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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between roger whitmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vili Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuusela is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: saliva-i walk alone. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, roger whitmore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vili Kuusela!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
whitmore on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kuusela. Kuusela obviously looking to wear him down.
whitmore circles away from the clinch attempt.
whitmore clinches up with Kuusela and pushes him back against the cage.
whitmore prevents Kuusela from breaking the clinch.
whitmore works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
whitmore is in close to Kuusela's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kuusela is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
whitmore is looking to work some ground and pound but Kuusela has wrist control.
whitmore keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kuusela's head.
Kuusela is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kuusela might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control whitmore kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Kuusela keeping moving, preventing whitmore from controlling successfully.
whitmore lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela keeping moving, preventing whitmore from controlling successfully.
whitmore won't allow Kuusela to sweep him here.
whitmore trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuusela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
whitmore looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
whitmore has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
whitmore works his way into full mount!
whitmore with good strikes from the mount here!
whitmore goes for an armbar but Kuusela turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Kuusela.
whitmore keeping moving, preventing Kuusela from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from whitmore.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kuusela blocks the strikes from whitmore.
Kuusela controlling the action here.
whitmore tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Kuusela not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kuusela really doesn't want to stay on the ground with whitmore. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kuusela wants to control but whitmore is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kuusela shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and whitmore counters with a takedown into side control.
Kuusela is trying to improve his position.
Kuusela looks gassed!
whitmore working the head and body with strikes.
whitmore swings around for an armbar but Kuusela sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into whitmore's guard.
whitmore is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
whitmore wants to sweep but no luck.
Kuusela tries to free his leg and advance position but whitmore is retaining full guard.
Kuusela trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kuusela stands up and waves to whitmore to follow him.
Kuusela misses with a takedown
and whitmore counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kuusela won't be happy with that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
whitmore lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kuusela wants to control but whitmore postures up.
whitmore is working to tighten is grip on Kuusela's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Kuusela has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but whitmore is really squeezing tight and eventually Kuusela passes out! whitmore breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). roger whitmore!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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