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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sebouh Nazaryan (ranked 6816 p4p, 638 weight class) and Daniel Riffe (ranked 25240 p4p, 762 weight class). Riffe has chosen Bad and Boujee as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sebouh Nazaryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Riffe!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazaryan misses with a takedown attempt
and Riffe counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nazaryan's knee momentarily.
Riffe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Riffe moves into the clinch successfully.
Nazaryan has Riffe pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Riffe manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Nazaryan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Riffe pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sebouh Nazaryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nazaryan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Riffe pulls his leg out and moves away.
Riffe scores with a one two! Nazaryan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nazaryan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nazaryan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazaryan wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riffe instigates a clinch.
Riffe gets underhooks to prevent Nazaryan's takedown attempt.
Riffe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Riffe dives in and scores a takedown into Nazaryan's guard.
Riffe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nazaryan's head.
Nazaryan wants to sweep but no luck.
Riffe is in close to Nazaryan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Riffe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nazaryan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Riffe stopping the sweep attempt from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Riffe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riffe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Riffe must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nazaryan wants to sweep here but Riffe controlling him for the moment.
Nazaryan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Riffe's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nazaryan postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Riffe is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Nazaryan, into his guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazaryan has momentary wrist control but Riffe slips an elbow through the middle.
Riffe scoring with some ground and pound.
Nazaryan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Riffe's guard.
Nazaryan drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Nazaryan as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Riffe screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Nazaryan! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Sebouh Nazaryan!
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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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