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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rozafa Arben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asheesh Patel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Arben might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to P.O.D. - The Messenjah. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rozafa Arben!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Asheesh Patel!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patel misses with a wild combination.
Patel fails with the takedown.
Arben lands a really nice looking cross but Patel seems unphased.
Patel decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Patel passes the guard and advances to mount!
Patel trying to control but Arben is having none of it.
Arben knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Patel on the ground.
Arben is looking to get to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arben prevents Patel from taking his back.
Patel throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Arben because Patel loaded up on that one.
Arben tries to reverse the position but Patel maintains control.
Patel trying to control but Arben is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Arben tries to hold on but Patel pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Patel sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Patel thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Patel unloads with some shots from mount but Arben bucks and avoids them well.
Patel tries to control but Arben wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patel sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Patel misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Patel can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Arben is looking to escape.
Arben really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Patel thowing shots but they're missing.
Patel controlling the pace for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Arben tries to lock up and control but Patel gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asheesh Patel dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A combination from Arben does no damage.
Arben lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Asheesh Patel has been cut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Arben connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jab by Arben.
Arben lands a jab to Patel's midsection.
Arben rushes Patel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Patel looking for a takedown.
Patel can't get the takedown.
Patel jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Arben walks away with a smile on his face. Patel gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rozafa Arben has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Asheesh Patel.
Patel has a takedown stuffed.
Patel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Arben dips to his left and cracks Patel with an uppercut!
Arben works Patel's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Arben lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Arben lands a two punch combo.
Patel is rocked!
Arben cracks Patel with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Patel falls to his knees and Arben doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rozafa Arben!
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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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