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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ismail Taraki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexey Oleynik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oleynik has chosen Gustavo Lima – Balada Boa as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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206 cm
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285 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ismail Taraki! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexey Oleynik! The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Oleynik throws a lazy uppercut
and Taraki makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Taraki closes the distance looking to clinch and Oleynik counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Oleynik seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Taraki does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Oleynik is trying to work for a kimura but Taraki is defending well.
Oleynik perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Oleynik working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Oleynik sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Taraki defending well though. Taraki has hold of Oleynik's hands but Oleynik slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Oleynik not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Taraki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Oleynik on the ground. Oleynik not landing any meaningful shots this time. Taraki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oleynik. Taraki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oleynik. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. Oleynik passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Taraki! Taraki is trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Oleynik postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Taraki looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Oleynik cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Oleynik with a couple of short strikes. Oleynik looking to finish Taraki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Taraki! Oleynik looking to finish Taraki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Taraki! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Taraki wants to try and get back to his feet. Taraki is breathing heavily. Oleynik controlling from the full mount. Taraki is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Oleynik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The referee warns Taraki that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oleynik landing shots from mount. Oleynik lands a big shot there that rocks Taraki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oleynik pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Taraki is squirming around, avoiding Oleynik's attempts to control the action. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Oleynik cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Taraki that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Taraki taking shots to the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Oleynik connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oleynik cracks Taraki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Taraki taking shots to the head. Oleynik landing shots from mount.
Taraki is rocked! Oleynik has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Taraki is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alexey Oleynik! Alexey Oleynik really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Dissolution Fight Wear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
40% |
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