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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Malutin Andrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrey comes to the cage accompanied by Gunther -Ding Dong Song . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Malutin Andrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ron Paul!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Andrey misses.
Paul ducks under a wild hook from Andrey.
Andrey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Andrey lands the left hand.
A low kick from Andrey misses
and Paul counters with a body kick that stops Andrey in his tracks momentarily.
A head kick from Andrey lands but Paul takes it in his stride.
Andrey throws a lazy right hand but Paul sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paul blocks a leg kick.
Andrey leaves Paul with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Andrey misses with a right hand
and Paul moves into the clinch.
Andrey avoids the elbow strike from Paul, against the cage.
Andrey is looking to break free of the clinch but Paul has double underhooks.
Andrey is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Paul is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andrey is defending well for now.
Paul lands a damaging elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Andrey avoids a wild elbow strike from Paul.
Paul pushes off an throws an elbow but Andrey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Andrey is trying to break the clinch but Paul is controlling him.
Paul lands an elbow that stopped Andrey in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrey is trying to break free.
Andrey breaks the clinch.
Paul closes the distance and clinches.
Paul misses with an elbow strike.
Paul wants to take the fight to the mat but Andrey manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Andrey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paul's elbow.
Andrey avoids the elbow strike from Paul, against the cage.
Andrey is trying to break the clinch but Paul is controlling him.
Andrey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paul takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Andrey misses with a wild combination.
A head kick misses from Andrey.
Andrey misses with a low kick.
Andrey misses with a low kick.
Andrey throws a lazy head kick
and Paul counters with a left and a right that stings Andrey.
Andrey misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul throws a head kick but Andrey moves out of range.
Andrey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andrey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A head kick misses from Andrey.
Paul moves into range and clinches up with Andrey.
Andrey lands a body shot.
Paul's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Paul has Andrey pressed against the cage, preventing Andrey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Paul has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Paul misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Andrey.
Andrey blocks an uppercut.
Andrey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick by Andrey misses
and Paul counters with a head kick. That will keep Andrey thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Andrey throws a series of punches but Paul avoids them all with ease.
Andrey keeps the fight on the outside.
Paul gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Paul connects with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrey swats away the attempt to clinch by Paul.
Paul slips a jab from Andrey.
Andrey swats away the attempt to clinch by Paul.
We've been told by Andrey's head coaches at Body Pain_12elite_599$+VM that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Paul blocks a leg kick.
Paul has closed the distance and engaged Andrey in a clinch.
Paul with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paul creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Paul throws an elbow but it misses.
Paul is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andrey is defending well for now.
Paul is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Andrey is defending well for now.
Andrey lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Paul just misses with a elbow thrown towards Andrey's brow.
Andrey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Andrey gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Paul counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paul looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Malutin Andrey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Andrey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paul avoids the head kick by Andrey.
Andrey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paul sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paul tries a head kick but it misses.
Andrey thows a body shot but no joy.
Andrey scores with a jab to the head.
Paul drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Paul misses with the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paul in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Paul has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Andrey is looking to get back to his feet here but Paul is keeping cool and he's managed to take Andrey's back.
Andrey holding both Paul 's hands and preventing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Malutin Andrey will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Paul checks the leg kick nicely there.
Paul keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Paul ducks under a wild hook from Andrey.
Paul dives in for a single leg takedown but Andrey sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Andrey holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Andrey looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Andrey avoiding damage as Paul throws knees to the body.
Andrey breaks the clinch.
Malutin Andrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andrey throws a head kick but Paul moves out of range.
Andrey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Paul takes the fight into the clinch.
Andrey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Paul crunches a lovely knee into Andrey's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrey blocks the elbow strike.
Andrey managing to block the knees to the body from Paul.
A right hook to the body lands for Andrey.
Paul looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Andrey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Andrey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paul checks a low kick from Andrey.
Andrey misses the jab.
Paul clinches.
Andrey is trying to break free.
Paul misses with the head strike.
Andrey breaks from the clinch.
Andrey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paul moves away.
Paul fails to land the takedown.
Paul tries to clinch
and Andrey counters with a good low kick that Paul was not able to check.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Andrey.
The fighters circling - Andrey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrey tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Andrey misses.
A swing and a miss from Andrey.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paul showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Andrey.
Andrey cracks Paul with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A big left from Andrey misses.
Andrey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paul.
Paul tries to close the distance and clinch up but Andrey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Andrey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Andrey throws a sloppy head kick
and Paul holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nice elbow from Paul.
Paul trying to land knees to the body.
Andrey is trying to push Paul away but Paul has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Andrey misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Andrey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paul showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Andrey.
Paul is trying hard to land a takedown here. Andrey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Malutin Andrey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Paul.
Andrey fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Paul.
Andrey is looking to score with low kicks.
Paul pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Paul.
Andrey lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Paul tries to close the distance and clinch up but Andrey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Andrey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Andrey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Andrey.
Andrey scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Paul slips a jab and a cross from Andrey.
Paul fails with a takedown attempt.
Paul stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Andrey.
Andrey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Paul.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andrey with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andrey thows a leg kick but Paul checks it
and Paul counters with a low kick, right behind Andrey 's knee.
Andrey swats away the attempt to clinch by Paul.
Malutin Andrey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paul fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malutin Andrey dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Andrey misses with a kick to the body
and Paul counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Paul.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Andrey wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Paul comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Paul throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Paul throws an elbow but misses.
Paul using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Paul throws an elbow that misses.
Paul tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Andrey avoids it.
Andrey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Andrey throws a hook but Paul blocks it.
Paul has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Andrey.
Andrey throws a jab when Paul was well out of range.
Andrey throws a leg kick
and Paul makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Andrey misses with a hook. Paul ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrey getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Paul moves to clinch but Andrey breaks away
and Andrey counters with an outside leg kick.
A head kick by Paul misses
and Andrey counters with a nice leg kick.
Paul closes the distance and clinches.
Paul keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Andrey's efforts to push away.
Paul misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Andrey.
Paul looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Paul keeps control of Andrey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Andrey avoids the elbow strike from Paul, against the cage.
Andrey tries to break free but Paul pushes him back against the cage.
Andrey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paul checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul slips a straight right by Andrey.
Paul is looking to clinch.
Andrey misses with a few strikes there.
Paul fails with the takedown.
An inside leg kick lands from Andrey.
Paul doesn't manage to clinch there - Andrey circles away.
Andrey throws a combination that misses
and Paul moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paul trying to land knees to the body.
Andrey is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Andrey is trying to break free.
Andrey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paul doesn't manage to clinch there - Andrey circles away.
Paul tries to clinch but Andrey is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Andrey misses
and Paul makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Andrey misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paul ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Paul pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Andrey pivots, looking for a leg kick but Paul is out of range and Andrey settles back down.
Andrey throws a head kick that misses.
Paul is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Andrey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Malutin Andrey is winning the standup battle so far.
Paul throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Andrey's waist but Andrey gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Paul off to one side.
Paul blocks a leg kick.
Paul tries to clinch but Andrey moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paul is looking to clinch.
Paul moves in looking to clinch but Andrey pushes him off.
Paul tries to clinch there but Andrey circles away.
Paul fails with the takedown.
Malutin Andrey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Paul.
Andrey misses the jab.
Ron Paul has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andrey throws a half hearted mid kick.
Paul blocks the body kick.
Andrey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Andrey throws a leg kick but Paul sees it coming and checks it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paul shoots in and drives through. Andrey sprawls well.
Paul pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Malutin Andrey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paul pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Malutin Andrey.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Andrey, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malutin Andrey!
In his post fight interview, Malutin Andrey started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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