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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeno Bathory (ranked 5716 p4p, 1617 weight class) and Arnold Kallas (ranked 499 p4p, 192 weight class). Bathory comes into the arena with Metallica: Battery blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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208 cm 27 275 0 - 0 - 0 |
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199 cm 20 280 4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Solid Muay Thai Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler Counter fighter Good gas tank |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zeno Bathory! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arnold Kallas! The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kallas drops his hands momentarily and Bathory takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Kallas throws a body shot but no joy. Bathory takes a swing at Kallas's ribcage but misses. Bathory lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kallas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bathory connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kallas scrambles back to his feet. Bathory throws a hook but Kallas avoids it easily. Bathory lands with an uppercut that bounces Kallas off the cage and back into range. Kallas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bathory was well out of range. Poor timing from Kallas. A jab from Bathory misses. Kallas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Bathory throws a hook but Kallas blocks it. Bathory lands the left hand.
Kallas is rocked! Kallas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bathory. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bathory avoids a kick to the body.
Kallas throws a push kick but Bathory slaps the foot to one side. A looping hook to the body misses from Kallas. Bathory does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kallas closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kallas lands in his opponent's guard. Kallas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bathory swivels though and keeps the full guard. Kallas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Kallas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Bathory tries to land a sweep but no joy. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bathory is on top in guard.
Kallas is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage. Bathory stands and throws Kallas's legs to the side, diving into side control. Bathory misses with the ground and pound. Bathory wants to control for a moment but Kallas uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bathory wants to pass to mount but Kallas is defending the position. Bathory throwing shots but Kallas is blocking nicely. Bathory wants to work for an arm triangle but Kallas is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bathory trying to control the action but Kallas is working from the bottom. Kallas works his way to full guard. Good work. Kallas controls Bathory momentarily but Bathory frees himself. Bathory throws a big right hand that misses. Kallas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kallas looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bathory puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. Bathory is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Kallas trying to control but Bathory postures up.
Bathory is working for an americana but Kallas has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Bathory was thinking about the submission. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kallas can do anything to dispel that myth. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Kallas keeping moving, preventing Bathory from controlling successfully. Bathory looking to sit in guard and control but Kallas gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Kallas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Kallas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Kallas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Kallas landing with the ground and pound. Bathory is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bathory has momentary wrist control but Kallas slips an elbow through the middle. Bathory looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Kallas won't allow Bathory to get back to his feet. Bathory not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bathory trying to strike off his back.
Bathory has momentary wrist control but Kallas slips an elbow through the middle. Kallas cracks Bathory with a solid left hand. Kallas scoring with punches to the head and body. Kallas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bathory is keeping the position for now. Kallas postures up and lands a big shot to Bathory's brow. Bathory wants to stand and escape but Kallas is having none of it. Kallas lands a couple of digs. Kallas throws an elbow that misses. Bathory uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kallas's guard. Nice move by Bathory!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zeno Bathory 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. Bathory fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kallas on the side of the head. Bathory lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Kallas misses with a leg kick and Bathory counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. A telegraphed right hand from Bathory misses the target. Kallas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Kallas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bathory pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Bathory lands with a straight right. Kallas didn't see that one coming. Bathory throws a jab when Kallas was well out of range. Bathory throws a leg kick which misses Kallas's front leg but catches the back leg as Kallas tries to avoid it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bathory does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Bathory scores with a hook. Bathory looks to score with a jab to the body but Kallas is just out of range. Bathory looks to throw the jab but Kallas is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bathory uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kallas.
Kallas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bathory as he avoids it easily. Zeno Bathory is winning the standup battle so far. Kallas avoids the body shot from Bathory.
Kallas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bathory. Kallas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. A looping hook to the body misses from Bathory. Kallas does a little dance to reset his feet. Kallas staying out of range there. Kallas steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect. Kallas misses with a body kick. Zeno Bathory is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Kallas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bathory fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kallas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Bathory missing with a left hand there. Kallas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Bathory slips a straight right by Kallas. Bathory throws an overhand right that lands on Kallas's shoulder, as Kallas tries to avoid the shot. Nice body kick from Bathory.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bathory misses with a straight left. Bathory pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bathory uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. A telegraphed right hand from Bathory misses the target. Kallas tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away. Bathory blocks a head kick by Kallas.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Kallas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bathory. Kallas misses with a low kick. A big right from Bathory misses. Kallas replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Bathory blocks it well. Bathory throws a head kick that Kallas semi-blocks.
Bathory misses with an uppercut. Kallas saw that one coming. Bathory misses with an uppercut. Kallas saw that one coming. Bathory connects with a single shot there. Kallas defending well as Bathory loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bathory throws a looping overhand right but Kallas ducks down to avoid it. Bathory throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kallas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bathory has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bathory and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Bathory misses with a hook. Kallas ducked under it nicely. Kallas needs to keep his hands up - Bathory had a free shot at his head there. Bathory throws a low kick but Kallas moves out of range easily. Both fighters circling a little - Bathory finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. Bathory swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bathory moves out of range as Kallas throws a body kick.
Bathory scores with a leg kick.
Bathory jabbing away but nothing is landing. Kallas swings for the body but Bathory moves out of range.
Kallas shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bathory defends it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bathory throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kallas sees it coming and avoids it easily. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bathory, as that shot connected.
Kallas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Kallas shoots in and bounces Bathory off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Bathory has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Kallas is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bathory lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kallas backwards. Bathory pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Kallas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Zeno Bathory has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnold Kallas. Bathory throws a looping overhand right but Kallas ducks down to avoid it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zeno Bathory dominated that second round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round! Kallas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bathory. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kallas! But no joy. Bathory throws a jab but it's blocked by Kallas. Kallas looks for the body kick but Bathory saw that one coming. Bathory throws a body punch but Kallas moves out of range. Kallas feints the counter takedown. Bathory lands a jab to the head.
Bathory lands a glancing blow to the side of Kallas's head. A nice inside leg kick there by Bathory. That's going to slow Kallas down. Bathory pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Kallas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Zeno Bathory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bathory explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Nice sprawl there from Bathory as Kallas shoots in. Bathory avoids a kick to the body.
Kallas takes a kick to the side of the head. Kallas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bathory rather than just go for the knockout. Bathory throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bathory looks to throw the jab but Kallas is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bathory misses with a wild body shot. Bathory is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kallas. Kallas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bathory manages to avoid it. Kallas slips under a jab. Bathory swings for the body but Kallas moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Bathory - just one landing. Kallas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bathory was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Kallas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Bathory missing with a left hand there. Kallas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Bathory takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. A slow jab from Bathory misses its intended target. Bathory swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bathory lands a big head kick that sends Kallas tumbling to the mat! Bathory takes a step backwards and waves Kallas back to his feet - he wants the finish! Kallas is still on wobbly legs! Can Bathory finish him? The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Kallas is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Bathory doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Kallas crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Kallas's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zeno Bathory!
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energy
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hype
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