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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Blachovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lentti Pindegren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blachovich comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Enter Sandman. 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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210 lbs
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181 cm
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216 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Blachovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lentti Pindegren!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blachovich misses with a double jab
and Pindegren connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blachovich closes the distance but Pindegren moves to the side
and Pindegren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pindegren gets the takedown into side control.
Blachovich stops Pindegren from passing to mount.
Blachovich is trying to work for a sweep but Pindegren has mounted him!
Pindegren controlling from the full mount.
Blachovich in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pindegren controlling the pace for now.
The referee warns Blachovich that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Blachovich is trying to escape the mount.
Blachovich is working hard here to advance position.
Pindegren in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Blachovich is in a horrible position here. Pindegren smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pindegren tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blachovich working to try and regain half guard.
Pindegren lands with some strikes.
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!
Blachovich is in a horrible position here. Pindegren smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Pindegren.
Pindegren is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Pindegren extends the arm and Blachovich is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lentti Pindegren!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Natonni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reino Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Natonni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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146 lbs
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147 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Natonni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Reino Tolonen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolonen connects with a body shot.
Tolonen gets a clinch.
Tolonen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Natonni escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Natonni uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tolonen.
Natonni misses with a straight right.
Tolonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tolonen moves forwards but Natonni connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tolonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tolonen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nice straight punches there by Tolonen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tolonen.
Tolonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Natonni keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Natonni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tolonen.
Tolonen scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natonni looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tolonen throws a body punch but Natonni moves out of range.
Natonni keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tolonen lands with a shot to the body.
Tolonen thumps Natonni with a low kick.
Tolonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Natonni.
Tolonen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Natonni checks the leg kick.
Nice cross by Tolonen.
Natonni throws a poor cross that misses
and Tolonen counters with a thumping low kick.
Natonni looks to land a left hand but Tolonen moved out of range nicely.
Tolonen with a hook.
Tolonen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tolonen misses with a head kick.
Tolonen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Natonni is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natonni rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tolonen counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick misses from Tolonen.
Natonni avoids a kick to the body.
Tolonen closes the distance and pushes Natonni back into the cage.
Tolonen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Natonni takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tolonen lands a good knee to the midsection. Natonni won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tolonen breaks the clinch.
A good leg kick by Tolonen.
Tolonen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice jab there from Tolonen.
Natonni sizes up Tolonen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tolonen tries to close the distance and clinch but Natonni swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Natonni has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tolonen finds it's way round the side to connect with Natonni's head.
Tolonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen moves into the clinch.
Tolonen tries a knee to the head but Natonni blocks it.
Tolonen trying to land knees to the body.
Tolonen looks gassed!
Natonni blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tolonen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tolonen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Natonni.
Natonni misses with a straight right.
Tolonen misses with a looping right.
Tolonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Natonni sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tolonen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Natonni lands a body shot.
Natonni fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tolonen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Natonni ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen wants to clinch but Natonni slips to the side
and Natonni counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Natonni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tolonen moves away.
Natonni throws a lazy right hand but Tolonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Natonni just misses with a punch to the body.
Tolonen is looking to slow Natonni down with leg kicks.
Tolonen wants to clinch but Natonni slips to the side
and Natonni counters with a stiff right hand.
Natonni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tolonen misses with a low kick.
Tolonen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice uppercut there from Natonni.
Tolonen tries to clinch
and Natonni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tolonen is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tolonen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tolonen is still on wobbly legs! Can Natonni finish him?
Natonni throws a shot to the body.
Tolonen gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Natonni gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Tolonen is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Natonni!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiko Nakatomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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152 lbs
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155 lbs
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Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keiko Nakatomi!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakatomi cracks Martin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Martin misses with an uppercut
letting Nakatomi counter with a right hand.
Nakatomi slips under a jab.
Martin misses with a hook.
Martin throws an off balance right hand
and Nakatomi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Martin throws an off balance right hand
and Nakatomi counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin misses with a few strikes there.
Martin misses with a right hand
and Nakatomi counters with a stiff right hand.
Martin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin throws a hook but Nakatomi blocks it.
Nakatomi throws a poor cross that misses
and Martin counters with a stiff right hand.
Nakatomi misses with a jab to the body
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martin misses with a shot to the body
and Nakatomi counters with a stiff right hand.
Martin misses with a left hand
and Nakatomi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Martin thinking.
Nakatomi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nakatomi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Martin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nakatomi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nakatomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Nakatomi moves out of range of the body kick from Martin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakatomi misses the shot to the body.
Martin slips a straight right by Nakatomi.
Martin swings for the body but Nakatomi moves out of range.
Nakatomi needs to keep his hands up - Martin had a free shot at his head there.
No joy there for Nakatomi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nakatomi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martin throws a poor cross that misses
and Nakatomi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Nakatomi.
Martin throws a lazy uppercut
and Nakatomi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nakatomi misses with an uppercut
and Martin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Martin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nakatomi keeps working.
Martin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Martin is nestled in close to Nakatomi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Martin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nakatomi keeps working.
Martin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nakatomi defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakatomi is looking to control Martin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nakatomi avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nakatomi defending well though.
Martin wants to free his trapped foot but Nakatomi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nakatomi pushes Martin off and gets back to his feet.
Martin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nakatomi.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakatomi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Martin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nakatomi gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
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 Paul Martin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Martin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Martin misses with a right hand
and Nakatomi counters with a stiff right hand.
Martin works the jab nicely.
Paul Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakatomi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nakatomi tries to bum rush Martin with a series of wild strikes but Martin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Martin shoots for a takedown but Nakatomi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but Nakatomi is just out of range.
Nakatomi connects with a jab.
Martin misses with a hook. Nakatomi ducked under it nicely.
Martin looks to land a combination but Nakatomi avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakatomi misses with a right hand
and Martin counters with a low kick, right behind Nakatomi 's knee.
Nakatomi slips under a jab from Martin.
Nakatomi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martin throws a solid leg kick but Nakatomi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Martin.
Martin looks to land a right hand but Nakatomi moved out of range.
Martin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nakatomi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martin slips a straight right by Nakatomi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nakatomi throws a shot from downtown. Martin moves away and avoids it.
Keiko Nakatomi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nakatomi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nakatomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Nakatomi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Martin.
Martin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nakatomi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Martin throws a hook but Nakatomi blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin misses with a lunging right hand
letting Nakatomi counter with a right hand.
