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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddie Finkelstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Karate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karate is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Keith Murray - Slap Somebody. Karate has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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193 cm
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280 lbs
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190 cm
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250 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freddie Finkelstein! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joey Karate! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Finkelstein throws out a loose jab but Karate uses good head movement to avoid it. Karate looks gassed! Karate throws a hook but Finkelstein blocks it. Finkelstein swings for the body but Karate moves out of range.
Finkelstein could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Finkelstein looks to land a left hand but Karate moved out of range nicely. Finkelstein loads up on a big right hand but Karate slips the punch. Finkelstein misses with an uppercut. Karate saw that one coming. Finkelstein shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Finkelstein showed some decent athleticism there. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. Finkelstein sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Karate defending well though. Finkelstein throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Ground and pound from Finkelstein.
That's one minute gone in the round. Finkelstein looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. Finkelstein 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. Finkelstein is nestled in close to Karate, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Finkelstein looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Finkelstein moves nicely into side control. Finkelstein lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. Karate really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Finkelstein. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Finkelstein landing a few strikes. Finkelstein lands a nice forearm strike. Finkelstein staying calm. Finkelstein scoring with punches from side control. Karate is being controlled here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Finkelstein works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Check out the look on Finkelstein's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Finkelstein remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while. Karate is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Karate taking a bit of punishment here - Finkelstein scoring with strikes. Karate takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Karate takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Finkelstein staying calm. Finkelstein working the ground and pound from side control. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Karate taking a bit of punishment here - Finkelstein scoring with strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddie Finkelstein dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Finkelstein swings for the body but Karate moves out of range.
Finkelstein gets the takedown into side control. Finkelstein working the head and body with strikes. Finkelstein has an Americana. Karate didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Finkelstein is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Finkelstein hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Freddie Finkelstein! A very excited looking Freddie Finkelstein made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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