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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between El Misterioso Damballah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Sparrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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188 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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177 lbs
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, El Misterioso Damballah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Sparrow!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Sparrow catches Damballah right on the button with a cross.
A slow jab from Sparrow misses its intended target.
Sparrow's corner calls for a 1-2. Sparrow obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sparrow throws a body shot but no joy.
Damballah throws a series of punches but Sparrow avoids them all with ease.
Sparrow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparrow. Damballah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damballah moves into the clinch successfully.
Damballah is looking to take this one to the mat.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Damballah lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Damballah pulls Sparrow into guard.
Damballah has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Sparrow off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damballah closes the distance and pushes Sparrow back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damballah wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sparrow lands a left hand.
Damballah drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sparrow pulls his leg out and moves away.
Damballah takes one to the chin there.
Jack Sparrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sparrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damballah was well out of range. Poor timing from Sparrow.
Sparrow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Damballah.
Damballah takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Damballah fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for El Misterioso Damballah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Damballah shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sparrow's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damballah postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Damballah 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.
Damballah is looking to work some ground and pound but Sparrow has wrist control.
Damballah throws a big elbow that misses.
Damballah trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Damballah chips away with some ground and pound.
Damballah landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Sparrow working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Damballah.
Sparrow really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Damballah. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Damballah scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sparrow looks winded!
Damballah is looking to work some ground and pound but Sparrow has wrist control.
Damballah scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Damballah lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Damballah accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damballah throws a big right hand that misses.
Damballah loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Damballah landing with the ground and pound.
Sparrow working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Damballah.
Damballah working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sparrow's head.
Damballah loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Damballah is looking to work some ground and pound but Sparrow has wrist control.
Damballah makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sparrow utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Damballah postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Damballah landing some decent shots from guard.
Damballah throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Damballah scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Damballah connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Damballah missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Damballah throws a big right hand that misses.
Damballah cracks Sparrow with a solid left hand.
Damballah with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Damballah working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sparrow's head.
Damballah with a nice head shot there.
Damballah throwing strikes but missing.
Damballah postures up in Sparrow's guard and throws a big left but Sparrow blocks it.
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!
Damballah with a nice head shot there.
Damballah connects with a couple of short punches.
Damballah cracks Sparrow with a solid left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
El Misterioso Damballah dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A jab lands there for Damballah.
It looks like Jack Sparrow has been cut.
Damballah moves forwards but Sparrow connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Damballah closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sparrow did well to prevent Damballah getting side control.
Sparrow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Damballah.
Damballah throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Damballah throwing shots but Sparrow is blocking nicely.
El Misterioso Damballah overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Damballah 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.
Damballah seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Damballah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sparrow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Damballah.
Damballah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sparrow can do to turn this around?
Sparrow on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sparrow is breathing heavily.
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!
Sparrow on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Damballah lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Damballah lands a nice short elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damballah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Damballah there.
Sparrow taking some punishment here, with Damballah in his half guard.
Damballah thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Damballah working over Sparrow with some ground and pound. Sparrow looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Damballah lands a nice short elbow.
Damballah takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Damballah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sparrow on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sparrow has hold of Damballah's hands but Damballah slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sparrow keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Damballah connects with a nice short shot to Sparrow's temple.
Damballah thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sparrow's head.
Damballah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damballah drops an elbow to the side of Sparrow's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damballah drops an elbow to the side of Sparrow's head.
Sparrow is rocked!
Damballah lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sparrow is still in real trouble! Can Damballah finish him?
Sparrow blocking the ground and pound attempt from Damballah.
Sparrow seems to have recovered his senses.
Sparrow blocking the ground and pound attempt from Damballah.
Damballah lands strikes from half guard.
Damballah slips a nice elbow through Sparrow's hands, connecting with Sparrow's forehead.
Damballah throwing shots but Sparrow is blocking nicely.
Damballah lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Damballah is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Damballah is nestled in close to Sparrow, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Damballah connects with a nice short shot to Sparrow's temple.
Sparrow has hold of Damballah's hands but Damballah slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Damballah slips a nice elbow through Sparrow's hands, connecting with Sparrow's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damballah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Damballah 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.
Damballah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Damballah lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Sparrow quite badly. Sparrow pulls Damballah in close trying to recover. Damballah postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Sparrow on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Sparrow doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). El Misterioso Damballah!
El Misterioso Damballah decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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