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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Bittbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strong comes to the cage accompanied by Ace Of Spades. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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220 lbs
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227 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Strong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Bittbull!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bittbull gets a clinch.
Strong has had enough of the clinch but Bittbull keeps him there for the moment.
Bittbull jumps into guard, dragging Strong to the mat.
Bittbull bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Strong's guard.
Bittbull tries to free his leg and advance position but Strong is retaining full guard.
Bittbull drops back looking for a leg! Strong is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Strong manages to kick Bittbull off! Bittbull jumps back into Strong's guard.
Strong is trying to keep Bittbull in close.
Bittbull trying to control but Strong is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bittbull drops back looking for a leg! Strong is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Strong manages to kick Bittbull off! Bittbull jumps back into Strong's guard.
Bittbull wants to control from the top but Strong keeps moving.
Strong is looking to stand up but Bittbull isn't so interested in that idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Strong looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Strong tries to clinch up but Bittbull circles away and keeps his distance.
Strong lands with a hook. Bittbull tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Strong drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bittbull is looking for a sweep.
Bittbull looks gassed!
Strong could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Bittbull takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Strong controlling the position from side mount.
Bittbull is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bittbull is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Strong is controlling him well.
Strong wants to stand but Bittbull is controlling his arm.
Bittbull struggling a bit here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Strong throws a series of strikes that have Bittbull backpedaling.
Strong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bittbull closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bittbull decides to stand back up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bittbull shoots in looking for a takedown. Strong tries to sprawl out of it but Bittbull keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Strong manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Strong will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Horrible takedown by Bittbull or perhaps it was just good defense by Strong which made him look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong stuffs the takedown attempt from Bittbull. Bittbull gets slowly back to his feet.
Paul Strong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Bittbull.
Strong shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bittbull counters with a takedown into side control.
Bittbull looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Strong wants to control but Bittbull postures up.
Bittbull is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Strong is trying to escape and Bittbull transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Strong is forced to tap! Nice work there by Bittbull! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jose Bittbull!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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