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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacinto Koutras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jouni Rytkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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210 lbs
11 - 20 - 0 |
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220 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
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
11 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jacinto Koutras!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jouni Rytkonen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koutras fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rytkonen avoids it really well and circles away.
Rytkonen misses with a combination
and Koutras counters by moving into the clinch.
Koutras letting Rytkonen take a breather here.
Rytkonen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rytkonen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Rytkonen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Koutras trying to control the position from guard on top but Rytkonen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koutras is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rytkonen has his foot on Koutras's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Koutras works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koutras stands and throws Rytkonen's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rytkonen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Koutras is controlling him well.
Rytkonen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Koutras wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rytkonen keeps working.
Rytkonen defending against the ground and pound.
Rytkonen struggling a bit here.
Koutras moves into full mount!
Koutras has hold of Rytkonen's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rytkonen manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Koutras controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koutras looking to ground and pound but Rytkonen is blocking nicely.
Rytkonen wants to control but Koutras is having none of it.
Rytkonen is looking to get to half guard.
Koutras throws some wild stikes that Rytkonen manages to avoid easily.
Rytkonen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Koutras. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Koutras tries to control but Rytkonen wriggling away.
Koutras has hold of Rytkonen's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rytkonen manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rytkonen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koutras jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rytkonen manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Koutras misses with the ground and pound.
Rytkonen is trying to control Koutras's posture but Koutras avoids it.
Koutras wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rytkonen keeps working.
Koutras 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.
Koutras tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Koutras has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Koutras taking a breather here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The ground and pound from Koutras seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Koutras stands up.
Rytkonen misses with an uppercut. Koutras saw that one coming.
Rytkonen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Koutras avoids a punch combination nicely.
Koutras shoots in looking for a takedown. Rytkonen tries to sprawl out of it but Koutras keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rytkonen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rytkonen misses with a double jab
and Koutras counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Koutras.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacinto Koutras dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Koutras shoots for a double leg takedown but Rytkonen sprawls well. He's pushed Koutras's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rytkonen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rytkonen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Koutras back to the cage. Rytkonen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Jacinto Koutras has been cut.
Rytkonen misses with a hook. Koutras ducked under it nicely.
Jacinto Koutras is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Koutras darts in looking for a takedown but Rytkonen gets double underhooks and turns Koutras into the cage.
Rytkonen lands a hook that snaps the head of Koutras backwards.
Koutras wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacinto Koutras. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koutras letting Rytkonen take a breather here.
Rytkonen looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koutras is fighting off a takedown attempt but Rytkonen is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Koutras to the mat. Koutras regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rytkonen stopping the sweep attempt from Koutras.
Rytkonen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Koutras working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rytkonen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Koutras is tightening it up a little... Rytkonen has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Rytkonen reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Rytkonen taps out! Nice BJJ there by Koutras!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jacinto Koutras!
After winning the bout, Jacinto Koutras thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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