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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aristotle Polidori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aristotle Polidori had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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188 cm
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Aristotle Polidori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Smith!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polidori fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Polidori, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Polidori throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith gets the takedown into side control.
Polidori tries to buck Smith off but Smith is having none of it.
Polidori is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at The Fortress that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Polidori regains half guard.
Smith is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Smith throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Polidori gets full guard.
Smith must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smith trying to stand up but can't free himself from Polidori's guard.
Smith wants to stand and escape but instead Polidori has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Polidori working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith wants to get back to his feet but Polidori is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Polidori is pushing down on Smith's leg trying to pass to half guard. Smith is fighting to maintain full guard but Polidori has managed to sneak the leg through.
Smith looks like he's trying to stand up.
Polidori lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smith is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Polidori scores with a couple of nice shots.
Polidori lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Smith is trying to stand.
Polidori wants to work for an arm triangle but Smith is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith has hold of Polidori's hands but Polidori slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Polidori lands with a punch from half guard.
Smith is not content to let Polidori control the position.
Polidori 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.
Polidori drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Polidori. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ground and pound from Polidori.
Polidori drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.
Polidori takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Smith is not content to let Polidori control the position.
Polidori stops Smith from getting back to his feet.
Smith has hold of Polidori's hands but Polidori slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Polidori takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Polidori looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Polidori.
Polidori looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Polidori is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Polidori lands a nice short elbow.
Polidori is trying to control the action in half guard but Smith is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Polidori 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Polidori seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Smith does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Polidori landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Polidori looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Smith with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Smith can do anything to dispel that myth.
Polidori scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Smith is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Polidori scores with a couple of nice shots.
Smith is trying to stand back up but Polidori is controlling him
Polidori seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Smith tries to kick Polidori off but Polidori keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Polidori takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith taking some punishment here, with Polidori in his half guard.
Polidori stops Smith from getting back to his feet.
Polidori is trying to control the action in half guard but Smith is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Smith has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Russian Fighting Community Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Polidori scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Polidori.
Polidori looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Polidori landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Polidori lands a nice short elbow.
Smith is trying to stand up here but Polidori is controlling him well.
Ground and pound from Polidori.
Polidori scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Smith scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Polidori manages to mount him!
Polidori lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smith is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aristotle Polidori dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Polidori has his takedown stuffed
and Smith counters with a left to the body.
Polidori shoots in and bounces Smith off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Polidori won't allow Smith to get back to his feet.
Polidori is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Polidori won't allow Smith to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Polidori lands a couple of digs.
Polidori keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polidori showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Polidori keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
Polidori works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith is looking to stand up but Polidori isn't so interested in that idea.
Polidori scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith has momentary wrist control but Polidori slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Polidori's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Smith is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Polidori is controlling him.
Polidori's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Polidori has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Polidori sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Smith's guard.
Polidori is nestled in close to Smith, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Polidori connects with a nice short shot to Smith's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polidori is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Smith taking some punishment here, with Polidori in his half guard.
Polidori trying to control from half guard but Smith is working away.
Smith looks like he's trying to stand up.
Polidori looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Aristotle Polidori overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Polidori is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Polidori wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Smith is trying to stand up here but Polidori is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polidori drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Polidori content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Polidori passes to full mount!
Polidori won't let Smith get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Polidori pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Polidori landing shots from mount.
Smith in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Polidori cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Polidori working the ground and pound effectively.
Polidori landing strikes from the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Polidori looking to finish Smith with some ground and pound. This is bad for Smith!
Smith is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polidori with a couple of short strikes.
Smith is still in real trouble! Can Polidori finish him?
Polidori is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Smith goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Polidori!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aristotle Polidori!
A victorious Aristotle Polidori thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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