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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kosti Johannes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johannes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Raised Fist - Killing It. Mike Quick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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208 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kosti Johannes!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Johannes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Quick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Johannes has had enough of the clinch but Quick keeps him there for the moment.
Johannes can't find room to land a body shot as Quick controls the action.
Johannes looking to throw knees to the head but Quick is blocking nicely.
Johannes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johannes should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Johannes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Quick tries for a takedown but Johannes manages to get underhooks.
Quick ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Quick no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Johannes trying to control the position from guard on top but Quick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quick is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johannes prevents Quick from getting back to his feet.
Quick working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Johannes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Johannes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick wants to stand up but Johannes is controlling him.
Johannes won't allow Quick to sweep him here.
Quick trying to keep a closed guard but Johannes is proving a slippery customer.
Johannes wants to stand but Quick has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Johannes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Quick. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Quick wants to clinch.
Johannes misses with an uppercut.
Johannes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Quick fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Quick tries to clinch but Johannes moves out of range.
Quick dodges the punch combination from Johannes.
Quick clinches with his opponent.
Quick tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Johannes just stands there and leans against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Quick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quick successfully pulls guard.
Johannes wants to stand but Quick has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Quick looking to control.
Quick striking off his back but it's not causing Johannes any problems.
Quick is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Johannes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Quick is looking to stand up but Johannes isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick is trying to control the position but Johannes postures up.
Johannes trying to stand up but can't free himself from Quick's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johannes drives through and clinches with Quick against the ropes.
Johannes tries to break the clinch but Quick is controlling the position.
Quick looking for a takedown.
Quick is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Johannes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Quick fails to pull guard.
Johannes is leaning against Quick and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Quick is breathing heavily.
Johannes tries to pull guard but Quick holds him up against the ropes and eventually Johannes drops back down to his feet.
Johannes wants to break free but Quick has control.
Johannes wants to break free but Quick has control.
Quick breaks from the clinch.
Quick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick dodges the punch combination from Johannes.
Johannes tries to clinch up but Quick circles away and keeps his distance.
Johannes tries to close the distance and clinch but Quick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johannes throws a shot to the body.
Johannes rushes Quick and presses him up against the ropes.
Quick changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Johannes fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Johannes digs a good body shot into Quick's ribs.
Johannes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quick closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Quick blocks a body shot from Johannes.
Quick jumps guard but Johannes stands there with Quick around his waist. Quick gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Quick is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Quick can't get the takedown.
Johannes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johannes is trying to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kosti Johannes dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Quick has managed to clinch.
Quick goes for a takedown in the clinch but Johannes prevents it.
Johannes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quick is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Johannes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Quick.
Quick controlling the action here for a moment.
Johannes wants a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johannes lands a right hand.
Johannes has had enough of the clinch but Quick keeps him there for the moment.
Quick tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Johannes just stands there and leans against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Quick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johannes manages to break the clinch.
Johannes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Quick will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johannes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quick moves away.
Quick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johannes takes a swing at Quick's ribcage but misses.
Quick throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johannes.
Quick shoots in but Johannes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johannes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johannes throws a series of punches but Quick moves out of range.
Quick closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Johannes to the mat! Johannes manages to get full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johannes trying to control the position.
Quick prevents Johannes from getting back to his feet.
Quick stands and throws Johannes's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Johannes wants to control the position but that's not easy when your opponent is in side control! Quick seems to be going for some sort of submission here. Hard to say what - oh, it's a Brabo choke! He's got it! Johannes is tapping! Wow, great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Brabo Choke). Mike Quick!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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