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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jake Drake (ranked 597 p4p, 1423 weight class) and Apophis Kalmisto (ranked 73 p4p, 148 weight class). Drake comes to the cage accompanied by Lose Yourself. Kalmisto has chosen Tässäkö tää oli as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Apophis Kalmisto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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150
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175 cm
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147
4 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jake Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Apophis Kalmisto!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake blocks a head kick by Kalmisto.
Apophis Kalmisto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalmisto lands a head shot.
Drake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Drake connects with a right hand. Kalmisto shakes it off.
Kalmisto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drake tries to counter with a takedown but Kalmisto is quick to defend against it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kalmisto.
Drake shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kalmisto as he avoids it easily.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.
Kalmisto throws a leg kick that is checked
and Drake counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Kalmisto!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drake works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kalmisto struggling a bit here.
Kalmisto is trying to get back to half guard.
Drake looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kalmisto is avoiding damage well.
Drake lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kalmisto sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake slips a nice elbow through Kalmisto's hands, connecting with Kalmisto's forehead.
Kalmisto taking some punishment here, with Drake in his half guard.
Drake not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kalmisto has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Kalmisto is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Drake's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Drake's back!
Drake tries to roll but Kalmisto sticks to his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drake 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.
Drake breaks Kalmisto's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Drake throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kalmisto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Drake with a flurry of punches that miss.
Drake chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drake distracts Kalmisto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kalmisto looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalmisto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Drake.
Drake distracts Kalmisto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Drake slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Drake scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kalmisto to see if he's OK.
Drake throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Drake in side control lands a decent elbow.
Drake looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kalmisto is avoiding damage well.
Drake tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Drake lands some shots froms side control.
Kalmisto is looking to reverse the position.
Drake throws a strike aimed at the side of Kalmisto's head but Kalmisto avoids it well.
Kalmisto taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake scores with punches from side control.
Drake connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kalmisto some visible discomfort.
Kalmisto sneaks back into half guard.
Nice strikes from Drake there.
Drake not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kalmisto wants to get back to full guard.
Drake seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kalmisto is trying to control but can't.
Drake lands with a punch from half guard.
Drake misses with a head shot. Kalmisto uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kalmisto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Drake manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Drake working a defensive guard here.
Kalmisto is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Drake keeping moving, preventing Kalmisto from controlling successfully.
Drake can't keep his opponent in guard - Kalmisto advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Drake with the active half guard here but Kalmisto passes nicely into side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Drake dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Drake tries to move into range but Kalmisto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A big right from Kalmisto misses.
Drake feinted with a counter takedown.
Kalmisto throws a big shot that misses.
Drake shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kalmisto is trying to defend but Drake finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Drake lands strikes from half guard.
Drake working Kalmisto over with strikes.
Drake scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kalmisto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kalmisto trying to control but Drake postures up.
Drake is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Kalmisto is looking for a sweep. Drake is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Drake scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Drake throwing shots but Kalmisto is blocking nicely.
Drake landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Drake throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kalmisto is controlling Drake's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Kalmisto regains full guard. Nicely done.
Drake throws an elbow that misses. Kalmisto uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Drake's guard. Nice move by Kalmisto!
Drake working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kalmisto doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Drake is tightening it up a little... Kalmisto has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Kalmisto reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Kalmisto taps out! Nice BJJ there by Drake!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jake Drake!
A very excited looking Jake Drake made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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