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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roger Kint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taalasmaa has chosen Jore Marjaranta - Tunteisiin as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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195 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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184 cm
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194 lbs
24 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good takedowns
Good elbows
Solid chin |
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roger Kint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Taalasmaa!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taalasmaa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kint with a nice cross.
Kint cracks Taalasmaa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kint misses with a straight left.
Kint slips under a jab from Taalasmaa.
Kint tests Taalasmaa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Taalasmaa throws out a loose jab but Kint uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kint lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Taalasmaa throws a hook to the side of Kint's head but Kint sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kint throws a jab when Taalasmaa was well out of range.
Kint lands a nice shot that snaps Taalasmaa's head back.
Taalasmaa swings for the body but Kint moves out of range.
Taalasmaa throws a shot from downtown. Kint moves away and avoids it.
Kint misses with a two punch combination.
Kint catches Taalasmaa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Taalasmaa. Those never looked like landing.
Kint lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kari Taalasmaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kint thows a body shot but no joy.
Kint throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kint darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Taalasmaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kint ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taalasmaa moves away.
Taalasmaa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kint tests Taalasmaa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kint looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Taalasmaa throws a hook to the side of Kint's head but Kint sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taalasmaa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Kint stands and throws Taalasmaa's legs to the side, diving into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taalasmaa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Taalasmaa is not content to let Kint control the position.
Taalasmaa tries to buck Kint off but Kint is having none of it.
Taalasmaa striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Kint slows the pace down.
Kint taking a break here but Taalasmaa is having none of it and regains half guard.
Kint is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kint tries to pass to full mount but Taalasmaa defends it.
Kint trying to control the action but Taalasmaa is working from the bottom.
Kint looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kint passes to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taalasmaa is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kint goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Taalasmaa rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Kint's guard! Nice work there by Taalasmaa!
Taalasmaa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kint's guard.
Kint manages to get to full guard.
Taalasmaa preventing the sweep.
Taalasmaa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kint is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taalasmaa being controlled here momentarily.
Kint is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Taalasmaa has his hands clasped together but Kint extends an breaks Taalasmaa's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Kint.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Roger Kint!
Roger Kint seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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