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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daleb Managedov (ranked 2625 p4p, 265 weight class) and Shiro Tanaka (ranked 3135 p4p, 303 weight class). Managedov's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Chechen Mob Song. Tanaka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The good the bad and the ugly theme song. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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155 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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149 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daleb Managedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shiro Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanaka gets a clinch.
Tanaka avoiding damage.
Tanaka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tanaka tries to work over Managedov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Managedov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tanaka is leaning against Managedov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Managedov is trying to push Tanaka away but Tanaka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tanaka pushes off an throws an elbow but Managedov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanaka tries to land knees in the clinch but Managedov avoids the damage to the body.
Tanaka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tanaka moves into the clinch.
Tanaka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka tries to clinch but Managedov moves out of range.
Tanaka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tanaka stuffs the takedown.
Managedov changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tanaka looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Managedov lands an elbow.
Managedov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tanaka to see if he's OK.
Managedov in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Check out the look on Managedov's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Tanaka is looking to regain half guard here but Managedov keeps moving and retains side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanaka is trying to control Managedov's posture but Managedov avoids it.
Tanaka is trying to improve his position.
Tanaka is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Managedov postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Managedov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tanaka is trying to stand up here but Managedov is controlling him well.
Tanaka is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Managedov seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tanaka is refusing to be controlled, as Managedov sits in half guard.
Tanaka trying to control from the bottom.
Managedov lands with a punch from half guard.
Tanaka looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tanaka moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tanaka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Managedov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Managedov scoring with punches to the head and body.
Managedov is looking to work some ground and pound but Tanaka has wrist control.
Managedov won't allow Tanaka to get back to his feet.
Tanaka is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Managedov postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Managedov stops Tanaka from standing up.
Tanaka working a defensive guard here.
Managedov lands a couple of elbows.
Tanaka trying to keep a closed guard but Managedov is proving a slippery customer.
Managedov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tanaka manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Managedov manages to get himself to full guard.
Tanaka trying to control but Managedov is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Managedov's guard.
Tanaka wants to stand but Managedov has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Tanaka is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Managedov sees it coming and defends easily.
Tanaka trying to control from half guard but Managedov is working away.
Tanaka is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Managedov is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Daleb Managedov will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tanaka swats away the attempt to clinch by Managedov.
Tanaka closes the distance and pushes Managedov back into the cage.
Tanaka tries to work over Managedov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Managedov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tanaka breaks from the clinch.
Managedov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tanaka tries to close the distance and clinch but Managedov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tanaka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanaka gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tanaka is looking for a triangle but Managedov pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka wants to get back to his feet but Managedov is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tanaka had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Managedov defends it easily.
Tanaka looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tanaka wants to stand but Managedov is controlling the position.
Managedov chips away with some ground and pound.
Managedov scoring with some ground and pound.
Managedov stands up over Tanaka, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Managedov wants to control from the top but Tanaka keeps moving.
Tanaka has his foot on Managedov's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Managedov works his way back into a safe position though.
Tanaka has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Managedov doesn't defend quickly enough and Tanaka has managed to lock this one up! Can Managedov escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Tanaka on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Shiro Tanaka!
After the fight, Shiro Tanaka was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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