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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gadzhi Magomedov (ranked 5355 p4p, 4185 weight class) and Ricky Trujillo (ranked 438 p4p, 391 weight class). Ricky Trujillo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 cm 18 165 0 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm 21 160 0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Basic striking Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Very confident |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gadzhi Magomedov! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricky Trujillo! The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Magomedov fails with the takedown and Trujillo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Magomedov shoots for a takedown but Trujillo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trujillo! But no joy. Trujillo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Trujillo with a hook.
Magomedov shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Magomedov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Trujillo is trying to maintain the position but Magomedov is very close to passing his half guard.
Magomedov is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Magomedov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Trujillo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Magomedov's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Magomedov's back! Despite being in a bad position, Magomedov is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts. Trujillo not allowing Magomedov to control his hands. Magomedov is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Trujillo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. Trujillo trying to control. Magomedov turns into Trujillo and is now in his guard.
 That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Magomedov controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Magomedov postures up.
Trujillo working a defensive guard but Magomedov passes into half guard.
Magomedov wants to work for an arm triangle but Trujillo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Magomedov is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Trujillo defends it well. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Trujillo is trying to get back to full guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Magomedov seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Trujillo wants to get back to full guard.
Magomedov is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. Trujillo is trying to maintain the position but Magomedov is very close to passing his half guard. Trujillo scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Magomedov manages to mount him!
Magomedov is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Trujillo is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gadzhi Magomedov!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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