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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Vidal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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222 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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194 cm
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204 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antonio Vidal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James West!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vidal shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Vidal's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Vidal wants to lay and pray for a moment but West keeps working.
Vidal is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, West has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ground and pound from Vidal.
Vidal 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.
Vidal tries to pass to full mount but West defends it.
Vidal is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so West is just riding it out for now. Vidal eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
West wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vidal trying to control the action but West is working from the bottom.
Vidal lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
West on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
West is looking to escape.
Vidal lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
West looks winded!
Vidal is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Vidal with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Vidal is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. West doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Vidal.
Vidal looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks West with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Vidal is trying to control the action in half guard but West is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Vidal is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
West wants to get back to his feet.
Vidal performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Vidal is keen to just control but West is a slippery customer.
Vidal is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Nice strikes from Vidal there.
Vidal winds up and cracks West with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West pushes Vidal off looking to stand but Vidal dives back in and keeps control.
West is not content to let Vidal control the position.
Vidal prevents West from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vidal working West over with strikes.
Vidal is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
West won't allow Vidal to pass to mount.
Vidal is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
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. Vidal connects with a nice short shot to West's temple.
West is not content to let Vidal control the position.
Vidal is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vidal lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vidal lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vidal is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Vidal passes the guard and advances to mount!
Vidal is landing with some decent strikes but West is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Vidal scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish West?
Vidal landing strikes, looking to finish!
Vidal has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of West's face.
Vidal is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. West can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
West really wants to buck Vidal off and get back to his feet.
Vidal lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Vidal dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
West gets caught napping as Vidal dives in and scores a takedown. West manages to retain guard.
West is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Vidal is controlling him.
Vidal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that West can do to turn this around?
Vidal content to stall in guard here.
Vidal stands and throws West's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Vidal wants to lay and pray for a moment but West keeps working.
Vidal is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because West is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Vidal controls the position.
Vidal tries to advance to mount but can't.
West is letting Vidal control him for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
West is breathing heavily.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Vidal moves into full mount!
West really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vidal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Vidal looking to control but West is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vidal lands a nice shot to the head.
Vidal is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, West has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Vidal looking to control but West is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vidal dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vidal lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Vidal tries to control but West wriggling away.
Vidal lands a nice shot to the head.
Vidal breaks from West's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Vidal working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Vidal landing strikes from the mount and West is in trouble!
West is rocked!
West has left one of his arms exposed and Vidal doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. West screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antonio Vidal!
A relieved looking Antonio Vidal thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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