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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Atlas Kivi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobral has chosen Kanye West-Stronger as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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160 lbs
15 - 4 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Atlas Kivi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Renato Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobral gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Sobral is trying to keep Kivi in close.
Sobral wants to stand but Kivi is controlling the position.
Sobral keeping moving, preventing Kivi from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sobral is on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sobral accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sobral trying to control but Kivi is working from the bottom.
Kivi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kivi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kivi is controlling Sobral's posture.
Sobral throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kivi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sobral trying to control but Kivi is working from the bottom.
Sobral stopping the sweep attempt from Kivi.
Sobral looking to sit in guard and control but Kivi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kivi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sobral keeping moving, preventing Kivi from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kivi is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sobral is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Kivi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sobral working a defensive guard here.
Sobral avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sobral working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kivi.
Sobral is trying to keep Kivi in close.
Kivi trying to control the position from guard on top but Sobral is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kivi passes Sobral's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sobral is defending against the submission attempts here by Kivi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kivi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sobral is trying to control but can't.
Kivi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Kivi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sobral defending well though.
Kivi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sobral wants to get back to full guard.
Kivi is looking for a kimura but Sobral is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kivi to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kivi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kivi working Sobral over with strikes.
Kivi works his foot free and advances to mount.
Kivi looking to finish Sobral with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sobral!
Sobral is wriggling around trying to escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kivi unloading with bombs!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kivi landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sobral is rocked!
Kivi lands a big elbow - Sobral is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Sobral is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Atlas Kivi!
Atlas Kivi managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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