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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vaai Finau (ranked 2856 p4p, 356 weight class) and Krisko Kurtev (ranked 3404 p4p, 409 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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211 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Great low kicks
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vaai Finau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Krisko Kurtev!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurtev stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Finau.
A lazy left from Finau finds it's target.
Finau thuds his shin into the meat of Kurtev's side.
Kurtev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kurtev looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kurtev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kurtev wants to take a breather but Finau is having none of it.
Finau tries to roll over but Kurtev keeps him under control.
Kurtev is stalling here. Finau is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kurtev seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Finau has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Finau landing a few strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finau lands a decent elbow from side control.
Finau working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Finau lands some shots froms side control.
Finau avoids the strikes from the bottom by Kurtev.
Kurtev is not content to let Finau control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finau cracks Kurtev with a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finau working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kurtev is working to avoid the ground and pound but Finau connects with a decent elbow.
Finau trying to control the position but Kurtev is working away.
Finau working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
We've been hearing that Finau has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Finau lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kurtev really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Finau. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Finau in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kurtev is trying to control Finau's posture but Finau avoids it.
Finau looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Finau scores with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finau working the ground and pound from side control.
Kurtev is looking for a sweep.
Kurtev told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Kurtev seems a little lost for a moment, as Finau dominates the positioning.
Kurtev is trying to get back to half guard.
Finau wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kurtev keeps working.
Finau avoids the strikes from the bottom by Kurtev.
Kurtev manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Kurtev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Finau there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Finau takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kurtev is trying to control but Finau passes into side control!
Finau working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finau lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Finau scores with a couple of short elbows.
Finau working the head and body with strikes.
Finau scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kurtev to see if he's OK.
Kurtev tries to buck Finau off but Finau is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kurtev can do anything to dispel that myth.
Finau is chipping away with strikes.
Kurtev is rocked!
Kurtev struggling a bit here.
Finau working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kurtev wants to control but Finau postures up.
Finau working the head with strikes.
Kurtev throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Kurtev is looking for a sweep.
Finau blocks the strikes from Kurtev.
Finau landing strikes.
Finau wants to control but Kurtev is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finau lands a nice forearm strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Finau working the ground and pound.
Finau works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kurtev can't do much from the bottom here.
Kurtev takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Finau scores with punches from side control.
Finau scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kurtev to see if he's OK.
Finau working the head with strikes.
Kurtev is still in real trouble! Can Finau finish him?
Kurtev wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Kurtev seems to have recovered his senses.
Finau wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kurtev, who protects the arm well.
Finau is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kurtev knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Check out the look on Finau's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vaai Finau dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A jab lands there for Finau.
Finau lands a high kick to the side of Kurtev's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Finau dives into guard, looking to finish.
Finau with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Finau with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Finau lands a couple of elbows.
Finau 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.
Kurtev looking to control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kurtev has an active guard here but Finau has managed to pass into half guard.
Finau drops an elbow to the side of Kurtev's head.
Finau winds up and cracks Kurtev with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kurtev wants to control but Finau is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Finau lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kurtev flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Finau lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kurtev misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finau looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kurtev throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Ground and pound from Finau.
Finau takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kurtev is defending against the submission attempts here by Finau.
Kurtev is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Kurtev is looking to get to half guard.
Finau has hold of Kurtev's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Kurtev manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Kurtev throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurtev working to try and regain half guard.
Finau blocks Kurtev's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Finau looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Finau lands a couple of good shots and Kurtev has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Kurtev trying to control the action but Finau just sinks the hooks in.
Kurtev wants to escape the position.
Finau scores with punches to the body.
Kurtev showing good submission defense here.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
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!
Kurtev tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finau lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Finau drops a couple of huge strikes from the back position and Kurtev is in real trouble here! Finau lands more strikes and the referee has to step in to end the fight! Finau is delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vaai Finau!
Vaai Finau decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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