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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brayden Point (ranked 637 p4p, 379 weight class) and Michael Aalto (ranked 58 p4p, 35 weight class). Point comes to the cage accompanied by Roots Reggae Music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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20 - 13 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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 34 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brayden Point!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Aalto!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Point misses with a left hand
and Aalto counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Point is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brayden Point seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Point takes the fight into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aalto.
Aalto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Point taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aalto.
Aalto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Point scores with a punch to the head.
Aalto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Point appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Point looks to land a right hand but Aalto moved out of range.
Aalto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Point takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aalto throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aalto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Point has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Aalto can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Point looking for a guillotine here but Aalto defends easily.
Aalto passes into half guard.
Point is holding on to half guard well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Aalto throws a strike but Point avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Aalto throws a big right hand that misses.
Point throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Point is looking to cinch up a triangle. Aalto throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Point's body to avoid the submission. Point has instead reached around Aalto's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Point arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Brayden Point!
Brayden Point seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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