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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacko Parantainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lloyd Christmas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christmas has chosen Mocking Bird as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 cm
24
190 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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178 cm
26
189 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacko Parantainen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lloyd Christmas! The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Parantainen has his takedown stuffed and Parantainen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Christmas misses with a hook. Parantainen ducked under it nicely. Christmas throws a hook but Parantainen blocks it. Parantainen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Christmas avoids it really well and circles away. Parantainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Christmas lands with a straight right. Parantainen didn't see that one coming. Christmas drops Parantainen with a big left hand and mounts him. Parantainen is in big trouble!
Parantainen is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet. Parantainen regains half guard. Oh Parantainen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Parantainen is looking to control Christmas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Parantainen avoid being mounted? Parantainen is trying to get back to full guard. Parantainen seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round. Parantainen is working hard here to advance position. Christmas is thwarting Parantainen's attempts to control the position. Parantainen is looking for a sweep. Christmas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Christmas is keen to just control but Parantainen is a slippery customer. Christmas is thwarting Parantainen's attempts to control the position. Parantainen wants to improve his position but Christmas is controlling well.
Still in half guard, Christmas seems content to control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. No joy there for Parantainen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Christmas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Parantainen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Parantainen misses with a takedown so Christmas counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacko Parantainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Christmas's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Christmas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. Parantainen looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it. Christmas tries to free his leg and advance position but Parantainen is retaining full guard. Christmas not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Parantainen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Christmas is trying to stand.
Parantainen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Christmas doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Parantainen. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Parantainen wants to take a breather but Christmas is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Parantainen prevents Christmas from standing back up.
Parantainen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Christmas defends it well. Christmas is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Parantainen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Parantainen is trying to work for a kimura but Christmas is defending well.
Christmas is trying to stand.
Parantainen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Christmas doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Parantainen. Parantainen wants to work for an arm triangle but Christmas is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Parantainen stops Christmas from getting back to his feet.
Parantainen is looking for a kimura but Christmas is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Parantainen to get the leverage. Parantainen is pressing down on Christmas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Christmas is holding on for now. Parantainen is trying to work for a kimura but Christmas is defending well.
Christmas wants to stand back up but Parantainen manages to pass into side control.
Parantainen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Parantainen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Parantainen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Christmas has escaped the position, nice work there. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Christmas is not content to let Parantainen control the position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lloyd Christmas 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.
Christmas looks to land a left hand but Parantainen moved out of range nicely. Parantainen with a lazy takedown attempt and Christmas counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Parantainen's guard now. Christmas being controlled here momentarily. Parantainen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Christmas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Parantainen working a defensive guard here.
Christmas sitting in guard, not really doing much. Christmas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Parantainen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Lloyd Christmas was stalling too much, according to the referee. Parantainen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Christmas counters with a stiff right hand. Parantainen tries for a takedown but Christmas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacko Parantainen. That's going to take a lot out of him. Parantainen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Christmas sprawls well. Christmas wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Parantainen gets slowly back to his feet. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Parantainen slips a jab from Christmas. Christmas misses with a hook. Parantainen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Christmas counters with a nice kick to the body. Christmas throws a hook but Parantainen blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Parantainen misses with a takedown and Christmas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Christmas cracks Parantainen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Lloyd Christmas seems to be getting the better of the standup. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Parantainen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Parantainen looks up at the clock. Bad move! Christmas lands a right hand from hell, dropping Parantainen. Christmas pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lloyd Christmas!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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