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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yura Noobert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Squires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noobert's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Drowning Pool - Bodies (Let the Bodies Hit the Floor). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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176 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yura Noobert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brent Squires!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noobert fails with an attempt to clinch.
Squires shoots in for a takedown but Noobert shows good takedown defense.
A solid leg kick lands there for Noobert.
Noobert bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Squires.
Noobert circles away from the clinch attempt.
Noobert takes the fight into the clinch.
Noobert throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Squires blocks it with crossed arms.
Noobert with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Noobert tries to land knees in the clinch but Squires avoids the damage to the body.
Noobert tries to land a knee to the head but Squires blocks with his arms.
Noobert lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Noobert lands a knee to the head.
Squires is trying to break free.
Noobert tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Squires escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Noobert throws a leg kick that misses.
Squires tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Noobert paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Noobert misses.
Nice body kick there by Noobert.
Squires looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Noobert shoots in but Squires avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice shot by Noobert.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noobert clinches up against the cage.
Noobert unloads a knee to the mid-section. Squires lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Noobert crunches a lovely knee into Squires's ribcage.
Noobert throws a knee to the head but misses.
Noobert using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Noobert tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Noobert unloads a knee to the mid-section. Squires lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Noobert scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Noobert.
A short right from Noobert.
Noobert with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Squires can't break the clinch.
Noobert landing knees to the head.
Noobert cracks Squires with a nice body shot.
Noobert tries a knee to the head but Squires blocks it.
Noobert with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Squires scores with a shot to the side of Noobert's head.
Squires escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Noobert misses its intended target.
A clash of legs there as Squires blocks the low kick.
Squires cracks Noobert with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Noobert misses with a double jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noobert lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Noobert connects with a knee to the head.
Noobert with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Squires escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Squires scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for Squires. That snapped Noobert's head back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Squires.
Squires takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Noobert misses with a straight right.
Noobert connects with a high kick.
Squires looks for a takedown but Noobert sprawls well.
Yura Noobert has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brent Squires.
Noobert feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Squires's calf.
Noobert instigates a clinch.
Noobert tries to land a knee to the head but Squires blocks with his arms.
Squires wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Noobert misses with a knee to the head.
Squires is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Noobert gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noobert lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Noobert misses with a knee to the head.
Squires breaks the clinch.
Noobert throws out a loose jab but Squires uses good head movement to avoid it.
Noobert fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Squires sprawls well initially but Noobert persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Noobert lands strikes from half guard.
Noobert tries to pass the half guard into mount. Squires knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Squires gets full guard.
Squires really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Noobert. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Noobert throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Squires looking to hit a scissor sweep but Noobert is one step ahead there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Noobert is in close to Squires's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Noobert with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Noobert works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Squires keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squires wants to improve his position but Noobert is controlling well.
Noobert throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Noobert not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Squires missing with punches from the bottom.
Squires tries to roll over but Noobert keeps him under control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Noobert moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Noobert lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Brent Squires has been cut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Noobert.
Squires is looking to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Noobert fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Squires manages to avoid it.
Noobert throws a head kick that Squires semi-blocks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Noobert pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Squires shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Squires was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yura Noobert dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brent Squires's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Noobert.
Squires looks for the body kick but Noobert saw that one coming.
Squires throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Squires misses with a body shot.
Squires bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Noobert's head backwards.
Noobert scoring well with a low kick there.
Yura Noobert is winning the standup battle so far.
Squires takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Horrible takedown by Noobert or perhaps it was just good defense by Squires which made him look bad.
Noobert connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Crunch! Noobert slams his shin into Squires's torso.
Noobert throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Squires uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Noobert.
Squires has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Squires blocks the body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Squires bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noobert misses with a double jab
and Squires counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Squires winds up and cracks Noobert with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Noobert is pressing down on Squires's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Noobert looking to hit a scissor sweep but Squires is one step ahead there.
Noobert lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Squires is pushing down on Noobert's leg trying to pass to half guard. Noobert is fighting to maintain full guard but Squires has managed to sneak the leg through.
