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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Olegovich (ranked 6149 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Sittinger (ranked 9252 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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240 lbs
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192 cm
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230 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight 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, Yuri Olegovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeff Sittinger!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sittinger misses with a takedown attempt - Olegovich sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sittinger closes the distance and clinches up with Olegovich, looking for a takedown. Sittinger pushes Olegovich against the cage but Olegovich circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Olegovich looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Sittinger gets a clinch.
Olegovich breaks the clinch.
Sittinger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Olegovich.
A combination from Sittinger does no damage.
An inside leg kick lands from Olegovich.
Sittinger fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yuri Olegovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Sittinger.
Sittinger just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sittinger closes the distance and clinches up with Olegovich, looking for a takedown. Sittinger pushes Olegovich against the cage but Olegovich circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Olegovich closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Olegovich tries to pull guard but Sittinger holds him up against the cage and eventually Olegovich drops back down to his feet.
Olegovich gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sittinger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sittinger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Olegovich slows down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Olegovich.
Sittinger struggles to land a body shot inside as Olegovich controls his hands.
Sittinger is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Olegovich pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Olegovich is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sittinger pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sittinger gets control of Olegovich's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sittinger will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Olegovich trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Sittinger manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Olegovich on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Olegovich tries to get out of the position.
Olegovich trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olegovich working a defensive guard here.
Sittinger throws a big elbow that misses.
Olegovich wants to sweep here but Sittinger controlling him for the moment.
Sittinger lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Olegovich wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olegovich keeping full guard, as Sittinger tries to pass.
Olegovich working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sittinger.
Olegovich can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sittinger controls the pace.
Olegovich wants to control the position but Sittinger says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Olegovich knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sittinger on the ground.
Sittinger trying to control the action but Olegovich is working from the bottom.
Olegovich tries to get to full guard but Sittinger has control of the leg.
Sittinger wants to stand but Olegovich has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sittinger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sittinger gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Sittinger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Olegovich manages to avoid it.
Sittinger is looking to clinch.
Sittinger shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sittinger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Olegovich shoots in for a takedown but Sittinger shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sittinger tries to counter by closing the distance.
Olegovich looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sittinger fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Olegovich, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Sittinger dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Olegovich has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sittinger jumps guard and drags Olegovich to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sittinger is trying to keep Olegovich in close.
Olegovich engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sittinger wants to sweep but no luck.
Sittinger working for a triangle but Olegovich defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olegovich trying to control but Sittinger is working from the bottom.
Sittinger keeping full guard, as Olegovich tries to pass.
Sittinger managing to control the position.
Olegovich stopping the sweep attempt from Sittinger.
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.
Sittinger trying to control the position.
Sittinger trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Olegovich pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sittinger is keeping the position for now.
Sittinger is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Olegovich defends well.
Sittinger trying to strike off his back.
Sittinger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Olegovich's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sittinger wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Olegovich is now in half guard.
Olegovich is looking to take a break and control but Sittinger is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sittinger is holding on to half guard well.
Sittinger wants to get back to full guard.
Olegovich is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Olegovich tries to bum rush Sittinger with a series of wild strikes but Sittinger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sittinger is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Olegovich shoots in but no luck this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olegovich fails to land the takedown.
Sittinger moves into the clinch successfully.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Olegovich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sittinger tries to score a body lock takedown but Olegovich shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sittinger is looking for a takedown.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Olegovich is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sittinger to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuri Olegovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Olegovich has Sittinger pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Olegovich pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Sittinger tumbling to the mat - Olegovich dives into Sittinger's guard.
Olegovich controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
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 Yuri Olegovich will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!
Sittinger scores with a takedown into Olegovich's guard.
Olegovich is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Sittinger dives into side control.
Sittinger in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Olegovich gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olegovich is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sittinger decides to stand up.
Sittinger closes the distance and clinches up with Olegovich, looking for a takedown. Sittinger pushes Olegovich against the cage but Olegovich circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Olegovich is looking for a counter combo.
Olegovich takes the fight into the clinch.
Olegovich is looking for a takedown.
Sittinger unloads a knee to the mid-section. Olegovich lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Olegovich gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sittinger.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olegovich keeps control of Sittinger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olegovich pulls Sittinger into guard.
Olegovich is looking for a triangle but Sittinger pushes his legs off easily.
Sittinger trying to control but Olegovich is working from the bottom.
Olegovich is striking but Sittinger is not phased and passes to half guard.
Sittinger content to control rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sittinger drops an elbow to the side of Olegovich's head.
Olegovich on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jeff Sittinger has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sittinger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sittinger is controlling the pace.
Olegovich has one foot on Sittinger's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olegovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sittinger circles away quickly and effectively.
Olegovich is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sittinger sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Olegovich will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuri Olegovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Olegovich fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sittinger decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sittinger in particular looking to stall.
Sittinger trying to control from Olegovich's half guard. Olegovich has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sittinger with a nice head shot there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jeff Sittinger.
I think Sittinger 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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