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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Tchaikovsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keaton Villanova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villanova has chosen Lose Yourself-Eminem as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ivan Tchaikovsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keaton Villanova!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villanova blocks a leg kick.
Tchaikovsky throws a push kick but Villanova slaps the foot to one side.
Villanova looks for a takedown but Tchaikovsky sprawls well.
Villanova shoots and misses
and Tchaikovsky counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Villanova wants to stand up but Tchaikovsky is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tchaikovsky showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tchaikovsky slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Villanova stops Tchaikovsky from passing to mount.
Tchaikovsky taking a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tchaikovsky's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Villanova wants to get back to his feet but Tchaikovsky drags him back down.
Tchaikovsky tries to advance to mount but Villanova instead regains half guard.
Villanova is trying to stand back up but Tchaikovsky is controlling him
Tchaikovsky trying to mount his opponent but Villanova defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tchaikovsky wants to lay and pray for a moment but Villanova keeps working.
Villanova pushes Tchaikovsky off looking to stand but Tchaikovsky dives back in and keeps control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ivan Tchaikovsky wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Villanova throws a head kick that misses.
Tchaikovsky keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ivan Tchaikovsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keaton Villanova.
Villanova tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tchaikovsky sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Villanova somewhat.
Villanova works over Tchaikovsky's head and body with a nice combination.
Tchaikovsky walks into a jab.
Villanova lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tchaikovsky circles away quickly and effectively.
Villanova fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tchaikovsky shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Villanova's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tchaikovsky is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Villanova uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Villanova fails with a takedown attempt.
Villanova shoots for a takedown but Tchaikovsky saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Villanova closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Villanova misses with a takedown attempt - Tchaikovsky sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Villanova misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villanova closes the distance and clinches up with Tchaikovsky, looking for a takedown. Villanova pushes Tchaikovsky against the cage but Tchaikovsky circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tchaikovsky is looking to chop away at Villanova's legs.
Villanova fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keaton Villanova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villanova has a takedown stuffed.
Villanova uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tchaikovsky.
Villanova keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Villanova tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tchaikovsky defends well and Villanova ends up having to push Tchaikovsky into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tchaikovsky prevents Villanova from breaking the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Tchaikovsky's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Villanova keeps control of Tchaikovsky as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Tchaikovsky dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Villanova throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tchaikovsky's waist but Tchaikovsky gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Villanova off to one side.
Tchaikovsky throws a body kick that misses.
Villanova fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tchaikovsky avoids a kick to the body.
Keaton Villanova is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Villanova looks to land a combination. Tchaikovsky sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Villanova closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tchaikovsky circles away.
Tchaikovsky manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Villanova on his heels. He'll look to pass Villanova's guard now, I'm sure.
Tchaikovsky is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tchaikovsky works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tchaikovsky tries to pass the half guard into mount. Villanova knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tchaikovsky is trying to control. Villanova wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villanova is looking to escape.
Tchaikovsky content to control rather than advance.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tchaikovsky sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Villanova defending well though.
Ivan Tchaikovsky has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Villanova shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tchaikovsky as he avoids it easily.
Ivan Tchaikovsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keaton Villanova.
Villanova fails with a takedown attempt.
Villanova avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tchaikovsky motions for Villanova to come forward. Tchaikovsky throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tchaikovsky displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Villanova.
Villanova throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tchaikovsky's waist but Tchaikovsky gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Villanova off to one side.
Villanova misses with a takedown attempt
so Tchaikovsky counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Tchaikovsky is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
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!
Tchaikovsky trying to control the position from guard on top but Villanova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villanova keeping full guard, as Tchaikovsky tries to pass.
Tchaikovsky has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ivan Tchaikovsky.
Villanova throws a series of punches but Tchaikovsky moves out of range.
Keaton Villanova seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tchaikovsky blocks a head kick by Villanova.
Villanova scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Villanova throws the kick towards the body but Tchaikovsky avoids it.
Villanova is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tchaikovsky sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Villanova with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tchaikovsky counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tchaikovsky.
Villanova is breathing heavily.
Tchaikovsky pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Villanova is keeping the position for now.
Tchaikovsky works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tchaikovsky stands up from half guard.
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!
Horrible takedown attempt by Tchaikovsky or perhaps it was just good defense by Villanova, which made it look bad.
Villanova shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tchaikovsky defends it nicely.
Tchaikovsky throws a leg kick but Villanova sees it coming and moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Villanova misses with a body kick.
Villanova fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Villanova shoots for a double leg takedown but Tchaikovsky sprawls well. He's pushed Villanova's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Tchaikovsky dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Villanova doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tchaikovsky counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tchaikovsky looking to pass the guard.
Villanova keeping moving, preventing Tchaikovsky from controlling successfully.
Tchaikovsky pushes down on Villanova's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tchaikovsky perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
We're going to have a standup here because Ivan Tchaikovsky wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Tchaikovsky doesn't manage to clinch there - Villanova circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villanova misses with a takedown
and Tchaikovsky counters with a shoot takedown. Villanova fights it but they end up in guard.
Ivan Tchaikovsky overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Villanova is looking to stand up but Tchaikovsky isn't so interested in that idea.
Tchaikovsky trying to control the position from guard on top but Villanova is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Villanova wants to stand but Tchaikovsky is controlling the position.
Villanova kicks Tchaikovsky off and gets to his feet.
Tchaikovsky looks to land a body kick but Villanova moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villanova clobbers Tchaikovsky with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Villanova shoots and misses
and Tchaikovsky counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ivan Tchaikovsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keaton Villanova.
Villanova takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tchaikovsky showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Villanova wants to stand and escape but Tchaikovsky is having none of it.
Tchaikovsky pushes down on Villanova's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tchaikovsky stops Villanova from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tchaikovsky takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Villanova is not content to let Tchaikovsky control the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Tchaikovsky looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ivan Tchaikovsky.
Tchaikovsky dodges the punch combination from Villanova.
Villanova swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ivan Tchaikovsky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Villanova works over Tchaikovsky's head and body with a nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tchaikovsky takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Villanova doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Tchaikovsky decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Villanova's guard.
Tchaikovsky wants to pass the guard but Villanova is keeping the position.
Tchaikovsky looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tchaikovsky tries to free his leg and advance position but Villanova is retaining full guard.
Keaton Villanova has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tchaikovsky is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Tchaikovsky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tchaikovsky, 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Tchaikovsky!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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