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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Kolodin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira comes to the cage accompanied by Nogueira PRIDE entrance. Thiago Nogueira had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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190 cm
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270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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194 cm
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251 lbs
13 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Nogueira! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alan Kolodin! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kolodin paws at him with a jab and circles away. Nogueira misses with a lunging right hand
and Kolodin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Nogueira tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kolodin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Nogueira checks a leg kick nicely. Nogueira wants to clinch but Kolodin slips to the side letting Kolodin counter with a right hand. Nogueira tries to clinch and Kolodin counters with a shoot takedown. Nogueira fights it but they end up in guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Kolodin passes Nogueira's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Nogueira is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Kolodin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nogueira defends it well. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Kolodin is looking for a kimura here.
Kolodin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nogueira trying to control here.
Nogueira knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kolodin on the ground. Kolodin winds up and cracks Nogueira with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Kolodin in particular looking to stall. Nogueira looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Kolodin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nogueira defends it well. Nogueira is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Nogueira tries to kick Kolodin off but Kolodin keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kolodin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. Kolodin passes to side control. Nogueira is trying to improve his position. Nogueira is trying to escape and get back to his feet. Kolodin cracks Nogueira with a big elbow. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Nogueira is pushing Kolodin's head away, looking to escape. Kolodin manages to hold on to the position though. Nogueira is looking for a sweep. Nogueira is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kolodin controls the position from side control. Kolodin trying to control the action but Nogueira is working from the bottom. Nogueira taking a bit of punishment here - Kolodin scoring with strikes. Nogueira tries to improve position but can't. Nogueira tries to strike but it doesn't land. Nogueira is looking to reverse the position. Kolodin is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Nogueira is trying to escape and Kolodin transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Nogueira is forced to tap! Nice work there by Kolodin! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alan Kolodin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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