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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kaino Heikkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Kruiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruiz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: ZARILA KANDZE. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
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193 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaino Heikkinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tom Kruiz!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heikkinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kruiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heikkinen moves into the clinch.
Kruiz pulls guard.
Kruiz wants to sweep here but Heikkinen controlling him for the moment.
Kruiz trying to control the position.
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.
Kruiz wants to sweep here but Heikkinen controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kruiz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Heikkinen defends well.
Kruiz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heikkinen stopping the sweep attempt from Kruiz.
Kruiz is pulling down on Heikkinen's head. It's preventing any offense from Heikkinen, at least for the moment.
Kruiz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kruiz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kruiz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Heikkinen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Heikkinen wants to stand but Kruiz is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kruiz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Heikkinen won't allow Kruiz to sweep him here.
Kruiz pulls Heikkinen in close to his closed guard and prevents Heikkinen from doing any damage or advancing position.
Kruiz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Heikkinen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Heikkinen tries to get out of the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kruiz thows a huge punch but Heikkinen dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heikkinen is defending against the submission attempts here by Kruiz.
Kruiz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Heikkinen sees it coming and defends easily.
Heikkinen is defending against the submission attempts here by Kruiz.
Kruiz is working for a kimura but Heikkinen is defending it quite comfortably.
Heikkinen is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kruiz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Heikkinen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kruiz is working away from the top position though.
Kruiz is working for a submission of some sort.
Heikkinen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kruiz prevents Heikkinen from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Kruiz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Heikkinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kruiz. That did some damage!
Heikkinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Heikkinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Heikkinen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kruiz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kruiz looking for a takedown.
Kruiz managing to block the knees to the body from Heikkinen.
Kruiz jumps guard and drags Heikkinen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kruiz working a defensive guard here.
Kruiz controlling Heikkinen's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruiz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Kruiz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kruiz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruiz is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Heikkinen is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Heikkinen has escaped and now he's on top!
Kruiz trying to control the position.
Kruiz trying to control the position here.
Kruiz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Heikkinen is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruiz seems keen to control Heikkinen's posture.
Heikkinen preventing the sweep.
Heikkinen tries to stand but Kruiz is controlling from the bottom.
Kruiz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Heikkinen is one step ahead there.
Kruiz is trying to keep Heikkinen in close.
Tom Kruiz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kruiz keeping moving, preventing Heikkinen from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruiz looking for a triangle here. Heikkinen is fighting it but it looks tight! Kruiz pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Heikkinen is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tom Kruiz!
Tom Kruiz is the new middleweight champion!
Tom Kruiz thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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