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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Guresky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Sucre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light 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, Yuri Guresky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fernando Sucre!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sucre tries to clinch but Guresky is having none of it.
Sucre tries to close the distance and clinch but Guresky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sucre tries to clinch but Guresky is having none of it.
Sucre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guresky swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guresky shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sucre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guresky avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guresky scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Guresky prevents Sucre from escaping the position.
Guresky in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Guresky wants to control but Sucre is keeping him busy.
Guresky prevents Sucre from escaping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guresky trying to control the action but Sucre is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sucre tries to escape but Guresky is in control.
Guresky is trying to ground and pound but Sucre uses the momentary lack of control by Guresky to regain half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A punch combination from Guresky misses.
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.
Sucre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sucre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guresky paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sucre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guresky keeps the fight on the outside.
Sucre tries to clinch but Guresky is having none of it.
Guresky feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Guresky would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Guresky is breathing heavily.
Sucre wants to stand but Guresky is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guresky throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sucre works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sucre kicks Guresky off and gets to his feet.
Guresky circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sucre tries to clinch up.
Guresky shoots in looking for a takedown. Sucre tries to sprawl out of it but Guresky keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sucre manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sucre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sucre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sucre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sucre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sucre tries to clinch up.
Guresky keeps the fight on the outside.
Sucre doesn't manage to clinch there - Guresky circles away.
Sucre moves in looking to clinch but Guresky pushes him off.
Guresky circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sucre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sucre fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sucre tries to clinch up but Guresky circles away and keeps his distance.
Sucre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Guresky dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sucre is looking to clinch but Guresky is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sucre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sucre moves in looking to clinch but Guresky pushes him off.
Guresky avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guresky tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sucre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sucre clinches but Guresky breaks the clinch
so Guresky counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Guresky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Guresky wants to control from the top but Sucre keeps moving.
Guresky won't allow Sucre to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gureskyis looking to pass into half guard but Sucre pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Sucre is in guard.
Guresky not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Guresky wants to get back to his feet but Sucre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Guresky is trying to control the position but Sucre postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sucre wants to clinch but Guresky slips to the side
and Guresky moves into the clinch.
Guresky tries to pull guard but Sucre holds him up against the cage and eventually Guresky drops back down to his feet.
Sucre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Sucre.
Sucre throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gureskys head.
A body shot lands from Sucre.
Sucre lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Guresky backwards.
Guresky looking for a takedown.
A short uppercut from Sucre.
Sucre with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Guresky tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sucre just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuri Guresky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sucre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guresky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Guresky managing to block the knees to the body from Sucre.
Sucre lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sucre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guresky has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sucre tries to land a knee to the head but Guresky blocks with his arms.
Guresky fails to pull guard.
Sucre lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sucre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sucre misses with the head strike.
Guresky managing to block the knees to the body from Sucre.
Sucre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guresky backwards.
Sucre lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sucre with a knee to the head.
Sucre is fighting off a takedown attempt but Guresky is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Sucre to the mat. Sucre regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Sucre wants to stand up but Guresky is controlling him.
Sucre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Guresky.
Guresky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guresky pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sucre is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guresky is looking to advance position but Sucre has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Sucre get's back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuri Guresky dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sucre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guresky shoots in and bounces Sucre off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sucre wants to get back to his feet but Guresky is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sucre keeping full guard, as Guresky tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sucre wriggles free and stands up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sucre tries to clinch
and Guresky counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sucre!
Guresky throwing strikes but Sucre uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Sucre kicks Guresky off and gets back to his feet.
A nice inside leg kick there by Guresky. That's going to slow Sucre down.
Sucre closes the distance and clinches.
Guresky gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sucre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guresky trying to control the position from guard on top but Sucre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yuri Guresky overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sucre is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Guresky is controlling him.
Guresky tries to free his leg and advance position but Sucre is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sucre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Guresky.
Sucre wants to get back to his feet but Guresky is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Guresky looking to pass the guard.
Guresky trying to control the position from guard on top but Sucre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sucre closes the distance looking to clinch
and Guresky counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Guresky trying to control the action but Sucre is working from the bottom.
Fernando Sucre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yuri Guresky is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yuri Guresky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Guresky, 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuri Guresky!
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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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