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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Millard Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Gozinya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gozinya's choice of entrance music: I Just Had Sex - Lonely Island. This should be a great matchup!
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194 lbs
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195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 Las Vegas, Millard Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Gozinya!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gozinya goes for a double leg but Rivers avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Rivers continues to drive forward.
Gozinya throws a lazy head kick
and Rivers counters with a series of strikes. Gozinya will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gozinya takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rivers lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gozinya dives in and grabs Rivers's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rivers pushes down on Gozinya's head and hops out.
Rivers really is a fat lump.
Rivers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gozinya breaks the clinch.
Gozinya tries to clinch but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers pushes Gozinya up against the cage in a clinch.
Gozinya creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rivers's defenses.
It looks like Millard Rivers has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivers has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Gozinya clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Gozinya is trying to shake Rivers off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Rivers won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gozinya tries a head kick but it misses.
Rivers dodges the punch combination from Gozinya.
Rivers appears to be looking for a big counter.
Rivers takes the fight into the clinch.
Gozinya avoiding damage.
Rivers being controlled against the cage.
Gozinya stops a takedown attempt from Rivers.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers is pressed up against the cage. Gozinya has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rivers down to the mat. Rivers avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Millard Rivers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Gozinya.
Rivers is looking to clinch but Gozinya is avoiding it.
Gozinya shoots for a double leg takedown but Rivers sprawls well. He's pushed Gozinya's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rivers closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gozinya kicks Rivers off and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivers cracks Gozinya with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gozinya doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rivers counters with a nice body shot.
Rivers has managed to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gozinya tries to pull guard but Rivers forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Gozinya is looking for a takedown.
Gozinya stops a takedown attempt from Rivers.
Gozinya has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Rivers regains guard immediately.
Rivers pushes Gozinya off and gets back to his feet.
Gozinya looks winded!
Rivers moves into the clinch.
Gozinya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivers avoids it.
Rivers letting Gozinya take a breather here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gozinya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gozinya shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rivers has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gozinya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rivers can't get the takedown.
A short body shot lands from Rivers as the two fighters clinch.
Rivers stalling the fight.
Gozinya tries for a takedown but Rivers manages to get underhooks.
Rivers is trying to trip Gozinya. He has hold of a leg but Gozinya is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Rivers persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Millard Rivers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Millard Rivers's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gozinya shoots in for a takedown but Rivers shows good takedown defense.
Rivers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rivers scores with a takedown into Gozinya's guard.
Rivers keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gozinya's head.
Gozinya working a defensive guard but Rivers passes into half guard.
Rivers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rivers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gozinya wants to stand back up but Rivers manages to pass into side control.
Rivers working the head and body with strikes.
Rivers working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivers tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers controls the position.
Rivers is trying to get an arm triangle but Gozinya is defending well.
Rivers 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.
Rivers has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Gozinya is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Rivers yanks on the arm and Gozinya is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Rivers.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Millard Rivers!
The defeated Peter Gozinya had this to say: 'Maybe I should have graduated high school...'.
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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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