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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Dupres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luka Mrtic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dupres kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Taio Cruz - Dynamite. Luka Mrtic has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jamie Dupres's chin.
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161 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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176 cm
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167 lbs
7 - 5 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very quick |
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Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jamie Dupres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Luka Mrtic!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mrtic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mrtic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dupres checks a low kick from Mrtic.
Mrtic fails in his attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Dupres misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mrtic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mrtic throws a leg kick but Dupres sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mrtic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dupres misses with an uppercut.
Dupres has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dupres swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mrtic.
Mrtic wants to land a leg kick but Dupres is out of range.
Dupres misses with a wild body shot.
Mrtic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dupres keeps the fight on the outside.
Jamie Dupres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dupres moves into the clinch successfully.
Mrtic gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Jamie Dupres has been cut.
Mrtic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dupres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dupres misses with a punch to the body.
Dupres throws an elbow that misses.
Dupres pushes Mrtic back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupres blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Dupres.
Dupres lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dupres working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mrtic is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dupres digs a right hand into Mrtic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mrtic's gas tank.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Mrtic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dupres's brow.
Mrtic is trying to drag Dupres to the mat but Dupres just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dupres avoids the elbow strike from Mrtic, against the cage.
Dupres lands a left hand.
Mrtic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dupres lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dupres lands a nice elbow.
Dupres avoids the elbow strike from Mrtic, against the cage.
Dupres misses with an elbow strike.
Mrtic struggles to land a body shot inside as Dupres controls his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dupres dodges an elbow strike from Mrtic.
Dupres avoiding damage as Mrtic throws knees to the body.
Dupres digs a right hand into Mrtic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mrtic's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Dupres as the two fighters clinch.
Dupres avoids the elbow strike from Mrtic, against the cage.
Dupres lands an elbow inside that Mrtic shrugs off.
Dupres works on Mrtic's body with a couple of short punches.
A body shot lands from Dupres.
Mrtic throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dupres.
Mrtic trying to land knees to the body.
Dupres lands a right hand.
Dupres softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dupres scores with a shoulder strike.
Dupres lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mrtic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dupres lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dupres lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mrtic backwards.
Nice body punch from Dupres.
Dupres lands with a left to the head.
Dupres digs a right hand underneath Mrtic's ribcage. Mrtic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mrtic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dupres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good body shot from Dupres.
Dupres scores with a shot to the side of Mrtic's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Dupres.
A body shot lands from Dupres.
A short left from Dupres.
Dupres lands an elbow just above Mrtic 's eye.
Mrtic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mrtic stalling in the clinch but Dupres improves position.
Dupres scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dupres lands a damaging elbow.
Dupres digs a right hand underneath Mrtic's ribcage. Mrtic let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mrtic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dupres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mrtic looks winded!
A short right from Dupres on the inside.
Dupres lands with a light punch inside.
Mrtic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dupres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dupres lands an elbow just above Mrtic 's eye.
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!
Mrtic throws an elbow that misses.
Dupres lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dupres lands a nice elbow.
Mrtic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dupres as Mrtic tries to tie him up.
Dupres lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mrtic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dupres managing to block the knees to the body from Mrtic.
Dupres blocks the elbow strike.
Mrtic takes an elbow to the temple.
Mrtic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dupres working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mrtic throws an elbow but misses.
Mrtic missing with knees to the body.
Dupres avoids a wild elbow strike from Mrtic.
Dupres lands an elbow just above Mrtic 's eye.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mrtic tries to land knees in the clinch but Dupres avoids the damage to the body.
Mrtic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dupres blocks it with crossed arms.
Dupres avoids the elbow strike from Mrtic, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Dupres.
Dupres blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mrtic fails to pull guard.
Dupres avoids the elbow strike from Mrtic, against the cage.
Mrtic drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dupres gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jamie Dupres has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luka Mrtic.
Mrtic throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Dupres dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamie Dupres's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Still in the clinch, Dupres scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mrtic looking to slow down the pace here.
Dupres lands a body shot.
Mrtic throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dupres.
Mrtic looking to stall.
Dupres blocks an elbow strike.
Dupres blocks the elbow strike.
Dupres lands with a left to the head.
Mrtic throws an elbow that misses.
Dupres blocks an elbow strike from Mrtic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dupres scores with a shot to the side of Mrtic's head.
Dupres lands a hook that snaps the head of Mrtic backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mrtic throws an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good body shot from Dupres.
Mrtic looking to throw knees to the head but Dupres is blocking nicely.
Dupres lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mrtic is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mrtic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mrtic throws an elbow but it misses.
Dupres lands a left hand.
Dupres lands an elbow inside.
Mrtic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dupres.
A short uppercut from Dupres.
Mrtic can't get the takedown.
Dupres scores with a shot to the side of Mrtic's head.
Dupres lands with a light punch inside.
Dupres lands a hook that snaps the head of Mrtic backwards.
Mrtic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dupres creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mrtic is rocked!
Mrtic throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mrtic is still on wobbly legs! Can Dupres finish him?
Mrtic is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mrtic misses with an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dupres digs a right hand into Mrtic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mrtic's gas tank.
Mrtic seems to have recovered his senses.
Dupres stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dupres lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mrtic takes an elbow to the temple.
Dupres managing to block the knees to the body from Mrtic.
Dupres lands an elbow that stopped Mrtic in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupres cracks Mrtic with a nice body shot.
Mrtic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dupres lands a left hand.
Dupres creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Mrtic's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Mrtic drops to his knees and Dupres pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Dupres!
A relieved looking Jamie Dupres thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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