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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Omar Nuritdinov (ranked 4850 p4p, 3010 weight class) and Diogo Cunha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good takedowns
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Omar Nuritdinov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Diogo Cunha!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nuritdinov gets a double leg takedown into Cunha's guard.
Nuritdinov stays in close to Cunha's body and controls the position.
Nuritdinov scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nuritdinov trying to control but Cunha is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nuritdinov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cunha keeping moving, preventing Nuritdinov from controlling successfully.
Cunha can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Nuritdinov controls the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cunha working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Nuritdinov has passed into half guard!
Nuritdinov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nuritdinov trying to control the pace.
Cunha really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nuritdinov. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuritdinov drops an elbow to the side of Cunha's head.
Nuritdinov thows a huge punch but Cunha dodges it nicely.
Cunha wants to control but Nuritdinov is keeping busy.
Cunha looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nuritdinov is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nuritdinov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuritdinov wants to pass the guard but Cunha is defending well.
Nuritdinov winds up and cracks Cunha with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nuritdinov performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Nuritdinov wants to work for an arm triangle but Cunha is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuritdinov not doing much here.
Cunha is trying is best to control the position here.
Cunha is refusing to be controlled, as Nuritdinov sits in half guard.
Cunha has hold of Nuritdinov's hands but Nuritdinov slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nuritdinov is nestled in close to Cunha, 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. Nuritdinov connects with a nice short shot to Cunha's temple.
Nuritdinov is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cunha has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuritdinov is nestled in close to Cunha, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cunha gets full guard.
Cunha had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nuritdinov defends it easily.
Nuritdinov looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cunha is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Omar Nuritdinov dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nuritdinov drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cunha is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Cunha trying to control from the bottom.
Nuritdinov keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nuritdinov 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.
Cunha on the receiving end of some nice 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. Nuritdinov connects with a nice short shot to Cunha's temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nuritdinov keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nuritdinov lands a nice short elbow.
Cunha actively working from the bottom here.
Cunha is in trouble now - Nuritdinov has advanced to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuritdinov with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Cunha looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Nuritdinov is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Cunha is defending well though. Nuritdinov let's go of the attempt for now.
Cunha trying to control the hands but Nuritdinov won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuritdinov working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Cunha is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Nuritdinov has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Cunha taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Omar Nuritdinov!
After the fight, Omar Nuritdinov was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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