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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aalio Paalio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paalio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cradle Of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Nmae. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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307 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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300 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesus Pope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aalio Paalio!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pope lands with an overhand left.
Pope just misses with a punch to the body.
Paalio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pope showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Paalio.
Pope needs to keep his hands up - Paalio had a free shot at his head there.
It looks like Jesus Pope has been cut.
Pope shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pope was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pope lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Paalio hang on?
It looks like Aalio Paalio has been cut.
Poor strikes thrown by Pope there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pope thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Pope 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.
Paalio is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
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.
Pope landing strikes from the mount.
That has opened up Aalio Paalio's cut even more.
Pope throwing strikes but Paalio recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Pope missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pope missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pope throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pope is pressing down on Paalio's thigh, looking to free his foot. Paalio is holding on for now.
Pope with the ground and pound but Paalio uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope wants to pass the guard but Paalio is keeping the position.
Paalio can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pope controls the pace.
Pope missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pope slips a jab and a cross from Paalio.
Aalio Paalio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pope.
An elbow from Pope crashes against the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Pope goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Paalio has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Pope but great work by Paalio.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paalio wants to stand but Pope is controlling his arm.
Pope gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Pope is trying to get back to full guard.
Paalio is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Pope gets back to full guard.
Pope is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four 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.
Paalio wants to get up but he can't break Pope's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Pope throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pope bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Paalio's guard.
Pope in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pope is looking to work some ground and pound but Paalio has wrist control.
Pope throws a big right hand that misses.
Pope tries to free his leg and advance position but Paalio is retaining full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Paalio can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pope loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Pope dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Paalio misses with a series of wild punches.
Pope looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Pope moves nicely into side control.
Pope scoring with punches and elbows.
Pope sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Paalio is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pope tries to score with some ground and pound. Paalio controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pope thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paalio is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pope has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Paalio parries the strikes from Pope easily there. Pope is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Paalio to escape.
Pope throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Pope tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pope is looking to take a break and control but Paalio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pope uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paalio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pope swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pope misses with a body shot.
Pope shoots for a takedown but Paalio saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pope.
An elbow from Pope crashes against the mat.
Pope working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Paalio on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The cut above Aalio Paalio's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Aalio Paalio's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jesus Pope!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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