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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damir Klobucar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kurkku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurkku has chosen Födosagan as his entrance music. Damir Klobucar has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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165 lbs
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156 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Damir Klobucar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Kurkku!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurkku punishes Klobucar's body with a nice straight punch.
Klobucar closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kurkku did well to prevent Klobucar getting side control.
Klobucar looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Kurkku is trying is best to control the position here.
Klobucar is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Klobucar seems to be working for a kimura but Kurkku defends the submission attempt.
Klobucar looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klobucar is trying to work for a kimura but Kurkku is defending well.
Klobucar is breathing heavily.
Klobucar is trying to work for a kimura but Kurkku is defending well.
Kurkku works his way to full guard. Good work.
Klobucar looking to pass the guard.
Klobucar is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Kurkku is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Kurkku has escaped and now he's on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kurkku is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Let's hope that Kurkku has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Kurkku gets to his feet - Klobucar follows without any prompting.
Kurkku misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klobucar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kurkku is fending him off so far but Klobucar persists. Nope, Kurkku circles away and we're back to standing.
Klobucar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kurkku wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Klobucar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Klobucar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Klobucar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kurkku lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kurkku punishes Klobucar's body with a nice straight punch.
Kurkku uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut lands for Kurkku. That snapped Klobucar's head back.
Kurkku lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kurkku lands the left hand.
Kurkku lands a nice hook to Klobucar's body. Klobucar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kurkku darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kurkku scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kurkku lands with a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurkku bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Klobucar's head.
Klobucar tries to move into range but Kurkku moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kurkku dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kurkku.
Klobucar is rocked!
Kurkku lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Oh Klobucar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kurkku darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Klobucar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Klobucar seems to have got his legs back now.
Kurkku connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Klobucar's hands.
Good leg kick by Kurkku there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A lazy left from Kurkku finds it's target.
A jab from Kurkku does it's job there.
Kurkku wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Klobucar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kurkku. Kurkku obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurkku uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Klobucar has time to react.
Kurkku cracks Klobucar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
John Kurkku seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Klobucar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kurkku is fending him off so far but Klobucar persists. Nope, Kurkku circles away and we're back to standing.
Kurkku with a jab.
Kurkku drops Klobucar with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Klobucar! Kurkku dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). John Kurkku!
John Kurkku is the new lightweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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