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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ilman Vagabov (ranked 3554 p4p, 2902 weight class) and King Billy (ranked 0 p4p, 364 weight class). Ilman Vagabov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 cm 25 275 1 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm 25 270 0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Basic striking Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Very confident |
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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 St Petersburg, Ilman Vagabov! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, King Billy! The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vagabov closes the distance and clinches. Vagabov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Billy's efforts to push away. Vagabov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Billy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Vagabov pulls his leg out and moves away.
Vagabov could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Vagabov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Billy to the mat! Billy manages to get full guard. Vagabov scoring with punches to the head and body. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Vagabov landing some decent shots from guard. Vagabov works over Billy with some ground and pound from guard. Vagabov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Vagabov looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Billy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Vagabov connects with a couple of short punches. Vagabov scoring with punches to the head and body. Vagabov stands up over Billy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Vagabov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Vagabov working some strikes from top position. Billy looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Vagabov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Billy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vagabov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Vagabov won't allow Billy to get back to his feet. Vagabov showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Billy controls Vagabov momentarily but Vagabov frees himself. Vagabov works over Billy with some ground and pound from guard.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Vagabov's corner is telling him to maintain position. Vagabov's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground. Vagabov is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Vagabov content to stall in guard here. Vagabov has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent. Vagabov is working Billy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Vagabov's corner is telling him to maintain position. Vagabov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Billy's head. Vagabov with a nice head shot there.
Billy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Vagabov showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Vagabov postures up and lands a big shot to Billy's brow.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Billy working a defensive guard here.
Vagabov's corner is telling him to maintain position. Vagabov is in close to Billy's body, working some short punches and elbows. Vagabov scoring with some ground and pound. Vagabov distracts Billy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Vagabov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Billy's head. Vagabov sitting in guard, not really doing much. Vagabov advances position into side control!
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Vagabov is chipping away with strikes.
Vagabov working the ground and pound. Vagabov looks up at the clock and then as Billy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Vagabov smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
 Billy is rocked! Vagabov in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Billy looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Vagabov turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilman Vagabov!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
33% |
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