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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chang Zhou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxim Gorkij (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhou's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, State of Konfusion - Nightmare Asylum. 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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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, Chang Zhou!
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, Maxim Gorkij!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhou takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Zhou tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gorkij lands a with a good body shot.
Gorkij throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gorkij throws a series of punches but Zhou avoids them all with ease.
Zhou takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zhou shoots in for a takedown but Gorkij shows good takedown defense.
Zhou fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gorkij stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chang Zhou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zhou will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gorkij gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zhou fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gorkij lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Gorkij.
Gorkij tries to break the clinch but Zhou is controlling the position.
Gorkij lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zhou could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Zhou is breathing heavily.
Zhou looking to throw knees to the head but Gorkij is blocking nicely.
Gorkij tries to land a knee to the head but Zhou blocks with his arms.
Stalling in the clinch from Zhou.
Zhou is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gorkij gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gorkij is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zhou is keeping busy.
A knee to the head by Gorkij.
Zhou is rocked!
It looks like Chang Zhou has been cut.
Gorkij tries to land knees in the clinch but Zhou avoids the damage to the body.
Oh Zhou is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gorkij with a knee to the head.
Zhou on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zhou jumps guard but Gorkij stands there with Zhou around his waist. Zhou gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gorkij throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zhou seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zhou fails with a takedown attempt.
Zhou 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.
Zhou gets to his feet - Gorkij follows without any prompting.
Nice takedown defense from Gorkij. No joy for Zhou on that attempt.
Zhou tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gorkij counters with a right hand to the body.
Zhou changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gorkij looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Zhou decides to stand back up.
Gorkij closes the distance and clinches.
Gorkij tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zhou managing to block the knees to the body from Gorkij.
Gorkij landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Zhou tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gorkij with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zhou jumps into guard, dragging Gorkij to the mat.
Gorkij pushing down on Zhou's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Zhou punching from the bottom.
Gorkij controlling the pace.
Zhou is trying to stand.
Gorkij works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorkij controlling from the full mount.
Gorkij is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Zhou circles away from the clinch attempt
so Zhou counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gorkij controls Zhou momentarily but Zhou frees himself.
Gorkij wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Zhou prevents Gorkij from getting back to his feet.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gorkij holds on and takes a little breather.
Zhou tries to free his leg and advance position but Gorkij is retaining full guard.
Zhou thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gorkij looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorkij is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Gorkij moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Zhou fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zhou looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gorkij is fending him off so far but Zhou persists. Nope, Gorkij circles away and we're back to standing.
Zhou looks for a takedown but Gorkij sprawls well.
Zhou shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gorkij as he avoids it easily.
Zhou shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gorkij as he jumps to the side.
Good standup being displayed there by Gorkij as he connects with a hook.
Gorkij throws a leg kick which misses Zhou's front leg but catches the back leg as Zhou tries to avoid it.
Zhou shoots in for a takedown but Gorkij shows good takedown defense.
Zhou throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gorkij's waist but Gorkij gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zhou off to one side.
Gorkij stuffs the takedown.
Zhou takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gorkij with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zhou shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gorkij pinned against the cage. Gorkij gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zhou wants to clinch up but Gorkij keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhou on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gorkij. Gorkij obviously looking to wear him down.
Gorkij thuds his shin into the meat of Zhou's side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gorkij is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gorkij tries to clinch there but Zhou circles away.
Maxim Gorkij is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zhou takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gorkij tries to clinch but Zhou is having none of it.
Horrible takedown by Zhou or perhaps it was just good defense by Gorkij which made him look bad.
Zhou drives through and clinches with Gorkij against the cage.
Zhou is leaning against Gorkij and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zhou tries to pull guard but Gorkij won't allow it.
Zhou will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gorkij up against the cage.
Gorkij looking to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Zhou.
Gorkij misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zhou.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zhou fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gorkij lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zhou fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gorkij throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zhou blocks it with crossed arms.
Gorkij trying to stall but Zhou improves his position.
Zhou manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gorkij trying to stall but Zhou improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maxim Gorkij dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chang Zhou's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gorkij keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gorkij.
Gorkij tries to clinch but Zhou is having none of it.
Maxim Gorkij seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zhou has closed the distance and engaged Gorkij in a clinch.
Zhou fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Gorkij. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Gorkij using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zhou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zhou jumps guard but Gorkij stands there with Zhou around his waist. Zhou gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chang Zhou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zhou takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zhou is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gorkij trying to land knees to the body.
Zhou on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zhou tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gorkij just stands there and leans against the cage.
Zhou has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Gorkij is trying to keep an underhook but Zhou manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Zhou working over Gorkij with some ground and pound. Gorkij looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gorkij is trying is best to control the position here.
Gorkij kicks off Zhou and gets to his feet.
Gorkij wants to clinch up but Zhou keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zhou doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gorkij counters with an outside leg kick.
Zhou has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhou shoots in but no luck this time.
Zhou shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gorkij but Gorkij pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Zhou tries to score with a low kick but Gorkij moves his leg out of the way.
Gorkij takes a swing at Zhou's ribcage but misses.
Zhou clinches.
Zhou lands a shot to the body.
Zhou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gorkij.
Zhou is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gorkij stalling in the clinch but Zhou improves position.
Zhou tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Zhou has Gorkij pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gorkij manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Zhou fails to pull guard.
