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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sicobo Fratibi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rand James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fratibi comes to the cage accompanied by AFRICAN UNITE. Rand James acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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288 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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191 cm
24
290 lbs
9 - 11 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sicobo Fratibi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rand James!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurstr�m, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fratibi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fratibi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but James moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fratibi throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
James throws a sloppy head kick and Fratibi moves out of range easily.
Fratibi looks to land a combination but James avoids it well.
Fratibi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A solid body kick from James.
Fratibi moves out of range of the body kick.
James fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
James takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
James fakes the leg kick and cracks Fratibi in the body.
James tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
James jabs at Fratibi's body.
James slips under a jab from Fratibi.
Fratibi misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fratibi tries to avoid it but James manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fratibi to the ground. Fratibi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
James drives through with a takedown into Fratibi's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
James sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fratibi's guard.
James is pressing down on Fratibi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fratibi is holding on for now.
Fratibi wants to control but James is keeping busy.
Fratibi keeping hold of James's head, controlling as best he can.
James trying to control the action but Fratibi is working from the bottom.
James stops Fratibi from getting back to his feet.
James is keen to just control but Fratibi is a slippery customer.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
James looks to land a combination but Fratibi avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fratibi throws a jab when James was well out of range.
James uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fratibi.
Fratibi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fratibi with a jab.
James throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fratibi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fratibi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fratibi is breathing heavily.
James is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
James misses with a wild combination.
Sicobo Fratibi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
James lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fratibi misses with a few strikes there.
Fratibi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
James fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fratibi checks it well.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
James misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fratibi throws a leg kick which misses James's front leg but catches the back leg as James tries to avoid it.
Fratibi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James scores with a nice body kick.
Fratibi throws a shot from downtown. James moves away and avoids it.
Fratibi throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fratibi feints a jab promting James to slip. Fratibi then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. James slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Fratibi.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fratibi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fratibi loads up on a big right hand but James slips the punch.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fratibi.
Sloppy strikes from Fratibi. Those never looked like landing.
Fratibi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice uppercut lands for James. That snapped Fratibi's head back.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fratibi.
James connects with a high kick.
It looks like Sicobo Fratibi has been cut.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fratibi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fratibi blocks a head kick by James.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fratibi.
Fratibi jabs James right on the nose. James blinks but takes it well.
Fratibi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Sicobo Fratibi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sicobo Fratibi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Fratibi misses with a few strikes there.
Fratibi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sicobo Fratibi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fratibi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sicobo Fratibi is winning the standup battle so far.
Fratibi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That kick from James tenderised Fratibi's leg. Fratibi is trying to keep his angry face on.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James looking to score a takedown here. Fratibi is defending well but James drives through and ends up in Fratibi's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
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!
James postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Fratibi is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of James, into his guard.
Fratibi 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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fratibi stopping the sweep attempt from James.
James is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fratibi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fratibi scores with a sloppy right hand. James should have avoided that one.
Fratibi jabs James to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fratibi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping James at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fratibi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fratibi with a nice cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fratibi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fratibi misses with a wild combination.
Fratibi scores with a body shot.
James thows a body shot but no joy.
Fratibi lands a jab to James's midsection.
Fratibi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice straight punches there by Fratibi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fratibi.
Fratibi scores with a crisp jab that stopped James in his tracks.
James is rocked!
Fratibi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
James backs away from a small jab...but Fratibi lunges forward with a huge superman punch! James crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Fratibi with a spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Sicobo Fratibi!
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