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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kim Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karri Kemppainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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285 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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225 cm
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290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily |
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Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kim Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karri Kemppainen!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kemppainen lands a two punch combo.
Kemppainen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Love landing small, sideways elbows.
Kemppainen drops an elbow to the side of Love's head.
Love punching from the bottom.
Love has hold of Kemppainen's hands but Kemppainen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Love landing small, sideways elbows.
Nice strikes from Kemppainen there.
Love missing with punches 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.
Kemppainen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Love flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Kemppainen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Love pushes Kemppainen off looking to stand but Kemppainen dives back in and keeps control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kemppainen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Love with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Love punching from the bottom.
Kemppainen is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Love reverses the position - he's now on top in Kemppainen's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Love accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Love working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kemppainen's head.
Kemppainen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Love tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Kemppainen there.
Love is trying to stand back up but Kemppainen is controlling him
Kemppainen keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kemppainen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemppainen prevents Love from improving his position.
Love is breathing heavily.
Love wants to control but Kemppainen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Love throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Love on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice uppercut there from Kemppainen.
Love fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Kemppainen.
Love doesn't manage to clinch there - Kemppainen circles away.
Kemppainen gets a takedown into half guard.
Kemppainen wants to pass the guard but Love is defending well.
Kemppainen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Love!
Kemppainen looking to finish Love with some ground and pound. This is bad for Love!
Kemppainen landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is squirming around, avoiding Kemppainen's attempts to control the action.
Kemppainen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kemppainen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Love wants to hold on but Kemppainen pushes him away.
Kemppainen raining down shots from the mount!
Love throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Kemppainen controlling from mount.
Love throwing hammer fists to the chest of Kemppainen. What's that going to do exactly?
Kemppainen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Love's face.
Love throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Love keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kemppainen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kemppainen looking to control but Love is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Love takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Love in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kemppainen controlling the pace for now.
Kemppainen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kemppainen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Love can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kemppainen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karri Kemppainen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kemppainen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Love checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kemppainen scores with a takedown into Love's guard.
Love might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Love 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.
Love trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Love striking off his back but it's not causing Kemppainen any problems.
Kemppainen wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Love wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Kemppainen manages to pass to side control.
Kemppainen wants to take a breather but Love is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kemppainen scores with a body shot.
Kemppainen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kemppainen lands a glancing blow to the side of Love's head.
Love moves in looking to clinch but Kemppainen pushes him off.
Love tries to clinch up.
Kemppainen works over Love's head and body with a nice combination.
Kemppainen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kemppainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kemppainen throws a nice looking combination but Love bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kemppainen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Love manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Karri Kemppainen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kemppainen punching from the bottom.
Kemppainen is trying to get back to full guard.
Kemppainen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kemppainen tries to strike from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kemppainen can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kemppainen 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.
Kemppainen has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Love doesn't defend quickly enough and Kemppainen has managed to lock this one up! Can Love escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Kemppainen on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Karri Kemppainen!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
79% |
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