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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Las Mambo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juhani Jarvela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jarvela's choice of entrance music: Real American. Juhani Jarvela will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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194 lbs
13 - 1 - 0 |
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200 lbs
20 - 36 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Decent elbows
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Las Mambo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 36 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juhani Jarvela!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mambo fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jarvela to the ground. Mambo is now in Jarvela's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mambo postures up.
Mambo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mambo controlling from the top position.
Mambo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jarvela's head.
Jarvela trying to keep a closed guard but Mambo is proving a slippery customer.
Mambo working some strikes from top position.
Jarvela has momentary wrist control but Mambo slips an elbow through the middle.
Mambo distracts Jarvela with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mambo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jarvela keeping moving, preventing Mambo from controlling successfully.
Mambo scoring with some ground and pound.
Mambo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mambo postures up and lands a big shot to Jarvela's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mambo postures up and lands a big shot to Jarvela's brow.
Mambo 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.
Mambo drops back looking for a leg! Jarvela is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jarvela manages to kick Mambo off! Mambo jumps back into Jarvela's guard.
Mambo wants to control from the top but Jarvela keeps moving.
Mambo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mambo drops back looking for a leg! Jarvela is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jarvela manages to kick Mambo off! Mambo jumps back into Jarvela's guard.
Mambo is stalling in the full guard.
Mambo postures up and lands a big shot to Jarvela's brow.
Mambo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mambo is stalling in the full guard.
Mambo works over Jarvela with some ground and pound from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mambo trying to control the position from guard on top but Jarvela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jarvela not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mambo is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at LOD Gym Now with StandUP that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mambo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mambo is in close to Jarvela's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mambo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jarvela's head.
Jarvela throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Mambo working some strikes from top position.
Mambo lands a couple of elbows.
Jarvela striking off his back but it's not causing Mambo any problems.
Mambo stands up over Jarvela, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mambo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mambo connects with a couple of short punches.
Mambo trying to control the position from guard on top but Jarvela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mambo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jarvela wants to sweep here but Mambo controlling him for the moment.
Mambo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Mambo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mambo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mambo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mambo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mambo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mambo lands a couple of digs.
Mambo slips nicely into half guard.
Mambo seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jarvela has hold of Mambo's hands but Mambo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mambo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mambo wants to work for an arm triangle but Jarvela is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jarvela taking some punishment here, with Mambo in his half guard.
Jarvela is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Las Mambo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mambo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mambo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mambo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jarvela can do to turn this around?
Jarvela misses with a wild combination.
Jarvela throws a right hand that Mambo ducks under and follows up with a left that Mambo also avoids with ease.
Mambo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jarvela doesn't seem bothered though.
Mambo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jarvela really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mambo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mambo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mambo postures up and lands a big shot to Jarvela's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mambo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mambo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mambo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mambo wants to control from the top but Jarvela keeps moving.
Mambo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mambo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mambo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mambo distracts Jarvela with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jarvela wants to stand and escape but Mambo is having none of it.
Mambo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mambo connects with a couple of short punches.
Mambo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mambo won't allow Jarvela to sweep him here.
Mambo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mambo is working Jarvela over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mambo prevents Jarvela from getting back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mambo is pushing down on Jarvela's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jarvela is fighting to maintain full guard but Mambo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nice strikes from Mambo there.
Mambo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jarvela is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mambo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jarvela is still in real trouble! Can Mambo finish him?
Jarvela on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mambo lands a nice short elbow.
Las Mambo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mambo stalling.
Mambo passes into side control, despite Jarvela's attempt to control the position.
Jarvela is breathing heavily.
Mambo is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Jarvela is trying to escape and Mambo transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Jarvela is forced to tap! Nice work there by Mambo! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Las Mambo!
Las Mambo retains his middleweight title!
Las Mambo decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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