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#3 Aleksei Oleinik vs. Maurice Greene (Heavyweight)
Aleksei Oleinik is a bonafide freak of nature who still manages to compete at the highest level despite being 41 years old. The Boa Constrictor was coming off two losses and needed to get back in the win column. It wasn't going to be easy though as he was up against Maurice 'The Crochet Boss' Greene, who himself was coming off a loss against Sergei Pavlovich.
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Round 1: Oleinik went for a wild overhand right but missed and ran into a hard kick from Greene. He got back up and continued to swing his arms looking for a finish. Greene didn't get hit but he did give up his back. Oleinik wrestled him down to the mat, passed to half guard and worked towards his trademark Ezekiel choke. Greene created some separation and almost caught Oleinik in a Triangle choke. Oleinik got out and attempted a neck crank but Greene got out and looked for a sneaky Triangle yet again. Green briefly made his way up to his feet before going back down.
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Oleinik somehow got in the Ezekiel choke position again but he got into side control and got in a scaffold choke. Greene showed his toughness as he didn't tap and even managed to land hammer fists while being on the brink of getting choked out in the scaffold hold. He held on until the end of the round.
Round 2: Greene landed a few good strikes to begin the second round. An exhausted Oleinik went for the overhand right but Greene cracked him with a head kick followed by a knee. Green was laboured as well.
Oleinik got the fight to the ground again and he tried for the Ezekiel choke. AGAIN! How does he do it every single time? The fans booed as they probably wanted a standup war, however, this was just as entertaining as a brawl.
Greene survived and even attempted a kimura at one point. They scrambled but Oleinik got in a Russian version of the Armbar in which he rolled forward instead of going backwards. Greene tried to defend to the best of his ability by trying to release the pressure with his knee but a heavy-breathing Boa Constrictor extended his arm and forced the tap.
Result: Aleksei Oleinik def. Maurice Greene via Submission (Armbar) (4:38, Round 2)
That was freaking great! Greene hung in there was as long as could but at the end of the day, Oleinik's masterful submission game was just too much of a challenge to overcome.
