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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Klishenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira has chosen Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become (One-X) as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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270 lbs
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255 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Klishenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira gets caught flat footed, as Klishenko shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Nogueira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Klishenko sitting in guard here, content to control.
Nogueira is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nogueira escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Klishenko gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Klishenko is looking to advance position but Nogueira has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Klishenko is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Klishenko is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Nogueira jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Klishenko manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Klishenko pushes Nogueira away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nogueira gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Nogueira looks gassed!
Klishenko is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Nogueira's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Klishenko trying to control but Nogueira postures up.
Klishenko slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Nogueira looking to pass the guard.
Nogueira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Klishenko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klishenko working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Klishenko doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nogueira tries to free his leg and advance position but Klishenko is retaining full guard.
Klishenko working a defensive guard here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Klishenko closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Nogueira has hold of Klishenko's hands but Klishenko slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Klishenko in particular looking to stall.
Nogueira is looking for a sweep. Klishenko is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Klishenko with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nogueira looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nogueira has hold of Klishenko's hands but Klishenko slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira looking for submissions off his back.
Klishenko wants to get back to his feet.
Klishenko is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Nogueira doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Klishenko.
Nogueira is refusing to be controlled, as Klishenko sits in half guard.
Klishenko seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Klishenko drops an elbow to the side of Nogueira's head.
Klishenko lands strikes from half guard.
Klishenko working over Nogueira with some ground and pound. Nogueira looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nogueira actively working from the bottom here.
Klishenko sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Klishenko looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Klishenko lands a nice short elbow.
Klishenko looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Klishenko working over Nogueira with some ground and pound. Nogueira looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Klishenko dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nogueira gets caught flat footed, as Klishenko shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Klishenko landing some decent shots from guard.
Klishenko wants to stand but Nogueira has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Nogueira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Klishenko wants to pass the guard but Nogueira is keeping the position.
Klishenko looking to sit in guard and control but Nogueira gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Klishenko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mark Klishenko overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nogueira thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nogueira stops Klishenko from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klishenko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Klishenko.
Nogueira wants to get back to his feet but Klishenko drags him back down.
Nogueira is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Klishenko knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nogueira on the ground.
Klishenko is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nogueira knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Nogueira regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira looking for submissions off his back.
Klishenko tries to pass the half guard into mount. Nogueira knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Klishenko wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nogueira keeps working.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Klishenko connects with a nice short shot to Nogueira's temple.
Nogueira is not content to let Klishenko control the position.
Klishenko scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Klishenko is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Nogueira sees it coming and defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira gets back to full guard.
Klishenko trying to control the position from guard on top but Nogueira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Klishenko lands a couple of digs.
Nogueira is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Klishenko rolls with it to try and escape but Nogueira cranks on the arm and Klishenko is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rodrigo Nogueira!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
48% |
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