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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heinrich Gulastav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Hapaloua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heinrich Gulastav has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Heinrich Gulastav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Travis Hapaloua!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gulastav lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hapaloua circles away quickly and effectively.
Hapaloua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gulastav paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gulastav misses the shot to the body.
Gulastav comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gulastav lands a glancing blow to the side of Hapaloua's head.
Gulastav looks to land a right hand but Hapaloua moved out of range.
Gulastav scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gulastav misses with a kick to the body
and Hapaloua makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gulastav really felt that one!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gulastav looks to land a combination. Hapaloua sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hapaloua shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gulastav pinned against the cage. Gulastav gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gulastav misses with the combination.
A shot to the liver by Gulastav. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hapaloua walks into a jab.
Hapaloua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gulastav misses with a series of wild punches.
Oooooh!!! Gulastav has knocked Hapaloua down with a huge combo! Gulastav steps away and waves a wobbly Hapaloua back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hapaloua tries to clinch but Gulastav is having none of it.
Gulastav shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hapaloua defends it nicely.
Gulastav misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hapaloua.
Heinrich Gulastav is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hapaloua tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gulastav swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hapaloua tries to clinch but Gulastav moves out of range.
Gulastav gets tackled into the cage by Hapaloua. Hapaloua maintains the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gulastav.
Gulastav jumps guard.
Gulastav looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gulastav throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Hapaloua must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hapaloua is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gulastav is trying to keep Hapaloua in close.
Gulastav is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gulastav is striking off his back. Hapaloua thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Gulastav looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gulastav tries to get to full guard but Hapaloua has control of the leg.
Gulastav is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Blitzkrieg Fighting Systems: Ground, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Hapaloua working over Gulastav with some ground and pound. Gulastav looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gulastav blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hapaloua.
Gulastav is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've been informed that Hapaloua has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Gulastav preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Hapaloua lands with a punch from half guard.
Hapaloua thows a huge punch but Gulastav dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hapaloua throwing shots but Gulastav is blocking nicely.
Hapaloua is thwarting Gulastav's attempts to control the position.
Gulastav keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hapaloua is looking to take a break and control but Gulastav is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hapaloua is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gulastav is looking to improve his position.
Hapaloua trying to control from half guard but Gulastav is working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hapaloua missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gulastav blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hapaloua.
Gulastav has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hapaloua is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heinrich Gulastav 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.
Hapaloua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gulastav.
Heinrich Gulastav is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hapaloua doesn't manage to clinch there - Gulastav circles away.
Gulastav lands a body shot.
Hapaloua tries to clinch up but Gulastav circles away and keeps his distance.
Hapaloua slips a jab and a cross from Gulastav.
Hapaloua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gulastav.
Gulastav swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gulastav throws a sloppy body shot
and Hapaloua counters with a head kick. That will keep Gulastav thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Gulastav throws a head kick that misses.
Gulastav is looking to wear down Hapaloua with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Good exchange - Gulastav coming out on top.
Gulastav lunges at Hapaloua with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hapaloua's hand.
Gulastav lands a nice shot that snaps Hapaloua's head back.
Gulastav throws a nice looking combination but Hapaloua bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulastav misses with a body shot.
Heinrich Gulastav seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gulastav throws a right hand that Hapaloua ducks under and follows up with a left that Hapaloua also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Gulastav. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gulastav throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heinrich Gulastav is winning the standup battle so far.
Gulastav swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gulastav throws an overhand right that lands on Hapaloua's shoulder, as Hapaloua tries to avoid the shot.
Gulastav takes a swing at Hapaloua's ribcage but misses.
Hapaloua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gulastav works Hapaloua's body with a nice hook.
Gulastav looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gulastav swats away the attempt to clinch by Hapaloua.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hapaloua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gulastav.
Gulastav throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hapaloua takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gulastav throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hapaloua fails with a takedown attempt.
Gulastav misses with a body shot.
Hapaloua moves out of range of the strikes.
Gulastav scores with the left hand. Hapaloua knows he should have avoided that one.
Hapaloua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Gulastav misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hapaloua tries to clinch there but Gulastav circles away.
Hapaloua moves in looking to clinch but Gulastav pushes him off.
Gulastav looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hapaloua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gulastav misses the shot to the body.
Gulastav misses with a double jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gulastav.
Gulastav circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gulastav goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gulastav circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gulastav keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hapaloua slips a jab and a cross from Gulastav.
Hapaloua is looking to clinch.
Gulastav misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gulastav throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hapaloua counters with a head kick.
Gulastav tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hapaloua was well out of range. Poor timing from Gulastav.
Hapaloua slips a jab from Gulastav.
Gulastav throws a body punch but Hapaloua moves out of range.
Gulastav misses with a wild body shot.
Hapaloua tries to clinch but Gulastav is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hapaloua feints and as Gulastav raises his hands in defense, Hapaloua changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hapaloua wants to control from the top but Gulastav keeps moving.
Gulastav trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heinrich Gulastav dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gulastav misses with a body shot.
Gulastav falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hapaloua moves into the clinch.
Hapaloua has a couple of punches blocked by Gulastav.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hapaloua.
Gulastav avoiding damage as Hapaloua throws knees to the body.
Hapaloua digs a right hand underneath Gulastav's ribcage. Gulastav let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hapaloua taking a breather.
Hapaloua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gulastav's elbow.
Hapaloua is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gulastav working hard to break the clinch.
Gulastav misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hapaloua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hapaloua misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hapaloua taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hapaloua trying to stall but Gulastav improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Travis Hapaloua.
Gulastav fails to land with a series of punches.
Decent striking displayed by Gulastav there.
Gulastav cracks Hapaloua with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hapaloua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gulastav throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hapaloua counters with a nice kick to the body.
Gulastav lands a jab to Hapaloua's midsection.
Gulastav connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gulastav misses with a looping left.
Gulastav circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hapaloua tries to close the distance and clinch but Gulastav swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gulastav throws a right hand that Hapaloua ducks under and follows up with a left that Hapaloua also avoids with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gulastav misses with a straight right.
Hapaloua tries to clinch but Gulastav is having none of it.
Hapaloua fails with a takedown attempt.
Gulastav throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Travis Hapaloua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gulastav swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hapaloua counters by clinching up.
Hapaloua slowing the pace effectively.
Gulastav is trying to stall.
Hapaloua stalling in the clinch but Gulastav improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hapaloua seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Gulastav avoids a wild elbow strike from Hapaloua.
Hapaloua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gulastav.
Hapaloua taking a breather.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A frustrated look appears on Gulastav's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Travis Hapaloua.
Gulastav scores with a one two! Hapaloua had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hapaloua changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gulastav looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gulastav is looking to regain half guard here but Hapaloua keeps moving and retains side control.
Travis Hapaloua has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gulastav gets back to half guard.
Gulastav tries to get to full guard but Hapaloua has control of the leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gulastav avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hapaloua.
Gulastav is trying to maintain the position but Hapaloua is very close to passing his half guard.
Gulastav looks like he's trying to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hapaloua takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Heinrich Gulastav is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gulastav trying to control but Hapaloua postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Travis Hapaloua.
I think Gulastav 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heinrich Gulastav!
Heinrich Gulastav seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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