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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boy Dahlia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Butrovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dahlia comes to the cage accompanied by Pussy by Iggy Azalea. Hannibal Butrovic told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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165 lbs
11 - 5 - 1 |
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168 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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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
11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Boy Dahlia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Hannibal Butrovic!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Butrovic. Those never looked like landing.
Dahlia slips a straight right by Butrovic.
Dahlia tries to clinch but Butrovic moves away
and Butrovic counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Butrovic trying to control the action but Dahlia is working from the bottom.
Dahlia is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Butrovic pulls his head out easily.
Butrovic prevents Dahlia from improving his position.
Butrovic sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dahlia defending well though.
Butrovic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Butrovic drops an elbow to the side of Dahlia's head.
Butrovic is pressing down on Dahlia's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dahlia is holding on for now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dahlia avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Butrovic.
Butrovic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Butrovic is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dahlia defends it well.
Dahlia won't allow Butrovic to pass to mount.
Dahlia moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahlia looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Butrovic passes into side control.
Butrovic is putting a hurting on Dahlia here, landing some big shots from side control.
Butrovic working the ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Butrovic landing a few strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Butrovic scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dahlia is rocked!
Dahlia takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Oh Dahlia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Butrovic connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dahlia some visible discomfort.
Butrovic grinds an elbow into Dahlia's temple.
Butrovic is trying to get an arm triangle but Dahlia is defending well.
Dahlia is trying to get back to half guard.
Butrovic trying to control the position but Dahlia is working away.
Dahlia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Butrovic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Butrovic looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Dahlia seems to have got his legs back now.
Dahlia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Butrovic wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dahlia manages to work his way to half guard, despite Butrovic's best efforts.
Butrovic wants to pass to mount but Dahlia is defending the position.
Butrovic is looking to take a break and control but Dahlia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Butrovic slips a nice elbow through Dahlia's hands, connecting with Dahlia's forehead.
Butrovic trying to control the pace.
Butrovic is nestled in close to Dahlia, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Butrovic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dahlia is looking to improve his position.
Dahlia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dahlia slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Dahlia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Butrovic doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Butrovic manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Butrovic postures up and lands a big shot to Dahlia's brow.
Butrovic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Butrovic trying to control but Dahlia is working from the bottom.
Butrovic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dahlia has his foot on Butrovic's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Butrovic works his way back into a safe position though.
Butrovic content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Butrovic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dahlia's head.
Butrovic with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dahlia punching from the bottom.
Butrovic got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dahlia has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Butrovic has managed to get both his arms back between Dahlia's legs - danger averted.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dahlia keeping moving, preventing Butrovic from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butrovic's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Butrovic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dahlia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dahlia is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dahlia throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Butrovic escapes and throws Dahlia's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Dahlia is looking to reverse the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Dahlia's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Dahlia is working to avoid the ground and pound but Butrovic connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dahlia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dahlia sneaks back into half guard.
Butrovic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hannibal Butrovic dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Butrovic jabs Dahlia right on the nose. Dahlia blinks but takes it well.
Butrovic lands with a shot to the body.
Butrovic goes for a double leg but Dahlia avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Dahlia continues to drive forward.
Dahlia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Butrovic.
Dahlia trying to land knees to the body.
Dahlia lands a knee to the body.
Dahlia missing with knees to the body.
Dahlia throws an elbow that misses.
Dahlia lands a body punch.
Dahlia tries to throw a body punch but Butrovic avoids it by throwing Dahlia back against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Butrovic is looking to take this one to the mat.
Dahlia trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dahlia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butrovic drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dahlia gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Boy Dahlia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hannibal Butrovic.
Dahlia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Butrovic is defending well for now.
Dahlia prevents the takedown attempt.
Butrovic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dahlia prevents it.
Butrovic is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dahlia is defending well.
Dahlia missing with knees to the body.
Dahlia trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Butrovic.
Dahlia landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dahlia lands with a light punch inside.
Butrovic tries for a takedown but Dahlia manages to get underhooks.
Dahlia throws an elbow but it misses.
Dahlia lands a good knee to the midsection. Butrovic won't want to take too many of those.
Butrovic works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dahlia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Butrovic doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Butrovic manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dahlia is looking for a triangle but Butrovic pushes his legs off easily.
Dahlia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Butrovic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dahlia's head.
Butrovic connects with a couple of short punches.
Dahlia has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Butrovic should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Dahlia has tightened it up now! Butrovic 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 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Boy Dahlia!
In his post fight interview, Boy Dahlia gave a big smile as he said 'I want to thank my opponent for stepping into the ring ... he gets to tell the world he got his ass beat by a lady boy! Who wants to rub lotion on the new champion??'.
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