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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay George (ranked 3944 p4p, 3911 weight class) and Merab Murkovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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, Jay George!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Merab Murkovitch!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
George darts in and clinches Murkovitch up against the cage.
Murkovitch is trying to pull guard but George has him pressed against the cage.
Murkovitch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
George manages to break the clinch.
Murkovitch looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
George on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if George tries to get out of the position.
Murkovitch moves nicely into side control.
George prevents Murkovitch from improving position.
George can't do much from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
George is not content to let Murkovitch control the position.
George wants to control but Murkovitch postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murkovitch wants to control but George is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
George is looking to regain half guard here but Murkovitch keeps moving and retains side control.
Murkovitch wants to control but George is keeping him busy.
George is looking to reverse the position.
Murkovitch working the ground and pound but George is defending the strikes.
George prevents Murkovitch from improving position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Murkovitch controlling from side mount.
George struggling a bit here.
Murkovitch scoring with punches and elbows.
George wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
George tries to improve position but can't.
George taking a bit of punishment here - Murkovitch scoring with strikes.
Murkovitch is looking to take a break and control but George is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murkovitch looks up at the clock and then as George takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Murkovitch smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Murkovitch working away.
Murkovitch taking a breather here.
Let's hope that Murkovitch has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
It looks like Murkovitch 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.
That's four 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.
George is trying to improve his position.
George is not content to let Murkovitch control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Murkovitch scoring with punches from side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murkovitch trying to control the action but George is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Merab Murkovitch dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
George looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murkovitch will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Murkovitch darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
George pushes Murkovitch off looking to stand but Murkovitch dives back in and keeps control.
Murkovitch not doing much here.
Murkovitch is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for George!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murkovitch tries to control but George wriggling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murkovitch postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. George looks a forlorn figure.
Murkovitch looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Murkovitch scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Murkovitch with shots to the head and body - George looks very uncomfortable down there.
George is rocked!
Murkovitch controlling his opponent.
George's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Murkovitch content just to control the position here.
Murkovitch wants to control the pace but George is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murkovitch controlling the pace for now.
George tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Murkovitch controlling his opponent.
George wants to control but Murkovitch is having none of it.
George is squirming around, avoiding Murkovitch's attempts to control the action.
George has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murkovitch is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but George won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Murkovitch off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Merab Murkovitch!
Merab Murkovitch decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
31% |
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