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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Salman Shamkhalaev (ranked 1278 p4p, 156 weight class) and Bazar Al Jhit (ranked 2331 p4p, 259 weight class). Shamkhalaev's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alter Bridge - Ties That Bind. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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158 lbs
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Salman Shamkhalaev!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bazar Al Jhit!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Jhit forces Shamkhalaev back against the ropes and clinches.
Al Jhit lands a takedown into guard.
Shamkhalaev can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Al Jhit controls the pace.
Shamkhalaev has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Al Jhit can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Al Jhit trying to control the position from guard on top but Shamkhalaev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shamkhalaev looking to control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamkhalaev lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Al Jhit is trying to keep Shamkhalaev in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamkhalaev trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Jhit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Jhit working for a triangle but Shamkhalaev defends it easily.
Al Jhit has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Shamkhalaev can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Al Jhit had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Shamkhalaev defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit is trying to keep Shamkhalaev in close.
Shamkhalaev trying to control but Al Jhit is working from the bottom.
Shamkhalaev distracts Al Jhit with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamkhalaev throws a big right hand that misses.
Al Jhit is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Shamkhalaev defends well.
Shamkhalaev wants to control from the top but Al Jhit keeps moving.
Al Jhit is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Shamkhalaev is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at St Petersburg MMA Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Shamkhalaev slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Al Jhit trying to control the position from guard on top but Shamkhalaev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamkhalaev controls Al Jhit momentarily but Al Jhit frees himself.
Shamkhalaev wants to improve his position but instead Al Jhit has moved into half guard.
Al Jhit performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Al Jhit seems to be looking for submissions.
Al Jhit wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shamkhalaev keeps working.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit moves into full mount! Shamkhalaev won't be happy about that!
Shamkhalaev tries to improve his position but Al Jhit has taken his back! Al Jhit has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Shamkhalaev tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Al Jhit pushes Shamkhalaev away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bazar Al Jhit!
Bazar Al Jhit is the new lightweight champion!
Bazar Al Jhit decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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