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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robert Rath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikko Koskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koskinen has chosen AC/DC - Two's Up as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert Rath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikko Koskinen!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rath misses with a takedown attempt - Koskinen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Koskinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rath.
Koskinen blocks a low kick nicely.
A head kick misses from Rath.
Koskinen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Rath to the mat! Rath manages to get full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rath pulls Koskinen in close to prevent any damage.
Koskinen drops back, looking for a kneebar! Rath looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Rath looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Rath!
Koskinen is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rath off and has taken his back!
Koskinen throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Rath looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Koskinen is striking well from the back but Rath escapes and manages to control the positon and works his way to half guard. A much better position - the crisis is over for the time being.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rath is looking to improve his position.
Koskinen works his way into side control.
Koskinen looks up at the clock and then as Rath takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Koskinen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rath is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Koskinen looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Rath is avoiding damage well.
Rath knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Koskinen on the ground.
Koskinen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Koskinen sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rath is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rath is looking to reverse the position.
Koskinen fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rath tries to buck Koskinen off but Koskinen is having none of it.
Rath can't do much from the bottom here.
Koskinen throws an elbow but Rath slips to the side and avoids it well.
Koskinen working the ground and pound but Rath is defending the strikes.
Koskinen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rath keeps working.
Koskinen misses with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Koskinen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rath knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Koskinen wants to control but Rath is keeping him busy.
Koskinen wants to take a breather but Rath manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Koskinen.
Rath wants to sweep here but Koskinen controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rath utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rath working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Koskinen.
Koskinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Rath is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rath wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Rath tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Koskinen with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rath controlling the position.
Koskinen connects with a couple of short punches.
Koskinen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rath is breathing heavily.
Koskinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Rath is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikko Koskinen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rath closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Koskinen did well to prevent Rath getting side control.
Koskinen wants to control but Rath is keeping busy.
Koskinen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rath's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rath's back!
Koskinen looking for the choke from the back.
Koskinen is not going to allow Rath to sit and survive in this position.
Koskinen is cranking Rath's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Rath! He's tightened the choke and Rath is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mikko Koskinen!
A victorious Mikko Koskinen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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