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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antione Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrey Boyka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyka has chosen Powertool as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Antione Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Boyka!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyka shoots in and gets a takedown into Stark's guard.
Boyka lands a couple of elbows.
Boyka throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stark works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boyka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Boyka chips away with some ground and pound.
Boyka throws a strike but Stark rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Boyka avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Boyka is adopting a defensive guard.
Stark throwing strikes from guard but Boyka blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyka is trying to keep Stark in close.
Boyka has Stark pulled in close to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Let's hope that Boyka has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Stark has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Stark prevents Boyka from getting back to his feet.
Stark looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Boyka has Stark pulled in close to control his posture.
Stark's corner is telling him to maintain position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Stark really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
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.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Stark shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Boyka manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Boyka trying to control the position.
Boyka looking for a guillotine here but Stark defends easily.
Boyka has Stark pulled in close to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyka keeping moving, preventing Stark from controlling successfully.
Boyka tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boyka had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stark defends it easily.
Stark throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Boyka working for a triangle but Stark defends it easily.
That's four 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.
Boyka wants to stand but Stark is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stark trying to control the position from guard on top but Boyka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boyka is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boyka wants to counter with a clinch but Stark pushes him away.
Boyka closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Stark's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andrey Boyka will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Stark clinches up with Boyka and pushes him back against the cage.
Stark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Boyka has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Stark is trying to keep an underhook but Boyka manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Stark has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Boyka is on him like a limpet, forcing Stark back against the cage.
Boyka tightens his grip and picks Stark up, before dumping him to the ground. Stark manages to land in guard.
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!
Stark wants to sweep but no luck.
Boyka drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Stark manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Boyka has Stark in his guard.
Stark gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyka closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Stark quickly recovers to half guard.
Boyka is pressing down on Stark's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stark is holding on for now.
Boyka is breathing heavily.
Stark is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Boyka scores with a couple of nice shots.
Stark wants to improve his position but Boyka is controlling well.
Stark tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Boyka wants to pass the guard but Stark is defending well.
Stark avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Boyka.
Stark gets back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyka drops back, looking for a kneebar! Stark looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Stark looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Stark!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stark just content to control the position.
Stark wants to lay and pray for a moment but Boyka keeps working.
A control attempt from Boyka but he's now mounted!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Boyka because Stark loaded up on that one.
Boyka working to try and regain half guard.
Stark controlling the pace for now.
A nice elbow there by Stark.
Boyka's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Boyka is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Stark sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark landing strikes from the mount and Boyka is in trouble!
Stark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boyka can do to turn this around?
Boyka reaches up and holds on to Stark to control the position.
Stark cracks Boyka with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Boyka tries to hold on but Stark pushes him away.
Stark looking to control but Boyka is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antione Stark dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Stark darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Boyka trying to hold on to Stark's head to control him but Stark postures up.
Stark sitting and controlling from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyka is staying active underneath Stark, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyka preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Boyka is not content to let Stark control the position.
Boyka trying to control here.
Stark not doing much here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Stark is thwarting Boyka's attempts to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back 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.
Stark with a lazy takedown attempt
and Boyka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Boyka.
Stark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stark darts in looking for a takedown but Boyka gets double underhooks and turns Stark into the cage.
Boyka unleashes a big counter combination but Stark bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Stark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Boyka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stark pushes Boyka up against the cage in a clinch.
Boyka throws a head punch that misses.
Stark pulls guard effortlessly.
Boyka drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Boyka seems to have locked his on tight now - Stark screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Boyka, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Andrey Boyka!
Andrey Boyka seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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RATING
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