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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Glass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakari Nurmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glass comes into the arena with Lamb of God- Walk With Me In Hell blaring out of the sound system. Nurmi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Turisas -Take the day!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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187 lbs
13 - 11 - 1 |
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172 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Glass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sakari Nurmi!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmi closes the distance and clinches.
Nurmi gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Nurmi is working Glass over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Glass throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Glass is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Glass throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Nurmi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Glass is keeping the position for now.
Nurmi passes Glass's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glass works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nurmi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glass trying to control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nurmi is pushing down on Glass's leg trying to pass to half guard. Glass is fighting to maintain full guard but Nurmi has managed to sneak the leg through.
Glass keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Glass trying to control but Nurmi postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glass is trying to get back to full guard.
Nurmi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Glass keeps working.
Nurmi thows a huge punch but Glass dodges it nicely.
Nurmi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nurmi is looking to take a break and control but Glass is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Glass gets full guard.
Glass keeping moving, preventing Nurmi from controlling successfully.
Glass looking for a guillotine here but Nurmi defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Glass has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nurmi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi wants to control from the top but Glass keeps moving.
Nurmi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Glass's head.
Glass throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Glass looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nurmi trying to control but Glass is working from the bottom.
Glass is trying to keep Nurmi in close.
Nurmi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Glass works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Glass avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nurmi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Glass swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Glass trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi cracks Glass with a solid left hand.
Nurmi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Glass has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nurmi has managed to get both his arms back between Glass's legs - danger averted.
Nurmi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Glass is keeping the position for now.
Nurmi wants to control from the top but Glass keeps moving.
Glass is pulling down on Nurmi's head. It's preventing any offense from Nurmi, at least for the moment.
Nurmi throwing strikes but missing.
Nurmi is looking to pass into half guard but Glass pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Glass is in guard.
Nurmi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Glass keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Glass looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi drops an elbow to the side of Glass's head.
Glass makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Glass.
Nurmi is pushing down on Glass's leg trying to pass to half guard. Glass is fighting to maintain full guard but Nurmi has managed to sneak the leg through.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nurmi wants to pass the guard but Glass is defending well.
Nurmi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Glass does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Glass strikes from the bottom but Nurmi uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Nurmi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Glass is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Nurmi working the ground and pound.
Glass is not content to let Nurmi control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nurmi working the ground and pound from side control.
Glass takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Nurmi working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sakari Nurmi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A good leg kick by Nurmi.
Glass shoots in looking for a takedown. Nurmi tries to sprawl out of it but Glass keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Nurmi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Glass avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nurmi misses with an uppercut
and Glass counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Glass.
Nurmi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Glass scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nurmi is trying to control the position but Glass postures up.
Glass wants to pass the guard but Nurmi is keeping the position.
Nurmi looking for a sweep. Not yet Nurmi, not yet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glass stops Nurmi from standing up.
Nurmi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Glass trying to control the position from guard on top but Nurmi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Glass accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Glass with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nurmi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Glass distracts Nurmi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Glass with a flurry of punches that miss.
Glass is looking to work some ground and pound but Nurmi has wrist control.
Glass won't allow Nurmi to sweep him here.
Nurmi controls Glass momentarily but Glass frees himself.
Glass trying to control the position from guard on top but Nurmi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Glass won't allow Nurmi to sweep him here.
Glass wants to control from the top but Nurmi keeps moving.
Nurmi working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nurmi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nurmi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Glass manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nurmi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nurmi gets a takedown into half guard.
Glass looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nurmi takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sakari Nurmi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Glass trying to control from the bottom.
Glass won't allow Nurmi to pass to mount.
Nurmi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Glass has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glass looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Glass looking for submissions off his back.
Nurmi is trying to work for a kimura but Glass is defending well.
Glass won't allow Nurmi to pass to mount.
Glass is not content to let Nurmi control the position.
Glass is trying to get back to full guard.
Nurmi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nurmi works his foot free and advances to mount.
Nurmi prevents Glass from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass is bucking up trying to escape but Nurmi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nurmi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nurmi landing strikes from the mount and Glass is in trouble!
Nurmi cracks Glass with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nurmi prevents Glass from getting the reversal.
Nurmi cracks Glass with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Glass is rocked!
Nurmi postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Glass is out cold - huge knockout for Nurmi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sakari Nurmi!
During a confident post fight interview, Sakari Nurmi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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