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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ros Ludovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Draiman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Draiman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. stricken kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ros Ludovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Draiman!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draiman feints and as Ludovic raises his hands in defense, Draiman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ludovic looking for a guillotine here but Draiman defends easily.
Ludovic had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Draiman is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Ludovic Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Draiman's back instead.
Draiman trying to control the position but Ludovic manages to sink in the hooks.
Draiman turns into Ludovic and is now in his guard.
Draiman chips away with some ground and pound.
Draiman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Draiman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ludovic is breathing heavily.
Draiman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Draiman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ludovic is proving hard to escape from.
Draiman scoring with some ground and pound.
Draiman gets to his feet - Ludovic follows without any prompting.
Draiman shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ludovic's guard.
Draiman distracts Ludovic with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ludovic is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Draiman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Draiman stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Draiman looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ludovic tries to roll over but Draiman keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draiman is pressing down on Ludovic's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ludovic is holding on for now.
Draiman is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Ludovic has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Draiman decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Draiman shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ludovic is trying to defend but Draiman finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Draiman is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ludovic is looking to improve his position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Draiman connects with a nice short shot to Ludovic's temple.
Draiman decides to stand up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draiman drives through with a takedown into guard.
Draiman connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ludovic is working an open guard so Draiman takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ludovic misses with a takedown attempt
and Draiman counters with a single leg into guard. Ludovic didn't expect that.
Draiman thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Draiman stands and throws Ludovic's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draiman is trying to get an arm triangle but Ludovic is defending well.
Ludovic is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Draiman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Draiman seems to be looking for submissions.
Ludovic wants to get back to full guard.
Draiman is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Ludovic is in all sorts of trouble here.
Draiman landing punches.
Draiman prevents Ludovic from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draiman landing shots from mount.
Draiman is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ludovic is surviving well by controlling Draiman's body position as best he can.
Draiman is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ludovic has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Draiman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Draiman working the ground and pound effectively.
Draiman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
BOOM! Draiman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ludovic is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
BOOM! Draiman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Draiman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Draiman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Draiman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Draiman closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ludovic to the mat! Ludovic manages to get full guard.
Draiman stands up and waves to Ludovic to follow him.
Draiman shoots in and bounces Ludovic off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Draiman stands up and waves to Ludovic to follow him.
Draiman shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Draiman lands a big elbow.
Ludovic wants to control but Draiman is having none of it.
Draiman scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Draiman is going olschool here, as he tries to force Ludovic to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ludovic shrugs it off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draiman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Ludovic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Draiman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Draiman landing shots from mount.
Ludovic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Draiman with a couple of short strikes.
Ludovic is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Draiman has taken his back.
Draiman lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Ludovic hold on?!
Draiman lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Draiman scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Ludovic is looking for a way out.
Draiman working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Draiman lands strikes to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draiman gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Ludovic rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Ludovic looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Draiman lands with a punch from half guard.
Draiman trying to mount his opponent but Ludovic defends it.
Draiman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Draiman working over Ludovic with some ground and pound. Ludovic looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ludovic has his takedown stuffed
and Draiman counters with a single leg into guard. Ludovic didn't expect that.
Draiman landing with the ground and pound.
Draiman cracks Ludovic with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ludovic working for a triangle but Draiman defends it easily.
Ludovic working a defensive guard here.
Draiman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Draiman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Draiman is pushing down on Ludovic's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ludovic is fighting to maintain full guard but Draiman has managed to sneak the leg through.
David Draiman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ludovic flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Draiman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ludovic looking for submissions off his back.
Draiman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Draiman winds up and cracks Ludovic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Draiman maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Ludovic could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Draiman has cracked it and Ludovic is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Draiman!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Draiman!
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hype
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FIGHT
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