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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Salman Ahmad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ariel Piechocki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahmad's entrance music is Eazy-E - Gimme Dat Nut . A fine choice. Ariel Piechocki struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Ariel Piechocki looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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180 cm
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187 lbs
3 - 1 - 1 |
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175 cm
23
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Powerful |
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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 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Salman Ahmad! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ariel Piechocki! The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ahmad moves into the clinch. Ahmad pulls Piechocki into guard.
Piechocki must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Piechocki content to stall in guard here. Ahmad tries to land a sweep but no joy. Piechocki being controlled here momentarily. Piechocki trying to control but Ahmad is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ariel Piechocki was stalling too much, according to the referee. Ahmad moves into the clinch. Ahmad avoiding damage.
Piechocki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ahmad stalling the fight.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Ahmad for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure. Piechocki wants a takedown but no success here.
Ahmad stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Salman Ahmad. Ahmad lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Piechocki darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Piechocki looks gassed! Ahmad wants to get back to full guard. Ahmad is working hard here to advance position. Piechocki is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Ahmad reverses the position - he's now on top in Piechocki's guard. Ahmad postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ahmad is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Ahmad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Ahmad forces his way into half guard. Ahmad lands with a punch from half guard. Ahmad not doing much here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ahmad moves into full mount! Piechocki won't be happy about that! Ahmad putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Ahmad raining down hammerfists from mount. Ahmad landing shots from mount. Ahmad fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ahmad with good strikes from the mount here! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Ahmad connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Piechocki is rocked! Ahmad fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Piechocki is still in real trouble! Can Ahmad finish him? Piechocki takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Ahmad's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Salman Ahmad!
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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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