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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Konstantin The Russian Giant (ranked 3891 p4p, 3703 weight class) and Gatis Krutainis (ranked 190 p4p, 184 weight class). The Russian Giant's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Soda Popinski Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Konstantin The Russian Giant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Gatis Krutainis!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Russian Giant dives in and grabs Krutainis's left leg, looking for a takedown. Krutainis pushes down on The Russian Giant's head and hops out.
Krutainis closes the distance and pushes The Russian Giant back into the cage.
Krutainis pulls guard successfully.
The Russian Giant has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The Russian Giant wants to stand but Krutainis is controlling his posture from full guard.
The Russian Giant working some strikes from top position.
It looks like Gatis Krutainis has been cut.
Krutainis is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The Russian Giant throwing strikes from guard but Krutainis blocks nicely.
The Russian Giant stands up over Krutainis, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krutainis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The Russian Giant postures up in Krutainis's guard and throws a big left but Krutainis blocks it.
Krutainis trying to keep a closed guard but The Russian Giant is proving a slippery customer.
The Russian Giant with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Russian Giant trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Russian Giant lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The Russian Giant trying to control but Krutainis is working from the bottom.
Krutainis wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Krutainis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The Russian Giant postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That has opened up Gatis Krutainis's cut even more.
The Russian Giant with a flurry of punches that miss.
The Russian Giant wanted to stand there but Krutainis had control of the position.
Krutainis has his feet on The Russian Giant's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Krutainis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Russian Giant tries to circle away but Krutainis has him pinned against the cage.
Krutainis fails to pull guard.
The Russian Giant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Russian Giant fails to land with a series of punches.
The Russian Giant definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The Russian Giant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krutainis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The Russian Giant keeps the fight on the outside.
The Russian Giant throws a series of punches but Krutainis avoids them all with ease.
The Russian Giant swinging wildly here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Russian Giant scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The cut above Gatis Krutainis's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Krutainis darts in looking for a takedown but The Russian Giant gets double underhooks and turns Krutainis into the cage.
Konstantin The Russian Giant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gatis Krutainis.
The Russian Giant misses with a wild combination.
Krutainis shoots and misses
and The Russian Giant counters with a left and a right that stings Krutainis.
Krutainis looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Russian Giant lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Krutainis sprawling to the canvas. The Russian Giant follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Krutainis hang on?
Krutainis is rocked!
Gatis Krutainis's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gatis Krutainis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Konstantin The Russian Giant!
Konstantin The Russian Giant made sure to mention his sponsor, Shadow Realm Apparel in his post fight interview.
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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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