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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Creaturos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aslan Bagrian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Creaturos comes to the cage accompanied by Riverside - O2 Panic Room. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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194 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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199 lbs
8 - 3 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Creaturos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Aslan Bagrian!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creaturos swinging wildly here.
Creaturos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bagrian circles away.
Creaturos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A swing and a miss from Bagrian.
Creaturos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bagrian lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Anthony Creaturos has been cut.
Bagrian misses with a low kick.
Creaturos moves out of range of the strikes.
Creaturos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bagrian throws a low kick but Creaturos avoids it.
Creaturos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bagrian.
Creaturos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab from Bagrian.
Bagrian scores with a shot to the body.
Creaturos lunges at Bagrian with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bagrian's hand.
Bagrian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Creaturos throws out the jab.
Bagrian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bagrian bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Creaturos's head backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Creaturos drops Bagrian with a right and a left! Creaturos comes rushing in but Bagrian regains his composure and manages to keep Creaturos in guard.
Bagrian is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bagrian throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bagrian is still in real trouble! Can Creaturos finish him?
Bagrian not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Creaturos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bagrian seems to have recovered his senses.
Bagrian is trying to control the position but Creaturos postures up.
Bagrian is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Creaturos looking to pass the guard.
Bagrian manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bagrian throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bagrian wants to take Creaturos's back but he can't do it this time.
Bagrian swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Creaturos is now in Bagrian's guard. A big mistake from Bagrian there, giving up the dominant position!
Creaturos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bagrian trying to control the position here.
Creaturos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bagrian has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Creaturos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bagrian looks gassed!
Creaturos sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Creaturos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Creaturos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bagrian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Creaturos trying to control but Bagrian is working from the bottom.
Creaturos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bagrian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bagrian walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Creaturos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bagrian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bagrian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bagrian fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Bagrian does no damage.
Creaturos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bagrian.
Creaturos misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creaturos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bagrian napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Bagrian tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Creaturos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Creaturos is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Creaturos working the ground and pound.
Creaturos landing a few strikes.
Creaturos lands some shots froms side control.
Bagrian prevents Creaturos from moving into mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Creaturos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bagrian keeps working.
Bagrian prevents Creaturos from improving position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Creaturos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Creaturos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bagrian shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Creaturos as he avoids it easily.
Creaturos throws a lazy right hand but Bagrian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bagrian changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Creaturos tries to avoid it but Bagrian manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Creaturos to the ground. Creaturos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Creaturos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bagrian manages to avoid it.
Bagrian throws a looping overhand right but Creaturos ducks down to avoid it.
Donk. Creaturos catches Bagrian right on the button with a cross.
Creaturos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Creaturos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bagrian.
Bagrian fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Anthony Creaturos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aslan Bagrian.
Creaturos throws a monster overhand right that drops Bagrian! Creaturos follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Creaturos!
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hype
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