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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anzhor Azhiev (ranked 10243 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Gael Roman (ranked 3479 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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23 - 81 - 0 |
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130 lbs
33 - 32 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Counter fighter
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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
23 - 81 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anzhor Azhiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 32 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dante Gael Roman!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roman lands with a hook. Azhiev tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Azhiev scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Azhiev is working for a kimura but Roman is defending it quite comfortably.
Azhiev is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Roman sees it coming and defends easily.
Azhiev is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Azhiev is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Roman has managed to free his arm - good work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Roman can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roman is defending against the submission attempts here by Azhiev.
Roman is defending against the submission attempts here by Azhiev.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roman looking for submissions off his back.
Azhiev seems to be working for a kimura but Roman defends the submission attempt.
Azhiev is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Roman as he works his way to full guard.
Roman looking for a guillotine here but Azhiev defends easily.
Roman is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Azhiev frees his head nicely. Oh but Roman has switched to an armbar! Azhiev is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Dante Gael Roman!
During a confident post fight interview, Dante Gael Roman thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Anzhor Azhiev was interviewed post fight and said 'I still want that title shot. Im the most experienced fighter here and everyday wants to see me smash the champ so lets do it whenever he starts ducking me.'.
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