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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Grigoriev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Lilja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikolay Grigoriev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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213 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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, Nikolay Grigoriev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Lilja!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilja keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grigoriev throws a body punch but Lilja moves out of range.
Grigoriev fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lilja has a takedown stuffed.
Lilja shoots for a double leg takedown but Grigoriev sprawls well. He's pushed Lilja's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Grigoriev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grigoriev stuffs the takedown.
Nikolay Grigoriev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Lilja.
Lilja tries for a takedown but Grigoriev sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lilja shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Grigoriev as he avoids it easily.
Lilja looks gassed!
Grigoriev works Lilja's body with a nice hook.
Grigoriev is looking to wear down Lilja with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lilja avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grigoriev lands a body shot.
Grigoriev misses the shot to the body.
Lilja looks for a takedown but Grigoriev sprawls well.
Lilja avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice body punch from Grigoriev.
Lilja uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grigoriev.
Grigoriev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lilja moves away.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Grigoriev was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Grigoriev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lilja is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lilja hang on?
Lilja is still in real trouble! Can Grigoriev finish him?
Lilja keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Grigoriev scoring with strikes but Lilja is staying in there.
Grigoriev with shots to the head and body - Lilja looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Grigoriev.
Grigoriev postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lilja looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grigoriev with the ground and pound from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice elbow there by Grigoriev.
BOOM! Grigoriev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grigoriev landing shots from mount.
Lilja tries to reverse the position but Grigoriev maintains control.
Grigoriev with good strikes from the mount here!
Lilja can't escape the position.
Grigoriev lands a heavy elbow.
Grigoriev working Lilja over with strikes here.
Grigoriev postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lilja looks a forlorn figure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilja is bucking up trying to escape but Grigoriev cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
BOOM! Grigoriev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grigoriev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Grigoriev fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Grigoriev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Grigoriev has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lilja's face.
Grigoriev with a couple of short strikes.
Lilja takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Lilja is trying desperately to improve position.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount and Lilja is in trouble!
BOOM! Grigoriev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grigoriev working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Grigoriev.
Grigoriev punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lilja is in a horrible position here. Grigoriev smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount.
Grigoriev working Lilja over with strikes here.
Lilja is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Grigoriev connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lilja really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grigoriev with shots to the head and body - Lilja looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount and Lilja is in trouble!
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount.
Lilja is bucking up trying to escape but Grigoriev cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Grigoriev working away from the top, dropping strikes.
BOOM! Grigoriev connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grigoriev connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Grigoriev is landing with some decent strikes but Lilja is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lilja really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grigoriev with a couple of short strikes.
Lilja really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grigoriev with good strikes from the mount here!
Grigoriev scoring with strikes but Lilja is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grigoriev scores with a couple of good head shots there.
A nice elbow there by Grigoriev.
Lilja is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Grigoriev lands a heavy elbow.
Lilja takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Grigoriev in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Grigoriev lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lilja is wriggling around trying to escape.
Grigoriev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Grigoriev cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Grigoriev landing strikes, looking to finish!
Grigoriev lands a big shot there that rocks Lilja but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Grigoriev in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Grigoriev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grigoriev lands a big elbow.
Grigoriev unloading with bombs!
Grigoriev lands a nice shot to the head.
Grigoriev has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lilja's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grigoriev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolay Grigoriev dominated that round.
That's time! Grigoriev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev shoots in but Lilja avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lilja as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolay Grigoriev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grigoriev closes the distance and clinches up with Lilja, looking for a takedown. Grigoriev pushes Lilja against the cage but Lilja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lilja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
Grigoriev tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lilja swivels and escapes.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in but Lilja avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grigoriev fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Lilja as Grigoriev shoots in.
Grigoriev fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lilja as he jumps to the side.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grigoriev shoots in looking for a takedown. Lilja tries to sprawl out of it but Grigoriev keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lilja manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grigoriev has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lilja as he avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Grigoriev or perhaps it was just good defense by Lilja which made him look bad.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
Grigoriev shoots in for a double leg but Lilja sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
David Lilja is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grigoriev shoots for a takedown but Lilja saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Grigoriev changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lilja tries to avoid it but Grigoriev manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lilja to the ground. Lilja escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Grigoriev fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lilja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grigoriev misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lilja stuffs the takedown attempt from Grigoriev. Grigoriev gets slowly back to his feet.
