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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timur Rafkatovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Pym (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pym has chosen Fight - Into the Pit as his entrance music. Timur Rafkatovich looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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210 lbs
1 - 5 - 0 |
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185 cm
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200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Timur Rafkatovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henry Pym!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafkatovich throws a right and a left that Pym avoids nicely.
Pym throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rafkatovich was covering up waiting for the punch and Pym finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pym's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pym 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.
Pym wants to stand but Rafkatovich is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pym is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pym must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Pym lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rafkatovich trying to strike off his back.
Rafkatovich is breathing heavily.
Pym scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
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!
Pym trying to stand up but can't free himself from Rafkatovich's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pym wants to pass the guard but Rafkatovich is keeping the position.
Pym chips away with some ground and pound.
Pym makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pym works over Rafkatovich with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pym scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pym wants to stand but Rafkatovich has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Pym postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Pym is in close to Rafkatovich's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rafkatovich could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pym's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rafkatovich has a closed guard, preventing Pym from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pym is in close to Rafkatovich's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pym is in close to Rafkatovich's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pym is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pym is looking to stand up but Rafkatovich won't let him.
Pym lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pym tries to free his leg and advance position but Rafkatovich is retaining full guard.
Pym wanted to stand there but Rafkatovich had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafkatovich keeping full guard, as Pym tries to pass.
Rafkatovich has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pym can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pym is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Henry Pym hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Rafkatovich gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Timur Rafkatovich has been cut.
Pym throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pym closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pym lands in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pym landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pym not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pym tries to free his leg and advance position but Rafkatovich is retaining full guard.
Pym content to stall in guard here.
Pym advances position into side control!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pym grinds an elbow into Rafkatovich's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Pym dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timur Rafkatovich's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pym throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rafkatovich was covering up waiting for the punch and Pym finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Pym has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pym is working Rafkatovich over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Pym is looking to stand up but Rafkatovich won't let him.
Rafkatovich looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pym lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pym wants to get up but he can't break Rafkatovich's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Pym really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rafkatovich. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pym's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pym stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rafkatovich swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rafkatovich looking to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pym wants to get up but he can't break Rafkatovich's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Pym is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pym decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rafkatovich, up you get!
A head kick misses from Pym.
Pym drops Rafkatovich with a beautiful combination! Rafkatovich stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pym is looking for the KO!
Rafkatovich is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pym lands a huge takedown. Rafkatovich is out but the ref is slow to react and Pym lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Rafkatovich lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Pym!
A less than humble Henry Pym misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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