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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lyubof Nurmagomedov (ranked 4639 p4p, 24661 weight class) and Erland Poka (ranked 407 p4p, 467 weight class). Erland Poka struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Erland Poka is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Lyubof Nurmagomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Erland Poka!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Poka's head.
Poka bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Nurmagomedov manages to work his way to half guard, despite Poka's best efforts.
Nurmagomedov trying to control but Poka postures up.
Poka looks winded!
Nurmagomedov looking for submissions off his back.
Nurmagomedov is trying to maintain the position but Poka is very close to passing his half guard.
Nurmagomedov is pressing down on Poka's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurmagomedov wants to sweep here but Poka controlling him for the moment.
Poka throws an elbow that misses. Nurmagomedov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Poka's guard. Nice move by Nurmagomedov!
Nurmagomedov thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Nurmagomedov has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Nurmagomedov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nurmagomedov wants to pass to mount but Poka is defending the position.
Nurmagomedov with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nurmagomedov working Poka over with strikes.
Nurmagomedov is controlling the pace.
Nurmagomedov is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Poka has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poka is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nurmagomedov scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Nurmagomedov there.
Poka is in trouble now - Nurmagomedov has advanced to mount!
Nurmagomedov controlling from the full mount.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov with shots to the head and body - Poka looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov controlling from the full mount.
Nurmagomedov seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Poka for as long as he can get away with.
Nurmagomedov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Poka is in a horrible position here. Nurmagomedov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nurmagomedov lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nurmagomedov working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Poka takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Nurmagomedov's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyubof Nurmagomedov!
Lyubof Nurmagomedov took some time post fight to say the following; 'Alhamdulillah, all respect to my opponent. He try very hard.'.
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hype
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