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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Celsius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juha Tappio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tappio has chosen Kari Tapio - Juna kulkee vaan as his entrance music. Kelvin Celsius could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Juha Tappio's chin.
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164 lbs
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165 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kelvin Celsius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Tappio!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tappio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tappio is defended easily by Celsius.
Celsius pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tappio is out of range and Celsius settles back down.
Celsius misses with a straight right.
Celsius lands with an overhand left.
Celsius drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Celsius tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Tappio tries to escape but Celsius is in control.
Celsius thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tappio is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Celsius wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tappio keeps working.
Tappio wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tappio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Celsius circles away quickly and effectively.
Tappio gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tappio wants to stand up but Celsius is controlling him.
Tappio pushes Celsius off and gets back to his feet.
Celsius is looking to clinch.
Celsius shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tappio is staying active underneath Celsius, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Celsius prevents Tappio from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Celsius is stalling here. Tappio is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Celsius seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tappio has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Celsius sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Celsius is trying to get back to full guard.
Tappio landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tappio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Celsius actively working from the bottom here.
Tappio is nestled in close to Celsius, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Celsius slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tappio got a little sloppy there for a moment and Celsius has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Tappio has managed to get both his arms back between Celsius's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Celsius is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Celsius is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tappio working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tappio is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Celsius working a defensive guard here.
Tappio controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Celsius keeping moving, preventing Tappio from controlling successfully.
Tappio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tappio distracts Celsius with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Celsius has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tappio can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Celsius looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Tappio is defending well. Celsius quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Tappio has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Celsius celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kelvin Celsius!
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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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