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Live Now! UFC on ABC 7 ‘Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov’ Play-by-Play, Results & Round Scoring

August 3, 2024

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BETTING
PREVIEW | SCOUTING
REPORT | ODDS: Dumas (-218), Tiuliulin (+180)

Round 1

Fight fans on the West Coast of the U.S. will be having combat with
coffee this morning, as the UFC takes to Abu Dhabi with a show
featuring a number of fighters that struggle to get into the U.S.
Plenty of international talent litters this event, with over a
dozen countries repped at one point tonight. The fist pairing of
the evening is more regular rivalry between America and Russia, as
the much-maligned Dumas (9-2, 2-2 UFC) battles the
struggling Tiuliulin (10-9, 1 NC; 1-4 UFC) in a match that might
lead to at least one roster cut. Both men prefer the knockout, with
the Evolve Gym fighter more inclined to headhunt. The middleweights
choose not to bump fists to start the day’s festivities, and
referee Keith Peterson is ready to cut all nonsense out of the
equation. They lash out with dueling low kicks, and Dumas whiffs on
a head kick. When Dumas fires off a low kick, he is countered by a
knee that busts him in the chops. Tiuliulin gets his foe’s
attention with a few additional punches, but Dumas surges forward
and takes him off his feet with a sudden tackling takedown.
Tiuliulin works his way towards the wall to get back up, and Dumas
holds him down and knees him in the thigh repeatedly. Peterson asks
for more activity, with Dumas in a holding pattern while the
Russian is stuck on a knee. Dumas drags Tiuliulin down to his seat
for a second, peppering the same spot with knee after short knee.
Tiuliulin muscles his way upright, turning the corner and falling
on top of his opponent in a surprise reversal. Dumas is on his
backside and bursts his way up, and he eats a knee while standing
but is no worse for wear as he looks to chuck Tiuliulin to the mat.
The American presses his foe to the wire, and Dumas’ knees work the
body and thigh until one bangs into the cup. There is a quick
apology from Dumas, and Tiuliulin knows it was a total accident and
takes a little under 30 seconds to get his wind back. When they
resume, Dumas lunges forward with a right hand, and he belts
Tiuliulin in the face with a lead-leg high kick. Dumas shoots in on
a takedown and gets rebuffed, with Tiuliulin shoving him away and
resetting. They fire off alternating jabs when upright, and
Tiuliulin reaches with a one-two that leaves him vulnerable for a
takedown effort from Dumas that drags Tiuliulin back to a single
knee again. Dumas peppers the leg with irritating knees on the
welted area until the horn awkwardly blares.

Sherdog Scores

Jay Pettry scores the round: 10-9 Dumas
Brian Knapp scores the round: 10-9 Dumas
Tristen Critchfield scores the round: 10-9 Dumas

Round 2

Tiuliulin is the immediate aggressor to begin the second stanza,
firing off frantic offense including a knee that catches the chin.
Dumas swings back, calming himself down and sticking out jabs, but
Tiuliulin stings him with a few more wild strikes before slowing.
Dumas flicks out a few more jabs and shoots for a reactive double,
and Tiuliulin shuts it down and is pushed away. Dumas blasts the
thigh with another kick—the first developed a huge welt in the
previous round—and fights behind his sharp jab. Dumas whips a kick
up around the guard, and ducks a punch in pursuit of a double.
Tiuliulin counters with a step-in knee, and Dumas pushes through it
and presses the Russian to the wire. Dumas successfully drags
Tiuliulin to his backside, and Tiuliulin is quick to return to a
knee and grabs the fence to try to improve position but is warned.
Tiuliulin bops his man with a number of meaningless right hands,
ones that are technically scoring but have absolutely no effect
while Dumas hangs on and knees him. After a lengthy stalemate,
Tiuliulin finally works his way upright with the fence behind him
and a minute remaining on the clock. Dumas stays pinned to him like
a cheap suit, and Peterson splits them apart. Dumas restarts with a
big one-two, and Tiuliulin walks him down a shrugs off a right
hook. Dumas intercepts the advancing Russian with an uppercut, and
his range is giving Tiuliulin fits with jabs and long punches.
Dumas lets a knee fly past him, and a body kick grazes him. Dumas
ends the round with a reverse crescent kick that ricochets off the
raised guard.

Sherdog Scores

Jay Pettry scores the round: 10-9 Dumas
Brian Knapp scores the round: 10-9 Dumas
Tristen Critchfield scores the round: 10-9 Dumas

Round 3

Dumas reintroduces himself with piston-like jabs, and Tiuliulin
senses he might be down on the scorecards and approaches the last
frame as such. Tiuliulin walks Dumas down, loading up on strikes,
but it is his partial jump knee that catches Dumas on the jaw.
Dumas staggers briefly and gets his bearings, strafing to the side
and winging a right hand over the guard. Dumas ducks into a looping
uppercut that comes up short, and Tiuliulin walks forward with his
own uppercut that also misses the mark. Tiuliulin digs a left to
the body and gets out of range of the kicks that fly at him, and
Dumas spams body kicks and avoids a huge pair of hooks. Dumas jabs
into a takedown, and Tiuliulin flips him all the way over and winds
up on top at the three-minute mark. Tiuliulin smothers his man from
above, dropping down some sporadic ground-and-pound while staying
just busy enough to remain in the position. Dumas hand-fights in
hopes of getting a standup, but when that does not come, he kicks
off his opponent and explodes to his feet. With 60 seconds left on
the clock, Tiuliulin is loaded for bear, but he finds that he has
to dodge a quick spinning back fist and stifle a takedown.
Tiuliulin is about to unleash a big right hand, but Dumas shoots
again on the hips. Tiuliulin gets away from it and leaps with a
knee that is way off the target. Tiuliulin cracks Dumas with a
right hand, and Dumas appears rocked and totally spent. This does
not stop Dumas from pitching kicks and looping strikes back at him.
Tiuliulin ends the fight with a final takedown, with Dumas
considering a guillotine but not nearly enough gas in the tank to
get it.

Sherdog Scores

Jay Pettry scores the round: 10-9 Tiuliulin (29-28 Dumas)
Brian Knapp scores the round: 10-9 Tiuliulin (29-28 Dumas)
Tristen Critchfield scores the round: 10-9 Tiuliulin (29-28
Dumas)

The Official Result

Round 4

Sherdog Scores

Jay Pettry scores the round:
Brian Knapp scores the round:
Tristen Critchfield scores the round:

Round 5

Sherdog Scores

Jay Pettry scores the round:
Brian Knapp scores the round:
Tristen Critchfield scores the round: