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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kalevi Rustola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and timmy lupus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rustola comes to the cage accompanied by Anvil of Crom. lupus comes into a darkened arena with his song building. click clik boom kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Kalevi Rustola has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kalevi Rustola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, timmy lupus!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rustola lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice body punch from Rustola.
A jab from Rustola does it's job there.
A punch lands to the side of lupus 's head but he takes it in his stride.
lupus slips a jab and a cross from Rustola.
lupus throws a head kick that misses.
lupus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
lupus has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rustola is proving hard to escape from.
lupus gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
lupus scores with a takedown into Rustola's guard.
Rustola is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
lupus wants to stand but Rustola is controlling his posture from full guard.
lupus is looking to work some ground and pound but Rustola has wrist control.
lupus stands and throws Rustola's legs to the side, diving into side control.
lupus stands up and beckons Rustola to his feet.
Rustola scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
lupus swinging wilding here.
lupus looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rustola lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
lupus tries to clinch but Rustola moves out of range.
lupus walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rustola lands a glancing blow to the side of lupus's head.
Rustola lands a body shot.
Rustola scores with a nice head shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
lupus throws a head kick but Rustola moves out of range.
Rustola scores with a shot to the body.
Rustola lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rustola jabs lupus right on the nose. lupus blinks but takes it well.
Rustola lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
lupus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rustola scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rustola lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Rustola fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rustola lands a nice shot that snaps lupus's head back.
Rustola connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rustola stalks lupus and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into lupus's face. lupus staggers backwards, shaken.
Rustola lunges at lupus with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by lupus's hand.
Rustola throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rustola sizes up lupus with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rustola comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rustola checks a leg kick.
Rustola lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A cross from Rustola lands.
Rustola scores with a body shot.
A left lands for Rustola.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rustola cracks lupus with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rustola lands with a cross.
Rustola lands a with a good body shot.
Rustola bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of lupus's head.
Rustola lands with a nice body punch.
Rustola takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rustola with a jab.
Rustola uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before lupus has time to react.
Rustola is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
lupus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice cross by Rustola.
Rustola lands with an overhand left.
Rustola cracks lupus with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rustola stuns lupus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab lands there for Rustola.
lupus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rustola.
Rustola scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. lupus doesn't seem bothered though.
lupus misses with a takedown attempt - Rustola sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for lupus.
lupus misses with a two punch combination.
Rustola fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. lupus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
lupus slips a straight right by Rustola.
lupus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rustola will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
lupus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
lupus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
lupus moves forwards but Rustola connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rustola throws a hook but lupus blocks it.
lupus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rustola swats him away and circles back towards the center.
lupus has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rustola fails to land with a series of punches.
lupus takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
No luck for lupus with that takedown attempt.
Rustola looks to land a combination. lupus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rustola throws a jab but it's blocked by lupus.
Rustola ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rustola blocks a head kick by lupus.
A chopping leg kick lands by lupus.
Nice sprawl there from Rustola as lupus shoots in.
Kalevi Rustola has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of timmy lupus.
lupus misses with a head kick.
Kalevi Rustola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
lupus lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
lupus throws a combination that misses
and Rustola counters with a lovely straight right hand!
lupus has Rustola up against the cage in a clinch.
lupus looking to throw knees to the head but Rustola is blocking nicely.
Rustola turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Rustola manages to end up in side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if lupus can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rustola creates some space and throws a big elbow, but lupus sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
lupus is looking for a sweep.
lupus strikes from the bottom.
lupus is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Rustola 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.
lupus prevents Rustola from improving position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
lupus is trying to improve his position.
lupus sneaks out the side door and pushes Rustola away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
lupus is looking to clinch.
lupus will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
lupus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
lupus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
lupus closes the distance and clinches.
lupus pulls guard.
Rustola prevents lupus from getting back to his feet.
lupus keeping full guard, as Rustola tries to pass.
Rustola with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rustola postures up in lupus's guard and throws a big left but lupus blocks it.
lupus is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
lupus is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalevi Rustola dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rustola uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before lupus has time to react.
Rustola misses with an uppercut. lupus saw that one coming.
lupus looks to land a left hand but Rustola moved out of range nicely.
lupus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rustola's sensitive parts.
lupus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rustola.
lupus attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rustola takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rustola looks to land a left hand but lupus moved out of range nicely.
lupus throws a leg kick but Rustola sees it coming and checks it nicely.
lupus shoots in for a double leg but Rustola sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
lupus throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rustola's head.
It looks like Kalevi Rustola has been cut.
lupus plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rustola is rocked!
lupus closes the distance and clinches.
lupus content to slow the pace in the clinch.
lupus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rustola has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
lupus tries a knee to the head but Rustola blocks it.
lupus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
lupus wants a takedown.
Rustola managing to block the knees to the body from lupus.
lupus wants to break the clinch but can't.
lupus is breathing heavily.
lupus lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rustola gets full guard.
Rustola throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Rustola looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but lupus puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rustola slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
lupus takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Rustola lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Rustola throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
lupus wants to stand but Rustola is controlling his posture from full guard.
lupus wants to pass the guard but Rustola is keeping the position.
Rustola will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Rustola looking for a sweep. Not yet Rustola, not yet.
lupus stands and steps away. Rustola gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
lupus scores with a takedown into Rustola's guard.
