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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Galati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Jouppi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galati comes to the cage accompanied by Anarchy in the UK. Seppo Jouppi has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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166 cm
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154 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pavel Galati!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Jouppi!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jouppi feints a jab promting Galati to slip. Jouppi then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Galati slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Pavel Galati has been cut.
Galati has his takedown stuffed
enabling Jouppi to counter with a crisp jab.
Galati dives in for a single leg takedown but Jouppi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Galati tries to pull guard but Jouppi holds him up against the cage and eventually Galati drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pavel Galati. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jouppi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Galati tries to pull guard but Jouppi forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jouppi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jouppi scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Galati wants a takedown but no success here.
Jouppi lands a body shot.
Jouppi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Galati takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jouppi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've been hearing reports that Galati has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Galati is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jouppi sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Galati dodges the punch combination from Jouppi.
We've been informed that Jouppi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galati throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jouppi's waist but Jouppi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Galati off to one side.
Galati closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jouppi counters with a nice uppercut.
Galati shoots in but Jouppi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jouppi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Galati closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jouppi circles away.
Galati looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jouppi is fending him off so far but Galati persists. Nope, Jouppi circles away and we're back to standing.
Galati misses with a takedown
and Jouppi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galati takes a jab right on the kisser.
Galati shoots in but Jouppi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Galati shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jouppi as he jumps to the side.
Jouppi circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Galati to the canvas! Galati doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Jouppi keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seppo Jouppi!
After the fight, Seppo Jouppi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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