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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jere Ruutikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Guerra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guerra is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Feeling This - Blink 182. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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185 lbs
7 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jere Ruutikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Guerra!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guerra takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ruutikainen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Guerra back to the cage. Ruutikainen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ruutikainen misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Guerra does no damage.
Jere Ruutikainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guerra misses with a takedown
and Ruutikainen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Guerra's guard.
Ruutikainen gets to his feet. Guerra looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Guerra tries for a takedown but Ruutikainen circles away easily
and Ruutikainen counters with a nice body shot.
Guerra takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ruutikainen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Guerra looking to control.
Ruutikainen seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Guerra trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ruutikainen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jere Ruutikainen.
Ruutikainen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ruutikainen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Guerra takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ruutikainen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Guerra's calf.
Sloppy strikes from Guerra. Those never looked like landing.
Ruutikainen throws a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Ruutikainen.
Ruutikainen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice body punch from Ruutikainen.
Guerra lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Guerra shoots and misses
so Ruutikainen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jere Ruutikainen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Guerra.
Guerra looks gassed!
Ruutikainen stands and steps away. Guerra gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
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!
Ruutikainen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Guerra doesn't seem bothered though.
Ruutikainen misses with a few strikes there.
Ruutikainen feints and as Guerra raises his hands in defense, Ruutikainen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ruutikainen pushing down on Guerra's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ruutikainen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Ruutikainen content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruutikainen seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Guerra for as long as he can get away with.
Ruutikainen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Guerra can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ruutikainen controlling the pace for now.
Ruutikainen landing strikes from the mount.
Ruutikainen landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruutikainen controlling his opponent.
Ruutikainen's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ruutikainen prevents Guerra from getting the reversal.
That's four 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.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jere Ruutikainen just wasn't active enough.
Ruutikainen throws a series of punches but Guerra avoids them all with ease.
Ruutikainen misses with a low kick as Guerra jumps back.
Ruutikainen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ruutikainen throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Guerra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good shot there by Ruutikainen.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Ruutikainen enables Guerra to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Ruutikainen manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Ruutikainen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Guerra manages to get himself to full guard.
Ruutikainen content to stall in guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jere Ruutikainen just wasn't active enough.
Guerra has his takedown stuffed
and Ruutikainen counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jere Ruutikainen dominated that round.
That's time! Ruutikainen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ruutikainen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ruutikainen in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Guerra is looking to regain half guard here but Ruutikainen keeps moving and retains side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ruutikainen happy to just control the position for now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
We're going to have a standup here because Jere Ruutikainen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ruutikainen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ruutikainen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ruutikainen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Guerra some visible discomfort.
Ruutikainen takes a little break here. Guerra wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutikainen stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ruutikainen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ruutikainen rushes Guerra and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ruutikainen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Guerra.
Guerra being controlled against the cage.
Guerra looking to throw knees to the head but Ruutikainen is blocking nicely.
Ruutikainen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ruutikainen.
Ruutikainen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Ruutikainen decides to return to a standing position.
Guerra is breathing heavily.
Ruutikainen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ruutikainen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ruutikainen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruutikainen prevents Guerra from getting the reversal.
Ruutikainen content just to control the position here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ruutikainen prevents Guerra from getting the reversal.
Ruutikainen raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruutikainen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Guerra can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Guerra is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Ruutikainen content just to control the position here.
Guerra wants to hold on but Ruutikainen pushes him away.
Jere Ruutikainen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ruutikainen controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruutikainen landing strikes from the mount and Guerra is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ruutikainen controlling the pace for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jere Ruutikainen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ruutikainen lands with a shot to the body.
Ruutikainen throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Guerra tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ruutikainen is in Guerra's guard.
Ruutikainen chips away with some ground and pound.
Ruutikainen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ruutikainen stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ruutikainen leaves Guerra with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ruutikainen cracks Guerra with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ruutikainen throws a one two combo.
Guerra takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Guerra misses with a takedown
and Ruutikainen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guerra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ruutikainen shoots in and bounces Guerra off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutikainen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ruutikainen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ruutikainen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ruutikainen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Guerra defends it well.
Ruutikainen is controlling the pace.
Ruutikainen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Guerra can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerra is trying to maintain the position but Ruutikainen is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jere Ruutikainen just wasn't active enough.
Ruutikainen dodges the punch combination from Guerra.
Guerra doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ruutikainen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Guerra's guard now.
Jere Ruutikainen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Guerra.
Ruutikainen controlling from the top position.
Ruutikainen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Ruutikainen decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruutikainen shoots in and gets a takedown into Guerra's guard.
Ruutikainen prevents Guerra from getting back to his feet.
Ruutikainen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
No joy there for Ruutikainen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ruutikainen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Guerra sprawls well initially but Ruutikainen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Diego Guerra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guerra on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ruutikainen controlling the action here.
Jere Ruutikainen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jere Ruutikainen has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Ruutikainen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guerra is looking to improve his position.
Ruutikainen seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ruutikainen stands up from half guard.
Ruutikainen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruutikainen lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruutikainen scores with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ruutikainen punishes Guerra's body with a nice straight punch.
Ruutikainen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ruutikainen feints and as Guerra raises his hands in defense, Ruutikainen changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ruutikainen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jere Ruutikainen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ruutikainen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:25
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jere Ruutikainen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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