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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between teemu tahvo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). teemu tahvo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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266 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, teemu tahvo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joshua Drake!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
tahvo throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
tahvo shoots in looking for a takedown. Drake tries to sprawl out of it but tahvo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Drake manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - tahvo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
tahvo doesn't manage to clinch there - Drake circles away.
tahvo tries to close the distance and clinch but Drake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drake shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Drake showed some decent athleticism there.
tahvo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Drake uses his free foot to push down on tahvo's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for tahvo.
Drake putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
It looks like teemu tahvo has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
tahvo is squirming around, avoiding Drake's attempts to control the action.
Drake controlling from mount.
Drake is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Drake fails to land the takedown.
tahvo tries to close the distance and clinch but Drake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
tahvo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drake pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
tahvo is looking to clinch.
Drake will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two 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.
tahvo is looking to clinch.
tahvo tries for a takedown but Drake circles away easily
and Drake counters with a crisp right that sends tahvo to the canvas! Drake follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joshua Drake!
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energy
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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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