Martin throws a right hand that misses
and Nakatomi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nakatomi pinned against the cage. Nakatomi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martin misses with a hook
and Nakatomi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Keiko Nakatomi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nakatomi slips under a jab from Martin.
Martin lands with a straight right. Nakatomi didn't see that one coming.
Martin misses with a low kick.
Martin throws a lazy uppercut
and Nakatomi counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakatomi misses with an uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Nakatomi blocks the leg kick.
Nakatomi lands a nice shot that snaps Martin's head back.
Martin looks to land a left hand but Nakatomi moved out of range nicely.
Martin takes a swing at Nakatomi's ribcage but misses.
Nakatomi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Nakatomi walks into a stiff left hand from Martin.
Martin swings widly with a right hand
and Nakatomi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiko Nakatomi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Martin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nakatomi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some wild striking there from Martin.
Martin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Martin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakatomi.
Martin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin swings widly with a right hand
and Nakatomi counters with a stiff right hand.
Nakatomi wants to clinch up but Martin keeps it at a distance.
Nakatomi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakatomi dips to his left and cracks Martin with an uppercut!
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.
Nakatomi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Martin misses the target.
Nakatomi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martin.
Nakatomi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sloppy strikes from Nakatomi. Those never looked like landing.
Martin misses with a left hand
and Nakatomi counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Martin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Martin misses with a hook. Nakatomi ducked under it nicely.
A jab lands there for Nakatomi.
A punch combination from Martin misses.
Martin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nakatomi counters with a nice uppercut.
Nakatomi looks to land a left hand but Martin moved out of range nicely.
Martin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nakatomi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Martin thinking.
Martin looks to throw the jab but Nakatomi is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin looks for a takedown but Nakatomi sprawls well.
Nakatomi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nakatomi misses with a double jab.
Martin misses with a looping right.
Nakatomi misses with a right hand
and Martin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Martin slips under a jab from Nakatomi.
Martin throws a hook to the side of Nakatomi's head but Nakatomi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Martin avoids the body shot from Nakatomi.
Martin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A jab from Martin misses.
Martin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nakatomi counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nakatomi.
A left and a right from Martin both land. Nice combination.
Nakatomi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Nakatomi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big left from Nakatomi misses.
Nakatomi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keiko Nakatomi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nakatomi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keiko Nakatomi!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Olof Orkidea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kolya Morozov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orkidea comes to the cage accompanied by You're The Best. Kolya Morozov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Olof Orkidea's chin.
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170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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161 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olof Orkidea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kolya Morozov!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orkidea throws a leg kick but Morozov moved away.
Orkidea fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morozov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Morozov misses the shot to the body.
Orkidea fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morozov misses with a wild body shot.
Morozov just misses with a punch to the body.
Good leg kick by Orkidea there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Morozov misses with a looping right.
Orkidea fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morozov.
Morozov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Orkidea counters with a head kick.
Morozov walks into a stiff left hand from Orkidea.
Morozov throws a sloppy body shot
and Orkidea counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Orkidea.
Orkidea looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Orkidea breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morozov gets tackled into the cage by Orkidea. Orkidea maintains the clinch.
Orkidea is trying to maintain a safe position but Morozov gets an underhook and turns Orkidea into the cage.
Orkidea looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morozov gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morozov 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Kolya Morozov hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Morozov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Morozov scores with a shot to the body.
Morozov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Orkidea is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Morozov has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Morozov just content to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kolya Morozov has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Orkidea throws a head kick that Morozov semi-blocks.
Orkidea tries a head kick but it misses.
Morozov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Orkidea rather than just go for the knockout.
Morozov throws a big shot that misses.
Morozov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Orkidea thumps Morozov with a low kick.
Morozov throws a body punch but Orkidea moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morozov checks a leg kick.
Orkidea slips a straight right by Morozov.
Orkidea tries to land a leg kick but Morozov saw it coming and moves away.
Orkidea throws a head kick that misses.
Morozov 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.
Morozov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Orkidea sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Morozov somewhat.
Morozov swings widly with a right hand
and Orkidea counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Morozov is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Morozov misses the shot to the body.
Orkidea tries to clinch there but Morozov circles away.
Morozov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Orkidea is fending him off so far but Morozov persists. Nope, Orkidea circles away and we're back to standing.
Olof Orkidea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kolya Morozov.
Orkidea connects with a solid leg kick.
Morozov tries to clinch but Orkidea moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orkidea is looking to clinch but Morozov is avoiding it.
Orkidea throws a head kick that misses.
Morozov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Orkidea. Orkidea obviously looking to wear him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morozov. Orkidea does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morozov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Orkidea moves away.
Morozov wants to clinch
and Orkidea makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Orkidea lands with a slapping head kick.
Morozov cracks Orkidea with an open hand slap.
Orkidea throws a head kick but Morozov moves out of range.
Orkidea is looking to clinch but Morozov is avoiding it.
Orkidea wants to clinch.
Morozov throws a jab but it's blocked by Orkidea.
Orkidea gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morozov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Orkidea will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Orkidea wriggles free and stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orkidea throws a nice outside leg kick.
Orkidea tries a head kick but it misses.
Morozov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Orkidea paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Orkidea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Orkidea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morozov clinches up against the cage.
Orkidea has had enough of the clinch but Morozov keeps him there for the moment.
Morozov has Orkidea pressed against the cage, preventing Orkidea from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Orkidea gets underhooks to prevent Morozov's takedown attempt.
Morozov has Orkidea pressed against the cage, preventing Orkidea from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
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 Olof Orkidea will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Orkidea lands with a shot to the body.
Orkidea uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morozov.
Orkidea scores with a head kick. Morozov tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kolya Morozov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Orkidea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Orkidea misses with a few strikes there.
Morozov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Orkidea throws a sloppy head kick and Morozov moves out of range easily.
Morozov blocks a leg kick.
That kick from Orkidea tenderised Morozov's leg. Morozov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Morozov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morozov throws a body punch but Orkidea moves out of range.
Morozov is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Morozov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Orkidea pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morozov shoots in and drives through. Orkidea sprawls well.
Orkidea blocks a jab.
Orkidea throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Morozov crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Orkidea - the referee stops the clock and Morozov gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Orkidea. Morozov manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Morozov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morozov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Orkidea can pounce on him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morozov is defended easily by Orkidea.
Morozov shoots in looking for a takedown but Orkidea manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Morozov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Olof Orkidea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kolya Morozov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Orkidea manages to avoid it.
