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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kebab Nurminen (ranked 5655 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Burandt (ranked 4072 p4p, 378 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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177 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kebab Nurminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stefan Burandt!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurminen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burandt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Burandt misses with a wild body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Burandt has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Nurminen lands with an uppercut that bounces Burandt off the cage and back into range.
Burandt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Burandt taking a breather here.
Nurminen regains half guard, as Burandt was trying to land strikes.
Burandt has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Burandt looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burandt slows the pace down in half guard.
Burandt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Burandt with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Burandt thows a huge punch but Nurminen dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Burandt looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Burandt looks to land a strike but Nurminen avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Burandt looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Burandt throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurminen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Burandt is one step ahead there.
Nurminen trying to control the position.
Burandt seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Stefan Burandt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Nurminen.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nurminen is defended easily by Burandt.
Burandt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nurminen defends it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jab by Nurminen.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Burandt is trying to pull guard but Nurminen has him pressed against the cage.
Burandt pulls guard effortlessly.
Nurminen wants to control from the top but Burandt keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burandt trying to control the position here.
Burandt is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Stefan Burandt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nurminen scores with a jab.
Burandt misses with a leg kick
and Nurminen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nurminen works the jab nicely.
Nurminen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Burandt on the side of the head.
Burandt slips a jab and a cross from Nurminen.
Nurminen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Nurminen misses the target.
Burandt with a lazy takedown attempt
and Nurminen counters with a straight right hand.
Kebab Nurminen is winning the standup battle so far.
Nurminen fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nurminen or perhaps it was just good defense by Burandt, which made it look bad.
Nurminen looks to score with a jab to the body but Burandt is just out of range.
Nurminen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Burandt can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burandt has his takedown stuffed
and Nurminen counters with a nice uppercut.
Nurminen staying out of range there.
Nurminen lunges at Burandt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Burandt's hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Burandt.
Burandt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burandt scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nurminen dodges the ground and pound from Burandt.
Burandt throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burandt controlling from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burandt working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nurminen is trying to control Burandt's posture but Burandt avoids it.
Nurminen parries the strikes from Burandt easily there. Burandt is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nurminen to escape.
Burandt content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Burandt is continuing to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burandt postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Burandt working the ground and pound.
Burandt postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Burandt working the ground and pound but Nurminen is defending the strikes.
Burandt lands an elbow.
Burandt is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nurminen is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Burandt content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Burandt has hold of Nurminen's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Nurminen tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Burandt cranks the arm and Nurminen screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Nurminen, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Stefan Burandt!
Kebab Nurminen spoke after the fight, saying 'This was just a test.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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