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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lotte Jansen (ranked 4246 p4p, 1739 weight class) and Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov (ranked 438 p4p, 216 weight class). Nurmagomedov has chosen Лезгинка as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lotte Jansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov shoots in looking for a takedown. Jansen tries to sprawl out of it but Nurmagomedov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jansen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jansen scores with the left hand. Nurmagomedov knows he should have avoided that one.
Nurmagomedov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Nurmagomedov moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Nurmagomedov looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
It looks like Nurmagomedov might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurmagomedov working the head and body with strikes.
Jansen is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nurmagomedov working the ground and pound but Jansen is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurmagomedov moves into full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov trying to control but Jansen is having none of it.
Jansen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov is landing with some decent strikes but Jansen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nurmagomedov breaks from Jansen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nurmagomedov fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jansen is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Jansen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jansen is in a horrible position here. Nurmagomedov smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice shot to the head.
Nurmagomedov lands a heavy elbow.
Nurmagomedov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nurmagomedov putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nurmagomedov trying to control but Jansen is having none of it.
Nurmagomedov working Jansen over with strikes here.
Jansen is squirming around, avoiding Nurmagomedov's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov lands a nice shot to the head.
Nurmagomedov landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nurmagomedov trying to control but Jansen is having none of it.
Nurmagomedov working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jansen wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Nurmagomedov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nurmagomedov with shots to the head and body - Jansen looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jansen squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Nurmagomedov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jansen is looking to escape.
Nurmagomedov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Nurmagomedov scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nurmagomedov controlling from the full mount.
Jansen wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nurmagomedov content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jansen is looking to escape.
Nurmagomedov raining down hammerfists from mount.
Nurmagomedov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jansen looks a forlorn figure.
Nurmagomedov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jansen is looking to escape.
Nurmagomedov throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nurmagomedov lands a couple of good shots and Jansen has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Jansen is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Jansen is trying to get back to his feet but Nurmagomedov has full control of the position and if anything, Jansen has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Nurmagomedov lands a shot to the head.
Nurmagomedov somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Jansen avoids the strikes from Nurmagomedov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nurmagomedov is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Nurmagomedov somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Jansen is trying to stand back up.
Jansen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nurmagomedov on the ground.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jansen covers up after that shot from Nurmagomedov.
Jansen avoids the strikes from Nurmagomedov.
Will Nurmagomedov go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Jansen grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Nurmagomedov scores with strikes from the back.
Jansen prevents Nurmagomedov from getting a body triangle.
Nurmagomedov is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Nurmagomedov tries to get the hooks in deep but Jansen pushed the leg off.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov cracks Jansen with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Jansen from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Nurmagomedov is landing with strikes from the back.
Jansen covers up after that shot from Nurmagomedov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jansen trying to get back to his feet but Nurmagomedov is in full control for now.
Nurmagomedov missing with punches from the back.
Nurmagomedov is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Nurmagomedov throwing sloppy strikes.
Nurmagomedov trying to control.
Nurmagomedov connects with a big shot to the side of Jansen's head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov is landing with strikes from the back.
Nurmagomedov scores with punches from the back.
Nurmagomedov lands with a hammerfist to the side of Jansen's head.
Nurmagomedov scores with punches to the body.
Jansen covers up after that shot from Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov trying to control momentarily.
Jansen is trapped and Nurmagomedov is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Nurmagomedov punishes Jansen with strikes from the back mount.
Jansen is rocked!
Nurmagomedov biding his time, looking for the opening.
Oh Jansen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jansen covering up well under a series of strikes from Nurmagomedov.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Jansen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nurmagomedov circles away quickly and effectively.
Jansen seems to have got his legs back now.
Jansen scores with a hook to the body. Nurmagomedov takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nurmagomedov is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jansen's half guard.
Jansen is trying to stand up here but Nurmagomedov is controlling him well.
Nurmagomedov is nestled in close to Jansen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nurmagomedov lands with a punch from half guard.
Nurmagomedov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jansen's head.
Nurmagomedov works his way into side control.
Nurmagomedov wants to control but Jansen is keeping him busy.
Nurmagomedov landing a few strikes.
Nurmagomedov in side control, just content to control the action for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov throws an elbow but Jansen slips to the side and avoids it well.
Nurmagomedov in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Jansen is not content to let Nurmagomedov control the position.
Nurmagomedov is chipping away with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nurmagomedov working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nurmagomedov wants to control but Jansen is keeping him busy.
Nurmagomedov working the head and body with strikes.
Nurmagomedov has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jansen!
Jansen taking shots to the head.
Jansen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jansen tries to get out of the position.
Nurmagomedov landing strikes from the mount.
Jansen is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Nurmagomedov! Jansen is hurt baaadly! Nurmagomedov is firing away with more strikes - Jansen is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov!
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov 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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