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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Draco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juha Suttu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suttu has chosen Aba Shanti-Zulu Warrior as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
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180 cm
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201 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Draco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Suttu!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suttu fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Draco lands a really nice looking cross but Suttu seems unphased.
Suttu shoots in for a double leg but Draco sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Draco lands with an overhand left.
Suttu shoots for a takedown but Draco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tony Draco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juha Suttu.
Draco clinches up with Suttu and pushes him back against the cage.
Suttu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draco closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Draco seems to be looking for submissions.
Draco is trying to control the action in half guard but Suttu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Draco is really struggling to control Suttu but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Draco is working for a submission of some sort.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draco is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suttu tries to roll over but Draco keeps him under control.
Suttu is defending against the submission attempts here by Draco.
Draco wants to pass the guard but Suttu is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Draco is keen to just control but Suttu is a slippery customer.
Draco trying to pass the guard but Suttu defending well.
Draco looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Draco is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Suttu as he works his way to full guard.
Draco has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draco wants to control from the top but Suttu keeps moving.
Draco would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Suttu looking for a sweep. Not yet Suttu, not yet.
Draco advances position into side control!
Draco decides to stand back up. Draco steps back and let's Suttu get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draco lands a jab to the head.
Juha Suttu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draco scores with a sloppy right hand. Suttu should have avoided that one.
Draco scores with a sloppy right hand. Suttu should have avoided that one.
Draco stuffs the takedown.
Draco goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Draco pushes Suttu up against the cage in a clinch.
Suttu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Suttu has a takedown stuffed.
Draco moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suttu manages to break the clinch.
Draco stuffs the takedown attempt from Suttu. Suttu gets slowly back to his feet.
Suttu looks gassed!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Draco lands with a kick to the temple. Suttu shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Suttu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Suttu enables Draco to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Suttu manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Draco dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Draco throws a body punch but Suttu moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Suttu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Suttu looks for a takedown but Draco sprawls well.
Suttu shoots for a double leg takedown but Draco sprawls well. He's pushed Suttu's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Suttu.
Tony Draco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juha Suttu.
Suttu misses with a takedown attempt - Draco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Draco closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Draco lands in his opponent's guard.
Draco wants to pass the guard but Suttu is keeping the position.
Suttu is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draco drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Suttu dives on top into guard.
Draco throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Draco had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Suttu defends it easily.
Suttu content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Suttu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Suttu throwing strikes but missing.
Suttu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Suttu tries to free his leg and advance position but Draco is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draco is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Draco is working for a kimura but Suttu is defending it quite comfortably.
Suttu gets full guard.
Draco trying to control but Suttu is working from the bottom.
Draco tries to free his leg and advance position but Suttu is retaining full guard.
Draco wants to stand and escape but instead Suttu has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Suttu's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suttu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Draco pulls Suttu in close to prevent any damage.
Suttu is working Draco over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Draco is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Suttu avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Draco is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suttu is looking to work some ground and pound but Draco has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draco is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Suttu tries to get to full guard but Draco has control of the leg.
Suttu gets back to full guard.
Draco stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Suttu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suttu 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suttu has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Draco should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Suttu has tightened it up now! Draco should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Juha Suttu!
After the fight, Juha Suttu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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