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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matheus Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho comes to the cage accompanied by Notorious BIG - Victory. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 cm
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222 lbs
16 - 9 - 1 |
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185 cm
30
220 lbs
14 - 17 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very quick |
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ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Matheus Carvalho! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jin Kim! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Good leg kick by Carvalho there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kim closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Carvalho did well to prevent Kim getting side control. Kim not landing any meaningful shots this time. Carvalho looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Kim thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Carvalho's head. Kim tries to pass to full mount but Carvalho defends it. Kim slips a nice elbow through Carvalho's hands, connecting with Carvalho's forehead. Kim is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Carvalho is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kim pulls his head out easily. Carvalho scores with a few weak punches. This has been an exciting period of action! Kim lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Carvalho moves into full guard.
Kim trying to control but Carvalho is working from the bottom. Kim postures up in Carvalho's guard and throws a big left but Carvalho blocks it. Kim working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Carvalho's head. Carvalho trying to keep a closed guard but Kim is proving a slippery customer.
Kim keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Carvalho's head. Kim trying to control the position from guard on top but Carvalho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Kim missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Kim trying to control but Carvalho is working from the bottom. Kim has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Kim in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Carvalho working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kim doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kim manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Carvalho working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kim doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kim manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Carvalho throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Kim escapes and throws Carvalho's legs to the side, diving into side control! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Kim is looking to take a break and control but Carvalho is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Kim tries to advance to mount but Carvalho denies him. Carvalho is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kim laying and praying for a moment but Carvalho takes advantage and regains half guard. Kim tries to pass to full mount but Carvalho defends it. Kim is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Carvalho gets back to full guard.
Kim connects with a couple of short punches. Kim avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Carvalho looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Kim is defending well. Carvalho quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Kim has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Carvalho celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matheus Carvalho!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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