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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Micah Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurbanali Azizov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Azizov has chosen Лезгинка as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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194 cm
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279 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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189 cm
20
245 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Micah Hill! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurbanali Azizov! The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.
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. Hill drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Azizov looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight! Hill not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Hill working some strikes from top position. Hill lands a couple of elbows. Hill wants to control from the top but Azizov keeps moving. Hill could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Hill landing with the ground and pound. Hill showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Azizov is looking for a triangle here but Hill uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Hill lands a nice forearm strike. Hill working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Check out the look on Hill's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Azizov is not content to let Hill control the position. Hill is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Azizov has escaped the position, nice work there. Hill creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. Azizov is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Hill is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Hill lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hill with the ground and pound from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Azizov tries to get back to half guard but can't. Hill tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Azizov is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Hill. Hill landing strikes, looking to finish! Azizov can't escape the position.
Hill lands a big elbow. This has been an exciting period of action! Hill looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Hill in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hill working for a guillotine from mount but Azizov is in no mood to give up. Hill lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Azizov hang on? Azizov is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hill content just to control the position here. We've been informed that Azizov has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight. Hill working Azizov over with strikes here. Hill fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hill with shots to the head and body - Azizov looks very uncomfortable down there. Hill with good strikes from the mount here! Hill 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hill looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hill scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Azizov?
Hill tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hill lands with some strikes. Azizov really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Azizov is in a horrible position here. Hill smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hill is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Azizov can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Azizov tries to improve his position but Hill has taken his back! Hill has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Azizov tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Hill pushes Azizov away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Micah Hill! The defeated Kurbanali Azizov had this to say: 'в следущий раз а сегодня проиграл достойно'.
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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
43% |
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