Morozov misses with a lunging right hand
and Orkidea counters with a head kick.
Orkidea is looking to clinch.
Orkidea turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Orkidea moves in looking to clinch but Morozov pushes him off.
Morozov is looking to clinch.
Orkidea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Orkidea misses with a head kick.
Orkidea scores with a leg kick.
Morozov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A jab from Morozov misses.
Orkidea takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morozov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morozov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Orkidea lands with a slapping head kick.
Orkidea throws a sloppy head kick and Morozov moves out of range easily.
Morozov looks to land a right hand but Orkidea moved out of range.
Orkidea throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Orkidea circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morozov swats away the attempt to clinch by Orkidea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morozov gets a clinch.
Morozov gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Orkidea regains guard.
Morozov would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Orkidea kicks Morozov off and gets to his feet.
Morozov blocks a head kick by Orkidea.
Morozov just misses with a punch to the body.
Morozov closes this distance looking for a takedown but Orkidea circles away.
Orkidea throws a sloppy head kick and Morozov moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orkidea moves in looking to clinch but Morozov pushes him off.
Orkidea scores with a leg kick.
Orkidea fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morozov.
Orkidea lands an overhand right.
Orkidea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morozov throws a looping overhand right but Orkidea ducks down to avoid it.
Morozov's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morozov checks a leg kick.
Morozov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Orkidea counters with an inside leg kick.
Morozov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morozov fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Orkidea avoids it really well and circles away.
Orkidea tries to clinch up.
Morozov wants to clinch.
Morozov takes a swing at Orkidea's ribcage but misses.
Orkidea tries to clinch but Morozov is having none of it.
Orkidea is looking to score with low kicks.
Morozov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morozov misses with a body shot
and Orkidea counters with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orkidea tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morozov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Olof Orkidea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morozov scores a takedown into full mount!
Morozov won't let Orkidea get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Morozov controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Olof Orkidea dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Orkidea ducks under a wild hook from Morozov.
Morozov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morozov checks a leg kick nicely.
Orkidea tried to score with a low kick but Morozov checks it.
Orkidea throws a leg kick but Morozov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Orkidea feints and then cracks Morozov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morozov down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Orkidea.
Morozov just misses with a punch to the body.
Morozov throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Orkidea tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Morozov is in Orkidea's guard.
Morozov tries to stand but Orkidea is controlling from the bottom.
Orkidea has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Morozov off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orkidea misses with a head kick.
Orkidea misses with a head kick.
Orkidea is looking to slow Morozov down with leg kicks.
Orkidea throws a head kick that misses.
Orkidea lands a leg kick that knocks Morozov off balance momentarily.
Orkidea throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morozov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Orkidea throws a nice head kick!
Orkidea keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morozov.
Morozov drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Morozov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kolya Morozov has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Morozov doesn't manage to clinch there - Orkidea circles away.
Morozov misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morozov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Orkidea lands a head kick. Morozov smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Morozov fails with a takedown attempt.
Morozov throws a right hand that misses
and Orkidea counters with a low kick, right behind Morozov 's knee.
Orkidea throws a head kick that Morozov semi-blocks.
Orkidea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morozov throws a body punch but Orkidea moves out of range.
Morozov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Orkidea was well out of range. Poor timing from Morozov.
Morozov misses with a lunging right hand
and Orkidea counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Morozov is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Olof Orkidea is winning the standup battle so far.
Morozov takes one to the side of the head.
Orkidea tries to close the distance and clinch but Morozov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Orkidea cracks Morozov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Orkidea connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Orkidea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Orkidea blocks a jab.
Morozov misses with a body shot
and Orkidea counters with a nice low kick that buckles Morozov's knee momentarily.
Morozov fails with the takedown.
Morozov misses with a body punch
and Orkidea counters with a big head kick but Morozov shrugs it off.
Morozov 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.
Morozov avoids the head kick by Orkidea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orkidea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Orkidea tries to clinch up but Morozov circles away and keeps his distance.
A big left from Morozov misses.
Orkidea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morozov stuns Orkidea with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morozov shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Orkidea is trying to defend but Morozov finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morozov stops Orkidea from getting back to his feet.
Morozov with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kolya Morozov.
Morozov digs a good body shot into Orkidea's ribs.
Morozov shoots in for a double leg but Orkidea sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Olof Orkidea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kolya Morozov.
Morozov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Orkidea.
Morozov blocks a head kick by Orkidea.
Morozov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orkidea throws a low kick but Morozov avoids it.
Morozov misses with a hook
and Orkidea counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Morozov throws a looping overhand right but Orkidea ducks down to avoid it.
Orkidea tries to clinch there but Morozov circles away.
Morozov shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Orkidea is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kolya Morozov.
I think Orkidea 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olof Orkidea!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dong Quong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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145 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dong Quong!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quong misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheers as Quong lands an impressive looking overhand right. White doesn't seem phased though.
Nice sprawl there from Quong as White shoots in.
Quong drives through and clinches with White against the cage.
White really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Quong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Quong scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Joe White has been cut.
Quong landing knees to the head.
White is trying to break free.
White trying to control the position but instead, Quong has worked for underhooks and has pushed White into the cage.
White fails to pull guard.
White tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Quong smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quong.
White shoots in for a takedown but Quong shows good takedown defense.
White moves in looking to clinch but Quong pushes him off.
White shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Quong lands a head kick!
Some wild striking there from Quong.
Quong throws a solid leg kick but White takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Quong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quong.
Quong has White up against the cage in a clinch.
Quong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
White tries to score a body lock takedown but Quong shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Quong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
White is breathing heavily.
Quong is pushing White up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
White takes a knee to the side of the body.
Come on Quong - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Quong lands an elbow inside that White shrugs off.
Quong lands a knee to the body.
Quong scores with a knee to the head.
Quong stalling against the cage.
Quong with a knee to the head.
White jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Quong walks away with a smile on his face. White gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quong plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Quong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Quong landing knees to the head.
White drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A left hand lands to the body for Quong.
Quong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quong landing knees to the head.
Quong lands a knee to the body.
Quong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Quong.
Quong gets through White's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Quong.
White takes a knee right on the jaw!
White is rocked!
White takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oh White is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quong gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quong scores with a shoulder strike.
Quong scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quong connects with a nasty looking knee right to White's face.
Quong lands a nice elbow.
Quong lands a nice knee to the body.