Good body shot from Zhou.
Zhou tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gorkij smiles and moves away.
Zhou tries for a takedown but Gorkij sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Zhou closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice sprawl there from Gorkij as Zhou shoots in.
Zhou shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Zhou decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Gorkij, up you get!
Gorkij moves into the clinch successfully.
Zhou scores with a shoulder strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zhou lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gorkij backwards.
Gorkij misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorkij wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zhou has him pressed against the cage.
Zhou drags the fight down to the ground.
Zhou wants to stand up but Gorkij is controlling him.
Zhou is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Zhou jumps guard but Gorkij stands there with Zhou around his waist. Zhou gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gorkij trying to land knees to the body.
Zhou jumps guard but Gorkij stands there with Zhou around his waist. Zhou gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Zhou prevents Gorkij from breaking the clinch.
Zhou jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gorkij wants to control from the top but Zhou keeps moving.
Zhou might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gorkij controls from within his opponent's guard.
Zhou keeping moving, preventing Gorkij from controlling successfully.
Gorkij postures up.
Zhou looking for a sweep. Not yet Zhou, not yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Zhou is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhou would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zhou gets to his feet. Gorkij looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gorkij fakes the leg kick and cracks Zhou in the body.
Gorkij throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gorkij lands a nice looking kick to the body. Zhou takes a step back to recover.
Gorkij lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zhou misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Zhou tries for a takedown but Gorkij sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gorkij lets loose with a powerful body kick. Zhou will feel that in the morning.
Gorkij thows a body shot but no joy.
Gorkij gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Zhou gets to his feet - Gorkij follows without any prompting.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gorkij misses with a double jab
and Zhou counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Zhou scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Zhou lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorkij trying to hold on to Zhou's head to control him but Zhou postures up.
Chang Zhou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gorkij is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gorkij pushes Zhou off looking to stand but Zhou dives back in and keeps control.
Gorkij is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Zhou's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Zhou's back!
Zhou wants to control his opponent's hands but Gorkij gets his hands free.
Gorkij trying to control.
Zhou breaks Gorkij's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Gorkij trying to keep a closed guard but Zhou is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gorkij has momentary wrist control but Zhou slips an elbow through the middle.
Gorkij controlling the position.
Gorkij trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chang Zhou dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chang Zhou's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zhou.
Zhou avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gorkij ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhou moves away.
Gorkij lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zhou's sensitive parts.
Zhou decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Gorkij tries to kick Zhou off but Zhou keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Zhou stalling.
Zhou throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zhou throwing shots but Gorkij is blocking nicely.
Gorkij keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Zhou working Gorkij over with strikes.
Zhou stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Zhou forces Gorkij back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gorkij breaks the clinch.
Zhou fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zhou misses with a takedown attempt - Gorkij sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chang Zhou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhou fails to land the takedown.
Gorkij keeps Zhou at a distance using the push kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zhou.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gorkij.
Gorkij buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gorkij - that will leave a mark!
Gorkij tries to clinch up.
Zhou has a takedown stuffed.
Gorkij lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gorkij stuffs the takedown attempt from Zhou. Zhou gets slowly back to his feet.
Zhou shoots in and drives through. Gorkij sprawls well.
Zhou shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gorkij as he avoids it easily.
Zhou wants to clinch.
Zhou fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zhou shoots in and drives through. Gorkij sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorkij lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Zhou throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zhou closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Zhou lands in his opponent's guard.
Gorkij wants to stand but Zhou is controlling the position.
Gorkij wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gorkij is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gorkij pulls Zhou in close to prevent any damage.
Zhou wants to stand but Gorkij has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Zhou trying to control but Gorkij is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Zhou takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zhou has a takedown stuffed.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zhou misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gorkij is looking to slow Zhou down with leg kicks.
Gorkij with a nice cross.
Zhou will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zhou looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Zhou closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gorkij circles away.
Zhou looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gorkij is fending him off so far but Zhou persists. Nope, Gorkij circles away and we're back to standing.
Gorkij misses with a series of wild punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gorkij.
Zhou shoots in but no luck this time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gorkij.
Gorkij is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zhou rather than just go for the knockout.
Zhou closes the distance and clinches.
Zhou tries to score a body lock takedown but Gorkij shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Zhou tries to score a body lock takedown but Gorkij shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Zhou tries to pull guard but Gorkij holds him up against the cage and eventually Zhou drops back down to his feet.
Gorkij dodges an elbow strike from Zhou.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorkij prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gorkij using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zhou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gorkij avoiding damage.
Gorkij misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zhou.
Zhou prevents a body shot from Gorkij.
Zhou tries for a takedown. No joy.
Zhou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zhou chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gorkij can pounce on him.
Zhou fails to land the takedown.
Gorkij closes the distance looking to clinch
and Zhou counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gorkij has one foot on Zhou's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Zhou closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gorkij circles away.
Zhou will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gorkij throws a body punch but Zhou moves out of range.
A jab from Gorkij does it's job there.
Gorkij scoring well with a low kick there.
Zhou looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gorkij.
Gorkij scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gorkij tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horrible takedown by Zhou or perhaps it was just good defense by Gorkij which made him look bad.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Maxim Gorkij.
I think Gorkij 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maxim Gorkij!
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