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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nickey Spillane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timur Rubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nickey Spillane is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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250 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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256 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nickey Spillane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timur Rubin!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubin throws a hook but Spillane blocks it.
Rubin throws an overhand right that lands on Spillane's shoulder, as Spillane tries to avoid the shot.
Rubin scores with a jab to the head.
Rubin misses with a hook.
Jab from Rubin.
Spillane misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spillane tries to clinch but Rubin is having none of it.
Spillane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubin moves away.
Rubin looks to land a right hand but Spillane moved out of range.
Spillane turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spillane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Spillane misses the target.
Spillane drops his hands momentarily and Rubin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nickey Spillane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spillane ducks under a wild hook from Rubin.
Spillane thows a leg kick but Rubin checks it
and Rubin counters with a takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spillane regains half guard, as Rubin was trying to land strikes.
Rubin wants to take a breather but Spillane is having none of it.
Rubin stalling.
Spillane is refusing to be controlled, as Rubin sits in half guard.
My spies in Gym Beam inform me that Rubin has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Spillane wants to get back to his feet.
Spillane tries to get to full guard but Rubin has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rubin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Spillane's head.
Rubin wants to free his trapped foot but Spillane is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Rubin trying to control from Spillane's half guard. Spillane has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Spillane working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rubin.
Rubin preventing the sweep.
Rubin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Spillane is keeping the position for now.
Spillane 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.
Rubin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin lands a jab to the nose.
Spillane tries to work over Rubin's front leg with a kick but Rubin checks it.
Rubin feints the counter takedown.
Spillane throws a hook to the side of Rubin's head but Rubin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spillane's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Spillane duly obliges.
Rubin scores with the left hand. Spillane knows he should have avoided that one.
Rubin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Spillane finds it's way round the side to connect with Rubin's head.
Rubin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Spillane.
Rubin is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Spillane walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rubin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spillane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice shot by Rubin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spillane lands a slapping body shot.
Spillane misses with a kick to the body.
Rubin throws a looping overhand right but Spillane ducks down to avoid it.
Rubin takes the fight into the clinch.
Rubin lands with a right to the head.
Spillane struggles to land a body shot inside as Rubin controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Rubin.
Spillane doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rubin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rubin blocks an uppercut.
Rubin blocking some punches.
Spillane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spillane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rubin blocks a body shot from Spillane.
Spillane blocks an uppercut.
Rubin has a couple of punches blocked by Spillane.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timur Rubin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rubin shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Spillane's guard.
Rubin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Spillane is keeping the position for now.
Spillane 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.
Rubin wants to control from the top but Spillane keeps moving.
Rubin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Spillane avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Spillane looking for a sweep. Not yet Spillane, not yet.
Spillane keeping moving, preventing Rubin from controlling successfully.
Rubin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spillane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubin tries to free his leg and advance position but Spillane is retaining full guard.
Rubin is still trying to improve position.
Rubin stopping the sweep attempt from Spillane.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Timur Rubin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rubin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Spillane doesn't manage to clinch there - Rubin circles away.
Spillane connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Spillane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rubin.
Rubin throws a body kick that misses.
Spillane's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rubin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Spillane scrambles back to his feet.
Rubin jabs at Spillane's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Spillane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Spillane throws a hook to the side of Rubin's head but Rubin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spillane cracks a nice hook into Rubin's ribs.
Spillane throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rubin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Spillane throws a big shot that misses.
Rubin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Spillane lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rubin's sensitive parts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circle momentarily. Rubin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Spillane lands with a shot to the body.
Rubin moves out of range of the strikes.
Spillane throws a hook to the side of Rubin's head but Rubin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rubin moves out of range as Spillane strikes.
Rubin moves out of range as Spillane strikes.
And Rubin tries to counter it with a takedown but Spillane pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Spillane misses with an uppercut. Rubin saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spillane misses with a straight right.
Spillane takes one to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Spillane.
Rubin throws a body shot but no joy.
Spillane with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Spillane throws a head kick that misses
and Rubin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rubin.
Rubin blocks the body kick.
Rubin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spillane connects with the punch.
Spillane throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spillane throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Spillane throws a jab but it's blocked by Rubin.
Spillane is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rubin.
Rubin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Spillane stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rubin clobbers Spillane with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Spillane looks to land a left hand but Rubin moved out of range nicely.
Rubin connects with a right hand. Spillane shakes it off.
Rubin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spillane takes one to the side of the head.
Rubin rushes Spillane and presses him up against the cage.
Spillane prevents a body shot from Rubin.
Spillane is working Rubin over against the cage.
Rubin is breathing heavily.
Spillane lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rubin or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Timur Rubin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Spillane slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nickey Spillane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spillane misses with a right hand
and Rubin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Spillane wants to control but Rubin is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rubin working Spillane over with strikes.
Spillane is refusing to be controlled, as Rubin sits in half guard.
Rubin has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Spillane really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubin content just to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubin is continuing to stall.
Spillane really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rubin looking to finish with strikes here!
Spillane keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Spillane takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Spillane is squirming around, avoiding Rubin's attempts to control the action.
Rubin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Timur Rubin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubin tries to control but Spillane wriggling away.
Rubin controlling from the full mount.
Spillane tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rubin controlling from the full mount.
Spillane is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spillane is working hard here to advance position.
Timur Rubin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rubin controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spillane is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Spillane is working to get back to half guard.
Rubin controlling his opponent.
Spillane flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rubin controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Timur Rubin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rubin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timur Rubin!
Our winner, Timur Rubin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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