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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goga Revishvili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khabib Nurmagomedov had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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156 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Goga Revishvili!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Revishvili tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nurmagomedov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nurmagomedov shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Revishvili is trying to defend but Nurmagomedov finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Nurmagomedov scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nurmagomedov moves into full mount! Revishvili won't be happy about that!
Nurmagomedov scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Revishvili?
Nurmagomedov is landing with some decent strikes but Revishvili is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Revishvili is working to get back to half guard.
Nurmagomedov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Nurmagomedov punishing his opponent with strikes.
Revishvili is rocked!
We've been hearing that Nurmagomedov has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Nurmagomedov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Revishvili looks a forlorn figure.
Revishvili is still in real trouble! Can Nurmagomedov finish him?
Nurmagomedov unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Revishvili wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Nurmagomedov celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khabib Nurmagomedov!
After the fight, Khabib Nurmagomedov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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