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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Mankiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurttu Pelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pelli is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Juha Vainio - Konduktööri. Kurttu Pelli acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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178 cm
22
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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179 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Mankiev! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kurttu Pelli! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pelli looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Mankiev missing with punches from the bottom.
Mankiev has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mankiev looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Mankiev regains full guard. Nicely done. Pelli wants to stand but Mankiev has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Mankiev looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Pelli is defending well. Mankiev quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Pelli has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Mankiev celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alexander Mankiev! A victorious Alexander Mankiev thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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