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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Erkki Elastinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elastinen comes to the cage accompanied by Cascada - Dangerous. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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148 lbs
23 - 19 - 0 |
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165 cm
38
147 lbs
24 - 22 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Erkki Elastinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson lands a glancing blow to the side of Elastinen's head.
Erkki Elastinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Elastinen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Johnson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Elastinen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Johnson is one step ahead there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Elastinen is on top in guard.
Elastinen passes Johnson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Elastinen stalling.
Elastinen is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elastinen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Elastinen is controlling the pace.
Elastinen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Elastinen is trying to control. Johnson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Elastinen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Elastinen is pressing down on Johnson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Johnson is holding on for now.
Elastinen has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Johnson defend it? Elastinen steps over the head and cranks it - Johnson is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Elastinen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Erkki Elastinen!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Erkki Elastinen waved his t-shirt featuring //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear's logo in front of the cameras.
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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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