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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gan Bayarmaa (ranked 1948 p4p, 2503 weight class) and Ossi Omenankukka (ranked 226 p4p, 290 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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182 cm 20 195 5 - 3 - 0 |
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183 cm 22 195 4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Lethal high kicks Granite chin |
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Good wrestler Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gan Bayarmaa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ossi Omenankukka! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bayarmaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Omenankukka takes a swing at Bayarmaa's ribcage but misses. Bayarmaa throws a lazy head kick and Omenankukka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Bayarmaa throws a hook but Omenankukka avoids it easily. Bayarmaa is looking to land body kicks. Bayarmaa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Omenankukka steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bayarmaa. That one must have hurt. Bayarmaa is looking to slow Omenankukka down with leg kicks. Bayarmaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bayarmaa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Bayarmaa slips a jab from Omenankukka. Bayarmaa is looking to counter the offense by Omenankukka and move into the clinch. Omenankukka connects with a right hand. Bayarmaa shakes it off. Bayarmaa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Omenankukka connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bayarmaa's hands. Bayarmaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Omenankukka. Bayarmaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Bayarmaa misses with a body punch
and Omenankukka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Good work by Omenankukka as he checks the leg kick. Bayarmaa looks for the body kick but Omenankukka saw that one coming. Omenankukka takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. A kick lands to the mid section there for Bayarmaa. Bayarmaa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bayarmaa slips a jab from Omenankukka. Omenankukka throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Bayarmaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Omenankukka is just out of range. Bayarmaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Bayarmaa scores with the left hand. Omenankukka knows he should have avoided that one. Bayarmaa throws a body kick that misses. Omenankukka blocks a low kick nicely. Omenankukka throws out a counter right but Bayarmaa avoids it with no problem. Omenankukka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Bayarmaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Excellent takedown into side control there by Omenankukka. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bayarmaa is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Bayarmaa managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Omenankukka.
Bayarmaa is being controlled here. Omenankukka in side control, throwing shots but Bayarmaa defends. Omenankukka is chipping away with strikes.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Omenankukka working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though. Bayarmaa dodges the ground and pound from Omenankukka. Omenankukka is putting a hurting on Bayarmaa here, landing some big shots from side control. Omenankukka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Omenankukka creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bayarmaa sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bayarmaa controls the position for a moment. Bayarmaa defending against the ground and pound. Omenankukka scores with a couple of short elbows. Bayarmaa tries to buck Omenankukka off but Omenankukka is having none of it. Bayarmaa struggling a bit here. Omenankukka looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Omenankukka scores with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Omenankukka landing strikes. Omenankukka lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bayarmaa down.
Omenankukka trying to control the position but Bayarmaa is working away. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Omenankukka scores with punches from side control. Bayarmaa is trying to get back to half guard. Bayarmaa trying to control but Omenankukka flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back! Omenankukka landing with strikes. Omenankukka has Bayarmaa flattened out and is raining down punches.
That's five minutes gone in the round. Omenankukka punishes Bayarmaa with strikes from the back mount. Omenankukka lands an elbow to the side of the head. Well, with Omenankukka on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Bayarmaa is tapping out... Can he escape the position? Omenankukka working for the choke. Omenankukka punishes Bayarmaa with strikes from the back mount. Bayarmaa covers up after that shot from Omenankukka.
Bayarmaa tries to escape the position.
Bayarmaa is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Omenankukka.
Bayarmaa is trapped and Omenankukka is scoring with shots to the head and body. Omenankukka looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
That's six minutes gone in the round. Bayarmaa is keeping busy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Omenankukka scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Omenankukka is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Bayarmaa is rocked! Omenankukka is punishing Bayarmaa with some ground and pound. Oh Bayarmaa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Omenankukka lands a good shot there. Bayarmaa covers up! Omenankukka smells blood and goes for the finish - the referee warns Bayarmaa to improve his position but he's not intelligently defending himself and the referee has no choice but to step in and end the fight! Omenankukka jumps to his feet and celebrates the important win with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ossi Omenankukka!
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