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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Helsinki Fight Night 2
Date: Apr 23, 2016 |
#R1#
Cousteau is looking to clinch.
Soderberg feinted with a counter takedown.
Cousteau cracks Soderberg with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.#TD2#
Cousteau closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cousteau lands in his opponent's guard.#SUB#
Soderberg has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cousteau can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Soderberg controls Cousteau momentarily but Cousteau frees himself.
Cousteau tries to free his leg and advance position but Soderberg is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cousteau connects with a couple of short punches.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Cousteau working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB#
Soderberg looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Soderberg preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Soderberg wants to sweep here but Cousteau controlling him for the moment. #T1##SUB#
Soderberg is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cousteau scoring with some ground and pound.
Cousteau trying to control the position from guard on top but Soderberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cousteau stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Soderberg swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cousteau postures up in Soderberg's guard and throws a big left but Soderberg blocks it.
Soderberg pulls Cousteau in close to his closed guard and prevents Cousteau from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cousteau passes Soderberg's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Soderberg is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cousteau's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cousteau's back!#T2#
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Soderberg's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Cousteau breaks Soderberg's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cousteau throws a big elbow that misses. #SUB#
Soderberg throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
#SUB#
Soderberg has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Cousteau doesn't defend quickly enough and Soderberg has managed to lock this one up! Can Cousteau escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Soderberg on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rufus Soderberg!
In his post fight interview, Rufus Soderberg gave a big smile as he said '...'.
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Event:
helsinki Fighting League: 13
Date: Mar 12, 2016 |
#R1#
Cousteau tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jalkalukko throws a head kick that misses. #TD#
Jalkalukko dives in and scores a takedown into Cousteau's guard.#SUB2#
Cousteau is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cousteau is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.#SUB2#
Cousteau is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jalkalukko tries to free his leg and advance position but Cousteau is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Jalkalukko drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jalkalukko jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. #SUB#
Jalkalukko drops back looking for a leg! Cousteau is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cousteau manages to kick Jalkalukko off! Jalkalukko jumps back into Cousteau's guard. #T1##SUB2#
Cousteau had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jalkalukko defends it easily.
Cousteau preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jalkalukko slips nicely into half guard.
Jalkalukko content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jalkalukko trying to pass the guard but Cousteau defending well. #T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cousteau gets full guard.#SUB2#
Cousteau looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jalkalukko wants to control from the top but Cousteau keeps moving. #SUB2#
Cousteau working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jalkalukko doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jalkalukko manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cousteau keeping moving, preventing Jalkalukko from controlling successfully.
Cousteau looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jalkalukko is one step ahead there.
Jalkalukko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #T3#
Jalkalukko trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jalkalukko preventing the sweep.
Cousteau is trying to control the position but Jalkalukko postures up.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Jalkalukko throws a big elbow that misses.
Jalkalukko looking to pass the guard. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#TD#
Cousteau tries to sprawl but Jalkalukko drives through with a takedown into half guard.#SUB#
Jalkalukko is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
#SUB#
Jalkalukko seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Cousteau is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jesse Jalkalukko!
Jesse Jalkalukko decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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