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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tank Abobo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blood Wizard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 cm
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210 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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187 cm
24
202 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tank Abobo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Blood Wizard! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Abobo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A leg kick checked by Abobo. Wizard displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Abobo. Abobo walks into a jab. Abobo dodges the punch combination from Wizard.
Wizard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Wizard lands with an uppercut that bounces Abobo off the cage and back into range. Wizard jabs at Abobo's body. Abobo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Wizard just misses with a punch to the body.
Wizard defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Abobo. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tank Abobo. That's going to take a lot out of him. Abobo tries for a takedown but Wizard circles away easily and Wizard counters with a lovely straight right hand! Wizard throws a hook to the side of Abobo's head but Abobo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round. Wizard scores with a nice right hand.
Wizard looks to land a left hand but Abobo moved out of range nicely. Wizard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wizard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abobo. Wizard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Wizard throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wizard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Wizard has Abobo up against the cage in a clinch.
Wizard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Abobo backwards. Abobo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wizard gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Wizard gets underhooks to prevent Abobo's takedown attempt.
Wizard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. The fighters circling - Wizard throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Wizard lands the left hand. Wizard takes a swing at Abobo's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Abobo gets a double leg takedown into Wizard's guard. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. Abobo wants to pass the guard but Wizard is keeping the position. Wizard working for a triangle but Abobo defends it easily.
Wizard looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wizard throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land. Abobo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Wizard will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Wizard had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Abobo defends it easily. Abobo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Abobo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Abobo won't allow Wizard to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Abobo drops back, looking for a kneebar! Wizard looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Wizard looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Wizard! Wizard misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Abobo is looking for a sweep. Abobo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard. Wizard working over Abobo with some ground and pound. Abobo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Abobo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wizard pulls his head out easily. Abobo is breathing heavily. Abobo works his way to full guard. Good work. Wizard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Abobo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Wizard thows a big elbow that misses. Wizard works over Abobo with some ground and pound from guard. Abobo has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Wizard should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Abobo has tightened it up now! Wizard should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tank Abobo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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