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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Filip (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ahkmed Ufalopolaus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Filip comes to the ring accompanied by Zovi samo zovi. Ufalopolaus is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Shabnami Soraya - Az Kudumi Safar. The key to victory for Nikola Filip has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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178 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikola Filip!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ahkmed Ufalopolaus!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ufalopolaus drives through with a takedown into guard.
Filip keeping moving, preventing Ufalopolaus from controlling successfully.
Filip wants to sweep here but Ufalopolaus controlling him for the moment.
Ufalopolaus thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Filip is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ufalopolaus drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ufalopolaus jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Filip has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ufalopolaus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Filip looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Filip is looking for a triangle but Ufalopolaus pushes his legs off easily.
Ufalopolaus working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Filip's head.
Ufalopolaus avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Filip avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ufalopolaus throwing strikes but missing.
Ufalopolaus thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ufalopolaus has gone for a leg lock! Filip slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ufalopolaus's guard.
Ufalopolaus is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Filip avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ufalopolaus looks gassed!
Ufalopolaus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Filip pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ufalopolaus is keeping the position for now.
Ufalopolaus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Filip showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Filip wants to control from the top but Ufalopolaus keeps moving.
Filip thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ufalopolaus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ufalopolaus bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Filip's guard.
Ufalopolaus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Filip will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ufalopolaus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Filip has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ufalopolaus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filip has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ufalopolaus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Filip looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ufalopolaus is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Filip is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Filip has escaped and now he's on top!
Filip passes Ufalopolaus's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ufalopolaus actively working from the bottom here.
Filip is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Filip seems to be working for a kimura but Ufalopolaus defends the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ufalopolaus regains full guard. Nicely done.
Filip won't allow Ufalopolaus to sweep him here.
Ufalopolaus trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Filip tries to free his leg and advance position but Ufalopolaus is retaining full guard.
Ufalopolaus escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Filip gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Filip tries to free his leg and advance position but Ufalopolaus is retaining full guard.
Filip trying to control the position from guard on top but Ufalopolaus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ufalopolaus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Filip is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikola Filip dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Filip scores with a punch to the head.
Ufalopolaus throws a series of punches but Filip moves out of range.
Ufalopolaus moves into the clinch successfully.
Ufalopolaus misses with a knee strike.
Ufalopolaus trying to land knees to the body.
Filip wants to break free but Ufalopolaus has control.
Ufalopolaus ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Ufalopolaus no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Ufalopolaus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Filip slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Filip working away.
Ufalopolaus is breathing heavily.
Ufalopolaus is looking to reverse the position.
Filip is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ufalopolaus is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Filip working away.
Ufalopolaus is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Filip tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Filip has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Filip tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Filip tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ufalopolaus manages to work his way to half guard, despite Filip's best efforts.
Filip is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Ufalopolaus has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ufalopolaus missing with punches from the bottom.
Filip is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ufalopolaus defends it well.
Ufalopolaus is trying to control but can't.
Filip is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Ufalopolaus has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ufalopolaus is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Filip pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ufalopolaus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Filip trying to pass the guard but Ufalopolaus defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ufalopolaus looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ufalopolaus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Filip looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ufalopolaus has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ufalopolaus scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Filip?
Filip is in a horrible position here. Ufalopolaus smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Filip is squirming around, avoiding Ufalopolaus's attempts to control the action.
Filip tries to reverse the position but Ufalopolaus maintains control.
Ufalopolaus scoring with strikes but Filip is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ufalopolaus with the ground and pound from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ufalopolaus landing shots from mount.
Filip is trying desperately to improve position.
Filip tries to hold on but Ufalopolaus pushes him away.
Ufalopolaus looking for a guillotine from mount but Filip is having none of it.
Ufalopolaus landing shots from mount.
Filip bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Ufalopolaus throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Filip trying to control but Ufalopolaus is working from the bottom.
Filip sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ufalopolaus's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ahkmed Ufalopolaus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Filip doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ufalopolaus counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Filip manages to get to full guard.
Ufalopolaus has gone for a leg lock! Filip slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ufalopolaus's guard.
Ufalopolaus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ufalopolaus is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Filip 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.
Filip preventing the sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ufalopolaus is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Filip passes Ufalopolaus's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Filip wants to control but Ufalopolaus is keeping him busy.
Filip is looking for a kimura but Ufalopolaus is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Filip to get the leverage.
Ufalopolaus wants to get back to full guard.
Filip wants to free his trapped foot but Ufalopolaus is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ahkmed Ufalopolaus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Filip blocks the strikes from Ufalopolaus.
Ufalopolaus moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ufalopolaus tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ufalopolaus not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Filip drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Filip jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ufalopolaus working for a triangle but Filip defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ufalopolaus keeping full guard, as Filip tries to pass.
Ufalopolaus is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Filip has his hands clasped together but Ufalopolaus extends an breaks Filip's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Ufalopolaus.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ahkmed Ufalopolaus!
Ahkmed Ufalopolaus is the new welterweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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