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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Saenchai Sor. Kingstar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petr Smirnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kingstar and Petr Smirnov. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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145 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Saenchai Sor. Kingstar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Petr Smirnov!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sor. Kingstar.
That kick from Sor. Kingstar tenderised Smirnov's leg. Smirnov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sor. Kingstar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Smirnov misses with the combination.
Sor. Kingstar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Smirnov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smirnov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Smirnov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sor. Kingstar. Sor. Kingstar obviously looking to wear him down.
Smirnov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sor. Kingstar. Sor. Kingstar obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sor. Kingstar is looking to slow Smirnov down with leg kicks.
Smirnov misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Sor. Kingstar.
Sor. Kingstar connects with a leg kick. Smirnov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sor. Kingstar lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smirnov takes a step back to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Smirnov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sor. Kingstar - the referee stops the clock and Smirnov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sor. Kingstar. Smirnov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sor. Kingstar.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sor. Kingstar.
Sor. Kingstar bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Smirnov misses with a wild combination.
Sor. Kingstar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Smirnov just manages to avoid it.
Smirnov fails with a takedown attempt.
That kick from Sor. Kingstar tenderised Smirnov's leg. Smirnov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Smirnov is looking to land body kicks.
Smirnov throws a series of punches but Sor. Kingstar avoids them all with ease.
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sor. Kingstar swats away the attempt to clinch by Smirnov.
Sor. Kingstar lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sor. Kingstar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smirnov. That did some damage!
A slapping body kick lands there for Sor. Kingstar.
Smirnov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sor. Kingstar.
Smirnov clinches with his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sor. Kingstar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smirnov wants a takedown.
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petr Smirnov.
Sor. Kingstar throws a punch but it's blocked by Smirnov.
Sor. Kingstar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smirnov shoots in for a takedown but Sor. Kingstar shows good takedown defense.
Sor. Kingstar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smirnov.
Smirnov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sor. Kingstar.
Smirnov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smirnov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sor. Kingstar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smirnov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov tries to clinch but Sor. Kingstar moves away
and Sor. Kingstar counters with an inside leg kick.
A low kick from Sor. Kingstar is predictable there
and Smirnov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sor. Kingstar thinking.
Sor. Kingstar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smirnov takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Smirnov has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sor. Kingstar.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sor. Kingstar.
Smirnov clinches up against the cage.
Sor. Kingstar misses with the head strike.
Smirnov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sor. Kingstar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sor. Kingstar tries to land knees in the clinch but Smirnov avoids the damage to the body.
Smirnov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smirnov has managed to clinch.
Smirnov breaks from the clinch.
Good leg kick by Sor. Kingstar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smirnov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sor. Kingstar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sor. Kingstar blocks a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smirnov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sor. Kingstar defends well and Smirnov ends up having to push Sor. Kingstar into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Smirnov rushes Sor. Kingstar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Smirnov fails to pull guard.
Sor. Kingstar tries to land knees in the clinch but Smirnov avoids the damage to the body.
Sor. Kingstar is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sor. Kingstar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sor. Kingstar has a couple of punches blocked by Smirnov.
Smirnov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sor. Kingstar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smirnov.
Sor. Kingstar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smirnov.
Sor. Kingstar looking to slow down the pace here.
Smirnov blocking some punches.
Smirnov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sor. Kingstar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar 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.
Sor. Kingstar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smirnov's sensitive parts.
Sor. Kingstar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sor. Kingstar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sor. Kingstar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smirnov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A good leg kick by Sor. Kingstar.
Smirnov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sor. Kingstar sprawls well. Sor. Kingstar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smirnov gets slowly back to his feet.
Sor. Kingstar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sor. Kingstar cracks the inside of Smirnov's front leg.
Smirnov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sor. Kingstar lands a leg kick that knocks Smirnov off balance momentarily.
A good leg kick by Sor. Kingstar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sor. Kingstar misses with a low kick as Smirnov jumps back.
A punch lands to the side of Sor. Kingstar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sor. Kingstar throws a low kick, looking for Smirnov's leg but Smirnov calmly moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Sor. Kingstar.
Sor. Kingstar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smirnov fails with a takedown attempt.
Smirnov throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sor. Kingstar's waist but Sor. Kingstar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Smirnov off to one side.
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petr Smirnov.
Sor. Kingstar throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sor. Kingstar cracks the inside of Smirnov's front leg.
Smirnov clinches up with Sor. Kingstar and pushes him back against the cage.
Smirnov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smirnov.
Smirnov has Sor. Kingstar pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sor. Kingstar manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Smirnov is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smirnov managing to block the knees to the body from Sor. Kingstar.
Sor. Kingstar tries a body shot but Smirnov blocks it.
Smirnov breaks the clinch.
