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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyberius Furiusz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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156 lbs
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147 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Counter fighter
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyberius Furiusz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Furiusz throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
Alvarez feints a counter leg kick.
Furiusz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Furiusz checks a low kick from Alvarez.
A good leg kick by Furiusz.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Furiusz throws an elbow but it misses.
Furiusz lands a nice elbow.
Furiusz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Furiusz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Furiusz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Bruno Alvarez has been cut.
Furiusz keeps control of Alvarez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Furiusz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Furiusz does no damage.
Furiusz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furiusz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alvarez misses with a hook.
Alvarez tries to keep at a distance but Furiusz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Furiusz breaks from the clinch.
Furiusz lands a head kick. Alvarez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Alvarez misses with a low kick.
Alvarez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Furiusz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alvarez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Alvarez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Furiusz tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Alvarez manages to move to mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez throwing strikes here but Furiusz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Furiusz to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Furiusz shrugs it off.
Alvarez throwing strikes but Furiusz bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Alvarez seems keen to control Furiusz's posture.
Furiusz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alvarez on the ground.
Furiusz has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Alvarez is proving hard to escape from.
Alvarez has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Furiusz off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furiusz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Furiusz.
Alvarez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Furiusz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Furiusz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Furiusz looks to land a combination but Alvarez avoids it well.
Furiusz connects with a leg kick. Alvarez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Furiusz tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Furiusz ducks under a wild hook from Alvarez.
Furiusz is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
And Alvarez tries to counter it with a takedown but Furiusz pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Alvarez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Furiusz's guard.
Alvarez tries to free his leg and advance position but Furiusz is retaining full guard.
Alvarez is still trying to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Alvarez throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tyberius Furiusz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruno Alvarez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Furiusz.
Furiusz staying out of range there.
Alvarez looks to throw the jab but Furiusz is out of range.
Furiusz connects with a body shot.
Furiusz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvarez misses with a lunging right hand
and Furiusz counters with a nice uppercut.
Tyberius Furiusz is winning the standup battle so far.
Furiusz throws a wild body kick that Alvarez sees coming a mile off.
Furiusz is looking to score with low kicks.
Tyberius Furiusz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez misses with a series of wild punches.
Furiusz wants to clinch.
Tyberius Furiusz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut.
Furiusz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Furiusz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alvarez throws out a loose jab but Furiusz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Furiusz fires out a quick counter leg kick but Alvarez just manages to avoid it.
Furiusz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Furiusz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Alvarez.
Furiusz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Alvarez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Furiusz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big left from Alvarez misses.
Furiusz tries to clinch there but Alvarez circles away.
Alvarez tried to score with a low kick but Furiusz checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Furiusz.
Furiusz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Furiusz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alvarez.
Furiusz appears to be looking for a big counter.
Furiusz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Furiusz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Alvarez is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Alvarez lands with a cross.
Furiusz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Furiusz throws a leg kick which misses Alvarez's front leg but catches the back leg as Alvarez tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez throws a shot from downtown. Furiusz moves away and avoids it.
Tyberius Furiusz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Furiusz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alvarez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Furiusz clinches with his opponent.
Furiusz lands a nice elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furiusz lands a nice elbow.
Furiusz breaks the clinch.
Alvarez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Furiusz looks for the body kick but Alvarez saw that one coming.
Furiusz throws the kick towards the body but Alvarez avoids it.
It seemed like Alvarez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Furiusz wants to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Alvarez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Furiusz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Furiusz avoids the body shot from Alvarez.
Furiusz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furiusz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Furiusz throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
Furiusz scores with a nice body kick.
Furiusz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Alvarez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Furiusz breaks from the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Furiusz. Alvarez shrugs it off though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Furiusz tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Furiusz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Furiusz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Furiusz connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyberius Furiusz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Alvarez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Alvarez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Furiusz tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Alvarez tries for a takedown but Furiusz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Alvarez throws a body shot but no joy.
Furiusz doesn't manage to clinch there - Alvarez circles away.
Alvarez with the counter takedown but Furiusz avoids it easily.
Furiusz tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Alvarez throws a hook but Furiusz blocks it.
Furiusz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alvarez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Furiusz can pounce on him.
Furiusz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarez can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Furiusz tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Alvarez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Furiusz to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furiusz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Furiusz avoids them all with ease.
Alvarez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Furiusz defends it nicely.
Tyberius Furiusz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Alvarez.
Furiusz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
Alvarez swats away the attempt to clinch by Furiusz.
Furiusz blocks a leg kick.
Furiusz appears to be looking for a big counter.
Furiusz doesn't manage to clinch there - Alvarez circles away.
Alvarez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Alvarez gets the takedown into side control.
Alvarez working the ground and pound but Furiusz is defending the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furiusz regains half guard, as Alvarez was trying to land strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alvarez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Alvarez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Alvarez wants to work for an arm triangle but Furiusz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
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!
Alvarez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Furiusz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Alvarez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throwing shots but Furiusz is blocking nicely.
Alvarez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Furiusz defending well though.
Alvarez works his foot free and advances to mount.
Alvarez goes for an armbar but Furiusz turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Furiusz.
Bruno Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Alvarez misses the jab.
Furiusz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Furiusz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Alvarez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Furiusz's waist but Furiusz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alvarez off to one side.
Furiusz misses with the combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Alvarez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Furiusz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tyberius Furiusz!
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RATING
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