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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Kuoppala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Forbes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuoppala comes to the cage accompanied by Children of Bodom - Warheart. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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183 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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189 cm
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170 lbs
7 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Kuoppala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edward Forbes!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forbes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kuoppala counters with a straight right hand.
Forbes throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Kuoppala counter with a right hand.
Kuoppala misses with a jab, cross combination.
Forbes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kuoppala.
Kuoppala moves into the clinch.
Kuoppala landing knees to the body.
Kuoppala scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Edward Forbes has been cut.
Kuoppala unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kuoppala taking a breather.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kuoppala lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kuoppala lands a nice knee to the body.
Forbes looks winded!
Kuoppala lands an elbow just above Forbes 's eye.
Kuoppala connects with a knee to the head.
Forbes tries to break the clinch but Kuoppala is controlling the position.
Forbes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuoppala lands a knee to the body.
Forbes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kuoppala is struggling to control the position.
Kuoppala keeps control of Forbes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kuoppala landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Forbes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kuoppala has Forbes pushed against the cage.
Kuoppala lands a damaging elbow.
A hook to the body from Kuoppala.
Kuoppala lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuoppala lands a knee to the body.
Forbes takes a knee right on the jaw!
That has opened up Edward Forbes's cut even more.
Knees to the body from Kuoppala.
Forbes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kuoppala lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kuoppala effectively controlling the action here.
Kuoppala using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuoppala working Forbes over with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Forbes misses with some punches.
Kuoppala gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The cut above Edward Forbes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kuoppala is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Forbes misses with a punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Kuoppala.
Forbes wants to break free but Kuoppala has control.
Forbes tries to break the clinch but Kuoppala is controlling the position.
Forbes wants to break free but Kuoppala has control.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kuoppala obliges.
Forbes working hard to break the clinch.
Kuoppala lands a damaging elbow.
Edward Forbes's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Kuoppala content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Forbes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kuoppala has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuoppala controlling the action here for a moment.
Forbes wants to break free but Kuoppala has control.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kuoppala takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alexander Kuoppala.
Forbes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Forbes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kuoppala counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Forbes misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab from Kuoppala finds it's way through Forbes's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuoppala scores with a hook.
Forbes throws a half hearted mid kick.
A left and a right from Forbes both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuoppala Throws a clean left jab. Kuoppala Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Forbes's chin! Forbes crumbles to the ground and Kuoppala follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Kuoppala!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alexander Kuoppala!
A very excited looking Alexander Kuoppala made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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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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