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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Svenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Borlando Baritugo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Svenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Borlando Baritugo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baritugo swats away the attempt to clinch by Svenson.
Svenson takes the fight into the clinch.
Svenson lands a damaging elbow.
Svenson lands a left hand.
Svenson tries to land knees in the clinch but Baritugo avoids the damage to the body.
Baritugo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nice elbow from Svenson.
Svenson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Baritugo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Baritugo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svenson just misses with a punch to the body.
Svenson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Baritugo looks gassed!
Baritugo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Svenson happy to just control the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Svenson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Svenson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Baritugo!
Baritugo is controlling an arm, preventing Svenson from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Svenson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Baritugo has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Svenson cracks Baritugo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Svenson lands a heavy elbow.
Svenson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Baritugo regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svenson tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Svenson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Svenson controlling his opponent.
Svenson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Baritugo has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Baritugo squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Svenson controlling his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Svenson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Baritugo for as long as he can get away with.
Baritugo working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svenson wants to control the pace but Baritugo is squirming around nicely.
Baritugo swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Baritugo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Baritugo is squirming around, avoiding Svenson's attempts to control the action.
Svenson prevents Baritugo from getting the reversal.
Baritugo regains half guard.
Svenson prevents Baritugo from standing back up.
Baritugo gets full guard.
Svenson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Baritugo striking off his back but it's not causing Svenson any problems.
Svenson won't allow Baritugo to sweep him here.
Baritugo has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Svenson is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Baritugo.
Baritugo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baritugo trying to mount his opponent but Svenson defends it.
Svenson trying to hold on to Baritugo's head to control him but Baritugo postures up.
Baritugo works his way into side control.
Svenson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Svenson is looking to reverse the position.
Baritugo scoring with punches and elbows.
Svenson can't do much from the bottom here.
Svenson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Svenson trying to control from the bottom.
Baritugo with the ground and pound but Svenson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Svenson 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.
Baritugo stuffs the takedown.
Svenson tries to clinch but Baritugo is having none of it.
Baritugo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Svenson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Svenson lands a right hand.
Svenson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Baritugos head.
Svenson slows down the pace here.
Svenson lands an elbow inside.
Baritugo breaks from the clinch.
No luck for Svenson with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Svenson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Svenson tries for a takedown but Baritugo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Svenson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baritugo is breathing heavily.
Baritugo misses with a takedown
and Svenson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baritugo has an active guard here but Svenson has managed to pass into half guard.
Still in half guard, Svenson seems content to control.
Svenson wants to control but Baritugo is keeping him busy.
Baritugo is pressing down on Svenson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Svenson won't allow Baritugo to get back to his feet.
Svenson looking to pass the guard.
Baritugo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Svenson manages to get himself to full guard.
Svenson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Svenson working for a triangle but Baritugo defends it easily.
Svenson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Baritugo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Baritugo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Svenson working for a triangle but Baritugo defends it easily.
Svenson wants to sweep here but Baritugo controlling him for the moment.
Svenson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Baritugo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Baritugo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Baritugo trying to stand up but can't free himself from Svenson's guard.
Baritugo throws a strike but Svenson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Svenson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Svenson wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svenson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Svenson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Svenson gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Svenson controlling the action here.
Baritugo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Svenson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Svenson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Svenson seems to be looking for submissions.
It looks like Svenson is going to stand back up.
David Svenson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Baritugo wants to get back to full guard but Svenson has mounted him!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svenson fails to take his opponent's back.
Baritugo is looking to get to half guard.
Svenson working Baritugo over with strikes here.
Baritugo is working to get back to half guard.
Baritugo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Svenson controlling his opponent.
Svenson lands a nice shot to the head.
Svenson punching from mount but Baritugo doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Svenson wants to control the pace but Baritugo is squirming around nicely.
Baritugo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Baritugo tries to improve his position but instead Svenson has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Svenson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Svenson feints and as Baritugo raises his hands in defense, Svenson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Svenson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Baritugo is looking for a triangle here but Svenson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Baritugo tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Svenson presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Baritugo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Svenson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Svenson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Baritugo tries to roll over but Svenson keeps him under control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Svenson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baritugo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Svenson wants to pass the guard but Baritugo is keeping the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Svenson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Baritugo is looking to improve his position but Svenson isn't that keen on the idea.
Svenson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Baritugo can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Svenson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Svenson working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Baritugo turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Svenson off and cradles Baritugo's limp body as Svenson celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). David Svenson!
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hype
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