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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rubadub Sanford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Algimantas Butautas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Butautas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. AC/DC - Evil Walks kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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210 cm
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185 lbs
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186 cm
18
200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Self confident |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rubadub Sanford! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Algimantas Butautas! The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sanford takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Butautas clinches. Butautas prevents Sanford from breaking the clinch. Butautas leaning against his opponent.
Sanford can't break the clinch.
Butautas prevents Sanford from breaking the clinch. Butautas drags the fight down to the ground.
Butautas working for a triangle but Sanford defends it easily.
Sanford is fighting to break Butautas's control of his arms but Butautas is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment. Sanford preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round. Butautas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Butautas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanford's head. Butautas controlling the pace. Butautas is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sanford is just riding it out for now. Butautas eventually gives up the hold. Sanford is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Butautas controlling the pace. Butautas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. Sanford knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Butautas on the ground. Butautas throwing shots but Sanford is blocking nicely. Butautas sitting and controlling from the half guard. Butautas is pressing down on Sanford's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sanford is holding on for now. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Butautas is controlling the pace.
Butautas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Butautas wants to control but Sanford is keeping him busy. Butautas has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Sanford is squirming around, avoiding Butautas's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Butautas wants to finish this one by submission but Sanford is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Butautas. Butautas trying to control but he's not successful this time. Butautas is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sanford can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Butautas looks gassed! The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Butautas sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Algimantas Butautas dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Butautas throws a sloppy head kick and Sanford moves out of range easily. Rubadub Sanford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Sanford lands a head kick. Butautas smiles back at him and beckons him forward. A punch combination from Sanford misses. Sanford really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Butautas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sanford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Butautas misses with a hook. Sanford ducked under it nicely. Sanford misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rubadub Sanford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Butautas. A head kick by Sanford misses and Butautas counters with a good, hard body kick but Sanford shrugs it off. Sanford throws a head kick that half lands.
Butautas is rocked! Sanford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Butautas is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanford finish him? Sanford throws a sloppy head kick and Butautas moves out of range easily. It's a brutal combination of punches from Sanford! Butautas is backing up but he can't get away as Sanford lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Butautas and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rubadub Sanford!
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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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