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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vlad Darko (ranked 551 p4p, 80 weight class) and Edvard Grieg (ranked 1916 p4p, 241 weight class). Darko comes to the cage accompanied by Ominous Drumming. Grieg is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: In the Hall of the Mountain King. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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176 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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165 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vlad Darko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edvard Grieg!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Columbo Gatti and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Darko.
Vlad Darko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darko slips a jab from Grieg.
Darko scores with a shot to the body.
Grieg throws a leg kick but Darko checks it.
Darko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grieg ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darko moves away.
Grieg slips under a jab from Darko.
Darko checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grieg takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grieg on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Darko misses with a double jab
letting Grieg counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Grieg.
Darko looks to score with a jab to the body but Grieg is just out of range.
Grieg manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Darko on his heels. He'll look to pass Darko's guard now, I'm sure.
Grieg keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Darko's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grieg accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Darko wants to sweep but no luck.
Grieg trying to control the position from guard on top but Darko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darko tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grieg trying to control the position from guard on top but Darko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grieg is fighting to break Darko's control of his arms but Darko is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Grieg with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grieg trying to control but Darko is working from the bottom.
Grieg with a nice head shot there.
Darko looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Grieg is defending well. Darko quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Grieg has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Darko celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vlad Darko!
A very excited looking Vlad Darko made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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