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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between August Velazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robb Wolf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent |
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, August Velazquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robb Wolf!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolf shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wolf showed some decent athleticism there.
Velazquez missing with punches from the bottom.
Wolf lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Velazquez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wolf working some strikes from top position.
Velazquez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Velazquez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wolf's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Velazquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Wolf is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Velazquez is stalling in the full guard.
Velazquez 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Velazquez with a nice head shot there.
Velazquez's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Velazquez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Velazquez trying to control but Wolf is working from the bottom.
Velazquez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Velazquez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wolf working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Velazquez.
Velazquez won't allow Wolf to sweep him here.
Velazquez wants to control from the top but Wolf keeps moving.
Wolf wants to sweep here but Velazquez controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Velazquez drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Velazquez seems to have locked his on tight now - Wolf screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Velazquez, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). August Velazquez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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