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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rakhim Chabayev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rakhim Chabayev is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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180 cm
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185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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175 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson De Silva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rakhim Chabayev! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Chabayev looks to land a combination. De Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Excellent takedown into side control there by De Silva. Chabayev tries to improve position but can't. Chabayev wants to control but De Silva postures up. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. De Silva blocks the strikes from Chabayev.
De Silva is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position. Chabayev is not in a great position here, taking some shots. De Silva lands a decent elbow from side control. De Silva working the ground and pound. De Silva wants to control but Chabayev is keeping him busy. Chabayev is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Silva working the body and head with strikes. De Silva wants to control but Chabayev is keeping him busy. Chabayev is working to avoid the ground and pound but De Silva connects with a decent elbow. Chabayev is looking to reverse the position. De Silva trying to control the action but Chabayev is working from the bottom. Chabayev is trying to improve his position. De Silva lands a decent elbow from side control. Chabayev tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but De Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Chabayev taking a bit of punishment here - De Silva scoring with strikes. De Silva lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. De Silva working the body and head with strikes. Chabayev wants to control but De Silva postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Chabayev on the wrong end of some ground and pound. Chabayev takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
De Silva tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it. De Silva working the ground and pound from side control. De Silva trying to control the position but Chabayev is working away. De Silva controlling from side mount. De Silva creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. Chabayev regains half guard. De Silva blocks the strikes from Chabayev.
Chabayev on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Chabayev is looking to control De Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Chabayev avoid being mounted? Chabayev looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Chabayev moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. De Silva landing with the ground and pound. Chabayev trying to control the position.
De Silva scoring with some ground and pound. De Silva connects with a couple of short punches. De Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Chabayev is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. De Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Chabayev is keeping the position for now. De Silva wants to control from the top but Chabayev keeps moving. Chabayev looking for a triangle here. De Silva is fighting it but it looks tight! Chabayev pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, De Silva is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Rakhim Chabayev!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
56% |
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