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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Heikki Salmela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jurobei Shibuya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Salmela might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King. Shibuya is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jiu Jitsu. Heikki Salmela has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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194 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Heikki Salmela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jurobei Shibuya!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shibuya stuffs the takedown attempt from Salmela. Salmela gets slowly back to his feet.
Shibuya thumps Salmela with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Salmela.
Salmela tries to clinch up but Shibuya circles away and keeps his distance.
Salmela moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Shibuya fails to land.
Shibuya lands with a light punch inside.
Salmela blocks an uppercut.
Shibuya misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shibuya lands a body punch.
Shibuya can't find room to land a body shot as Salmela controls the action.
Salmela misses with a knee strike.
Shibuya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shibuya misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Shibuya fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salmela blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shibuya working aggressively here.
Salmela goes for a takedown attempt but Shibuya pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Good leg kick by Shibuya there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Shibuya wants to clinch up but Salmela keeps it at a distance.
Salmela slips under a jab.
Salmela misses the shot to the body.
Salmela fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Shibuya to the ground. Salmela is now in Shibuya's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Salmela trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salmela stopping the sweep attempt from Shibuya.
Salmela's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salmela avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Salmela postures up in Shibuya's guard and throws a big left but Shibuya blocks it.
Shibuya working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Salmela doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Salmela manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shibuya working a defensive guard here.
Salmela throws a big elbow that misses.
Shibuya controls Salmela momentarily but Salmela frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salmela slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Shibuya is trying to keep Salmela in close.
Salmela seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Heikki Salmela.
Shibuya lands a nice looking body shot.
Shibuya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shibuya lands with a good body shot.
Shibuya ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Shibuya has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salmela moves in looking to clinch but Shibuya pushes him off.
Salmela tries to clinch up.
Shibuya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salmela is breathing heavily.
Salmela checks a low kick from Shibuya.
Salmela really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shibuya slaps away a takedown attempt from Salmela, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heikki Salmela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shibuya scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
It looks like Heikki Salmela has been cut.
Salmela tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shibuya manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Salmela looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salmela fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Shibuya, pushing him back against the cage.
Shibuya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Salmela working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jurobei Shibuya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heikki Salmela's cut.
That's time! Salmela's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Salmela checks the leg kick nicely there.
Salmela fails with a takedown attempt.
Shibuya scores with a nice head shot.
Salmela on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shibuya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Salmela is out of range.
Shibuya scoring well with a low kick there.
Salmela takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shibuya throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shibuya doesn't manage to clinch there - Salmela circles away.
Shibuya scoring well with a low kick there.
Shibuya throws a head kick that misses.
Shibuya throws a low kick, looking for Salmela's leg but Salmela calmly moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Salmela walks into a straight right hand from Shibuya.
Shibuya moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Shibuya throws a head kick that misses.
Shibuya stuns Salmela with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jurobei Shibuya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shibuya scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shibuya throws a leg kick which misses Salmela's front leg but catches the back leg as Salmela tries to avoid it.
Heikki Salmela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shibuya digs a good body shot into Salmela's ribs.
Salmela takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shibuya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Salmela on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shibuya. Shibuya obviously looking to wear him down.
Shibuya explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Shibuya scoring well with a low kick there.
Salmela misses with a body shot
and Salmela takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shibuya connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Salmela to the floor! Shibuya dives in looking for the finish!
Salmela is rocked!
Heikki Salmela's cut is getting worse.
Shibuya takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oh Salmela is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shibuya missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Shibuya is looking for a kimura here.
Shibuya is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Salmela has managed to free his arm - good work.
Shibuya sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Salmela defending well though.
Salmela seems to have got his legs back now.
Shibuya is trying to work for a kimura but Salmela is defending well.
Shibuya prevents Salmela from improving his position.
Salmela is refusing to be controlled, as Shibuya sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shibuya has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Salmela on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Salmela tries to get out of the position.
Shibuya tries to control but Salmela wriggling away.
Shibuya content just to control the position here.
Salmela wants to hold on but Shibuya pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Shibuya cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Shibuya with shots to the head and body - Salmela looks very uncomfortable down there.
Heikki Salmela's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Heikki Salmela's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jurobei Shibuya!
During a confident post fight interview, Jurobei Shibuya thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Heikki Salmela spoke after the fight, saying 'U just got lucky.'.
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FIGHT
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