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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leo hackman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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 Helsinki, Leo hackman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Karhu!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hackman scores a takedown into full mount!
hackman thowing shots but they're missing.
hackman looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Karhu is trying to escape the mount.
hackman thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
hackman throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
hackman throws a strike there. Karhu manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Karhu gets back to full guard.
hackman won't allow Karhu to sweep him here.
Karhu looking for a guillotine here but hackman defends easily.
Karhu is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhu had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. hackman is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Karhu Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take hackman's back instead.
hackman wants to escape the position.
hackman is working hard here to advance position.
hackman just trying to survive but Karhu is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Karhu throwing wild punches that miss their target.
hackman is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Karhu gets his way!
hackman is trying to stand back up.
Karhu working for the choke.
Karhu looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hackman wants to escape the position.
Karhu looking for the RNC.
hackman wants to get back to his feet.
hackman is in bad spot here.
Karhu patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Karhu is trying to stick to hackman's back but hackman is turning into Karhu. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Karhu's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by hackman.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karhu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. hackman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. hackman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Karhu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Karhu throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
hackman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu pushes a forearm under hackman's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, hackman is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kari Karhu!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
64% |
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