Grigoriev shoots in looking for a takedown. Lilja tries to sprawl out of it but Grigoriev keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lilja manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Grigoriev shoots in but no luck this time.
Grigoriev fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Grigoriev shoots for a double leg takedown but Lilja sprawls well. He's pushed Grigoriev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Grigoriev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lilja can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilja stuffs the takedown attempt from Grigoriev. Grigoriev gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Lilja. No joy for Grigoriev on that attempt.
Grigoriev looks for a takedown but Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Grigoriev will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Grigoriev shoots in and drives through. Lilja sprawls well.
Lilja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Grigoriev closes the distance and clinches up with Lilja, looking for a takedown. Grigoriev pushes Lilja against the cage but Lilja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Grigoriev or perhaps it was just good defense by Lilja which made him look bad.
Grigoriev shoots in but no luck this time.
Grigoriev looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lilja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Grigoriev looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lilja is fending him off so far but Grigoriev persists. Nope, Lilja circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Grigoriev with that takedown attempt.
Grigoriev closes the distance and clinches up with Lilja, looking for a takedown. Grigoriev pushes Lilja against the cage but Lilja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Grigoriev looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lilja is fending him off so far but Grigoriev persists. Nope, Lilja circles away and we're back to standing.
Grigoriev looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Horrible takedown by Grigoriev or perhaps it was just good defense by Lilja which made him look bad.
Grigoriev fails with the takedown.
Grigoriev tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lilja swivels and escapes.
Grigoriev throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lilja's waist but Lilja gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Grigoriev off to one side.
David Lilja seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grigoriev has a takedown stuffed.
Grigoriev shoots for a double leg takedown but Lilja sprawls well. He's pushed Grigoriev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Grigoriev fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
Grigoriev fails with the takedown.
Grigoriev closes the distance and clinches up with Lilja, looking for a takedown. Grigoriev pushes Lilja against the cage but Lilja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Grigoriev tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lilja swivels and escapes.
Lilja stuffs the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev looks for a takedown but Lilja sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev shoots for a double leg takedown but Lilja sprawls well. He's pushed Grigoriev's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice takedown defense from Lilja. No joy for Grigoriev on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grigoriev.
No luck for Grigoriev with that takedown attempt.
Grigoriev fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lilja as he avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Lilja as Grigoriev shoots in.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lilja as he jumps to the side.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lilja but Lilja pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Grigoriev has a takedown stuffed.
Grigoriev shoots in for a takedown but Lilja shows good takedown defense.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grigoriev looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Grigoriev shoots for a takedown but Lilja saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Grigoriev misses with a takedown attempt - Lilja sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Grigoriev misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Lilja showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Grigoriev stuffs the takedown attempt from Lilja. Lilja gets slowly back to his feet.
Grigoriev thows a body shot but no joy.
Grigoriev bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Grigoriev wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lilja keeps working.
Grigoriev lands a decent elbow from side control.
Grigoriev landing strikes.
Grigoriev in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Grigoriev landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lilja is looking to reverse the position.
Lilja gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lilja on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Grigoriev prevents Lilja from improving his position.
Lilja is in trouble now - Grigoriev has advanced to mount!
Grigoriev with shots to the head and body - Lilja looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grigoriev lands a big elbow.
Lilja takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev punishing his opponent with strikes.
Grigoriev landing shots from mount.
Grigoriev lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lilja hang on?
Grigoriev in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lilja takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Grigoriev landing strikes from the mount and Lilja is in trouble!
Grigoriev landing shots from mount.
Grigoriev scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lilja?
Lilja manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Lilja is trying to control but can't.
Grigoriev landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lilja is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Grigoriev's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Grigoriev's back!
Grigoriev tries to roll but Lilja sticks to his back.
Lilja struggling to keep hold of the position.
Lilja looking for the choke from the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lilja not allowing Grigoriev to control his hands.
Lilja has the hooks in. Grigoriev is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Nikolay Grigoriev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lilja just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilja is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Grigoriev is defending well though. Lilja let's go of the attempt for now.
Grigoriev tries to roll but Lilja sticks to his back.
Lilja tightening his grip on Grigoriev, looking for the choke.
Lilja is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Grigoriev knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Grigoriev for a finish.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Lilja's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Lilja sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Grigoriev taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). David Lilja!
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