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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anselmi Samara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalevi Sorsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalevi Sorsa is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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218 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anselmi Samara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalevi Sorsa!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorsa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sorsa passes to side control.
Samara is looking for a sweep.
Sorsa misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Samara tries to improve position but can't.
Sorsa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Samara keeps working.
Samara sneaks back into half guard.
Sorsa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Samara slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Samara looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sorsa is one step ahead there.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sorsa pushing down on Samara's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samara gets back to full guard.
Sorsa looking to sit in guard and control but Samara gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Samara working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Samara is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Samara working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sorsa's head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sorsa has momentary wrist control but Samara slips an elbow through the middle.
Sorsa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Samara is one step ahead there.
Sorsa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Samara is controlling him.
Sorsa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samara scoring with some ground and pound.
Samara preventing the sweep.
Samara 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.
Samara makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Samara content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sorsa looking for a sweep. Not yet Sorsa, not yet.
Samara throws a strike but Sorsa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Samara throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Samara doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Samara wants to sweep here but Sorsa controlling him for the moment.
Samara has momentary wrist control but Sorsa slips an elbow through the middle.
Samara is looking to sweep but instead, Sorsa has passed into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samara punching from the bottom.
Sorsa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sorsa throwing shots but Samara is blocking nicely.
Samara wants to get back to full guard.
Sorsa trying to pass the guard but Samara defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Samara manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sorsa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sorsa trying to control the position from guard on top but Samara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sorsa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Samara throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Samara manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sorsa manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Samara accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sorsa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Samara throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sorsa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Samara with a flurry of punches that miss.
Samara postures up and lands a big shot to Sorsa's brow.
Samara is breathing heavily.
Sorsa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Samara is one step ahead there.
Samara with a flurry of punches that miss.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Samara lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Samara with a poor takedown
and Sorsa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kalevi Sorsa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Samara misses with a shot to the body
and Sorsa counters with a left and a right that stings Samara.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalevi Sorsa 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.
Sorsa drops Samara with a nice combination! Sorsa dives into Samara's guard, looking to finish!
Samara is rocked!
It looks like Anselmi Samara has been cut.
Sorsa loads up on a big left hand. Samara felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Sorsa looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Samara can't hide his disappointment, as Sorsa celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kalevi Sorsa!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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