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UEC4# Pretenders PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Martin Zaromskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ansel Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Zaromskis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ansel Adams!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zaromskis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Adams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zaromskis is looking to clinch.
Ansel Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaromskis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zaromskis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams throws a jab when Zaromskis was well out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Zaromskis 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 Adams has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Adams and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Adams misses the shot to the body.
Zaromskis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Adams.
Zaromskis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Adams looks gassed!
Zaromskis tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance.
Zaromskis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Adams. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zaromskis dodges the punch combination from Adams.
A good leg kick by Zaromskis.
Zaromskis doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Zaromskis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zaromskis rushes Adams and presses him up against the cage.
Zaromskis manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Zaromskis does no damage.
Zaromskis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Adams backs up against the cage.
It looks like Ansel Adams has been cut.
Zaromskis doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaromskis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zaromskis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Adams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zaromskis. Zaromskis obviously looking to wear him down.
Martin Zaromskis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zaromskis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zaromskis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adams's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zaromskis tries to clinch up.
Zaromskis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zaromskis wants to clinch up but Adams keeps it at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zaromskis lands a damaging elbow.
Zaromskis lands an elbow inside.
Zaromskis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zaromskis comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zaromskis misses with an elbow strike.
Adams is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Zaromskis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams swats away the attempt to clinch by Zaromskis.
Zaromskis throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zaromskis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zaromskis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zaromskis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zaromskis.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zaromskis forces Adams back against the cage and clinches.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zaromskis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Adams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zaromskis closes the distance and clinches.
Zaromskis lands an elbow that stopped Adams in his tracks for a moment.
Adams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adams avoiding damage as Zaromskis throws knees to the body.
Adams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zaromskis misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
Zaromskis lands an elbow inside.
Zaromskis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adams blocks a head kick by Zaromskis.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zaromskis instigates a clinch.
Adams avoiding damage as Zaromskis throws knees to the body.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zaromskis counters with a low kick, right behind Adams 's knee.
Zaromskis takes the fight into the clinch.
Zaromskis tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zaromskis rushes Adams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Adams tries for a takedown but Zaromskis manages to get underhooks.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch.
Zaromskis connects with a solid leg kick.
Zaromskis lands a nice shot that snaps Adams's head back.
Zaromskis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zaromskis lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adams slips under a jab from Zaromskis.
Zaromskis blocks a jab.
Zaromskis wants to clinch.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zaromskis.
Zaromskis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zaromskis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zaromskis.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaromskis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zaromskis looks to land a left hand but Adams moved out of range nicely.
Adams swinging wilding here.
Zaromskis clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Zaromskis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ansel Adams's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Zaromskis throws a sloppy head kick and Adams moves out of range easily.
Zaromskis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zaromskis wants to clinch up but Adams keeps it at a distance.
Zaromskis wants to clinch.
No joy there for Adams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martin Zaromskis is winning the standup battle so far.
Zaromskis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zaromskis tries to bum rush Adams with a series of wild strikes but Adams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zaromskis moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Zaromskis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zaromskis scoring well with a low kick there.
Zaromskis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zaromskis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Adams steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zaromskis. That one must have hurt.
Zaromskis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adams can do to turn this around?
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zaromskis throws a head kick that half lands.
Nice takedown defense from Zaromskis. No joy for Adams on that attempt.
Nice body kick from Zaromskis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ansel Adams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zaromskis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Adams misses with a looping right.
Adams swats away the attempt to clinch by Zaromskis.
Good leg kick by Zaromskis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Zaromskis tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range.
Zaromskis blocks a head kick by Adams.
Zaromskis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zaromskis lands a head kick. Adams smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Adams keeps the fight on the outside.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zaromskis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zaromskis is pushing Adams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zaromskis.
Adams tries to break the clinch but Zaromskis is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis tries to land knees in the clinch but Adams avoids the damage to the body.
Adams takes an elbow to the temple.
Zaromskis misses with an elbow over the top.
Zaromskis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zaromskis throws an elbow but misses.
Adams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Adams has had enough of the clinch but Zaromskis keeps him there for the moment.
Zaromskis slowing the pace effectively.
Adams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch.
Zaromskis instigates a clinch.
Adams tries to circle away but Zaromskis has him pinned against the cage.
Zaromskis lands an elbow inside that Adams shrugs off.
Zaromskis tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
Zaromskis lands an elbow inside.
Zaromskis prevents Adams from breaking the clinch.
Adams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zaromskis pushes off an throws an elbow but Adams leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Adams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zaromskis wants to clinch.
A big left from Zaromskis misses.
Zaromskis thumps Adams with a low kick.
Zaromskis throws a leg kick which misses Adams's front leg but catches the back leg as Adams tries to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Zaromskis.
