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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexei Erschov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexei Erschov is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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170 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xavier Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Erschov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erschov misses with a takedown
and Fury counters with a shoot takedown. Erschov fights it but they end up in guard.
Fury connects with a couple of short punches.
Erschov will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Erschov has momentary wrist control but Fury slips an elbow through the middle.
Erschov keeping moving, preventing Fury from controlling successfully.
Fury has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fury stands up over Erschov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fury sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Erschov's guard.
Fury is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Erschov has hold of Fury's hands but Fury slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erschov tries to get to full guard but Fury has control of the leg.
Erschov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fury pulls his head out easily.
Fury seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Erschov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fury seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Erschov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fury looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fury 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.
Fury is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Erschov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fury scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fury is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fury is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Erschov sees it coming and defends easily.
Erschov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fury 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.
Erschov trying to hold on to Fury's head to control him but Fury postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fury is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Erschov has hold of Fury's hands but Fury slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Erschov gets back to full guard.
Erschov is looking for a triangle but Fury pushes his legs off easily.
Erschov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fury scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fury scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fury chips away with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Erschov wants to sweep here but Fury controlling him for the moment.
Erschov keeping moving, preventing Fury from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erschov is looking for a triangle but Fury pushes his legs off easily.
Fury is working Erschov over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fury trying to control the position from guard on top but Erschov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fury avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fury working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Erschov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Erschov controls Fury momentarily but Fury frees himself.
Fury stands up over Erschov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fury is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fury makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Erschov throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Erschov escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fury gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fury working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Erschov's head.
Fury landing some decent shots from guard.
Fury lands a couple of digs.
Fury keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Erschov's head.
Fury scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Erschov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Fury tries to free his leg and advance position but Erschov is retaining full guard.
Erschov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fury doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fury manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Fury dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Erschov shoots in for a takedown but Fury shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Erschov doesn't manage to clinch there - Fury circles away.
Erschov shoots for a double leg takedown but Fury sprawls well. He's pushed Erschov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fury.
Fury shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Erschov's guard.
Fury lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fury working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fury working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Erschov's head.
Erschov trying to keep a closed guard but Fury is proving a slippery customer.
Fury cracks Erschov with a solid left hand.
Fury is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Erschov can do to turn this around?
Fury sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Erschov has momentary wrist control but Fury slips an elbow through the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury chips away with some ground and pound.
Fury is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Fury scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fury trying to control the position from guard on top but Erschov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fury with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Erschov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fury postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Xavier Fury overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Erschov looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Erschov looking for a guillotine here but Fury defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fury scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fury postures up and lands a big shot to Erschov's brow.
Fury trying to control but Erschov is working from the bottom.
Fury lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Erschov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Fury is aware though and is defending well.
Fury lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Erschov trying to control the position.
Erschov keeping moving, preventing Fury from controlling successfully.
Erschov should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury distracts Erschov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fury makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fury with a nice head shot there.
Fury lands a couple of digs.
Fury works over Erschov with some ground and pound from guard.
Fury with a nice head shot there.
Fury scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fury lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Erschov had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fury defends it easily.
Fury makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Erschov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fury doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fury manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fury passes Erschov's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury is taking a breather. Erschov says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Erschov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Erschov trying to hold on to Fury's head to control him but Fury postures up.
Fury is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fury is trying to control. Erschov wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Fury controlling the action here.
Erschov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fury takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Fury dominated that second round.
That's time! Fury's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Erschov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fury tries to avoid it but Erschov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fury to the ground. Fury escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Erschov tries to clinch but Fury is having none of it.
Erschov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Erschov has a takedown stuffed.
Fury lands a really nice looking cross but Erschov seems unphased.
Erschov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A cross from Fury lands.
Erschov drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Erschov tries for a takedown but Fury circles away easily
and Fury counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Xavier Fury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexei Erschov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fury drops an elbow to the side of Erschov's head.
Erschov tries to roll over but Fury keeps him under control.
Erschov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury slips a nice elbow through Erschov's hands, connecting with Erschov's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fury lands a nice short elbow.
Erschov is refusing to be controlled, as Fury sits in half guard.
Fury controlling the action here.
Fury looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Erschov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fury scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Erschov is looking for a sweep. Fury is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fury wants to free his trapped foot but Erschov is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Erschov is pressing down on Fury's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erschov being controlled here, momentarily.
Erschov is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fury pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Erschov is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fury is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Fury working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Erschov's head.
Erschov working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Fury has passed into half guard!
Erschov trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Fury in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury dominating with strikes here.
Fury scoring with strikes but Erschov is staying in there.
Fury dominating with strikes here.
Erschov is rocked!
Fury loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Erschov scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Fury land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Fury stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Fury!
Our winner, Xavier Fury, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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