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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Afrim Berisha (ranked 1191 p4p, 1965 weight class) and Lionel Lazardo (ranked 133 p4p, 205 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Afrim Berisha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lionel Lazardo!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berisha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lazardo.
Lazardo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lazardo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Berisha manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Berisha bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lazardo's guard.
Lazardo wants to stand but Berisha is controlling the position.
Berisha keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lazardo's head.
Lazardo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lazardo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Berisha postures up and lands a big shot to Lazardo's brow.
We've been hearing that Berisha has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Lazardo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lazardo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Berisha can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Berisha stands up over Lazardo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Berisha is working Lazardo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lazardo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Berisha working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berisha is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Berisha trying to control but Lazardo is working from the bottom.
Berisha pushing down on Lazardo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Berisha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Berisha scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lazardo pushes Berisha off looking to stand but Berisha dives back in and keeps control.
Berisha performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Berisha looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lazardo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Berisha there.
Berisha working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Berisha prevents Lazardo from improving his position.
Lazardo looking for submissions off his back.
Lazardo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lazardo is trying to stand back up but Berisha is controlling him
Berisha working Lazardo over with strikes.
Berisha prevents Lazardo from standing back up.
Berisha wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lazardo keeps working.
Lazardo tries to get to full guard but Berisha has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Berisha there.
Berisha looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berisha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Berisha lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lazardo is rocked!
Berisha is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Lazardo is hurt! He's hurt bad - Berisha fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Lazardo from any more punishment! Congratulations to Berisha! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Afrim Berisha!
Afrim Berisha tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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