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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Konrad Curze (ranked 4280 p4p, 435 weight class) and Jakub Trabowski (ranked 3571 p4p, 383 weight class). Curze comes to the cage accompanied by RIse of the Night Haunter. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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268 lbs
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252 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Konrad Curze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakub Trabowski!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trabowski fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Curze on the side of the head.
It looks like Konrad Curze has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Trabowski.
Trabowski does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Trabowski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Curze, pushing him back against the cage.
Trabowski blocks an uppercut.
Curze lands a good knee to the midsection. Trabowski won't want to take too many of those.
Trabowski prevents a body shot from Curze.
Curze gets underhooks to prevent Trabowski's takedown attempt.
Trabowski scores with a nice hook to the head.
Curze lands a knee to the head.
Curze gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Jakub Trabowski has been cut.
Curze tries to land a knee to the head but Trabowski blocks with his arms.
Curze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trabowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Curze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Curze missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curze lands a knee to the head.
Curze crunches a lovely knee into Trabowski's ribcage.
Trabowski has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Curze avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Trabowski tries to work over Curze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Curze scores with a knee to the head.
Trabowski missing with knees to the body.
Curze makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curze gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Trabowski.
Konrad Curze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jakub Trabowski.
Trabowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Curze is defending well for now.
Curze misses with some punches.
Trabowski misses with some punches.
Trabowski jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Curze walks away with a smile on his face. Trabowski gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Trabowski tries to work over Curze's front leg with a kick but Curze checks it.
Curze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Curze.
Curze lands a knee to the head.
Trabowski tries to pull guard but Curze won't allow it.
Curze is working Trabowski over against the cage.
Trabowski looks winded!
Trabowski looking to throw knees to the head but Curze is blocking nicely.
Trabowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Curze.
Trabowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Curze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trabowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trabowski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Curze working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curze connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trabowski's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curze lands a nice elbow.
Curze tries to land a knee to the head but Trabowski blocks with his arms.
Curze lands a shoulder strike.
Curze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Curze lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Trabowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Curze avoids it.
Curze scores a nice knee to the body.
Curze unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Curze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Curze lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trabowski backwards.
Curze lands an elbow that stopped Trabowski in his tracks for a moment.
Trabowski tries to score a body lock takedown but Curze shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Trabowski takes a knee right on the jaw!
Curze lands a nice elbow.
Curze landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Curze utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Curze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Curze lands a good knee to the midsection. Trabowski won't want to take too many of those.
Curze tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curze crunches a lovely knee into Trabowski's ribcage.
Curze misses with a knee strike.
Curze lands an elbow just above Trabowski 's eye.
That has opened up Jakub Trabowski's cut even more.
Curze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trabowski is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Curze gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Curze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trabowski blocks it with crossed arms.
Curze lands a knee to the body.
Curze lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Curze.
Curze scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Curze obliges.
Curze utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Curze lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Curze misses with a punch to the body.
Curze with a knee to the head.
Curze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Curze lands an elbow inside that Trabowski shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curze lands a nice elbow.
Curze lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Curze pushes off an throws an elbow but Trabowski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Curze lands an elbow just above Trabowski 's eye.
Trabowski can't find room to land a body shot as Curze controls the action.
Our sources have told us that Curze has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Trabowski takes an elbow to the temple.
Trabowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Curze.
Curze lands a damaging elbow.
Trabowski takes a shot to the head.
Trabowski tries to work over Curze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Curze throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trabowskis head.
Curze missing with knees to the body.
Trabowski struggles to land a body shot inside as Curze controls his hands.
Curze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Curze lands an elbow that stopped Trabowski in his tracks for a moment.
The cut above Jakub Trabowski's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A hook to the body from Curze.
Curze unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trabowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trabowski goes for a takedown attempt but Curze pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Trabowski has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Curze is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Trabowski throws a lazy uppercut
and Curze counters with a crisp one two that drops Trabowski! Curze thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Trabowski to his feet! Trabowski is in big trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konrad Curze dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Curze misses with a wild combination.
Trabowski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trabowski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Curze has taken the fight to the clinch.
Curze throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Trabowski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Curze backwards.
Curze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trabowski.
Curze lands an elbow just above Trabowski 's eye.
Trabowski misses with some punches.
Konrad Curze has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Curze lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trabowski backwards.
Trabowski fails to pull the fight into his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curze is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Trabowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trabowski is breathing heavily.
Trabowski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trabowski is working for takedown but Curze is calmly controlling the position for now.
Konrad Curze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jakub Trabowski.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Curze blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Curze is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Trabowski is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curze lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Curze lands a damaging elbow.
Curze is pressed up against the cage. Trabowski has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Curze down to the mat. Curze avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Curze wants to clinch but Trabowski slips to the side
and Trabowski counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Curze working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Trabowski doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Trabowski manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Curze wants to sweep but no luck.
Curze manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Trabowski manages to get himself to full guard.
Curze trying to control but Trabowski is working from the bottom.
Trabowski lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curze is trying to control the position but Trabowski postures up.
Curze is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Curze is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trabowski can do to turn this around?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trabowski is staying active underneath Curze, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Curze perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Curze with the ground and pound but Trabowski uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Curze controlling from the top position.
Trabowski looking for subs off his back but Curze has passed one foot through into half guard.
Curze will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curze is trying to control. Trabowski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Curze decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Curze forces Trabowski back against the cage and clinches.
Curze throws a head punch that misses.
Curze landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Curze swings wildly with an uppercut but Trabowski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trabowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Curze.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trabowski tightens his grip and picks Curze up, before dumping him to the ground. Curze manages to land in guard.
Trabowski stops Curze from standing up.
Curze looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Curze escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Trabowski gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Curze trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Curze keeping moving, preventing Trabowski from controlling successfully.
Trabowski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Trabowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Curze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konrad Curze dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Trabowski misses with a lunging right hand
and Curze counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Curze has managed to clinch.
Trabowski lands a body punch.
Curze throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Curze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Curze landing knees to the head.
A hook to the body from Trabowski.
Still in the clinch, Trabowski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Curze stops a takedown attempt from Trabowski.
Trabowski gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Trabowski works over Curze with some ground and pound from guard.
Trabowski is in close to Curze's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trabowski with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jakub Trabowski has got the better of the ground game so far.
Trabowski landing with the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Trabowski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trabowski scoring with some ground and pound.
Curze not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Trabowski working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Curze is rocked!
Trabowski thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Oh Curze is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trabowski postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Curze covers up, he's hurt! Trabowski keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Trabowski and the ref steps in to end the fight! Trabowski can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jakub Trabowski!
Jakub Trabowski thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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