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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Waldemar Koksowicz Drugi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sandro Poletto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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265 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Waldemar Koksowicz Drugi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sandro Poletto!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Poletto.
Waldemar Koksowicz Drugi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koksowicz Drugi throws a right hand that Poletto ducks under and follows up with a left that Poletto also avoids with ease.
Poletto tries a low kick but Koksowicz Drugi avoids it.
Poletto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Koksowicz Drugi, pushing him back against the ropes.
Poletto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poletto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Koksowicz Drugi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Koksowicz Drugi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Koksowicz Drugi tries to circle away but Poletto has him pinned against the ropes.
Poletto keeps control of Koksowicz Drugi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Poletto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Koksowicz Drugi's efforts to push away.
Koksowicz Drugi is trying to force a seperation but Poletto has the dominant position.
Poletto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Waldemar Koksowicz Drugi has been cut.
Poletto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Poletto missing with knees to the body.
Poletto looking to throw knees to the head but Koksowicz Drugi is blocking nicely.
Poletto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Koksowicz Drugi's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koksowicz Drugi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Koksowicz Drugi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Koksowicz Drugi wants to get back to striking at distance but Poletto won't allow it.
Poletto misses with a body punch.
Poletto lands an elbow inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poletto keeps control of Koksowicz Drugi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Koksowicz Drugi managing to block the knees to the body from Poletto.
Poletto avoiding damage.
Koksowicz Drugi managing to block the knees to the body from Poletto.
Koksowicz Drugi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Poletto is stalling here.
Poletto is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Koksowicz Drugi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Poletto.
Poletto landing knees to the head.
Koksowicz Drugi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Koksowicz Drugi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Koksowicz Drugi is looking to break free of the clinch but Poletto has double underhooks.
Poletto connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poletto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Koksowicz Drugi is keeping busy.
Koksowicz Drugi working hard to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Poletto.
Koksowicz Drugi is breathing heavily.
Koksowicz Drugi has had enough of the clinch but Poletto keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poletto is looking to control Koksowicz Drugi's arms but Koksowicz Drugi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poletto has his back to the ropes.
Poletto lands a knee to the head.
Poletto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Poletto continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sandro Poletto.
Nice defenses there by Poletto.
Poletto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Poletto misses with a kick to the body.
Poletto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Poletto moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick from Poletto.
Poletto throws a head kick but Koksowicz Drugi moves out of range.
Poletto clinches.
Koksowicz Drugi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Koksowicz Drugi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Poletto lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poletto lands a nice elbow.
Koksowicz Drugi takes an elbow to the temple.
Koksowicz Drugi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Koksowicz Drugi takes an elbow to the temple.
Poletto breaks the clinch.
Koksowicz Drugi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Koksowicz Drugi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Koksowicz Drugi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Poletto. That one must have hurt.
Poletto scores with a kick to the body.
Poletto feints and then cracks Koksowicz Drugi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Koksowicz Drugi down.
Koksowicz Drugi will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Koksowicz Drugi blocks a head kick by Poletto.
Waldemar Koksowicz Drugi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Poletto has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poletto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Come on Poletto - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Poletto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Koksowicz Drugi's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sandro Poletto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Waldemar Koksowicz Drugi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Poletto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Poletto lands a head kick that stumbles Koksowicz Drugi and the fighters go to the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Poletto has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Koksowicz Drugi is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Poletto drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Koksowicz Drugi manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Poletto has Koksowicz Drugi in his guard.
Poletto is looking for a triangle here but Koksowicz Drugi uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poletto wants to get back to his feet.
Poletto is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Poletto is trying to control Koksowicz Drugi's posture but Koksowicz Drugi avoids it.
Poletto is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Koksowicz Drugi is controlling him well.
Koksowicz Drugi working away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Poletto can do anything to dispel that myth.
Poletto wants to get back to his feet.
Poletto regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koksowicz Drugi stops Poletto from getting back to his feet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Poletto connects with a solid leg kick.
Poletto pushes Koksowicz Drugi away with a front kick.
Poletto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Koksowicz Drugi sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Poletto lands with a kick to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poletto throws a head kick that Koksowicz Drugi semi-blocks.
Koksowicz Drugi slips a jab from Poletto.
Poletto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poletto delivers a nice body kick.
Poletto throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Koksowicz Drugi stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Poletto follows into mount!
Koksowicz Drugi is rocked!
Poletto has control of Koksowicz Drugi's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Koksowicz Drugi regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Oh Koksowicz Drugi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Poletto tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Koksowicz Drugi seems to have got his legs back now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poletto is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Koksowicz Drugi can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poletto goes for an armbar but Koksowicz Drugi turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Koksowicz Drugi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sandro Poletto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Waldemar Koksowicz Drugi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Poletto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Koksowicz Drugi's waist but Koksowicz Drugi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Poletto off to one side.
Poletto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Poletto pushes Koksowicz Drugi away with a front kick.
Koksowicz Drugi connects with a single shot there.
Poletto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koksowicz Drugi.
Koksowicz Drugi takes a swing at Poletto's ribcage but misses.
Poletto wants to clinch up but Koksowicz Drugi keeps it at a distance.
Koksowicz Drugi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Koksowicz Drugi swings widly with a right hand
and Poletto counters with a flying knee that drops Koksowicz Drugi!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poletto stops Koksowicz Drugi from standing up.
Poletto stands and throws Koksowicz Drugi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Poletto tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Poletto has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poletto swings around for an armbar but Koksowicz Drugi sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Poletto's guard.
Koksowicz Drugi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Poletto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Koksowicz Drugi has managed to get both his arms back between Poletto's legs - danger averted.
Poletto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poletto wants to stand and escape but Koksowicz Drugi is having none of it.
Koksowicz Drugi wanted to stand there but Poletto had control of the position.
Poletto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Koksowicz Drugi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poletto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Koksowicz Drugi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Koksowicz Drugi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Poletto looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Koksowicz Drugi passes into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Koksowicz Drugi has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
A right-left combo lands from Koksowicz Drugi.
Koksowicz Drugi lands with a cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Koksowicz Drugi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Koksowicz Drugi stalks Poletto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Poletto's face. Poletto staggers backwards, shaken.
Poletto avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poletto lands a head kick that stumbles Koksowicz Drugi and the fighters go to the mat.
Poletto tries to stand but Koksowicz Drugi is controlling from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sandro Poletto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Poletto 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 25:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sandro Poletto!
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