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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamed Khalidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrew Swanson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
20
192 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Swanson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mamed Khalidov! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Swanson gets a double leg takedown into Khalidov's guard. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Khalidov is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Swanson is looking to work some ground and pound but Khalidov has wrist control. Swanson drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Khalidov manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Swanson has Khalidov in his guard. Swanson working for submissions but it's allowed Khalidov to get to half guard.
Khalidov is looking for a kimura here.
Swanson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Khalidov pulls his head out easily. Swanson wants to get back to full guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Swanson is breathing heavily. Khalidov works his way into full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round. Khalidov fails to take his opponent's back. Khalidov prevents Swanson from getting the reversal. Khalidov looking for a guillotine from mount but Swanson is having none of it. Khalidov has hold of Swanson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Swanson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Khalidov working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Swanson looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Khalidov! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mamed Khalidov! Our winner, Mamed Khalidov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
56% |
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