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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Kalai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George Kalai struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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156 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, George Kalai!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov shoots in but Kalai avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nurmagomedov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kalai as he jumps to the side.
Kalai tries to land a body kick
and Nurmagomedov decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kalai's guard.
Nurmagomedov scoring with some ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nurmagomedov landing some decent shots from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalai throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nurmagomedov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov is in close to Kalai's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nurmagomedov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nurmagomedov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kalai's head.
Nurmagomedov chips away with some ground and pound.
Kalai is rocked!
Nurmagomedov scoring with some ground and pound.
Kalai is still in real trouble! Can Nurmagomedov finish him?
Nurmagomedov arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Kalai's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Khabib Nurmagomedov!
A victorious Khabib Nurmagomedov thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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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