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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pyotr Alexandrovna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gynther Gail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pyotr Alexandrovna has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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270 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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189 cm
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265 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pyotr Alexandrovna!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gynther Gail!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gail takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alexandrovna tries to clinch up but Gail circles away and keeps his distance.
Alexandrovna with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A good leg kick by Alexandrovna.
Alexandrovna scores with a takedown into Gail's guard.
Gail throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Alexandrovna preventing the sweep.
Gail looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Alexandrovna puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Gail gets full guard.
Gail is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Alexandrovna sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gail's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gail wants to get back to full guard.
Alexandrovna wants to pass to mount but Gail is defending the position.
Alexandrovna moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Gail.
Gail tries to escape but Alexandrovna is in control.
Alexandrovna wants to control but Gail is keeping him busy.
Gail tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Alexandrovna working away.
Gail is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alexandrovna connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Alexandrovna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alexandrovna slips under a jab from Gail.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Alexandrovna.
Alexandrovna blocks the strikes from Gail.
Gail is looking for a sweep.
Gail is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gail on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrovna wants to control but Gail is keeping him busy.
Gail is looking to regain half guard here but Alexandrovna keeps moving and retains side control.
Alexandrovna is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gail knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A swing and a miss from Gail.
Pyotr Alexandrovna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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.
Alexandrovna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gail swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alexandrovna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alexandrovna slips under a jab.
Gail misses with an uppercut.
Alexandrovna swings for the body but Gail moves out of range.
Alexandrovna throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gail.
Alexandrovna digs a good hook to Gail's body.
Gail avoids the head kick by Alexandrovna.
Alexandrovna fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alexandrovna wants to clinch.
Alexandrovna fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pyotr Alexandrovna dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Alexandrovna is looking to slow Gail down with leg kicks.
Alexandrovna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Alexandrovna as Gail shoots in.
Alexandrovna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gail.
Gail throws a big shot that misses.
Gail throws a big shot that misses.
Gail shoots in for a takedown but Alexandrovna shows good takedown defense.
Gail closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gail not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gail takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gail scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Alexandrovna slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gail is looking to work some ground and pound but Alexandrovna has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alexandrovna trying to keep a closed guard but Gail is proving a slippery customer.
Alexandrovna looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gail thows a big elbow that misses.
Gail working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alexandrovna's head.
Gail trying to control the position from guard on top but Alexandrovna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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.
Alexandrovna is trying to keep Gail in close.
Gail loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gail with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gail working some strikes from top position.
Gail stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alexandrovna swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gail postures up in Alexandrovna's guard and throws a big left but Alexandrovna blocks it.
Gail lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrovna utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gail postures up and lands a big shot to Alexandrovna's brow.
Gail works over Alexandrovna with some ground and pound from guard.
Gail trying to control but Alexandrovna is working from the bottom.
Gail throws a big right hand that misses.
Gail with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gail throws and elbow that misses. Alexandrovna uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gail's guard. Nice move by Alexandrovna!
Gail escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Alexandrovna gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gail is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gail wants to sweep but no luck.
Gail striking off his back but it's not causing Alexandrovna any problems.
Gail manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Alexandrovna avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gail.
Gail looking to finish with strikes here!
Gail landing strikes from the mount and Alexandrovna is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gynther Gail showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gail misses with a jab, cross combination.
Decent striking displayed by Gail there.
Alexandrovna with a poor takedown
enabling Gail to counter with a crisp jab.
Alexandrovna throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gail's waist but Gail gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alexandrovna off to one side.
Gail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alexandrovna moves out of range as Gail strikes.
Alexandrovna wants to clinch
and Gail counters with a nice double leg into side control. Alexandrovna won't be happy with that.
A lull in the action here.
Gail landing strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gail in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gail cracks Alexandrovna with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gail lands a few punches from side control.
Gail working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Gail landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gail is trying to ground and pound but Alexandrovna uses the momentary lack of control by Gail to regain half guard.
