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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nick Van Dijk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deangelo Sturtsil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deangelo Sturtsil has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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26
150 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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178 cm
28
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
KO power |
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Olympic wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nick Van Dijk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Deangelo Sturtsil!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Watson and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Sturtsil scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Van Dijk is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Van Dijk stops Sturtsil from passing to mount.
Sturtsil taking a breather here.
Sturtsil lands some shots froms side control.
Sturtsil lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Dijk is looking to regain half guard here but Sturtsil keeps moving and retains side control.
Van Dijk is working hard here to advance position.
Sturtsil tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sturtsil has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Van Dijk is looking for a sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sturtsil has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturtsil has hold of Van Dijk's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Van Dijk seems comfortable defending it but Sturtsil has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Van Dijk is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Van Dijk is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Sturtsil couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Deangelo Sturtsil!
Our winner, Deangelo Sturtsil, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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