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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sabre Sloane (ranked 1627 p4p, 204 weight class) and Pekka Pouta (ranked 2434 p4p, 274 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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182 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sabre Sloane!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Pouta!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloane scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pouta in his tracks.
Pouta has a takedown stuffed.
Pouta takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sloane lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pouta fails to land the takedown.
Pouta shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sloane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sabre Sloane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pekka Pouta.
Sloane tries to work over Pouta's front leg with a kick but Pouta checks it.
Pouta darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sloane is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pouta sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouta wants to stand but Sloane has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Pouta stalling.
Pouta trying to control the action but Sloane is working from the bottom.
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.
Pouta tries to stand but can't do so whilst Sloane controls his leg.
Pouta seems to be looking for submissions.
Pouta is trying to control the action in half guard but Sloane is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pouta passes to side control.
Pouta trying to control the position but Sloane is working away.
Pouta looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pouta wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sloane, who protects the arm well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloane is trying to control Pouta's posture but Pouta avoids it.
Pouta wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sloane keeps working.
Sloane knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pouta on the ground.
Sloane is trying to get back to half guard.
Pouta working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sloane on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sloane tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sloane is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pouta connects with a decent elbow.
Pouta has hold of Sloane's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Sloane tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Pouta cranks the arm and Sloane screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Sloane, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Pekka Pouta!
Pekka Pouta is the new middleweight champion!
Pekka Pouta thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
A | B |
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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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