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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Funk Jou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alvaro Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Salazar's choice of entrance music: Don Omar ft Tego Calderon - Bandolero. This should be fireworks!
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224 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
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201 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Funk Jou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alvaro Salazar!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salazar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jou.
Jou misses with a looping right.
Jou throws a hook to the side of Salazar's head but Salazar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jou takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jou throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Salazar counters with a nice uppercut.
Salazar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
It looks like Alvaro Salazar has been cut.
Nice body punch from Jou.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Salazar.
Salazar ducks right into an uppercut from Jou.
Jou scores with a shot to the body.
No luck for Salazar with that takedown attempt.
Salazar looks gassed!
Salazar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Jou misses.
Jou gets caught napping as Salazar dives in and scores a takedown. Jou manages to retain guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jou manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jou has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Salazar's face.
Jou with the ground and pound from mount.
Jou unloads with some shots from mount but Salazar bucks and avoids them well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar can't escape the position.
Salazar is bucking up trying to escape but Jou cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jou connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jou dominating with strikes here.
That has opened up Alvaro Salazar's cut even more.
Jou throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Salazar because Jou loaded up on that one.
Jou thowing shots but they're missing.
Jou throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Salazar is working to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Jou there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salazar slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Jou throws a strike but Salazar avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Jou knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Salazar on the ground.
Salazar controlling the position.
Salazar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Salazar working for a triangle but Jou defends it easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salazar had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jou defends it easily.
Jou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Salazar controls Jou momentarily but Jou frees himself.
Jou wants to control from the top but Salazar keeps moving.
Jou is stalling in the full guard.
Salazar wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Salazar looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Jou is defending well. Salazar quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Jou has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Salazar celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alvaro Salazar!
Our winner, Alvaro Salazar, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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