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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommi Lackstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Olsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Decent wrestler
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Lackstrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Olsen!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lackstrom looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Olsen is trying to stand back up but Lackstrom is controlling him
Lackstrom tries to pass the half guard into mount. Olsen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lackstrom is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Olsen has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lackstrom prevents Olsen from standing back up.
Lackstrom wants to control but Olsen is keeping him busy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Olsen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lackstrom works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lackstrom in side control, throwing shots but Olsen defends.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lackstrom advances nicely into full mount.
Lackstrom misses with a head shot.
Lackstrom looking to ground and pound but Olsen is blocking nicely.
Lackstrom looking to control and managing it successfully.
Olsen is trying to stand.
Lackstrom looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lackstrom throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Lackstrom pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Lackstrom with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Lackstrom looking to ground and pound but Olsen is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Olsen is trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lackstrom is working for a guillotine from mount but Olsen frees his head quite easily.
Olsen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lackstrom. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Olsen is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Lackstrom has hold of Olsen's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Olsen manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Lackstrom looking to control but Olsen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lackstrom jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Olsen manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Lackstrom trying to control the position but Olsen is working away.
Lackstrom tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lackstrom has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Olsen managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Lackstrom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommi Lackstrom dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Olsen forces Lackstrom back against the cage and clinches.
Lackstrom tries to pull guard but Olsen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Lackstrom is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Olsen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lackstrom has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Olsen after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommi Lackstrom. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Olsen scores with a shoulder strike.
Lackstrom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Olsen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lackstrom is trying to pull guard but Olsen turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Olsen tries to work over Lackstrom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Olsen has a couple of punches blocked by Lackstrom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Lackstrom fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Olsen.
Olsen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Olsen being controlled against the cage.
Lackstrom fails to pull guard.
Lackstrom ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Lackstrom no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Lackstrom pulls Olsen in to control the position.
Olsen wanted to stand there but Lackstrom had control of the position.
Olsen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've been informed that Olsen has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Olsen wants to stand and escape but instead Lackstrom has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Lackstrom stops Olsen from standing up.
Lackstrom wants to control from the top but Olsen keeps moving.
Lackstrom slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsen is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Olsen is refusing to be controlled, as Lackstrom sits in half guard.
Lackstrom thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Olsen's head.
Olsen tries to kick Lackstrom off but Lackstrom keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lackstrom uses his free foot to push down on Olsen's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Olsen.
Olsen is breathing heavily.
Lackstrom working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Olsen looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Lackstrom! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tommi Lackstrom!
After winning the bout, Tommi Lackstrom thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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