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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hero Tasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Dragunov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragunov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Red Army - Kalinka kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sergei Dragunov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hero Tasaki's chin.
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197 lbs
9 - 11 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
194 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful |
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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
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hero Tasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sergei Dragunov!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tasaki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dragunov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tasaki throws a right and a left that Dragunov avoids nicely.
Tasaki keeps the fight on the outside.
Dragunov shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tasaki counters with a straight right hand.
Dragunov doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Tasaki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The ground and pound from Tasaki seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tasaki postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Tasaki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tasaki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Dragunov can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragunov is trying to get back to half guard.
Dragunov is trying to control Tasaki's posture but Tasaki avoids it.
Tasaki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tasaki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tasaki scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tasaki tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tasaki has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Dragunov struggling a bit here.
Tasaki throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sloppy strikes there by Tasaki.
Tasaki works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dragunov takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dragunov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tasaki working the ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tasaki is trying to move to mount but Dragunov reverses beautifully and ends up in Tasaki's guard.
Tasaki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dragunov is controlling him.
Tasaki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tasaki is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tasaki 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.
Tasaki keeping moving, preventing Dragunov from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragunov is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Tasaki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tasaki working a defensive guard here.
Dragunov trying to control but Tasaki is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dragunov stopping the sweep attempt from Tasaki.
Dragunov controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hero Tasaki dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tasaki.
Dragunov misses with an uppercut.
Tasaki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tasaki cracks a nice hook into Dragunov's ribs.
Tasaki blocks a jab.
Tasaki lands a body shot.
Tasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tasaki lands with a nice body punch.
Tasaki scores with a jab. Dragunov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dragunov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasaki lands a two punch combo.
Dragunov misses with a body shot.
Tasaki is looking to wear down Dragunov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dragunov misses with a jab to the body
and Tasaki counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tasaki avoids the body shot from Dragunov.
Tasaki throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Dragunov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dragunov is rocked!
Tasaki thuds a left hand into Dragunov's body.
Dragunov is still on wobbly legs! Can Tasaki finish him?
Dragunov is breathing heavily.
Tasaki lands a huge takedown. Dragunov is out but the ref is slow to react and Tasaki lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Dragunov lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hero Tasaki!
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hype
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