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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cristian Eriksen (ranked 23237 p4p, 4784 weight class) and Ivan Pustansky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pustansky comes into a darkened arena with his song building. TYRANT kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ivan Pustansky is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cristian Eriksen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Pustansky!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eriksen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Eriksen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pustansky tries to clinch but Eriksen moves out of range.
Pustansky rushes Eriksen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pustansky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Eriksen breaks the clinch.
Pustansky is looking to clinch but Eriksen is avoiding it.
An attempted straight right counter from Eriksen misses the target.
Pustansky throws a lazy uppercut
and Eriksen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pustansky swings for the body but Eriksen moves out of range.
Eriksen throwing a counter right hand but Pustansky manages to avoid it.
Pustansky slips under a jab from Eriksen.
Eriksen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pustansky wants to clinch up but Eriksen keeps it at a distance.
Eriksen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Pustansky connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pustansky moves to clinch but Eriksen breaks away
and Eriksen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pustansky is looking to clinch.
Eriksen throwing a counter right hand but Pustansky manages to avoid it.
Pustansky tries to clinch there but Eriksen circles away.
Eriksen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pustansky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pustansky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pustansky tries to clinch
and Pustansky takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pustansky is looking to clinch but Eriksen is avoiding it.
Eriksen ducks under a wild hook from Pustansky.
Eriksen is looking to counter punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pustansky looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pustansky tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Eriksen counter with a right hand.
Pustansky rushes Eriksen and presses him up against the cage.
Eriksen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eriksen misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eriksen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pustansky.
Pustansky throws a poor cross that misses
and Eriksen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pustansky closes the distance and pushes Eriksen back into the cage.
Eriksen blocking some punches.
Eriksen blocks the elbow strike.
Eriksen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pustansky ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab from Pustansky.
Pustansky is looking to clinch but Eriksen is avoiding it.
Pustansky wants to clinch but Eriksen slips to the side
enabling Eriksen to counter with a crisp jab.
Pustansky darts in trying to clinch
and Eriksen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pustansky is rocked!
Eriksen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pustansky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eriksen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pustansky wants to clinch up but Eriksen keeps it at a distance.
Pustansky moves into the clinch.
Eriksen blocks the elbow strike.
Pustansky looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Eriksen breaks the clinch.
Pustansky is looking to clinch.
Pustansky jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pustansky tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Eriksen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pustansky tries to close the distance and clinch but Eriksen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Eriksen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pustansky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Eriksen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ivan Pustansky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pustansky throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Eriksen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pustansky gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pustansky scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Eriksen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pustansky.
Eriksen avoids the elbow strike from Pustansky, against the cage.
Eriksen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Eriksen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Eriksen takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pustansky darts in trying to clinch
and Eriksen counters with a stiff right hand.
Pustansky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Eriksen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little feinted left hand from Eriksen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pustansky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eriksen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Eriksen looks to throw the jab but Pustansky is out of range.
Pustansky rushes Eriksen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pustansky pushes off an throws an elbow but Eriksen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Eriksen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pustansky looks to clinch
and Eriksen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cristian Eriksen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pustansky pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pustansky tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Eriksen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pustansky closes the distance but Eriksen moves to the side
and Eriksen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pustansky is still on wobbly legs! Can Eriksen finish him?
Pustansky closes the distance but Eriksen moves to the side
and Eriksen counters with a crisp right that sends Pustansky to the canvas! Eriksen follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cristian Eriksen!
Cristian Eriksen really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Arcticus University: London logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
The defeated Ivan Pustansky had this to say: '...'.
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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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