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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Slapov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masa Munakas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Munakas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. John Cafferty - Hearts On Fire kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Igor Slapov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Masa Munakas!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munakas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Munakas tries to land a leg kick but Slapov saw it coming and moves away.
Slapov avoids a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Slapov.
Munakas misses with a low kick.
Munakas throws a leg kick but Slapov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Slapov has Munakas up against the cage in a clinch.
Munakas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Munakas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Slapov backwards.
Munakas tries to work over Slapov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Munakas taking a breather.
Slapov blocks an uppercut.
Munakas misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slapov blocks a body shot from Munakas.
Munakas struggles to land a body shot inside as Slapov controls his hands.
Munakas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Munakas fails to land.
Munakas can't break the clinch.
Munakas is trying to break the clinch but Slapov has him pressed against the cage.
Munakas has a couple of punches blocked by Slapov.
Slapov blocking some punches.
Slapov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Slapov blocks a head kick by Munakas.
Slapov throws a looping overhand right but Munakas ducks down to avoid it.
Munakas looks to score with a jab to the body but Slapov is just out of range.
Slapov moves out of range as Munakas strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munakas with a nice cross.
Slapov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Munakas throws a head kick that misses.
Slapov moves out of range as Munakas throws a body kick.
Slapov gets a takedown into half guard.
Slapov decides to return to a standing position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A good leg kick by Munakas.
Slapov with a jab.
Slapov throws a series of punches but Munakas moves out of range.
Slapov slips a straight right by Munakas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Slapov. Munakas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Munakas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slapov manages to avoid it.
Munakas tries to land a front kick but Slapov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A low kick from Slapov misses
and Munakas counters with a left to the body.
Munakas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Slapov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Slapov takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Slapov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Munakas stalling against the cage.
Munakas tries to break the clinch but Slapov is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munakas working aggressively here.
Munakas is trying to push Slapov away but Slapov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Slapov blocks a body shot from Munakas.
Slapov can't get the takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Munakas fails to land.
Munakas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Munakas manages to break the clinch.
Munakas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A jab from Slapov finds it's way through Munakas's defenses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Slapov doesn't manage to clinch there - Munakas circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slapov blocks the body kick.
Slapov tries to clinch but Munakas moves out of range.
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 Igor Slapov will probably get the nod.
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.
Munakas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Slapov avoids the body shot from Munakas.
Slapov blocks a leg kick.
Munakas lands with a nice body kick.
Munakas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Munakas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Slapov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Slapov checks a low kick from Munakas.
Munakas looks to land a body kick but Slapov moved away.
Munakas throws a front kick aimed at Slapov's knee but Slapov avoids it well.
Slapov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Slapov pushes Munakas up against the cage in a clinch.
Munakas can't find room to land a body shot as Slapov controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munakas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munakas is looking to break free of the clinch but Slapov has double underhooks.
Slapov can't break the clinch.
Slapov lands a takedown into guard.
Slapov passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Slapov content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Slapov in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Munakas is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Igor Slapov!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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