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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kern Dignity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khasbulaev has chosen Fetty Wap - Trap Queen as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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145 lbs
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144 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Excellent MT
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kern Dignity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khasbulaev ducks under a wild hook from Dignity.
Khasbulaev lands with a cross.
Dignity darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Khasbulaev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Khasbulaev misses with a double jab
and Dignity counters with a shoot takedown. Khasbulaev fights it but they end up in guard.
Dignity is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Khasbulaev can't keep his opponent in guard - Dignity advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nice strikes from Dignity there.
Dignity is taking a breather. Khasbulaev says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dignity throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Khasbulaev to regain full guard.
Khasbulaev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dignity.
Dignity throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dignity scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Our spies down at at McElias (Russian Bears TM) inform us that Khasbulaev has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Dignity seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dignity's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dignity wants to control from the top but Khasbulaev keeps moving.
Dignity is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Khasbulaev is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Khasbulaev trying to control the position.
Khasbulaev is controlling Dignity's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dignity throwing strikes from guard but Khasbulaev blocks nicely.
Dignity throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Khasbulaev works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Khasbulaev trying to keep a closed guard but Dignity is proving a slippery customer.
Dignity postures up and lands a big shot to Khasbulaev's brow.
Khasbulaev is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dignity is controlling him.
Dignity wants to control from the top but Khasbulaev keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khasbulaev feints and then cracks Dignity's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dignity down.
A punch lands to the side of Dignity 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sloppy strikes from Khasbulaev. Those never looked like landing.
Dignity keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dignity gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Khasbulaev.
Dignity is rocked!
Khasbulaev grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Dignity takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Khasbulaev cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
A victorious Magomedrasul Khasbulaev thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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pop
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