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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerkku Kataja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Frio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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209 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jerkku Kataja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Frio!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kataja swinging wilding here.
Kataja avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kataja rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Frio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kataja slow jab from Frio misses its intended target.
Kataja tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Frio fails with a takedown attempt.
Kataja waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Frio.
Kataja throws a series of punches but Frio avoids them all with ease.
Kataja throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kataja fails to land with a series of punches.
Frio blocks a head kick by Kataja.
Frio wants to clinch up but Kataja keeps it at a distance.
Kataja lands with a straight right. Frio didn't see that one coming.
Kataja throws a head kick but Frio moves out of range.
Kataja waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Frio.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kataja misses the shot to the body.
Kataja tries to keep at a distance but Frio has taken the fight into the clinch.
Frio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kataja with a lazy takedown attempt
and Frio counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Frio goes for a takedown attempt but Kataja pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Frio scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Frio is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kataja defends it well.
Kataja blocking the ground and pound attempt from Frio.
Frio seems to be looking for submissions.
Kataja is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kataja might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kataja is breathing heavily.
Frio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kataja is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Frio frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Frio forces the positional change into back control.
Frio loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Kataja hold on?
Kataja tries to escape the position.
Frio is cranking Kataja's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Kataja! He's tightened the choke and Kataja is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Frank Frio!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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