Adams swings for the body but Zaromskis moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Adams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zaromskis lands a damaging elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Zaromskis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zaromskis seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Zaromskis looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Adams has had enough of the clinch but Zaromskis keeps him there for the moment.
Zaromskis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zaromskis connects with a high kick.
Zaromskis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adams's sensitive parts.
Zaromskis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A head kick by Adams misses
and Zaromskis counters with a nice leg kick.
Zaromskis throws a low kick, looking for Adams's leg but Adams calmly moves out of range.
A combination from Adams does no damage.
Adams looks to land a combination but Zaromskis avoids it well.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zaromskis scoring well with a low kick there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zaromskis, right into the meat.
Adams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zaromskis can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Zaromskis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ansel Adams's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Zaromskis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Adams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zaromskis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zaromskis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zaromskis stuffs the takedown attempt from Adams. Adams gets slowly back to his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Zaromskis.
Zaromskis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zaromskis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zaromskis is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Zaromskis's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Adams throws a body punch but Zaromskis moves out of range.
Zaromskis closes the distance and pushes Adams back into the cage.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zaromskis doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Zaromskis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zaromskis clinches up with Adams and pushes him back against the cage.
Zaromskis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Zaromskis is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns Zaromskis into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaromskis misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Zaromskis throws an elbow but misses.
Zaromskis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
Adams blocks an elbow strike from Zaromskis.
Adams manages to break the clinch.
A big left from Adams misses.
Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Zaromskis tries to avoid it but Adams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Zaromskis to the ground. Zaromskis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Zaromskis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Adams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zaromskis closes the distance and clinches.
Adams avoiding damage as Zaromskis throws knees to the body.
Adams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zaromskis's efforts to push away.
Zaromskis keeps control of Adams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zaromskis misses with an elbow over the top.
Adams is looking to break free of the clinch but Zaromskis has double underhooks.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adams throws a looping overhand right but Zaromskis ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Adams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zaromskis cracks the inside of Adams's front leg.
Zaromskis wants to clinch up but Adams keeps it at a distance.
Adams tries to keep at a distance but Zaromskis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zaromskis just leaning against Adams, taking a breather.
Zaromskis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adams avoids it.
Zaromskis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zaromskis prevents Adams from breaking the clinch.
Zaromskis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
Zaromskis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Zaromskis tries to stall but Adams uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Adams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams has had enough of the clinch but Zaromskis keeps him there for the moment.
Zaromskis is trying to stall.
Adams is looking to break free of the clinch but Zaromskis has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zaromskis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adams's brow.
Adams blocks an elbow strike from Zaromskis.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zaromskis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams tries to break the clinch but Zaromskis is controlling the position.
Zaromskis manages to break the clinch.
Adams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by Zaromskis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Adams fails with the takedown
and Zaromskis counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Martin Zaromskis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ansel Adams.
Zaromskis manages to break the clinch.
Adams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martin Zaromskis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zaromskis.
Zaromskis scores with a jab.
Zaromskis throws a leg kick which misses Adams's front leg but catches the back leg as Adams tries to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zaromskis. That's going to slow Adams down.
Zaromskis rushes Adams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zaromskis connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis closes the distance and clinches.
Adams wants to break free but Zaromskis has control.
Zaromskis slows down the pace here.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Zaromskis is controlling him.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zaromskis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zaromskis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zaromskis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adams's sensitive parts.
Zaromskis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ansel Adams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Adams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zaromskis tries to land a knee to the head but Adams blocks with his arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Zaromskis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zaromskis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 for Martin Zaromskis!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Martin Zaromskis!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Martin Zaromskis!
Martin Zaromskis wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jorma Kastiklanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Mylly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Brawler
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jorma Kastiklanti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Mylly!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mylly pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mylly displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kastiklanti.
Jorma Kastiklanti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mylly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mylly closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kastiklanti circles away.
Kastiklanti swinging wilding here.
Mylly fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mylly scores with a takedown into Kastiklanti's guard.
Kastiklanti throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kastiklanti trying to keep a closed guard but Mylly is proving a slippery customer.
Mylly slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kastiklanti keeping hold of Mylly's head, controlling as best he can.
Kastiklanti actively working from the bottom here.
Mylly looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Mylly is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mylly thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kastiklanti's head.
Mylly is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mylly scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mylly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kastiklanti keeps working.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mylly gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kastiklanti counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Mylly's guard now.
Jorma Kastiklanti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Mylly.
Kastiklanti is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kastiklanti won't allow Mylly to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kastiklanti wants to control from the top but Mylly keeps moving.
Kastiklanti is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Mylly is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Mylly wants to sweep here but Kastiklanti controlling him for the moment.
