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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alastair Stirling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasilko Nikolaevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasilko Nikolaevich is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alastair Stirling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vasilko Nikolaevich!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stirling misses with a lunging right hand
and Nikolaevich moves into the clinch.
Stirling misses with a punch to the body.
Stirling lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nikolaevich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stirling fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nikolaevich on the side of the head.
Stirling scores with a jab. Nikolaevich acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like Vasilko Nikolaevich has been cut.
Nikolaevich walks into a jab.
Nikolaevich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nikolaevich's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Stirling connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nikolaevich scrambles back to his feet.
Nikolaevich tries to clinch there but Stirling circles away.
Stirling fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nikolaevich manages to avoid it.
Stirling connects with a crisp jab.
Nikolaevich throws a body kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stirling avoids the head kick by Nikolaevich.
Nikolaevich fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stirling looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A big right from Stirling misses.
Stirling keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Stirling does no damage.
Nikolaevich throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stirling displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nikolaevich throws out the jab.
Stirling throws a body punch but Nikolaevich moves out of range.
Stirling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alastair Stirling is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nikolaevich lands a high kick!
Stirling's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nikolaevich under the eye.
We've been hearing reports that Stirling has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Nikolaevich walks into a stiff left hand from Stirling.
Nikolaevich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stirling misses with a body shot.
Stirling looks to land a combination but Nikolaevich avoids it well.
Stirling throws a jab but it's blocked by Nikolaevich.
Nikolaevich tries to clinch but Stirling moves out of range.
Stirling swats away the attempt to clinch by Nikolaevich.
Stirling looks to land a left hand but Nikolaevich moved out of range nicely.
Stirling swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Stirling misses the target.
Nikolaevich connects with a high kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stirling swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nikolaevich counters with a head kick.
It looks like Alastair Stirling has been cut.
Stirling scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaevich avoids the body shot from Stirling.
Nikolaevich tries a head kick but it misses.
A big right from Stirling misses.
Nikolaevich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stirling pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nikolaevich throws a head kick but Stirling moves out of range.
Stirling lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nikolaevich slips under a jab.
Stirling swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stirling throws a body shot but no joy.
Nikolaevich throws a right hand that Stirling ducks under and follows up with a left that Stirling also avoids with ease.
Stirling's corner calls for a 1-2. Stirling obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Stirling lands a jab to Nikolaevich's midsection.
Nikolaevich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nikolaevich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stirling misses with the combination.
Stirling throws a jab when Nikolaevich was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stirling avoids the head kick by Nikolaevich.
Stirling throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nikolaevich sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stirling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nikolaevich moves away.
Nikolaevich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stirling misses with a series of wild punches.
Nikolaevich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stirling.
As Stirling backs off Nikolaevich throws a huge counter combo but Stirling manages to avoid it all.
Nikolaevich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stirling tries to clinch up but Nikolaevich circles away and keeps his distance.
Nikolaevich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stirling manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stirling misses with a right hand
and Nikolaevich counters with a series of strikes. Stirling will be more careful next time no doubt.
Stirling fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nikolaevich manages to avoid it.
Stirling swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stirling jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nikolaevich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nikolaevich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nikolaevich tries to bum rush Stirling with a series of wild strikes but Stirling uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaevich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stirling lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stirling takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nikolaevich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nikolaevich misses with a head kick.
Stirling swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Nikolaevich counter with a right hand.
Stirling is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nikolaevich.
Nikolaevich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stirling misses with a two punch combination.
Nikolaevich throws a half hearted mid kick.
Stirling doesn't manage to clinch there - Nikolaevich circles away.
Stirling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nikolaevich throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nikolaevich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nikolaevich scores with a nice body kick.
Nikolaevich looks to land a body kick but Stirling moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alastair Stirling dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Stirling fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nikolaevich manages to avoid it.
Nikolaevich instigates a clinch.
Nikolaevich misses with an elbow strike.
Nikolaevich unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stirling presses Nikolaevich against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nikolaevich throws an elbow but it misses.
Stirling lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stirling lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nikolaevich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stirling's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stirling as Nikolaevich tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stirling takes an elbow to the temple.
Stirling leaning his opponent against the cage.
Stirling blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stirling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stirling works on Nikolaevich's body with a couple of short punches.
Stirling blocks an elbow strike from Nikolaevich.
Stirling goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stirling just leaning against Nikolaevich, taking a breather.
Stirling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nikolaevich breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Stirling misses.
Stirling misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Nikolaevich.
Nikolaevich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stirling swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Nikolaevich.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stirling swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nikolaevich wants to clinch.
Stirling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stirling swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nikolaevich counters with a big head kick but Stirling shrugs it off.
Stirling takes a kick to the side of the head.
Stirling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nikolaevich moves away.
Nikolaevich throws a big counter head kick but Stirling avoids it with no problem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stirling takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nikolaevich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stirling manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stirling on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nikolaevich. Nikolaevich obviously looking to wear him down.
A head kick misses from Nikolaevich.
Nikolaevich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nikolaevich counters with a body kick.
Stirling rushes Nikolaevich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nikolaevich is trying to break the clinch but Stirling has him pressed against the cage.
Stirling tries to throw a body punch but Nikolaevich avoids it by throwing Stirling back against the cage.
Stirling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaevich controlling the action here for a moment.
Nikolaevich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stirling avoids it.
Nikolaevich prevents a body shot from Stirling.
Nikolaevich pulls Stirling into guard.
Stirling is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Stirling tries to free his leg and advance position but Nikolaevich is retaining full guard.
Stirling stops Nikolaevich from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stirling is looking to work some ground and pound but Nikolaevich has wrist control.
Nikolaevich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stirling throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nikolaevich works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stirling lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stirling accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stirling trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stirling's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nikolaevich wants to sweep here but Stirling controlling him for the moment.
Stirling scoring with some ground and pound.
Stirling throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nikolaevich works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stirling loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nikolaevich managing to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vasilko Nikolaevich will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Stirling misses the shot to the body.
Nikolaevich rushes Stirling and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nikolaevich has had enough of the clinch but Stirling keeps him there for the moment.
Vasilko Nikolaevich seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nikolaevich's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Nikolaevich.
A nice combination there by Nikolaevich.
Stirling looks to land a left hand but Nikolaevich moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Stirling.
Nikolaevich needs to keep his hands up - Stirling had a free shot at his head there.
Stirling scores with a jab. Nikolaevich acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stirling fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stirling. Nikolaevich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stirling swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stirling lands a head shot.
Nikolaevich is rocked!
That has opened up Vasilko Nikolaevich's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stirling throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nikolaevich counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nikolaevich is still on wobbly legs! Can Stirling finish him?
Stirling darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Nikolaevich's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Stirling before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alastair Stirling!
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