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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Grant Vanguard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rasva Jorma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorma has chosen Captain Awesome's Theme Song as his entrance music. Rasva Jorma has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Grant Vanguard's chin.
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145 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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166 cm
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147 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grant Vanguard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rasva Jorma!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanguard avoids the head kick by Jorma.
Vanguard attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vanguard slips under a jab.
Vanguard throws a chopping leg kick but Jorma manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Vanguard throws an overhand right that lands on Jorma's shoulder, as Jorma tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Vanguard.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vanguard tries a body shot but Jorma blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Vanguard.
Jorma looking to stall.
Jorma jumps guard but Vanguard turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nice body punch from Vanguard - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Vanguard.
Vanguard wants to stall.
Vanguard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jormas head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Vanguard.
Jorma tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jorma has a couple of punches blocked by Vanguard.
Jorma fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Grant Vanguard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rasva Jorma.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorma has had enough of the clinch but Vanguard keeps him there for the moment.
Vanguard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vanguard is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Vanguard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jormas head.
Vanguard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vanguard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jorma's elbow.
Jorma is trying to break free.
Vanguard lands with a light punch inside.
Jorma tries to work over Vanguard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vanguard working aggressively here.
Vanguard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Vanguard - that landed with a thud.
Jorma is looking to control Vanguard's arms but Vanguard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jorma has his back to the cage.
Jorma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vanguard lands with a right to the head.
Vanguard misses with a punch on the inside.
Jorma lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vanguard backwards.
Vanguard tries a body shot but Jorma blocks it.
Vanguard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jorma backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorma wants to break free but Vanguard has control.
Vanguard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jorma blocks a body shot from Vanguard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanguard slowing the pace effectively.
Jorma is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Vanguard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jorma.
Jorma can't break the clinch.
Vanguard is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Vanguard lands a nice shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vanguard.
Vanguard lands a nice shot to the body.
Vanguard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vanguard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
I was talking to Vanguard's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vanguard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Vanguard misses.
Jorma is looking to clinch.
Vanguard lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Jorma misses.
Vanguard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jorma checks a leg kick.
Jorma misses with a straight left.
Vanguard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jorma.
Vanguard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jorma.
A low kick from Vanguard is predictable there
letting Jorma counter with a right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Vanguard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vanguard.
Jorma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vanguard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jorma lands with a straight right. Vanguard didn't see that one coming.
Vanguard thumps Jorma with a low kick.
Vanguard throws a sloppy head kick and Jorma moves out of range easily.
Jorma looks to land a right hand but Vanguard moved out of range.
Vanguard lands a big head kick that sends Jorma tumbling to the mat! Vanguard takes a step backwards and waves Jorma back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanguard lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Jorma is looking to close the distance but Vanguard sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Jorma crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Jorma is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Grant Vanguard!
Grant Vanguard decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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