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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rashidi Atkins (ranked 5309 p4p, 3057 weight class) and Edmond Chabazian (ranked 0 p4p, 386 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rashidi Atkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edmond Chabazian!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atkins shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chabazian is trying to defend but Atkins finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Chabazian is looking to improve his position.
Atkins is trying to control the action in half guard but Chabazian is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Atkins prevents Chabazian from improving his position.
Chabazian slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chabazian is on top in guard.
Atkins being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chabazian pushing down on Atkins's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Chabazian not doing much here.
Chabazian's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Atkins wants to control but Chabazian is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Atkins actively working from the bottom here.
Chabazian sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Chabazian is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Atkins doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Chabazian.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Chabazian content to control rather than advance.
Chabazian lands with a punch from half guard.
Chabazian trying to control the pace.
Chabazian works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chabazian controlling the position easily from mount.
Chabazian lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Atkins hang on?
Atkins tries to reverse the position but Chabazian maintains control.
Chabazian takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
More stalling from Chabazian.
Chabazian with more of the same as he continues to hold on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chabazian scoring with strikes but Atkins is staying in there.
Chabazian looking to control and managing it successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Edmond Chabazian dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Atkins looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Atkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Chabazian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Atkins preventing the sweep.
Edmond Chabazian has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chabazian wants to hit a sweep here but Atkins passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Chabazian there!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chabazian is looking to improve his position but Atkins isn't that keen on the idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chabazian is still trying to improve position.
Chabazian manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Chabazian keeping control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Atkins trying to control the action but Chabazian is working from the bottom.
Chabazian is looking for a sweep. Atkins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Chabazian is defending against the submission attempts here by Atkins.
Atkins prevents Chabazian from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chabazian works his way to full guard. Good work.
Chabazian is pulling down on Atkins's head. It's preventing any offense from Atkins, at least for the moment.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Chabazian looking for a sweep. Not yet Chabazian, not yet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Chabazian changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Atkins looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Atkins stops Chabazian from passing to mount.
Atkins takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Chabazian landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Chabazian controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Atkins struggling a bit here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Edmond Chabazian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Chabazian changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Atkins tries to avoid it but Chabazian manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Atkins to the ground. Atkins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Edmond Chabazian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chabazian gets the takedown into side control.
Chabazian taking a breather here.
Chabazian advances nicely into full mount.
Atkins wants to hold on but Chabazian pushes him away.
Atkins in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chabazian controlling from the full mount.
Chabazian working for a submission but Atkins is keeping him at bay.
Atkins is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chabazian controlling from the full mount.
The referee warns Atkins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chabazian sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Chabazian has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Atkins is desperately trying to improve his position but Chabazian has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins is working hard here to advance position.
Chabazian controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chabazian landing strikes from the mount and Atkins is in trouble!
Chabazian controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Atkins is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edmond Chabazian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Chabazian winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edmond Chabazian!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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