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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rudolf Hoess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anselmi Samara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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212 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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183 cm
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215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rudolf Hoess!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anselmi Samara!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Samara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hoess misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hoess throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Samara.
Hoess looks to land a combination. Samara sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Anselmi Samara has been cut.
Jab, jab by Samara - just one landing.
Hoess throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoess connects with a nice looking jab.
Samara swats away the attempt to clinch by Hoess.
Samara avoids the head kick by Hoess.
Hoess lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Samara has taken the fight to the clinch.
Samara pressing his opponent against the cage.
Samara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samara avoiding damage as Hoess throws knees to the body.
Samara is pushing Hoess up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hoess lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hoess misses with a short punch on the inside.
Samara wants a takedown but no success here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Samara.
Samara is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hoess gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hoess stalling in the clinch but Samara improves position.
Hoess blocking some punches.
Samara pushes off an throws an elbow but Hoess leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Samara content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hoess tries to work over Samara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samara successfully pulls guard.
Samara is striking off his back. Hoess thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Samara has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hoess is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samara gets full guard.
Samara looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Samara throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Samara working a defensive guard here.
Samara is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hoess has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Samara working for a triangle but Hoess defends it easily.
Samara looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samara looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Samara had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Hoess is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Samara Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Hoess's back instead.
Samara somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Hoess is trying to get back to his feet but Samara has full control of the position and if anything, Hoess has just worked his way into a worse spot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Samara struggling to land strikes to the head as Hoess covers up.
Samara missing with strikes.
Hoess controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Samara looking to break Hoess's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Hoess remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Samara will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Samara misses with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Samara looking for the choke but no joy.
Hoess defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Samara's arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anselmi Samara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anselmi Samara's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Samara drops his hands momentarily and Hoess takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hoess digs a good body shot into Samara's ribs.
Hoess tries to clinch up
letting Samara counter with a right hand.
Hoess falls off balance throwing a combination
and Samara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hoess showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Samara.
Samara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Samara swats away the attempt to clinch by Hoess.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samara throws a jab but it's blocked by Hoess.
A combination from Hoess does no damage.
Rudolf Hoess seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Samara misses with a combination
and Hoess counters with a thumping low kick.
Samara swats away the attempt to clinch by Hoess.
Samara misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Samara closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samara misses with a wild body shot.
Anselmi Samara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Samara misses with an uppercut. Hoess saw that one coming.
Samara takes a swing at Hoess's ribcage but misses.
Hoess misses with a few strikes there.
Samara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hoess moves away.
Samara listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rudolf Hoess is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hoess misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Samara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Hoess does no damage.
Samara fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hoess, pushing him back against the cage.
Samara is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hoess trying to control the position but instead, Samara has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hoess into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samara can't get the takedown.
Samara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hoess swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Samara counters with a right hand to the body.
Samara loads up on a big right hand but Hoess slips the punch.
Samara drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Samara misses with the ground and pound.
Samara throws a strike aimed at the side of Hoess's head but Hoess avoids it well.
Samara is putting a hurting on Hoess here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoess is trying to buck Samara off.
Hoess taking punishment in the form of punches.
Samara tries to score with some ground and pound. Hoess controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hoess parries the strikes from Samara easily there. Samara is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hoess to escape.
Samara tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hoess dodges the ground and pound from Samara.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anselmi Samara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anselmi Samara's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Samara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Samara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hoess.
Hoess looks to land a combination but Samara avoids it well.
Samara cracks Hoess with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Samara fails with the takedown.
A slow jab from Samara misses its intended target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hoess.
Samara tries to close the distance and clinch but Hoess swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Samara looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoess is just out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hoess throws a lazy head kick
and Samara counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hoess thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Samara misses.
Samara looks to score with a jab to the body but Hoess is just out of range.
Hoess steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Samara.
Samara doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoess circles away.
Hoess throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Samara closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hoess circles away.
Rudolf Hoess has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anselmi Samara.
Hoess darts in trying to clinch
and Samara counters with a straight right hand.
Rudolf Hoess is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Samara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hoess closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Samara scores with a shot to the side of Hoess's head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hoess as Samara tries to tie him up.
Samara stalling against the cage.
Hoess tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Samara's elbow.
A right hand to the body from Samara.
Stalling in the clinch from Samara.
Samara is looking to control Hoess's arms but Hoess gets an underhook and turns him. Now Samara has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Anselmi Samara.
Samara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick by Hoess misses
and Samara counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Samara forces Hoess back against the cage and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samara lands a shot to the body.
Samara throws a punch but it's blocked by Hoess.
Samara is trying to drag Hoess to the mat but Hoess just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Samara displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hoess up against the cage.
Hoess wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Samara working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hoess blocks an elbow strike from Samara.
Samara effectively controlling the action here.
Samara continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Rudolf Hoess has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Samara has clasped his hands together around Hoess's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Anselmi Samara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samara wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hoess keeps working.
Samara wants to control for a moment but Hoess uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Samara misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Samara trying to hold on to Hoess's head to control him but Hoess postures up.
Hoess is looking for a kimura here.
Samara slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anselmi Samara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Samara has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anselmi Samara!
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energy
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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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