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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Masa Wasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gorge Jurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jurgel has chosen Rock N Roll Train 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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145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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127 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Wasa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 43 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gorge Jurgel!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wasa gets a takedown into half guard.
Wasa is working for a kimura but Jurgel is defending it quite comfortably.
Jurgel controlling the position for now.
Jurgel wants to improve his position but Wasa is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wasa is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jurgel doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Wasa.
Wasa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jurgel defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurgel is pressing down on Wasa's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jurgel holds on and takes a little breather.
Jurgel's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Wasa trying to control but Jurgel is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jurgel trying to control the position here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wasa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jurgel is looking for a sweep.
Jurgel keeps Wasa under control for a moment.
Jurgel is not content to let Wasa control the position.
Jurgel tries to buck Wasa off but Wasa is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasa is trying to get an arm triangle but Jurgel is defending well.
I wouldn't like to be where Jurgel is right now.
Wasa is trying to get an arm triangle but Jurgel is defending well.
Wasa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jurgel knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wasa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jurgel, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wasa looking to control but instead Jurgel has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Wasa is looking for a kimura here.
Wasa is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Jurgel still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Jurgel has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Jurgel works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jurgel is trying to get an arm triangle but Wasa is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masa Wasa 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.
Wasa shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wasa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jurgel trying to control from the bottom.
Jurgel won't allow Wasa to pass to mount.
Jurgel wants to control but Wasa is keeping busy.
Wasa is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wasa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jurgel sees it coming and defends easily.
Wasa is working for a submission of some sort.
Jurgel is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wasa's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wasa's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasa can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wasa is working hard here to advance position.
Wasa trying to control the hands but Jurgel won't let him.
Wasa is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Wasa's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Jurgel really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Wasa.
Wasa breaks Jurgel's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Wasa wants to control from the top but Jurgel keeps moving.
Wasa throwing strikes but missing.
Wasa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wasa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurgel pulls Wasa in to control the position.
Wasa tries to free his leg and advance position but Jurgel is retaining full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wasa trying to control but Jurgel is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jurgel misses with an uppercut. Wasa saw that one coming.
Wasa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wasa 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.
Wasa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wasa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wasa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Wasa thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wasa stands and throws Jurgel's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masa Wasa dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Wasa gets a takedown into half guard.
Wasa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jurgel sees it coming and defends easily.
Jurgel preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Wasa seems to be looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jurgel keeping hold of Wasa's head, controlling as best he can.
Wasa is looking for submissions but instead, Jurgel has regained full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurgel can't keep his opponent in guard - Wasa advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Jurgel gets back to full guard.
Jurgel wants to stand but Wasa is controlling the position.
Jurgel pulls Wasa in close to prevent any damage.
Wasa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jurgel can do to turn this around?
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.
Wasa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jurgel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wasa wants to control from the top but Jurgel keeps moving.
Jurgel managing to control the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Jurgel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wasa.
Jurgel throws a series of punches but Wasa moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jurgel.
It looks like Masa Wasa has been cut.
Wasa shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wasa is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jurgel sees it coming and defends easily.
Wasa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jurgel knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wasa is looking for a kimura but Jurgel is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wasa to get the leverage.
Jurgel wants to get back to full guard.
Wasa is working for a submission of some sort.
Jurgel is doing well to control the position and prevent Wasa from advancing to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurgel blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wasa.
Jurgel is looking to control Wasa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jurgel avoid being mounted?
Gorge Jurgel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wasa is looking for a kimura here.
Jurgel is trying to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jurgel moves into full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Masa Wasa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wasa, 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masa Wasa!
A very excited looking Masa Wasa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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