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SFL XIII PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Susi Solmunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Solmunen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Blood Is Thicker Than Water. Susi Solmunen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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154 lbs
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182 cm
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155 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Susi Solmunen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace throws a series of punches but Solmunen avoids them all with ease.
Solmunen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Solmunen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Wallace knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Solmunen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wallace tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Wallace is trying to escape the mount but Solmunen keeps good control and instead manages to take Wallace's back.
Wallace looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Solmunen is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Wallace defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Solmunen is trying to stick to Wallace's back but Wallace is turning into Solmunen. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Solmunen's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Wallace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solmunen looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Wallace is defending well. Solmunen quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Wallace has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Solmunen celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Susi Solmunen!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raw Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Korben Dallas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raw Bean has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raw Bean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Korben Dallas!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bean avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dallas swinging wilding here.
Bean throws a big shot that misses.
Dallas staying out of range there.
Bean listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dallas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bean scores with a three punch combo!
Dallas is rocked!
Bean lands a right hook to the body.
Dallas is still on wobbly legs! Can Bean finish him?
Raw Bean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dallas ducks into an uppercut from Bean and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Raw Bean!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jarret Beal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dejon Jordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jarret Beal had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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182 cm
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205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarret Beal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dejon Jordon!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordon shoots in for a takedown but Beal shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Beal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jarret Beal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Beal.
Beal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jordon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beal as he jumps to the side.
Beal throws a right hand that Jordon ducks under and follows up with a left that Jordon also avoids with ease.
Jordon misses the jab.
Beal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beal throws a looping overhand right but Jordon ducks down to avoid it.
Beal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beal stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Beal drops Jordon with a beautiful combination! Jordon stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Beal is looking for the KO!
Jordon is rocked!
Beal moves in close and cracks Jordon with a massive right hand! Jordon, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Beal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jarret Beal!
Jarret Beal retains his light heavyweight title!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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270 lbs
4 - 5 - 1 |
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260 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Fred Kruger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Love!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love blocks the body kick.
Love tries for a takedown but Kruger sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Love shoots in looking for a takedown. Kruger tries to sprawl out of it but Love keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kruger manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kruger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Love closes the distance and pushes Kruger back into the cage.
Love is trying to break the clinch but Kruger is controlling him.
Kruger gets control of Love's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kruger will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Love is looking to work some ground and pound but Kruger has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kruger has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Love doesn't defend quickly enough and Kruger has managed to lock this one up! Can Love escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Kruger on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Fred Kruger!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tauno Tasalakki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Nettles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tauno Tasalakki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Nettles!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nettles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nettles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tasalakki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good exchange - Nettles coming out on top.
Tasalakki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tasalakki has picked Nettles up - he's going for a ride! Tasalakki dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Tasalakki trying to control the action but Nettles is working from the bottom.
Tasalakki controlling the pace.
Tasalakki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tasalakki stops Nettles from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tasalakki is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nettles is refusing to be controlled, as Tasalakki sits in half guard.
Tasalakki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nettles with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tasalakki works his way into full mount!
Nettles is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Tasalakki locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Nettles is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tauno Tasalakki!
Tauno Tasalakki retains his welterweight title!
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FIGHT
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60% |
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