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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kustaa Pohjanala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen king (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pohjanala comes to the cage accompanied by Scooter - Fire. Kustaa Pohjanala has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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168 cm
28
156 lbs
13 - 14 - 0 |
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183 cm
25
154 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kustaa Pohjanala! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stephen king! The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! king's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and king duly obliges. Pohjanala clinches up against the cage. king tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pohjanala pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. king lands a nice hook to Pohjanala's body. Pohjanala takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. king with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pohjanala clinches up with king and pushes him back against the cage. Pohjanala scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Stephen king has been cut. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pohjanala obliges. king tries to pull guard but Pohjanala holds him up against the cage and eventually king drops back down to his feet.
Pohjanala lands a nice elbow. Pohjanala displaying some good clinch control by pressing king up against the cage. Pohjanala misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from king.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pohjanala keeps the fight in the clinch, despite king's efforts to push away. Pohjanala breaks from the clinch.
Pohjanala tries to clinch there but king circles away.
Pohjanala wants to clinch. Pohjanala takes the fight into the clinch. Pohjanala putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has king in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Pohjanala lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down king. king is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. king tries to break the clinch but Pohjanala is controlling the position. A shot in the inside from Pohjanala. king fails to pull guard.
Kustaa Pohjanala has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephen king. Pohjanala manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. king throws a series of punches but Pohjanala moves out of range. Pohjanala shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pohjanala was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Pohjanala throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage. Pohjanala looking to control and managing it successfully. Pohjanala looking to isolate an arm here. king doesn't see it coming and as Pohjanala extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Pohjanala!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kustaa Pohjanala!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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