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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denis Kurlaev (ranked 2680 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimbo Cricky (ranked 3424 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurlaev has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Decent boxing
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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
2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denis Kurlaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimbo Cricky!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cricky uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cricky misses with a double jab.
Kurlaev closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cricky.
The referee calls for Kurlaev to work.
Kurlaev unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cricky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kurlaev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kurlaev rushes Cricky and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kurlaev breaks the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Kurlaev 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cricky lands with a nice combination. Kurlaev backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurlaev moves out of range as Cricky strikes.
Cricky stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Some wild striking there from Kurlaev.
Cricky throws a counter combo.
Cricky looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kurlaev comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cricky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cricky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sloppy strikes from Cricky. Those never looked like landing.
Kurlaev seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kurlaev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kurlaev gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kurlaev softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cricky is looking to break free of the clinch but Kurlaev has double underhooks.
Kurlaev has Cricky pressed against the cage, preventing Cricky from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kurlaev has Cricky pressed against the cage, preventing Cricky from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kurlaev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kurlaev takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cricky throws a good cross that connects.
Kurlaev swings for the body but Cricky moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cricky! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cricky loads up on a big right hand but Kurlaev slips the punch.
Kurlaev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cricky uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kurlaev has time to react.
Cricky throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kurlaev counters with a nice uppercut.
Cricky keeps the fight on the outside.
Cricky works over Kurlaev's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Denis Kurlaev has been cut.
Kurlaev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cricky.
Kurlaev tries to clinch but Cricky is having none of it.
Kurlaev swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cricky.
Good shot there by Kurlaev.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kurlaev.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurlaev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cricky has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kurlaev finds it's way round the side to connect with Cricky's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kurlaev. Cricky does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cricky is looking for the big counter here.
Cricky rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kurlaev moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kurlaev takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kurlaev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cricky was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurlaev.
Kurlaev falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cricky counters with a two punch combo.
Kurlaev takes one to the chin there.
Kurlaev scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cricky misses with a double jab
and Kurlaev counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kurlaev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cricky was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurlaev.
Decent striking displayed by Cricky there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurlaev misses with an uppercut.
Cricky looks to land a combination but Kurlaev avoids it well.
Cricky misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Kurlaev misses.
Kurlaev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cricky was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurlaev.
Cricky scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Decent striking displayed by Cricky there.
Kurlaev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kurlaev tries to clinch up.
Despite the aggression on Cricky's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cricky getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cricky throws a series of punches but Kurlaev moves out of range.
Cricky is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kurlaev had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kurlaev tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Cricky to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimbo Cricky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Denis Kurlaev's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cricky avoids the body shot from Kurlaev.
Kurlaev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cricky.
Cricky is looking for the big counter here.
Kurlaev tries to clinch but Cricky is having none of it.
Cricky throws a series of punches but Kurlaev avoids them all with ease.
Cricky misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cricky tries to bum rush Kurlaev with a series of wild strikes but Kurlaev uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kurlaev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cricky lands a really nice looking cross but Kurlaev seems unphased.
Denis Kurlaev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cricky throws a series of punches but Kurlaev moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cricky tests Kurlaev's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cricky lands a lovely overhand right.
Kurlaev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurlaev connects with a single shot there.
Cricky slips a jab and a cross from Kurlaev.
Kurlaev tries to clinch there but Cricky circles away.
Kurlaev misses with a hook. Cricky ducked under it nicely.
Cricky tries to keep at a distance but Kurlaev has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kurlaev misses with a knee to the head.
Cricky tries to break the clinch but Kurlaev is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kurlaev.
It looks like Jimbo Cricky has been cut.
Kurlaev is leaning against Cricky and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kurlaev landing knees to the head.
Kurlaev prevents Cricky from breaking the clinch.
Kurlaev lands an elbow inside.
Kurlaev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kurlaev lands a damaging elbow.
Kurlaev lands with a light punch inside.
Cricky is trying to break the clinch but Kurlaev is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurlaev manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Cricky, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cricky throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kurlaev misses the shot to the body.
Cricky misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kurlaev throws a lazy uppercut
and Cricky connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kurlaev staying out of range there.
Denis Kurlaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cricky circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jimbo Cricky seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cricky looks to land a combination but Kurlaev avoids it well.
Kurlaev lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kurlaev.
Cricky ducks under a wild hook from Kurlaev.
Cricky scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kurlaev jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cricky moves away from the strike by Kurlaev.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cricky.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kurlaev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cricky missing with a left hand there. Kurlaev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little feinted left hand from Kurlaev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kurlaev misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cricky! But no joy.
Kurlaev moves forwards but Cricky connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cricky lands a really nice looking cross but Kurlaev seems unphased.
Kurlaev clobbers Cricky with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cricky throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kurlaev counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kurlaev.
Kurlaev throws a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kurlaev lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cricky backwards.
Kurlaev breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cricky's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kurlaev under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Cricky.
Some wild striking there from Cricky.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cricky throws out a loose jab but Kurlaev uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kurlaev comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cricky looking to slow down the pace here.
Kurlaev creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cricky's defenses.
Cricky wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kurlaev works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cricky looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cricky wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kurlaev has him pressed against the cage.
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 Denis Kurlaev will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Cricky throws a right hand that Kurlaev ducks under and follows up with a left that Kurlaev also avoids with ease.
Cricky throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kurlaev on the side of the head.
Kurlaev looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cricky takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kurlaev has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cricky finds it's way round the side to connect with Kurlaev's head.
Nice jab there from Cricky.
Kurlaev misses with a straight left.
Cricky is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kurlaev with a body shot.
Cricky might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A jab from Cricky misses.
Kurlaev misses with an uppercut. Cricky saw that one coming.
Kurlaev throws a series of punches but Cricky avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cricky throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kurlaev tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cricky swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kurlaev ducks right into an uppercut from Cricky.
Kurlaev misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cricky lands a body shot.
Kurlaev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kurlaev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cricky.
A nice combination there by Cricky.
Kurlaev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cricky manages to avoid it.
Cricky swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cricky throws a series of punches but Kurlaev avoids them all with ease.
Kurlaev avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cricky lands the left hand.
Cricky throws a right hand that Kurlaev ducks under and follows up with a left that Kurlaev also avoids with ease.
A combination from Cricky does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Kurlaev misses.
Kurlaev lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurlaev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kurlaev walks into a jab.
Cricky with a hook.
Kurlaev throws a looping overhand right but Cricky ducks down to avoid it.
Cricky scores with a nice strike.
Kurlaev is rocked!
Cricky cracks Kurlaev with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Kurlaev falls to his knees and Cricky doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimbo Cricky!
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