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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sisa Yiftos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Serder Serderov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Serderov's choice of entrance music: One step closer- Linkin Park. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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275 lbs
16 - 14 - 0 |
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262 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sisa Yiftos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Serder Serderov!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yiftos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Yiftos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Yiftos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Serderov is keeping the position for now.
Serderov wants to stand but Yiftos is controlling the position.
Yiftos tries to free his leg and advance position but Serderov is retaining full guard.
Yiftos trying to control but Serderov is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Serderov wants to stand up but Yiftos is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yiftos drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Serderov manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Yiftos has Serderov in his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Serderov has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Yiftos is proving hard to escape from.
Yiftos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Serderov gets to his feet - Yiftos follows without any prompting.
Yiftos closes the distance and pushes Serderov back into the cage.
Yiftos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Serderov has him pressed against the cage.
Serderov wants a takedown.
Yiftos is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Serderov can't fight it off and eventually Yiftos manages to take the fight to the floor. Serderov looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Serderov manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yiftos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Yiftos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yiftos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Serderov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yiftos misses with an uppercut
and Serderov counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yiftos drives through and clinches with Serderov against the cage.
Yiftos gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Yiftos trying to control the position from guard on top but Serderov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yiftos prevents Serderov from getting back to his feet.
Yiftos is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Serderov is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Serderov has escaped and now he's on top!
Yiftos has a closed guard, preventing Serderov from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yiftos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Serderov passes into half guard.
Serderov stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Serderov has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Serder Serderov has been cut.
Yiftos cracks Serderov with a big right hand and Serderov goes down!
Serderov is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Serderov keeping moving, preventing Yiftos from controlling successfully.
Serderov is still in real trouble! Can Yiftos finish him?
Yiftos slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Yiftos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Serderov has escaped the position, nice work there.
Serderov seems to have recovered his senses.
Yiftos goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Serderov has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Yiftos but great work by Serderov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serderov decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Serderov dips to his left and cracks Yiftos with an uppercut!
Serderov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Yiftos.
Yiftos tries a head kick but it misses.
Serderov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Serderov lands a slapping body shot.
Serderov ducks under a wild hook from Yiftos.
Yiftos moves into the clinch successfully.
Serderov is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Serderov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yiftos throws a combination that misses
and Serderov counters with a left to the body.
A head kick by Yiftos misses
and Serderov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yiftos thinking.
Yiftos is breathing heavily.
Serderov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Serder Serderov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Serder Serderov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Serderov scores with a head kick. Yiftos tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Yiftos looks to clinch
and Serderov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Serderov connects with a body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Serderov is defended easily by Yiftos.
Yiftos tries to clinch up.
Yiftos misses with a series of wild punches.
Yiftos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown attempt by Yiftos or perhaps it was just good defense by Serderov, which made it look bad.
Serderov throws out a counter right but Yiftos avoids it with no problem.
Sisa Yiftos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Serderov shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Yiftos is trying to defend but Serderov finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yiftos works his way to full guard. Good work.
Serderov wants to get up but he can't break Yiftos's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Yiftos has an active guard here but Serderov has managed to pass into half guard.
Serderov wants to stand but Yiftos has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Yiftos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Serderov decides to stand and escape the position.
Serderov lands a high kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Serderov does it's job there.
Yiftos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Serderov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Serderov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Serderov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Yiftos defends well and Serderov ends up having to push Yiftos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Yiftos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Serderov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yiftos wants to stay close but Serderov steps back to make room for something. Yiftos seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Serderov and Yiftos drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Serder Serderov!
Serder Serderov decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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