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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chilun Rassaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio's entrance music is Massive Attack - Angel. A fine choice. Rassaaja comes into a darkened arena with his song building. No Words/No Thoughts by The Swans kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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266 lbs
19 - 5 - 0 |
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275 lbs
24 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Victorio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chilun Rassaaja!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victorio scores with a sloppy right hand. Rassaaja should have avoided that one.
It looks like Chilun Rassaaja has been cut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rassaaja.
Victorio walks into a straight right hand from Rassaaja.
Rassaaja tries to close the distance and clinch up but Victorio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rassaaja scores with a kick to the body.
Rassaaja closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Victorio tries to pull guard but Rassaaja forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Rassaaja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Victorio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Victorio wants a takedown.
Rassaaja lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rassaaja tries to land knees in the clinch but Victorio avoids the damage to the body.
Victorio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rassaaja pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Victorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Victorio bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rassaaja gets caught flat footed, as Victorio shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rassaaja is pulling down on Victorio's head. It's preventing any offense from Victorio, at least for the moment.
Victorio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rassaaja swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Victorio wants to control from the top but Rassaaja keeps moving.
Rassaaja working a defensive guard but Victorio manages to pass into side control anyway.
Victorio misses with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio working away.
Rassaaja tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Victorio easily slips into full mount!
Rassaaja sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Victorio trying to pass the guard but Rassaaja defending well.
Rassaaja slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Victorio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio trying to control the position from guard on top but Rassaaja is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rassaaja not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Victorio trying to control but Rassaaja is working from the bottom.
Rassaaja wants to sweep here but Victorio controlling him for the moment.
Rassaaja working a defensive guard but Victorio passes into half guard.
Victorio trying to control from half guard but Rassaaja is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rassaaja tries to roll over but Victorio keeps him under control.
Victorio trying to control from half guard but Rassaaja is working away.
Rassaaja keeping control of the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rassaaja clinches up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rassaaja blocks an uppercut.
Victorio misses with a punch to the body.
Rassaaja pushes off an throws an elbow but Victorio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rassaaja lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jonny Victorio will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chilun Rassaaja's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rassaaja is looking to clinch but Victorio is avoiding it.
Victorio keeps the fight on the outside.
Victorio is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Rassaaja's half guard.
Rassaaja is trying to stand back up but Victorio is controlling him
Victorio trying to control from half guard but Rassaaja is working away.
Victorio perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rassaaja is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rassaaja keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio uses his free foot to push down on Rassaaja's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Rassaaja.
Victorio tries to control but Rassaaja wriggling away.
Rassaaja tries to reverse the position but Victorio maintains control.
Victorio wants to control the pace but Rassaaja is squirming around nicely.
Victorio wants to control but Rassaaja has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Victorio is thwarting Rassaaja's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rassaaja is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Victorio scores with a couple of nice shots.
Victorio throwing shots but Rassaaja is blocking nicely.
Rassaaja is trying to control but Victorio passes into side control!
Rassaaja is looking to reverse the position.
Rassaaja prevents Victorio from improving position.
Victorio working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rassaaja wants to control but Victorio postures up.
Victorio scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Rassaaja to see if he's OK.
Rassaaja tries to bench press Victorio off him but Victorio keeps the position.
Rassaaja is not content to let Victorio control the position.
Victorio advances nicely into full mount.
Jonny Victorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio landing punches.
That has opened up Chilun Rassaaja's cut even more.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Chilun Rassaaja's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jonny Victorio!
Jonny Victorio retains his heavyweight title!
Jonny Victorio managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Perkele!, 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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