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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ogami Itto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borst De Groot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying De Groot's choice of entrance music: Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song . Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ogami Itto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Borst De Groot!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Groot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Itto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Groot has managed to clinch.
Itto is looking for a takedown up against the cage. De Groot gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
De Groot's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Groot moves into the clinch.
De Groot breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Groot lands a two punch combo.
De Groot swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Itto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Groot closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De Groot is trying to break free.
Itto has De Groot pressed against the cage, preventing De Groot from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
De Groot manages to break the clinch.
De Groot rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Itto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Itto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Groot counters with a stiff right hand.
Itto fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but De Groot avoids it really well and circles away.
De Groot punishes Itto's body with a nice straight punch.
Itto misses with a low kick.
De Groot keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ogami Itto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Groot works Itto's body with a nice hook.
De Groot misses with a double jab.
Ogami Itto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Itto fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging De Groot to the ground. Itto is now in De Groot's guard.
Itto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Itto won't allow De Groot to sweep him here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Itto is pushing down on De Groot's leg trying to pass to half guard. De Groot is fighting to maintain full guard but Itto has managed to sneak the leg through.
Itto moves into full mount! De Groot won't be happy about that!
Itto wants to control the pace but De Groot is squirming around nicely.
De Groot is trying to escape the mount.
Itto sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
De Groot blocking the ground and pound.
Itto throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
De Groot working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itto wants to control the pace but De Groot is squirming around nicely.
Itto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
De Groot is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Itto has taken his back.
Itto is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged De Groot with him. De Groot is trying to defend but Itto has an arm under the chin now! De Groot grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ogami Itto!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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