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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Veljanovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shamil Astakhov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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227 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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210 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikola Veljanovski!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shamil Astakhov!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veljanovski moves into the clinch successfully.
Veljanovski is pressed up against the cage. Astakhov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Veljanovski down to the mat. Veljanovski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Veljanovski shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Astakhov counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Veljanovski's guard now.
Veljanovski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Veljanovski had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Astakhov defends it easily.
Astakhov landing with the ground and pound.
Astakhov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Veljanovski is keeping the position for now.
Astakhov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Astakhov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Astakhov is fighting to break Veljanovski's control of his arms but Veljanovski is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Veljanovski seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Astakhov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Astakhov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Astakhov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Astakhov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Veljanovski has Astakhov pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Veljanovski controls Astakhov momentarily but Astakhov frees himself.
Veljanovski bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Astakhov's guard.
Astakhov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Veljanovski wants to control from the top but Astakhov keeps moving.
Astakhov looking for a triangle here. Veljanovski is fighting it but it looks tight! Astakhov pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Veljanovski is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Shamil Astakhov!
Shamil Astakhov is the new 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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