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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Rodriguez (ranked 471 p4p, 466 weight class) and Zhan Dhelan (ranked 56 p4p, 55 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Zhan Dhelan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dhelan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Rodriguez defends well and Dhelan ends up having to push Rodriguez into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Rodriguez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dhelan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rodriguez's waist but Rodriguez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dhelan off to one side.
Dhelan slips a jab from Rodriguez.
Dhelan throws a leg kick but Rodriguez checks it.
Dhelan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Dhelan throws a big right hand that misses.
Dhelan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rodriguez is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dhelan drops back, looking for a kneebar! Rodriguez looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Rodriguez looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Rodriguez!
Dhelan is trying to improve his position.
Rodriguez has control of an arm but Dhelan manages to advance to Rodriguez's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dhelan thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Dhelan controls the action.
Rodriguez preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Dhelan.
Rodriguez wants to get back to his feet.
Dhelan looking for the choke but no joy.
Dhelan throwing wild punches that miss their target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Dhelan.
Dhelan is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Rodriguez knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Rodriguez for a finish.
Dhelan is looking for a rear naked choke here but Rodriguez reverses the position brilliantly into Dhelan's guard!
Dhelan is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Rodriguez has his hands clasped together but Dhelan extends and breaks Rodriguez's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Dhelan.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zhan Dhelan!
A very excited looking Zhan Dhelan 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.
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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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