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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darren Towler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black has chosen Zach's Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
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208 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Darren Towler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Black!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black connects with a body shot.
Towler moves into the clinch successfully.
Towler pulls Black into guard.
Towler pulls Black in close to his closed guard and prevents Black from doing any damage or advancing position.
Black looking to sit in guard and control but Towler gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Black looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Towler puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Black has eaten all the pies!
Black has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Towler is working away from the top position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Towler not doing much here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Towler seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Black for as long as he can get away with.
Towler continues to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Black taking some punishment here, with Towler in his half guard.
Towler scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Towler is trying to work for a kimura but Black is defending well.
Black is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Towler is pressing down on Black's thigh, looking to free his foot. Black is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towler slows the pace down in half guard.
Towler decides to return to a standing position.
Towler is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A nice leg kick lands there from Black.
Towler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Black throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Darren Towler has been cut.
Jack Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Towler has closed the distance and engaged Black in a clinch.
Towler gets control of Black's arms and successfully pulls guard. Towler will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Black avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Towler pulls Black in close to prevent any damage.
Black avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Towler bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Black's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Towler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darren Towler's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Towler shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Black but Black pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Black flicks out a counter leg kick but Towler steps away.
Black gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Towler passes Black's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Towler prevents Black from standing back up.
Black trying to control here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Towler decides to stand up.
Black throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black tries to score with a low kick but Towler moves his leg out of the way.
Towler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Black creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Black is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Towler jumps guard but Black turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Towler manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Black really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Towler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Towler has his feet on Black's thighs here. He's pushed Black off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Black screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Darren Towler!
Jack Black spoke after the fight, saying 'at least I'll try my best '.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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