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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaska Jalovaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arunas Samusiovas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalovaara comes to the cage accompanied by Die for Metal. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 lbs
26 - 10 - 1 |
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187 cm
27
194 lbs
19 - 3 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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
26 - 10 - 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
19 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arunas Samusiovas!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samusiovas throws a hook but Jalovaara avoids it easily.
Samusiovas slaps away a takedown attempt from Jalovaara, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That kick from Samusiovas tenderised Jalovaara's leg. Jalovaara is trying to keep his angry face on.
Samusiovas throws a leg kick
and Jalovaara makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Samusiovas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A nice side step and Samusiovas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Samusiovas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jalovaara.
Samusiovas throws out a powerful jab.
Samusiovas throws a head kick that half lands.
Jalovaara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Samusiovas counters with a nice leg kick.
Jalovaara closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Samusiovas quickly recovers to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Samusiovas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jalovaara.
Jalovaara 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.
Jalovaara prevents Samusiovas from improving his position.
Jalovaara throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalovaara not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jalovaara stops Samusiovas from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samusiovas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jalovaara.
Jalovaara thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Samusiovas's head.
Jalovaara scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samusiovas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jalovaara.
Samusiovas is trying to get back to full guard.
Samusiovas gets full guard.
Jalovaara forces his way into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas is looking to improve his position.
Samusiovas is defending against the submission attempts here by Jalovaara.
Samusiovas wants to improve his position but Jalovaara is controlling well.
Jalovaara throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Samusiovas to regain full guard.
Samusiovas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samusiovas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jalovaara throws a big right hand that misses.
Jalovaara is looking to work some ground and pound but Samusiovas has wrist control.
Jalovaara trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jalovaara throws a big elbow that misses.
Samusiovas is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Jalovaara pushing down on Samusiovas's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jalovaara throwing shots but Samusiovas is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jalovaara is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Samusiovas trying to control from the bottom.
Jalovaara takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Samusiovas is defending against the submission attempts here by Jalovaara.
Jalovaara wants to advance to full mount but Samusiovas doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jalovaara working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Samusiovas's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaska Jalovaara dominated that round.
That's time! Jalovaara's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Samusiovas misses with a looping right.
Jalovaara misses with a straight left.
Jalovaara shoots in for a takedown but Samusiovas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Samusiovas steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Jalovaara bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Samusiovas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Samusiovas takes a kick to the side of the head.
Samusiovas darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jalovaara fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jalovaara looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jalovaara shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Samusiovas is trying to defend but Jalovaara finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jalovaara is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Samusiovas holds on for dear life, controlling Jalovaara's posture momentarily.
Samusiovas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jalovaara. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalovaara is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Samusiovas can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Jalovaara scores with a couple of good head shots there.
It looks like Arunas Samusiovas has been cut.
Jalovaara looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Samusiovas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jalovaara misses with a head shot.
Jalovaara with good strikes from the mount here!
Samusiovas is rocked!
Jalovaara postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Samusiovas out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Jalovaara goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jaska Jalovaara!
Jaska Jalovaara decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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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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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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