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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Lenin (ranked 4962 p4p, 403 weight class) and Dwight Edgar (ranked 5821 p4p, 432 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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150 lbs
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145 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vladimir Lenin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dwight Edgar!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edgar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lenin avoids the head kick by Edgar.
Edgar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lenin rushes Edgar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lenin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lenin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Edgar avoiding damage as Lenin throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lenin obliges.
Lenin lands a damaging elbow.
Lenin scores a nice knee to the body.
Edgar is looking to control Lenin's arms but Lenin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Edgar has his back to the cage.
Lenin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Edgar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Lenin.
Edgar looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lenin working Edgar over with knees to the body.
Edgar tries to stall but Lenin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lenin obliges.
Lenin crunches a lovely knee into Edgar's ribcage.
Lenin lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Lenin.
Edgar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lenin lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lenin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Edgar's defenses.
Lenin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Edgar's coach down at Blanc Fitness Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Edgar's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lenin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lenin lands a nice knee to the body.
Lenin scores a nice knee to the body.
Lenin lands a nice knee to the body.
Lenin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Edgar's face.
Lenin lands an elbow that stopped Edgar in his tracks for a moment.
Lenin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Edgar's face.
Lenin landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lenin lands a nice elbow.
Lenin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lenin landing knees to the head.
Lenin lands an elbow inside that Edgar shrugs off.
Lenin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lenin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Edgar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Lenin.
Lenin lands a good knee to the midsection. Edgar won't want to take too many of those.
Lenin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lenin lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lenin with a knee to the head.
Lenin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lenin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lenin connects with a knee to the head.
Edgar has Lenin pressed against the cage.
Edgar scores a nice knee to the body.
Lenin misses with a knee to the head.
Edgar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Edgar creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lenin's defenses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Edgar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lenin misses with an elbow strike.
Lenin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lenin missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lenin throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lenin trying to land knees to the body.
Edgar blocks an elbow strike from Lenin.
Edgar is trying to maintain a safe position but Lenin gets an underhook and turns Edgar into the cage.
Lenin trying to land knees to the body.
Edgar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Edgar avoids a wild elbow strike from Lenin.
Edgar taking a breather.
Edgar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lenin is keeping busy.
Edgar tries to stall but Lenin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lenin.
Lenin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Edgar is defending well for now.
Edgar stalls.
Edgar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dwight Edgar.
Lenin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Edgar counters with a body kick that stops Lenin in his tracks momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar keeps the fight on the outside.
Lenin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Edgar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lenin tries to clinch but Edgar is having none of it.
Lenin instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lenin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Edgar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Edgar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lenin tries to land knees in the clinch but Edgar avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Lenin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lenin tries to clinch up but Edgar circles away and keeps his distance.
Edgar is looking for the big counter here.
Lenin tries to clinch there but Edgar circles away.
Edgar is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Edgar swats away the attempt to clinch by Lenin.
Lenin pushes Edgar up against the cage in a clinch.
Lenin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lenin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lenin with a knee to the head.
Lenin lands an elbow inside.
Lenin lands a nice elbow.
Edgar is trying to stall.
Edgar is breathing heavily.
Edgar trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lenin lands a nice elbow.
Edgar is trying to stall.
Lenin letting Edgar take a breather here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Edgar trying to stall but Lenin improves his position.
Edgar looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dwight Edgar.
Lenin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Edgar swats away the attempt to clinch by Lenin.
As Lenin backs off Edgar throws a huge counter combo but Lenin manages to avoid it all.
Lenin tries to clinch up.
Lenin instigates a clinch.
Edgar avoiding damage as Lenin throws knees to the body.
Lenin missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lenin avoiding damage as Edgar throws knees to the body.
Lenin landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Lenin.
Lenin lands an elbow just above Edgar 's eye.
Lenin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Edgar's face.
Lenin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lenin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Lenin.
Lenin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lenin with a knee to the head.
Lenin landing knees to the body.
Edgar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Edgar is trying to stall.
Edgar is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Edgar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lenin lands a good knee to the midsection. Edgar won't want to take too many of those.
Lenin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lenin lands a good knee to the midsection. Edgar won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lenin landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Lenin.
Edgar stalling in the clinch but Lenin improves position.
Lenin lands an elbow inside that Edgar shrugs off.
Edgar taking a breather.
Edgar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lenin missing with knees to the body.
Lenin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lenin missing with knees to the body.
Edgar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lenin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lenin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Edgar avoiding damage.
Edgar trying to control the position but instead, Lenin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Edgar into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Edgar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lenin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lenin scores with a knee to the head.
Lenin managing to block the knees to the body from Edgar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Edgar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lenin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Edgar can do to turn this around?
Knees in the clinch landing for Lenin.
Edgar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Lenin.
Lenin managing to block the knees to the body from Edgar.
Lenin landing knees to the body.
Lenin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Edgar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lenin lands a nice knee to the body.
Edgar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Come on Edgar - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lenin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Edgar looking to stall.
Edgar tries to stall but Lenin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Edgar is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Lenin has denied him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Lenin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Lenin rushes Edgar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lenin trying to land knees to the body.
Lenin lands an elbow inside that Edgar shrugs off.
Lenin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Edgar avoiding damage as Lenin throws knees to the body.
Lenin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Edgar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Edgar trying to stall but Lenin improves his position.
Edgar stalling in the clinch but Lenin improves position.
Edgar trying to control the position but instead, Lenin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Edgar into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lenin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lenin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lenin trying to land knees to the body.
Lenin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lenin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lenin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lenin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lenin lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lenin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Edgar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lenin avoids it.
Lenin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Edgar's face.
Edgar looking to slow down the pace here.
Edgar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Edgar stalling in the clinch but Lenin improves position.
Edgar controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dwight Edgar.
Edgar keeps the fight on the outside.
Edgar feints a counter leg kick.
Edgar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Edgar scores with a leg kick.
Lenin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar misses with a leg kick
and Lenin counters by clinching up.
Edgar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lenin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Edgar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lenin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lenin lands an elbow that stopped Edgar in his tracks for a moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Edgar stalling in the clinch but Lenin improves position.
Edgar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Edgar takes an elbow to the forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Edgar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Edgar is trying to stall.
Lenin avoids a wild elbow strike from Edgar.
Lenin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lenin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lenin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Edgar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lenin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lenin lands an elbow that stopped Edgar in his tracks for a moment.
Edgar trying to stall but Lenin improves his position.
Lenin landing knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lenin as Edgar tries to tie him up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Edgar trying to stall but Lenin improves his position.
Edgar seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dwight Edgar.
Edgar keeps the fight on the outside.
Edgar tries to bum rush Lenin with a series of wild strikes but Lenin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lenin is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Edgar.
Lenin darts in and clinches Edgar up against the cage.
Lenin lands an elbow inside that Edgar shrugs off.
Lenin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lenin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Edgar's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Edgar.
Lenin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Edgar.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lenin lands an elbow that stopped Edgar in his tracks for a moment.
Edgar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Edgar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Edgar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lenin scores a nice knee to the body.
Edgar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lenin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lenin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Edgar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lenin landing knees to the body.
Vladimir Lenin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Edgar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lenin is defending well for now.
Dwight Edgar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lenin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lenin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Lenin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lenin, 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Lenin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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