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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bradly Cleveland (ranked 5051 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Efremov (ranked 4861 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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193 cm
21
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bradly Cleveland! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Efremov! The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cleveland stalks Efremov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Efremov's face. Efremov staggers backwards, shaken. Victor Efremov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Cleveland shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cleveland showed some decent athleticism there. Cleveland prevents Efremov from standing back up.
Cleveland stalling away here and it's allowed Efremov to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Efremov has his foot on Cleveland's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cleveland works his way back into a safe position though. Efremov manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cleveland manages to get himself to full guard.
Efremov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Cleveland has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Efremov trying to control the position from guard on top but Cleveland is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Cleveland really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Efremov in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round. Efremov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Cleveland working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Efremov. Cleveland has a closed guard, preventing Efremov from standing up. Cleveland trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from! Efremov drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Efremov seems to have locked his on tight now - Cleveland screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Efremov, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Victor Efremov! Our winner, Victor Efremov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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
50% |
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