokhor Zhenya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zhenya is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zhenya is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago Jr gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Drago Jr throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zhenya counters with a nice double leg into side control. Drago Jr won't be happy with that.
Drago Jr is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Zhenya scoring with punches and elbows.
Drago Jr is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Zhenya has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Drago Jr is looking to get back to his feet here but Zhenya is keeping cool and he's managed to take Drago Jr's back.
Zhenya has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Drago Jr has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhenya is punishing Drago Jr with strikes - can he finish him?!
Drago Jr is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Zhenya throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Drago Jr!
Drago Jr holding both Zhenya 's hands and preventing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago Jr is keeping busy.
Drago Jr is trying to stand back up.
Zhenya is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Drago Jr looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
That's four 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.
Zhenya working for the choke.
Drago Jr is trapped and Zhenya is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Zhenya cracks Drago Jr with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Drago Jr from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Zhenya landing with strikes.
Zhenya struggling to keep hold of the position.
Drago Jr is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Zhenya 's hooks.
Zhenya wants to control the pace but Drago Jr is squirming around nicely.
Ivan Drago Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zhenya punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ivan Drago Jr.
I think Zhenya has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Prokhor Zhenya!
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