Noobert lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Noobert works his way to full guard. Good work.
Noobert is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Squires tries to roll over but Noobert keeps him under control.
Squires taking some punishment here, with Noobert in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squires punching from the bottom.
Noobert wants to work for an arm triangle but Squires is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Noobert thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are battling for position here. Squires manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Squires throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Noobert landing with the ground and pound.
Squires looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Squires trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Noobert advances to half guard.
Noobert throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Squires pushes Noobert off and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Squires shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Noobert pinned against the cage. Noobert gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Squires shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noobert scores with a leg kick.
Noobert is looking to clinch.
Squires shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Noobert lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Noobert will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Noobert shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Squires is looking for a sweep. Noobert is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Noobert has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Noobert lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Squires is trying to control but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squires is looking for a sweep. Noobert is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Noobert winds up and cracks Squires with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Noobert wants to lay and pray for a moment but Squires keeps working.
Noobert is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Squires is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Noobert scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Noobert works his way into side control.
Noobert looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noobert tries to score with some ground and pound. Squires controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Noobert misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yura Noobert dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brent Squires's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Squires gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Squires has had enough of the clinch but Noobert keeps him there for the moment.
Squires's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Squires avoiding damage as Noobert throws knees to the body.
Squires pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Noobert tries to clinch up but Squires circles away and keeps his distance.
Squires moves away from the strike by Noobert.
Noobert misses with a takedown attempt - Squires sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Squires scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Squires shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Squires landing with the ground and pound.
Noobert looking to control.
Noobert wants to sweep here but Squires controlling him for the moment.
Squires lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Squires won't allow Noobert to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Squires is working Noobert over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Noobert wants to sweep here but Squires controlling him for the moment.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Squires scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Squires clinches.
Squires tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Noobert misses with a knee to the head.
Noobert using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Squires has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Squires has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Noobert avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Squires looking for a takedown.
Noobert comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Noobert tries a knee to the head but Squires blocks it.
Squires wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Noobert tries a knee to the head but Squires blocks it.
Noobert tries a knee to the head but Squires blocks it.
Squires manages to break the clinch.
Noobert bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Noobert scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Noobert moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noobert tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Squires swivels and escapes.
Squires throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Squires tries to clinch up.
Squires wants to clinch.
Noobert fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yura Noobert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Noobert misses with an attempted mid kick.
Squires blocks a low kick nicely.
A swing and a miss from Squires.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Squires, as that shot connected.
Noobert rushes Squires and presses him up against the cage.
Squires breaks the clinch.
Squires looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Noobert is fending him off so far but Squires persists. Nope, Noobert circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squires takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Noobert lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Noobert gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Squires counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Noobert throws a nice inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Noobert.
Noobert thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Squires if he has to take too many more of those.
Noobert throws a nice inside leg kick.
Noobert closes the distance and clinches up with Squires, looking for a takedown. Noobert pushes Squires against the cage but Squires circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Noobert lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Squires listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Noobert throws a front kick aimed at Squires's knee but Squires avoids it well.
Noobert throws a solid leg kick but Squires takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Noobert.
Squires closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Noobert gets back to full 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!
Squires in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noobert keeping moving, preventing Squires from controlling successfully.
Squires is looking to work some ground and pound but Noobert has wrist control.
Noobert lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Squires!
Noobert lands a big elbow.
Noobert breaks from Squires's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Squires tries to reverse the position but Noobert maintains control.
Noobert unloading with bombs!
Noobert pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noobert with shots to the head and body - Squires looks very uncomfortable down there.
Noobert avoids the attempt from Squires to control.
The referee warns Squires that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Yura Noobert did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Brent Squires's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Noobert scores with a head kick.
Squires slips under a jab from Noobert.
Noobert lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Noobert dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Squires. That did some damage!
Noobert closes the distance and clinches up with Squires, looking for a takedown. Noobert pushes Squires against the cage but Squires circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Squires lands with a straight right. Noobert didn't see that one coming.
