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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Dragavich (ranked 4131 p4p, 4371 weight class) and Marko Novak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragavich comes to the cage accompanied by Freeze Corleone feat. Ashe 22 - Cartier. 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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175 cm 18 155 0 - 0 - 0 |
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179 cm 18 150 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Basic striking KO power |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Alexander Dragavich! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Novak! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dragavich fails to land the takedown. Novak works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Dragavich gets a double leg takedown into Novak's guard. Dragavich drops back looking for a leg! Novak is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Novak manages to kick Dragavich off! Dragavich jumps back into Novak's guard. Dragavich trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dragavich accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Dragavich thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Dragavich throws a big right hand that misses. Dragavich content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dragavich with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Dragavich working some strikes from top position. Dragavich is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Dragavich throws a big right hand that misses. Dragavich slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Dragavich looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Dragavich is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Novak has escaped the position, nice work there. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Sloppy strikes there by Dragavich.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Novak taking punishment in the form of punches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Dragavich advances to mount. Dragavich has control of Novak's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Novak regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dragavich has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Novak is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alexander Dragavich! Our winner, Alexander Dragavich, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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