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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James La Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baadur Jobava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Grande comes to the cage accompanied by Gemini Club-Sparklers. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 lbs
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175 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James La Grande!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Baadur Jobava!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jobava swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and La Grande decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jobava's guard.
La Grande looking to pass the guard.
La Grande preventing the sweep.
La Grande drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Jobava dives on top into guard.
Jobava got a little sloppy there for a moment and La Grande has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jobava has managed to get both his arms back between La Grande's legs - danger averted.
La Grande is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jobava defends well.
La Grande has his foot on Jobava's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jobava works his way back into a safe position though.
La Grande is looking for a triangle here but Jobava uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
La Grande is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jobava scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jobava working the body and head with strikes.
La Grande tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jobava cracks La Grande with a big right hand but La Grande just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Jobava lands a few punches from side control.
La Grande is looking to regain half guard here but Jobava keeps moving and retains side control.
La Grande tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jobava presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Jobava landing shots from mount.
Jobava prevents La Grande from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Jobava.
Jobava content just to control the position here.
Jobava dominating with strikes here.
Jobava looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jobava fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jobava prevents La Grande from getting the reversal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jobava takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jobava prevents La Grande from getting the reversal.
Jobava raining down shots from the mount!
La Grande regains half guard.
La Grande looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jobava is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jobava is looking for a kimura here.
La Grande keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
La Grande looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
La Grande is looking for a sweep. Jobava is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
La Grande looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
La Grande looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jobava looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks La Grande with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jobava working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jobava prevents La Grande from improving his position.
Jobava trying to control the pace.
La Grande looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jobava is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jobava is looking for a kimura but La Grande is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jobava to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Baadur Jobava dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jobava closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into La Grande's guard.
Jobava stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. La Grande swivels though and keeps the full guard.
La Grande throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jobava lands a couple of digs.
Jobava must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jobava trying to control but La Grande is working from the bottom.
La Grande seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Baadur Jobava has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jobava wants to pass the guard but La Grande is keeping the position.
La Grande escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jobava gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Grande is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jobava is aware though and is defending well.
Jobava connects with a couple of short punches.
Jobava is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jobava got a little sloppy there for a moment and La Grande has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jobava has managed to get both his arms back between La Grande's legs - danger averted.
Jobava landing with the ground and pound.
La Grande has an active guard here but Jobava has managed to pass into half guard.
La Grande actively working from the bottom here.
Jobava scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
La Grande is refusing to be controlled, as Jobava sits in half guard.
Jobava looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
La Grande is defending against the submission attempts here by Jobava.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Grande looking for submissions off his back.
La Grande wants to improve his position but Jobava is controlling well.
La Grande is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jobava pulls his head out easily.
La Grande is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Jobava is tapping! Great win for La Grande!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). James La Grande!
James La Grande seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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