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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikhail Kopylov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbi Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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170 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikhail Kopylov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robbi Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kopylov is looking to slow Nakamura down with leg kicks.
Horrible takedown by Nakamura or perhaps it was just good defense by Kopylov which made him look bad.
Nakamura moves out of range of the body kick.
Kopylov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nakamura avoids the head kick by Kopylov.
A head kick misses from Kopylov.
Kopylov motions for Nakamura to come forward. Kopylov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kopylov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nakamura's sensitive parts.
Kopylov connects with a solid leg kick.
Nakamura looks gassed!
Nakamura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nakamura closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kopylov circles away.
Kopylov connects with a solid leg kick.
Nakamura avoids the head kick by Kopylov.
Nakamura avoids the head kick by Kopylov.
Kopylov misses with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kopylov, right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Kopylov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kopylov cracks the inside of Nakamura's front leg.
Kopylov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nakamura avoids the head kick by Kopylov.
Kopylov throws a head kick but Nakamura moves out of range.
Nakamura closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nakamura jumps guard and drags Kopylov to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nakamura throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kopylov 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.
Kopylov trying to move into half guard but instead Nakamura has managed to sweep!
Nakamura thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Nakamura trying to control but Kopylov is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kopylov looking for a sweep. Not yet Kopylov, not yet.
Kopylov keeping moving, preventing Nakamura from controlling successfully.
Nakamura prevents Kopylov from getting back to his feet.
Nakamura passes into half guard.
Kopylov trying to control from the bottom.
Kopylov looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nakamura shoots in and bounces Kopylov off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Nakamura pushing down on Kopylov's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Kopylov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kopylov is working hard here to advance position.
Nakamura looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nakamura is looking for a kimura here.
Kopylov is trying to control but Nakamura manages to pass to mount!
Nakamura looking for a guillotine from mount but Kopylov is having none of it.
Kopylov really wants to buck Nakamura off and get back to his feet.
Nakamura misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kopylov is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kopylov is squirming around, avoiding Nakamura's attempts to control the action.
Nakamura controlling the pace for now.
Nakamura punching from mount but Kopylov doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kopylov tries to reverse the position but Nakamura maintains control.
Nakamura throwing strikes here but Kopylov is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kopylov tries to hold on but Nakamura postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakamura moves to back control.
Nakamura is persistently looking for the submission but Kopylov is defending it well.
Kopylov rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Kopylov dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kopylov throws a head kick but Nakamura moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kopylov. That's going to slow Nakamura down.
Nakamura fails with a takedown attempt.
Kopylov misses with a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kopylov.
A head kick misses from Kopylov.
Nakamura drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nakamura working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kopylov can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kopylov is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nakamura is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Nakamura has hold of Kopylov's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Kopylov tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Nakamura cranks the arm and Kopylov screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Kopylov, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Robbi Nakamura!
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