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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roger Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarmo Ek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ek has chosen Pixies - Tame as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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202 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Huerta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jarmo Ek!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ek tries to clinch up.
Huerta fails with a takedown attempt.
Huerta scores a takedown into full mount!
Ek is squirming around, avoiding Huerta's attempts to control the action.
Huerta avoids the attempt from Ek to control.
Huerta looking to control but Ek is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Huerta avoids the attempt from Ek to control.
Ek manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Huerta tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ek is trying to maintain the position but Huerta is very close to passing his half guard.
Ek tries to roll over but Huerta keeps him under control.
Ek regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Huerta.
Ek controlling Huerta's posture.
Ek looking for a guillotine here but Huerta defends easily.
Huerta is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta won't allow Ek to get back to his feet.
Ek looking for a sweep. Not yet Ek, not yet.
Huerta is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ek has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Huerta can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ek wants to stand and escape but Huerta is having none of it.
Ek keeping moving, preventing Huerta from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ek controls Huerta momentarily but Huerta frees himself.
Ek looking for a guillotine here but Huerta defends easily.
Huerta trying to control but Ek is working from the bottom.
Ek tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Huerta could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Huerta looking to pass the guard.
Huerta throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ek works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Huerta wants to control from the top but Ek keeps moving.
Ek wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Huerta closes the distance and clinches.
Ek landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ek tries to pull guard but Huerta holds him up against the cage and eventually Ek drops back down to his feet.
Huerta is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Huerta goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ek prevents it.
A knee to the head by Ek.
Huerta managing to block the knees to the body from Ek.
Huerta tries to stall but Ek uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huerta.
Huerta wants a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarmo Ek 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.
Huerta gets the takedown into side control.
Ek can't do much from the bottom here.
Huerta knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ek on the ground.
Huerta is looking to take a break and control but Ek is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ek sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Ek is trying to get back to full guard.
Huerta is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ek is just riding it out for now. Huerta eventually gives up the hold.
Huerta tries to stand but can't do so whilst Ek controls his leg.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ek gets full guard.
Huerta decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Ek, up you get!
Ek misses with a takedown attempt
and Huerta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ek thinking.
Huerta shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Huerta tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Ek.
Ek is pressing down on Huerta's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ek is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ek has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Huerta can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ek wants to sweep but no luck.
Ek is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ek wants to stand up but Huerta is controlling him.
Huerta pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ek is keeping the position for now.
Ek manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ek trying to control but Huerta is having none of it.
Ek works his way to his opponent's back.
Ek is looking to control Huerta but Huerta is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Ek is trying to stick to Huerta's back but Huerta is turning into Ek. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Ek's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Huerta.
Huerta trying to control but Ek is working from the bottom.
Huerta controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Huerta wants to get up but he can't break Ek's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ek lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Huerta!
Huerta regains half guard.
Ek postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Huerta to stand up.
Huerta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Huerta moves into range and clinches up with Ek.
Ek tries to pull guard but Huerta won't allow it.
Ek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huerta.
Ek tries to land knees in the clinch but Huerta avoids the damage to the body.
Ek pulls guard successfully.
Ek has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Huerta can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarmo Ek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Ek doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Huerta counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ek's guard now.
Jarmo Ek has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ek is trying to keep Huerta in close.
Huerta preventing the sweep.
Huerta is sitting in close to Ek's body. Ek has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Huerta is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Huerta is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Ek.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jarmo Ek!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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