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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Salomon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Salomon has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bjorn Larsson's chin.
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185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
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188 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bjorn Larsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rafael Salomon!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Salomon napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Salomon is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Salomon is not content to let Larsson control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salomon wants to get back to full guard.
Larsson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Salomon moves into full guard.
Salomon had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Larsson defends it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salomon looking to control.
Salomon throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Larsson is sitting in close to Salomon's body. Salomon has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Larsson is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Larsson is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Salomon.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rafael Salomon!
A victorious Rafael Salomon thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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