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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dagestan Opasevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Whopper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Opasevich comes to the cage accompanied by Мурад Гусев. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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184 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dagestan Opasevich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Whopper!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whopper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Opasevich moves away.
Opasevich fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Whopper scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Opasevich doesn't seem bothered though.
Whopper keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Opasevich shoots in looking for a takedown. Whopper tries to sprawl out of it but Opasevich keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Whopper manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dagestan Opasevich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Whopper defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Opasevich.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whopper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Opasevich looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Whopper!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Whopper wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Opasevich.
Opasevich tries to control but Whopper wriggling away.
Opasevich throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Whopper because Opasevich loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Opasevich there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Whopper is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Opasevich unloads with some shots from mount but Whopper bucks and avoids them well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Opasevich looking to finish with strikes here!
Whopper is wriggling around trying to escape.
Opasevich punching from mount but Whopper doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Opasevich throws some wild stikes that Whopper manages to avoid easily.
Opasevich throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Whopper is looking to improve his position but Opasevich isn't that keen on the idea.
Opasevich throws a sloppy strike and Whopper uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Whopper has ended up in Opasevich's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Opasevich has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We're going to have a standup here because Dagestan Opasevich wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Opasevich shoots in for a takedown but Whopper shows good takedown defense.
A cross from Whopper lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Opasevich fails with a takedown attempt.
Whopper misses with a straight left.
Whopper scores with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Whopper.
Opasevich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whopper misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whopper misses with a shot to the body
so Opasevich counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Opasevich trying to control the position from guard on top but Whopper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dagestan Opasevich will probably get the nod.
That's time! Opasevich's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whopper. Opasevich does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whopper scores with a shot to the body.
Opasevich fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck for Opasevich with that takedown attempt.
Opasevich fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dagestan Opasevich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Opasevich closes this distance looking for a takedown but Whopper circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whopper looks to score with a jab to the body but Opasevich is just out of range.
Opasevich shoots for a double leg takedown but Whopper sprawls well. He's pushed Opasevich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice straight punches there by Whopper. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Whopper.
Opasevich has a takedown stuffed.
Opasevich with a lazy takedown attempt
and Whopper counters with a nice uppercut.
Horrible takedown by Opasevich or perhaps it was just good defense by Whopper which made him look bad.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Opasevich shoots in looking for a takedown but Whopper manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Opasevich's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whopper thows a body shot but no joy.
Opasevich takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Whopper scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for Whopper. That snapped Opasevich's head back.
Opasevich walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Opasevich is rocked!
Whopper drops Opasevich with a naaaaasty hook - Opasevich is in real trouble here! Whopper dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Whopper!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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