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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Edmund Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timofey Vlasov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timofey Vlasov struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. This should be a great matchup!
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180 cm
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165 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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181 cm
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170 lbs
5 - 6 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edmund Dantes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Timofey Vlasov! The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dantes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vlasov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Dantes dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Vlasov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dantes defends it nicely. Dantes scores with a nice right hand.
Vlasov throws a hook but Dantes blocks it. Vlasov shoots for a double leg takedown but Dantes sprawls well. He's pushed Vlasov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Vlasov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dantes.
Vlasov misses with a looping left. Vlasov on the wrong end of a nice jab. Dantes slaps away a takedown attempt from Vlasov, before circling back to the center of the mat. Edmund Dantes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timofey Vlasov. Dantes lands a body shot.
Dantes avoids the head kick by Vlasov.
Vlasov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. This has been an exciting period of action! Dantes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vlasov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Vlasov doesn't manage to clinch there - Dantes circles away.
Dantes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dantes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vlasov on the side of the head. Dantes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vlasov doesn't seem bothered though. Dantes thuds his right hand into Vlasov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Dantes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Vlasov is rocked! Dantes shoots in and bounces Vlasov off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Vlasov is still in real trouble! Can Dantes finish him? Dantes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Vlasov looking to control.
Dantes showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Dantes sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vlasov's guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Vlasov looks gassed! Dantes moves nicely into side control. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Dantes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Dantes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Dantes controls the position. Dantes has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Vlasov is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Dantes yanks on the arm and Vlasov is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Dantes.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Edmund Dantes! Edmund Dantes took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, $10 for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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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
84% |
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