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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abbas Mohammad (ranked 1154 p4p, 232 weight class) and Stevo Caruga (ranked 157 p4p, 36 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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11 - 6 - 0 |
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12 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abbas Mohammad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Stevo Caruga!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caruga tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mohammad swivels and escapes.
Nice takedown defense from Caruga. No joy for Mohammad on that attempt.
No luck for Mohammad with that takedown attempt.
Mohammad shoots in but Caruga avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abbas Mohammad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caruga misses with a takedown attempt - Mohammad sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Caruga defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mohammad.
Caruga shoots in but no luck this time.
Mohammad closes this distance looking for a takedown but Caruga circles away.
Abbas Mohammad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mohammad drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caruga is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mohammad is aware though and is defending well.
Mohammad definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Caruga had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mohammad defends it easily.
Caruga is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mohammad is aware though and is defending well.
Caruga looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mohammad has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Caruga trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caruga working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mohammad doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Caruga is tightening it up a little... Mohammad has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Mohammad reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Mohammad taps out! Nice BJJ there by Caruga!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Stevo Caruga!
Stevo Caruga 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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FIGHT
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