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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herb Tarlic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalevi Kostaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kostaja comes into a darkened arena with his song building. SMC Hoodrats kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kalevi Kostaja has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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275 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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195 cm
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270 lbs
3 - 5 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Herb Tarlic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalevi Kostaja!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kostaja misses with an uppercut.
Kostaja looks to land a combination but Tarlic avoids it well.
Kostaja misses with a hook.
Kostaja misses with a hook. Tarlic ducked under it nicely.
Tarlic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kostaja misses with a looping left.
Kostaja lands a big uppercut and Tarlic crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Tarlic looks OK. Kostaja waves Tarlic back to his feet!
Tarlic is rocked!
It looks like Herb Tarlic has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarlic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oh Tarlic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A telegraphed right hand from Kostaja misses the target.
Kostaja throws the left hand but Tarlic avoids the punch easily.
Kostaja throws a right hand that Tarlic ducks under and follows up with a left that Tarlic also avoids with ease.
Tarlic seems to have got his legs back now.
Kostaja misses the shot to the body.
Tarlic scores with a nice head shot.
It looks like Kalevi Kostaja has been cut.
Kostaja misses with an uppercut. Tarlic saw that one coming.
Kostaja uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tarlic.
Tarlic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kostaja lands a big uppercut and Tarlic crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Tarlic looks OK. Kostaja waves Tarlic back to his feet!
Tarlic misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kostaja misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kostaja misses with a low kick as Tarlic jumps back.
Kostaja slips a jab from Tarlic.
Kostaja throws a big shot that misses.
Kostaja drops Tarlic with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Tarlic looks back up at him and smiles so Kostaja waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Kostaja looks to throw the jab but Tarlic is out of range.
Kostaja missing with a left hand there. Tarlic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tarlic slips under a jab.
Kostaja slips under a jab.
Tarlic clinches with his opponent.
Tarlic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tarlic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice defenses there by Tarlic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kostaja punishes Tarlic's body with a nice straight punch.
Kostaja swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tarlic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tarlic is breathing heavily.
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!
A clash of legs there as Tarlic blocks the low kick.
Kostaja misses with a wild combination.
Kostaja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kostaja throws a hook to the side of Tarlic's head but Tarlic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Kostaja misses the target.
Tarlic stuffs the takedown.
Tarlic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kostaja.
Tarlic darts in and clinches Kostaja up against the cage.
Tarlic breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kostaja walks into a jab.
Tarlic dips to his left and cracks Kostaja with an uppercut!
Kostaja throws a hook but Tarlic blocks it.
Tarlic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kostaja moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kostaja needs to keep his hands up - Tarlic had a free shot at his head there.
Tarlic jabs at Kostaja's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tarlic lands a body shot.
A big left from Tarlic misses.
A big left from Kostaja misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tarlic.
That has opened up Kalevi Kostaja's cut even more.
Kostaja takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tarlic lands a body shot.
Tarlic scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kostaja walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The cut above Kalevi Kostaja's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kalevi Kostaja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tarlic lands a jab to Kostaja's midsection.
Tarlic stuns Kostaja with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Kostaja misses the target.
Tarlic jabs at Kostaja's body.
Tarlic gets a clinch.
Tarlic stalling against the cage.
Kostaja is fighting off a takedown attempt but Tarlic is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kostaja to the mat. Kostaja regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kostaja wants to stand and escape but Tarlic is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herb Tarlic dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kostaja throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tarlic.
Kostaja throws an overhand right that lands on Tarlic's shoulder, as Tarlic tries to avoid the shot.
Tarlic shoots in and bounces Kostaja off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tarlic prevents Kostaja from getting back to his feet.
Kostaja will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tarlic controlling from the top position.
Kostaja throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Tarlic makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tarlic showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Kostaja is breathing heavily.
Kostaja wants to improve his position but instead Tarlic has moved into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Tarlic seems content to control.
Tarlic is keen to just control but Kostaja is a slippery customer.
Tarlic in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Kostaja tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Tarlic!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Herb Tarlic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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