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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimitri Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dimitri Morozov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vince White!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morozov moves into range and clinches up with White.
Morozov can't break the clinch.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morozov tries to stall but White uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
White lands a damaging elbow.
White is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morozov throws an elbow that misses.
White lands an elbow inside that Morozov shrugs off.
White missing with knees to the body.
White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morozov clinches with his opponent.
Morozov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morozov fails to pull guard.
Morozov prevents White from breaking the clinch.
Morozov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. White gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Morozov takes a knee right on the jaw!
White on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morozov is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. White can't fight it off and eventually Morozov manages to take the fight to the floor. White looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
White keeping moving, preventing Morozov from controlling successfully.
White is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Morozov off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morozov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morozov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
White is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
White is not content to let Morozov control the position.
Morozov fails to land a wild elbow strike.
White sneaks out the side door and pushes Morozov away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
White rushes Morozov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morozov looking to throw knees to the head but White is blocking nicely.
Morozov jumps guard but White stands there with Morozov around his waist. Morozov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dimitri Morozov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morozov jumps guard but White stands there with Morozov around his waist. Morozov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morozov goes for a takedown attempt but White pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
White tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morozov counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morozov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morozov blocks it with crossed arms.
Morozov manages to pull guard.
Morozov is breathing heavily.
White stops Morozov from standing up.
Morozov looking to control.
Morozov looking for a sweep. Not yet Morozov, not yet.
White wants to stand but Morozov is controlling his posture from full guard.
White gets to his feet - Morozov follows without any prompting.
White moves into the clinch successfully.
White missing with knees to the body.
Morozov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morozov wants a takedown but no success here.
Stalling in the clinch from White.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
White is pressed up against the cage. Morozov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag White down to the mat. White avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
White clinches.
White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
White takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
White darts in and clinches Morozov up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White works on Morozov's body with a couple of short punches.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
White has had enough of the clinch but Morozov keeps him there for the moment.
Morozov tries to land a knee to the head but White blocks with his arms.
Morozov has White pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. White manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Morozov drops down looking for an ankle pick but White pulls his leg out and moves away.
White tries to clinch
and Morozov counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morozov.
White lands a nice uppercut.
White looking to slow down the pace here.
White lands with a left to the head.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morozov blocks it with crossed arms.
Morozov fails to pull guard.
Morozov letting White take a breather here.
Morozov missing with knees to the body.
Morozov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morozov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but White gets the underhooks and prevents it.
White lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
White scores a nice knee to the body.
Morozov looking to slow down the pace here.
White lands an elbow that stopped Morozov in his tracks for a moment.
White lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morozov landing knees to the head.
White gets through Morozov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morozov is working for takedown but White is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morozov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morozov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but White has him pressed against the cage.
White breaks the clinch.
Morozov shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has White pinned against the cage. White gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Morozov fails with an attempt to clinch.
White keeps the fight on the outside.
Morozov shoots in for a takedown but White shows good takedown defense.
Vince White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White tries to clinch up.
Morozov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Morozov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morozov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
White tries to clinch up but Morozov circles away and keeps his distance.
White tries to clinch there but Morozov circles away.
Nice sprawl there from White as Morozov shoots in.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - White looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice sprawl there from White as Morozov shoots in.
White goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morozov forces White back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vince White dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Morozov has a takedown stuffed.
Morozov fails to land the takedown.
Morozov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says White as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dimitri Morozov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Morozov circles away.
White throws a chopping leg kick but Morozov manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
White darts in trying to clinch
and Morozov makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
White throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Morozov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morozov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morozov pulls White into guard.
Morozov wants to sweep but no luck.
White really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morozov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morozov working for a triangle but White defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morozov is trying to control the position but White postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to stand up but Morozov won't let him.
Morozov looking to control.
Morozov is looking to stand up but White isn't so interested in that idea.
Morozov looking to hit a scissor sweep but White is one step ahead there.
White gets to his feet. Morozov looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
White stuffs the takedown.
White closes the distance but Morozov moves to the side
and Morozov counters with a two punch combo.
Morozov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Morozov lands a couple of digs.
White can't keep his opponent in guard - Morozov advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morozov stands up from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morozov forces White back against the cage and clinches.
Morozov trying to stall but White improves his position.
Morozov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A left and a right from White both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White clinches but Morozov breaks the clinch
and Morozov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Morozov tries to pull guard but White holds him up against the cage and eventually Morozov drops back down to his feet.
White tries a knee to the head but Morozov blocks it.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morozov has had enough of the clinch but White keeps him there for the moment.
Morozov breaks the clinch.
White gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
White throws an elbow but it misses.
Morozov drops down looking for an ankle pick but White pulls his leg out and moves away.
White clinches but Morozov breaks the clinch
and Morozov counters with a head kick. That will keep White thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
White throws a combination that misses
and Morozov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Morozov.
White wants to stand up but Morozov is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morozovis looking to pass into half guard but White pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now White is in guard.
Dimitri Morozov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Morozov.
A nice combination there by Morozov.
White darts in and clinches Morozov up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Morozov.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Morozov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. White smiles and moves away.
White darts in trying to clinch
and Morozov decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in White's guard.
White wriggles free and stands up.
Morozov lands a head kick. White smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morozov takes the fight into the clinch.
White landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
White gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Morozov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a knee to the head.
White crunches a lovely knee into Morozov's ribcage.
Morozov tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morozov blocks it with crossed arms.
Morozov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but White is keeping busy.
White breaks from the clinch.
Morozov clinches.
White tries a knee to the head but Morozov blocks it.
Morozov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
White scores a nice knee to the body.
Morozov blocks the elbow strike.
Morozov stalling in the clinch but White improves position.
White trying to stall but Morozov improves his position.
White scores with a knee to the head.
White manages to break the clinch.
Morozov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morozov circles away from the clinch attempt
and Morozov counters by moving into the clinch.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Morozov blocks with his arms.
A right hook to the body lands for White.
Morozov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dimitri Morozov will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
White gets a clinch.
Morozov takes an elbow to the temple.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morozov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morozov trying to land knees to the body.
Morozov jumps guard but White stands there with Morozov around his waist. Morozov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
White stalling in the clinch but Morozov improves position.
Morozov breaks the clinch.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Morozov circles away.
White fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morozov fails to land the takedown.
Morozov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and White counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
White throws a wild body kick that Morozov sees coming a mile off.
Morozov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts White as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dimitri Morozov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morozov avoids a kick to the body.
Morozov closes the distance and clinches.
Morozov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stalling in the clinch from Morozov.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morozov trying to stall but White improves his position.
Morozov looking for a takedown.
Morozov pulls guard successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morozov is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
White is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morozov scores with a couple of nice shots.
Morozov passes the guard and advances to mount!
White is in a horrible position here. Morozov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
You get the feeling that White really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Morozov dominating with strikes here.
White wants to try and get back to his feet.
Morozov working White over with strikes here.
Morozov fails to take his opponent's back.
Morozov with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Morozov is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. White can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
White is trying to stand.
Morozov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as White is looking to escape.
Morozov looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
White is trying to stand up.
The referee warns White that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morozov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. White looks a forlorn figure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morozov landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morozov controlling from mount.
Morozov tries to control but White wriggling away.
Morozov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Morozov lands with some vicious ground and pound - can White hang on?
White is squirming around, avoiding Morozov's attempts to control the action.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Morozov here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Morozov working the ground and pound effectively.
White is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Morozov wants to control the pace but White is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White taking shots to the head.
Morozov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
White'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.
Morozov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
White wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Morozov content just to control the position here.
White wants to try and get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dimitri Morozov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morozov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dimitri Morozov!
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