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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Karsten Koererlaerer (ranked 3050 p4p, 1946 weight class) and Rocco Damato (ranked 305 p4p, 214 weight class). Damato is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Thunderstruck. Rocco Damato acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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155
10 - 3 - 0 |
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170 cm
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150
9 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karsten Koererlaerer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocco Damato!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koererlaerer.
Koererlaerer misses with a series of wild punches.
Damato will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Koererlaerer misses.
Koererlaerer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Damato shoots in for a double leg but Koererlaerer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Koererlaerer leaves Damato with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Damato lands a jab-cross combination.
Koererlaerer missing with a left hand there. Damato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Damato has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Koererlaerer is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Damato gets caught flat footed, as Koererlaerer shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koererlaerer working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Damato's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koererlaerer got a little sloppy there for a moment and Damato has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Koererlaerer has managed to get both his arms back between Damato's legs - danger averted.
Damato not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Damato has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Koererlaerer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Koererlaerer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koererlaerer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Damato is looking for a triangle but Koererlaerer pushes his legs off easily.
We've been hearing that Koererlaerer has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Damato can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Koererlaerer controls the pace.
Damato has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Koererlaerer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Koererlaerer with a nice head shot there.
Koererlaerer scoring with punches to the head and body.
Damato working for a triangle but Koererlaerer defends it easily.
Koererlaerer landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damato has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Koererlaerer is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Damato.
Koererlaerer working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Koererlaerer working the ground and pound.
Koererlaerer trying to control the action but Damato is working from the bottom.
Check out the look on Koererlaerer's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Damato manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damato looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Damato is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Koererlaerer defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damato is trying to work for a kimura but Koererlaerer is defending well.
Koererlaerer gets back to full guard.
Koererlaerer manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Damato pulls guard.
Koererlaerer working some strikes from top position.
Koererlaerer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Koererlaerer is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Damato is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Koererlaerer is aware though and is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koererlaerer tries to free his leg and advance position but Damato is retaining full guard.
Koererlaerer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Damato wants to stand and escape but Koererlaerer is having none of it.
Koererlaerer is stalling in the full guard.
Koererlaerer tries to free his leg and advance position but Damato is retaining full guard.
Koererlaerer controls from within his opponent's guard.
Damato is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Koererlaerer is aware though and is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Karsten Koererlaerer dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Koererlaerer shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Damato is trying to defend but Koererlaerer finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Damato on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Koererlaerer is thwarting Damato's attempts to control the position.
Koererlaerer trying to control from half guard but Damato is working away.
Damato tries to roll over but Koererlaerer keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ground and pound from Koererlaerer.
Damato has hold of Koererlaerer's hands but Koererlaerer slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koererlaerer is working for a kimura but Damato is defending it quite comfortably.
Koererlaerer is trying to control. Damato wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Karsten Koererlaerer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Damato is looking for a sweep. Koererlaerer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Damato has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Koererlaerer. Oh but Damato has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Koererlaerer goes limp - he's gone! Damato jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rocco Damato!
An out of breath Rocco Damato thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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