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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sadollah Amir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Rocks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sadollah Amir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Rocks!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocks shoots in and bounces Amir off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Amir looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amir keeping moving, preventing Rocks from controlling successfully.
Rocks is in close to Amir's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rocks wants to stand but Amir is controlling his posture from full guard.
Amir looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Amir keeping moving, preventing Rocks from controlling successfully.
Amir will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocks wants to pass the guard but Amir is keeping the position.
Amir lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rocks!
Rocks sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Amir tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rocks knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rocks is staying active underneath Amir, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rocks is in trouble now - Amir has advanced to mount!
Amir looking to control but Rocks is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocks is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rocks manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Amir is trying to control the action in half guard but Rocks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Amir looks to land a strike but Rocks avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rocks working a defensive guard but Amir manages to pass into side control anyway.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Amir goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Rocks rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Amir's guard! Nice work there by Rocks!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocks wants to control from the top but Amir keeps moving.
Rocks pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Amir is keeping the position for now.
Rocks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rocks preventing the sweep.
Amir is trying to control the position but Rocks postures up.
Rocks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rocks slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Amir working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rocks.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Amir throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rocks.
Amir throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rocks.
Amir throws a sloppy head kick and Rocks moves out of range easily.
Rocks drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Amir is breathing heavily.
Amir tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rocks stands up and waves to Amir to follow him.
Rocks shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Amir's guard.
Rocks working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rocks trying to control but Amir is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rocks dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Amir lands a high kick!
Rocks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rocks gets the takedown into side control.
Rocks working the head and body with strikes.
Amir gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Rocks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rocks is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Amir avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rocks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Amir wants to get back to full guard but Rocks has mounted him!
Amir is looking to improve his position but Rocks isn't that keen on the idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocks looking to finish with strikes here!
Rocks looking to control but Amir is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rocks throws a strike there. Amir manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Amir wants to control but Rocks is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rocks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Amir's head.
Rocks is pressing down on Amir's thigh, looking to free his foot. Amir is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Amir wants to improve his position but Rocks is controlling well.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Amir throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rocks looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Amir!
Rocks looking to secure an arm triangle but Amir defends it well.
Amir gets back to half guard.
Rocks thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Amir's head.
Amir wants to control but Rocks is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocks not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Amir wants to improve his position but Rocks is controlling well.
Rocks trying to control from half guard but Amir is working away.
Rocks throws a strike but Amir manages to get a kimura sweep and he's found himself on top with the kimura half locked in! This would be a real turnaround! He's torquing it... Will Rocks tap??? YES! He's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sadollah Amir!
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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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