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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorma Kultane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex McLain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McLain is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cocaine Blues. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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211 lbs
2 - 0 - 1 |
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172 cm
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204 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Jorma Kultane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rex McLain!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kultane feints a jab promting McLain to slip. Kultane then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. McLain slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Rex McLain has been cut.
Kultane misses with a looping right.
Rex McLain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLain tries to clinch up but Kultane circles away and keeps his distance.
Kultane throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McLain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McLain connects with a single shot there.
McLain looks to land a combination but Kultane avoids it well.
Kultane checks the leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kultane slips a straight right by McLain.
McLain gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kultane to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kultane lands a couple of digs.
Kultane is working McLain over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McLain avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kultane makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kultane's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kultane throws an elbow that misses. McLain uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kultane's guard. Nice move by McLain!
McLain is looking to stand up but Kultane won't let him.
Kultane has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. McLain is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Kultane gets a trip takedown into half guard.
McLain is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kultane scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kultane is trying to control the action in half guard but McLain is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kultane throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kultane content to control rather than advance.
Kultane wants to pass the guard but McLain is defending well.
Kultane 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.
Kultane lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kultane has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kultane is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But McLain has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from McLain!
Kultane lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for McLain!
A nice elbow there by Kultane.
Kultane scoring with strikes but McLain is staying in there.
Kultane with shots to the head and body - McLain looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kultane controlling the pace for now.
McLain looks winded!
Kultane dominating with strikes here.
Kultane landing punches.
Kultane looking to control but McLain is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kultane with the ground and pound from mount.
McLain is rocked!
Kultane punishing his opponent with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McLain is bucking up trying to escape but Kultane cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
McLain is still in real trouble! Can Kultane finish him?
Kultane connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kultane scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McLain really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kultane. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kultane has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of McLain's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kultane working the ground and pound effectively.
Kultane with shots to the head and body - McLain looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kultane looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kultane is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but McLain is surviving well by controlling Kultane's body position as best he can.
McLain seems to have recovered his senses.
Kultane connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kultane goes for an armbar but McLain turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from McLain.
McLain preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorma Kultane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rex McLain's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
McLain misses with a low kick.
No luck for McLain with that takedown attempt.
Kultane darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Kultane looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kultane is nestled in close to McLain, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kultane lands a nice short elbow.
Kultane is nestled in close to McLain, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kultane looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kultane is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nice strikes from Kultane there.
Kultane will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
McLain is in trouble now - Kultane has advanced to mount!
McLain is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kultane breaks from McLain's wrist control and lands an elbow.
BOOM! Kultane connects with a massive shot to the dome!
We've been hearing good reports from Kultane's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Kultane is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McLain can do to turn this around?
Kultane loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have McLain scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Kultane land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Kultane stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorma Kultane!
The defeated Rex McLain had this to say: 'Perhaps I took a misstep in my training. I'd give credit to my opponent, but the fight was bullshit. You have just managed to avoid certain death in a cage. Perhaps a rematch is in order? Thanks for letting me fight. Fans, coaches, promotors, calvin, thank you.'.
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energy
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hype
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