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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reza Karimi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Risto Velttonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Velttonen's choice of entrance music: Ultra Bra - Hauki. 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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190 lbs
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192 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reza Karimi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Risto Velttonen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velttonen throws a shot from downtown. Karimi moves away and avoids it.
Karimi slips under a jab.
Karimi misses with a body shot.
Karimi throws an overhand right that lands on Velttonen's shoulder, as Velttonen tries to avoid the shot.
Velttonen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Velttonen staying out of range there.
Reza Karimi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karimi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Velttonen but Velttonen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A jab lands there for Karimi.
It looks like Risto Velttonen has been cut.
A big right from Velttonen misses.
Karimi throws the left hand but Velttonen avoids the punch easily.
Velttonen drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Karimi looking for a guillotine here but Velttonen defends easily.
Karimi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Velttonen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Karimi is tightening it up a little... Velttonen has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Velttonen reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Velttonen taps out! Nice BJJ there by Karimi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Reza Karimi!
After the fight, Reza Karimi was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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pop
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