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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damian Tonon (ranked 1116 p4p, 1681 weight class) and Gholam Estili (ranked 136 p4p, 209 weight class). Estili has chosen Ready For War (Instrumental) as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damian Tonon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gholam Estili!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estili fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Tonon sprawls well initially but Estili persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Estili wants to take a breather but Tonon is having none of it.
Estili looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tonon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Estili is keen to just control but Tonon is a slippery customer.
We've been hearing good reports from Tonon's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Ground and pound from Estili.
Estili throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Estili misses with a head shot. Tonon uses the momentum to regain guard.
Estili chips away with some ground and pound.
Estili in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Estili loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Estili chips away with some ground and pound.
Tonon escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Estili gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tonon throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonon controls Estili momentarily but Estili frees himself.
Tonon keeping moving, preventing Estili from controlling successfully.
Tonon looking for a guillotine here but Estili defends easily.
Tonon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tonon looking for a sweep. Not yet Tonon, not yet.
Estili lands a couple of digs.
Estili scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Estili trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Estili postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Estili in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tonon has his foot on Estili's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Estili works his way back into a safe position though.
Estili postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tonon is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Estili's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Estili with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Estili working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Estili postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Estili distracts Tonon with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Estili scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tonon looking to control.
Estili working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estili lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Estili scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Estili throws a big right hand that misses.
Estili working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Estili is looking to work some ground and pound but Tonon has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Estili postures up and lands a big shot to Tonon's brow.
Estili throwing strikes from guard but Tonon blocks nicely.
Estili connects with a couple of short punches.
Tonon looking for a guillotine here but Estili defends easily.
Estili slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Estili distracts Tonon with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonon had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Estili defends it easily.
Estili landing some decent shots from guard.
Estili is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tonon has momentary wrist control but Estili slips an elbow through the middle.
Estili landing some decent shots from guard.
Estili postures up.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Estili working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tonon is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Estili is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Estili throwing strikes from guard but Tonon blocks nicely.
Estili scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gholam Estili dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Estili scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Tonon on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tonon tries to buck Estili off but Estili is having none of it.
Estili in side control lands a decent elbow.
Estili working the ground and pound.
Tonon is rocked!
Estili working the body and head with strikes.
Oh Tonon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Estili works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tonon tries to bench press Estili off him but Estili keeps the position.
Estili landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Estili lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tonon takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Estili cracks Tonon with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Estili immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Tonon is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Estili!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gholam Estili!
An out of breath Gholam Estili thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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