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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gianpiero Tassotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morozov comes to the cage accompanied by Oh, not evening. Tassotti has chosen Alphazone - Stay as his entrance music. Gianpiero Tassotti has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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204 lbs
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175 cm
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165 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Morozov! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gianpiero Tassotti! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tassotti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morozov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morozov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tassotti. Tassotti throws a head kick that misses. Tassotti cracks a nice hook into Morozov's ribs. Tassotti throws the kick towards the body but Morozov avoids it. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morozov is defended easily by Tassotti. Morozov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tassotti. Tassotti thuds a left hand into Morozov's body. Gianpiero Tassotti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Tassotti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morozov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Tassotti jabs Morozov right on the nose. Morozov blinks but takes it well. Morozov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. Morozov working the ground and pound but Tassotti is defending the strikes. Morozov cracks Tassotti with a big right hand but Tassotti just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Morozov postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Tassotti tries to buck Morozov off but Morozov is having none of it. You can see the frustration on Tassotti's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Morozov sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tassotti is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Morozov landing a few strikes. Tassotti tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morozov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Morozov looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tassotti is avoiding damage well.
Morozov in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Morozov is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tassotti has escaped the position, nice work there. The strikes coming from Morozov are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Morozov working away. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Tassotti is looking for a sweep. Tassotti manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tassotti is taking a breather. Morozov says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something. Tassotti wants to control but Morozov is keeping him busy. Morozov 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. Morozov manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Tassotti throwing strikes but missing. Tassotti with a flurry of punches that miss. Tassotti wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Morozov's closed guard. He's half up but Morozov has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Morozov pivots and extends the arm, Tassotti falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Morozov! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ivan Morozov! Ivan Morozov gave a mention to HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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