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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bertti Wirtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Tokishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wirtanen's entrance music is Korpiklaani - vodka. A fine choice. Tokishima is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by To Be Loved. Bertti Wirtanen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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177 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bertti Wirtanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Tokishima!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokishima shoots for a double leg takedown but Wirtanen sprawls well. He's pushed Tokishima's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tokishima lands a head kick!
Tokishima has a takedown stuffed.
Wirtanen closes the distance and pushes Tokishima back into the cage.
Wirtanen misses with a knee to the head.
Wirtanen tries a knee to the head but Tokishima blocks it.
Tokishima trying to land knees to the body.
Wirtanen tries to land a knee to the head but Tokishima blocks with his arms.
Tokishima has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Wirtanen clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Wirtanen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tokishima not allowing Wirtanen to control his hands.
Tokishima is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Wirtanen knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Wirtanen for a finish.
Wirtanen tries to break free.
Tokishima avoiding Wirtanen 's attempts to control his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wirtanen tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Wirtanen regains half guard.
Tokishima missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tokishima tries to stand and escape but Wirtanen is controlling the position.
Wirtanen wants to get back to his feet.
Wirtanen is looking to improve his position.
Wirtanen is breathing heavily.
Tokishima is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wirtanen defends it well.
Tokishima wants to stand but Wirtanen has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Wirtanen is refusing to be controlled, as Tokishima sits in half guard.
Tokishima is working for a kimura but Wirtanen is defending it quite comfortably.
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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wirtanen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tokishima!
Wirtanen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wirtanen with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Wirtanen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tokishima really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wirtanen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wirtanen lands with some strikes.
Tokishima is looking to improve his position but Wirtanen isn't that keen on the idea.
Wirtanen controlling his opponent.
Wirtanen 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.
Wirtanen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tokishima?
Wirtanen is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tokishima has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Wirtanen is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Tokishima with a poor takedown
and Wirtanen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bertti Wirtanen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Tokishima.
Tokishima doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wirtanen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tokishima is trying to get back to full guard.
Tokishima is defending against the submission attempts here by Wirtanen.
Wirtanen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tokishima is defending against the submission attempts here by Wirtanen.
Tokishima is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tokishima pushes Wirtanen off looking to stand but Wirtanen dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bertti Wirtanen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tokishima clinches but Wirtanen breaks the clinch
and Wirtanen moves into the clinch.
Wirtanen tries to land a knee to the head but Tokishima blocks with his arms.
Wirtanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tokishima is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wirtanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wirtanen stops a takedown attempt from Tokishima.
Wirtanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tokishima jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wirtanen walks away with a smile on his face. Tokishima gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tokishima pushes Wirtanen up against the cage in a clinch.
Tokishima leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wirtanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tokishima creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tokishima tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bertti Wirtanen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Tokishima.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tokishima has had enough of the clinch but Wirtanen keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Wirtanen.
Tokishima ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Tokishima no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wirtanen trying to control but Tokishima is working from the bottom.
Wirtanen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wirtanen trying to control but Tokishima is working from the bottom.
Tokishima looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wirtanen is one step ahead there.
Wirtanen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wirtanen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tokishima bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wirtanen's guard.
Wirtanen is pulling down on Tokishima's head. It's preventing any offense from Tokishima, at least for the moment.
Wirtanen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tokishima trying to control but Wirtanen is working from the bottom.
Wirtanen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wirtanen trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokishima trying to control but Wirtanen is working from the bottom.
Wirtanen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Wirtanen is looking to sinch up a triangle. Tokishima throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Wirtanen's body to avoid the submission. Wirtanen has instead reached around Tokishima's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Wirtanen arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Bertti Wirtanen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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