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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akhmad Sadulayev (ranked 3166 p4p, 3116 weight class) and Ethan Jordan (ranked 374 p4p, 365 weight class). Akhmad Sadulayev had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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188 cm 19 205 1 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm 19 200 4 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Solid boxing KO power |
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Decent wrestler Decent boxing Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Akhmad Sadulayev! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ethan Jordan! The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A swing and a miss from Sadulayev. Jordan scores with a jab to the body. Jordan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sadulayev has Jordan up against the cage in a clinch.
Sadulayev lands a right hand.
Sadulayev manages to break the clinch.
Sadulayev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jordan sees it coming and avoids it easily. Sadulayev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Jordan misses with a wild body shot. A looping hook to the body misses from Jordan. Sadulayev does a little dance to reset his feet. Sadulayev misses the shot to the body. Jordan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Jordan pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Sadulayev staying out of range there. Ethan Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jordan swats away the attempt to clinch by Sadulayev. Jordan throws a body shot but no joy. Sadulayev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jordan. Sadulayev takes a swing at Jordan's ribcage but misses. A looping hook to the body misses from Jordan. Sadulayev does a little dance to reset his feet.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Sadulayev ducks right into an uppercut from Jordan. Sadulayev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jordan was well out of range. Poor timing from Sadulayev. Sadulayev throws a series of punches but Jordan avoids them all with ease. Jordan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sadulayev has closed the distance and engaged Jordan in a clinch.
Sadulayev blocks a body shot from Jordan. Still in the clinch, Sadulayev scores with a nice short uppercut. Jordan tries to throw a body punch but Sadulayev avoids it by throwing Jordan back against the cage.
Sadulayev manages to pull guard.
Sadulayev trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Sadulayev looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Jordan wants to get up but he can't break Sadulayev's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. Jordan stopping the sweep attempt from Sadulayev.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Jordan wants to get up but he can't break Sadulayev's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Sadulayev looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Jordan is defending well. Sadulayev quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Jordan has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Sadulayev celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Akhmad Sadulayev!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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