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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rio Yaj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hovannes Nazaryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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192 cm
26
215 lbs
7 - 12 - 0 |
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190 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rio Yaj! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hovannes Nazaryan! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A big left from Nazaryan misses. Yaj feinted with a counter takedown. Nazaryan throws a hook but Yaj blocks it. Yaj appears to be looking for a counter takedown. Nazaryan misses the shot to the body. Nazaryan scores with a nice strike. Yaj keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nazaryan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Yaj connects with a looping right hand.
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It looks like Hovannes Nazaryan has been cut. Yaj throws a good cross that connects.
Nazaryan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yaj digs a good hook to Nazaryan's body.
Nazaryan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nazaryan throws a series of punches but Yaj avoids them all with ease. Yaj drops down looking for a counter takedown but Nazaryan sprawls and moves away. Yaj comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Yaj feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nazaryans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Nazaryan thows a leg kick but Yaj checks it
and Yaj counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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Nazaryan is rocked! Yaj forces his way into half guard. Yaj looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. Nazaryan looks winded!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Yaj not landing any meaningful shots this time. Yaj scores with a big shot! Nazaryan's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Nazaryan! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rio Yaj! Rio Yaj decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
77% |
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