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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drax Bautista (ranked 1997 p4p, 1579 weight class) and Paavali Kontiainen (ranked 235 p4p, 196 weight class). Paavali Kontiainen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drax Bautista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paavali Kontiainen!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kontiainen tries to clinch up but Bautista circles away and keeps his distance.
Bautista keeps the fight on the outside.
Kontiainen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kontiainen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bautista.
Bautista tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kontiainen's elbow.
Bautista can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kontiainen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kontiainen.
Bautista looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bautista goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bautista tries to pull guard but Kontiainen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Kontiainen.
Bautista has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bautista working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kontiainen lands with a light punch inside.
Bautista is trying to pull guard but Kontiainen has him pressed against the cage.
Kontiainen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bautista is trying to break the clinch but Kontiainen is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Kontiainen fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bautista.
Kontiainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kontiainen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bautista tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kontiainen's elbow.
Good body shot from Bautista.
Kontiainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Bautista.
Kontiainen misses with some punches.
Kontiainen misses with some punches.
Kontiainen throws a punch but it's blocked by Bautista.
Bautista lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Kontiainen.
Still in the clinch, Kontiainen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kontiainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bautista is trying to break the clinch but Kontiainen has him pressed against the cage.
Kontiainen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kontiainen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bautista digs a right hand into Kontiainen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kontiainen's gas tank.
Kontiainen misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kontiainen fails to land.
Kontiainen lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bautista tries to pull guard but Kontiainen holds him up against the cage and eventually Bautista drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Drax Bautista. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Kontiainen fails to land.
Kontiainen throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kontiainen misses with a punch on the inside.
Kontiainen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bautista throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kontiainen misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Bautista's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bautista lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bautista blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bautista's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kontiainen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bautista drags the fight down to the ground.
Kontiainen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bautista utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kontiainen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kontiainen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Kontiainen stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Bautista has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Kontiainen manages to get his head free but now Bautista has transitioned to an armbar! Kontiainen grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Bautista! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Drax Bautista!
After the fight, Drax Bautista was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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