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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kossu Kutvonen (ranked 2713 p4p, 3265 weight class) and Ftank Rank (ranked 182 p4p, 210 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kossu Kutvonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ftank Rank!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kutvonen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Ftank Rank has been cut.
Kutvonen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kutvonen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rank did well to prevent Kutvonen getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rank moves into full guard.
Rank is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kutvonen lands a couple of elbows.
Rank keeping moving, preventing Kutvonen from controlling successfully.
Kutvonen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Kutvonen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rank wants to get back to his feet but Kutvonen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kutvonen postures up and lands a big shot to Rank's brow.
Rank wants to stand but Kutvonen is controlling the position.
Rank is trying to keep Kutvonen in close.
Kutvonen advances to half guard.
Well, if Kutvonen is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Kutvonen 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.
Kutvonen winds up and cracks Rank with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kutvonen trying to control the pace.
Kutvonen stops Rank from getting back to his feet.
Kutvonen is trying to control. Rank wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rank wants to improve his position but Kutvonen is controlling well.
Rank is trying to control but can't.
Kutvonen controlling the action here.
Rank has his hands clasped together around Kutvonen's back. He's all about the action.
Rank makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rank.
Rank wants to get back to his feet but Kutvonen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kutvonen trying to control but Rank is working from the bottom.
Kutvonen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rank is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kutvonen tries to free his leg and advance position but Rank is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rank wants to stand but Kutvonen is controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Rank takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kutvonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Rank misses the target.
Kutvonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rank.
Rank takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rank shoots in for a double leg but Kutvonen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kutvonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rank throws out the jab.
Kutvonen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rank has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kutvonen finds it's way round the side to connect with Rank's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rank manages to avoid it.
And Rank tries to counter it with a takedown but Kutvonen pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Kutvonen misses with a body punch
and Rank counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kutvonen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rank seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Rank is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Kutvonen is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Kutvonen has escaped and now he's on top!
Rank keeping moving, preventing Kutvonen from controlling successfully.
Rank is looking to stand up but Kutvonen isn't so interested in that idea.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kossu Kutvonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ftank Rank's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Rank waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kutvonen.
Rank misses with a looping right.
Kutvonen looks for a takedown but Rank sprawls well.
Rank dives in for a single leg takedown but Kutvonen sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kutvonen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kutvonen slips a straight right by Rank.
Kutvonen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rank throws a lazy right hand but Kutvonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kutvonen thuds a left hand into Rank's body.
Kutvonen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kutvonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rank throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rank misses the jab.
Kutvonen lands a nice shot that snaps Rank's head back.
Kutvonen tries to move into range but Rank moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kutvonen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kutvonen is trying to control. Rank wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rank is looking for a sweep. Kutvonen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kutvonen working Rank over with strikes.
Kutvonen is nestled in close to Rank, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kutvonen prevents Rank from improving his position.
Kutvonen working the head and body with strikes.
Rank has hold of Kutvonen's hands but Kutvonen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Kutvonen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rank wants to get back to his feet.
Kutvonen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kossu Kutvonen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kutvonen prevents Rank from improving his position.
Rank is refusing to be controlled, as Kutvonen sits in half guard.
Kutvonen wants to pass to mount but Rank is defending the position.
Kutvonen stops Rank from getting back to his feet.
Kutvonen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kutvonen slips a nice elbow through Rank's hands, connecting with Rank's forehead.
Rank manages to get to full guard.
Kutvonen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rank is looking to stand up but Kutvonen isn't so interested in that idea.
Kutvonen cracks Rank with a solid left hand.
Rank wants to stand and escape but Kutvonen is having none of it.
Kutvonen wants to pass the guard but Rank is keeping the position.
Rank wants to stand but Kutvonen is controlling the position.
Kutvonen connects with a couple of short punches.
Kutvonen stops Rank from standing up.
Kutvonen looking to pass the guard.
Kutvonen slips nicely into half guard.
Nice strikes from Kutvonen there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kutvonen lands a nice short elbow.
Rank is trying to stand.
Rank is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rank is trying to get back to full guard.
Kutvonen lands with a punch from half guard.
Rank regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kutvonen landing some decent shots from guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rank holds on and takes a little breather.
Rank wants to stand up but Kutvonen is controlling him.
Kutvonen works over Rank with some ground and pound from guard.
Kutvonen trying to control but Rank is working from the bottom.
Kutvonen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rank is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rank can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kutvonen controls the pace.
Kutvonen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rank's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kossu Kutvonen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ftank Rank's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!
Kutvonen scores with a jab. Rank acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kutvonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rank.
Rank shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kutvonen's guard.
Kutvonen looking for a sweep. Not yet Kutvonen, not yet.
Kutvonen is working hard here to advance position.
Kutvonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rank can do to turn this around?
Rank trying to control but Kutvonen is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rank engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kutvonen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rank manages to get himself to full guard.
Kutvonen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rank is keeping the position for now.
Rank is looking to stand up but Kutvonen isn't so interested in that idea.
Kutvonen wants to control from the top but Rank keeps moving.
Kutvonen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rank pulls Kutvonen in to control the position.
Kutvonen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kutvonen stops Rank from standing up.
Kutvonen stays in close to Rank's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rank has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Kutvonen has passed into side control.
Kutvonen gets to mount! Rank was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Rank is looking to get to half guard.
Rank taking shots to the head.
Kutvonen lands a big shot there that rocks Rank but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kutvonen landing punches.
Rank is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Kutvonen raining down shots from the mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rank is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Kutvonen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rank is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rank wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rank is trying desperately to improve position.
Rank is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Kutvonen with good strikes from the mount here!
Rank is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rank is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rank takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kutvonen controlling from mount.
Kutvonen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The referee warns Rank that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rank is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Kutvonen working Rank over with strikes here.
Rank takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kutvonen controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen dominating with strikes here.
Kutvonen cracks Rank with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rank tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You get the feeling that Rank really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Kutvonen looking to finish Rank with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rank!
Kutvonen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rank is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kossu Kutvonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kutvonen controlling the pace for now.
Kutvonen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Rank is trying to stand up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kossu Kutvonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kutvonen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kossu Kutvonen!
Kossu Kutvonen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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