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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Van Dam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rinalds dzirvinskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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205 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Van Dam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, rinalds dzirvinskis!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dam misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from dzirvinskis.
dzirvinskis closes the distance and clinches up with Dam, looking for a takedown. dzirvinskis pushes Dam against the cage but Dam circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Dam. No joy for dzirvinskis on that attempt.
dzirvinskis shoots for a double leg takedown but Dam sprawls well. He's pushed dzirvinskis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Van Dam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of rinalds dzirvinskis.
dzirvinskis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dam closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dam lands in his opponent's guard.
Dam working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of dzirvinskis's head.
Dam throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dam won't allow dzirvinskis to get back to his feet.
dzirvinskis looks gassed!
Dam postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dam has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dam wants to control from the top but dzirvinskis keeps moving.
Dam throwing strikes but missing.
Dam knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for dzirvinskis on the ground.
dzirvinskis is looking to stand back up but Dam counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by dzirvinskis.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dzirvinskis wants to get back to his feet.
Dam trying to mount his opponent but dzirvinskis defends it.
Dam seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Dam wants to lay and pray for a moment but dzirvinskis keeps working.
Dam sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. dzirvinskis defending well though.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
dzirvinskis shoots and misses
and Dam counters with a takedown into side control.
Dam trying to control the position but dzirvinskis is working away.
dzirvinskis tries to escape but Dam is in control.
Dam trying to control the position but dzirvinskis is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dam cracks dzirvinskis with a big right hand but dzirvinskis just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
dzirvinskis is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Dam lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
dzirvinskis is trying to buck Dam off.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dam throws a series of punches but dzirvinskis avoids them all with ease.
Dam with a hook.
dzirvinskis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
dzirvinskis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dam counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dzirvinskis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
dzirvinskis fails with the takedown.
Dam darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Excellent takedown into side control there by dzirvinskis.
Dam tries to improve position but can't.
dzirvinskis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
dzirvinskis in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Dam is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). rinalds dzirvinskis!
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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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