Smirnov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smirnov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sor. Kingstar.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Smirnov checks a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Smirnov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sor. Kingstar scores with a leg kick.
Sor. Kingstar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smirnov's calf.
Smirnov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sor. Kingstar feints and then cracks Smirnov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smirnov down.
Smirnov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sor. Kingstar can pounce on him.
Smirnov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sor. Kingstar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smirnov clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov avoiding damage as Sor. Kingstar throws knees to the body.
Smirnov is trying to pull guard but Sor. Kingstar turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sor. Kingstar pressing his opponent against the cage.
Smirnov managing to block the knees to the body from Sor. Kingstar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sor. Kingstar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sor. Kingstar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smirnov can do to turn this around?
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sor. Kingstar.
We've been informed that Smirnov has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Smirnov dives in and grabs Sor. Kingstar's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sor. Kingstar pushes down on Smirnov's head and hops out.
Smirnov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Smirnov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sor. Kingstar avoids it really well and circles away.
Smirnov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sor. Kingstar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sor. Kingstar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smirnov's sensitive parts.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sor. Kingstar.
Sor. Kingstar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A low kick from Sor. Kingstar misses
and Smirnov counters with a nice uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Smirnov there.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sor. Kingstar.
Sor. Kingstar feints and then cracks Smirnov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smirnov down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Sor. Kingstar is predictable there
and Smirnov moves into the clinch.
Smirnov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar is winning the standup battle so far.
Sor. Kingstar thumps Smirnov with a low kick.
Smirnov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sor. Kingstar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sor. Kingstar keeps the fight on the outside.
Petr Smirnov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sor. Kingstar scores with a spinning back kick!
Sor. Kingstar tries to work over Smirnov's front leg with a kick but Smirnov checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Sor. Kingstar.
Smirnov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sor. Kingstar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smirnov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sor. Kingstar can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick from Sor. Kingstar misses.
Sor. Kingstar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sor. Kingstar connects with an inside leg kick.
Smirnov fails with the takedown.
Smirnov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sor. Kingstar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smirnov.
Smirnov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smirnov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sor. Kingstar scoring well with a low kick there.
Crunch! Sor. Kingstar slams his shin into Smirnov's torso.
Sor. Kingstar connects with a leg kick. Smirnov looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sor. Kingstar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sor. Kingstar misses with a head kick.
Sor. Kingstar connects with an inside leg kick.
Sor. Kingstar fakes the leg kick and cracks Smirnov in the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smirnov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sor. Kingstar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smirnov. That did some damage!
Smirnov throws a head kick that misses.
Smirnov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smirnov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sor. Kingstar sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Smirnov somewhat.
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Petr Smirnov.
Sor. Kingstar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Smirnov if he has to take too many more of those.
Sor. Kingstar connects with an inside leg kick.
Smirnov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Smirnov blocks the low kick.
Smirnov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smirnov moves into the clinch.
Sor. Kingstar breaks from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Smirnov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Smirnov clinches up with Sor. Kingstar and pushes him back against the cage.
Smirnov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sor. Kingstar.
Smirnov is trying desperately to land a takedown but Sor. Kingstar is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Smirnov.
Sor. Kingstar throws a head punch that misses.
Smirnov drags the fight down to the ground.
Smirnov seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Smirnov keeping moving, preventing Sor. Kingstar from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnov pushes Sor. Kingstar off and scrambles back to his feet.
Sor. Kingstar throws a leg kick but Smirnov checks it.
Sor. Kingstar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smirnov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sor. Kingstar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sor. Kingstar thows a leg kick but Smirnov checks it
and Smirnov counters with a left and a right that stings Sor. Kingstar.
Smirnov darts in looking for a takedown but Sor. Kingstar gets double underhooks and turns Smirnov into the cage.
Sor. Kingstar is looking to counter with a body kick.
Smirnov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sor. Kingstar throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Smirnov is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nice body kick from Sor. Kingstar.
Smirnov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sor. Kingstar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sor. Kingstar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Smirnov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sor. Kingstar appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sor. Kingstar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good work by Smirnov as he checks the leg kick.
Sor. Kingstar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sor. Kingstar there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sor. Kingstar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sor. Kingstar throws a leg kick but Smirnov checks it.
Sor. Kingstar scores with a leg kick.
Sor. Kingstar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sor. Kingstar lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smirnov takes a step back to recover.
Smirnov shoots for a double leg takedown but Sor. Kingstar sprawls well. He's pushed Smirnov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Sor. Kingstar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Smirnov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sor. Kingstar throws a leg kick that is checked
and Smirnov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Petr Smirnov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smirnov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that's the end of the fight!
Saenchai Sor. Kingstar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sor. Kingstar, 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saenchai Sor. Kingstar!
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