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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wacanda Forever (ranked 4359 p4p, 472 weight class) and Ilmari Virtanen (ranked 4381 p4p, 475 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wacanda Forever!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ilmari Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Virtanen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Forever is looking to control Virtanen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Forever avoid being mounted?
Virtanen working Forever over with strikes.
Forever on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Virtanen wants to take a breather but Forever is having none of it.
Forever looking for submissions off his back.
Forever keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Virtanen throwing shots but Forever is blocking nicely.
Forever is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Virtanen pulls his head out easily.
Forever is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Virtanen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Virtanen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen prevents Forever from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Virtanen there.
Virtanen trying to pass the guard but Forever defending well.
Virtanen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Virtanen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Forever is trying to escape back to his feet but Virtanen uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Virtanen is trying to get an arm triangle but Forever is defending well.
Virtanen has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at K.O Heaven. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Virtanen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Virtanen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Forever is working to avoid the ground and pound but Virtanen connects with a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen is working Forever over with some ground and pound from side control.
Forever managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Virtanen.
You can see the frustration on Forever's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Virtanen wants to control but Forever is keeping him busy.
Virtanen landing a few strikes.
Forever is rocked!
Virtanen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Oh Forever is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Virtanen landing strikes.
Virtanen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Virtanen scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Forever is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Virtanen can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilmari Virtanen!
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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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