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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bart Bogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zab Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bart Bogers!
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, Zab Judah!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bogers misses with a low kick.
Judah misses with a takedown attempt - Bogers sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bogers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bogers fails to land with a series of punches.
Judah looks for a takedown but Bogers sprawls well.
Bogers misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Judah fails to land the takedown.
Bart Bogers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zab Judah.
Horrible takedown by Bogers or perhaps it was just good defense by Judah which made him look bad.
Judah misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Judah.
Judah shoots for a takedown but Bogers saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Judah looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A right-left combo lands from Bogers.
It looks like Zab Judah has been cut.
Bogers fails with the takedown.
Bogers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No luck for Bogers with that takedown attempt.
Judah shoots for a double leg takedown but Bogers sprawls well. He's pushed Judah's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Judah as he jumps to the side.
Bogers throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Judah's waist but Judah gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bogers off to one side.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Judah.
Judah keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bogers throws a combination. Judah tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bogers doesn't manage to clinch there - Judah circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bogers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Judah shoots in for a double leg but Bogers sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bogers doesn't manage to clinch there - Judah circles away.
Judah keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Judah tries for a takedown but Bogers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Judah blocks the body kick.
Judah shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bogers but Bogers pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bogers works over Judah's head and body with a nice combination.
Bogers shoots in but no luck this time.
Bogers wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown but Judah shows good takedown defense.
Judah fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bogers scores with a one two! Judah had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bogers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bogers thuds a left hand into Judah's body.
Bogers shoots for a takedown but Judah saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown but Judah shows good takedown defense.
Judah fails to land the takedown.
Bogers fails with the takedown.
Bogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah shoots in but no luck this time.
Zab Judah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bogers tries for a takedown but Judah sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Judah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Bogers as Judah shoots in.
Judah stuffs the takedown attempt from Bogers. Bogers gets slowly back to his feet.
Judah fails to land the takedown.
Judah stuffs the takedown.
Judah shoots in looking for a takedown. Bogers tries to sprawl out of it but Judah keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bogers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown but Judah shows good takedown defense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bart Bogers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zab Judah's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Judah looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bogers is fending him off so far but Judah persists. Nope, Bogers circles away and we're back to standing.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Judah as he jumps to the side.
Nice sprawl there from Bogers as Judah shoots in.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Judah as he jumps to the side.
Judah stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bart Bogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bogers moves into range and clinches up with Judah.
Judah prevents a takedown attempt there.
Judah has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bogers avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bogers gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Judah.
Judah prevents Bogers from breaking the clinch.
Bogers gets underhooks to prevent Judah's takedown attempt.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Judah tries for a takedown but Bogers manages to get underhooks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogers is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Judah gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Judah goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bogers prevents it.
Bogers prevents a takedown attempt there.
Judah tries for a takedown but Bogers manages to get underhooks.
Bogers drags the fight down to the ground.
Bogers wants to sweep but no luck.
Bogers is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Judah postures up in Bogers's guard and throws a big left but Bogers blocks it.
Bogers really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Judah throwing strikes but missing.
Bogers working a defensive guard here.
Judah throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Judah wants to stand and escape but instead Bogers has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Judah trying to strike off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bogers lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Judah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Judah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Judah as he avoids it easily.
Judah shoots in looking for a takedown. Bogers tries to sprawl out of it but Judah keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bogers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bogers tries for a takedown but Judah sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Judah changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bogers tries to avoid it but Judah manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bogers to the ground. Bogers escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bogers throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Judah's waist but Judah gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bogers off to one side.
Bogers moves in looking to clinch but Judah pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bogers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Judah shoots in but no luck this time.
Bogers misses with a takedown attempt - Judah sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Judah looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bogers fails with the takedown
and Judah counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bogers trying to control but Judah postures up.
Judah throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bogers is pressing down on Judah's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Judah postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bogers is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Judah working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Judah stops Bogers from standing up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Judah misses with a takedown attempt - Bogers sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Judah closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bogers circles away.
Judah throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bogers's waist but Bogers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Judah off to one side.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Judah as he avoids it easily.
Judah fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Zab Judah will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Zab Judah's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Bogers throws a head kick but Judah moves out of range.
Judah throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bogers's waist but Bogers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Judah off to one side.
Bogers fails with the takedown.
Horrible takedown by Judah or perhaps it was just good defense by Bogers which made him look bad.
Judah takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Judah fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bart Bogers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zab Judah.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bogers!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bogers closes this distance looking for a takedown but Judah circles away.
Judah moves out of range as Bogers throws a body kick.
Judah shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bogers but Bogers pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bogers wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
Judah will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bogers lands with a nice body punch.
Bart Bogers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bogers looks for a takedown but Judah sprawls well.
Judah shoots for a double leg takedown but Bogers sprawls well. He's pushed Judah's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bogers looks to clinch
and Judah counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bogers's guard now.
Judah working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Judah throws a strike but Bogers rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Judah throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Judah can do anything to dispel that myth.
Judah doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bogers passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Judah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bogers in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Bogers trying to control the action but Judah is working from the bottom.
Bogers avoids the strikes from the bottom by Judah.
Bogers will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bogers is looking to take a break and control but Judah is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Judah shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bogers but Bogers pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah looks for a takedown but Bogers sprawls well.
Bogers throws a combination. Judah tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bogers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Judah looks for a takedown but Bogers sprawls well.
Bogers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Judah pinned against the cage. Judah gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Judah shoots in but Bogers avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bogers looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Judah is fending him off so far but Bogers persists. Nope, Judah circles away and we're back to standing.
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.
Bogers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bogers shoots in for a takedown but Judah shows good takedown defense.
Judah fails to land the takedown.
Bogers punishes Judah's body with a nice straight punch.
Judah keeps the fight on the outside.
Judah shoots in but Bogers avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Judah takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Judah takes one to the side of the head.
Judah stuffs the takedown attempt from Bogers. Bogers gets slowly back to his feet.
Judah closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bogers circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zab Judah.
I think Judah 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zab Judah!
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