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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Happy Flowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rupil jooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flowers's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wu Tang Clan - Tiger Style. 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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195 cm
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285 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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205 cm
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271 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Happy Flowers! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, rupil jooten! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! jooten avoids the body shot from Flowers.
Flowers fails with an attempt to clinch.
jooten closes this distance looking for a takedown but Flowers circles away. jooten slips a straight right by Flowers. jooten wants to clinch but Flowers slips to the side and Flowers counters with a nice double leg into side control. jooten won't be happy with that. You can see the frustration on jooten's face as Flowers controls the position. Flowers throws a strike aimed at the side of jooten's head but jooten avoids it well. Flowers lands an elbow. Flowers sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but jooten is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Flowers 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. Flowers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Flowers wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by jooten, who protects the arm well. Sloppy strikes there by Flowers.
That's one minute gone in the round. Flowers wants to control but jooten is keeping him busy. Flowers lands a few punches from side control. jooten is trying to get back to half guard. Flowers throws a strike aimed at the side of jooten's head but jooten avoids it well. You can see the frustration on jooten's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. jooten dodges the ground and pound from Flowers.
That's two 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. Flowers in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. You can see the frustration on jooten's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. jooten looks gassed! Flowers wants to lay and pray for a moment but jooten keeps working. Flowers is putting a hurting on jooten here, landing some big shots from side control. Flowers working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter. Flowers creates some space and throws a big elbow, but jooten sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Flowers working the ground and pound. jooten is trying to escape the position but Flowers is controlling the position. Flowers scoring with punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round. jooten parries the strikes from Flowers easily there. Flowers is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable jooten to escape.
Flowers working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
jooten trying to remain calm as Flowers controls from the top position. Flowers fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Flowers advances nicely into full mount. jooten in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Flowers is landing with some decent strikes but jooten is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Flowers is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. jooten can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This has been an exciting period of action! Flowers lands a big shot there that rocks jooten but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Flowers is landing with some decent strikes but jooten is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Flowers wants to control the pace but jooten is squirming around nicely. Flowers in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Flowers trying to control but he's not successful this time. Flowers unloading with bombs! Flowers postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. jooten looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Flowers content just to control the position here. Flowers lands a heavy elbow. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Happy Flowers dominated that round. 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.
Flowers has taken the fight to the clinch.
Flowers breaks from the clinch.
jooten wants to clinch but Flowers slips to the side and Flowers counters with a single leg into guard. jooten didn't expect that. Flowers trying to control but jooten is working from the bottom. Flowers prevents jooten from getting back to his feet. Flowers lands a couple of decent looking shots. jooten keeping moving, preventing Flowers from controlling successfully. jooten is breathing heavily. Flowers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Flowers is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Flowers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as jooten works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Flowers passes jooten's left leg - he's now in half guard. Flowers trying to control the pace. jooten is in trouble now - Flowers has advanced to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Flowers dominating with strikes here. A nice elbow there by Flowers. Flowers looking to finish jooten with some ground and pound. This is bad for jooten! jooten really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Flowers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Flowers with good strikes from the mount here! Flowers softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and jooten is out cold! Flowers jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Happy Flowers!
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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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