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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xander Draven (ranked 4854 p4p, 488 weight class) and Nazim Bardakci (ranked 4057 p4p, 421 weight class). Draven comes to the cage accompanied by The Bombshell - Powerman 5000. Bardakci is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Edis - Çok Çok. Nazim Bardakci has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Xander Draven's chin.
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155 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Counter fighter
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Xander Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nazim Bardakci!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Skip Squint and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Draven enables Bardakci to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Draven manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bardakci is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Draven is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Draven has escaped and now he's on top!
Bardakci seems keen to control Draven's posture.
Bardakci isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Draven stacks Bardakci on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Draven!
Bardakci manages to get back to half guard.
Bardakci is trying to control but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bardakci is looking to improve his position.
Draven throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bardakci is staying active underneath Draven, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bardakci is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Draven's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Draven's back!
Draven knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bardakci on the ground.
Draven preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Bardakci.
Draven is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Bardakci gets his way!
Bardakci is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Draven has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Bardakci has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Draven! Can he survive? No! He's out! Bardakci gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nazim Bardakci!
A very excited looking Nazim Bardakci rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
In defeat, Xander Draven stepped up to the mic, saying 'I let my fans down, this won't happen again'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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