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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Griffiths (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vasiliy Khrapov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khrapov has chosen Rocky road to Dublin (RUS) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
15 - 4 - 1 |
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178 cm
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170 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Great low kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Griffiths!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vasiliy Khrapov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffiths blocks a low kick nicely.
Griffiths uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khrapov.
Griffiths takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Griffiths throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Griffiths throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khrapov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Griffiths can pounce on him.
Griffiths moves out of range of the strikes.
No luck for Griffiths with that takedown attempt.
Griffiths throws a sloppy head kick and Khrapov moves out of range easily.
Griffiths turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Khrapov.
Griffiths throws a leg kick which misses Khrapov's front leg but catches the back leg as Khrapov tries to avoid it.
Nice sprawl there from Khrapov as Griffiths shoots in.
Khrapov throws a body punch but Griffiths moves out of range.
Griffiths ducks right into an uppercut from Khrapov.
Khrapov misses with a looping left.
Griffiths misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffiths shoots for a double leg takedown but Khrapov sprawls well. He's pushed Griffiths's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Griffiths. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Griffiths manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Khrapov on his heels. He'll look to pass Khrapov's guard now, I'm sure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffiths pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Khrapov is keeping the position for now.
Griffiths trying to control but Khrapov is working from the bottom.
Griffiths tries to free his leg and advance position but Khrapov is retaining full guard.
Khrapov tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Griffiths drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Khrapov dives on top into guard.
Griffiths is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Khrapov rolls with it to try and escape but Griffiths cranks on the arm and Khrapov is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stephen Griffiths!
Stephen Griffiths retains his welterweight title!
Stephen Griffiths decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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