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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Landeskog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrey Konovalov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landeskog comes to the cage accompanied by Warm Shadow - Fink. Konovalov has chosen CJClip - No reason to live but we do it as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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147 lbs
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Magnus Landeskog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrey Konovalov!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Konovalov fails with the takedown.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Konovalov has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Landeskog shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've been hearing that Landeskog has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Landeskog passes to full mount!
Landeskog goes for an armbar but Konovalov turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Konovalov.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Konovalov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Landeskog works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Landeskog is looking to cinch up a triangle. Konovalov throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Landeskog's body to avoid the submission. Landeskog has instead reached around Konovalov's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Landeskog arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Magnus Landeskog!
An out of breath Magnus Landeskog thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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