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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Kuorma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Warrick Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown has chosen Ya'll Must Have Forgot as his entrance music. Warrick Brown will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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275 lbs
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231 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Max Kuorma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Warrick Brown!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuorma closes this distance looking for a takedown but Brown circles away.
Kuorma rushes Brown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kuorma is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brown gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kuorma drops down looking for an ankle pick but Brown pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Kuorma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kuorma closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Brown to the mat! Brown manages to get full guard.
Kuorma wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Kuorma lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kuorma wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuorma trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kuorma lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kuorma throws and elbow that misses. Brown uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kuorma's guard. Nice move by Brown!
Kuorma wants to sweep but no luck.
Kuorma controlling Brown's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kuorma looking for a sweep. Not yet Kuorma, not yet.
Brown is fighting to break Kuorma's control of his arms but Kuorma is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown won't allow Kuorma to sweep him here.
Kuorma doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kuorma is pulling down on Brown's head to control his posture.
Kuorma on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kuorma tries to get out of the position.
Kuorma tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kuorma wants to stand but Brown is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kuorma has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Brown has passed into side control.
Kuorma explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Kuorma shoots in and drives through. Brown sprawls well.
Kuorma changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Brown tries to avoid it but Kuorma manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Brown to the ground. Brown escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Kuorma or perhaps it was just good defense by Brown which made him look bad.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kuorma shoots in for a takedown but Brown shows good takedown defense.
Kuorma is breathing heavily.
Brown stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Kuorma 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.
Brown tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kuorma counters with a shoot takedown. Brown fights it but they end up in guard.
Kuorma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kuorma 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.
Kuorma thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuorma throws and elbow that misses. Brown uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kuorma's guard. Nice move by Brown!
Brown won't allow Kuorma to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuorma managing to control the position.
Kuorma tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kuorma is looking to stand back up but Brown counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Kuorma.
Kuorma controlling the position for now.
Kuorma is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brown's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brown's back!
Kuorma throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Brown!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuorma has Brown flattened out and is raining down punches.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Kuorma lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Brown is rocked!
Kuorma missing with strikes.
Kuorma throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Kuorma softening up his opponent with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuorma misses with an elbow to the head.
Kuorma controlling from the back.
Brown covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown covering up well under a series of strikes from Kuorma.
Kuorma scores with punches to the body.
Kuorma lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Can Brown hold on?! Kuorma is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Brown is still in real trouble! Can Kuorma finish him?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kuorma is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Kuorma cracks Brown with a big right hand from the back mount! Brown immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Kuorma takes this one by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Kuorma!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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