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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Bastarrachea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonatas Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastarrachea comes to the cage accompanied by Young Folks. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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216 lbs
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215 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good low kicks
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Xavier Bastarrachea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sonatas Small!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastarrachea pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Small swings for the body but Bastarrachea moves out of range.
A big left from Small misses.
Small misses with a jab to the body
and Bastarrachea counters by clinching up.
Small is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bastarrachea taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bastarrachea tries to land knees in the clinch but Small avoids the damage to the body.
Bastarrachea creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Small's defenses.
It looks like Sonatas Small has been cut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Small's efforts to push away.
A left hand lands to the body for Bastarrachea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside.
Bastarrachea lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bastarrachea content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bastarrachea cracks Small with a nice body shot.
Bastarrachea will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Small up against the cage.
Bastarrachea using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bastarrachea.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea stalling the fight.
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!
Bastarrachea lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow just above Small 's eye.
Bastarrachea lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Small backwards.
Small has had enough of the clinch but Bastarrachea keeps him there for the moment.
Bastarrachea lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bastarrachea lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Bastarrachea.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bastarrachea creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Small looks gassed!
A left hand lands to the body for Bastarrachea.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea scores with a shoulder strike.
Bastarrachea landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bastarrachea lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea lands a left hand that snaps the head of Small backwards.
Nice body punch from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bastarrachea lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Small or not.
Bastarrachea comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bastarrachea stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bastarrachea seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Xavier Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea clinches.
Bastarrachea scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bastarrachea comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Small wants to break free but Bastarrachea has control.
Bastarrachea cracks Small with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bastarrachea cracks Small with a nice body shot.
Bastarrachea lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bastarrachea working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bastarrachea gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bastarrachea is pushing Small up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bastarrachea lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Bastarrachea dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sonatas Small's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bastarrachea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sonatas Small seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bastarrachea slips under a jab.
Bastarrachea lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Small drops his hands momentarily and Bastarrachea takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bastarrachea drops Small with a big left hand! Small is injured, injured bad! Bastarrachea jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Bastarrachea!
During a confident post fight interview, Xavier Bastarrachea thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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