White seems to have got his legs back now.
Quong crunches a lovely knee into White's ribcage.
White takes a knee right on the jaw!
Quong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Quong avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
Quong scores with a knee to the head.
Quong displaying some good clinch control by pressing White up against the cage.
White fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Quong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
White takes an elbow to the temple.
Quong tries a knee to the head but White blocks it.
Quong content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Quong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but White blocks it with crossed arms.
White has had enough of the clinch but Quong keeps him there for the moment.
White managing to block the knees to the body from Quong.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
White is trying to break the clinch but Quong has him pressed against the cage.
White fails to pull guard.
Quong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
White has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
White tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Quong lands a damaging elbow.
Quong has White pressed against the cage.
Quong misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Quong.
Quong prevents a takedown attempt there.
Quong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has White in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Quong lands a knee to the head.
Quong lands a knee to the head.
Quong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Quong landing knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Quong smiles and moves away.
Quong explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dong Quong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe White's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
White tries to keep at a distance but Quong has taken the fight into the clinch.
Quong lands an elbow inside that White shrugs off.
White is trying to push Quong away but Quong has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
White jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Quong walks away with a smile on his face. White gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Quong clinches.
White blocks a body shot from Quong.
Quong trying to land knees to the body.
Dong Quong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Quong has White pressed against the cage.
White misses with a knee to the head.
White takes a knee to the side of the body.
Quong misses with a knee strike.
White tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Quong smiles and moves away.
Quong tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White throws a push kick but Quong slaps the foot to one side.
White misses with the body kick
and Quong counters with a nice low kick that buckles White's knee momentarily.
White fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Quong is fending him off so far but White persists. Nope, Quong circles away and we're back to standing.
Quong has closed the distance and engaged White in a clinch.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Quong obliges.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Quong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quong controlling the action here for a moment.
Quong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Quong lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Quong connects with a knee to the head.
Quong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quong lands a knee to the body.
Quong scores with a knee to the head.
Quong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has White in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Quong stops a takedown attempt from White.
Quong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Quong landing knees to the head.
Quong lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quong lands a knee to the head.
Quong misses with a punch to the body.
Quong has a couple of punches blocked by White.
Quong crunches a lovely knee into White's ribcage.
White gets control of Quong's arms and successfully pulls guard. White will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
White looking to control.
White looking to hit a scissor sweep but Quong is one step ahead there.
White is looking to sweep but instead, Quong has passed into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quong is controlling the pace.
Quong decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Quong moves into the clinch successfully.
Quong leaning against his opponent.
Quong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Quong trying to land knees to the body.
Quong looking to slow down the pace here.
Quong misses with a knee to the head.
Quong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has White in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
White jumps guard but Quong stands there with White around his waist. White gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
White can't get the takedown.
White has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quong is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Quong scores a nice knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Quong.
Quong with a knee to the head.
Quong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dong Quong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe White's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Quong explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dong Quong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quong moves out of range as White throws a body kick.
Quong misses with a straight right.
Quong misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
White wants to clinch
and Quong counters by clinching up.
Quong avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
Quong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Quong scores with a knee to the head.
Quong lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Quong.
Quong connects with a knee to the head.
Quong connects with a nasty looking knee right to White's face.
Quong landing knees to the body.
Quong connects with a knee to the head.
Quong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Quong fails to land.
White tries to break free but Quong pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Quong lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quong lands a nice knee to the body.
Quong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but White has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
White tries for a takedown. No joy.
Quong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Quong scores with a nice short uppercut.
White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quong lands with a kick to the temple. White shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Joe White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
White clinches.
Quong lands a nice elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Quong lands a good knee to the midsection. White won't want to take too many of those.
Quong keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Quong lands a body punch.
Quong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
White tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Quong misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quong stops a takedown attempt from White.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quong lands a knee to the body.
White breaks the clinch.
Quong throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
Quong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Quong tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
Quong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
White drives through and clinches with Quong against the cage.
Quong lands an elbow inside that White shrugs off.
White tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quong's elbow.
Quong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Quong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quong stops a takedown attempt from White.
Quong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Quong landing knees to the head.
Quong misses with a knee strike.
White tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Quong smiles and moves away.
White tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quong swivels and escapes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Quong moves into range and clinches up with White.
Quong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Quong lands a right hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quong.
Quong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Quong obliges.
Quong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Quong effectively controlling the action here.
White tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Quong just stands there and leans against the cage.
Quong scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on White's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Quong slowing the pace effectively.
Quong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Quong looks to throw an elbow but misses.
White wants a takedown.
Dong Quong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White fails to pull the fight into his guard.
White tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Quong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
White wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quong working White over with knees to the body.
White has Quong pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Quong manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Quong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of White backwards.
White goes for a takedown in the clinch but Quong prevents it.
Quong landing knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dong Quong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Quong has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 26:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 25:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dong Quong!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Otto von Goldstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Yankowy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yankowy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 1000 Flamen kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Otto von Goldstein has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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180 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otto von Goldstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Yankowy!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yankowy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from von Goldstein.
von Goldstein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yankowy.
von Goldstein misses with a left hand
enabling Yankowy to counter with a crisp jab.
von Goldstein leaves Yankowy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Yankowy with a poor takedown
and von Goldstein counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - von Goldstein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
von Goldstein misses the shot to the body.
von Goldstein swings widly with a right hand
and Yankowy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
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!
von Goldstein is staying active underneath Yankowy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Yankowy thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing von Goldstein to regain full guard.
Yankowy looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
von Goldstein is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankowy has gone for a leg lock! von Goldstein slips out almost immediately though and dives into Yankowy's guard.
Yankowy is looking for a triangle but von Goldstein pushes his legs off easily.
Yankowy looking for a guillotine here but von Goldstein defends easily.
von Goldstein wants to control from the top but Yankowy keeps moving.
von Goldstein stands up over Yankowy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
von Goldstein trying to control the position from guard on top but Yankowy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yankowy isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. von Goldstein stacks Yankowy 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 von Goldstein!
Yankowy is trying to control von Goldstein's posture but von Goldstein avoids it.
Yankowy manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yankowy controlling the action here.
von Goldstein is doing well to control the position and prevent Yankowy from advancing to side control.
von Goldstein won't allow Yankowy to pass to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yankowy not doing much here.
Yankowy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but von Goldstein does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Still in half guard, Yankowy seems content to control.
