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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lao Shin (ranked 28 p4p, 6 weight class) and Ilya Mstislav Volkov (ranked 18 p4p, 2 weight class). Shin's entrance music is Shaolin Chamber of Death. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Volkov's choice of entrance music: Россия. Ilya Mstislav Volkov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lao Shin's chin.
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176 lbs
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181 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Lao Shin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ilya Mstislav Volkov!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Volkov.
Shin misses with a body kick.
A combination from Volkov does no damage.
Shin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Shin blocks the leg kick.
Volkov has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Shin throws a body punch but Volkov moves out of range.
Volkov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shin at a distance.
Volkov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Volkov tries to move into range but Shin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Shin blocks a jab.
Volkov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volkov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shin's head.
Shin checks the leg kick.
Volkov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shin.
Shin's corner calls for a 1-2. Shin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shin misses with a low kick.
Shin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Volkov misses the shot to the body.
Shin throwing a counter right hand but Volkov manages to avoid it.
Volkov misses with a low kick.
Volkov tried to score with a low kick but Shin checks it.
Shin half committed to a counter leg kick.
Volkov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A nice combination there by Volkov.
Volkov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Volkov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Volkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Volkov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Volkov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Volkov misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Volkov blocks the leg kick.
Volkov throws an overhand right that lands on Shin's shoulder, as Shin tries to avoid the shot.
A leg kick checked by Volkov.
Ilya Mstislav Volkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Volkov punishes Shin's body with a nice straight punch.
Volkov closes the distance and pushes Shin back into the cage.
Volkov swings wildly with an uppercut but Shin uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Volkov tries to work over Shin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Volkov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Volkov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shins head.
Volkov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Shin.
Shin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shin scores with a hook to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volkov blocks a body shot from Shin.
Volkov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Volkov working aggressively here.
Shin misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Volkov.
Shin taking a breather.
Volkov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shin backwards.
Volkov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shin.
Volkov tries a body shot but Shin blocks it.
A body shot lands from Shin.
Shin blocks an uppercut.
Shin struggles to land a body shot inside as Volkov controls his hands.
Volkov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Volkov misses with an uppercut
and Shin counters with a stiff right hand.
Shin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Volkov tries to score with a low kick but Shin moves his leg out of the way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shin's hands.
Shin clinches with his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Volkov.
Volkov manages to break the clinch.
Volkov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Volkov lands a jab.
Volkov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Shin counters with a nice body shot.
Volkov throws out a loose jab but Shin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shin misses the shot to the body.
Volkov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shin looks to throw the jab but Volkov is out of range.
Volkov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Shin missing with a left hand there. Volkov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ilya Mstislav Volkov dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Shin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Volkov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shin's head.
Nice jab there from Shin.
Shin throws a jab when Volkov was well out of range.
Shin throws a jab but it's blocked by Volkov.
Volkov appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Volkov loads up on a big right hand but Shin slips the punch.
Ilya Mstislav Volkov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shin moves out of range of the leg kick from Volkov.
Volkov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Volkov.
Shin digs a good hook to Volkov's body.
Volkov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shin scores with the left hand. Volkov knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice straight punches there by Volkov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Volkov.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shin.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Volkov! But no joy.
Volkov tries to clinch but Shin moves out of range.
Shin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Volkov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Volkov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Shin tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Volkov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shin scrambles back to his feet.
Shin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Volkov misses with a hook to the body
and Shin counters with a nice body shot.
Volkov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shin takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Volkov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shin.
Volkov throws a fast counter high kick but Shin manages to duck under it in time.
Shin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Volkov scores with a shot to the body.
Shin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Volkov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Volkov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Shin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Volkov darts in and clinches Shin up against the cage.
Shin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Volkov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shin's elbow.
Volkov swings wildly with an uppercut but Shin uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volkov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Volkov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shin lands a nice shot to the body.
Volkov misses with some punches.
Shin throws an elbow but it misses.
Volkov digs a right hand underneath Shin's ribcage. Shin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Volkov lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shin.
Volkov is trying to break free.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Volkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Volkov tries to throw a body punch but Shin avoids it by throwing Volkov back against the cage.
Shin throws a head punch that misses.
Volkov can't find room to land a body shot as Shin controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shin.
Shin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Shin on the inside.
Shin blocks a body shot from Volkov.
Shin misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shin jumps guard and drags Volkov to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Shin controls Volkov momentarily but Volkov frees himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shin has his foot on Volkov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Volkov works his way back into a safe position though.
Shin keeping moving, preventing Volkov from controlling successfully.
Shin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
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 Lao Shin will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Shin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Volkov dodges the punch combination from Shin.
Shin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Shin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Shin lands a lovely overhand right.
Shin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shin clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volkov breaks from the clinch.
Volkov walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Volkov throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A punch lands to the side of Shin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Volkov.
Shin throws a leg kick but Volkov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Volkov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Volkov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shin's calf.
Volkov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shin tries to move into range but Volkov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Volkov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shin moves away.
Volkov slips a straight right by Shin.
Shin clinches up with Volkov and pushes him back against the cage.
Shin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shin throws a leg kick that misses.
Volkov thumps Shin with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov looks to score with a jab to the body but Shin is just out of range.
Volkov checks a low kick from Shin.
Volkov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shin counters with a straight right hand.
