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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saager Dhaliwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dhaliwal comes to the cage accompanied by Swagga Like Us. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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205 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Saager Dhaliwal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eduardo Rua!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dhaliwal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rua looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dhaliwal!
Rua misses with a head shot.
Dhaliwal is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dhaliwal tries to hold on but Rua pushes him away.
Rua cracks Dhaliwal with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dhaliwal regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dhaliwal tries to roll over but Rua keeps him under control.
Rua not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dhaliwal gets back to full guard.
Dhaliwal throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rua chips away with some ground and pound.
Dhaliwal pulls Rua in close to prevent any damage.
Rua postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dhaliwal is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dhaliwal throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dhaliwal trying to pass the guard but Rua defending well.
Dhaliwal is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rua has managed to free his arm - good work.
Dhaliwal is working for an americana but Rua has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Dhaliwal was thinking about the submission.
Dhaliwal is looking to work some ground and pound but Rua has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rua not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rua is controlling Dhaliwal's posture.
Dhaliwal has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dhaliwal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dhaliwal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dhaliwal loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dhaliwal lands a couple of digs.
Rua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dhaliwal.
Rua trying to control the position.
Rua is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dhaliwal throwing strikes from guard but Rua blocks nicely.
Rua trying to keep a closed guard but Dhaliwal is proving a slippery customer.
Rua looks gassed!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dhaliwal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dhaliwal thows a big elbow that misses.
Rua utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rua feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Rua postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dhaliwal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rua postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dhaliwal manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rua manages to get himself to full guard.
Dhaliwal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dhaliwal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rua keeping full guard, as Dhaliwal tries to pass.
Dhaliwal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dhaliwal throwing strikes but missing.
Dhaliwal works over Rua with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eduardo Rua will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dhaliwal thuds a left hand into Rua's body.
A shot to de liver by Dhaliwal. Beautiful body shot.
Dhaliwal takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Dhaliwal works over Rua's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dhaliwal shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rua's guard.
Dhaliwal missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dhaliwal lands a couple of digs.
Dhaliwal thows a big elbow that misses.
Rua utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dhaliwal throwing strikes from guard but Rua blocks nicely.
Dhaliwal postures up in Rua's guard and throws a big left but Rua blocks it.
Dhaliwal lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rua is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dhaliwal is looking to work some ground and pound but Rua has wrist control.
Dhaliwal postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dhaliwal advances to half guard.
Dhaliwal throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dhaliwal working Rua over with strikes.
Dhaliwal is pressing down on Rua's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rua is holding on for now.
Dhaliwal seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rua does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dhaliwal thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dhaliwal throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dhaliwal works his way into full mount!
Dhaliwal with the ground and pound from mount.
Dhaliwal looking to finish Rua with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rua!
Rua in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rua can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dhaliwal lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rua hang on?
Dhaliwal lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dhaliwal quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Dhaliwal but it's paid off an Rua is forced to tap! Nice work by Dhaliwal.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Saager Dhaliwal!
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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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FIGHT
RATING
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