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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominickoy Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Askarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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193 cm
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222 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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193 cm
27
209 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dominickoy Palhares! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Askarian! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! No luck with that takedown attempt from Palhares. Palhares fails with the takedown and Askarian counters with an inside leg kick. Palhares takes a body punch but keeps moving. Palhares shoots and misses and Askarian moves into the clinch. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominickoy Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him. Palhares is working for takedown but Askarian is calmly controlling the position for now. Askarian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Palhares goes for a takedown attempt but Askarian pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Palhares shoots in for a takedown but Askarian shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Askarian has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far. Askarian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Palhares. Palhares dives in and grabs Askarian's left leg, looking for a takedown. Askarian pushes down on Palhares's head and hops out. Palhares misses with a takedown attempt and Askarian moves into the clinch. Palhares is breathing heavily. Askarian scores with a hook to the body. Askarian lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Dominickoy Palhares has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Nice elbow from Askarian. Palhares fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Askarian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Askarian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Palhares's defenses. Askarian scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Askarian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dominickoy Palhares's cut is getting worse. Nice elbow from Askarian.
Palhares is rocked! Askarian lands a damaging elbow. Oh Palhares is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Clinched against the ropes, Askarian lands a big elbow that drops Palhares! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Palhares is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Askarian! Tim Askarian tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool. Dominickoy Palhares spoke after the fight, saying 'great fight'.
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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
89% |
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