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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaska Jalovaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sher Shah Suri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalovaara comes to the cage accompanied by Die for Metal. This should be fireworks!
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183 cm
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190 lbs
18 - 7 - 1 |
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183 cm
34
200 lbs
27 - 17 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaska Jalovaara! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sher Shah Suri! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Suri lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Suri. Suri swings for the body but Jalovaara moves out of range.
Jalovaara throwing a counter right hand but Suri manages to avoid it. Donk. Suri catches Jalovaara right on the button with a cross. Suri blocks a head kick by Jalovaara.
Suri lands with a straight right. Jalovaara didn't see that one coming. Jalovaara avoids the body shot from Suri.
Jalovaara is looking to counter with head kicks. Suri moves forwards but Jalovaara connects with a nice, crisp jab. Nice defenses there by Jalovaara. It looked like Jalovaara wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. A looping hook to the body misses from Suri. Jalovaara does a little dance to reset his feet. Jalovaara looks to land a right hand but Suri moved out of range. Suri swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jalovaara counters with a nice leg kick. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Suri rushes Jalovaara and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. A nice right hand lands inside from Jalovaara. Suri scores with a shoulder strike. A short right from Jalovaara. Suri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jalovaara misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Jalovaara.
Suri softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Suri misses with some punches.
Suri pushes Jalovaara back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. A head punch on the inside from Suri fails to land. Jalovaara blocks an uppercut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Suri has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Suri swings wildly with an uppercut but Jalovaara uses good head movement to avoid it. Suri misses with some punches.
Suri misses with a hook from the clinch. Jalovaara's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Jalovaara misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. Suri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jalovaara. Jalovaara misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jalovaara has a couple of punches blocked by Suri.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jalovaara. Jalovaara misses with a short punch on the inside. Jalovaara is trying to maintain a safe position but Suri gets an underhook and turns Jalovaara into the cage. Jalovaara taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Jalovaara. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suri. Jalovaara lands with a short head shot on the inside. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Jalovaara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Suris head. Suri misses with a punch to the body.
Suri lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Suri tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. A right hand to the body from Jalovaara.
Suri throws a punch but it's blocked by Jalovaara. Suri misses with a short punch on the inside. Suri misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jalovaara.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Suri lands an uppercut. Jalovaara blocks an uppercut.
Suri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Suri on the inside. A head punch on the inside from Jalovaara fails to land. A shot in the inside from Jalovaara. Suri stops a takedown attempt from Jalovaara.
A head punch on the inside from Suri fails to land. Jalovaara taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jalovaara blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Jalovaara.
Jalovaara misses with a hook from the clinch. Suri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suri tries a body shot but Jalovaara blocks it.
Jalovaara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jalovaara blocking some punches.
Jalovaara pushes Suri back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. A nice left hand lands by Jalovaara.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Suri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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! Jalovaara lands a hook to the side of the head. Suri working aggressively here.
Jalovaara throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Suri throws a punch but it's blocked by Jalovaara. Suri misses with a short punch on the inside. A head punch on the inside from Jalovaara fails to land. Jalovaara lands a body punch in the clinch. A shot in the inside from Suri. Suri lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jalovaara backwards. Jalovaara prevents a body shot from Suri. Suri lands a body shot. Suri misses with a short punch on the inside. Jalovaara lands a nice uppercut. Suri misses with some punches.
Suri makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Jalovaara misses with a hook from the clinch. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Suri gets a trip takedown into half guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sher Shah Suri dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jalovaara throws a lazy right hand but Suri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Jalovaara scores with a jab to the body. Jalovaara attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Suri misses with a straight left. Suri connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Suri throws a body punch but Jalovaara moves out of range. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Jalovaara's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Suri connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jalovaara scrambles back to his feet. Suri tries to bum rush Jalovaara with a series of wild strikes but Jalovaara uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Suri has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Suri misses with a body punch
enabling Jalovaara to counter with a crisp jab. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Suri fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Jalovaara feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Suri's calf. Jalovaara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jalovaara looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Nice shot by Suri. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! The fighters circling - Jalovaara throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Suri looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Suri moves out of range of the leg kick from Jalovaara. Jalovaara uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Suri. Jalovaara half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range. Jalovaara misses with a looping right. Suri gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Jalovaara gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Suri is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaska Jalovaara! In his post fight interview, Jaska Jalovaara started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception. Sher Shah Suri spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck this shit, I want my rematch! '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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