Mylly manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Mylly with good strikes from the mount here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mylly postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kastiklanti looks a forlorn figure.
Mylly breaks from Kastiklanti's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mylly can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kastiklanti is looking to escape.
Mylly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kastiklanti's face.
Mylly wants to control the pace but Kastiklanti is squirming around nicely.
Mylly working for a guillotine from mount but Kastiklanti is in no mood to give up.
Mylly wants to control the pace but Kastiklanti is squirming around nicely.
Mylly landing strikes, looking to finish!
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.
Mylly trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mylly sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mylly prevents Kastiklanti from getting the reversal.
Kastiklanti taking shots to the head.
Kastiklanti is trying desperately to improve position.
Kastiklanti is squirming around, avoiding Mylly's attempts to control the action.
Kastiklanti really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
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 Jorma Kastiklanti will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kastiklanti misses with a takedown attempt
and Mylly counters with a single leg into guard. Kastiklanti didn't expect that.
Mylly trying to control but Kastiklanti is working from the bottom.
Mylly cracks Kastiklanti with a solid left hand.
Mylly throws a big right hand that misses.
Mylly trying to control but Kastiklanti is working from the bottom.
Kastiklanti not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mylly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mylly sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mylly with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mylly shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mylly was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee warns Kastiklanti that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mylly working Kastiklanti over with strikes here.
Mylly tries to control but Kastiklanti wriggling away.
Mylly unloading with bombs!
Mylly putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kastiklanti in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mylly trying to control but Kastiklanti is having none of it.
Mylly working Kastiklanti over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mylly putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mylly landing shots from mount.
Mylly lands a big elbow.
Mylly has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kastiklanti's face.
Kastiklanti is bucking up trying to escape but Mylly cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kastiklanti working to try and regain half guard.
Kastiklanti is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mylly landing strikes from the mount and Kastiklanti is in trouble!
Mylly wants to control the pace but Kastiklanti is squirming around nicely.
Mylly controlling his opponent.
Matt Mylly has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mylly looking to control but Kastiklanti is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mylly lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Kastiklanti that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mylly with shots to the head and body - Kastiklanti looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mylly sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mylly wants to control the pace but Kastiklanti is squirming around nicely.
Mylly lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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.
Mylly trying to control but Kastiklanti is having none of it.
Mylly with good strikes from the mount here!
Mylly pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mylly lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kastiklanti hang on?
Mylly with the ground and pound from mount.
Mylly pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mylly looking to control but Kastiklanti is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Mylly.
Mylly raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Mylly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mylly.
Mylly landing a few strikes.
Mylly scores with punches from side control.
Kastiklanti is not content to let Mylly control the position.
Mylly working the ground and pound from side control.
Mylly landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Mylly trying to control the action but Kastiklanti is working from the bottom.
Kastiklanti sneaks back into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mylly in particular looking to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mylly drops an elbow to the side of Kastiklanti's head.
Mylly trying to pass the guard but Kastiklanti defending well.
Mylly not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mylly winds up and cracks Kastiklanti with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mylly is controlling the pace.
Kastiklanti pushes Mylly off looking to stand but Mylly dives back in and keeps control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mylly sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Mylly wants to free his trapped foot but Kastiklanti is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kastiklanti misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mylly decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Mylly lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Mylly.
Well, if Mylly is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Mylly lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mylly landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mylly lands with a punch from half guard.
Mylly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kastiklanti keeps working.
Mylly takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Mylly winds up and cracks Kastiklanti with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mylly drops an elbow to the side of Kastiklanti's head.
Mylly working the head and body with strikes.
Mylly wants to take a breather but Kastiklanti is having none of it.
Kastiklanti tries to roll over but Mylly keeps him under control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mylly shoots in and bounces Kastiklanti off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mylly distracts Kastiklanti with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mylly looking to sit in guard and control but Kastiklanti gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mylly wants to sweep here but Kastiklanti controlling him for the moment.
Mylly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kastiklanti manages to get himself to full guard.
Jorma Kastiklanti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mylly content to stall in guard here.
Mylly passes easily into side control. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Mylly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mylly 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 for Matt Mylly!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Matt Mylly!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Matt Mylly!
Matt Mylly wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tropical Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Raised Fist - Words and Phrases. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 lbs
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180 lbs
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Brawler
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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
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tropical Davidson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antonio Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez keeps the fight on the outside.
Davidson wants to clinch.
Davidson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davidson has managed to clinch.
Davidson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tropical Davidson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Davidson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davidson is looking to clinch.
Davidson tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Davidson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvarez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvarez gets caught flat footed, as Davidson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Alvarez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Davidson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davidson cracks Alvarez with a solid left hand.
