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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Conrad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Jussila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conrad comes to the cage accompanied by Rider Part II. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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218 lbs
17 - 11 - 1 |
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195 cm
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224 lbs
17 - 14 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Conrad! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaakko Jussila! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Conrad shoots for a double leg takedown but Jussila sprawls well. He's pushed Conrad's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Conrad punishes Jussila's body with a nice straight punch. Conrad lands a glancing blow to the side of Jussila's head. Jussila throws an overhand right that lands on Conrad's shoulder, as Conrad tries to avoid the shot. Jack Conrad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Jussila throws a shot from downtown. Conrad moves away and avoids it. Jussila displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conrad throws out the jab. Conrad lands a leg kick that knocks Jussila off balance momentarily. Conrad takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Jack Conrad has been cut. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Conrad throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Jussila tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Conrad is in Jussila's guard. Jussila being controlled here, momentarily. Conrad trying to control but Jussila is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. Conrad is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jussila is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. Conrad passes into half guard. Conrad wants to pass to mount but Jussila is defending the position. Conrad is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Conrad looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Jussila blocking the ground and pound attempt from Conrad. Jussila avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Conrad. Conrad missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Conrad works his way into full mount! Conrad fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Conrad goes for an armbar but Jussila turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Jussila. Jussila preventing the sweep. Jussila won't allow Conrad to get back to his feet. Jussila wants to pass the guard but Conrad is keeping the position. Conrad keeping moving, preventing Jussila from controlling successfully. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Conrad is controlling Jussila's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jussila looking to pass the guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Conrad lands a nice shot that snaps Jussila's head back.
Conrad scores with a nice right hand.
Conrad throws out a powerful jab. Conrad fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Conrad closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Conrad working the body and head with strikes. Conrad works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Conrad dominated that round. The cut man is working on Jack Conrad's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jussila takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Jussila thows a body shot but no joy. Jussila displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Conrad. Conrad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jussila sees it coming and avoids it easily. Jussila blocks a head kick by Conrad.
Jussila tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Conrad shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Conrad showed some decent athleticism there.
Jussila is rocked! Conrad 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. Conrad is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Jussila is hurt! He's hurt bad - Conrad fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Jussila from any more punishment! Congratulations to Conrad! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Conrad! Jack Conrad decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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