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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ashot Rakobesyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and All or Nothing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rakobesyan comes to the cage accompanied by gimn armenii. Nothing has chosen Vegan Reich - The Way It Is as his entrance music. The key to victory for Ashot Rakobesyan has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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165 cm
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135 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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175 cm
43
84 lbs
19 - 51 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ashot Rakobesyan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 51 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, All or Nothing! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nothing takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nothing is rocked! Ashot Rakobesyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Rakobesyan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Nothing is still on wobbly legs! Can Rakobesyan finish him? Nothing dodges the punch combination from Rakobesyan.
Rakobesyan misses with a straight right. Nothing is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Nothing avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Rakobesyan takes a shot right to the bread basket. Nothing connects with a jab. Rakobesyan misses with a double jab
and Nothing counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Rakobesyan is breathing heavily. A clash of legs there as Rakobesyan blocks the low kick. Rakobesyan throws a leg kick and Nothing counters with a lovely straight right hand! Rakobesyan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rakobesyan swings widly with a right hand
and Nothing counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round. Rakobesyan throws a combination that misses and Nothing counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Nothing lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nothing slips a jab from Rakobesyan. Nothing scores with a hook. Left hook, right uppercut from Nothing. Nothing takes the fight into the clinch. Nothing manages to pull guard.
Rakobesyan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nothing is on top in guard.
Nothing showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Nothing advances to half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Nothing is figuring out what he wants to do next. Nothing passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Rakobesyan!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nothing content just to control the position here. Let's hope that Nothing has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight. Nothing punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Nothing controlling his opponent. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. It looks like Nothing might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
All or Nothing dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nothing scores with a takedown into Rakobesyan's guard. Nothing passes Rakobesyan's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Nothing sitting and controlling from the half guard. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nothing works his way into side control. Nothing moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Nothing is continuing to stall. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity. Nothing has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Nothing gets the takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nothing decides to stand back up. Nothing lands with an uppercut that bounces Rakobesyan off the cage and back into range. Nothing's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rakobesyan under the eye. Nothing shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Nothing was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Nothing is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! The adventures of Nothing the control monster continue. Boring. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
All or Nothing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Nothing motions for Rakobesyan to come forward. Nothing throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Rakobesyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Nothing is just out of range. Nothing scores with a takedown into Rakobesyan's guard. Rakobesyan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Nothing controls the pace. Nothing stands up and waves to Rakobesyan to follow him. Both fighters are breathing heavily. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Rakobesyan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ashot Rakobesyan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nothing cracks Rakobesyan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Rakobesyan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Nothing is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. Nothing passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nothing slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet. Nothing looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Rakobesyan! Nothing taking a breather here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
And that's the end of the fight! All or Nothing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Nothing has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 25:30 Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 25:30 Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... All or Nothing! The defeated Ashot Rakobesyan had this to say: 'Ну блин просто лагало !!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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