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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lonnie Tolbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandon Love has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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260 lbs
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240 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lonnie Tolbert!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Love throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tolbert is defending against the submission attempts here by Love.
Love blocks the strikes from Tolbert.
Love is thwarting Tolbert's attempts to control the position.
Tolbert punching from the bottom.
Love 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.
Nice strikes from Love there.
Tolbert is looking to control Love's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tolbert avoid being mounted?
Love is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tolbert flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Tolbert is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolbert trying to control but Love postures up.
Love lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Love is working for a kimura but Tolbert is defending it quite comfortably.
Tolbert on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Love thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tolbert really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Love. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Love takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tolbert is looking to improve his position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Love connects with a nice short shot to Tolbert's temple.
Love throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tolbert trying to control but Love postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Tolbert!
Love is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tolbert can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tolbert is working to get back to half guard.
Tolbert wants to control but Love is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tolbert keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Love is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tolbert has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Tolbert tries to hold on but Love pushes him away.
Love will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love landing strikes, looking to finish!
Love working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tolbert throwing hammer fists to the chest of Love. What's that going to do exactly?
Love has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tolbert's face.
Love lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Tolbert that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tolbert is rocked!
Love is breathing heavily.
Love avoids the attempt from Tolbert to control.
Love connects with a bit shot that sees Tolbert covering up! More strikes from Love and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Love is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Love!
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