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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorjo Kozacz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Elsner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michal Elsner acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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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
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jorjo Kozacz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michal Elsner!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling eachother endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Kozacz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Elsner preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elsner 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.
Kozacz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elsner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Elsner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kozacz looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Elsner passes into side control.
Kozacz is looking to regain half guard here but Elsner keeps moving and retains side control.
Kozacz tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Elsner presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kozacz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kozacz slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kozacz shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Elsner napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kozacz working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kozacz is trying to get an arm triangle but Elsner is defending well.
Kozacz is breathing heavily.
Elsner manages to get back to half guard.
Elsner is defending against the submission attempts here by Kozacz.
Elsner wants to get back to full guard.
Kozacz seems to be working for a kimura but Elsner defends the submission attempt.
Elsner slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kozacz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Our spies down at at Russian Fighting Community Gym inform us that Elsner has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Elsner is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kozacz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Elsner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kozacz 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.
Elsner wants to sweep but no luck.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Elsner keeping full guard, as Kozacz tries to pass.
Elsner tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kozacz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorjo Kozacz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Elsner gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kozacz to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Elsner throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kozacz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Elsner is looking for a triangle but Kozacz pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozacz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kozacz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kozacz stands and throws Elsner's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kozacz working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Elsner is looking for a sweep.
Jorjo Kozacz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Elsner is breathing heavily.
Kozacz is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Elsner looks calm but he's in trouble here. Kozacz gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Elsner is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Kozacz lets go of the hold and Elsner can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jorjo Kozacz!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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