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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb (ranked 1590 p4p, 178 weight class) and Ariel At Night (ranked 2604 p4p, 252 weight class). Nurmagabeeb comes to the cage accompanied by Sabine Kors feat. Timaro - Dagestan (Remix). At Night has chosen Kat Dahlia - Mirror as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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170 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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179 cm
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180 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ariel At Night!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Topper Green and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagabeeb misses with a body shot.
Nurmagabeeb throws a body punch but At Night moves out of range.
At Night looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nurmagabeeb is fending him off so far but At Night persists. Nope, Nurmagabeeb circles away and we're back to standing.
At Night keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nurmagabeeb.
Nurmagabeeb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but At Night was well out of range. Poor timing from Nurmagabeeb.
Nurmagabeeb gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Nurmagabeeb pushes At Night off and scrambles back to his feet.
Nurmagabeeb misses with a body punch
so At Night counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nurmagabeeb preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
At Night prevents Nurmagabeeb from getting back to his feet.
At Night loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as At Night accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
At Night postures up in Nurmagabeeb's guard and throws a big left but Nurmagabeeb blocks it.
Nurmagabeeb is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Spartans Gym that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
At Night stops Nurmagabeeb from standing up.
At Night throwing strikes but missing.
Nurmagabeeb wants to stand but At Night is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
At Night fails with the takedown.
At Night fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ariel At Night.
At Night misses with a looping left.
Nurmagabeeb loads up on a big right hand but At Night slips the punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by At Night.
At Night has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
At Night dives in and scores a takedown into Nurmagabeeb's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagabeeb wants to get back to his feet but At Night is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
At Night throwing strikes from guard but Nurmagabeeb blocks nicely.
Nurmagabeeb can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as At Night controls the pace.
Nurmagabeeb wants to stand and escape but At Night is having none of it.
At Night working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
At Night prevents Nurmagabeeb from getting back to his feet.
At Night has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nurmagabeeb throws a lazy right hand but At Night sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And At Night tries to counter it with a takedown but Nurmagabeeb pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nurmagabeeb uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from At Night.
Nurmagabeeb throws the left hand but At Night avoids the punch easily.
Nurmagabeeb misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
At Night ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
At Night shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nurmagabeeb defends it nicely.
Nurmagabeeb's hands are dropping dangerously low here and At Night connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nurmagabeeb scrambles back to his feet.
At Night closes the distance and clinches up with Nurmagabeeb, looking for a takedown. At Night pushes Nurmagabeeb against the cage but Nurmagabeeb circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
At Night ducks under a wild hook from Nurmagabeeb.
Despite the aggression on At Night's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nurmagabeeb looks to land a left hand but At Night moved out of range nicely.
At Night swings widly with a right hand
and Nurmagabeeb counters with a straight right hand.
At Night closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - At Night lands in his opponent's guard.
At Night throws a big elbow that misses.
At Night is looking to work some ground and pound but Nurmagabeeb has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagabeeb is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst At Night is controlling him.
At Night throwing strikes from guard but Nurmagabeeb blocks nicely.
At Night stops Nurmagabeeb from standing up.
At Night throwing strikes from guard but Nurmagabeeb blocks nicely.
Nurmagabeeb is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nurmagabeeb tries to break the clinch but At Night is controlling the position.
At Night jumps guard but Nurmagabeeb stands there with At Night around his waist. At Night gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
At Night has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Nurmagabeeb clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
At Night misses with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
At Night defending well as Nurmagabeeb loads up on a big left hand.
At Night fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nurmagabeeb on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
At Night shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nurmagabeeb as he jumps to the side.
At Night lands with a shot to the body.
At Night moves out of range as Nurmagabeeb strikes.
Nurmagabeeb throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
At Night avoids the body shot from Nurmagabeeb.
Nurmagabeeb throws a big shot that misses.
At Night shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nurmagabeeb as he jumps to the side.
Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ariel At Night.
At Night closes the distance and clinches up with Nurmagabeeb, looking for a takedown. At Night pushes Nurmagabeeb against the cage but Nurmagabeeb circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
At Night fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Nurmagabeeb sprawls well initially but At Night persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
At Night prevents Nurmagabeeb from standing back up.
At Night missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
At Night working Nurmagabeeb over with strikes.
At Night prevents Nurmagabeeb from standing back up.
Nurmagabeeb manages to escape and get back to his feet!
At Night shoots in for a takedown but Nurmagabeeb shows good takedown defense.
Nurmagabeeb appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nurmagabeeb throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck At Night on the side of the head.
Nurmagabeeb throws a shot from downtown. At Night moves away and avoids it.
Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
At Night swings and misses with a hook to the body.
At Night misses with a takedown
and Nurmagabeeb connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from At Night.
At Night takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagabeeb fails to land with a series of punches.
Nurmagabeeb throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nurmagabeeb takes a swing at At Night's ribcage but misses.
At Night is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nurmagabeeb throws a nice looking combination but At Night bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
At Night misses with a straight right.
Nurmagabeeb misses with a straight left.
Nurmagabeeb looks to throw the jab but At Night is out of range.
Excellent takedown into side control there by At Night.
At Night lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nurmagabeeb explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Nurmagabeeb missing with a left hand there. At Night was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
At Night moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagabeeb throws a shot from downtown. At Night moves away and avoids it.
Nurmagabeeb keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from At Night.
Nurmagabeeb ducks down and throws a hook to the body but At Night moves away.
At Night avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nurmagabeeb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nurmagabeeb throws a right and a left that both miss.
At Night tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
At Night takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb is winning the standup battle so far.
At Night slips a straight right by Nurmagabeeb.
At Night slips a jab and a cross from Nurmagabeeb.
Nurmagabeeb throws out a loose jab but At Night uses good head movement to avoid it.
At Night misses with a hook
and Nurmagabeeb counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps At Night thinking.
At Night lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nurmagabeeb. At Night does a little dance to reset his feet.
At Night shoots in but no luck this time.
At Night fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Nurmagabeeb.
At Night dodges the punch combination from Nurmagabeeb.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nurmagabeeb swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nurmagabeeb looks to land a left hand but At Night moved out of range nicely.
Some wild striking there from Nurmagabeeb.
At Night dives in for a single leg takedown but Nurmagabeeb sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
At Night uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nurmagabeeb.
Nurmagabeeb connects with a nice looking jab.
At Night takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice cross by At Night.
Nurmagabeeb misses with a body shot.
Nurmagabeeb displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from At Night.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
At Night scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
At Night not landing any meaningful shots this time.
At Night looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nurmagabeeb with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
At Night thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nurmagabeeb taking some punishment here, with At Night in his half guard.
At Night thows an elbow strike that misses. Nurmagabeeb gets hold of full guard and has managed to get a loose guillotine attempt. At Night doesn't seem too bothered but Nurmagabeeb quickly shifts his position and has tightened the hold! At Night is in big trouble now - he's going a funny colour - he's tapping out! Nice finish there! At Night really should have spotted the danger earlier though... either incompetence or over-confidence has resulted in a big L on his record.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb!
A victorious Khalamedov Nurmagabeeb thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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