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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keenan Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Volchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Volchenko is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Roar of the Lion. Ivan Volchenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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279 lbs
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190 cm
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240 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keenan Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Volchenko!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volchenko throws a right and a left that Lester avoids nicely.
Volchenko shoots for a double leg takedown but Lester sprawls well. He's pushed Volchenko's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Volchenko darts in trying to clinch
and Lester makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Lester as Volchenko shoots in.
A looping hook to the body misses from Volchenko. Lester does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lester closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lester lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lester throws a strike but Volchenko rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lester looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Volchenko stopping the sweep attempt from Lester.
Volchenko throwing strikes from guard but Lester blocks nicely.
Volchenko must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Volchenko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lester will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Volchenko missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lester wants to sweep here but Volchenko controlling him for the moment.
Volchenko is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Lester is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Lester has escaped and now he's on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Volchenko's head.
Volchenko is trying to control the position but Lester postures up.
Volchenko has a closed guard, preventing Lester from standing up.
Lester gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Volchenko shoots in but Lester avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Keenan Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Volchenko.
Lester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volchenko moves in looking to clinch but Lester pushes him off.
Volchenko wants to clinch.
Lester tries to counter by clinching up but Volchenko breaks away and moves out of range.
Lester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Volchenko.
Volchenko moves into the clinch.
Lester gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Volchenko regains guard.
Volchenko kicks Lester off and gets to his feet.
Lester shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Volchenko keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lester lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Volchenko is doing well to control the position and prevent Lester from advancing to side control.
Lester with the ground and pound but Volchenko uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Lester throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Volchenko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lester is in close to Volchenko's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lester stops Volchenko from standing up.
Volchenko not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Volchenko wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Lester 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.
Lester decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Volchenko, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keenan Lester dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Volchenko shoots for a takedown but Lester saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Volchenko closes the distance and pushes Lester back into the cage.
Lester is working for takedown but Volchenko is calmly controlling the position for now.
Volchenko is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Come on Volchenko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Volchenko takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Volchenko stalling in the clinch but Lester improves position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volchenko slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ivan Volchenko.
Volchenko looks to land a combination but Lester avoids it well.
Lester throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volchenko misses with a left hand
and Lester counters with a nice body kick.
Lester staying out of range there.
Lester is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Volchenko.
Lester closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lester lands in his opponent's guard.
Lester landing with the ground and pound.
Volchenko is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lester distracts Volchenko with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lester trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lester keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Volchenko's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lester landing some decent shots from guard.
Lester throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lester chips away with some ground and pound.
Lester lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lester lands a couple of elbows.
Lester is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Volchenko can do to turn this around?
Lester distracts Volchenko with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Volchenko is breathing heavily.
Lester trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lester stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Volchenko fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lester avoids it really well and circles away.
Lester tries to counter by clinching up but Volchenko breaks away and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volchenko tries to clinch but Lester moves out of range.
Volchenko misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lester avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Volchenko misses with a body shot.
Volchenko misses with a left hand
and Lester moves into the clinch.
Lester wants a takedown but no success here.
Lester has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Volchenko is trying to keep an underhook but Lester manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Lester prevents Volchenko from improving his position.
Volchenko trying to control from the bottom.
Lester tries to stand but can't do so whilst Volchenko controls his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volchenko trying to control but Lester postures up.
Lester wants to work for an arm triangle but Volchenko is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Lester is looking for a kimura but Volchenko is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lester to get the leverage.
Keenan Lester overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lester is working for a kimura but Volchenko is defending it quite comfortably.
Lester is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keenan Lester dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Lester is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Volchenko moves into the clinch.
Lester is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lester gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Volchenko.
Lester wants a takedown but no success here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volchenko misses with a knee to the head.
Volchenko gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Keenan Lester has been cut.
Volchenko is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volchenko tries to land a knee to the head but Lester blocks with his arms.
Lester's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Volchenko shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lester's guard.
Volchenko is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Lester is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Lester has escaped and now he's on top!
Volchenko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Volchenko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lester decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Lester closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Volchenko's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester works over Volchenko with some ground and pound from guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Volchenko holds on and takes a little breather.
Volchenko is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lester is controlling him.
Lester with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lester postures up in Volchenko's guard and throws a big left but Volchenko blocks it.
Lester drops back looking for a leg! Volchenko is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Volchenko manages to kick Lester off! Lester jumps back into Volchenko's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Volchenko avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Volchenko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lester gets to his feet - Volchenko follows without any prompting.
Volchenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Lester circles away.
Volchenko dives in and grabs Lester's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lester pushes down on Volchenko's head and hops out.
Volchenko wants to clinch up but Lester keeps it at a distance.
Lester avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Volchenko wants to clinch.
As Volchenko tries to get set, Lester tries to push him back and clinch up but Volchenko manages to avoid the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Volchenko - just one landing.
Volchenko wants to clinch but Lester slips to the side
and Lester counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Volchenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Lester circles away.
Volchenko misses with a takedown attempt
and Lester counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Keenan Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Volchenko.
Volchenko struggles to land a body shot inside as Lester controls his hands.
Lester has Volchenko pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Volchenko manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Lester is trying to force a seperation but Volchenko has the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lester goes for a takedown attempt but Volchenko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Volchenko throws a poor cross that misses
and Lester counters with a series of strikes. Volchenko will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ivan Volchenko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Keenan Lester is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Volchenko forces Lester back against the cage and clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Keenan Lester.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lester, 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keenan Lester!
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energy
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hype
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