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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Randy Orton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarkko Ber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orton kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Voices. Jarkko Ber has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
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175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Orton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jarkko Ber!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from Orton does it's job there.
No joy there for Ber, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ber swats away the attempt to clinch by Orton.
Orton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ber fails with the takedown.
The crowd cheers as Orton lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ber doesn't seem phased though.
Ber misses with a wild combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Orton scores with a four punch combination!
Ber slips a jab and a cross from Orton.
Ber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ber looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Orton is fending him off so far but Ber persists. Nope, Orton circles away and we're back to standing.
Ber takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ber shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Orton as he jumps to the side.
Randy Orton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jarkko Ber.
Ber is trying hard to land a takedown here. Orton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ber has a takedown stuffed.
Ber throws out a loose jab but Orton uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Randy Orton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orton cracks Ber with a good jab.
Ber shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Orton pinned against the cage. Orton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A swing and a miss from Orton.
Orton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Orton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ber moves out of range as Orton throws a body kick.
Orton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ber.
Ber closes the distance and clinches up with Orton, looking for a takedown. Ber pushes Orton against the cage but Orton circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Orton is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ber lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Orton circles away quickly and effectively.
Orton throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ber lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Orton fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ber has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Orton throws a series of strikes that have Ber backpedaling.
Randy Orton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ber looks gassed!
Ber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slow jab from Ber misses its intended target.
Ber looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Orton!
Ber prevents Orton from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orton is squirming around, avoiding Ber's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ber throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ber landing strikes from the mount and Orton is in trouble!
Orton working to try and regain half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ber throwing strikes here but Orton is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ber lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Orton regains half guard.
Orton wants to improve his position but Ber is controlling well.
Orton has hold of Ber's hands but Ber slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orton trying to hold on to Ber's head to control him but Ber postures up.
Orton looking for submissions off his back.
Ber works his way into full mount!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Orton working to try and regain half guard.
Ber can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Orton is looking to escape.
Ber scoring with strikes but Orton is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ber with the ground and pound from mount.
Ber lands a nice shot to the head.
Ber landing shots from mount.
Ber landing punches.
Ber is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Orton is rocked!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A nice elbow there by Ber.
Oh Orton is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ber cracks Orton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Ber connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Orton takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Ber's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jarkko Ber!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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