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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kiyoshi Kasai (ranked 2955 p4p, 4675 weight class) and Kalle Rosberg (ranked 284 p4p, 396 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kiyoshi Kasai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kalle Rosberg!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasai attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kasai misses with a looping right.
Kasai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rosberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kasai tries to clinch but Rosberg moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Rosberg.
Kasai is looking to clinch.
Kasai misses with a head kick.
Kasai looks to throw a body kick
and Rosberg moves into the clinch.
Kasai pushes Rosberg back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rosberg gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Rosberg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rosberg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rosberg prevents Kasai from standing back up.
Rosberg content to control rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosberg escapes and gets back to his feet.
Rosberg feints and as Kasai raises his hands in defense, Rosberg changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rosberg stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Rosberg fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kasai avoids it really well and circles away.
Rosberg takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kasai throws a lazy head kick
and Rosberg counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kasai does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rosberg takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosberg throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kasai tries to clinch but Rosberg is having none of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rosberg finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rosberg looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice body punch from Rosberg.
A swing and a miss from Kasai.
Rosberg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kasai trying to land knees to the body.
Kasai stops a takedown attempt from Rosberg.
Kiyoshi Kasai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kalle Rosberg.
Rosberg lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kasai.
Kasai tries to work over Rosberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kasai is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Rosberg on the inside.
Kasai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kasai misses with an elbow strike.
Kasai missing with knees to the body.
Kasai letting Rosberg take a breather here.
Rosberg is trying to pull guard but Kasai turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rosberg is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Kasai can't fight it off and eventually Rosberg manages to take the fight to the floor. Kasai looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rosberg stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Rosberg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kasai.
Rosberg decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kasai pushes Rosberg off looking to stand but Rosberg dives back in and keeps control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosberg throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rosberg stops Kasai from getting back to his feet.
Rosberg is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rosberg wants to work for an arm triangle but Kasai is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rosberg missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A clash of legs there as Rosberg blocks the low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kalle Rosberg dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kasai tries to work over Rosberg's front leg with a kick but Rosberg checks it.
Kasai throws a leg kick but Rosberg sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kasai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kasai throws a lazy body kick
and Rosberg counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rosberg throws a strike but Kasai rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rosberg looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kasai wants to control from the top but Rosberg keeps moving.
Rosberg has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasai wants to control from the top but Rosberg keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosberg has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Kasai doesn't defend quickly enough and Rosberg has managed to lock this one up! Can Kasai escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Rosberg on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kalle Rosberg!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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