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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Duarte (ranked 5922 p4p, 4697 weight class) and Hasbulla Nurmagomedov (ranked 573 p4p, 522 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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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 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Duarte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hasbulla Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Chad Campbell and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nurmagomedov content to stall in guard here.
Nurmagomedov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Duarte works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
It looks like Francisco Duarte has been cut.
Duarte working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov scoring with some ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Duarte is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nurmagomedov scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duarte is looking to stand up but Nurmagomedov isn't so interested in that idea.
Nurmagomedov content to stall in guard here.
Nurmagomedov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nurmagomedov throws an elbow that misses. Duarte uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nurmagomedov's guard. Nice move by Duarte!
Nurmagomedov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Duarte doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Duarte manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Duarte won't allow Nurmagomedov to sweep him here.
We've been hearing that Duarte has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nurmagomedov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nurmagomedov has Duarte pulled in close to control his posture.
Nurmagomedov has his foot on Duarte's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duarte works his way back into a safe position though.
Nurmagomedov is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nurmagomedov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nurmagomedov is nestled in close to Duarte, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duarte avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov drops an elbow to the side of Duarte's head.
Duarte flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Nurmagomedov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duarte's head.
Nurmagomedov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nurmagomedov sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurmagomedov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nurmagomedov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nurmagomedov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nurmagomedov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Duarte wants to get back to his feet.
Nurmagomedov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Duarte's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Duarte has hold of Nurmagomedov's hands but Nurmagomedov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Francisco Duarte's cut is getting worse.
Nurmagomedov working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nurmagomedov is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Francisco Duarte's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Duarte is breathing heavily.
Nurmagomedov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Duarte is rocked!
Jeez, Francisco Duarte's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Francisco Duarte's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hasbulla Nurmagomedov!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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