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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spartacus Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sirius Dacke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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225 lbs
15 - 10 - 1 |
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230 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Spartacus Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sirius Dacke!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dacke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dacke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Halo on the side of the head.
Halo ducks under a wild hook from Dacke.
Halo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dacke closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Dacke works his way into side control.
Halo is looking for a sweep.
Dacke slows the pace down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Halo wants to control but Dacke postures up.
Dacke looks up at the clock and then as Halo takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dacke smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dacke wants to stand but Halo is controlling his arm.
Dacke tries for a kimura but Halo is defending well.
Dacke wants to stand but Halo has his arm trapped.
You can see the frustration on Halo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dacke controlling the position.
Halo wants to control but Dacke postures up.
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.
Dacke decides to take the fight back to the feet.
A shot to the liver by Halo. Beautiful body shot.
Dacke has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Dacke changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Halo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dacke avoids the strikes from the bottom by Halo.
Dacke wants to take a breather but Halo manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Dacke.
Dacke lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Halo is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dacke's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo wants to stand and escape but Dacke is having none of it.
Halo seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dacke looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Halo is looking to sweep but instead, Dacke has passed into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Halo tries to roll over but Dacke keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dacke slows the pace down in half guard.
Dacke wants to pass to mount but Halo is defending the position.
Dacke tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dacke shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dacke seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dacke trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sirius Dacke dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Halo closes the distance but Dacke moves to the side
and Dacke counters with a stiff right hand.
Dacke is trying hard to land a takedown here. Halo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Halo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dacke.
Nice sprawl there from Halo as Dacke shoots in.
Dacke closes this distance looking for a takedown but Halo circles away.
Spartacus Halo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sirius Dacke.
Dacke shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Halo pinned against the cage. Halo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Halo. Dacke shrugs it off though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dacke shoots for a double leg takedown but Halo sprawls well. He's pushed Dacke's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dacke gets caught napping as Halo dives in and scores a takedown. Dacke manages to retain guard.
Halo is in close to Dacke's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Halo trying to control the position from guard on top but Dacke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dacke is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dacke works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Halo landing with the ground and pound.
Halo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Halo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Halo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Halo is in close to Dacke's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Halo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo wants to control from the top but Dacke keeps moving.
Halo won't allow Dacke to sweep him here.
Halo distracts Dacke with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dacke wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Halo wants to control from the top but Dacke keeps moving.
Halo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dacke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dacke has control of Halo's left arm, preventing Halo from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halo chips away with some ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dacke holds on and takes a little breather.
Dacke working a defensive guard here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Halo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dacke swivels and escapes.
Dacke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Halo has a takedown stuffed.
Dacke scores with a jab to the body.
Dacke fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Halo avoids it really well and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dacke gets a double leg takedown into Halo's guard.
Halo keeping moving, preventing Dacke from controlling successfully.
Dacke might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Halo haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Halo controls Dacke momentarily but Dacke frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Spartacus Halo dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Dacke closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Halo quickly recovers to half guard.
Dacke perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dacke trying to control from Halo's half guard. Halo has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Halo looking to control.
Dacke controlling from the top position.
Halo trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dacke trying to control the position from guard on top but Halo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dacke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Halo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dacke trying to control but Halo is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dacke shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Halo pulls Dacke in to control the position.
Dacke sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dacke won't allow Halo to sweep him here.
Dacke wants to control from the top but Halo keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halo keeping full guard, as Dacke tries to pass.
Dacke trying to control but Halo is working from the bottom.
Dacke slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Dacke wants to pass the guard but Halo is keeping the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dacke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A combination from Halo does no damage.
Dacke shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Dacke was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dacke wants to control but Halo is keeping him busy.
Halo is trying to control Dacke's posture but Dacke avoids it.
Halo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dacke wants to stand but Halo is controlling his arm.
Dacke is staying tight to Halo's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Halo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dacke wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's four 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.
You can see the frustration on Halo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dacke decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Halo stuns Dacke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dacke gets the takedown into side control.
Sirius Dacke has got the better of the ground game so far.
Halo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dacke wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Halo wants to control but Dacke postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Halo tries to improve position but can't.
Halo is trying to control Dacke's posture but Dacke avoids it.
Dacke wants to stand but Halo is controlling his arm.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sirius Dacke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dacke has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sirius Dacke!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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