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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nickolay Katorjnov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katorjnov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Remember the name - Fort Minor. The key to victory for Nickolay Katorjnov has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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186 lbs
19 - 11 - 0 |
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180 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nickolay Katorjnov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Askren!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Askren shoots in and drives through. Katorjnov sprawls well.
A leg kick checked by Askren.
Katorjnov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Askren shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Askren was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Askren throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Katorjnov is in a horrible position here. Askren smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Askren lands with some strikes.
Askren controlling his opponent.
Askren lands a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Katorjnov turns into him and now he's in Askren's guard.
Katorjnov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Askren is keeping the position for now.
Askren looking for a guillotine here but Katorjnov defends easily.
Katorjnov tries to free his leg and advance position but Askren is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Askren looking for a sweep. Not yet Askren, not yet.
Askren keeping moving, preventing Katorjnov from controlling successfully.
Askren is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Katorjnov wants to control from the top but Askren keeps moving.
Askren is looking to sweep but instead, Katorjnov has passed into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren moves into full guard.
Askren throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Askren has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Askren wants to sweep but no luck.
Katorjnov trying to control but Askren is working from the bottom.
Katorjnov wanted to stand there but Askren had control of the position.
Askren seems keen to control Katorjnov's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Katorjnov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nickolay Katorjnov has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Katorjnov tries to score with a low kick but Askren moves his leg out of the way.
Horrible takedown by Askren or perhaps it was just good defense by Katorjnov which made him look bad.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Askren shoots in looking for a takedown but Katorjnov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Askren's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Askren dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Katorjnov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Askren tries to clinch but Katorjnov is having none of it.
Askren shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice sprawl there from Katorjnov as Askren shoots in.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Askren with that takedown attempt.
Nickolay Katorjnov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Askren.
Askren shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Katorjnov sprawls well. Katorjnov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Askren gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren shoots in for a takedown but Katorjnov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Katorjnov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Katorjnov throws a left and a right that both miss
and Askren counters with a shoot takedown. Katorjnov fights it but they end up in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren with a flurry of punches that miss.
Katorjnov looking for a sweep. Not yet Katorjnov, not yet.
Askren works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Askren slips a nice elbow through Katorjnov's hands, connecting with Katorjnov's forehead.
Katorjnov keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Katorjnov is pressing down on Askren's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Askren throwing strikes but missing.
Askren scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Askren stands up over Katorjnov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Askren working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Katorjnov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Askren throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren trying to control the position from guard on top but Katorjnov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Askren is in close to Katorjnov's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Askren lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Askren trying to control the position from guard on top but Katorjnov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Askren throwing strikes from guard but Katorjnov blocks nicely.
Askren drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Askren seems to have locked his on tight now - Katorjnov screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Askren, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). John Askren!
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