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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Artturi Soturi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adnan Catic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adnan Catic will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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184 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Artturi Soturi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Adnan Catic!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Catic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soturi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soturi slows the pace down in half guard.
Catic trying to control from the bottom.
Soturi is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Soturi is pressing down on Catic's thigh, looking to free his foot. Catic is holding on for now.
Soturi controlling the action here.
Soturi is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soturi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Catic tries to control Soturi's body but Soturi pushes him off. Catic squirms to his side and now Soturi has his back!
Soturi keeps control of the position easily here as Catic tries to buck him off.
Catic looking very determined here, making life difficult for Soturi.
That's two 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.
Catic is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Soturi.
Catic is trying to get back to his feet but Soturi has full control of the position and if anything, Catic has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Soturi is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Catic has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Soturi is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Soturi looking to break Catic's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Catic remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Soturi will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Soturi controls the action.
Soturi is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soturi trying to control momentarily.
Soturi keeps control of the position easily here as Catic tries to buck him off.
Soturi not allowing Catic to control his hands.
Catic showing good submission defense here.
Catic trying to control the hands but Soturi breaks the grip.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Soturi doesn't have the hooks in and Catic manages to turn into his guard.
Soturi is trying to keep Catic in close.
Catic looking to sit in guard and control but Soturi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Catic wants to get back to his feet but Soturi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Soturi trying to control the position from guard on top but Catic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Soturi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Soturi tries for a kimura but Catic is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Artturi Soturi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Soturi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Catic!
Soturi trying to control but Catic is having none of it.
Catic wants to hold on but Soturi pushes him away.
Catic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Soturi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soturi fails to take his opponent's back.
Soturi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Artturi Soturi just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Soturi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Soturi trying to control the action but Catic is working from the bottom.
Soturi slows the pace down in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soturi wants to take a breather but Catic is having none of it.
Catic wants to control the action here but instead Soturi manages to pass to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soturi looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Soturi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Catic is trying to escape the mount.
Soturi avoids the attempt from Catic to control.
Soturi controlling from the full mount.
Soturi wants to control the pace but Catic is squirming around nicely.
Soturi has isolated one of Catic's arms. Catic looking to fight him off but Soturi twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Artturi Soturi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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