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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sigve Dahlberg (ranked 4392 p4p, 4668 weight class) and Shahid Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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171 cm 25 154 0 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm 18 155 1 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns Brawler Very quick |
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Good takedowns Basic striking Likes musicals |
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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 Sydney, Sigve Dahlberg! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shahid Khan! The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Ben Watson and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Khan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Khan wants it to stay on the feet. Dahlberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Dahlberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dahlberg. Khan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dahlberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Khan is looking to clinch. Khan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dahlberg pinned against the cage. Dahlberg gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Khan fails in his attempt to clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Dahlberg gets a takedown into half guard. Dahlberg controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dahlberg is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Khan! Dahlberg wants to control the pace but Khan is squirming around nicely. Dahlberg sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Khan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dahlberg working for a guillotine from mount but Khan is in no mood to give up. Dahlberg avoids the attempt from Khan to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dahlberg looking to secure an arm triangle but Khan defends it well. Khan is working to get back to half guard.
Dahlberg avoids the attempt from Khan to control. Dahlberg looking to control and managing it successfully. Khan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dahlberg controlling from mount. Khan is squirming around, avoiding Dahlberg's attempts to control the action. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Dahlberg with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Dahlberg takes Khan's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Khan is in trouble. Dahlberg tries to keep control of the position but Khan is staying busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Khan defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Dahlberg's arms. Dahlberg not allowing Khan to control his hands. Khan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dahlberg. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Dahlberg is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Khan has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here. Khan staying busy and making it hard for Dahlberg to control. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Dahlberg has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Khan! Can he survive? No! He's out! Dahlberg gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sigve Dahlberg! A victorious Sigve Dahlberg thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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29% |
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