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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dr Alban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malp Revittaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm
23
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dr Alban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Malp Revittaja!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Revittaja swinging wilding here.
Alban steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Revittaja.
No joy there for Revittaja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alban throws a nice looking combination but Revittaja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Revittaja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Revittaja gets caught flat footed, as Alban shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Revittaja wants to sweep here but Alban controlling him for the moment.
Revittaja is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Revittaja escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Alban gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Alban wants to control from the top but Revittaja keeps moving.
Revittaja avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alban won't allow Revittaja to sweep him here.
Revittaja is trying to control the position but Alban postures up.
Revittaja is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Revittaja lands a nice hook to Alban's body. Alban takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Revittaja uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alban.
Revittaja looks to land a combination but Alban avoids it well.
Revittaja lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Revittaja, as that shot connected.
Revittaja throws a nice looking combination but Alban bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alban fails to land with a series of punches.
Revittaja fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alban manages to avoid it.
Alban takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Alban throws a jab when Revittaja was well out of range.
Alban shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Revittaja is trying to defend but Alban finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Nice strikes from Alban there.
Revittaja is trying to get back to full guard.
Revittaja tries to kick Alban off but Alban keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Alban seems content to control.
Alban working the head and body with strikes.
Revittaja tries to get to full guard but Alban has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Alban in particular looking to stall.
Alban's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Alban seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Revittaja does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Revittaja wants to improve his position but Alban is controlling well.
Revittaja moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Revittaja tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Revittaja is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alban is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alban stopping the sweep attempt from Revittaja.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Revittaja keeping moving, preventing Alban from controlling successfully.
Alban slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Alban preventing the sweep.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Revittaja not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Alban controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alban lands a slapping body shot.
Revittaja takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Revittaja looks gassed!
Nice shot by Revittaja.
Alban shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Revittaja napping and manages to drive through into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alban is looking to take a break and control but Revittaja is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Revittaja tries to improve position but can't.
Alban controlling the position.
Revittaja is looking for a sweep.
Alban wants to control but Revittaja is keeping him busy.
Alban throws a strike aimed at the side of Revittaja's head but Revittaja avoids it well.
Revittaja tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Alban wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Alban lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Revittaja down.
Revittaja wants to control but Alban postures up.
Alban misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dr Alban dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Revittaja swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Alban counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Revittaja!
Revittaja keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Alban cracks Revittaja with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Alban putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Alban scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Revittaja?
Alban unloading with bombs!
Alban prevents Revittaja from getting the reversal.
Alban pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alban trying to control but Revittaja is having none of it.
Revittaja is trying desperately to improve position.
Alban controlling his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Revittaja is trying to stand up.
Alban lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Alban controlling the position easily from mount.
Revittaja wants to hold on but Alban pushes him away.
Alban landing shots from mount.
Alban can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Revittaja is looking to escape.
Revittaja wants to hold on but Alban pushes him away.
Alban can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Revittaja is looking to escape.
Revittaja is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alban working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Alban lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Revittaja is wriggling around trying to escape.
Alban can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Revittaja is looking to escape.
Revittaja is looking to get to half guard.
Revittaja slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Alban is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Alban prevents Revittaja from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revittaja trying to hold on to Alban's head to control him but Alban postures up.
Alban looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Alban seems content to control.
Revittaja is looking to improve his position.
Revittaja is trying to stand back up but Alban is controlling him
Revittaja is controlling Alban's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Revittaja is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Alban's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Alban's back!
Revittaja is breathing heavily.
Revittaja is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Alban turns into Revittaja and is now in his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Revittaja keeping moving, preventing Alban from controlling successfully.
Dr Alban overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Revittaja is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alban postures up.
Revittaja is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Revittaja can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Alban controls the pace.
Revittaja looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dr Alban dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Revittaja misses with the combination.
Alban misses with a hook. Revittaja ducked under it nicely.
Alban looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Revittaja ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Revittaja is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Alban scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Revittaja is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Revittaja slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Alban not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Alban postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Revittaja is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Revittaja working a defensive guard here.
Alban stopping the sweep attempt from Revittaja.
Revittaja takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Alban stays in close to Revittaja's body and controls the position.
Revittaja is trying to control the position but Alban postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Alban lands a glancing blow to the side of Revittaja's head.
Alban takes one on the button.
Alban scores a takedown into full mount!
Revittaja regains half guard.
Malp Revittaja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Revittaja is looking to improve his position.
Revittaja makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Revittaja.
Revittaja is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Alban postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Revittaja looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Alban puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Revittaja is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Revittaja strikes from the bottom but Alban uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Alban slows the pace down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Revittaja is looking to reverse the position.
Alban remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Revittaja is trying to improve his position.
Dr Alban is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Revittaja is being controlled here.
Revittaja is looking to reverse the position.
Alban is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Revittaja struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Alban controls the position.
Revittaja is looking to regain half guard here but Alban keeps moving and retains side control.
Revittaja wants to control but Alban postures up.
Alban tries to move into full mount but can't pass Revittaja's legs.
Alban has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Alban controlling from mount.
Alban prevents Revittaja from getting the reversal.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dr Alban showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alban, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dr Alban!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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