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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Kaikkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karim Adel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaikkonen comes into the arena with Duran Duran - WIld Boys blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 cm
39
205 lbs
18 - 32 - 0 |
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188 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
18 - 32 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Otto Kaikkonen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karim Adel! The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Adel shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. Adel is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Kaikkonen sees it coming and defends easily. Adel is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Adel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Adel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Adel missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Kaikkonen is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Warrior MMA and Fitness, so we'll see if he gets out of it. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Adel scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Adel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kaikkonen defending well though. Adel stops Kaikkonen from getting back to his feet.
Adel controlling the pace. Adel thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kaikkonen is defending against the submission attempts here by Adel.
Kaikkonen is looking to escape. Adel working over Kaikkonen with some ground and pound. Kaikkonen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Adel lands a nice short elbow. Adel stalling. Kaikkonen wants to get back to his feet.
Adel is trying to control the action in half guard but Kaikkonen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Adel looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Adel frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Adel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Kaikkonen wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Adel.
Adel putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Adel scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Adel lands a heavy elbow. Adel lands a big shot there that rocks Kaikkonen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Adel is in the full mount, landing strikes. Adel controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Adel looking to isolate an arm here. Kaikkonen doesn't see it coming and as Adel extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Adel!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Karim Adel!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
50% |
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