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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gasan Magomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harley Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey has chosen Grim Reaper Song as his entrance music. Gasan Magomedov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gasan Magomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harley Bailey!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magomedov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magomedov avoids the head kick by Bailey.
Magomedov definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bailey avoids the body shot from Magomedov.
Magomedov clinches with his opponent.
Bailey landing knees to the body.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Gasan Magomedov has been cut.
Bailey misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Magomedov - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bailey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Magomedov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bailey is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bailey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Magomedov looking for a takedown.
Bailey is looking to control Magomedov's arms but Magomedov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bailey has his back to the cage.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Magomedov dodges an elbow strike from Bailey.
A head punch on the inside from Magomedov fails to land.
Bailey has picked Magomedov up - he's going for a ride! Bailey dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Magomedov is refusing to be controlled, as Bailey sits in half guard.
Bailey misses with a head shot. Magomedov uses the momentum to regain guard.
Bailey must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bailey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov trying to strike off his back.
Magomedov seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Bailey trying to control the position from guard on top but Magomedov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Harley Bailey.
Bailey closes the distance and pushes Magomedov back into the cage.
Bailey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bailey looking to slow down the pace here.
Bailey lands a good knee to the midsection. Magomedov won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Magomedov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bailey lands an elbow that stopped Magomedov in his tracks for a moment.
Gasan Magomedov's cut is getting worse.
Magomedov blocks an elbow strike from Bailey.
Bailey has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Bailey stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bailey lands a nice elbow.
Gasan Magomedov's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bailey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bailey throws a head kick that misses.
Harley Bailey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bailey instigates a clinch.
Bailey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bailey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bailey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Magomedov, pushing him back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bailey throws an elbow but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Magomedov.
Bailey content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bailey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey is pushing Magomedov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bailey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bailey manages to pull guard.
Magomedov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magomedov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Magomedov showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Magomedov throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harley Bailey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gasan Magomedov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bailey decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bailey wants to stand up but Magomedov is controlling the position.
Magomedov is looking for a sweep. Bailey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bailey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Magomedov manages to get to full guard.
Bailey wants to stand but Magomedov has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey wants to pass the guard but Magomedov is keeping the position.
Magomedov 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.
Magomedov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bailey wants to stand but Magomedov has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Magomedov keeping moving, preventing Bailey from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Magomedov is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Bailey frees his head nicely. Oh but Magomedov has switched to an armbar! Bailey is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Gasan Magomedov!
Harley Bailey was interviewed post fight and said 'He got me again, hat's off to him'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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