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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asko Asinen (ranked 5094 p4p, 568 weight class) and Alexander Gustafson (ranked 2187 p4p, 281 weight class). Alexander Gustafson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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219 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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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
5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Asko Asinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexander Gustafson!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Gustafson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Asinen is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Asinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Gustafson circles away.
Gustafson slips under a jab from Asinen.
Gustafson works the jab nicely.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Asinen.
Asinen controlling the position from side mount.
An elbow from Asinen crashes against the mat.
Asinen is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Gustafson's shoulder. That is not cool.
We've been hearing good reports from Asinen's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asinen tries to move into full mount but can't pass Gustafson's legs.
You can see the frustration on Gustafson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asinen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gustafson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gustafson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gustafson is looking to improve his position.
Nice strikes from Asinen there.
Asinen with the ground and pound but Gustafson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Asinen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Asinen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gustafson controls Asinen momentarily but Asinen frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asinen postures up and lands a big shot to Gustafson's brow.
Asinen scoring with some ground and pound.
Asinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Gustafson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Asinen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Asinen distracts Gustafson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Asinen throwing strikes but missing.
Asinen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Asinen landing some decent shots from guard.
Gustafson is rocked!
Asinen controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gustafson is still in real trouble! Can Asinen finish him?
Gustafson has momentary wrist control but Asinen slips an elbow through the middle.
Asinen trying to control but Gustafson is working from the bottom.
Asinen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asinen trying to control but Gustafson is working from the bottom.
Gustafson working for a triangle but Asinen defends it easily.
Gustafson seems to have recovered his senses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Asinen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Asinen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Asinen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gustafson has his foot on Asinen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Asinen works his way back into a safe position though.
Asinen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Asinen wants to control from the top but Gustafson keeps moving.
Gustafson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Asinen cracks Gustafson with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asinen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gustafson's head.
Gustafson keeping moving, preventing Asinen from controlling successfully.
Gustafson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gustafson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Asinen is stalling in the full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gustafson is trying to keep Asinen in close.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Asinen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asko Asinen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Asinen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gustafson circles away quickly and effectively.
Asinen throws a head kick that misses.
Gustafson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The fighters circle momentarily. Asinen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Asinen takes a swing at Gustafson's ribcage but misses.
Gustafson moves into the clinch successfully.
Gustafson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Asinen misses with some punches.
Asinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gustafson can do to turn this around?
With the fighters up against the cage, Gustafson throws an elbow but misses.
Asinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Asinen trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gustafson is working for takedown but Asinen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Asinen can't find room to land a body shot as Gustafson controls the action.
Gustafson is working for takedown but Asinen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Asinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Asinen tries to work over Gustafson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Asinen.
Gustafson is breathing heavily.
Gustafson takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asinen lands a big right hand that drops Gustafson! The killer instinct kicks in and Asinen finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Asinen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Asko Asinen!
After winning the bout, Asko Asinen 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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FIGHT
RATING
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