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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Esquiva Falcao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaska Jalovaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalovaara is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Die for Metal. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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193 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Esquiva Falcao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaska Jalovaara!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcao throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jalovaara lands with a nice body punch.
Jalovaara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Falcao checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jalovaara attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Falcao stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jalovaara.
Falcao lands a nice looking body kick.
Falcao ducks under a wild hook from Jalovaara.
Falcao tried to counter with a leg kick but Jalovaara avoided it.
Jalovaara on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jalovaara takes one to the side of the head.
Falcao throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jalovaara.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jalovaara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jalovaara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Falcao.
Falcao just misses with a punch to the body.
Jalovaara does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jaska Jalovaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jalovaara avoids the head kick by Falcao.
Falcao throws a head kick that misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jalovaara crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Falcao - the referee stops the clock and Jalovaara gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Falcao. Jalovaara manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalovaara takes one to the side of the head.
Falcao lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jalovaara's sensitive parts.
Jalovaara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Falcao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Falcao tries a low kick but Jalovaara avoids it.
Falcao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Jalovaara blocks the leg kick.
Falcao connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jalovaara checks a leg kick.
Jalovaara lands a leg kick that knocks Falcao off balance momentarily.
Falcao scores with a nice strike.
Esquiva Falcao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jalovaara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Falcao is looking to score with low kicks.
A jab from Jalovaara does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Falcao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jalovaara raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
We've been told by Falcao's head coaches at Furia Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao connects with a single shot there.
Falcao throws a leg kick but Jalovaara checks it.
Jalovaara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Falcao moves away.
Falcao is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Falcao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jalovaara was well out of range. Poor timing from Falcao.
Falcao throws a shot to the body.
Jalovaara tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Falcao defends well and Jalovaara ends up having to push Falcao into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jalovaara throws the kick towards the body but Falcao avoids it.
Falcao throwing a counter right hand but Jalovaara manages to avoid it.
Falcao scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A right-left combo lands from Jalovaara.
Falcao takes a swing at Jalovaara's ribcage but misses.
Falcao lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jalovaara's sensitive parts.
Jalovaara moves out of range as Falcao strikes.
Falcao cracks Jalovaara with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Jalovaara looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Falcao finish him?
Jalovaara is rocked!
Falcao lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Jalovaara head around and knocks him out cold! Falcao hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Esquiva Falcao!
During a confident post fight interview, Esquiva Falcao thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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