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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Novagrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kai Kuolema (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kuolema's choice of entrance music: Ratatat - Lex. 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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161 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Novagrad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kai Kuolema!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Novagrad.
Kuolema with a nice cross.
Kuolema misses with a looping left.
Novagrad misses with a wild combination.
Novagrad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuolema moves away.
Novagrad needs to keep his hands up - Kuolema had a free shot at his head there.
Novagrad looks to land a left hand but Kuolema moved out of range nicely.
Kuolema thumps Novagrad with a low kick.
Novagrad fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kuolema on the side of the head.
It looks like Kai Kuolema has been cut.
Novagrad takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Novagrad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Novagrad misses with a jab, cross combination.
Novagrad lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuolema misses with a looping right.
A big right from Novagrad misses.
Kuolema misses with a wild combination.
Novagrad swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuolema. Novagrad does a little dance to reset his feet.
Novagrad waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuolema.
Kuolema closes the distance and clinches.
Kuolema lands an elbow inside that Novagrad shrugs off.
Kuolema lands an elbow that stopped Novagrad in his tracks for a moment.
Novagrad wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kuolema tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Novagrad avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Novagrad avoiding damage as Kuolema throws knees to the body.
Kuolema missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Kuolema.
Kuolema gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Novagrad tries to break the clinch but Kuolema is controlling the position.
Novagrad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kuolema is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Novagrad is defending well for now.
Kuolema misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Novagrad.
Kuolema lands an elbow inside that Novagrad shrugs off.
Kuolema is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Novagrad is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Novagrad.
Kuolema comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kuolema lands a damaging elbow.
Novagrad working hard to break the clinch.
Kuolema lands a nice elbow.
Kuolema gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kuolema trying to land knees to the body.
Kuolema lands an elbow that stopped Novagrad in his tracks for a moment.
Novagrad takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuolema lands an elbow inside that Novagrad shrugs off.
Kuolema misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Kuolema.
Kuolema tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuolema.
Kuolema tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kuolema lands an elbow inside that Novagrad shrugs off.
Kuolema lands an elbow that stopped Novagrad in his tracks for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Kuolema.
Kuolema lands an elbow inside.
Kuolema tries to land knees in the clinch but Novagrad avoids the damage to the body.
Kuolema lands an elbow just above Novagrad 's eye.
Novagrad avoids the elbow strike from Kuolema, against the cage.
Kuolema misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Novagrad.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kuolema throws an elbow but misses.
Kuolema is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Novagrad is defending well for now.
Kuolema tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Novagrad avoids it.
Kuolema gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuolema gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kuolema lands an elbow inside.
Kuolema throws an elbow that misses.
Kuolema missing with knees to the body.
Novagrad takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kuolema throws a knee to the head but misses.
Novagrad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kuolema looks gassed!
Kuolema misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Novagrad.
Novagrad wants to get back to striking at distance but Kuolema won't allow it.
Novagrad is trying to break the clinch but Kuolema is controlling him.
Kuolema lands an elbow inside that Novagrad shrugs off.
Kuolema tries to land knees in the clinch but Novagrad avoids the damage to the body.
Novagrad takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kuolema creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kuolema lands a body punch.
Kuolema lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Novagrad takes an elbow to the temple.
Kuolema tries a body shot but Novagrad blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Novagrad blocks an elbow strike.
Kuolema throws an elbow that misses.
Novagrad is trying to break the clinch but Kuolema is controlling him.
Kuolema lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Novagrad dodges an elbow strike from Kuolema.
Kuolema lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kuolema throws an elbow but misses.
Kuolema gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Novagrad takes an elbow to the temple.
Kuolema lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kuolema throws an elbow that misses.
Kuolema comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kuolema comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kuolema lands a body shot.
Kuolema tries to land knees in the clinch but Novagrad avoids the damage to the body.
Novagrad takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice left hand lands by Kuolema.
Kuolema pushes off an throws an elbow but Novagrad leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Novagrad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kuolema misses with a knee to the head.
Kuolema misses with an elbow strike.
Kuolema swings wildly with an uppercut but Novagrad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuolema lands an elbow that stopped Novagrad in his tracks for a moment.
Kuolema is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Novagrad is defending well for now.
Novagrad managing to block the knees to the body from Kuolema.
Kuolema misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Novagrad.
Kuolema gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kuolema throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kuolema lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kuolema throws an elbow but misses.
Kuolema lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kuolema.
Kuolema tries a knee to the head but Novagrad blocks it.
Kuolema tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Novagrad avoids it.
Novagrad avoiding damage as Kuolema throws knees to the body.
Novagrad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kuolema keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Novagrad's efforts to push away.
Kuolema pushes off an throws an elbow but Novagrad leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kuolema tries to land knees in the clinch but Novagrad avoids the damage to the body.
Kuolema lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kuolema tries to land knees in the clinch but Novagrad avoids the damage to the body.
Novagrad managing to block the knees to the body from Kuolema.
Novagrad is trying to break the clinch but Kuolema is controlling him.
Novagrad blocks an elbow strike from Kuolema.
Kuolema pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Novagrad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Novagrad can't break the clinch.
Kuolema tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuolema throws an elbow but it misses.
Novagrad wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Novagrad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kuolema is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Novagrad is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kuolema just misses with a elbow thrown towards Novagrad's brow.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kuolema misses with an elbow over the top.
Kuolema throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kuolema throws an elbow but it misses.
Novagrad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Novagrad working hard to break the clinch.
Kuolema misses with an elbow strike.
Novagrad tries to break the clinch but Kuolema is controlling the position.
Kuolema misses with an elbow strike.
Kuolema misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Novagrad.
Kuolema lands an elbow inside.
Kuolema tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Novagrad avoids it.
Kuolema creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kuolema tries to land knees in the clinch but Novagrad avoids the damage to the body.
Novagrad avoiding damage as Kuolema throws knees to the body.
Novagrad dodges an elbow strike from Kuolema.
Kuolema keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Novagrad's efforts to push away.
Novagrad is trying to break free.
Kuolema doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kuolema throws a knee to the head but misses.
Novagrad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kuolema throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kuolema pushes off an throws an elbow but Novagrad leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Novagrad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kuolema throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Novagrad dodges an elbow strike from Kuolema.
Nice elbow from Kuolema.
Kuolema throws an elbow but it misses.
Kuolema misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kuolema just misses with a elbow thrown towards Novagrad's brow.
Kuolema throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Novagrad can't break the clinch.
Novagrad blocks an elbow strike from Kuolema.
Kuolema throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kuolema trying to land knees to the body.
Kuolema swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Novagrad's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Novagrad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Novagrad avoiding damage as Kuolema throws knees to the body.
Kuolema with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kuolema misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Novagrad.
Novagrad is trying to break the clinch but Kuolema is controlling him.
Novagrad wants to get back to striking at distance but Kuolema won't allow it.
Novagrad managing to block the knees to the body from Kuolema.
Kuolema tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Novagrad avoids a wild elbow strike from Kuolema.
Kuolema tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kuolema lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Novagrad takes an elbow to the temple.
Kuolema tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Novagrad avoids it.
Novagrad avoiding damage as Kuolema throws knees to the body.
Kuolema using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Novagrad has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Novagrad has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kuolema using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Novagrad has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Novagrad wants to get back to striking at distance but Kuolema won't allow it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Kuolema comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kuolema has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Kai Kuolema!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Kai Kuolema!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Kai Kuolema!
Kai Kuolema wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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