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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and alex fili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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250 lbs
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255 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Ivanov!
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, alex fili!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
fili shoots in looking for a takedown. Ivanov tries to sprawl out of it but fili keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ivanov manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
fili avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ivanov lands with a hook. fili tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ivanov moves into the clinch successfully.
Ivanov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alexander Ivanov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ivanov tries for a takedown but fili circles away easily
and fili counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ivanov won't be happy with that.
fili is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ivanov has escaped the position, nice work there.
Ivanov is not content to let fili control the position.
fili is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
fili scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ivanov to see if he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
fili tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ivanov is pushing fili's head away, looking to escape. fili manages to hold on to the position though.
fili goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Ivanov rolls with the submission and now he's on top in fili's guard! Nice work there by Ivanov!
fili keeping moving, preventing Ivanov from controlling successfully.
fili is looking to sweep but instead, Ivanov has passed into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
fili trying to control here.
fili is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
fili is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
fili looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ivanov trying to control the action but fili is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ivanov doesn't manage to clinch there - fili circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ivanov throws a series of punches but fili avoids them all with ease.
fili tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ivanov.
fili closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ivanov could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ivanov is not content to let fili control the position.
Ivanov pushes fili off looking to stand but fili dives back in and keeps control.
fili seems to be working for a kimura but Ivanov defends the submission attempt.
fili is looking for a kimura here.
Ivanov is breathing heavily.
fili looking for a submission but Ivanov manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanov is looking to stand up but fili isn't so interested in that idea.
fili passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ivanov is looking for a sweep.
fili in side control lands a decent elbow.
Ivanov is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Ivanov is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
alex fili dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ivanov tries to clinch but fili moves away
so fili counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
fili sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ivanov's guard.
fili is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Ivanov is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). alex fili!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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