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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zee Land (ranked 487 p4p, 1197 weight class) and Sauli Somelainen (ranked 81 p4p, 171 weight class). Land comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zee Land!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sauli Somelainen!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Land avoids the head kick by Somelainen.
Land on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Somelainen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Land takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Somelainen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Land manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Somelainen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Land is keeping the position for now.
Somelainen preventing the sweep.
Somelainen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Land's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Land had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Somelainen defends it easily.
Somelainen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Somelainen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Land really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Somelainen stopping the sweep attempt from Land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Somelainen landing some decent shots from guard.
Somelainen is in close to Land's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Somelainen passes into half guard.
Somelainen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Land defends it well.
Land blocking the ground and pound attempt from Somelainen.
Land tries to get to full guard but Somelainen has control of the leg.
Land gets full guard.
Land is pulling down on Somelainen's head. It's preventing any offense from Somelainen, at least for the moment.
Land is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Somelainen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Somelainen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Somelainen stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Land has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Somelainen manages to get his head free but now Land has transitioned to an armbar! Somelainen grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Land! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zee Land!
A very excited looking Zee Land made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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