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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Darkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tokko Turkulainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turkulainen has chosen Basto! - Bonny as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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186 cm
23
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut |
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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 Amsterdam, Andre Darkov! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tokko Turkulainen! The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Darkov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turkulainen.
Turkulainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Darkov. The fight stays on the outside here - Turkulainen looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Turkulainen gets caught napping as Darkov dives in and scores a takedown. Turkulainen manages to retain guard. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Darkov decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Turkulainen, up you get! Darkov fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Turkulainen to the ground. Darkov is now in Turkulainen's guard. Turkulainen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Darkov looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Turkulainen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Darkov!
That's one minute gone in the round. Turkulainen looking to control but Darkov is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Turkulainen jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Darkov manages to avoid the submission attempt. Turkulainen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Darkov sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike. Turkulainen avoids the strikes from the bottom by Darkov. Turkulainen working away. Darkov is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now. Darkov struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Turkulainen throwing shots but missing, from side control. Darkov wants to get back to his feet. Turkulainen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Darkov has escaped the position, nice work there. Turkulainen advances nicely into full mount. Darkov tries to hold on but Turkulainen pushes him away. Darkov bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Darkov advances position into side control! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Turkulainen looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Darkov working the body and head with strikes. A lull in the action here as Darkov stalls from top position. Turkulainen gets back to half guard. Darkov slows the pace down in half guard. Darkov has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Darkov working Turkulainen over with strikes. Darkov decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet. Darkov throws a combination. Turkulainen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Tokko Turkulainen has been cut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Darkov lands a big head kick that sends Turkulainen to the canvas! Darkov follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andre Darkov!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
38% |
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