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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Hardman (ranked 333 p4p, 1089 weight class) and Rafa Peziev (ranked 42 p4p, 109 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Peziev's choice of entrance music: Bullseye - KDrew. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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15 - 10 - 0 |
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153
14 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruce Hardman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rafa Peziev!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peziev misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bruce Hardman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hardman drives through with a takedown into Peziev's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hardman sitting in guard here, content to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Peziev is on top in guard.
Peziev postures up and lands a big shot to Hardman's brow.
Hardman throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Peziev throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hardman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hardman really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardman has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Peziev can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Peziev is fighting to break Hardman's control of his arms but Hardman is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Peziev looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardman is trying to hold Peziev in close to prevent damage but Peziev has managed to pass into half guard.
Hardman makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hardman.
Peziev postures up in Hardman's guard and throws a big left but Hardman blocks it.
Hardman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Peziev throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Peziev postures up in Hardman's guard and throws a big left but Hardman blocks it.
Hardman working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Peziev doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Peziev manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hardman wants to sweep here but Peziev controlling him for the moment.
Hardman seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Hardman looking for a guillotine here but Peziev defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardman keeping moving, preventing Peziev from controlling successfully.
Peziev chips away with some ground and pound.
Peziev postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Peziev postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Peziev with a flurry of punches that miss.
Peziev wants to control from the top but Hardman keeps moving.
Peziev drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Peziev jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Peziev is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peziev is working Hardman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hardman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Hardman has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Peziev doesn't defend quickly enough and Hardman has managed to lock this one up! Can Peziev escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Hardman on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Bruce Hardman!
Bruce Hardman retains his featherweight title!
In defeat, Rafa Peziev stepped up to the mic, saying 'I be back, fuuuk the rucians!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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