Jon Yankowy has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
von Goldstein connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
von Goldstein stuffs the takedown attempt from Yankowy. Yankowy gets slowly back to his feet.
Otto von Goldstein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Yankowy.
von Goldstein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yankowy.
von Goldstein lands with a straight right. Yankowy didn't see that one coming.
von Goldstein misses with an uppercut.
von Goldstein digs a good body shot into Yankowy's ribs.
von Goldstein throws a right hand that misses
and Yankowy counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
von Goldstein tries to get to full guard but Yankowy has control of the leg.
von Goldstein trying to control from the bottom.
Yankowy wants to lay and pray for a moment but von Goldstein keeps working.
Yankowy seems to be working for a kimura but von Goldstein defends the submission attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yankowy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Yankowy dominated that round.
That's time! von Goldstein's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Yankowy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and von Goldstein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
von Goldstein slaps away a takedown attempt from Yankowy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Yankowy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from von Goldstein.
Yankowy takes one to the chin there.
von Goldstein lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
von Goldstein scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yankowy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and von Goldstein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Otto von Goldstein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Yankowy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
von Goldstein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yankowy was well out of range. Poor timing from von Goldstein.
Otto von Goldstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
von Goldstein bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yankowy's head.
Yankowy slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankowy slips a straight right by von Goldstein.
von Goldstein scores with a hook.
von Goldstein misses with an uppercut
and Yankowy counters with a nice double leg into side control. von Goldstein won't be happy with that.
Yankowy tries for a kimura but von Goldstein is defending well.
Yankowy wants to lay and pray for a moment but von Goldstein keeps working.
A lull in the action here as Yankowy stalls from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
von Goldstein is not content to let Yankowy control the position.
von Goldstein wants to control but Yankowy postures up.
Yankowy tries to advance to mount but von Goldstein instead regains half guard.
Yankowy wants to pass the guard but von Goldstein is defending well.
Yankowy is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yankowy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Yankowy is looking to advance position but von Goldstein won't allow it.
von Goldstein trying to control here.
Yankowy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but von Goldstein does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Yankowy trying to mount his opponent but von Goldstein defends it.
Yankowy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but von Goldstein does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jon Yankowy.
Yankowy closes the distance and clinches up with von Goldstein, looking for a takedown. Yankowy pushes von Goldstein against the cage but von Goldstein circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yankowy misses with a takedown attempt
and von Goldstein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yankowy is breathing heavily.
von Goldstein connects with a body shot that sends Yankowy's belly button to the back.
von Goldstein throws a jab when Yankowy was well out of range.
A lazy left from von Goldstein finds it's target.
von Goldstein jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yankowy fails with the takedown
and von Goldstein counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Yankowy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Yankowy shoots for a double leg takedown but von Goldstein sprawls well. He's pushed Yankowy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
von Goldstein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yankowy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and von Goldstein counters with a stiff right hand.
Good exchange - von Goldstein coming out on top.
von Goldstein connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yankowy momentarily.
Yankowy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from von Goldstein.
von Goldstein misses with an uppercut. Yankowy saw that one coming.
von Goldstein scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yankowy misses with a takedown attempt
and von Goldstein counters with a right hand to the body.
Otto von Goldstein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Yankowy.
Yankowy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
von Goldstein listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yankowy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
von Goldstein misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
von Goldstein fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yankowy ducks under a wild hook from von Goldstein.
Otto von Goldstein is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
von Goldstein misses with a wild combination.
Yankowy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and von Goldstein connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yankowy scrambles back to his feet.
Yankowy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling von Goldstein to score with a decent uppercut.
von Goldstein is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nice defenses there by Yankowy.
Yankowy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting von Goldstein counter with a right hand.
von Goldstein connects with a looping right hand.
Yankowy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yankowy shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with von Goldstein but von Goldstein pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Yankowy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Otto von Goldstein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from von Goldstein misses.
von Goldstein looks to throw the jab but Yankowy is out of range.
Yankowy slips a jab from von Goldstein.
von Goldstein tests Yankowy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
von Goldstein misses with a hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts von Goldstein, as that shot connected.
von Goldstein throws out a powerful jab.
von Goldstein misses with an uppercut
and Yankowy counters with a single leg into guard. von Goldstein didn't expect that.
Yankowy postures up.
von Goldstein is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
von Goldstein striking off his back but it's not causing Yankowy any problems.
Yankowy controlling from the top position.
von Goldstein trying to keep a closed guard but Yankowy is proving a slippery customer.
Jon Yankowy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
We're going to have a standup here because Otto von Goldstein wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Yankowy shoots in but von Goldstein avoids the takedown attempt easily.
von Goldstein throws a lazy uppercut
and Yankowy decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in von Goldstein's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yankowy wants to control from the top but von Goldstein keeps moving.
von Goldstein looking to control.
von Goldstein is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Yankowy looking to pass the guard.
von Goldstein has Yankowy pulled in close to control his posture.
von Goldstein keeping moving, preventing Yankowy from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yankowy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. von Goldstein swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Yankowy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yankowy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Yankowy!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Lipsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teppo Tolkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lipsky comes to the cage accompanied by Das Spiel Ist Aust. Matt Lipsky has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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26
215 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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221 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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Great elbows
Very strong |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Lipsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teppo Tolkki!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolkki misses with a left hand
and Lipsky counters with a stiff right hand.
Lipsky keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tolkki connects with an inside leg kick.
Lipsky misses with a low kick as Tolkki jumps back.
Lipsky moves out of range as Tolkki throws a body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Lipsky 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tolkki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lipsky thows a leg kick but Tolkki checks it
and Tolkki counters with an inside leg kick.
Lipsky steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tolkki.
Tolkki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lipsky is out of range.
Lipsky throws a solid leg kick but Tolkki takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lipsky.
A low kick from Tolkki misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tolkki feints and then cracks Lipsky's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lipsky down.
Lipsky connects with a leg kick. Tolkki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lipsky takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tolkki throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lipsky avoids the head kick by Tolkki.
Lipsky pushes Tolkki away with a front kick.
Tolkki misses with a leg kick
and Lipsky counters with a thumping low kick.
Good work by Tolkki as he checks the leg kick.
Lipsky throws a low kick, looking for Tolkki's leg but Tolkki calmly moves out of range.
Tolkki throws a leg kick
and Lipsky counters with a good low kick that Tolkki was not able to check.
Lipsky forces Tolkki back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lipsky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tolkki's defenses.
It looks like Teppo Tolkki has been cut.
Tolkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Lipsky.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolkki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lipsky tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lipsky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tolkki's face.
Tolkki with a knee to the head.
Tolkki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lipsky throws an elbow but misses.
Tolkki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lipsky is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolkki is defending well for now.
Tolkki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lipsky is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolkki is defending well for now.
Tolkki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lipsky.
Lipsky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tolkki's defenses.
Lipsky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tolkki.
Tolkki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Tolkki.
Tolkki looks gassed!
Lipsky lands a nice elbow.
Tolkki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Tolkki.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tolkki trying to land knees to the body.
Lipsky pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lipsky pushes off an throws an elbow but Tolkki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Tolkki shrugs off.
That has opened up Teppo Tolkki's cut even more.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lipsky throws an elbow but misses.
Lipsky throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tolkki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lipsky trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lipsky throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lipsky comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lipsky misses with an elbow over the top.
Lipsky blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lipsky misses with an elbow over the top.
Lipsky creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lipsky obliges.
Tolkki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lipsky has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tolkki can't find room to land a body shot as Lipsky controls the action.
Tolkki trying to land knees to the body.
Lipsky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tolkki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lipsky blocks it with crossed arms.
Tolkki takes an elbow to the temple.
Tolkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Lipsky.
Tolkki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lipsky.
Lipsky unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tolkki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow.
The cut above Teppo Tolkki's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Lipsky misses with an elbow over the top.
Lipsky working Tolkki over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lipsky.
Lipsky creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lipsky just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tolkki's brow.
Tolkki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lipsky prevents Tolkki from breaking the clinch.
Lipsky comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tolkki is trying to push Lipsky away but Lipsky has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lipsky misses with an elbow strike.
Tolkki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lipsky avoids it.
Tolkki avoiding damage as Lipsky throws knees to the body.
Lipsky avoiding damage as Tolkki throws knees to the body.
Tolkki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lipsky lands an elbow inside that Tolkki shrugs off.
Lipsky on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lipsky throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tolkki avoids the elbow strike from Lipsky, against the cage.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow.
Teppo Tolkki's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Tolkki tries a body shot but Lipsky blocks it.
Tolkki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lipsky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tolkki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lipsky has him pressed against the cage.
Tolkki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tolkki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tolkki struggles to land a body shot inside as Lipsky controls his hands.
Tolkki blocks the elbow strike.
Tolkki tries to land knees in the clinch but Lipsky avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Lipsky.
Lipsky misses with an elbow strike.
Tolkki throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lipsky throws an elbow but misses.
Lipsky misses with an elbow over the top.
Lipsky lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Teppo Tolkki's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matt Lipsky!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Begeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naoto Sugawara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Begeman comes to the cage accompanied by Watcher. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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23
311 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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21
300 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Begeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Naoto Sugawara!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Begeman digs a good body shot into Sugawara's ribs.
Begeman sizes up Sugawara with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Naoto Sugawara has been cut.
Begeman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sugawara throws a leg kick but Begeman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Begeman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sugawara counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Begeman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sugawara.
Begeman checks the leg kick.
Begeman tries to clinch but Sugawara moves out of range.
Begeman closes the distance but Sugawara moves to the side
and Sugawara counters with a good low kick that Begeman was not able to check.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Begeman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Begeman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Begeman throws a series of strikes that have Sugawara backpedaling.
Begeman throws a body kick that misses.
Begeman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Begeman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sugawara thuds his right hand into Begeman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sugawara missing with a left hand there. Begeman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sugawara stuns Begeman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Begeman misses with a double jab
and Begeman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Begeman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sugawara has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sugawara and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Begeman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Begeman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sugawara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Begeman throws a sloppy body shot
and Sugawara counters with a left to the body.
Begeman throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Begeman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sugawara scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Begeman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sugawara.
Begeman is breathing heavily.
Begeman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sugawara holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sugawara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sugawara works on Begeman's body with a couple of short punches.
Sugawara lands a right hand that snaps the head of Begeman backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sugawara blocking some punches.
Sugawara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sugawara lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Sugawara.
A left hand lands to the body for Sugawara.
Nice body punch from Sugawara.
Sugawara lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Begeman backwards.
Sugawara scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Sugawara.
Sugawara makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sugawara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sugawara lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sugawara works on Begeman's body with a couple of short punches.
Sugawara works on Begeman's body with a couple of short punches.
Sugawara scores with a shot to the side of Begeman's head.
Sugawara lands with a short shot to the head.
Sugawara drops Begeman onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Begeman is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Begeman is rocked!
Sugawara stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sugawara lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Begeman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sugawara works on Begeman's body with a couple of short punches.
Begeman seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice body punch from Sugawara.
Sugawara is working Begeman over against the cage.
A short left from Sugawara.
Sugawara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sugawara lands a body punch.
Sugawara lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Sugawara.
Sugawara scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sugawara scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sugawara unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Begeman! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Sugawara is unloading with more strikes now! Begeman drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Naoto Sugawara!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Hemsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jozka Kruty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lars Hemsley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lars Hemsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jozka Kruty!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruty throws a leg kick which misses Hemsley's front leg but catches the back leg as Hemsley tries to avoid it.
Kruty does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kruty avoids the body shot from Hemsley.
Hemsley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruty was well out of range. Poor timing from Hemsley.
Kruty lands a head shot.
Hemsley throws a series of punches but Kruty avoids them all with ease.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hemsley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kruty swings wildly with an uppercut but Hemsley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hemsley is trying to break the clinch but Kruty is controlling him.
Hemsley blocking some punches.
Kruty misses with some punches.
Kruty misses with a body punch.
Hemsley has had enough of the clinch but Kruty keeps him there for the moment.
Kruty trying to land knees to the body.
Kruty keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hemsley's efforts to push away.
Kruty has a couple of punches blocked by Hemsley.
Kruty misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kruty.
Hemsley is trying to break free.
Kruty swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruty has Hemsley pressed against the cage, preventing Hemsley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hemsley breaks the clinch.
Hemsley 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.
Hemsley takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hemsley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kruty manages to avoid it.
Hemsley blocks the body kick.
Hemsley's corner calls for a 1-2. Hemsley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hemsley throws a nice looking combination but Kruty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kruty ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kruty is looking to clinch but Hemsley is avoiding it.
Hemsley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kruty moves away.
Hemsley throws a body punch but Kruty moves out of range.
