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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mercury Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Van (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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198 cm
18
255 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
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199 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mercury Moses! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Van ! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Moses misses with a wild combination.
Van has a takedown stuffed.
Van shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Van trying to control but Moses is working from the bottom. Van tries to free his leg and advance position but Moses is retaining full guard. Moses keeping moving, preventing Van from controlling successfully. Van stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moses swivels though and keeps the full guard. Van trying to control the position from guard on top but Moses is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Van working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/refstandup.gif) It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Moses looks to score with a jab to the body but Van is just out of range. Van moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Nice takedown defense from Moses. No joy for Van on that attempt. Mercury Moses seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Moses throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Moses looking for a sweep. Not yet Moses, not yet. Moses keeping full guard, as Van tries to pass. Van trying to control but Moses is working from the bottom. Van passes easily into side control. Nice work. Van wants to control but Moses is keeping him busy.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van has hold of Moses's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Moses tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Van cranks the arm and Moses screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Moses, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Alexander Van !
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C
A |
G |
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B |
G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
44% |
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