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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Gorgy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimitri Makarov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorgy comes to the cage accompanied by Nostalgia. Dimitri Makarov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Maxim Gorgy's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maxim Gorgy!
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, Dimitri Makarov!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makarov shoots in looking for a takedown. Gorgy tries to sprawl out of it but Makarov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gorgy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Gorgy as Makarov shoots in.
Gorgy swats away the attempt to clinch by Makarov.
Makarov shoots in but Gorgy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Maxim Gorgy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dimitri Makarov.
Makarov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gorgy wants to clinch.
Makarov throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorgy moves into the clinch.
Gorgy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gorgy slows down the pace here.
Gorgy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makarov manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Knees to the body from Gorgy.
Gorgy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gorgy clinches.
Gorgy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gorgy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Makarov is trying to drag Gorgy to the mat but Gorgy just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Makarov tries for a takedown but Gorgy manages to get underhooks.
Makarov looks gassed!
Gorgy has picked Makarov up - he's going for a ride! Gorgy dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Gorgy is trying to work for a kimura but Makarov is defending well.
Gorgy wants to pass to mount but Makarov is defending the position.
Gorgy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorgy seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Gorgy trying to control from Makarov's half guard. Makarov has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Gorgy looking to pass the guard.
Gorgy decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Makarov, up you get!
Gorgy scores with a nice body kick.
Makarov stuffs the takedown.
A punch combination from Gorgy misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makarov tries to clinch up
and Gorgy counters with a body kick.
Makarov wants to clinch
and Gorgy counters by moving into the clinch.
Gorgy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Makarov smiles and moves away.
Makarov scores with a takedown into Gorgy's guard.
Gorgy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Makarov is one step ahead there.
Makarov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makarov content to stall in guard here.
Makarov trying to control the position from guard on top but Gorgy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gorgy 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.
Gorgy tries to strike from the bottom.
Gorgy scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Makarov shoots and misses
and Gorgy counters with a nice double leg into side control. Makarov won't be happy with that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maxim Gorgy dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Makarov rushes Gorgy and presses him up against the cage.
Gorgy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Makarov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gorgy trying to land knees to the body.
Gorgy breaks from the clinch.
Gorgy gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Makarov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Makarov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gorgy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Makarov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Makarov manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gorgy's best efforts.
Makarov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makarov actively working from the bottom here.
Gorgy stalling away here and it's allowed Makarov to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Makarov wants to stand up but Gorgy is controlling him.
Makarov scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Gorgy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Makarov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Makarov misses with a combination
and Gorgy counters with an outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gorgy is looking to clinch but Makarov is avoiding it.
Makarov doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gorgy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gorgy ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gorgy no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Makarov wants to stand but Gorgy has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Gorgy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Makarov working some strikes from top position.
Gorgy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Makarov is one step ahead there.
Gorgy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makarov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gorgy's head.
Gorgy looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Makarov puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Makarov wants to pass to mount but Gorgy is defending the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A low kick from Makarov is predictable there
and Gorgy finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Makarov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gorgy is desperately trying to improve his position but Makarov has a good base and remains in mount.
Makarov unloading with bombs!
Gorgy is trying desperately to improve position.
Makarov is landing with some decent strikes but Gorgy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorgy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Makarov with a couple of short strikes.
Makarov manages to capitalize on a mistake by Gorgy to take his back!
Makarov lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Gorgy hold on?!
Makarov is hanging on to Gorgy's back as he tries to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Makarov working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Gorgy is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Makarov has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Gorgy taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dimitri Makarov!
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