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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jyrska Velmu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus Soderberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velmu comes into the arena with Doctor Doctor by UFO blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
36 - 13 - 1 |
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179 cm
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186 lbs
19 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
36 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jyrska Velmu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rufus Soderberg!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soderberg throws an overhand right that lands on Velmu's shoulder, as Velmu tries to avoid the shot.
Soderberg shoots in looking for a takedown. Velmu tries to sprawl out of it but Soderberg keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Velmu manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've been informed that Soderberg 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.
Soderberg's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Velmu connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Soderberg scrambles back to his feet.
Velmu takes a swing at Soderberg's ribcage but misses.
Soderberg has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Velmu finds it's way round the side to connect with Soderberg's head.
Velmu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Soderberg.
Soderberg lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Velmu at a distance.
Soderberg misses with an uppercut. Velmu saw that one coming.
Soderberg shoots for a double leg takedown but Velmu sprawls well. He's pushed Soderberg's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Soderberg misses the shot to the body.
Velmu gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Soderberg to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Velmu is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Velmu manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Velmu lands a couple of good shots and Soderberg has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Velmu avoiding Soderberg 's attempts to control his hands.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Velmu's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Velmu is punishing Soderberg with strikes - can he finish him?!
Soderberg just trying to survive but Velmu is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Velmu lands a shot to the body.
Soderberg tries to roll but Velmu sticks to his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Velmu.
Soderberg tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velmu scoring with strikes but Soderberg is staying in there.
Soderberg tries to reverse the position but Velmu maintains control.
Velmu with shots to the head and body - Soderberg looks very uncomfortable down there.
Velmu with the ground and pound from mount.
Soderberg is working to get back to half guard.
Velmu lands a big shot there that rocks Soderberg but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Velmu is landing with some decent strikes but Soderberg is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Soderberg is rocked!
Velmu drops a big elbow. That's hurt Soderberg! More shots from Velmu and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jyrska Velmu!
During a confident post fight interview, Jyrska Velmu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Rufus Soderberg stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm not done. I'm not done. '.
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energy
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hype
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