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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michael Machiavelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarkko Rautavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rautavaara has chosen Kiss - I Love It Loud as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jarkko Rautavaara will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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155 lbs
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Machiavelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jarkko Rautavaara!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rautavaara lands a body shot.
Rautavaara closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Rautavaara.
Rautavaara lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Rautavaara.
Rautavaara lands a good knee to the midsection. Machiavelli won't want to take too many of those.
Rautavaara just leaning against Machiavelli, taking a breather.
Machiavelli pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rautavaara softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rautavaara avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jarkko Rautavaara.
Machiavelli tries to clinch
and Rautavaara counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Machiavelli drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Rautavaara is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Rautavaara misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rautavaara tries to get to full guard but Machiavelli has control of the leg.
Rautavaara is refusing to be controlled, as Machiavelli sits in half guard.
Machiavelli is thwarting Rautavaara's attempts to control the position.
Machiavelli knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rautavaara on the ground.
Machiavelli is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
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.
Rautavaara has a closed guard, preventing Machiavelli from standing up.
Rautavaara is trying to keep Machiavelli in close.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Machiavelli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rautavaara drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rautavaara trying to control but Machiavelli is working from the bottom.
Rautavaara postures up.
Machiavelli looking for a sweep. Not yet Machiavelli, not yet.
Rautavaara loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rautavaara won't allow Machiavelli to sweep him here.
Machiavelli is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rautavaara is controlling him.
Rautavaara trying to control but Machiavelli is working from the bottom.
Rautavaara throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Machiavelli works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rautavaara with a nice cross.
Machiavelli shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rautavaara but Rautavaara pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Machiavelli fails with the takedown
and Rautavaara counters with a nice uppercut.
Machiavelli shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Machiavelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Machiavelli is breathing heavily.
Machiavelli tries for a takedown but Rautavaara circles away easily
and Rautavaara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rautavaara scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rautavaara takes the fight into the clinch.
Rautavaara lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Machiavelli backwards.
Rautavaara cracks Machiavelli with a nice body shot.
Rautavaara content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rautavaara lands an elbow inside.
Rautavaara lands with a short shot to the head.
Machiavelli is rocked!
Machiavelli takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oh Machiavelli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rautavaara lands a big knee! That's hurt Machiavelli! Oh, he's all over the place! Rautavaara lands another knee that sends Machiavelli to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jarkko Rautavaara!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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