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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rod Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyric Saar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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214 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm
18
136 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rod Davidson! 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, Cyric Saar! The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
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. Davidson pushes Saar up against the cage in a clinch. Davidson jumps into guard, dragging Saar to the mat.
Davidson has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Saar is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position. Davidson jumps guard and drags Saar to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. Saar passes easily into side control. Nice work. Davidson wants to get back to his feet. Saar tries to advance to mount but can't. Davidson is trying to improve his position. Davidson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Saar is controlling him well. Davidson tries to improve position but can't. Saar tries to move into full mount but can't pass Davidson's legs. Saar is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Davidson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. Davidson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Saar on the ground. Davidson tries to improve position but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round. Davidson prevents Saar from improving position. Saar is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Davidson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Saar tries for a kimura but Davidson is defending well. Davidson is looking for a sweep. Saar advances nicely into full mount. Davidson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Saar jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Davidson is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Davidson and Saar has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Saar tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Saar has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Davidson! Saar looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Davidson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Saar has hold of Davidson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Davidson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Davidson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Saar is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Saar looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Davidson looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Davidson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Davidson actively working from the bottom here. Saar passes to side control. Saar advances nicely into full mount. Davidson has left one of his arms exposed and Saar doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Davidson screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cyric Saar!
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A |
G |
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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
40% |
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