Alexandrovna avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gail.
Gail is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gail lands with a punch from half guard.
Gail is just content to waste time from the top position. Alexandrovna takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Gail postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gail in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gail thows a big elbow that misses.
Gail is pushing down on Alexandrovna's leg trying to pass to half guard. Alexandrovna is fighting to maintain full guard but Gail has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gail is trying to control the action in half guard but Alexandrovna is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gail sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alexandrovna defending well though.
Gail thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alexandrovna's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gail scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gail scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gail thows a huge punch but Alexandrovna dodges it nicely.
Gail thows a huge punch but Alexandrovna dodges it nicely.
Gynther Gail has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gail thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alexandrovna's head.
Gail working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gail thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alexandrovna's head.
Alexandrovna trying to hold on to Gail's head to control him but Gail postures up.
Gail missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
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.
Gail sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alexandrovna defending well though.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A slow jab from Gail misses its intended target.
Gail scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Alexandrovna doesn't seem bothered though.
Gynther Gail is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gail misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alexandrovna.
Alexandrovna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alexandrovna wants to clinch up but Gail keeps it at a distance.
Alexandrovna looks to land a combination. Gail sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gail checks a leg kick.
Gail waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Alexandrovna.
Gail misses with a double jab
and Alexandrovna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gynther Gail really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Alexandrovna is looking to clinch.
Gail misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alexandrovna.
Gail lands with an uppercut that bounces Alexandrovna off the cage and back into rage.
Gail pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Gail misses its intended target.
A combination from Gail does no damage.
Gail swings for the body but Alexandrovna moves out of range.
Alexandrovna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gail.
A good leg kick by Alexandrovna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gail waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Alexandrovna.
Gail throws a right and a left that Alexandrovna avoids nicely.
Gail swinging wilding here.
Gail misses with a jab to the body
and Alexandrovna counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gail's knee momentarily.
Gail is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrovna decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Alexandrovna sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gail is trying to get back to full guard.
Alexandrovna wants to control but Gail is keeping him busy.
Nice strikes from Alexandrovna there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gail manages to get to full guard.
Gail looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alexandrovna is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gail wants to stand and escape but Alexandrovna is having none of it.
Alexandrovna is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gail looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Alexandrovna has picked Gail up and slammed him! Gail can't keep hold of the triangle and Alexandrovna manages to pass to side control!
Alexandrovna working the head with strikes.
Alexandrovna moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrovna gets to mount! Gail was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Alexandrovna is landing with some decent strikes but Gail is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gail is looking to improve his position but Alexandrovna isn't that keen on the idea.
Gail throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Gail tries to lock up and control but Alexandrovna gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gail keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Alexandrovna scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gail wants to hold on but Alexandrovna pushes him away.
Gail is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pyotr Alexandrovna had his way with Gynther Gail in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Alexandrovna has his takedown stuffed
and Gail counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gail is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Alexandrovna doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gail.
Gail throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Alexandrovna moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gail trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrovna manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gail is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gail defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Alexandrovna.
Gail working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Alexandrovna tries to control but Gail wriggling away.
Gail sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Gail is looking for a sweep. Alexandrovna is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gail trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gail is pressing down on Alexandrovna's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gail trying to strike off his back.
Alexandrovna stopping the sweep attempt from Gail.
Gail keeping moving, preventing Alexandrovna from controlling successfully.
Gail trying to strike off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Alexandrovna preventing the sweep.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gail misses with a two punch combination.
Gail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alexandrovna swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gail stuffs the takedown attempt from Alexandrovna. Alexandrovna gets slowly back to his feet.
Gail ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alexandrovna moves away.
Alexandrovna throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gail.
Alexandrovna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gail.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gail drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gail loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gynther Gail comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gail has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 47:48
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 47:48
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gynther Gail!
Gynther Gail is the new heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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