Hemsley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kruty moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hemsley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hemsley with a nice cross.
Kruty lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hemsley throws a nice looking combination but Kruty bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kruty throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hemsley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemsley misses with a body punch
and Kruty counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kruty lands with a kick to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hemsley falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kruty counters with a low kick, right behind Hemsley 's knee.
Hemsley is breathing heavily.
Kruty moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hemsley tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That kick from Kruty tenderised Hemsley's leg. Hemsley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kruty looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kruty lands a body shot.
Kruty throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kruty thuds his shin into the meat of Hemsley's side.
Kruty catches Hemsley with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kruty darts in and clinches Hemsley up against the cage.
Kruty lands with a short punch from the clinch.
It looks like Lars Hemsley has been cut.
Kruty misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kruty lands a nice shot to the body.
Kruty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hemsley is trying to break the clinch but Kruty is controlling him.
Kruty digs a right hand underneath Hemsley's ribcage. Hemsley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Kruty as the two fighters clinch.
Hemsley prevents a body shot from Kruty.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemsley blocks an uppercut.
Kruty misses with a punch on the inside.
Hemsley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kruty has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Kruty.
Kruty swings wildly with an uppercut but Hemsley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruty lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hemsley or not.
Kruty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hemsley backwards.
Kruty misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kruty lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hemsley.
A hook to the body from Kruty.
Kruty cracks Hemsley with a nice body shot.
A hook to the body from Kruty.
Kruty lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kruty lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Kruty.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kruty pushes Hemsley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kruty misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Kruty.
Kruty tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kruty lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kruty lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hemsley backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemsley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hemsley.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kruty.
Kruty lands with a left to the head.
Hemsley is trying to break the clinch but Kruty is controlling him.
Hemsley tries to break the clinch but Kruty is controlling the position.
Kruty tries to throw a body punch but Hemsley avoids it by throwing Kruty back against the cage.
Kruty has Hemsley pressed against the cage, preventing Hemsley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right handed body shot lands from Kruty.
A short right from Kruty.
Kruty throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hemsley blocks it with crossed arms.
Kruty stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kruty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kruty lands with a light punch inside.
Kruty prevents Hemsley from breaking the clinch.
Kruty working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kruty pushes Hemsley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kruty lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hemsley or not.
Kruty tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kruty is leaning against Hemsley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kruty with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jozka Kruty dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lars Hemsley's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hemsley crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kruty - the referee stops the clock and Hemsley gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kruty. Hemsley manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kruty scores with a kick to the body.
Kruty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hemsley.
Kruty fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kruty throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hemsley moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A cross from Kruty lands.
Kruty tries to close the distance and clinch but Hemsley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hemsley is looking to wear down Kruty with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kruty. Hemsley shrugs it off though.
Kruty fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hemsley.
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!
Kruty connects with a high kick.
Kruty closes the distance and pushes Hemsley back into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kruty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hemsley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kruty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kruty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kruty has Hemsley pressed against the cage, preventing Hemsley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kruty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kruty tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hemsley's elbow.
Kruty misses with a body punch.
Kruty has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruty throws a head punch that misses.
Kruty doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hemsley takes a shot to the head.
Hemsley can't break the clinch.
Kruty swings wildly with an uppercut but Hemsley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruty throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hemsleys head.
Kruty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hemsley backwards.
Hemsley wants to get back to striking at distance but Kruty won't allow it.
Kruty misses with the head strike.
Hemsley tries to break free but Kruty pushes him back against the cage.
Hemsley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kruty lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hemsley.
Hemsley blocks an uppercut.
Kruty keeps control of Hemsley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kruty struggles to land a body shot inside as Hemsley controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kruty.
Kruty keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hemsley's efforts to push away.
Hemsley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kruty tries a knee to the head but Hemsley blocks it.
Kruty swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hemsley will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's two 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.
Kruty has a couple of punches blocked by Hemsley.
Hemsley has had enough of the clinch but Kruty keeps him there for the moment.
Hemsley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kruty lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kruty fails to land.
Kruty lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kruty misses with the head strike.
Kruty misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hemsley.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hemsley.
Kruty keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hemsley's efforts to push away.
Kruty lands a hook that snaps the head of Hemsley backwards.
Hemsley prevents a body shot from Kruty.
Kruty throws a head punch that misses.
Hemsley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hemsley has had enough of the clinch but Kruty keeps him there for the moment.
Kruty tries a body shot but Hemsley blocks it.
Hemsley taking a breather.
Kruty lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hemsley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hemsley.
Jozka Kruty seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hemsley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemsley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kruty using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hemsley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hemsley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kruty has Hemsley pressed against the cage, preventing Hemsley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kruty lands a right hand.
Hemsley blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kruty.
A frustrated look appears on Hemsley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hemsley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hemsley working hard to break the clinch.
Kruty lands with a right to the head.
Kruty has a couple of punches blocked by Hemsley.
A right hook to the body lands for Kruty.
Kruty keeps control of Hemsley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hemsley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hemsley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kruty moves away.
Hemsley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kruty was well out of range. Poor timing from Hemsley.
Kruty thows a body kick. Hemsley tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hemsley misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kruty counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemsley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kruty can pounce on him.
Kruty lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kruty clinches up with Hemsley and pushes him back against the cage.
Kruty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hemsley avoids it.
Kruty has a couple of punches blocked by Hemsley.
Kruty has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kruty lands a nice uppercut.
Hemsley is trying to force a seperation but Kruty has the dominant position.
Kruty lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kruty misses with a punch to the body.
Kruty pushes Hemsley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kruty misses with some punches.
Kruty tries to throw a body punch but Hemsley avoids it by throwing Kruty back against the cage.
Hemsley is trying to break free.
Hemsley lands a nice shot to the body.
Kruty scores with a shot to the side of Hemsley's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kruty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hemsley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hemsley is trying to break free.
Kruty lands a shot to the body.
Kruty stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jozka Kruty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lars Hemsley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Kruty connects with an inside leg kick.
Kruty connects with an inside leg kick.
Kruty throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hemsley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hemsley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kruty scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kruty takes the fight into the clinch.
Kruty misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kruty.
Hemsley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kruty lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hemsley takes a shot to the head.
Hemsley wants to get back to striking at distance but Kruty won't allow it.
Hemsley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hemsley can't break the clinch.
Kruty is working Hemsley over against the cage.
Kruty throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kruty lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Kruty - that landed with a thud.
