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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guy Mourtneant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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207 lbs
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210 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Guy Mourtneant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mourtneant moves into the clinch successfully.
Mourtneant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Mourtneant fails to land.
Mourtneant pushes Tucker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Tucker has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A right hand to the body from Tucker.
Tucker being controlled against the cage.
Mourtneant looking to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mourtneant as Tucker tries to tie him up.
Tucker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mourtneant lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Mourtneant has a couple of punches blocked by Tucker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mourtneant scores with a shot to the side of Tucker's head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Come on Mourtneant - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mourtneant is struggling to control the position.
Mourtneant has a couple of punches blocked by Tucker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tucker scores with a shot to the side of Mourtneant's head.
Still in the clinch, Tucker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mourtneant stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Mourtneant fails to land.
Mourtneant misses with a body punch.
Mourtneant tries to work over Tucker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mourtneant lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mourtneant misses with some punches.
Mourtneant misses with some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Mourtneant.
Tucker looking to stall.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Mourtneant.
Mourtneant slows down the pace here.
Tucker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mourtneant.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tucker.
Mourtneant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tucker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mourtneant swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker working aggressively here.
Mourtneant pushes Tucker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mourtneant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tucker lands with a left to the head.
Mourtneant lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Tucker tries a body shot but Mourtneant blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mourtneant.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mourtneant as Tucker tries to tie him up.
Mourtneant is struggling to control the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mourtneant.
Tucker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mourtneant tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mourtneant throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tuckers head.
Mourtneant pushes Tucker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Mourtneant.
Tucker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mourtneant lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tucker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tucker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Mourtneant.
Mourtneant slows down the pace here.
Mourtneant lands a left hand.
Mourtneant is pushing Tucker up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mourtneant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mourtneant softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mourtneant as Tucker tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Mourtneant.
A short uppercut from Mourtneant.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mourtneant leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mourtneant works on Tucker's body with a couple of short punches.
Mourtneant tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tucker's elbow.
Mourtneant dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mourtneant stalling.
Mourtneant seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Mourtneant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mourtneant scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Mourtneant - that landed with a thud.
Mourtneant throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tuckers head.
Mourtneant working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tucker is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mourtneant misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Guy Mourtneant dominated that 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.
Mourtneant fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Tucker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mourtneant moves into the clinch.
Mourtneant lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tucker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tucker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Mourtneant.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tucker misses with some punches.
Mourtneant lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mourtneant pushes Tucker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mourtneant lands with a left to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Mourtneant.
Tucker blocks an uppercut.
Mourtneant creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tucker's defenses.
Mourtneant leaning against his opponent.
Guy Mourtneant has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mourtneant.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Mourtneant.
Mourtneant softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mourtneant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mourtneant looking to stall.
Mourtneant lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
A short right from Mourtneant on the inside.
Mourtneant lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tucker tries to stall but Mourtneant uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mourtneant will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tucker up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Mourtneant.
Mourtneant misses with a knee to the head.
Tucker stalling in the clinch but Mourtneant improves position.
Mourtneant has a couple of punches blocked by Tucker.
Mourtneant struggles to land a body shot inside as Tucker controls his hands.
Tucker struggles to land a body shot inside as Mourtneant controls his hands.
Mourtneant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mourtneant fails in his attempt to clinch.
John Tucker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mourtneant moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mourtneant creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker misses with the head strike.
Mourtneant lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mourtneant lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tucker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mourtneant is keeping busy.
Tucker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mourtneant swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mourtneant misses with the head strike.
Tucker has a couple of punches blocked by Mourtneant.
Mourtneant throws a head punch that misses.
Mourtneant taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mourtneant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mourtneant tries to clinch there but Tucker circles away.
Tucker misses with a hook. Mourtneant ducked under it nicely.
Tucker tries to keep at a distance but Mourtneant has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mourtneant blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Mourtneant.
Mourtneant working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tucker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Mourtneant fails to land.
Mourtneant lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mourtneant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mourtneant staying out of range there.
Mourtneant tries to clinch but Tucker moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mourtneant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mourtneant fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tucker, pushing him back against the cage.
Tucker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mourtneant lands a body shot.
Mourtneant blocking some punches.
Mourtneant tries to land knees in the clinch but Tucker avoids the damage to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mourtneant - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mourtneant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mourtneant as Tucker tries to tie him up.
Mourtneant will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tucker up against the cage.
Tucker tries a body shot but Mourtneant blocks it.
Mourtneant presses Tucker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tucker.
Mourtneant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mourtneant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tucker throws a shot from downtown. Mourtneant moves away and avoids it.
Tucker misses with a hook
and Mourtneant moves into the clinch.
Mourtneant breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Tucker misses.
Tucker lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Guy Mourtneant dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Tucker misses with a straight left.
Mourtneant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tucker can do to turn this around?
Mourtneant is looking to clinch but Tucker is avoiding it.
Mourtneant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tucker throws out a counter right but Mourtneant avoids it with no problem.
Tucker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mourtneant clinches.
Tucker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tucker blocks a body shot from Mourtneant.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tucker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mourtneant's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mourtneant swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mourtneant.
Mourtneant blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mourtneant lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mourtneant has Tucker pushed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mourtneant lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tucker misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mourtneant.
Mourtneant is working Tucker over against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Mourtneant.
Mourtneant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mourtneant moves into the clinch successfully.
Mourtneant lands a nice uppercut.
Mourtneant prevents Tucker from breaking the clinch.
Mourtneant works on Tucker's body with a couple of short punches.
Tucker has a couple of punches blocked by Mourtneant.
Mourtneant misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mourtneant gets through Tucker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mourtneant lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Tucker breaks from the clinch.
Guy Mourtneant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mourtneant wants to clinch.
Mourtneant wants to clinch.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mourtneant tries to clinch but Tucker moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mourtneant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mourtneant fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tucker just misses with a punch to the body.
Mourtneant has Tucker up against the cage in a clinch.
Mourtneant lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tucker stalling in the clinch but Mourtneant improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mourtneant's elbow.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tucker taking a breather.
Mourtneant working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mourtneant throws a punch but it's blocked by Tucker.
Tucker lands with a light punch inside.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Mourtneant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mourtneant lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker is trying to break the clinch but Mourtneant has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tucker.
Tucker avoiding damage.
Tucker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tucker misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tucker.
A frustrated look appears on Tucker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Mourtneant avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Mourtneant blocks an uppercut.
Tucker trying to stall but Mourtneant improves his position.
John Tucker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Mourtneant fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Guy Mourtneant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mourtneant, 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guy Mourtneant!
Guy Mourtneant really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that MayheM sportswear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
John Tucker was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks my fans for their support.'.
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