Volkov misses with a hook
and Shin counters with a left and a right that stings Volkov.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Volkov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shin.
Shin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Volkov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Shin misses the target.
Shin defending well as Volkov loads up on a big left hand.
Volkov with a jab.
Volkov misses with an uppercut. Shin saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volkov missing with a left hand there. Shin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Volkov. That's going to slow Shin down.
Shin checks a low kick from Volkov.
Volkov throws a lazy right hand but Shin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shin cracks the inside of Volkov's front leg.
Volkov takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Volkov throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Volkov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Volkov.
Volkov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Volkov blocks a head kick by Shin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shin avoids the body shot from Volkov.
Volkov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Shin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A big right from Volkov misses.
Shin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Volkov if he has to take too many more of those.
Shin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Volkov.
A counter left hand to the body from Shin misses its target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Volkov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shin throws a lazy right hand but Volkov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Volkov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lao Shin clearly takes 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.
The fighters circling - Volkov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Volkov moves out of range of the body kick from Shin.
Shin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Volkov.
Shin blocks a low kick nicely.
Volkov blocks a head kick by Shin.
Shin moves out of range of the strikes.
Volkov with a jab.
Volkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shin swings widly with a right hand
and Volkov counters with a stiff right hand.
Shin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Volkov.
Volkov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkov connects with an inside leg kick.
Volkov throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Shin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Shin throws a low kick but Volkov avoids it.
Volkov throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Shin lands a slapping body shot.
Volkov moves out of range as Shin strikes.
Shin looks for the body kick but Volkov saw that one coming.
Volkov connects with a body shot that sends Shin's belly button to the back.
Shin moves out of range as Volkov strikes.
Shin throwing a counter right hand but Volkov manages to avoid it.
Shin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Volkov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shin lands a leg kick that knocks Volkov off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Volkov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shin can pounce on him.
Volkov throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Volkov.
Volkov scores with a hook.
A shot to the liver by Volkov. Beautiful body shot.
Shin ducks under a wild hook from Volkov.
Volkov blocks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shin throws a hook to the side of Volkov's head but Volkov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Volkov misses with a kick to the body.
Volkov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Volkov scores with the left hand. Shin knows he should have avoided that one.
Shin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Volkov misses with a low kick.
Volkov dodges the punch combination from Shin.
Volkov wants to counter the offense by Shin and move into the clinch position.
Volkov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Shin eats them both and turns towards Volkov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Volkov on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkov throws a hook to the side of Shin's head but Shin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Volkov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shin feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Volkov lands a jab to the nose.
Volkov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice jab there from Volkov.
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!
Volkov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shin connects with an inside leg kick.
Shin lands a nice looking body shot.
Shin moves out of range of the body kick.
Shin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Volkov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shin was well out of range. Poor timing from Volkov.
Shin is looking to counter punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ilya Mstislav Volkov dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Shin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Shin slips a jab and a cross from Volkov.
Volkov throws a right hand that misses
and Shin counters with a nice uppercut.
Volkov throws a shot to the body.
Volkov walks into a stiff left hand from Shin.
Shin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Volkov.
Volkov connects with a body shot.
Volkov lands a leg kick that knocks Shin off balance momentarily.
Shin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volkov misses the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Shin misses its target.
Volkov misses with a jab to the body
and Shin counters with a leg kick.
A lazy left from Volkov finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Volkov moves out of range as Shin throws a body kick.
Volkov lands with a nice body punch.
Volkov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shin.
Shin is looking to counter punch.
Volkov throws a solid leg kick but Shin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Volkov.
An attempted straight right counter from Shin misses the target.
Volkov fakes the leg kick and cracks Shin in the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shin.
Volkov swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shin misses with a leg kick
and Volkov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Volkov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shin circles away quickly and effectively.
Shin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Volkov scores with the left hand. Shin knows he should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Volkov cracks a nice hook into Shin's ribs.
Volkov misses with a straight left.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Shin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Volkov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Volkov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Volkov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Shin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Volkov misses with an uppercut
enabling Shin to counter with a crisp jab.
Volkov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shin throws a right hand that Volkov ducks under and follows up with a left that Volkov also avoids with ease.
Volkov tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Volkov, right into the meat.
Shin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Volkov.
Volkov lands a nice looking body kick.
Shin cracks a nice hook into Volkov's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volkov blocks a jab.
Shin tries to land a front kick but Volkov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Volkov.
Shin blocks the body kick.
Shin throws a jab but it's blocked by Volkov.
Volkov is looking to clinch.
Shin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Volkov counters with a nice uppercut.
Volkov throws an overhand right that lands on Shin's shoulder, as Shin tries to avoid the shot.
A left lands for Volkov.
Volkov misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkov throws a front kick aimed at Shin's knee but Shin avoids it well.
Volkov ducks under a wild hook from Shin.
Shin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shin swings for the body but Volkov moves out of range.
Volkov has managed to clinch.
Shin blocks an uppercut.
Volkov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shin tries to work over Volkov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Volkov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Volkov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Shin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shin throws a body shot but no joy.
Volkov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ilya Mstislav Volkov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Volkov 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ilya Mstislav Volkov!
Ilya Mstislav Volkov is the new welterweight champion!
A victorious Ilya Mstislav Volkov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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