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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dale La Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marat Gafurov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Grande comes into the arena with What are you waiting FOR! blaring out of the sound system. Gafurov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Queen – I Want To Break Free kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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143 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
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154 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dale La Grande!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marat Gafurov!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Grande tries to clinch but Gafurov moves out of range.
La Grande uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gafurov.
La Grande swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gafurov gets tackled into the cage by La Grande. La Grande maintains the clinch.
Gafurov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
La Grande tries a knee to the head but Gafurov blocks it.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
Gafurov is trying to break the clinch but La Grande is controlling him.
La Grande lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Grande tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La Grande crunches a lovely knee into Gafurov's ribcage.
La Grande creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gafurov is looking to break free of the clinch but La Grande has double underhooks.
La Grande connects with a knee to the head.
La Grande using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
La Grande landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Grande lands an elbow that stopped Gafurov in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
Gafurov lands a takedown into guard.
Gafurov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. La Grande is keeping the position for now.
La Grande keeping moving, preventing Gafurov from controlling successfully.
Gafurov drops back, looking for a kneebar! La Grande looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. La Grande looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from La Grande!
Gafurov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
La Grande tries to stand but Gafurov is controlling his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov is trying to improve his position.
La Grande knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gafurov on the ground.
La Grande wants to stand but Gafurov has his arm trapped.
Gafurov is looking for a sweep.
Gafurov manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gafurov is working for a kimura but La Grande is defending it quite comfortably.
La Grande pushes Gafurov off looking to stand but Gafurov dives back in and keeps control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. La Grande doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gafurov.
Gafurov seems to be looking for submissions.
Still in half guard, Gafurov seems content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dale La Grande will probably get the nod.
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.
La Grande moves into the clinch.
Gafurov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La Grande takes the fight into the clinch.
La Grande lands an elbow inside that Gafurov shrugs off.
La Grande keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gafurov's efforts to push away.
La Grande creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gafurov's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Grande blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gafurov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gafurov.
Gafurov wants to break the clinch but can't.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
La Grande lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gafurov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
La Grande is defending well against a takedown attempt.
La Grande tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La Grande connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gafurov's face.
Dale La Grande has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
La Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gafurov is defending well for now.
Gafurov has had enough of the clinch but La Grande keeps him there for the moment.
La Grande creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gafurov's defenses.
Gafurov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La Grande has him pressed against the cage.
La Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
Gafurov is trying to break free.
La Grande is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gafurov takes an elbow to the temple.
La Grande lands an elbow just above Gafurov 's eye.
Gafurov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
La Grande lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
La Grande missing with knees to the body.
La Grande lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
Gafurov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
La Grande comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gafurov has had enough of the clinch but La Grande keeps him there for the moment.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
La Grande unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gafurov misses with a body punch.
Gafurov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. La Grande fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dale La Grande has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marat Gafurov.
La Grande tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gafurov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
La Grande is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gafurov can do to turn this around?
La Grande wants to clinch up but Gafurov keeps it at a distance.
Gafurov tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
La Grande closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
La Grande blocks a body shot from Gafurov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La Grande has him pressed against the cage.
Gafurov tries to circle away but La Grande has him pinned against the cage.
La Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Grande lands a good knee to the midsection. Gafurov won't want to take too many of those.
La Grande throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gafurov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
La Grande lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
La Grande lands a knee to the head.
La Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Grande lands an elbow just above Gafurov 's eye.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
Gafurov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La Grande lands a knee to the body.
Gafurov is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for La Grande.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gafurov takes an elbow to the forehead.
La Grande avoids a wild elbow strike from Gafurov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
La Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La Grande lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
La Grande utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from La Grande.
La Grande lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Marat Gafurov has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by La Grande.
La Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gafurov has had enough of the clinch but La Grande keeps him there for the moment.
La Grande creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gafurov's defenses.
La Grande utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La Grande landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Gafurov fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dale La Grande dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marat Gafurov'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.
La Grande clinches up with Gafurov and pushes him back against the cage.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
La Grande trying to land knees to the body.
Gafurov avoids the elbow strike from La Grande, against the cage.
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
Gafurov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
La Grande scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for La Grande.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
Gafurov takes an elbow to the forehead.
La Grande lands a good knee to the midsection. Gafurov won't want to take too many of those.
La Grande landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gafurov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gafurov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La Grande obliges.
Gafurov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gafurov tightens his grip and picks La Grande up, before dumping him to the ground. La Grande manages to land in guard.
La Grande keeping moving, preventing Gafurov from controlling successfully.
La Grande wants to stand and escape but Gafurov is having none of it.
Marat Gafurov has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gafurov controls from within his opponent's guard.
La Grande keeping moving, preventing Gafurov from controlling successfully.
Gafurov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as La Grande works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gafurov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gafurov has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can La Grande defend it? Gafurov steps over the head and cranks it - La Grande is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Gafurov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marat Gafurov!
Marat Gafurov is the new lightweight champion!
Marat Gafurov looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I deserve this win! '.
The defeated Dale La Grande had this to say: 'Life's a BITCH!!!I mean a Beach...ohh and I will be back for the Title!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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