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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jami Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Jamison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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162 lbs
26 - 9 - 0 |
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175 cm
31
145 lbs
23 - 15 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jami Balkan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, John Jamison!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balkan looks to score with a jab to the body but Jamison is just out of range.
Jamison shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Balkan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jamison working away.
Jamison postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Balkan holds on to Jamison's head and controls the position momentarily.
The ground and pound from Jamison seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jamison cracks Balkan with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jamison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Balkan keeps working.
Balkan wants to control but Jamison postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jamison wants to control but Balkan is keeping him busy.
Jamison throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jamison tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jamison cracks Balkan with a big elbow.
Jamison tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jamison trying to control the action but Balkan is working from the bottom.
Balkan gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Jamison trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jamison punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jamison looking to finish Balkan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balkan!
Balkan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jamison fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan is trying desperately to improve position.
Jamison cracks Balkan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jamison with shots to the head and body - Balkan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jamison landing shots from mount.
Jamison lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jamison wants to control the pace but Balkan is squirming around nicely.
Jamison content just to control the position here.
Jamison wants to control the pace but Balkan is squirming around nicely.
Jamison scoring with strikes but Balkan is staying in there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jamison thowing shots but they're missing.
Jamison with the ground and pound from mount.
Jamison lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Balkan hang on?
Jamison wants to control the pace but Balkan is squirming around nicely.
Jamison wants to control but Balkan has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Jamison throws a strike but Balkan manages to get a kimura sweep and he's found himself on top with the kimura half locked in! This would be a real turnaround! He's torquing it... Will Jamison tap??? YES! He's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jami Balkan!
Jami Balkan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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