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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Nowak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Ak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ak is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Army of Me. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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186 cm
21
202 lbs
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182 cm
25
200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aleksander Nowak! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mr Ak! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ak fails in his attempt to clinch. Ak wants to clinch up but Nowak keeps it at a distance. Nowak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ak is looking to clinch. Ak closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Ak tries to pass to full mount but Nowak defends it. Ak seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nowak does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Ak is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. Nowak is looking for a sweep. Ak is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Ak stalling away here and it's allowed Nowak to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard. Ak would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard. Ak looking to sit in guard and control but Nowak gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ak is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nowak is controlling him. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Ak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nowak paws at him with a jab and circles away. Nowak 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. Ak is looking to stand up but Nowak isn't so interested in that idea. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ak can do anything to dispel that myth. Ak manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nowak manages to get himself to full guard.
Nowak is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ak content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ak trying to control but Nowak is working from the bottom. Ak has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nowak is proving hard to escape from. Nowak is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Ak throws and elbow that misses. Nowak uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ak's guard. Nice move by Nowak! Nowak wants to control from the top but Ak keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nowak is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Ak keeping moving, preventing Nowak from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Ak wants to clinch. Nowak gets caught flat footed, as Ak shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Nowak is breathing heavily. Ak wants to stand and escape but instead Nowak has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. Nowak drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nowak jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ak has his feet on Nowak's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. Nowak is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ak sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Ak tries to close the distance and clinch but Nowak swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Ak fails in his attempt to clinch. Ak fails in his attempt to clinch. Nowak swats away the attempt to clinch by Ak. Ak tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nowak sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ak somewhat. Ak misses with a takedown attempt and Nowak counters with a right hand to the body. Ak tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Nowak counters with a straight punch to the midsection. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Ak dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ak closes the distance but Nowak moves to the side enabling Nowak to counter with a crisp jab. Nowak fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ak avoids it really well and circles away. Ak closes the distance looking to clinch and Ak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Ak tries to clinch but fails miserably and Nowak counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Ak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ak scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Aleksander Nowak has been cut. Ak moves into range and clinches up with Nowak. Nowak prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ak softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Ak manages to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ak looking for a triangle here. Nowak is fighting it but it looks tight! Ak pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Nowak is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Mr Ak!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
60% |
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