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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joel Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver has chosen My Eyes O.O as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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166 cm
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Kuusela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joel Silver!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kuusela looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Kuusela misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Kuusela wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Kuusela tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Silver is trying to get an arm triangle but Kuusela is defending well.
Silver tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silver has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kuusela wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silver trying to control the action but Kuusela is working from the bottom.
Kuusela is trying to improve his position.
Kuusela throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Kuusela throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Silver looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Silver controlling from side mount.
Kuusela throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Kuusela is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kuusela misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Silver trying to control the position but Kuusela is working away.
Kuusela prevents Silver from improving position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Kuusela to pass into mount.
Kuusela swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuusela throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Kuusela is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Silver working for a guillotine from mount but Kuusela is in no mood to give up.
Kuusela is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Kuusela 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.
Silver working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Kuusela is trying to escape the mount.
Kuusela slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela is looking to improve his position.
Kuusela punching from the bottom.
Kuusela misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Silver keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Silver blocks the strikes from Kuusela.
Kuusela wants to get back to full guard.
Kuusela flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silver controlling the action here.
Silver looks winded!
Kuusela is staying active underneath Silver, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kuusela flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silver seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kuusela does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kuusela punching from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Kuusela wants to get back to full guard.
Silver moves into full mount! Kuusela won't be happy about that!
Kuusela is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kuusela throwing hammer fists to the chest of Silver. What's that going to do exactly?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver looking to secure an arm triangle but Kuusela defends it well.
Kuusela tries to reverse the position but Silver maintains control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kuusela throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silver can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kuusela is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Joel Silver will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuusela manages to avoid it.
Silver throws a nice looking combination but Kuusela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kuusela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kuusela is out of range.
Kuusela misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuusela scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silver doesn't seem bothered though.
Silver looks for a takedown but Kuusela sprawls well.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela throws a chopping leg kick but Silver manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Joel Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver avoids the body shot from Kuusela.
Silver misses with a low kick.
Kuusela lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silver at a distance.
A punch lands to the side of Silver 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silver feints and then cracks Kuusela's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kuusela down.
Kuusela displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silver.
Kuusela tests Silver's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silver keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kuusela.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kuusela flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Kuusela punching from the bottom.
Kuusela manages to get to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kuusela doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Silver trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuusela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silver trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silver trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuusela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silver looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Silver controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Joel Silver was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Silver dives in and scores a takedown into Kuusela's guard.
Kuusela throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Kuusela striking off his back but it's not causing Silver any problems.
Kuusela keeping moving, preventing Silver from controlling successfully.
Silver is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Kuusela throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Joel Silver has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kuusela thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kuusela thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kuusela throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kuusela throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Silver is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kuusela is striking off his back. Silver thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
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!
Silver is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kuusela defends it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuusela missing with punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Joel Silver will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Silver misses with a low kick.
Silver shoots in for a takedown but Kuusela shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A big right from Silver misses.
Silver shoots in looking for a takedown but Kuusela manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silver's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Kuusela lands with a cross.
Silver tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kuusela swivels and escapes.
Mark Kuusela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joel Silver.
Silver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silver.
Kuusela bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silver's head.
Silver has his takedown stuffed
and Kuusela decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silver's guard.
Kuusela content to stall in guard here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mark Kuusela wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Silver fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silver missing with a left hand there. Kuusela was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kuusela tries a head kick but it misses.
Mark Kuusela is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kuusela counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silver's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver working a defensive guard but Kuusela manages to pass into side control anyway.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is trying to work for a sweep but Kuusela has mounted him!
Kuusela looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver tries to hold on but Kuusela pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Kuusela showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silver has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Mark Kuusela!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Mark Kuusela!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Mark Kuusela!
Mark Kuusela wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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