Rustola tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rustola tries to strike from the bottom.
Rustola keeping moving, preventing lupus from controlling successfully.
Rustola manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rustola lands with some vicious ground and pound - can lupus hang on?
lupus sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Rustola lands strikes from half guard.
Rustola working lupus over with strikes.
lupus taking some punishment here, with Rustola in his half guard.
Rustola not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rustola thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed lupus's head.
lupus is trying to stand back up but Rustola is controlling him
lupus is looking to control Rustola's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can lupus avoid being mounted?
lupus is trying to stand up here but Rustola is controlling him well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
lupus closes the distance and clinches up with Rustola, looking for a takedown. lupus pushes Rustola against the cage but Rustola circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kalevi Rustola has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of timmy lupus.
lupus throws a sloppy head kick and Rustola moves out of range easily.
lupus forces Rustola back against the cage and clinches.
Rustola gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
lupus is pressing down on Rustola's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rustola tries to stand but lupus is controlling from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
lupus wants to stand and escape but Rustola is having none of it.
Rustola lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rustola keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of lupus's head.
Rustola stands and throws lupus's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rustola wants to control but lupus is keeping him busy.
lupus takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Rustola landing strikes.
Rustola connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused lupus some visible discomfort.
Rustola working the body and head with strikes.
lupus is trying to control Rustola's posture but Rustola avoids it.
lupus takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
lupus is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Rustola scoring with punches from side control.
lupus manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rustola not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rustola is thwarting lupus's attempts to control the position.
lupus regains full guard. Nicely done.
lupus is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
lupus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
lupus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rustola blocks a head kick by lupus.
timmy lupus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
lupus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rustola swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
lupus takes one on the chin but seems OK.
lupus tries to clinch up.
lupus fails in his attempt to clinch.
lupus wants to clinch but Rustola slips to the side
and Rustola counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
lupus throws a head kick but Rustola moves out of range.
No joy there for Rustola, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rustola throws out a loose jab but lupus uses good head movement to avoid it.
lupus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rustola connects with a crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
lupus misses with a double jab
enabling Rustola to counter with a crisp jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by lupus. That's going to slow Rustola down.
lupus tries a head kick but it misses.
lupus needs to keep his hands up - Rustola had a free shot at his head there.
lupus shoots in and drives through. Rustola sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
timmy lupus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kalevi Rustola's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A head kick misses from lupus.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rustola.
Good shot there by Rustola.
lupus tries a head kick but it misses.
Rustola cracks lupus with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
lupus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rustola scores with a jab to the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for lupus.
lupus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rustola.
Good shot there by Rustola.
lupus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rustola lands with an overhand left.
Rustola throws a good cross that connects.
lupus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rustola connects with a single shot there.
Rustola scores with a nice strike.
Rustola stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rustola thuds his right hand into lupus's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rustola lands with a hook. lupus tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rustola moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rustola closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rustola scores with a jab. lupus acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
lupus throws and low kick but Rustola moves out of range easily.
lupus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rustola changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
lupus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rustola scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. lupus doesn't seem bothered though.
Rustola with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
lupus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rustola to score with a decent uppercut.
A head kick misses from lupus.
Rustola fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kalevi Rustola is winning the standup battle so far.
lupus tries to score with a low kick but Rustola moves his leg out of the way.
Rustola missing with a left hand there. lupus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rustola bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps lupus's head backwards.
Rustola lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rustola looks to land a combination but lupus avoids it well.
lupus slips under a jab.
Rustola moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
lupus scores a takedown into full mount!
Rustola is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
lupus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rustola is squirming around, avoiding lupus's attempts to control the action.
lupus might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rustola kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
lupus with a couple of short strikes.
Rustola is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
lupus looking to control but Rustola is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
lupus is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rustola can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
lupus prevents Rustola from getting the reversal.
lupus cracks Rustola with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
lupus working for a guillotine from mount but Rustola is in no mood to give up.
Rustola is working to get back to half guard.
lupus unloading with bombs!
Rustola is looking to improve his position but lupus isn't that keen on the idea.
lupus unloading with bombs!
Rustola can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
lupus is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Rustola is surviving well by controlling lupus's body position as best he can.
Rustola regains half guard.
lupus wants to get back to his feet.
Rustola manages to get to full guard.
lupus stops Rustola from standing up.
lupus gets to his feet - Rustola follows without any prompting.
Rustola fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rustola tests lupus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rustola scores with a one two! lupus had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
lupus throws a combination. Rustola tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rustola scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rustola stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rustola stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
lupus swinging wilding here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rustola lands a two punch combo.
Rustola punishes lupus's body with a nice straight punch.
lupus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rustola swats him away and circles back towards the center.
lupus throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
lupus takes a jab right on the kisser.
lupus tries a head kick but it misses.
lupus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rustola is bucking up trying to escape but lupus cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
lupus looking to secure an arm triangle but Rustola defends it well.
Rustola working to try and regain half guard.
lupus with shots to the head and body - Rustola looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rustola throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Rustola working to try and regain half guard.
Rustola wants to hold on but lupus pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rustola regains half guard.
lupus tries to stand and escape but Rustola is controlling the position.
Rustola throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to timmy lupus.
I think lupus has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... timmy lupus!
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