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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hark Munt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asko Ilmarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Munt kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Oceans(Where feet may fail). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 cm
25
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
21
250 lbs
4 - 4 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hark Munt! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Asko Ilmarinen! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A big right from Munt misses. Munt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Munt throws a right hand that Ilmarinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Ilmarinen also avoids with ease. Ilmarinen wants to counter with a clinch but Munt pushes him away. Ilmarinen slips a straight right by Munt. Ilmarinen ducks under a wild hook from Munt. Munt lands with a nice body punch. Ilmarinen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. A combination from Munt does no damage. Ilmarinen walks into a jab. Ilmarinen shoots in and drives through. Munt sprawls well. Munt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ilmarinen has time to react. Ilmarinen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Munt napping and manages to drive through into side control! We've been hearing good reports from Munt's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Munt trying to remain calm as Ilmarinen controls from the top position. Munt is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ilmarinen has just dragged him back down to the mat. Ilmarinen trying to control the action but Munt is working from the bottom. Munt knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ilmarinen on the ground. Munt is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ilmarinen is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ilmarinen has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Munt is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Ilmarinen yanks on the arm and Munt is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Ilmarinen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Asko Ilmarinen! Asko Ilmarinen was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed. In defeat, Hark Munt stepped up to the mic, saying 'It's rough to fail, but I'll be back again.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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59% |
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