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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marlon Gazersky (ranked 671 p4p, 840 weight class) and Tommi Ritola (ranked 80 p4p, 100 weight class). Gazersky kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Clutch - Electric Worry. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marlon Gazersky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Ritola!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ritola moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gazersky connects with a body shot that sends Ritola's belly button to the back.
Gazersky throws a jab but it's blocked by Ritola.
Gazersky takes a swing at Ritola's ribcage but misses.
Ritola thinks about the counter body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Gazersky there.
Gazersky takes one on the button.
It looks like Marlon Gazersky has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that Gazersky has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ritola connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gazersky looks to land a left hand but Ritola moved out of range nicely.
Ritola swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gazersky looks to land a left hand but Ritola moved out of range nicely.
Ritola now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gazersky feints and as Ritola raises his hands in defense, Gazersky changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gazersky sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gazersky postures up in Ritola's guard and throws a big left but Ritola blocks it.
Gazersky thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gazersky wants to control from the top but Ritola keeps moving.
Gazersky scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ritola is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gazersky with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gazersky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gazersky landing with the ground and pound.
Gazersky scoring with some ground and pound.
Gazersky loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritola avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gazersky has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gazersky advances position into side control!
Gazersky working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gazersky controls the position from side control.
Ritola is trying to control Gazersky's posture but Gazersky avoids it.
Gazersky working the body and head with strikes.
Gazersky misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ritola is letting Gazersky control him for a moment.
Gazersky scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ritola to see if he's OK.
Gazersky misses with the ground and pound.
Gazersky tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Gazersky working the ground and pound.
Gazersky advances to mount.
Gazersky misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gazersky dominating with strikes here.
Gazersky controlling the position easily from mount.
Ritola is bucking up trying to escape but Gazersky cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ritola tries to hold on but Gazersky postures up.
Gazersky unloads with some shots from mount but Ritola bucks and avoids them well.
Gazersky looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gazersky lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ritola hang on?
It looks like Tommi Ritola has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gazersky lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ritola hang on?
Gazersky landing strikes from the mount and Ritola is in trouble!
Gazersky punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gazersky lands a nice shot to the head.
Ritola is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marlon Gazersky dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gazersky drops Ritola with a big left hand and mounts him. Ritola is in big trouble!
Gazersky raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gazersky raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ritola is still in real trouble! Can Gazersky finish him?
Gazersky can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ritola is looking to escape.
Ritola seems to have recovered his senses.
Gazersky is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ritola can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gazersky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ritola can do to turn this around?
Gazersky scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ritola?
A nice elbow there by Gazersky.
Gazersky lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gazersky softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Ritola is out cold! Gazersky jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marlon Gazersky!
A very excited looking Marlon Gazersky made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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