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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Milton Myers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taalasmaa has chosen Jore Marjaranta - Tunteisiin as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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201 lbs
12 - 1 - 0 |
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194 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Milton Myers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Taalasmaa!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Myers.
Myers thows a body shot but no joy.
Taalasmaa slips a jab from Myers.
Myers misses with a few strikes there.
Taalasmaa lands with a right hand.
Taalasmaa misses with a shot to the body
and Myers counters with a nice uppercut.
Myers throws out a loose jab but Taalasmaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Myers throws a series of punches but Taalasmaa avoids them all with ease.
Taalasmaa looks to land a left hand but Myers moved out of range nicely.
Taalasmaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Myers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taalasmaa.
Myers misses with a looping left.
Myers lands a body shot.
Taalasmaa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Myers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taalasmaa shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Taalasmaa prevents Myers from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Myers wants to control but Taalasmaa is having none of it.
You get the feeling that Myers really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Myers is wriggling around trying to escape.
Taalasmaa misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Taalasmaa unloads with some shots from mount but Myers bucks and avoids them well.
Taalasmaa throwing strikes here but Myers is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Myers is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Myers is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
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.
Taalasmaa lands a heavy elbow.
Taalasmaa is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Myers is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kari Taalasmaa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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