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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Risto Ruskea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cross Yegar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruskea kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is SMC Hoodrats. Risto Ruskea has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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188 lbs
7 - 6 - 1 |
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24
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Risto Ruskea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cross Yegar!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yegar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruskea circles away quickly and effectively.
Ruskea looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Yegar is fending him off so far but Ruskea persists. Nope, Yegar circles away and we're back to standing.
Yegar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruskea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ruskea keeps the fight on the outside.
Yegar wants to clinch.
Yegar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruskea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruskea closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Yegar did well to prevent Ruskea getting side control.
Yegar is staying active underneath Ruskea, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Yegar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ruskea scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ruskea not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruskea wants to control but Yegar is keeping him busy.
Ruskea throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yegar wants to get back to full guard.
Ruskea stalling.
Yegar wants to control but Ruskea is keeping busy.
Ruskea 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.
Ruskea is working for a kimura but Yegar is defending it quite comfortably.
Yegar is not content to let Ruskea control the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ruskea falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yegar counters with a three punch combo that has Ruskea backing up. Ruskea nods at Yegar to acknowledge the strikes.
That's two 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.
Ruskea slaps away a takedown attempt from Yegar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A solid body kick from Ruskea.
Ruskea looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick misses from Ruskea.
Yegar misses with a few strikes there.
Yegar tries to clinch up but Ruskea circles away and keeps his distance.
Yegar shoots and misses
and Ruskea decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Yegar's guard.
Ruskea with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruskea is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Yegar is trying to control the position but Ruskea postures up.
Ruskea throws and elbow that misses. Yegar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ruskea's guard. Nice move by Yegar!
Yegar trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ruskea's guard.
Yegar throws a big right hand that misses.
Yegar stopping the sweep attempt from Ruskea.
Ruskea scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Ruskea looking for a guillotine here but Yegar defends easily.
Yegar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ruskea looking to control.
Ruskea tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ruskea throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick by Yegar misses
so Ruskea counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ruskea trying to control but Yegar is working from the bottom.
Ruskea tries to stand but Yegar is controlling from the bottom.
Yegar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ruskea's guard.
Ruskea trying to control the position.
Yegar is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Risto Ruskea dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ruskea misses the shot to the body.
Yegar misses with a takedown
and Ruskea counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yegar is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ruskea fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruskea looks for the body kick but Yegar saw that one coming.
Yegar fails with the takedown
and Ruskea counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruskea is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yegar.
Yegar has closed the distance and engaged Ruskea in a clinch.
Yegar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yegar misses with a takedown attempt
and Ruskea counters with a right hand to the body.
Risto Ruskea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cross Yegar.
Ruskea misses with a body kick.
Ruskea throws a nice head kick!
Nice shot by Ruskea.
Risto Ruskea is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ruskea throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yegar fails with the takedown
and Ruskea counters with a big head kick but Yegar shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yegar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ruskea's sensitive parts.
Yegar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yegar shoots and misses
and Ruskea counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ruskea throws a head kick that half lands.
Ruskea shoots in for a double leg but Yegar sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Yegar tries to clinch up
and Ruskea counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruskea working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Yegar's thigh. Yegar counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Yegar wants to stand but Ruskea is controlling the position.
Ruskea loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ruskea preventing the sweep.
Ruskea trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Yegar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ruskea is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yegar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ruskea throws out a loose jab but Yegar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruskea feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Yegar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ruskea stands up over Yegar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yegar 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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ruskea's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yegar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ruskea working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Risto Ruskea dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Yegar shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ruskea makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ruskea lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yegar takes a step back to recover.
Yegar shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ruskea counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ruskea is looking for submissions but instead, Yegar has regained full guard.
Yegar keeping moving, preventing Ruskea from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yegar is pulling down on Ruskea's head to control his posture.
Ruskea throwing strikes but missing.
Yegar keeping moving, preventing Ruskea from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ruskea accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Yegar throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Yegar 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.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Yegar looks to land a combination but Ruskea avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yegar tries to clinch
and Ruskea counters with a head kick. That will keep Yegar thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cross Yegar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yegar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ruskea lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Yegar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yegar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ruskea counters with a nice body kick.
Yegar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruskea circles away quickly and effectively.
Yegar tries to clinch up.
Yegar tries to clinch
and Ruskea counters with a shoot takedown. Yegar fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruskea trying to control but Yegar is working from the bottom.
Yegar will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ruskea missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ruskea thows a big elbow that misses.
Ruskea throwing strikes but missing.
Yegar looking for a sweep. Not yet Yegar, not yet.
Risto Ruskea overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Yegar keeping moving, preventing Ruskea from controlling successfully.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Yegar moves out of range as Ruskea throws a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yegar shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ruskea but Ruskea pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Risto Ruskea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cross Yegar.
Ruskea jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Risto Ruskea is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yegar doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Ruskea counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cross Yegar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yegar keeping moving, preventing Ruskea from controlling successfully.
Ruskea is really struggling to control Yegar but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Risto Ruskea showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ruskea, 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Risto Ruskea!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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