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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darrell Darkins (ranked 611 p4p, 609 weight class) and Alexander Rozhkov (ranked 84 p4p, 83 weight class). Darkins's entrance music is Throne. A fine choice. Alexander Rozhkov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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BJJ Red Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darrell Darkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Rozhkov!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darkins misses with a body shot.
Rozhkov drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Darkins defends it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darkins. Rozhkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rozhkov is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Darkins throws a body punch but Rozhkov moves out of range.
Rozhkov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darkins.
Rozhkov closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Darkins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Darkins is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
You can see the frustration on Darkins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Darkins is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at KO MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Darkins is looking to reverse the position.
Darkins is not content to let Rozhkov control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkins gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Darkins trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rozhkov prevents Darkins from improving his position.
Rozhkov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Darkins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rozhkov looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Darkins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rozhkov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rozhkov is thwarting Darkins's attempts to control the position.
Darkins tries to get to full guard but Rozhkov has control of the leg.
Rozhkov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Darkins might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rozhkov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Darkins is pressing down on Rozhkov's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rozhkov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rozhkov trying to control the position from guard on top but Darkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rozhkov throwing strikes from guard but Darkins blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rozhkov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Darkins keeping moving, preventing Rozhkov from controlling successfully.
Rozhkov's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rozhkov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rozhkov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Darkins is keeping the position for now.
Darkins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Darkins pulls Rozhkov in to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rozhkov postures up in Darkins's guard and throws a big left but Darkins blocks it.
Darkins has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Rozhkov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Darkins looking for a sweep. Not yet Darkins, not yet.
Rozhkov chips away with some ground and pound.
Darkins seems keen to control Rozhkov's posture.
Rozhkov trying to control but Darkins is working from the bottom.
Darkins is trying to keep Rozhkov in close.
That's four 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.
Rozhkov sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Rozhkov lands a couple of elbows.
Rozhkov with a nice head shot there.
Darkins wants to sweep but no luck.
Darkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Darkins is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Rozhkov is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Darkins has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Rozhkov doesn't defend quickly enough and Darkins has managed to lock this one up! Can Rozhkov escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Darkins on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Darrell Darkins!
During a confident post fight interview, Darrell Darkins thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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