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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Kalas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarkko Rautavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, shut em down. Rautavaara is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Stranglers - No More Heroes. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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159 lbs
17 - 11 - 0 |
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169 cm
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166 lbs
12 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry Kalas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jarkko Rautavaara!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rautavaara ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kalas walks into a jab.
Rautavaara misses with a hook to the body
and Kalas counters with a nice body kick.
Rautavaara jabs Kalas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kalas slips under a jab from Rautavaara.
Rautavaara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kalas shoots in but no luck this time.
Kalas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rautavaara connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kalas tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kalas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kalas moves in looking to clinch but Rautavaara pushes him off.
Rautavaara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kalas shoots in for a takedown but Rautavaara shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rautavaara displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kalas.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Kalas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rautavaara scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rautavaara connects with a nice looking jab.
Rautavaara throws a shot to the body.
Kalas is breathing heavily.
Rautavaara scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kalas doesn't seem bothered though.
Rautavaara throws a right hand that misses
and Kalas counters with a stiff right hand.
Rautavaara shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rautavaara throwing strikes but missing.
Kalas keeping moving, preventing Rautavaara from controlling successfully.
Rautavaara throwing strikes from guard but Kalas blocks nicely.
Rautavaara looking to sit in guard and control but Kalas gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rautavaara pulls Kalas in close to his closed guard and prevents Kalas from doing any damage or advancing position.
Kalas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rautavaara works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
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.
Rautavaara is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Rautavaara keeping moving, preventing Kalas from controlling successfully.
Rautavaara manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rautavaara working the ground and pound effectively.
Kalas is looking to get to half guard.
Kalas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kalas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rautavaara with the ground and pound from mount.
Kalas has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Rautavaara's lack of action.
Rautavaara not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rautavaara throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kalas moves into full guard.
Kalas throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Rautavaara escapes and throws Kalas's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Rautavaara scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kalas to see if he's OK.
Rautavaara throwing strikes but Kalas manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Rautavaara tries to improve position but can't.
Kalas trying to control the position but Rautavaara is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rautavaara tries to bench press Kalas off him but Kalas keeps the position.
Kalas wants to take a breather but Rautavaara manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Kalas.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rautavaara is on top in guard.
Kalas looking to control.
Rautavaara throws a big right hand that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rautavaara throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kalas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rautavaara wants to control from the top but Kalas keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarkko Rautavaara dominated that round.
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.
Kalas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rautavaara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jarkko Rautavaara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kalas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kalas avoids the body shot from Rautavaara.
Rautavaara cracks Kalas with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kalas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rautavaara shoots for a takedown but Kalas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice cross by Rautavaara.
Kalas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rautavaara.
Harry Kalas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rautavaara avoids a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Rautavaara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kalas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rautavaara misses the shot to the body.
Kalas works over Rautavaara's head and body with a nice combination.
Kalas closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rautavaara did well to prevent Kalas getting side control.
Rautavaara is looking to control Kalas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rautavaara avoid being mounted?
Rautavaara has his hands clasped together around Kalas's back. He's all about the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rautavaara blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kalas.
Kalas is pressing down on Rautavaara's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rautavaara is holding on for now.
Kalas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rautavaara tries to get to full guard but Kalas has control of the leg.
Rautavaara regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Kalas.
Kalas is stalling in the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rautavaara looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rautavaara is pulling down on Kalas's head to control his posture.
Kalas trying to control but Rautavaara is working from the bottom.
Rautavaara manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kalas manages to get himself to full guard.
Kalas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rautavaara wants to control from the top but Kalas keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalas has momentary wrist control but Rautavaara slips an elbow through the middle.
Kalas throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Kalas keeping moving, preventing Rautavaara from controlling successfully.
Rautavaara postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kalas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rautavaara tries to free his leg and advance position but Kalas is retaining full guard.
Kalas is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rautavaara defends well.
Rautavaara trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rautavaara lands a couple of elbows.
Kalas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rautavaara doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rautavaara manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kalas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rautavaara.
Kalas controls Rautavaara momentarily but Rautavaara frees himself.
Kalas keeping moving, preventing Rautavaara from controlling successfully.
Rautavaara throwing strikes but missing.
Rautavaara lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rautavaara trying to control the position from guard on top but Kalas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarkko Rautavaara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Rautavaara throws a big shot that misses.
Kalas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rautavaara waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kalas.
Kalas tries to clinch there but Rautavaara circles away.
Kalas shoots and misses
and Rautavaara counters with a takedown into side control.
Rautavaara tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rautavaara connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kalas some visible discomfort.
Rautavaara trying to control the action but Kalas is working from the bottom.
Kalas tries to escape but Rautavaara is in control.
Rautavaara grinds an elbow into Kalas's temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Kalas takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Kalas is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalas takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Rautavaara in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rautavaara is putting a hurting on Kalas here, landing some big shots from side control.
Kalas taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rautavaara working the ground and pound.
Rautavaara in side control, throwing shots but Kalas defends.
Kalas on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jarkko Rautavaara has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rautavaara is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kalas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Rautavaara is trying to get an arm triangle but Kalas is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rautavaara creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rautavaara wants to control for a moment but Kalas uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Rautavaara not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rautavaara looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rautavaara throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rautavaara seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rautavaara not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rautavaara takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalas trying to control from the bottom.
Rautavaara trying to control from Kalas's half guard. Kalas has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Rautavaara throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kalas looking for subs off his back but Rautavaara has passed one foot through into half guard.
Rautavaara is keen to just control but Kalas is a slippery customer.
Rautavaara drops an elbow to the side of Kalas's head.
Rautavaara thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Harry Kalas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kalas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rautavaara is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kalas sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kalas tries to get to full guard but Rautavaara has control of the leg.
Kalas has hold of Rautavaara's hands but Rautavaara slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jarkko Rautavaara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rautavaara is looking to advance position but Kalas won't allow it.
Rautavaara is working for a kimura but Kalas is defending it quite comfortably.
Rautavaara trying to control the action but Kalas is working from the bottom.
Rautavaara is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kalas doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Rautavaara.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jarkko Rautavaara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rautavaara has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarkko Rautavaara!
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