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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kari Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bodie Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Long's choice of entrance music: Friends In Low Places. Kari Taalasmaa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
5 - 2 - 1 |
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187 cm
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215 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kari Taalasmaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bodie Long!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taalasmaa throws a series of punches but Long moves out of range.
Long misses with a two punch combination.
Long closes this distance looking for a takedown but Taalasmaa circles away.
Taalasmaa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Taalasmaa connects with a couple of short punches.
Taalasmaa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Taalasmaa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Long's head.
Taalasmaa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Long trying to keep a closed guard but Taalasmaa is proving a slippery customer.
Taalasmaa stays in close to Long's body and controls the position.
Long keeping moving, preventing Taalasmaa from controlling successfully.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Taalasmaa landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taalasmaa distracts Long with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Taalasmaa 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.
Taalasmaa trying to control the position from guard on top but Long is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long is looking to sweep but instead, Taalasmaa has passed into half guard.
Taalasmaa thows a huge punch but Long dodges it nicely.
Long slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Taalasmaa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Taalasmaa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Taalasmaa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Long's guard.
Taalasmaa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Taalasmaa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Taalasmaa wants to control from the top but Long keeps moving.
Long looking for a sweep. Not yet Long, not yet.
Long is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Taalasmaa moves into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long throws a strike but Taalasmaa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Long is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Taalasmaa tries to stand but Long is controlling from the bottom.
Long wants to get back to his feet but Taalasmaa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Taalasmaa passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Taalasmaa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Taalasmaa is breathing heavily.
Taalasmaa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Long pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Long scores with a nice body kick.
Long doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Taalasmaa counters with a nice uppercut.
Taalasmaa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Taalasmaa tries for a takedown but Long sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Long throws a sloppy head kick and Taalasmaa moves out of range easily.
Long with a poor takedown
and Taalasmaa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kari Taalasmaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bodie Long.
Long is looking for a sweep. Taalasmaa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Long tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Taalasmaa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taalasmaa lands a nice short elbow.
Taalasmaa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Taalasmaa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Long keeps working.
Long lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Long misses with a hook to the body
and Taalasmaa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Long won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taalasmaa cracks Long with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Taalasmaa is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Long will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Long manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Taalasmaa wants to pass to mount but Long is defending the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Long looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Taalasmaa lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kari Taalasmaa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Taalasmaa shoots in and drives through. Long sprawls well.
Long closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Taalasmaa takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Long stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Long tests Taalasmaa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Long misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kari Taalasmaa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick lands from Long.
Taalasmaa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Taalasmaa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taalasmaa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Taalasmaa connects with a nice short shot to Long's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Taalasmaa prevents Long from improving his position.
Long missing with punches from the bottom.
Long is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Taalasmaa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Taalasmaa seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Long flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Long lands with a kick to the temple. Taalasmaa shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Long!
Taalasmaa with a lazy takedown attempt
and Long counters with a left to the body.
Taalasmaa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kari Taalasmaa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Taalasmaa counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Taalasmaa working some strikes from top position.
Long keeping moving, preventing Taalasmaa from controlling successfully.
Taalasmaa won't allow Long to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long is looking to stand up but Taalasmaa isn't so interested in that idea.
Taalasmaa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Taalasmaa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Long's head.
Long keeping moving, preventing Taalasmaa from controlling successfully.
Long has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Taalasmaa doesn't defend quickly enough and Long has managed to lock this one up! Can Taalasmaa escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Long on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Bodie Long!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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