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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Da Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Zveroboy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Igor Zveroboy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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184 cm
27
187 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
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182 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Da Souza! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Igor Zveroboy! The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Da Souza looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Zveroboy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Da Souza is trying to defend but Zveroboy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. Zveroboy prevents Da Souza from improving his position. Da Souza looks like he's trying to stand up.
Da Souza flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Zveroboy working over Da Souza with some ground and pound. Da Souza looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Zveroboy is just content to waste time from the top position. Da Souza takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard. Zveroboy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Da Souza works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Zveroboy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Zveroboy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Da Souza wants to stand and escape but Zveroboy is having none of it. Zveroboy scoring with some ground and pound. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Zveroboy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Zveroboy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Zveroboy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Da Souza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Zveroboy throwing strikes from guard but Da Souza blocks nicely. Zveroboy thows a big elbow that misses. Zveroboy works over Da Souza with some ground and pound from guard. Zveroboy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Da Souza's head. Zveroboy throwing strikes but missing. Da Souza is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Zveroboy has his hands clasped together but Da Souza extends an breaks Zveroboy's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Da Souza.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Da Souza!
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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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