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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 2816 p4p, 3309 weight class) and Yaya Kouame (ranked 375 p4p, 438 weight class). Nurmagomedov's entrance music is Khabib Nurmagomedov Mix || The Eagle Motivation. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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181 cm 20 189 2 - 1 - 0 |
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189 cm 20 185 3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Good wrestler Excellent MT Good gas tank |
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Khabib Nurmagomedov! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yaya Kouame! The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kouame scores with a jab to the jaw. Nurmagomedov takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nurmagomedov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Nurmagomedov misses with a looping right. Kouame jabbing away but nothing is landing. Kouame throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nurmagomedov looks to land a left hand but Kouame moved out of range nicely. Kouame connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Kouame connects with a body shot that sends Nurmagomedov's belly button to the back. Nurmagomedov with a jab. Kouame lands with a straight right. Nurmagomedov didn't see that one coming. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Kouame misses with an uppercut. Nurmagomedov saw that one coming. It looked like Nurmagomedov wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Nurmagomedov throws an off balance right hand
and Kouame counters with a straight right hand. Kouame looks to score with a jab to the body but Nurmagomedov is just out of range. Kouame throws an overhand right that lands on Nurmagomedov's shoulder, as Nurmagomedov tries to avoid the shot. Kouame with a jab. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kouame lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nurmagomedov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nurmagomedov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. We've been told by Nurmagomedov's head coaches at Latin Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nurmagomedov throws the left hand but Kouame avoids the punch easily. Kouame looks like he wants to counter punch here. Kouame swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nurmagomedov. Kouame just misses with a punch to the body.
Kouame misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kouame has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Nurmagomedov throws a hook to the side of Kouame's head but Kouame sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Kouame throws out a counter right but Nurmagomedov avoids it with no problem. Nurmagomedov misses with an uppercut
letting Kouame counter with a right hand. Nurmagomedov thows a left - swing and a miss! Kouame is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nurmagomedov with a body shot. Nurmagomedov throws a hook but Kouame blocks it. Kouame ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nurmagomedov moves away. Kouame takes a swing at Nurmagomedov's ribcage but misses. Nurmagomedov throws a big counter combination but Kouame scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. Nurmagomedov gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kouame. Nurmagomedov misses with a double jab
and Kouame counters with a nice uppercut. Kouame keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kouame slips a jab and a cross from Nurmagomedov.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Kouame fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nurmagomedov manages to avoid it. Kouame fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Kouame connects with a body shot. Kouame lands a slapping body shot.
Nurmagomedov misses with a body shot.
Kouame ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Nurmagomedov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Kouame slips a jab and a cross from Nurmagomedov.
Kouame cracks Nurmagomedov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Nurmagomedov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Kouame counter with a right hand. and Kouame counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Nurmagomedov! He's just covering up as Kouame starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yaya Kouame! Yaya Kouame seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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