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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armo Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Lecouc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuusela comes into the arena with Promentory blaring out of the sound system. Lecouc comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Turdus Muicus - A Shot of Inspiration kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!
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198 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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186 cm
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201 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armo Kuusela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Lecouc!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lecouc misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lecouc doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kuusela cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lecouc takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lecouc closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kuusela pushes Lecouc away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Lecouc gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
You can see the frustration on Kuusela's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lecouc misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Kuusela gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lecouc is thwarting Kuusela's attempts to control the position.
Kuusela blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lecouc.
Lecouc thows a huge punch but Kuusela dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela tries to roll over but Lecouc keeps him under control.
Lecouc has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kuusela is working hard here to advance position.
Lecouc throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kuusela tries to roll over but Lecouc keeps him under control.
Lecouc sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kuusela defending well though.
Lecouc is thwarting Kuusela's attempts to control the position.
Lecouc prevents Kuusela from standing back up.
Lecouc slips a nice elbow through Kuusela's hands, connecting with Kuusela's forehead.
Lecouc wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kuusela keeps working.
Lecouc missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kuusela avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lecouc.
Lecouc trying to pass the guard but Kuusela defending well.
Kuusela is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kuusela pushes Lecouc off looking to stand but Lecouc dives back in and keeps control.
Kuusela manages to get to full guard.
Lecouc is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lecouc postures up in Kuusela's guard and throws a big left but Kuusela blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela keeping moving, preventing Lecouc from controlling successfully.
Lecouc throwing strikes but missing.
Lecouc trying to control but Kuusela is working from the bottom.
Kuusela looking to control.
Lecouc lands a couple of digs.
Lecouc prevents Kuusela from getting back to his feet.
Lecouc throwing strikes but missing.
Lecouc with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lecouc postures up.
Lecouc wants to control from the top but Kuusela keeps moving.
Lecouc looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lecouc stands and throws Kuusela's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ground and pound from Lecouc seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Kuusela gets back to half guard.
Kuusela pushes Lecouc off and gets back to his feet.
Lecouc fails with the takedown
letting Kuusela counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alex Lecouc will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kuusela scores with a hook.
Lecouc with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kuusela counters with an outside leg kick.
Lecouc throws a lazy uppercut
and Kuusela counters with a leg kick.
Lecouc misses with a leg kick
and Kuusela counters with a shoot takedown. Lecouc fights it but they end up in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuusela stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Alex Lecouc is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lecouc throws a poor cross that misses
and Kuusela counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping leg kick lands for Kuusela.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kuusela.
Kuusela lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kuusela lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lecouc is breathing heavily.
Kuusela ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kuusela throws a good cross that connects.
Kuusela scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela lands a high kick!
Lecouc is rocked!
It looks like Alex Lecouc has been cut.
Nice body punch from Kuusela.
Lecouc is still on wobbly legs! Can Kuusela finish him?
The fighters circle, before Kuusela throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Lecouc's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Kuusela lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Armo Kuusela!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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