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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Lorenzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dagestan Opasevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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197 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Lorenzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dagestan Opasevich!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Opasevich shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lorenzo has hold of Opasevich's hands but Opasevich slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Opasevich misses with a head shot. Lorenzo uses the momentum to regain guard.
Lorenzo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Opasevich is one step ahead there.
Opasevich drops back, looking for a kneebar! Lorenzo looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Lorenzo looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Lorenzo!
Lorenzo tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Lorenzo tries for a kimura but Opasevich is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Opasevich dodges the ground and pound from Lorenzo.
Opasevich tries to bench press Lorenzo off him but Lorenzo keeps the position.
Lorenzo throwing strikes but Opasevich manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Opasevich working the ground and pound but Lorenzo is defending the strikes.
Opasevich lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Opasevich working the ground and pound.
Lorenzo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Opasevich working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Lorenzo struggling a bit here.
Lorenzo is trying to improve his position.
Opasevich is putting a hurting on Lorenzo here, landing some big shots from side control.
Opasevich thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Opasevich scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lorenzo to see if he's OK.
Opasevich working away.
Opasevich tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Opasevich.
Lorenzo is trying to control Opasevich's posture but Opasevich avoids it.
Check out the look on Opasevich's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Lorenzo wants to get back to his feet.
Opasevich working the head with strikes.
Lorenzo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Opasevich's best efforts.
Opasevich missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lorenzo has hold of Opasevich's hands but Opasevich slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Opasevich sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lorenzo defending well though.
Opasevich is pressing down on Lorenzo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lorenzo is holding on for now.
Opasevich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lorenzo taking some punishment here, with Opasevich in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo trying to control from the bottom.
Opasevich escapes and gets back to his feet.
Lorenzo is breathing heavily.
Lorenzo moves out of range of the leg kick from Opasevich.
Opasevich shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Lorenzo somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Lorenzo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Opasevich counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Opasevich.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Opasevich won't allow Lorenzo to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Opasevich is working Lorenzo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Opasevich postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Opasevich slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dagestan Opasevich dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lorenzo with a poor takedown
and Opasevich counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lorenzo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Opasevich throws a big right hand that misses.
Opasevich wants to control from the top but Lorenzo keeps moving.
Opasevich thows a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Opasevich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Lorenzo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lorenzo trying to control the position.
Lorenzo pulls Opasevich in close to prevent any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lorenzo working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Opasevich slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Opasevich stands up from Lorenzo's guard - Opasevich perhaps looking for a knockout.
Lorenzo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Opasevich counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lorenzo!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lorenzo tries to hold on but Opasevich pushes him away.
Opasevich landing shots from mount.
Opasevich fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lorenzo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Opasevich lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Opasevich lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Opasevich connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee warns Lorenzo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Opasevich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lorenzo is rocked!
Lorenzo is bucking up trying to escape but Opasevich cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Lorenzo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Opasevich dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Opasevich scoring with strikes but Lorenzo is staying in there.
Opasevich with a couple of short strikes.
Opasevich postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Lorenzo badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Opasevich around the waist but Opasevich pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Opasevich is the winner by TKO! Opasevich jumps onto the ropes and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dagestan Opasevich!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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