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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Holder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximilian Drews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Francisco Holder!
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, Maximilian Drews!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holder moves out of range as Drews throws a body kick.
Drews instigates a clinch.
Holder jumps guard but Drews turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Drews lands a takedown into guard.
Holder will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Drews decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Holder, up you get!
Drews 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.
Drews is standing up over Holder. Holder looks to escape but Drews dives into side control.
Drews is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Holder has escaped the position, nice work there.
Drews slows the pace down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holder is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Drews is controlling him well.
Holder dodges the ground and pound from Drews.
Holder dodges the ground and pound from Drews.
Holder struggling a bit here.
Holder really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A lull in the action here.
Holder tries to escape but Drews is in control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Drews working the ground and pound but Holder is defending the strikes.
Holder is being controlled here.
Holder is looking for a sweep.
Drews sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Holder is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Drews tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ground and pound from Drews seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drews misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Drews throws an elbow but Holder slips to the side and avoids it well.
Drews stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Drews.
Drews is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Holder will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Drews is looking to take a break and control but Holder is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Drews has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Drews remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drews in side control, throwing shots but Holder defends.
Drews tries to move into full mount but can't pass Holder's legs.
Drews creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Holder sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Drews trying to control the position but Holder is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximilian Drews 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.
Drews drives through with a takedown into Holder's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Drews controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Holder looking for a sweep. Not yet Holder, not yet.
Drews stands up from Holder's guard - Drews perhaps looking for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drews gets the takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drews taking a breather here.
Drews tries to move to full mount but Holder actually manages to regain half guard.
Holder wants to get back to his feet.
Drews is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Holder has managed to free his arm - good work.
Drews is looking to advance position but Holder won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Drews is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Drews is looking to pass Holder's guard but actually Holder recovers to full guard.
Drews with a flurry of punches that miss.
Drews stands and steps away. Holder gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holder breaks from the clinch.
Drews shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Holder's guard.
Drews engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Holder wants to get back to his feet but Drews is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Drews stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drews tries to clinch there but Holder circles away.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Holder enables Drews to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Holder manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Holder is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Holder keeping moving, preventing Drews from controlling successfully.
Drews stands up and waves to Holder to follow him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Drews rushes Holder and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximilian Drews showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Drews clinches up with Holder and pushes him back against the cage.
Holder fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Holder has clasped his hands together around Drews's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Drews is looking for a sweep.
Drews prevents Holder from improving position.
Drews is not content to let Holder control the position.
Drews is looking to reverse the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drews parries the strikes from Holder easily there. Holder is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Drews to escape.
Holder throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Drews works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Drews looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holder not doing much here.
Drews has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Holder is trying to control. Drews wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Drews blocking the ground and pound attempt from Holder.
Drews slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Holder won't allow Drews to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drews keeping moving, preventing Holder from controlling successfully.
Holder trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Drews wants to stand and escape but Holder is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Drews looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Drews keeping moving, preventing Holder from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Holder fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Drews tries to counter by closing the distance.
Drews jabs at Holder's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Drews drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Drews is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Drews gets to his feet. Holder looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drews misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Holder is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Drews scores with a takedown into Holder's guard.
Holder is working an open guard so Drews takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Drews looking to score a takedown here. Holder is defending well but Drews drives through and ends up in Holder's guard.
Holder is wriggling around but Drews manages to pass to half guard.
Drews is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Holder sees it coming and defends easily.
Drews sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holder tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Drews manages to move to mount!
Francisco Holder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maximilian Drews is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Drews controlling from the full mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maximilian Drews comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Drews has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maximilian Drews!
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RATING
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