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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adalberto Gamble (ranked 24862 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yaroslav Ivan (ranked 24734 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Yaroslav Ivan was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Adalberto Gamble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yaroslav Ivan!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gamble gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A frustrated look appears on Ivan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Gamble's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gamble manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gamble displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ivan up against the cage.
Ivan lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gamble is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ivan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ivan's back!
Gamble is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Gamble gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Gamble gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Gamble apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Ivan looks winded!
Gamble closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gamble tries a body shot but Ivan blocks it.
Ivan breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivan gets caught napping as Gamble dives in and scores a takedown. Ivan manages to retain guard.
Gamble is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamble stands up and waves to Ivan to follow him.
Gamble clinches.
Gamble breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gamble 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.
Ivan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gamble. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gamble is working Ivan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gamble is in close to Ivan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gamble with a nice head shot there.
Gamble postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gamble connects with a couple of short punches.
Gamble is in close to Ivan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gamble will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gamble postures up and lands a big shot to Ivan's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gamble is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ivan is rocked!
Gamble scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ivan is still in real trouble! Can Gamble finish him?
Gamble 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.
Gamble landing some decent shots from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gamble scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gamble postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gamble working some strikes from top position.
Gamble chips away with some ground and pound.
Gamble working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ivan's head.
Gamble lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gamble working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gamble decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Ivan, up you get!
Gamble moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gamble breaks from the clinch.
Gamble shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gamble landing some decent shots from guard.
Gamble lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gamble is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gamble landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ivan looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Gamble passes into side control.
Ivan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gamble lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ivan seems to have recovered his senses.
Gamble scoring with punches and elbows.
Gamble lands a nice forearm strike.
Gamble working the ground and pound.
Ivan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've been informed that Ivan has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Gamble stands up and beckons Ivan to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivan avoids the head kick by Gamble.
Gamble closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gamble dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gamble breaks the clinch.
Gamble forces Ivan back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adalberto Gamble dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gamble closes the distance and clinches.
Gamble breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gamble has managed to clinch.
Come on Gamble - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gamble breaks the clinch.
Gamble looking to score a takedown here. Ivan is defending well but Gamble drives through and ends up in Ivan's guard.
Ivan uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Gamble has closed the distance and engaged Ivan in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gamble jumps guard and drags Ivan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ivan is breathing heavily.
Gamble controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamble is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Ivan frees his head nicely. Oh but Gamble has switched to an armbar! Ivan is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Adalberto Gamble!
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FIGHT
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