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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Boris Bulletzowich (ranked 983 p4p, 149 weight class) and Gennady Mikhasevich (ranked 923 p4p, 138 weight class). Bulletzowich comes to the cage accompanied by THUNDERCAT - THEM CHANGES. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boris Bulletzowich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gennady Mikhasevich!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bulletzowich connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mikhasevich takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bulletzowich has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bulletzowich blocks a jab.
Bulletzowich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bulletzowich throwing a counter right hand but Mikhasevich manages to avoid it.
Mikhasevich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bulletzowich was well out of range. Poor timing from Mikhasevich.
Bulletzowich scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mikhasevich in his tracks.
Bulletzowich lands a jab.
Bulletzowich shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Mikhasevich manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bulletzowich trying to control the position from guard on top but Mikhasevich is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bulletzowich is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Mikhasevich is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulletzowich avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bulletzowich not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Our spies down at at Zero Tolerance inform us that Mikhasevich has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Mikhasevich isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bulletzowich stacks Mikhasevich on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bulletzowich!
Bulletzowich scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bulletzowich lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mikhasevich down.
Bulletzowich throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mikhasevich can't do much from the bottom here.
Bulletzowich tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bulletzowich has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mikhasevich is not content to let Bulletzowich control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikhasevich is trying to control Bulletzowich's posture but Bulletzowich avoids it.
Mikhasevich is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bulletzowich trying to control the action but Mikhasevich is working from the bottom.
Mikhasevich tries to improve position but can't.
Bulletzowich scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mikhasevich is letting Bulletzowich control him for a moment.
Bulletzowich lands an elbow.
Mikhasevich wants to control but Bulletzowich postures up.
Bulletzowich working the ground and pound from side control.
Mikhasevich manages to get back to half guard.
Mikhasevich regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bulletzowich.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mikhasevich is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Mikhasevich is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bulletzowich is aware though and is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boris Bulletzowich dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mikhasevich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mikhasevich wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mikhasevich throws a right and a left that Bulletzowich avoids nicely.
Mikhasevich looks for the body kick but Bulletzowich saw that one coming.
Bulletzowich missing with a left hand there. Mikhasevich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bulletzowich defending well as Mikhasevich loads up on a big left hand.
Mikhasevich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mikhasevich looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mikhasevich plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mikhasevich lands with a kick to the temple. Bulletzowich shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bulletzowich is rocked!
Gennady Mikhasevich seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bulletzowich 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.
Mikhasevich is wriggling around but Bulletzowich manages to pass to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bulletzowich winds up and cracks Mikhasevich with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bulletzowich lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Bulletzowich.
Bulletzowich throwing shots but Mikhasevich is blocking nicely.
Mikhasevich actively working from the bottom here.
Bulletzowich is trying to control the action in half guard but Mikhasevich is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bulletzowich lands with a punch from half guard.
Bulletzowich thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulletzowich seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mikhasevich does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bulletzowich passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Mikhasevich!
Bulletzowich trying to control but Mikhasevich is having none of it.
Bulletzowich lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mikhasevich hang on?
Mikhasevich gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bulletzowich keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Mikhasevich is not content to let Bulletzowich control the position.
Mikhasevich looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bulletzowich moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Mikhasevich.
Bulletzowich lands some shots froms side control.
Bulletzowich working the ground and pound but Mikhasevich is defending the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulletzowich wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mikhasevich keeps working.
Mikhasevich tries to buck Bulletzowich off but Bulletzowich is having none of it.
Bulletzowich landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Bulletzowich throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Mikhasevich sneaks back into half guard.
Bulletzowich is trying to control. Mikhasevich wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mikhasevich wants to control but Bulletzowich is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boris Bulletzowich dominated that second round.
That's time! Bulletzowich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Bulletzowich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mikhasevich.
Mikhasevich defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bulletzowich.
Nice defenses there by Bulletzowich.
Mikhasevich goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gennady Mikhasevich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mikhasevich throws out a loose jab but Bulletzowich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bulletzowich drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mikhasevich sprawls and moves away.
Mikhasevich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bulletzowich misses with an uppercut.
Mikhasevich throws a jab but it's blocked by Bulletzowich.
Mikhasevich thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bulletzowich if he has to take too many more of those.
Mikhasevich walks into a jab.
Nice shot lands for Bulletzowich.
Bulletzowich staying out of range there.
Bulletzowich throws a body shot but no joy.
Mikhasevich throws a body shot but no joy.
Mikhasevich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bulletzowich scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mikhasevich in his tracks.
Gennady Mikhasevich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikhasevich throws a head kick that misses.
Mikhasevich closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bulletzowich throws a hook to the side of Mikhasevich's head but Mikhasevich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice side step and Mikhasevich releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bulletzowich throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mikhasevich on the side of the head.
Bulletzowich is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bulletzowich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bulletzowich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mikhasevich.
Mikhasevich scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bulletzowich tries to clinch up.
Mikhasevich scoring well with a low kick there.
Mikhasevich throws a series of punches but Bulletzowich moves out of range.
Bulletzowich lands an overhand right.
Mikhasevich tries to keep at a distance but Bulletzowich has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mikhasevich lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mikhasevich working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Mikhasevich fails to land.
Mikhasevich lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bulletzowich blocks a body shot from Mikhasevich.
Mikhasevich misses with some punches.
Bulletzowich is trying to maintain a safe position but Mikhasevich gets an underhook and turns Bulletzowich into the cage.
Mikhasevich throws a punch but it's blocked by Bulletzowich.
Bulletzowich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bulletzowich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mikhasevich has a couple of punches blocked by Bulletzowich.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bulletzowich throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bulletzowich.
Bulletzowich taking a breather.
Bulletzowich is trying to stall.
Mikhasevich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bulletzowich looks to land a right hand but Mikhasevich moved out of range.
Mikhasevich throws an overhand right that lands on Bulletzowich's shoulder, as Bulletzowich tries to avoid the shot.
Bulletzowich throws a big counter combination but Mikhasevich scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Bulletzowich with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikhasevich buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bulletzowich moves forwards but Mikhasevich connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bulletzowich looks to land a right hand but Mikhasevich moved out of range.
Mikhasevich throws a head kick but Bulletzowich moves out of range.
Bulletzowich throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mikhasevich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bulletzowich shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mikhasevich's guard.
Mikhasevich has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Bulletzowich is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Mikhasevich.
Mikhasevich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mikhasevich on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bulletzowich working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mikhasevich tries to bench press Bulletzowich off him but Bulletzowich keeps the position.
Mikhasevich takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bulletzowich in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bulletzowich is trying to get an arm triangle but Mikhasevich is defending well.
Mikhasevich is trying to improve his position.
Gennady Mikhasevich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boris Bulletzowich is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boris Bulletzowich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mikhasevich tries to escape but Bulletzowich is in control.
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 Boris Bulletzowich.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bulletzowich, 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boris Bulletzowich!
A relieved looking Boris Bulletzowich thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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