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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Tilthammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tilthammer comes to the cage accompanied by Autumn - Suffer the wild dogs. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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214 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Felix Tilthammer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Drago!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drago clinches with his opponent.
Tilthammer manages to break the clinch.
Tilthammer slow jab from Drago misses its intended target.
Tilthammer connects with a looping right hand.
Drago is rocked!
Felix Tilthammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tilthammer throws the left hand but Drago avoids the punch easily.
Drago shoots for a double leg takedown but Tilthammer sprawls well. He's pushed Drago's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Drago closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Drago is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Drago passes to side control.
Drago is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tilthammer has escaped the position, nice work there.
Drago tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Tilthammer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Drago on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tilthammer is looking for a sweep.
Drago tries to advance to mount but can't.
Drago tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Drago has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tilthammer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Drago goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Tilthammer rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Drago's guard! Nice work there by Tilthammer!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Drago tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tilthammer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tilthammer pushes down on Drago's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Drago wants to improve his position but Tilthammer is controlling well.
Drago is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tilthammer trying to control from half guard but Drago is working away.
Drago is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tilthammer's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tilthammer's back!
Drago is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Tilthammer has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Drago is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Tilthammer is defending well though. Drago let's go of the attempt for now.
Drago looks gassed!
Tilthammer trying to control the action but Drago just sinks the hooks in.
Tilthammer turns into Drago and is now in his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tilthammer looking to pass the guard.
Drago looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Tilthammer has picked Drago up and slammed him! Drago can't keep hold of the triangle and Tilthammer manages to pass to side control!
Drago tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tilthammer is looking to take a break and control but Drago is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Drago sneaks back into half guard.
Drago moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Drago dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tilthammer misses with a looping left.
Drago moves away from the strike by Tilthammer.
Tilthammer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tilthammer misses with a hook.
Drago shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Drago has hold of Tilthammer's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Tilthammer manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Drago working for a guillotine from mount but Tilthammer is in no mood to give up.
Drago is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Tilthammer is surviving well by controlling Drago's body position as best he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tilthammer is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago goes for an armbar but Tilthammer turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Tilthammer.
Drago has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Tilthammer should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Drago has tightened it up now! Tilthammer should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Nikolai Drago!
Nikolai Drago is the new light heavyweight champion!
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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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