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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geraldo Sweeney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edine Lion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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278 lbs
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230 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Brawler
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Geraldo Sweeney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edine Lion!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lion fails to land the takedown.
Lion thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sweeney attempts a counter takedown but Lion avoids it well and moves away.
Lion shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sweeney defends it nicely.
Lion avoids the body shot from Sweeney.
Sweeney closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lion's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lion pulls Sweeney in close to prevent any damage.
Sweeney postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sweeney with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lion is looking to sweep but instead, Sweeney has passed into half guard.
Sweeney seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Sweeney is looking for a kimura but Lion is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sweeney to get the leverage.
Sweeney prevents Lion from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sweeney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lion is trying is best to control the position here.
Sweeney will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lion blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sweeney.
Sweeney 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.
Lion is trying to control but can't.
Lion is not content to let Sweeney control the position.
Lion is looking to improve his position.
Sweeney is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lion is just riding it out for now. Sweeney eventually gives up the hold.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lion is trying to control but can't.
Sweeney working the head and body with strikes.
Lion wants to get back to full guard.
Sweeney is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Sweeney seems to be working for a kimura but Lion defends the submission attempt.
Sweeney throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney is taking a breather. Lion says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Lion gets full guard.
Sweeney lands a couple of digs.
Sweeney is working Lion over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sweeney drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sweeney jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sweeney won't allow Lion to sweep him here.
Sweeney stops Lion from standing up.
Lion scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Lion fails with a takedown attempt.
Geraldo Sweeney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edine Lion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lion has Sweeney up against the cage in a clinch.
Sweeney breaks from the clinch.
Lion shoots in for a takedown but Sweeney shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lion misses with a few strikes there.
Sweeney changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Edine Lion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lion pushes Sweeney up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sweeney has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lion avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sweeney lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geraldo Sweeney dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sweeney shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Lion is trying to defend but Sweeney finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sweeney prevents Lion from standing back up.
Geraldo Sweeney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lion kicks off Sweeney and gets to his feet.
Lion changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sweeney tries to avoid it but Lion manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sweeney to the ground. Sweeney escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sweeney closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sweeney lands in his opponent's guard.
Sweeney postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lion looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sweeney is looking to work some ground and pound but Lion has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sweeney's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lion is pulling down on Sweeney's head to control his posture.
Sweeney is looking to stand up but Lion won't let him.
Lion looking for a sweep. Not yet Lion, not yet.
Lion has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sweeney postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sweeney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lion can do to turn this around?
Sweeney trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sweeney scoring with some ground and pound.
Lion wants to sweep but no luck.
Lion thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sweeney is in close to Lion's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sweeney drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sweeney jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lion has momentary wrist control but Sweeney slips an elbow through the middle.
Sweeney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sweeney is looking to work some ground and pound but Lion has wrist control.
Sweeney working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lion's head.
Sweeney scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sweeney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lion looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lion is breathing heavily.
Sweeney postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sweeney scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lion trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lion's head.
Sweeney lands a couple of elbows.
Lion tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sweeney postures up and lands a big shot to Lion's brow.
Sweeney postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sweeney with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sweeney stopping the sweep attempt from Lion.
Sweeney makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lion is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sweeney 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.
Sweeney throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sweeney with a nice head shot there.
Sweeney stopping the sweep attempt from Lion.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sweeney's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sweeney avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sweeney is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sweeney throws a big right hand that misses.
Lion keeping moving, preventing Sweeney from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geraldo Sweeney dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Lion gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sweeney gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Lion is trying to escape back to his feet but Sweeney uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Lion takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sweeney working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lion is trying to get back to half guard.
Sweeney is working Lion over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lion is trying to get back to half guard.
Lion wants to control but Sweeney postures up.
Sweeney looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lion is avoiding damage well.
Sweeney tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sweeney misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sweeney grinds an elbow into Lion's temple.
Sweeney in side control lands a decent elbow.
Lion can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Sweeney seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sweeney is trying to get an arm triangle but Lion is defending well.
Lion tries to buck Sweeney off but Sweeney is having none of it.
Lion takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sweeney tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sweeney is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lion is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sweeney cracks Lion with a big right hand but Lion just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lion tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sweeney wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sweeney is trying to get an arm triangle but Lion is defending well.
Sweeney working the ground and pound.
Lion struggling a bit here.
Lion tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sweeney is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lion knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four 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.
You can see the frustration on Lion's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lion is looking for a sweep.
Sweeney is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lion knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sweeney looking to control but instead Lion has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Edine Lion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Geraldo Sweeney is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sweeney takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Geraldo Sweeney showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sweeney, 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geraldo Sweeney!
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energy
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