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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ichiro Kosugi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Guloev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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210 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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209 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ichiro Kosugi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruslan Guloev!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Kosugi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guloev shoots in looking for a takedown. Kosugi tries to sprawl out of it but Guloev keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kosugi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Guloev dives in and scores a takedown into Kosugi's guard.
Guloev is looking to work some ground and pound but Kosugi has wrist control.
Guloev with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kosugi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Guloev is controlling him.
Guloev throwing strikes but missing.
Guloev is looking to work some ground and pound but Kosugi has wrist control.
Kosugi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Guloev.
Kosugi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kosugi wants to stand and escape but Guloev is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guloev throwing strikes but missing.
Guloev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Guloev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guloev throws a big elbow that misses.
Guloev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kosugi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kosugi wants to stand but Guloev is controlling the position.
Kosugi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kosugi wants to sweep but no luck.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kosugi holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guloev stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kosugi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guloev is posturing up here but Kosugi has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Guloev tries to roll out but it's too tight and Guloev has to tap! Slick submission there by Kosugi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ichiro Kosugi!
Ichiro Kosugi really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Reaper Combatwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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