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Black Cloud FC 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Blue (ranked 5583 p4p, 3751 weight class) and Adam Fudge (ranked 515 p4p, 430 weight class). Leonardo Blue looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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BJJ White Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonardo Blue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam Fudge!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fudge throws a series of strikes that have Blue backpedaling.
 It looks like Leonardo Blue has been cut.
Fudge throws a right and a left that Blue avoids nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Blue throws a hook to the side of Fudge's head but Fudge sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blue dodges the punch combination from Fudge.
Fudge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Fudge.
Blue goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fudge throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blue throws a head kick that misses.
Fudge scores with a kick to the body.
Fudge fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Blue.
Fudge's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Fudge duly obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blue cracks Fudge with a good jab.
Blue looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A right-left combo lands from Fudge.
Fudge pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Blue back to the cage. Fudge follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Blue misses with a head kick.
Fudge looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blue is breathing heavily.
Fudge connects with an inside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fudge.
Fudge tests Blue's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blue throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fudge feints a jab promting Blue to slip. Fudge then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Blue slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
 Blue is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Blue.
Oh Blue is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fudge listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fudge fakes the leg kick and cracks Blue in the body.
Blue is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Fudge just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Blue has gone limp and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Adam Fudge!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge De La Cruz (ranked 4080 p4p, 3624 weight class) and Mikael Kalevi (ranked 422 p4p, 388 weight class). Mikael Kalevi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jorge De La Cruz's chin.
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Kalevi!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Cruz pushes Kalevi up against the cage in a clinch.
De La Cruz pulls guard effortlessly.
Kalevi trying to control but De La Cruz is working from the bottom.
Kalevi is fighting to break De La Cruz's control of his arms but De La Cruz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
De La Cruz looking for a sweep. Not yet De La Cruz, not yet.
De La Cruz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kalevi looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalevi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De La Cruz is controlling Kalevi's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now De La Cruz is on top in guard.
De La Cruz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
De La Cruz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kalevi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De La Cruz wants to stand but Kalevi is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
De La Cruz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
De La Cruz wants to pass the guard but Kalevi is keeping the position.
Kalevi working for a triangle but De La Cruz defends it easily.
Kalevi looks winded!
Kalevi keeping full guard, as De La Cruz tries to pass.
De La Cruz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalevi isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. De La Cruz stacks Kalevi on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by De La Cruz!
Kalevi is looking to regain half guard here but De La Cruz keeps moving and retains side control.
De La Cruz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kalevi is working to avoid the ground and pound but De La Cruz connects with a decent elbow.
De La Cruz controlling the position.
De La Cruz wants to stand but Kalevi is controlling his arm.
De La Cruz decides to take the fight back to the feet.
De La Cruz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kalevi!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
De La Cruz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Check out the look on De La Cruz's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kalevi is trying to improve his position.
De La Cruz is working Kalevi over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kalevi is looking for a sweep.
De La Cruz stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Jorge De La Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De La Cruz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kalevi to the mat! Kalevi manages to get full guard.
De La Cruz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge De La Cruz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
De La Cruz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kalevi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Cruz closes the distance and pushes Kalevi back into the cage.
De La Cruz lands a takedown into guard.
De La Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
De La Cruz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kalevi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De La Cruz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Cruz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kalevi's head.
Kalevi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and De La Cruz defends well.
Kalevi being controlled here, momentarily.
De La Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kalevi can do to turn this around?
Kalevi is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kalevi is trying to buck De La Cruz off.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kalevi can do anything to dispel that myth.
De La Cruz is trying to get an arm triangle but Kalevi is defending well.
De La Cruz lands a decent elbow from side control.
De La Cruz wants to stand but Kalevi has his arm trapped.
De La Cruz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz tries to move to mount but Kalevi blocks the move with his legs.
Kalevi misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Kalevi regains half guard.
Kalevi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but De La Cruz pulls his head out easily.
De La Cruz stalling.
Jorge De La Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De La Cruz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
De La Cruz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kalevi is trying desperately to improve position.
Kalevi is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Kalevi has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
De La Cruz is cranking Kalevi's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Kalevi! He's tightened the choke and Kalevi is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jorge De La Cruz!
Jorge De La Cruz spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jugo Fury (ranked 2418 p4p, 3877 weight class) and William Black (ranked 349 p4p, 496 weight class). Fury comes to the cage accompanied by Pigface by Greyhoundz. Jugo Fury has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Solid chin |
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jugo Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, William Black!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Black looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Black shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fury counters with a stiff right hand.
Black fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fury avoids it really well and circles away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Fury.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've been hearing that Fury has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury scoring with punches from side control.
 It looks like William Black has been cut.
Fury sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Black is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black wants to control but Fury postures up.
Black is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fury off and has taken his back!
Fury wants to escape the position.
Fury is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Black really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fury. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Black wants to control but Fury manages to buck him off and is now in Black's guard! Nice work there by Fury!
Black controls Fury momentarily but Fury frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury distracts Black with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fury scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fury stands and throws Black's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Fury scoring with punches from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fury cracks Black with a big right hand but Black just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fury scoring with punches from side control.
Fury scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Black is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Fury 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). Jugo Fury!
A pretty intense looking Jugo Fury took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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FIGHT
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