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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Kuosmanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randall Garrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garrison has chosen Mad Sin - Burn and Rise as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 cm
30
167 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
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178 cm
30
163 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keijo Kuosmanen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randall Garrison! The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Garrison misses with a wild combination.
Garrison shoots for a takedown but Kuosmanen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Garrison throws a looping overhand right but Kuosmanen ducks down to avoid it. Garrison paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Garrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kuosmanen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Kuosmanen is working for a submission of some sort.
Kuosmanen keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kuosmanen is keen to just control but Garrison is a slippery customer. Garrison trying to hold on to Kuosmanen's head to control him but Kuosmanen postures up.
Kuosmanen is keen to just control but Garrison is a slippery customer. Garrison regains full guard. Nicely done. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Garrison trying to control the position here. Garrison controls Kuosmanen momentarily but Kuosmanen frees himself. Kuosmanen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Garrison manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Garrison lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Garrison tries to control but Kuosmanen wriggling away. Garrison landing punches. Kuosmanen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Garrison looking to control but Kuosmanen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. 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! Garrison fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kuosmanen is looking to improve his position but Garrison isn't that keen on the idea. Garrison trying to control but he's not successful this time. The referee warns Kuosmanen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Garrison wants to control the pace but Kuosmanen is squirming around nicely. Kuosmanen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Garrison connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kuosmanen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Garrison pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kuosmanen is rocked! Garrison looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead. Garrison prevents Kuosmanen from getting the reversal. Garrison with shots to the head and body - Kuosmanen looks very uncomfortable down there. Garrison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Kuosmanen is bucking up trying to escape but Garrison cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Oh Kuosmanen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Garrison trying to control but Kuosmanen is having none of it. Garrison is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. Garrison landing punches. Kuosmanen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kuosmanen seems to have got his legs back now. Garrison lands a big shot there that rocks Kuosmanen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Garrison has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kuosmanen's face.
Kuosmanen is trying desperately to improve position. Kuosmanen might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Garrison scoring with strikes but Kuosmanen is staying in there. Garrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kuosmanen is looking to escape. Garrison looking to control and managing it successfully. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randall Garrison dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Garrison throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kuosmanen counters with a shoot takedown. Garrison fights it but they end up in guard. Kuosmanen controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Kuosmanen trying to control but Garrison is working from the bottom. Garrison looking for a triangle here. Kuosmanen is fighting it but it looks tight! Garrison pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Kuosmanen is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Randall Garrison!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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