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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hasbulla Nurmagomedov (ranked 4599 p4p, 4823 weight class) and Liu Kang (ranked 557 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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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight 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, Hasbulla Nurmagomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Liu Kang!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov misses with the combination.
Kang getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
It looks like Hasbulla Nurmagomedov has been cut.
Donk. Kang catches Nurmagomedov right on the button with a cross.
Kang lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nurmagomedov drives through with a takedown into Kang's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Nurmagomedov trying to control the position from guard on top but Kang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nurmagomedov passes into half guard.
Kang slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Nurmagomedov sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nurmagomedov throwing strikes but missing.
Kang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kang works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nurmagomedov throws a big elbow that misses.
Nurmagomedov loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov works over Kang with some ground and pound from guard.
Nurmagomedov throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov throws an elbow that misses. Kang uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nurmagomedov's guard. Nice move by Kang!
Nurmagomedov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nurmagomedov is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kang preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov wants to stand but Kang is controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nurmagomedov is on top in guard.
Nurmagomedov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kang is keeping the position for now.
Nurmagomedov postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kang keeping moving, preventing Nurmagomedov from controlling successfully.
Nurmagomedov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov throws a big elbow that misses.
Nurmagomedov trying to control but Kang is working from the bottom.
Nurmagomedov throws a big right hand that misses.
Nurmagomedov is looking to work some ground and pound but Kang has wrist control.
Nurmagomedov slips nicely into half guard.
Nurmagomedov wants to pass to mount but Kang is defending the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nurmagomedov is keen to just control but Kang is a slippery customer.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hasbulla Nurmagomedov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hasbulla Nurmagomedov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nurmagomedov closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nurmagomedov lands in his opponent's guard.
Nurmagomedov preventing the sweep.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nurmagomedov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kang keeping moving, preventing Nurmagomedov from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurmagomedov connects with a couple of short punches.
Kang looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nurmagomedov is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov throws a big elbow that misses.
Kang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov trying to control the position from guard on top but Kang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov postures up in Kang's guard and throws a big left but Kang blocks it.
Nurmagomedov lands a couple of elbows.
Nurmagomedov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nurmagomedov throws an elbow that misses. Kang uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nurmagomedov's guard. Nice move by Kang!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov controlling the position.
Nurmagomedov throwing short punches from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurmagomedov looking for a sweep. Not yet Nurmagomedov, not yet.
Kang wants to control from the top but Nurmagomedov keeps moving.
Nurmagomedov managing to control the position.
Nurmagomedov is looking for a triangle here but Kang uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov wants to control but Kang postures up.
Kang remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Nurmagomedov is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Kang has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nurmagomedov shoots in for a double leg but Kang sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice body punch from Kang.
Nurmagomedov shoots in and gets a takedown into Kang's guard.
Nurmagomedov throwing strikes but missing.
Nurmagomedov lands a couple of digs.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kang can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nurmagomedov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kang swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nurmagomedov throwing strikes from guard but Kang blocks nicely.
Kang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hasbulla Nurmagomedov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hasbulla Nurmagomedov's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nurmagomedov tries for a takedown but Kang circles away easily
and Kang counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nurmagomedovs head.
Kang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nurmagomedov shoots in looking for a takedown but Kang manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nurmagomedov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nurmagomedov shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kang napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nurmagomedov working the ground and pound but Kang is defending the strikes.
Kang is not content to let Nurmagomedov control the position.
The strikes coming from Nurmagomedov are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Nurmagomedov lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kang can't do much from the bottom here.
Nurmagomedov is trying to ground and pound but Kang uses the momentary lack of control by Nurmagomedov to regain half guard.
Nurmagomedov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nurmagomedov trying to control from half guard but Kang is working away.
Kang taking some punishment here, with Nurmagomedov in his half guard.
Nurmagomedov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Liu Kang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hasbulla Nurmagomedov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two 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.
Kang gets full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nurmagomedov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nurmagomedov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kang is pulling down on Nurmagomedov's head. It's preventing any offense from Nurmagomedov, at least for the moment.
Nurmagomedov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kang manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nurmagomedov manages to get himself to full guard.
Nurmagomedov looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Kang puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov tries to get to full guard but Kang has control of the leg.
Nurmagomedov is working hard here to advance position.
Nurmagomedov is pressing down on Kang's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Nurmagomedov keeping moving, preventing Kang from controlling successfully.
Nurmagomedov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kang is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kang stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nurmagomedov swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kang darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Liu Kang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nurmagomedov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nurmagomedov shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kang's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nurmagomedov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nurmagomedov tries to free his leg and advance position but Kang is retaining full guard.
Nurmagomedov cracks Kang with a solid left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hasbulla Nurmagomedov.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nurmagomedov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hasbulla Nurmagomedov!
Liu Kang spoke after the fight, saying 'Argh @@@@@@###'.
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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
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