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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Harlamov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ozmo Keinanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harlamov comes to the cage accompanied by Elka - Gorod Obmana. Ozmo Keinanen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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182 cm
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190 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuri Harlamov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ozmo Keinanen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keinanen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harlamov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
No joy there for Harlamov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Keinanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harlamov was well out of range. Poor timing from Keinanen.
Harlamov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Keinanen. Keinanen obviously looking to wear him down.
Harlamov scores with a jab to the body.
Harlamov swings for the body but Keinanen moves out of range.
Harlamov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keinanen moves away.
Keinanen lands with a hook. Harlamov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Harlamov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Harlamov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harlamov walks into a left hand.
Harlamov takes one to the chin there.
Keinanen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harlamov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harlamov ducks under a wild hook from Keinanen.
Harlamov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Keinanen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Harlamov throws a one two combo.
Keinanen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Keinanen tries for a kimura but Harlamov is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keinanen tries to move into full mount but can't pass Harlamov's legs.
Harlamov is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Keinanen is controlling him well.
Harlamov prevents Keinanen from moving into mount.
Harlamov wants to get back to his feet but Keinanen drags him back down.
Harlamov is breathing heavily.
Keinanen tries for a kimura but Harlamov is defending well.
Keinanen lands an elbow.
Harlamov is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Keinanen asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Harlamov is not content to let Keinanen control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harlamov pushes Keinanen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Keinanen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Keinanen tries to move to mount but Harlamov blocks the move with his legs.
Keinanen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Harlamov knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keinanen controls the position from side control.
Harlamov is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Keinanen is looking to take a break and control but Harlamov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Keinanen lands a few punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harlamov on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Keinanen trying to control the action but Harlamov is working from the bottom.
Keinanen advances to mount.
Keinanen lands a nice shot to the head.
Keinanen looking for a guillotine from mount but Harlamov is having none of it.
Harlamov is trying to stand up.
Keinanen working Harlamov over with strikes here.
Keinanen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harlamov is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keinanen dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keinanen controlling his opponent.
Keinanen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Harlamov defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Keinanen.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keinanen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Keinanen cracks Harlamov with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Keinanen wants to take his opponent's back but Harlamov doesn't allow it.
Harlamov wants to try and get back to his feet.
Keinanen unloading with bombs!
Keinanen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Keinanen controlling his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harlamov is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Keinanen looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ozmo Keinanen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Harlamov fails to land with a series of punches.
Harlamov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harlamov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harlamov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harlamov just misses with a punch to the body.
Harlamov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Harlamov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Keinanen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harlamov misses with a two punch combination.
Keinanen looks to throw the jab but Harlamov is out of range.
Keinanen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harlamov. That did some damage!
Keinanen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Harlamov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keinanen.
Harlamov throws a series of punches but Keinanen moves out of range.
Keinanen works the jab nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harlamov misses with a jab to the body
and Keinanen counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harlamov wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keinanen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Keinanen passes to side control.
Keinanen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ozmo Keinanen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Harlamov is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Keinanen asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Keinanen trying to control the action but Harlamov is working from the bottom.
Harlamov is being controlled here.
Harlamov is not content to let Keinanen control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keinanen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Keinanen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Keinanen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Keinanen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Harlamov keeps working.
Harlamov is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Harlamov bucks up and tries to throw Keinanen off but instead Keinanen has got his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keinanen lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Keinanen connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Harlamov to escape the position.
Harlamov wants to get back to his feet.
Keinanen tries to keep control of the position but Harlamov is staying busy.
Keinanen has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Harlamov is in real trouble here. Keinanen gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Harlamov is tapping out! Keinanen wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ozmo Keinanen!
Ozmo Keinanen is the new middleweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ozmo Keinanen made sure he mentioned Untouchable Fight Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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