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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Riva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghandi Kong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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, Thomas Riva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ghandi Kong!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kong tries to clinch there but Riva circles away.
Riva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kong wants to control but Riva postures up.
Riva is working Kong over with some ground and pound from side control.
Riva decides to stand back up. Riva steps back and let's Kong get back to his feet.
Riva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kong is trying to control but Riva manages to pass to mount!
Riva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Riva jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Kong manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Riva cracks Kong with a big elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kong is trying to control Riva's posture but Riva avoids it.
Riva lands a few punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Kong's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Riva decides to stand back up.
Riva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kong struggling a bit here.
Riva stands up and beckons Kong to his feet.
Riva is breathing heavily.
Riva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riva changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kong looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kong wants to control but Riva postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riva decides to stand back up. Riva steps back and let's Kong get back to his feet.
Kong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kong tries to close the distance and clinch but Riva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Riva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kong tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kong darts in and clinches Riva up against the cage.
Kong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kong misses with a knee strike.
Kong lands a knee to the head.
Kong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riva tries to pull guard but Kong holds him up against the cage and eventually Riva drops back down to his feet.
Kong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Riva can't break the clinch.
Riva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kong is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kong tries a knee to the head but Riva blocks it.
Riva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kong looking to throw knees to the head but Riva is blocking nicely.
Kong landing knees to the head.
Kong tries a knee to the head but Riva blocks it.
Riva jumps guard but Kong stands there with Riva around his waist. Riva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Riva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kong smiles and moves away.
Kong circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riva drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Riva stands up from Kong's guard - Riva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kong wants to clinch but Riva slips to the side
and Riva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Riva takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Riva gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Riva misses with the combination.
Riva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kong.
Nice sprawl there from Kong as Riva shoots in.
Riva forces Kong back against the cage and clinches.
Kong misses with a knee strike.
Kong tries a knee to the head but Riva blocks it.
Kong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Kong.
It looks like Thomas Riva has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Kong scores with a knee to the head.
Riva can't break the clinch.
Kong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riva successfully pulls guard.
Riva scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Kong tries to clinch up but Riva circles away and keeps his distance.
Riva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riva passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kong!
Riva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Riva scoring with strikes but Kong is staying in there.
Riva working the ground and pound effectively.
Kong tries to lock up and control but Riva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Riva content just to control the position here.
Riva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kong?
Kong really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Riva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riva tries to control but Kong wriggling away.
Kong taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Riva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Riva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Riva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kong is looking for a sweep. Riva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Riva is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Riva decides to stand up.
Riva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Thomas Riva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kong is trying to control Riva's posture but Riva avoids it.
Kong tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riva scoring with punches from side control.
Riva lands a decent elbow from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kong wants to control but Riva postures up.
Riva landing a few strikes.
Riva trying to control the action but Kong is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kong closes the distance but Riva moves to the side
and Riva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Riva.
Kong is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Riva is controlling him.
Riva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Kong wants to clinch
and Riva counters with a shoot takedown. Kong fights it but they end up in guard.
Riva seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Riva stands up and waves to Kong to follow him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kong tries to clinch there but Riva circles away.
Kong doesn't manage to clinch there - Riva circles away.
Riva gets a takedown into half guard.
Riva stands up and beckons Kong to join him on the feet.
Riva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kong can do to turn this around?
Riva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Riva showed some decent athleticism there.
Riva blocks the strikes from Kong.
Kong tries to roll over but Riva keeps him under control.
Riva passes the guard and advances to mount!
Riva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kong wants to hold on but Riva pushes him away.
Kong is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Riva landing strikes from the mount and Kong is in trouble!
Kong is looking to get to half guard.
Riva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kong hang on?
Kong working to try and regain half guard.
Kong is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Riva.
Kong really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Riva looking to finish Kong with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kong!
Riva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Riva looking to control but Kong is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kong really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Riva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Riva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kong taking shots to the head.
Riva controlling the pace for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kong tries to lock up and control but Riva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Riva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Riva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Riva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kong connects with a knee to the head.
Riva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kong has him pressed against the cage.
Riva throws an elbow that misses.
Riva wants to get back to striking at distance but Kong won't allow it.
Riva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kong pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
so Riva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Riva stands up from Kong's guard - Riva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Riva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kong is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Riva decides to stand back up.
Kong slips a jab and a cross from Riva.
Kong looks to clinch
and Riva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
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!
Riva working over Kong with some ground and pound. Kong looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kong is trying to get back to full guard.
Kong punching from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kong on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Riva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Riva is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Riva gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Kong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Riva counters with a takedown into side control.
Riva stands up and beckons Kong to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kong circles away.
Kong tries to clinch but Riva moves away
and Riva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kong is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Riva thows a big elbow that misses.
Kong working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kong's head.
Riva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kong will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kong looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kong wants to clinch up but Riva keeps it at a distance.
Kong clinches but Riva breaks the clinch
and Riva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Riva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Riva stands and steps away. Kong gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Riva drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kong looking for a sweep. Not yet Kong, not yet.
Riva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kong swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Riva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Kong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Riva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Riva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kong tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kong wants to control the position but Riva says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Kong is trying to stand up here but Riva is controlling him well.
Riva lands strikes from half guard.
Riva decides to stand and escape the position.
Kong wants to clinch
and Riva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kong won't be happy with that.
Riva has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Riva shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Riva was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Riva with shots to the head and body - Kong looks very uncomfortable down there.
Riva working Kong over with strikes here.
Kong is wriggling around trying to escape.
Riva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kong hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Kong tries to hold on but Riva pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riva lands a big shot there that rocks Kong but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kong flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Kong tries to reverse the position but Riva maintains control.
Ghandi Kong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Riva is landing with some decent strikes but Kong is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Riva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Riva scoring with strikes but Kong is staying in there.
Riva landing shots from mount.
Riva looking to finish Kong with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kong!
Kong can't escape the position.
Riva controlling the pace for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riva looking to ground and pound but Kong is blocking nicely.
Kong working to try and regain half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Riva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Riva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:25
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:25
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Riva!
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hype
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