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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Adebisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Romario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adebisi comes into the arena with Dr Alban - Hello Africa blaring out of the sound system. Romario comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Polly - By Nirvana kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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278 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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270 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Adebisi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Romario!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adebisi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adebisi shoots in but Romario avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Adebisi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Anderson Romario has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adebisi lands a body shot.
Adebisi scores a takedown into full mount!
Adebisi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Adebisi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Romario is trying desperately to improve position.
Adebisi pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Adebisi throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Romario because Adebisi loaded up on that one.
Adebisi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Adebisi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romario tries to improve his position but instead Adebisi has taken his back!
Romario defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Adebisi trying to control.
Adebisi is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Romario knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Romario for a finish.
Romario defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Adebisi's arms.
Adebisi struggling to keep hold of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romario tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Romario is looking to improve his position but Adebisi isn't that keen on the idea.
Adebisi lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adebisi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Romario is squirming around, avoiding Adebisi's attempts to control the action.
Adebisi is trying to take his opponent's back.
Adebisi lands a big elbow.
Adebisi goes for an armbar but Romario turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Romario.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Adebisi pulls Romario in close to prevent any damage.
Adebisi trying to keep a closed guard but Romario is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romario would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi looking for a sweep. Not yet Adebisi, not yet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Adebisi shoots in and drives through. Romario sprawls well.
Adebisi misses with a double jab.
Chris Adebisi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Adebisi misses with a few strikes there.
Adebisi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Romario avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Adebisi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adebisi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romario avoids the body shot from Adebisi.
Romario slips a jab and a cross from Adebisi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Adebisi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Romario's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Adebisi with a lazy takedown attempt
and Romario counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Romario stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Romario wants it to stay on the feet.
Romario misses with a head kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Romario finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Romario defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adebisi.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Adebisi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romario chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adebisi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Romario pushes off an throws an elbow but Adebisi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romario throws an elbow but misses.
Adebisi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romario misses with an elbow strike.
Romario misses with an elbow strike.
Adebisi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Romario lands an elbow inside that Adebisi shrugs off.
It looks like Chris Adebisi has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romario with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Adebisi has had enough of the clinch but Romario keeps him there for the moment.
Romario throws an elbow but it misses.
Adebisi is trying to stall.
Romario is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Adebisi is defending well for now.
Romario lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Romario missing with knees to the body.
Romario missing with knees to the body.
Adebisi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romario holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Romario misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adebisi.
Adebisi avoiding damage as Romario throws knees to the body.
Adebisi tries a body shot but Romario blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romario creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Adebisi's defenses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Adebisi.
Adebisi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Adebisi has had enough of the clinch but Romario keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romario throws an elbow but misses.
Romario tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adebisi avoids it.
Romario pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Romario throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romario lands a damaging elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romario tries to land knees in the clinch but Adebisi avoids the damage to the body.
Adebisi is trying to force a seperation but Romario has the dominant position.
Adebisi avoids a wild elbow strike from Romario.
Romario throws an elbow but it misses.
Romario lands a nice elbow.
Adebisi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Adebisi duly obliges.
Adebisi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Romario can do anything to dispel that myth.
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!
Adebisi tries to free his leg and advance position but Romario is retaining full guard.
Romario being controlled here, momentarily.
Romario wants to control the position but Adebisi says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Adebisi is keen to just control but Romario is a slippery customer.
Adebisi has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Romario defend it? Adebisi steps over the head and cranks it - Romario is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Adebisi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chris Adebisi!
Chris Adebisi managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Perkele!, into his post fight interview.
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