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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrey Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niles Martell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martell comes into a darkened arena with his song building. White Zombie - More Human Than Human kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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160 cm
25
179 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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188 cm
25
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrey Kozlov! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Niles Martell! The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kozlov is looking to clinch but Martell is avoiding it.
Kozlov really is a fat lump. Martell rushes Kozlov and presses him up against the ropes. Martell misses with a short punch on the inside. Kozlov is working for takedown but Martell is calmly controlling the position for now. Martell lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Andrey Kozlov has been cut. Martell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Kozlov closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kozlov lands in his opponent's guard. Kozlov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martell works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Kozlov drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kozlov jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Kozlov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Kozlov working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kozlov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Martell's guard. Kozlov is working for a submission of some sort.
Kozlov is trying for a kimura here. Martell looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Kozlov wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andrey Kozlov! Andrey Kozlov retains his welterweight title!
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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
39% |
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