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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miroslav Slaven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Liguy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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18
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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26
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miroslav Slaven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oleg Liguy!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slaven darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Slaven is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Slaven is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slaven wants to pass to mount but Liguy is defending the position.
Liguy wants to get back to full guard.
Liguy won't allow Slaven to pass to mount.
Slaven is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Liguy defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liguy wants to improve his position but Slaven is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaven is trying to work for a kimura but Liguy is defending well.
Liguy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Slaven's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Slaven's back!
You can see the frustration on Slaven's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Slaven breaks Liguy's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Liguy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Slaven has a hand on Liguy's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Liguy takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Liguy working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Slaven is desperately trying to improve his position but Liguy has a good base and remains in mount.
Liguy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slaven is looking to get to half guard.
Liguy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Slaven is looking to improve his position but Liguy isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slaven is working hard here to advance position.
Liguy lands a couple of good shots and Slaven has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Liguy lands shots to the head and Slaven turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oleg Liguy!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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