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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seth Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rhaj Taibol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taibol comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Made of Scars kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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, Seth Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rhaj Taibol!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Taibol as he avoids it easily.
Taibol fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown darts in and clinches Taibol up against the cage.
Taibol prevents a takedown attempt there.
Taibol has had enough of the clinch but Brown keeps him there for the moment.
Knees to the body from Brown.
Brown has hold of one of Taibol's legs. Taibol is fighting the takedown attempt but Brown gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Taibol wants to stand up but Brown is controlling him.
Brown looking to pass the guard.
Brown avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Brown with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taibol looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brown is one step ahead there.
Taibol looking for a guillotine here but Brown defends easily.
Taibol trying to control the position.
Brown stays in close to Taibol's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Brown throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Taibol works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Taibol looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Taibol looks gassed!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Taibol looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
Brown tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Taibol swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Brown.
Taibol is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Brown scoring with punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taibol is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brown working the ground and pound.
Taibol prevents Brown from improving position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Brown connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Taibol some visible discomfort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Brown moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Taibol is looking for a sweep.
Brown decides to stand up, so the ref orders Taibol to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seth Brown dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown clinches up against the cage.
Brown pulls guard.
Brown looking to control but Taibol passes into half guard.
Taibol is looking to take a break and control but Brown is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Taibol seems to be looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taibol tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brown knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taibol sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brown defending well though.
Brown manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Taibol fails to land the takedown.
Brown shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Taibol kicks Brown off and gets back to his feet.
Seth Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Taibol is fending him off so far but Brown persists. Nope, Taibol circles away and we're back to standing.
Some wild striking there from Taibol.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt - Taibol sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Taibol shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Taibol was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Brown avoids a strike by Taibol and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Taibol's guard! Fantastic escape!
Brown stopping the sweep attempt from Taibol.
Taibol trying to keep a closed guard but Brown is proving a slippery customer.
Brown slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taibol keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown wants to pass the guard but Taibol is keeping the position.
Taibol working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brown.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown thows a big elbow that misses.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brown changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Taibol looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Brown gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Taibol counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Taibol tries to roll over but Brown keeps him under control.
Taibol has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brown is working away from the top position though.
Taibol is trying to stand up here but Brown is controlling him well.
Taibol is looking to control Brown's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Taibol avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Seth Brown will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Brown gets caught flat footed, as Taibol shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Brown is trying to control the position but Taibol postures up.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Taibol from controlling successfully.
Taibol wants to stand but Brown is controlling his posture from full guard.
Taibol wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taibol decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Brown, up you get!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taibol wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Brown moves into the clinch successfully.
Taibol tries to pull guard but Brown won't allow it.
Brown breaks from the clinch.
Brown has closed the distance and engaged Taibol in a clinch.
Taibol tries for a takedown but Brown manages to get underhooks.
Brown tries for a takedown. No joy.
Taibol landing knees to the head.
Brown wants a takedown but no success here.
Taibol wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brown has picked Taibol up - he's going for a ride! Brown dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Taibol tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taibol trying to control here.
Brown trying to pass the guard but Taibol defending well.
Brown misses with a head shot. Taibol uses the momentum to regain guard.
Brown would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Seth Brown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taibol is controlling Brown's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taibol wants to stand but Brown is controlling the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Brown shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Taibol counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Taibol is trying to get back to full guard.
Brown content to control rather than advance.
Taibol wants to control but Brown is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown content to control rather than advance.
Taibol works his way to full guard. Good work.
Brown stays in close to Taibol's body and controls the position.
Brown has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Taibol is trying to keep Brown in close.
Rhaj Taibol has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Seth Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brown, 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seth Brown!
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