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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Babanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
25
191 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luiz Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ali Babanov!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho just misses with a punch to the body.
Carvalho just misses with a punch to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Babanov 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.
Carvalho takes a swing at Babanov's ribcage but misses.
Carvalho falls off balance throwing a combination
and Babanov counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Carvalho!
Babanov prevents Carvalho from escaping the position.
Carvalho is working to avoid the ground and pound but Babanov connects with a decent elbow.
Babanov lands a decent elbow from side control.
Babanov working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carvalho is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Babanov scoring with punches and elbows.
Babanov working the head and body with strikes.
Carvalho pushes Babanov away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Babanov gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Babanov landing strikes.
Babanov working the ground and pound.
Carvalho takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Carvalho is rocked!
Carvalho is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babanov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Carvalho keeps working.
Oh Carvalho is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Babanov works to advance to full mount. Carvalho defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Babanov cracks Carvalho with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ali Babanov!
A very excited looking Ali Babanov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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