Squires misses with a head kick.
Squires misses with a takedown
and Noobert counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Squires is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Noobert takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Squires is looking to clinch but Noobert is avoiding it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Noobert.
Noobert scores with a jab to the head.
Squires is looking to clinch but Noobert is avoiding it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Squires takes a jab right on the kisser.
Squires throws the left hand but Noobert avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noobert scores with a leg kick.
Squires gets caught flat footed, as Noobert shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Squires striking off his back but it's not causing Noobert any problems.
Noobert advances to half guard.
Noobert is pressing down on Squires's thigh, looking to free his foot. Squires is holding on for now.
Squires misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Squires punching from the bottom.
Squires flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Noobert seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Noobert.
Noobert seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Noobert is looking for a kimura here.
Noobert looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noobert works his way into full mount!
Squires blocking the ground and pound.
Squires working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Noobert looking for a guillotine from mount but Squires is having none of it.
Squires throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Squires throwing hammer fists to the chest of Noobert. What's that going to do exactly?
Noobert lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Squires tries to reverse the position but Noobert maintains control.
BOOM! Noobert connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noobert lands with some strikes.
Squires taking shots to the head.
Noobert landing shots from mount.
Noobert scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Squires working to try and regain half guard.
Squires takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Squires is desperately trying to improve his position but Noobert has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Noobert cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Squires taking shots to the head.
Noobert prevents Squires from getting the reversal.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Squires can do anything to dispel that myth.
Noobert in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squires keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Noobert landing punches.
Squires is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Noobert is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Squires can do to turn this around?
Squires throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Yura Noobert overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A nice elbow there by Noobert.
Noobert lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Noobert is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Squires really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Squires that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Noobert landing shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noobert pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Squires is rocked!
Squires throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Squires is still in real trouble! Can Noobert finish him?
Squires is bucking up trying to escape but Noobert cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Noobert lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yura Noobert had his way with Brent Squires in that round.
The cut man is working on Brent Squires's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Noobert lands a high kick!
Noobert scores with a leg kick.
Noobert has his takedown stuffed
and Squires decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Noobert's guard.
Squires seems to have recovered his senses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Squires accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Noobert manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Squires manages to get himself to full guard.
Squires tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Noobert in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Squires looking to hit a scissor sweep but Noobert is one step ahead there.
Squires trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Noobert passes into half guard.
Noobert scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Squires is looking to improve his position.
Noobert looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Noobert wants to work for an arm triangle but Squires is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Squires landing small, sideways elbows.
Squires wants to improve his position but Noobert is controlling well.
Squires missing with punches from the bottom.
Noobert seems to be working for a kimura but Squires defends the submission attempt.
Squires missing with punches from the bottom.
Noobert slips a nice elbow through Squires's hands, connecting with Squires's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noobert throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Squires avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Noobert.
Squires tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Squires keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Noobert is trying to control the action in half guard but Squires is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Squires is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Noobert's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Noobert's back!
Squires lands shots from the back.
Noobert turns into Squires and is now in his guard.
Noobert pushing down on Squires's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Squires misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Noobert passes to full mount!
Noobert scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Squires?
Squires taking shots to the head.
Yura Noobert is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squires flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Noobert has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Squires's face.
Noobert content just to control the position here.
Squires taking shots to the head.
Noobert controlling from the full mount.
Noobert tries to control but Squires wriggling away.
Squires is looking to get to half guard.
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.
Noobert wants to control the pace but Squires is squirming around nicely.
Noobert landing strikes from the mount and Squires is in trouble!
Squires is looking to improve his position but Noobert isn't that keen on the idea.
Squires taking shots to the head.
Squires can't escape the position.
Noobert is landing with some decent strikes but Squires is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Noobert content just to control the position here.
Squires tries to lock up and control but Noobert gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Brent Squires has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Noobert lands a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yura Noobert showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Noobert has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 50:44
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 50:45
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yura Noobert!
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