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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryu Inhanamoto (ranked 1807 p4p, 1915 weight class) and Axmed Abdullah (ranked 226 p4p, 233 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Basic striking
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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryu Inhanamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Axmed Abdullah !
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abdullah misses the jab.
Abdullah has his takedown stuffed
enabling Inhanamoto to counter with a crisp jab.
Abdullah dives in for a single leg takedown but Inhanamoto sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Inhanamoto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Abdullah shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Inhanamoto manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Inhanamoto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Abdullah throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Inhanamoto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Inhanamoto keeping moving, preventing Abdullah from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Inhanamoto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Abdullah working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Inhanamoto on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Inhanamoto tries to get out of the position.
Abdullah throwing strikes from guard but Inhanamoto blocks nicely.
Abdullah has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Abdullah landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdullah wants to control from the top but Inhanamoto keeps moving.
Abdullah chips away with some ground and pound.
Abdullah distracts Inhanamoto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Abdullah accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Inhanamoto wants to control the position but Abdullah says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Inhanamoto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Abdullah missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Inhanamoto is staying active underneath Abdullah , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Abdullah not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah throwing shots but Inhanamoto is blocking nicely.
Inhanamoto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Inhanamoto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Abdullah sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Inhanamoto defending well though.
Abdullah thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Inhanamoto definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Abdullah takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
It looks like Ryu Inhanamoto has been cut.
Abdullah wants to lay and pray for a moment but Inhanamoto keeps working.
Abdullah throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Abdullah missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Abdullah not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Abdullah throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Abdullah is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abdullah scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Abdullah thows a huge punch but Inhanamoto dodges it nicely.
Abdullah working Inhanamoto over with strikes.
Inhanamoto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Abdullah on the ground.
Abdullah lands with a punch from half guard.
Abdullah stalling.
Abdullah sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Inhanamoto defending well though.
Abdullah slips a nice elbow through Inhanamoto's hands, connecting with Inhanamoto's forehead.
Ryu Inhanamoto's cut is getting worse.
Inhanamoto trying to get back to full guard but Abdullah takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Abdullah breaks from Inhanamoto's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jeez, Ryu Inhanamoto's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ryu Inhanamoto's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Axmed Abdullah !
Axmed Abdullah decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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