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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yayi Zinsou (ranked 21364 p4p, 548 weight class) and Jakub Trabowski (ranked 3737 p4p, 340 weight class). Jakub Trabowski has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yayi Zinsou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakub Trabowski!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trabowski gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Zinsou to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Zinsou lands a couple of digs.
Trabowski thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Trabowski trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Zinsou is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Trabowski holds on and takes a little breather.
Zinsou throws a big elbow that misses.
Zinsou has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trabowski keeping moving, preventing Zinsou from controlling successfully.
Trabowski wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zinsou wants to control from the top but Trabowski keeps moving.
Zinsou sitting in guard here, content to control.
Zinsou chips away with some ground and pound.
Zinsou working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Trabowski is pulling down on Zinsou's head. It's preventing any offense from Zinsou, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zinsou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zinsou trying to control but Trabowski is working from the bottom.
Zinsou stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Trabowski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zinsou looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Trabowski keeping moving, preventing Zinsou from controlling successfully.
Zinsou throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zinsou trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Trabowski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zinsou scoring with some ground and pound.
Trabowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zinsou.
Zinsou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Trabowski controlling the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zinsou is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Zinsou wants to control from the top but Trabowski keeps moving.
Trabowski looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Zinsou sitting in guard, not really doing much.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zinsou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Zinsou wants to control from the top but Trabowski keeps moving.
Zinsou slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zinsou looking to sit in guard and control but Trabowski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zinsou has momentary wrist control but Trabowski slips an elbow through the middle.
Trabowski trying to control but Zinsou is working from the bottom.
Zinsou trying to keep a closed guard but Trabowski is proving a slippery customer.
Trabowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Zinsou is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zinsou is looking to stand up but Trabowski isn't so interested in that idea.
Trabowski trying to control but Zinsou is working from the bottom.
Trabowski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Trabowski lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zinsou looking to hit a scissor sweep but Trabowski is one step ahead there.
Zinsou not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zinsou wants to get back to his feet but Trabowski passes into half guard.
Zinsou moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Zinsou looking for a sweep. Not yet Zinsou, not yet.
Trabowski is working Zinsou over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zinsou is adopting a defensive guard.
Trabowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Trabowski works over Zinsou with some ground and pound from guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Trabowski with a nice head shot there.
Trabowski works over Zinsou with some ground and pound from guard.
Zinsou keeping moving, preventing Trabowski from controlling successfully.
Trabowski slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
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 Yayi Zinsou will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Trabowski swinging wildly here.
Trabowski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Yayi Zinsou has been cut.
Zinsou shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Trabowski defends it nicely.
Trabowski dances in with a quick combination. Zinsou is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Trabowski snaps Zinsou's head back. Zinsou stumbles backwards against the cage. Trabowski steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Zinsou's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Zinsou just didn't come prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jakub Trabowski!
During a confident post fight interview, Jakub Trabowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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