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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Atte Peltola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rubin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peltola kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Biggest & The Best. Carter is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hurricane. Rubin Carter will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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202 lbs
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197 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Atte Peltola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rubin Carter!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rubin Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peltola misses with a looping right.
Carter throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Carter throws a right and a left that Peltola avoids nicely.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peltola misses with a lunging right hand
and Carter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Peltola misses with an uppercut.
Carter lands a high kick!
It looks like Atte Peltola has been cut.
Carter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Carter scores with a jab to the head.
Carter cracks Peltola with a right hand to the side of the head.
Carter scores with a one two! Peltola had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Peltola shoots in for a double leg but Carter sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Carter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peltola closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Carter did well to prevent Peltola getting side control.
Carter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Peltola wants to pass to mount but Carter is defending the position.
Carter tries to roll over but Peltola keeps him under control.
Peltola seems to be working for a kimura but Carter defends the submission attempt.
Peltola is trying to control the action in half guard but Carter is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Peltola stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peltola throwing shots but Carter is blocking nicely.
Carter is trying to maintain the position but Peltola is very close to passing his half guard.
Carter holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Carter is staying active underneath Peltola, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Carter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Carter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Peltola decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Carter's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peltola trying to control but Carter is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter keeping full guard, as Peltola tries to pass.
Carter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Carter wants to stand and escape but Peltola is having none of it.
Carter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Peltola is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Peltola wants to control from the top but Carter keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Atte Peltola wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Peltola takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Peltola lands a right hook to the body.
Carter misses the shot to the body.
Carter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter moves forwards but Peltola connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A jab lands there for Carter.
Peltola fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Carter to the ground. Peltola is now in Carter's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rubin Carter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Atte Peltola's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Peltola blocks a head kick by Carter.
Carter tries to clinch up.
Carter has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Decent striking displayed by Carter there.
Carter staying out of range there.
Peltola dips to his left and cracks Carter with an uppercut!
Peltola misses with a takedown attempt - Carter sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Carter throws a leg kick which misses Peltola's front leg but catches the back leg as Peltola tries to avoid it.
Carter is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Carter slips a jab and a cross from Peltola.
Carter lands a nice hook to Peltola's body. Peltola takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Carter cracks Peltola with a good jab.
Carter avoids the body shot from Peltola.
Carter scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter with a nice cross.
Carter has Peltola up against the cage in a clinch.
Peltola has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Carter avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Carter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carter connects with a high kick.
Rubin Carter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter slips under a jab from Peltola.
Peltola takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Carter.
Rubin Carter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peltola throws a lazy uppercut
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Carter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carter slips a straight right by Peltola.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carter scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Peltola.
Peltola walks forward, straight into a front kick from Carter.
Peltola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
A punch combination from Carter misses.
Carter moves out of range of the strikes.
Peltola blocks a head kick by Carter.
Good shot there by Peltola.
Carter scores with a head kick. Peltola tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Carter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peltola was well out of range. Poor timing from Carter.
Peltola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a head kick. Peltola smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Peltola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Peltola shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Carter defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Atte Peltola. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Carter.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peltola loads up on a big right hand but Carter slips the punch.
Carter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Peltola tries for a takedown but Carter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Peltola.
Carter misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Carter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Peltola.
Carter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Peltola shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Carter sprawls well. Carter wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Peltola gets slowly back to his feet.
Carter lands with a kick to the temple. Peltola shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A punch combination from Carter misses.
Carter throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peltola shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Carter pinned against the cage. Carter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Carter lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rubin Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Atte Peltola's cut.
That's time! Peltola's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Carter is looking to clinch.
Carter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Peltola.
Peltola shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Peltola takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Peltola takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Carter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Peltola will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Peltola takes a kick to the side of the head.
Carter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter lands with a thumping leg kick.
Carter scores with a jab to the body.
Carter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A lazy left from Carter finds it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Carter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Peltola backs up against the cage.
Peltola is rocked!
Carter connects with a right that clearly hurt Peltola. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Carter proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Peltola collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rubin Carter!
An intense looking Rubin Carter took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'There is no one in this division who can beat me. Did i get your attention? Weerka Easterlund? Please, Fish..Yeah right, Torrez you wish, Murphey...id kill you. Rambo..Rolls Eyes, Listen pfft......NO ONE CAN BEAT ME '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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