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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shamil Abdurahimov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomomi Tsuruta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abdurahimov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Michael Jackson - Thriller. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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243 lbs
11 - 7 - 1 |
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255 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shamil Abdurahimov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomi Tsuruta!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsuruta misses with a wild body shot.
Abdurahimov throws a body kick that misses
and Abdurahimov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Abdurahimov throws a big shot that misses.
A nice side step and Tsuruta releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tsuruta misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tsuruta avoids the body shot from Abdurahimov.
Tsuruta is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Tsuruta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Abdurahimov throws a hook but Tsuruta blocks it.
Shamil Abdurahimov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abdurahimov tries to land a body kick
and Tsuruta counters with a single leg into guard. Abdurahimov didn't expect that.
Abdurahimov wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Tsuruta manages to pass to side control.
Tsuruta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tsuruta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tsuruta lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abdurahimov has hold of Tsuruta's hands but Tsuruta slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tsuruta working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdurahimov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tsuruta missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tsuruta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tsuruta working the head and body with strikes.
Abdurahimov is trying to get back to full guard.
Abdurahimov is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at McElias (Russian Bears TM), so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Tsuruta is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tsuruta lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tsuruta lands a nice short elbow.
Tsuruta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tsuruta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Abdurahimov is refusing to be controlled, as Tsuruta sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tsuruta is nestled in close to Abdurahimov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tsuruta is nestled in close to Abdurahimov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tsuruta lands with a punch from half guard.
Abdurahimov taking some punishment here, with Tsuruta in his half guard.
It looks like Shamil Abdurahimov has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsuruta lands strikes from half guard.
Abdurahimov is rocked!
Tsuruta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tsuruta lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oh Abdurahimov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shamil Abdurahimov's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tsuruta is looking to advance position but Abdurahimov won't allow it.
Abdurahimov seems to have got his legs back now.
Tsuruta not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Abdurahimov is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Tsuruta lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta working the head and body with strikes.
Tsuruta prevents Abdurahimov from standing back up.
Tsuruta takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jeez, Shamil Abdurahimov's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Shamil Abdurahimov's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tomomi Tsuruta!
After the big win, Tomomi Tsuruta made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors King of Fists and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Shamil Abdurahimov was interviewed post fight and said 'I was robbed'.
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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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