Werdum vs. Ngannou

Fabricio Werdum raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Francis Ngannou glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Fabricio Werdum has fight Francis Ngannou 1 times. He has won 1 of them.
Fabricio Werdum is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.

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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.


The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.


These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.


Fabricio Werdum fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.


Fabricio Werdum tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Predator goes down.


Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over The Predator
Fabricio Werdum pushes Francis Ngannou against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Francis Ngannou struggles not allowing Fabricio Werdum improve his position.


Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over The Predator
Fabricio Werdum tries to finish with a leg lock!
Crippling lock!
That leglock from Fabricio Werdum appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
You can see the pain reflected in The Predator's eyes...
The Predator is able to break the lock.


Fabricio Werdum is in open guard over The Predator
Werdum moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.


Fabricio Werdum is in half guard over The Predator
Fabricio Werdum tries to free his leg
Fabricio Werdum uses some of his skill by jumping out of The Predator's guard. He moves quickly to side mount!


Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Francis Ngannou
Fabricio Werdum tries a kimura
Crippling lock!
Punishing hold!
The Predator breaks the lock.


Fabricio Werdum is in side mount over Francis Ngannou
Werdum tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.


Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
Fabricio Werdum tries to better his position on the ground...
Werdum is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!


Fabricio Werdum is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
1:42 Round 1 and Werdum is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Fabricio Werdum throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
That Armbar from Fabricio Werdum appears to be unbreakable
That Armbar from Fabricio Werdum appears to be unbreakable
You can see the pain reflected in The Predator's eyes...
The Predator struggles to free himself
Werdum is locking that Armbar...
That Armbar looks tight...
You can see the pain reflected in The Predator's eyes...
Werdum secures the lock while Francis Ngannou refuses to tap... John McCarthy jumps in and breaks the lock!

Winner is Fabricio Werdum by Submission (Armbar) at 1:51 Round 1

Statistics: Fabricio Werdum
Punches 3/3 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 61 s

Statistics: Francis Ngannou
Punches 3/4 (75%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 61 s

Crushed. Submission-wise.