Kruty throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemsley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hemsley blocks a body shot from Kruty.
Hemsley wants to break free but Kruty has control.
A short uppercut from Kruty.
Kruty stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kruty throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kruty lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hemsley is looking to break free of the clinch but Kruty has double underhooks.
Kruty digs a right hand into Hemsley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hemsley's gas tank.
Kruty misses with a punch to the body.
Kruty lands a nice uppercut.
Kruty tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hemsley avoids it.
Hemsley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kruty can't find room to land a body shot as Hemsley controls the action.
Hemsley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kruty lands with a right to the head.
Kruty lands a nice shot to the body.
Kruty lands a shot to the body.
Kruty lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kruty lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kruty misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemsley managing to block the knees to the body from Kruty.
Kruty scores with a hook to the body.
Kruty misses with some punches.
Kruty keeps control of Hemsley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kruty softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kruty lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hemsley.
Kruty scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kruty stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kruty lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kruty.
Kruty scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kruty.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kruty lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kruty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kruty struggles to land a body shot inside as Hemsley controls his hands.
Kruty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kruty has a couple of punches blocked by Hemsley.
Hemsley working hard to break the clinch.
Hemsley is trying to push Kruty away but Kruty has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hemsley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Kruty.
Kruty lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Kruty.
Kruty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hemsley backwards.
Hemsley blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kruty.
Kruty misses with some punches.
Hemsley can't break the clinch.
Kruty is working Hemsley over against the cage.
Kruty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kruty scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kruty digs a right hand into Hemsley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hemsley's gas tank.
Kruty lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kruty lands a knee to the head.
Kruty lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hemsley.
Kruty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hemsley is trying to break free.
Hemsley prevents a body shot from Kruty.
A hook to the body from Kruty.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hemsley.
Kruty gets through Hemsley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemsley wants to break free but Kruty has control.
Kruty lands with a left to the head.
Kruty lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Kruty.
Kruty is working Hemsley over against the cage.
Kruty lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hemsley or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kruty.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kruty.
Kruty tries to work over Hemsley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kruty misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Kruty.
Hemsley is trying to break free.
Kruty throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kruty lands with a short shot to the head.
Kruty tries to throw a body punch but Hemsley avoids it by throwing Kruty back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Kruty.
Kruty lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kruty cracks Hemsley with a nice body shot.
Lars Hemsley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kruty lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hemsley or not.
Kruty presses Hemsley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jozka Kruty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kruty has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 24:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 24:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jozka Kruty!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mister Spock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Repe Sorsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mister Spock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Repe Sorsa!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sorsa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spock misses with a combination
and Sorsa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Spock misses with a hook
and Sorsa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sorsa closes the distance and clinches up with Spock, looking for a takedown. Sorsa pushes Spock against the cage but Spock circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sorsa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Spock misses with a lunging right hand
and Sorsa counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorsa throws a lazy head kick
and Spock counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A low kick from Spock misses
and Spock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Spock lands a jab to the head.
Sorsa takes a swing at Spock's ribcage but misses.
Spock tries to clinch up
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mister Spock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spock fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sorsa checks it well.
Spock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sorsa counters with a single leg into guard. Spock didn't expect that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spock keeping moving, preventing Sorsa from controlling successfully.
Sorsa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Spock swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Spock is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Spock will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sorsa tries to get to full guard but Spock has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spock passes into side control, despite Sorsa's attempt to control the position.
Sorsa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Spock wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sorsa is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Spock looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sorsa is avoiding damage well.
Sorsa is trying to get back to half guard.
Spock wants to stand but Sorsa is controlling his arm.
Sorsa regains half guard.
Spock seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sorsa is trying to control but can't.
Sorsa is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Repe Sorsa will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Both fighters circling a little - Spock finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Spock throws a front kick aimed at Sorsa's knee but Sorsa avoids it well.
Spock stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sorsa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sorsa thuds his shin into the meat of Spock's side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spock displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sorsa.
A low kick from Spock misses
and Sorsa counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Spock trying to hold on to Sorsa's head to control him but Sorsa postures up.
Sorsa trying to mount his opponent but Spock defends it.
Sorsa thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Spock to regain full guard.
Sorsa passes Spock's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa tries to pass to full mount but Spock defends it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sorsa passes the guard and advances to mount!
BOOM! Sorsa connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sorsa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Spock tries to hold on but Sorsa postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spock is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sorsa throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Sorsa.
Sorsa throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Spock gets back to half guard.
Sorsa is pressing down on Spock's thigh, looking to free his foot. Spock is holding on for now.
Sorsa is keen to just control but Spock is a slippery customer.
Sorsa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Spock wants to get back to full guard.
Sorsa is pressing down on Spock's thigh, looking to free his foot. Spock is holding on for now.
Sorsa wants to control but Spock is keeping him busy.
Spock knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sorsa on the ground.
Sorsa is looking for a kimura but Spock is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sorsa to get the leverage.
Spock wants to get back to full guard.
Sorsa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sorsa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Spock is just riding it out for now. Sorsa eventually gives up the hold.
Sorsa slips a nice elbow through Spock's hands, connecting with Spock's forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spock wants to get back to his feet.
Spock is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Repe Sorsa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Sorsa throws a wild body kick that Spock sees coming a mile off.
Sorsa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Spock lands a head kick. Sorsa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sorsa scores with a jab to the body.
Spock stuffs the takedown attempt from Sorsa. Sorsa gets slowly back to his feet.
Sorsa throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sorsa avoids the body shot from Spock.
Sorsa throws a push kick but Spock slaps the foot to one side.
Spock throws a lazy right hand but Sorsa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spock throws a leg kick
and Sorsa counters with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sorsa throws a head kick but Spock moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spock throws a head kick that misses.
Mister Spock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sorsa moves out of range as Spock throws a body kick.
Spock tries to clinch but Sorsa moves away
and Sorsa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sorsa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Sorsa trying to control from half guard but Spock is working away.
Sorsa frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorsa looking to control but Spock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sorsa is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Spock can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns Spock that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
It looks like Mister Spock has been cut.
Sorsa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mister Spock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Repe Sorsa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sorsa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sorsa thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Sorsa looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sorsa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sorsa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Spock's face.
Spock throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sorsa. What's that going to do exactly?
And that's the end of the fight!
Repe Sorsa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sorsa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Repe Sorsa!
Repe Sorsa is the new super heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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