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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anton Ilmarinen (ranked 672 p4p, 437 weight class) and Giovanni De Rossi (ranked 97 p4p, 65 weight class). De Rossi has chosen Imagine Dragons - Monster as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anton Ilmarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giovanni De Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from De Rossi.
Ilmarinen is looking to counter punch.
Ilmarinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ilmarinen swings for the body but De Rossi moves out of range.
Ilmarinen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. De Rossi did well to prevent Ilmarinen getting side control.
De Rossi is controlling Ilmarinen's position as best he can from this difficult position.
De Rossi trying to control but Ilmarinen postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Rossi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Ilmarinen haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Ilmarinen slips a nice elbow through De Rossi's hands, connecting with De Rossi's forehead.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ilmarinen in particular looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ilmarinen thows a huge punch but De Rossi dodges it nicely.
Ilmarinen content to control rather than advance.
Ilmarinen is thwarting De Rossi's attempts to control the position.
De Rossi has hold of Ilmarinen's hands but Ilmarinen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ilmarinen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Rossi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ilmarinen scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ilmarinen controlling the action here.
De Rossi controlling the position well.
Ilmarinen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed De Rossi's head.
Ilmarinen slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A big right from De Rossi misses.
Ilmarinen tries to counter with a takedown but De Rossi is quick to defend against it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from De Rossi misses.
Anton Ilmarinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Rossi takes a swing at Ilmarinen's ribcage but misses.
Ilmarinen misses with a wild body shot.
De Rossi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Rossi scores with a jab.
A swing and a miss from De Rossi.
Ilmarinen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ilmarinen lands in his opponent's guard.
Ilmarinen is stalling in the full guard.
De Rossi pulls Ilmarinen in to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen content to stall in guard here.
Ilmarinen postures up in De Rossi's guard and throws a big left but De Rossi blocks it.
De Rossi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ilmarinen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ilmarinen seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down De Rossi for as long as he can get away with.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anton Ilmarinen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
De Rossi takes a jab right on the kisser.
De Rossi stuffs the takedown attempt from Ilmarinen. Ilmarinen gets slowly back to his feet.
De Rossi tries to counter with a clinch but Ilmarinen shakes him off and moves away.
Ilmarinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Rossi.
Ilmarinen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Rossi doesn't manage to clinch there - Ilmarinen circles away.
Ilmarinen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Rossi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ilmarinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Rossi.
De Rossi is looking to clinch but Ilmarinen is avoiding it.
Ilmarinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rossi throws the left hand but Ilmarinen avoids the punch easily.
Ilmarinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Rossi can do to turn this around?
Ilmarinen misses the body punch
and De Rossi moves into the clinch.
De Rossi is trying to pull guard but Ilmarinen has him pressed against the cage.
De Rossi is trying to pull guard but Ilmarinen has him pressed against the cage.
Ilmarinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Rossi backwards.
De Rossi gets control of Ilmarinen's arms and successfully pulls guard. De Rossi will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ilmarinen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ilmarinen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
De Rossi is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Ilmarinen frees his head nicely. Oh but De Rossi has switched to an armbar! Ilmarinen is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Giovanni De Rossi!
Giovanni De Rossi looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Somehow I did it again and I'm still with the 0, thanks Anton for a good fight and keep your head up high, you are a hell of a fighter'.
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energy
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hype
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