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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Salman Shamkhalaev (ranked 3763 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Al Sulwi (ranked 6662 p4p, 0 weight class). Shamkhalaev comes to the cage accompanied by Alter Bridge - Ties That Bind. Gabriel Al Sulwi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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165 lbs
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157 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Salman Shamkhalaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gabriel Al Sulwi!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Al Sulwi.
Al Sulwi misses with the body kick
and Shamkhalaev counters with a shoot takedown. Al Sulwi fights it but they end up in guard.
Shamkhalaev with a nice head shot there.
Shamkhalaev lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Al Sulwi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shamkhalaev is one step ahead there.
Shamkhalaev has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shamkhalaev is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Shamkhalaev makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamkhalaev pushing down on Al Sulwi's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Shamkhalaev is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Al Sulwi is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamkhalaev has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Al Sulwi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shamkhalaev looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shamkhalaev unloading with bombs!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamkhalaev has hold of Al Sulwi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Al Sulwi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Shamkhalaev connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shamkhalaev lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Al Sulwi hang on?
Shamkhalaev dominating with strikes here.
Shamkhalaev trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shamkhalaev takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Shamkhalaev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Al Sulwi?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shamkhalaev controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamkhalaev with good strikes from the mount here!
Shamkhalaev is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Al Sulwi has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Shamkhalaev is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Shamkhalaev raining down hammerfists from mount.
Al Sulwi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Al Sulwi taking shots to the head.
Shamkhalaev landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shamkhalaev landing shots from mount.
Shamkhalaev tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamkhalaev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Sulwi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Shamkhalaev tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Shamkhalaev scoring with strikes but Al Sulwi is staying in there.
Shamkhalaev controlling his opponent.
Shamkhalaev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Shamkhalaev quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Shamkhalaev but it's paid off an Al Sulwi is forced to tap! Nice work by Shamkhalaev.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Salman Shamkhalaev!
A victorious Salman Shamkhalaev 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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