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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felix Ilyanovich (ranked 2765 p4p, 4838 weight class) and John Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Felix Ilyanovich has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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190 cm 18 187 0 - 0 - 0 |
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186 cm 18 193 0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Decent elbows Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt Brawler Solid chin |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Felix Ilyanovich! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Henderson! The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Henderson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ilyanovich fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Ilyanovich misses with a two punch combination.
Henderson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Henderson clinches up with Ilyanovich and pushes him back against the cage. Henderson stops a takedown attempt from Ilyanovich.
Henderson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ilyanovich.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Ilyanovich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henderson gets control of Ilyanovich's arms and successfully pulls guard. Henderson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ilyanovich prevents Henderson from getting back to his feet. Ilyanovich passes into half guard under a barage of strikes. Henderson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Ilyanovich knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Henderson on the ground.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Henderson is controlling Ilyanovich's posture.
Henderson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ilyanovich can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Henderson pulls Ilyanovich in close to prevent any damage. Henderson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Henderson looking for a guillotine here but Ilyanovich defends easily.
Henderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Henderson pulls Ilyanovich in close to prevent any damage.
Henderson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ilyanovich defends it easily. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Henderson tries to strike from the bottom.
Henderson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
 That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Ilyanovich is defending well. Henderson quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Ilyanovich has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Henderson celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Henderson! Felix Ilyanovich was interviewed post fight and said 'Tzat was a lucky shot bratha. Rematch now.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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