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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezequiel Norton (ranked 5620 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cubert Cannetti (ranked 5525 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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214 lbs
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194 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
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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 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ezequiel Norton!
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, Cubert Cannetti!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norton misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cannetti keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cannetti changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Cannetti forces Norton back against the cage and clinches.
Cannetti is looking for a takedown.
Cannetti is looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norton is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ezequiel Norton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cubert Cannetti.
Cannetti has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Norton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cannetti tries to circle away but Norton has him pinned against the cage.
Norton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Norton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cannetti works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cannetti is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Norton is aware though and is defending well.
Cannetti is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Norton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Norton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Norton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Norton is fighting to break Cannetti's control of his arms but Cannetti is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cannetti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cannetti has his hands on Norton's head, controlling the position.
Cannetti wants to stand up but Norton is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norton connects with a couple of short punches.
Cannetti is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Norton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cannetti preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Norton scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannetti wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Norton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cannetti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Cannetti is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cannetti scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cannetti swings around for an armbar but Norton sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Cannetti's guard.
Cannetti preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cannetti wants to sweep but no luck.
Norton throws a big elbow that misses.
Norton 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.
Cannetti seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cannetti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Norton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Norton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Norton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cannetti wants to stand but Norton is controlling the position.
Cannetti has control of Norton's left arm, preventing Norton from doing any damage.
Cannetti really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Norton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Norton throwing strikes from guard but Cannetti blocks nicely.
Cannetti is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Norton dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ezequiel Norton dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cannetti takes a swing at Norton's ribcage but misses.
Cannetti slaps away a takedown attempt from Norton, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cannetti scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cannetti is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Norton to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Cannetti drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Norton dives on top into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norton cracks Cannetti with a solid left hand.
Cannetti looking for a sweep. Not yet Cannetti, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Norton stopping the sweep attempt from Cannetti.
Cannetti controlling Norton's posture.
Cannetti working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Norton.
Cannetti preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cannetti trying to control the position here.
Norton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cannetti controlling the position.
Cannetti tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Norton is working Cannetti over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cannetti controlling the position.
Cannetti is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Norton defends well.
Norton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cannetti can do to turn this around?
Cannetti trying to control the position.
Norton stopping the sweep attempt from Cannetti.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ezequiel Norton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cannetti managing to control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cannetti shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Norton manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Norton looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannetti is looking to advance position but Norton has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Norton working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Norton with the ground and pound from mount.
Norton misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cannetti can do anything to dispel that myth.
Norton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Norton tries to push Cannetti's head away but Cannetti is holding on tight.
Cannetti is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cannetti tries to hold on but Norton postures up.
Cannetti can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannetti wants to hold on but Norton pushes him away.
Norton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cannetti is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Norton lands a nice shot to the head.
Cannetti tries to hold on but Norton postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ezequiel Norton dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Cannetti misses with an uppercut
and Norton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cannetti defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Norton.
Cannetti leaves Norton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Norton is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cannetti sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cannetti is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ezequiel Norton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Norton with a lazy takedown attempt
and Cannetti counters with a takedown into side control.
Cannetti swings around for an armbar but Norton sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Cannetti's guard.
Cannetti pulls Norton in to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Norton with a nice head shot there.
Norton won't allow Cannetti to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannetti wants to hit a switch here but Norton passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Cannetti there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cannetti regains half guard.
Norton throwing shots but Cannetti is blocking nicely.
Cannetti is controlling Norton's trapped leg to prevent Norton from advancing to side control.
Cannetti wants to improve his position but Norton is controlling well.
Norton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cannetti looks like he's trying to stand up.
Norton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cannetti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Norton.
Cannetti tries to roll over but Norton keeps him under control.
Cannetti keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Cannetti wants to get back to full guard.
Cannetti looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cannetti trying to control here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton gets caught napping as Cannetti dives in and scores a takedown. Norton manages to retain guard.
Cannetti is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Norton is trying to control the position but Cannetti postures up.
Cannetti trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Norton manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Cannetti pulls Norton in to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannetti is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Norton is controlling him.
Cannetti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cannetti working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Norton.
Norton throwing strikes from guard but Cannetti blocks nicely.
Cannetti looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Norton puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Norton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cannetti gets full guard.
Norton throws a big elbow that misses.
Cannetti has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Norton is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Cubert Cannetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ezequiel Norton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cannetti tries to land knees in the clinch but Norton avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ezequiel Norton.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Norton, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ezequiel Norton!
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RATING
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