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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between muumi peikko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Tidwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tidwell has chosen Paper Cut - Linkin Park as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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175 cm
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185 lbs
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185 cm
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, muumi peikko! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Tidwell! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! peikko takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. peikko looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tidwell is fending him off so far but peikko persists. Nope, Tidwell circles away and we're back to standing. peikko tries to clinch but Tidwell moves out of range. A punch combination from peikko misses. peikko gets a takedown into half guard. Tidwell is looking to control peikko's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tidwell avoid being mounted? The referee calls for the fighters to work.
peikko tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tidwell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Still in half guard, peikko seems content to control. Tidwell looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round. peikko escapes and gets back to his feet. Tidwell stuffs the takedown. peikko moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. peikko misses with a wild body shot. peikko scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. peikko is breathing heavily. Tidwell is trying to control but can't.
peikko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tidwell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. peikko passes the guard and advances to mount! Tidwell is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. peikko is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tidwell has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Tidwell wants to control but peikko is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. peikko lands a big elbow.
Tidwell is rocked! peikko controlling the pace for now. Tidwell takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Tidwell is still in real trouble! Can peikko finish him? This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! peikko controlling from the full mount. Tidwell seems to have recovered his senses. peikko has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent. peikko prevents Tidwell from getting the reversal. peikko controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. peikko looking to control but Tidwell is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. peikko is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet! peikko feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Tidwell can't keep his opponent in guard - peikko advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. Tidwell wants to control but peikko is keeping busy and won't allow it. Tidwell has hold of peikko's hands but peikko slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Tidwell is looking to improve his position.
Tidwell trying to control but peikko postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round. peikko lands strikes from half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. peikko stands up from half guard. peikko throws a series of punches but Tidwell avoids them all with ease. peikko is looking to take this fight into the clinch. The fight stays on the outside here - peikko looks like he's thinking about clinching though. peikko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. peikko bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Tidwell is looking to reverse the position. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. peikko is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tidwell has escaped the position, nice work there. Tidwell prevents peikko from improving position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
muumi peikko dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
peikko takes a kick to the side of the head. peikko throws a series of punches but Tidwell moves out of range. peikko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
peikko doesn't manage to clinch there - Tidwell circles away.
Tidwell stuffs the takedown. Tidwell stuffs the takedown. peikko fails with a takedown attempt from distance. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for muumi peikko. That's going to take a lot out of him. Tidwell shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in peikko's guard. peikko is trying to control the position but Tidwell postures up. peikko has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. peikko wriggles free and stands up. peikko ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Tidwell is breathing heavily. A big right followed by a crushing left from peikko knocks Tidwell out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). muumi peikko!
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hype
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