Nikolay Aleksakhin vs. Mike Graves & Yasubey Enomoto vs. Aliaskhab Khizriev RBR

Bakhachalie is tired and Yanyshev siezes on the opportunity and throws him to the mat.. From he he gradually works from side control to back mount thwarting a few sweep attempts from Bakhachalie in the process. Once gaining back mount he punishes the faded fighter with ground and pound to the side of the head - trying to soften Bakhachalie up for a rear naked choke. Bakhachalie survives and is able to get to a better position. Yanyshev rides the rest of the round out in Bakhachalie's guard. Great late fight rally, but it might be a little too late as he's likely fallen behind on the cards. 10-9 Yanyshev, MAYBE 10-8 but it's unlikely all 3 judges will see this.

29-28 Bakhachalie DRAW is fair too.

 

Looks like Bakhachalie took the decision - missed the announcement writing out my thoughts on the 3rd round.

 

Stephen Cervantes vs. Sharamazan Chupanov - 3 rounds at Bantamweight

 

10-9 Chupanov - got the better of the striking and landed several takedowns.

 

10-9 Chupanov. Controlled against the fence, also a takedown or two with some decent top control.

 

10-9 Chupanov - almost a carbon copy of rounds 1 and 2. Takedown and top control clinic for Chupanov - 11th hour armbar attempt from Cervantes that's easily defended. 30-27 Chupanov easy.

 

UD for Chupanov.

 

Ivan Musardo vs. David Khachatryan - 3 rounds at Lightweight

 

10-9 Khachatryan. Rd 1 was pretty much a kickboxing round.. Neither man really attempt to clinch or take the fight to the ground. Khachatryan did the better work by far.

 

Khachatryan stuns Musardo with a clubbing overhand right behind the ear, Musardo wobbles to the cage and Armenian is all over him - he drops him with a series of punches and looks to finish with ground and pound. Musardo recovers quick and looks for an armbar. Khachatryan defends and eventually they return to the feed where nothing of note happens over the course of the final 2 minutes or so. 10-9 Khachatryan

 

Khachatryan faded a bit, but still landed the harder and more significant shots of the round. 10-9 Khachatryan - 30-27 Khachatryan

 

Musardo to his credit is a tough pro who held in there... He's no spring chicken either... Has some decent past form. Most notably a 2011 submission finish of current UFC LW contender and McGregor conqueror Joe Duffy.

 

30-27, 30-26 and 30-27 for the winner by UD David Khachatryan

 

Yasubey Enomoto vs. Aliaskhab Khizriev - 3 rounds at Welterweight

 

There's some really cringe rapper/hype man performance going on before the start of the co-main event. Ughhhhhhhh.