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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keijo Kuosmanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Paul Bourque has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Bourque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keijo Kuosmanen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kuosmanen.
Kuosmanen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bourque but Bourque pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bourque really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kuosmanen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bourque looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bourque regains half guard, as Kuosmanen was trying to land strikes.
Kuosmanen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kuosmanen passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bourque is squirming around, avoiding Kuosmanen's attempts to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque tries to hold on but Kuosmanen pushes him away.
Kuosmanen looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bourque is squirming around, avoiding Kuosmanen's attempts to control the action.
Kuosmanen is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bourque has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bourque!
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.
Kuosmanen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bourque's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kuosmanen manages to get himself to full guard.
Kuosmanen is trying to keep Bourque in close.
Bourque wants to control from the top but Kuosmanen keeps moving.
Kuosmanen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bourque defends well.
Kuosmanen keeping moving, preventing Bourque from controlling successfully.
Kuosmanen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bourque!
Kuosmanen controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuosmanen tries to control but Bourque wriggling away.
Kuosmanen controlling the pace for now.
Kuosmanen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bourque is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bourque knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kuosmanen on the ground.
Despite being in the dominant position, Keijo Kuosmanen just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bourque throws a looping overhand right but Kuosmanen ducks down to avoid it.
Kuosmanen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bourque pinned against the cage. Bourque gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Paul Bourque has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keijo Kuosmanen.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bourque scores with a jab. Kuosmanen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Paul Bourque is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bourque scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kuosmanen.
Bourque misses with a straight right.
Kuosmanen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bourque swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bourque connects with a nice looking jab.
Kuosmanen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bourque defends it nicely.
Kuosmanen moves out of range of the strikes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kuosmanen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bourque defends it nicely.
Kuosmanen tries to clinch up but Bourque circles away and keeps his distance.
Kuosmanen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kuosmanen has managed to clinch.
Kuosmanen tries to score a body lock takedown but Bourque shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bourque taking a breather.
Bourque tries to break the clinch but Kuosmanen is controlling the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bourque looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bourque is trying to force a seperation but Kuosmanen has the dominant position.
Kuosmanen jumps guard but Bourque stands there with Kuosmanen around his waist. Kuosmanen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kuosmanen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kuosmanen tries for a takedown but Bourque manages to get underhooks.
Bourque pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bourque stuffs the takedown attempt from Kuosmanen. Kuosmanen gets slowly back to his feet.
Bourque scores with a three punch combo!
Kuosmanen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bourque swivels and escapes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kuosmanen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kuosmanen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kuosmanen is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bourque circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bourque throws a big shot that misses.
Kuosmanen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bourque lands a left and a right that send Kuosmanen crashing to the mat, dazed. Bourque thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Kuosmanen is still on wobbly legs! Can Bourque finish him?
Bourque throws a shot to the body.
Kuosmanen seems to have recovered his senses.
Kuosmanen looks gassed!
Horrible takedown by Kuosmanen or perhaps it was just good defense by Bourque which made him look bad.
Kuosmanen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kuosmanen fails to land the takedown.
Kuosmanen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kuosmanen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bourque lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kuosmanen has a takedown stuffed.
Nice defenses there by Kuosmanen.
Bourque comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bourque throws an overhand right that lands on Kuosmanen's shoulder, as Kuosmanen tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Bourque dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Kuosmanen scores a takedown into full mount!
Kuosmanen goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Bourque is on top in guard.
Bourque trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kuosmanen's guard.
Kuosmanen 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.
Bourque trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kuosmanen's guard.
Bourque throwing strikes but missing.
Kuosmanen working for submissions but it's allowed Bourque to get to half guard.
Bourque tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kuosmanen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kuosmanen is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque wants to get back to his feet.
Bourque will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kuosmanen tries to clinch up but Bourque circles away and keeps his distance.
Paul Bourque is winning the standup battle so far.
Bourque thows a body shot but no joy.
Kuosmanen slips a jab from Bourque.
Kuosmanen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bourque sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's two 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.
Bourque stalks Kuosmanen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kuosmanen's face. Kuosmanen staggers backwards, shaken.
Nice takedown defense from Bourque. No joy for Kuosmanen on that attempt.
Kuosmanen shoots in and bounces Bourque off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Kuosmanen is fighting to break Bourque's control of his arms but Bourque is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kuosmanen drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bourque manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Kuosmanen has Bourque in his guard.
Bourque wants to get up but he can't break Kuosmanen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bourque has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kuosmanen is proving hard to escape from.
Kuosmanen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bourque defends it easily.
Kuosmanen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bourque wants to stand but Kuosmanen is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kuosmanen wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bourque wants to stand but Kuosmanen has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Bourque wants to control from the top but Kuosmanen keeps moving.
Bourque is looking to stand up but Kuosmanen won't let him.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kuosmanen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kuosmanen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bourque swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bourque looking for a sweep. Not yet Bourque, not yet.
Kuosmanen is looking to advance position but Bourque has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bourque can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kuosmanen is looking to escape.
Kuosmanen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kuosmanen is squirming around, avoiding Bourque's attempts to control the action.
Kuosmanen is trying desperately to improve position.
Kuosmanen sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kuosmanen wants to control but Bourque is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's six 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.
Kuosmanen is looking for a sweep. Bourque is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bourque tries to stand and escape but Kuosmanen is controlling the position.
Bourque wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kuosmanen keeps working.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bourque connects with a nice short shot to Kuosmanen's temple.
Kuosmanen tries to roll over but Bourque keeps him under control.
Bourque wants to get back to his feet.
Bourque is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Kuosmanen manages to get to full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bourque stuffs the takedown.
Paul Bourque has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keijo Kuosmanen.
Bourque tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kuosmanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Bourque.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Bourque. That snapped Kuosmanen's head back.
Kuosmanen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bourque but Bourque pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kuosmanen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kuosmanen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kuosmanen trying to control the position but Bourque is working away.
Kuosmanen has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Bourque tries to hold on but Kuosmanen postures up.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kuosmanen controlling from the full mount.
Kuosmanen avoids the attempt from Bourque to control.
Kuosmanen looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bourque wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kuosmanen.
Kuosmanen has control of Bourque's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bourque regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Keijo Kuosmanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bourque is squirming around, avoiding Kuosmanen's attempts to control the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Keijo Kuosmanen.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Paul Bourque!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Paul Bourque!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Paul Bourque!
Paul Bourque wins by unanimous decision!
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