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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jin Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miksu Rupunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rupunen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
14 - 18 - 1 |
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185 cm
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205 lbs
19 - 11 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
14 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jin Kim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Miksu Rupunen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rupunen swinging wildly here.
Rupunen throws a right and a left that Kim avoids nicely.
Rupunen misses with a series of wild punches.
Kim shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rupunen counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Jin Kim has been cut.
Rupunen feints a jab promting Kim to slip. Rupunen then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kim slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kim dodges the punch combination from Rupunen.
Kim misses with the combination.
Rupunen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kim counters with a single leg into guard. Rupunen didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rupunen throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Kim escapes and throws Rupunen's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Rupunen is looking to reverse the position.
Kim cracks Rupunen with a big right hand but Rupunen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kim tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kim has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Rupunen is looking for a sweep.
Rupunen can't do much from the bottom here.
Kim is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Rupunen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Rupunen looking for a sweep but Kim has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Rupunen is trying to stand up.
Rupunen is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kim with a couple of short strikes.
Rupunen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kim with good strikes from the mount here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kim with good strikes from the mount here!
Rupunen is squirming around, avoiding Kim's attempts to control the action.
Rupunen is desperately trying to improve his position but Kim has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rupunen tries to improve his position but Kim has taken his back! Kim has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Rupunen tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Kim pushes Rupunen away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jin Kim!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
63% |
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