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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Terasnyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Lappi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lappi has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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215 lbs
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194 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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, Urho Terasnyrkki! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mika Lappi! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Terasnyrkki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Lappi looks winded! Lappi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lappi shoots in and drives through. Terasnyrkki sprawls well. Nice sprawl there from Lappi as Terasnyrkki shoots in. Terasnyrkki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Terasnyrkki scores with a hook to the body. Lappi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Terasnyrkki misses with a takedown attempt - Lappi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Terasnyrkki tries to clinch up but Lappi circles away and keeps his distance. Terasnyrkki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Urho Terasnyrkki. That's going to take a lot out of him. Terasnyrkki fails with a takedown attempt. Terasnyrkki misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round. Terasnyrkki shoots for a double leg takedown but Lappi sprawls well. He's pushed Terasnyrkki's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Lappi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Terasnyrkki gets in close and instigates a clinch. Terasnyrkki pulls guard effortlessly. Lappi wants to stand but Terasnyrkki is controlling his posture from full guard. Terasnyrkki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Terasnyrkki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Terasnyrkki is trying to control. Lappi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Terasnyrkki is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Lappi has managed to free his arm - good work. Terasnyrkki throwing shots but Lappi is blocking nicely. Terasnyrkki working Lappi over with strikes. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Terasnyrkki works his way into side control. Terasnyrkki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lappi keeps working. Terasnyrkki tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily. Lappi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Terasnyrkki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Terasnyrkki is looking to take a break and control but Lappi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Lappi tries to improve position but can't. Lappi is not content to let Terasnyrkki control the position. Terasnyrkki cracks Lappi with a big right hand but Lappi just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Lappi is not content to let Terasnyrkki control the position. Terasnyrkki has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Lappi is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Terasnyrkki yanks on the arm and Lappi is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Terasnyrkki.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Urho Terasnyrkki! An out of breath Urho Terasnyrkki thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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