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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darko El Kharraz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konrad Kurze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Darko El Kharraz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Konrad Kurze!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurze misses with a looping right.
Kurze keeps the fight on the outside.
El Kharraz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Kharraz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
El Kharraz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kurze has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but El Kharraz regains guard immediately.
El Kharraz keeping moving, preventing Kurze from controlling successfully.
Kurze throws a big elbow that misses.
El Kharraz looking to control.
Kurze trying to control but El Kharraz is working from the bottom.
El Kharraz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kurze gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kurze got a little sloppy there for a moment and El Kharraz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kurze has managed to get both his arms back between El Kharraz's legs - danger averted.
Kurze avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurze pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. El Kharraz is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
El Kharraz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
El Kharraz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kurze doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kurze manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kurze wants to pass the guard but El Kharraz is keeping the position.
Kurze trying to control the position from guard on top but El Kharraz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kurze postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kurze wants to control from the top but El Kharraz keeps moving.
El Kharraz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Kharraz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kurze wants to control from the top but El Kharraz keeps moving.
El Kharraz working for submissions but it's allowed Kurze to get to half guard.
Kurze working over El Kharraz with some ground and pound. El Kharraz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Kurze.
Kurze throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
El Kharraz is defending against the submission attempts here by Kurze.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
El Kharraz is trying to maintain the position but Kurze is very close to passing his half guard.
El Kharraz moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurze is working El Kharraz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
El Kharraz keeping moving, preventing Kurze from controlling successfully.
El Kharraz isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Kurze stacks El Kharraz on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Kurze!
El Kharraz is trying to get back to half guard.
El Kharraz is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kurze's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
El Kharraz is looking for a sweep. Kurze is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kurze winds up and cracks El Kharraz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kurze is keen to just control but El Kharraz is a slippery customer.
Kurze lands with a punch from half guard.
El Kharraz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kurze is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, El Kharraz has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurze tries to pass the half guard into mount. El Kharraz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
El Kharraz looking for submissions off his back.
Kurze is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kurze lands with a punch from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Kharraz is looking to improve his position.
El Kharraz is pressing down on Kurze's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
El Kharraz keeping moving, preventing Kurze from controlling successfully.
Kurze slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
El Kharraz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Konrad Kurze will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kurze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kurze looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Kurze looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks El Kharraz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kurze passes the guard and advances to mount!
Kurze scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish El Kharraz?
Kurze tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
El Kharraz taking shots to the head.
El Kharraz is looking to get to half guard.
Kurze can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as El Kharraz is looking to escape.
Kurze landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurze with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
El Kharraz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kurze wants to control the pace but El Kharraz is squirming around nicely.
El Kharraz tries to reverse the position but Kurze maintains control.
Kurze unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kurze cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
El Kharraz is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kurze cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kurze working El Kharraz over with strikes here.
Kurze has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
BOOM! Kurze connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kurze lands a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Kharraz tries to reverse the position but Kurze maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurze looking to control but El Kharraz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kurze scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish El Kharraz?
El Kharraz is looking to improve his position but Kurze isn't that keen on the idea.
Kurze landing shots from mount.
Kurze with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
El Kharraz working to try and regain half guard.
Kurze scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish El Kharraz?
El Kharraz is rocked!
Kurze has isolated one of El Kharraz's arms. El Kharraz looking to fight him off but Kurze twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Konrad Kurze!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Konrad Kurze waved his t-shirt featuring $50 159 Recovery 's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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