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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Mirkovich (ranked 5215 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romain Gastineau (ranked 5052 p4p, 0 weight class). Romain Gastineau acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Mirkovich!
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, Romain Gastineau!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gastineau darts in looking for a takedown but Mirkovich gets double underhooks and turns Gastineau into the cage.
Gastineau has Mirkovich up against the cage in a clinch.
Mirkovich stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mirkovich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gastineau throws a head kick but Mirkovich moves out of range.
Gastineau changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mirkovich tries to avoid it but Gastineau manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mirkovich to the ground. Mirkovich escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mirkovich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gastineau manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gastineau tries to counter with a clinch but Mirkovich shakes him off and moves away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gastineau.
Andrei Mirkovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Romain Gastineau.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gastineau tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mirkovich sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gastineau somewhat.
Mirkovich rushes Gastineau and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gastineau blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gastineau is trying to pull guard but Mirkovich turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gastineau fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mirkovich is trying to drag Gastineau to the mat but Gastineau just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Mirkovich is trying to pull guard but Gastineau turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gastineau fails to pull guard.
Gastineau ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gastineau no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Mirkovich lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mirkovich postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mirkovich tries to free his leg and advance position but Gastineau is retaining full guard.
Gastineau is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mirkovich is aware though and is defending well.
Gastineau keeping moving, preventing Mirkovich from controlling successfully.
Gastineau trying to keep a closed guard but Mirkovich is proving a slippery customer.
Mirkovich stands and throws Gastineau's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gastineau is trying to improve his position.
Mirkovich is staying tight to Gastineau's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gastineau is looking to reverse the position.
Gastineau wants to control but Mirkovich postures up.
Mirkovich throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mirkovich just content to control the position.
Mirkovich wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gastineau keeps working.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four 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.
Mirkovich with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gastineau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gastineau dives in for a single leg takedown but Mirkovich sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Mirkovich feints and as Gastineau raises his hands in defense, Mirkovich changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gastineau looks winded!
Mirkovich decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Gastineau, up you get!
Mirkovich misses with a takedown attempt
and Gastineau counters with a two punch combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mirkovich. Gastineau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gastineau stuffs the takedown.
Gastineau throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mirkovich's waist but Mirkovich gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gastineau off to one side.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mirkovich fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gastineau is out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gastineau shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mirkovich counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andrei Mirkovich dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mirkovich shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mirkovich showed some decent athleticism there.
Gastineau kicks Mirkovich off and gets back to his feet.
Mirkovich misses with a body shot.
And Gastineau tries to counter it with a takedown but Mirkovich pushes his down on his head and steps out.
An inside leg kick lands from Mirkovich.
Mirkovich shoots in but Gastineau avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mirkovich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Andrei Mirkovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mirkovich throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gastineau shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mirkovich sprawls well. Mirkovich wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gastineau gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirkovich shoots in and drives through. Gastineau sprawls well.
Mirkovich stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mirkovich wants it to stay on the feet.
Mirkovich appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mirkovich shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gastineau sprawls well. Gastineau wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mirkovich gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrei Mirkovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mirkovich rushes Gastineau and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gastineau looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mirkovich tries to pull guard but Gastineau holds him up against the cage and eventually Mirkovich drops back down to his feet.
Gastineau has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gastineau has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mirkovich is stalling here.
Mirkovich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gastineau clinches up with Mirkovich and pushes him back against the cage.
Gastineau has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mirkovich is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gastineau jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mirkovich walks away with a smile on his face. Gastineau gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mirkovich on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Andrei Mirkovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Mirkovich closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mirkovich prevents Gastineau from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirkovich wants to advance to full mount but Gastineau doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gastineau will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Mirkovich throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gastineau works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gastineau wants to stand but Mirkovich is controlling the position.
Mirkovich postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Andrei Mirkovich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gastineau has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Mirkovich is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Mirkovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gastineau prevents a takedown attempt there.
Mirkovich prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gastineau manages to break the clinch.
Mirkovich moves into range and clinches up with Gastineau.
Mirkovich looking to slow down the pace here.
Gastineau tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mirkovich manages to break the clinch.
Gastineau fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mirkovich, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Romain Gastineau will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Gastineau tries to land a body kick
and Mirkovich counters with a takedown into side control.
Mirkovich cracks Gastineau with a big right hand but Gastineau just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mirkovich working away.
Gastineau is holding Mirkovich down, trying to stall.
Gastineau prevents Mirkovich from moving into mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Gastineau's face as Mirkovich controls the position.
Gastineau takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Gastineau tries to escape but Mirkovich is in control.
Gastineau is not content to let Mirkovich control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirkovich has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Mirkovich looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gastineau is fending him off so far but Mirkovich persists. Nope, Gastineau circles away and we're back to standing.
Mirkovich closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gastineau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mirkovich is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gastineau is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mirkovich scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mirkovich tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gastineau knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mirkovich is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gastineau scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Mirkovich manages to mount him!
Gastineau is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mirkovich with good strikes from the mount here!
Gastineau sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gastineau looking for submissions off his back.
Mirkovich slows the pace down in half guard.
Mirkovich's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gastineau is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mirkovich's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mirkovich's back!
Mirkovich looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Mirkovich looking very determined here, making life difficult for Gastineau.
Mirkovich trying to control the hands but Gastineau breaks the grip.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gastineau doesn't have the hooks in and Mirkovich manages to turn into his guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andrei Mirkovich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mirkovich has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 for Andrei Mirkovich!
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Andrei Mirkovich!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Andrei Mirkovich!
Andrei Mirkovich wins by unanimous decision!
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FIGHT
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