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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Andros (ranked 3115 p4p, 6732 weight class) and Zied Hakimi (ranked 422 p4p, 703 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Andros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zied Hakimi!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hakimi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Andros manages to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Andros misses the jab.
Hakimi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hakimi misses with a double jab.
Andros takes the fight into the clinch.
Hakimi works on Andros's body with a couple of short punches.
Hakimi avoids the elbow strike from Andros, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Andros.
Andros misses with an elbow strike.
Hakimi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Andros takes the fight into the clinch.
I was talking to Andros's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hakimi can't get the takedown.
Hakimi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hakimi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hakimi avoiding damage as Andros throws knees to the body.
Hakimi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Hakimi fails to land.
Hakimi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hakimi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Hakimi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hakimi gets through Andros's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakimi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hakimi manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hakimi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hakimi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hakimi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Andros defends it easily.
Hakimi keeping moving, preventing Andros from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hakimi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakimi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hakimi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Andros gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hakimi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Andros advances position into side control!
Andros working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Andros is trying to get an arm triangle but Hakimi is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andros wants to control but Hakimi is keeping him busy.
Hakimi tries to bench press Andros off him but Andros keeps the position.
Andros tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Andros has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hakimi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hakimi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Andros pulls his head out easily.
Hakimi gets full guard.
Hakimi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hakimi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Andros defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andros looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Andros wants to control from the top but Hakimi keeps moving.
Andros is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hakimi is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hakimi has escaped and now he's on top!
My spies in Ludus Magnus inform me that Hakimi has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Andros has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Hakimi doesn't defend quickly enough and Andros has managed to lock this one up! Can Hakimi escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Andros on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Nick Andros!
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energy
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hype
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