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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Caldeira (ranked 5445 p4p, 368 weight class) and Huono Yritys (ranked 5719 p4p, 374 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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176 cm
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152 lbs
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150 cm
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135 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arturo Caldeira! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Huono Yritys! The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Caldeira scores with a nice right hand.
Yritys looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Caldeira is fending him off so far but Yritys persists. Nope, Caldeira circles away and we're back to standing. Caldeira is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Yritys's half guard. Caldeira is looking for a kimura but Yritys is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Caldeira to get the leverage. Ground and pound from Caldeira. We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Yritys has eaten all the pies! Caldeira drops an elbow to the side of Yritys's head. Caldeira moves into full mount! Yritys won't be happy about that! Yritys wants to hold on but Caldeira pushes him away. Yritys taking shots to the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The referee warns Yritys that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Caldeira fails to advance to Yritys's back. Caldeira cracks Yritys with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yritys is in all sorts of trouble here.
Caldeira scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Caldeira looking to control but Yritys is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round. Caldeira fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Caldeira cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Caldeira putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Caldeira looking for a guillotine from mount but Yritys is having none of it. Caldeira has control of Yritys's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Yritys regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Yritys tries to reverse the position but Caldeira maintains control. Caldeira unloading with bombs! Caldeira lands a couple of good shots and Yritys has given up his back, trying to escape the position! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Yritys tries to escape but Caldeira has the hooks in and won't let him break free. Yritys keeps trying to improve his position. Caldeira 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. A lull in the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yritys rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Caldeira trying to mount his opponent but Yritys defends it. Caldeira wants to work for an arm triangle but Yritys is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Yritys is trying to get back to full guard. Caldeira is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Caldeira is trying to control. Yritys wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Caldeira is looking for submissions but instead, Yritys has regained full guard.
Caldeira throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Yritys works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Caldeira postures up.
Yritys is looking for a triangle but Caldeira pushes his legs off easily.
Caldeira stopping the sweep attempt from Yritys. Caldeira works a leg free and moves into half guard. Yritys actively working from the bottom here. Caldeira is nestled in close to Yritys, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Caldeira winds up and cracks Yritys with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Yritys looking for submissions off his back. Caldeira is trying to work for a kimura but Yritys is defending well.
Yritys is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nice strikes from Caldeira there. Yritys looking for submissions off his back. Caldeira looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Caldeira seems to be working for a kimura but Yritys defends the submission attempt. Caldeira seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Yritys is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Yritys on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Caldeira dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A shot to the liver by Caldeira. Beautiful body shot. Yritys tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Caldeira paws at him with a jab and circles away. Caldeira gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Caldeira strikes from his own guard. Caldeira escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Yritys gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Arturo Caldeira overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Caldeira working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yritys doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yritys manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Caldeira is looking to cinch up a triangle. Yritys throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Caldeira's body to avoid the submission. Caldeira has instead reached around Yritys's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Caldeira arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Arturo Caldeira! After the fight, Arturo Caldeira was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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