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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Da Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Temujin Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black has chosen Dropkick murphys - drink and fight as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Solid boxing
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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
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Da Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Temujin Black!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Souza drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Black wants to control but Da Souza postures up.
Da Souza has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Black!
Black is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Black is trying to escape the mount.
Da Souza looking for a guillotine from mount but Black is having none of it.
Da Souza tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Da Souza wants to finish this one by submission but Black is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Da Souza.
Black wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Da Souza has the hooks in. Black is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Souza is trying to stick to Black's back but Black is turning into Da Souza. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Da Souza's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Black.
Da Souza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Da Souza had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Black defends it easily.
Black is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Black content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Da Souza will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Da Souza bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Black's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Black preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Da Souza got a little sloppy there for a moment and Black has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Da Souza has managed to get both his arms back between Black's legs - danger averted.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Black is on top in guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Da Souza looking for a guillotine here but Black defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Souza lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Black!
Black sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Da Souza missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Black wants to improve his position but Da Souza is controlling well.
Black is trying to maintain the position but Da Souza is very close to passing his half guard.
Da Souza is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Black slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Da Souza doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Da Souza manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Black tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Da Souza cracks Black with a solid left hand.
Black working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Da Souza has passed into half guard!
Black is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Da Souza's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Da Souza's back!
Black is trying to stick to Da Souza's back but Da Souza is turning into Black. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Black's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Da Souza.
Black wants to sweep but no luck.
Black trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Souza stopping the sweep attempt from Black.
Da Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Black throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Da Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Black is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Black working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Da Souza.
Da Souza has gone for a leg lock! Black slips out almost immediately though and dives into Da Souza's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black looking to pass the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black advances to half guard.
Black not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Temujin Black will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Black drives through and clinches with Da Souza against the cage.
Da Souza jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Black walks away with a smile on his face. Da Souza gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A swing and a miss from Black.
Da Souza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Black counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Ricardo Da Souza has been cut.
Da Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Black.
Black lands with a hook. Da Souza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Da Souza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Black will feel that in the morning.
Da Souza shoots in for a double leg but Black sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ricardo Da Souza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Da Souza fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Da Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black misses with a looping right.
Da Souza ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Black cracks Da Souza on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Da Souza falls backwards against the cage. Black follows up with more strikes that drop Da Souza to his knees. Black keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Da Souza! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Temujin Black!
A victorious Temujin Black thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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