Davidson postures up in Alvarez's guard and throws a big left but Alvarez blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Alvarez is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Alvarez has escaped and now he's on top!
Davidson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Davidson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Alvarez is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Davidson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Alvarez's back instead.
Davidson missing with punches from the back.
Alvarez tries to escape but Davidson has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Alvarez trying to control but not successfully.
Davidson scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Alvarez is looking for a way out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson looking to hold on to the position here but Alvarez rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Davidson trying to control the position from guard on top but Alvarez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davidson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davidson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alvarez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davidson.
Davidson is in close to Alvarez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Davidson preventing the sweep.
Davidson is looking to work some ground and pound but Alvarez has wrist control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Davidson moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Alvarez has him pressed against the cage.
Davidson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davidson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Davidson is breathing heavily.
Alvarez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Davidson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Alvarez hang on?
Alvarez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Davidson working the ground and pound effectively.
Alvarez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Davidson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Davidson controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Alvarez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Davidson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alvarez's head.
Davidson content to control rather than advance.
Davidson wants to work for an arm triangle but Alvarez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tropical Davidson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Davidson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Davidson moves out of range of the leg kick from Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alvarez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Alvarez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horrible takedown by Alvarez or perhaps it was just good defense by Davidson which made him look bad.
Davidson tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez shoots and misses
and Davidson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Davidson.
Tropical Davidson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Alvarez.
Davidson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alvarez is breathing heavily.
Alvarez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Davidson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Davidson throws a strike but Alvarez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
Davidson keeping full guard, as Alvarez tries to pass.
Davidson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Alvarez is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Davidson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Alvarez's back instead.
Davidson is working the ground and pound. Can Alvarez escape?
Davidson has the hooks in. Alvarez is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Alvarez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two 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.
Davidson scores with punches and elbows.
Davidson lands a shot to the head.
Alvarez is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Davidson gets his way!
Davidson looking for the RNC.
Tropical Davidson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Davidson tries to keep control of the position but Alvarez is staying busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Davidson tries to keep control of the position but Alvarez is staying busy.
Alvarez rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Alvarez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Alvarez keeping moving, preventing Davidson from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Alvarez is trying to control the position but Davidson postures up.
Alvarez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Davidson defends well.
Davidson throwing strikes but missing.
Davidson wants to control from the top but Alvarez keeps moving.
Davidson won't allow Alvarez to get back to his feet.
Davidson postures up in Alvarez's guard and throws a big left but Alvarez blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tropical Davidson dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Alvarez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Alvarez showed some decent athleticism there.
Alvarez blocks the strikes from Davidson.
Davidson keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Davidson flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Alvarez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Davidson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davidson trying to control from the bottom.
Alvarez trying to control from half guard but Davidson is working away.
Davidson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Davidson keeps working.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alvarez fails with a takedown attempt.
Davidson drives through and clinches with Alvarez against the cage.
Davidson working hard to break the clinch.
Alvarez can't get the takedown.
Davidson breaks the clinch.
Davidson tries to clinch there but Alvarez circles away.
Davidson moves into the clinch successfully.
Alvarez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alvarez prevents Davidson from breaking the clinch.
That's two 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.
Davidson gets underhooks to prevent Alvarez's takedown attempt.
Tropical Davidson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Alvarez.
Davidson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Davidson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alvarez has his takedown stuffed
and Davidson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Davidson is looking to clinch but Alvarez is avoiding it.
Davidson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Davidson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Alvarez is trying to defend but Davidson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Alvarez is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Davidson pulls his head out easily.
Davidson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Davidson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Alvarez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Davidson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Davidson's back!
Davidson trying to control the hands but Alvarez breaks the grip.
Alvarez lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
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.
Davidson trying to control the hands but Alvarez won't let him.
Alvarez trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Davidson doesn't escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davidson trying to control the position but Alvarez manages to sink in the hooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tropical Davidson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davidson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 for Tropical Davidson!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Tropical Davidson!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Tropical Davidson!
Tropical Davidson wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Dhuro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wei Chong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dhuro kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Toma Madeirada. Paul Dhuro has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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Brawler
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Dhuro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wei Chong!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chong lands with an uppercut that bounces Dhuro off the cage and back into rage.
Chong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Chong thumps Dhuro with a low kick.
Chong shoots in for a takedown and gets it, with a heavy slam. That will score well with the judges.
Dhuro is rocked!
Chong is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Oh Dhuro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chong controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Chong passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Chong passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Dhuro!
Dhuro seems to have got his legs back now.
Dhuro is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chong working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Dhuro has given up his back here. Will Chong look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Dhuro is keeping busy.
Dhuro tries to break free.
Chong has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Dhuro is defending well but eventually Chong manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Dhuro has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Wei Chong!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andro Babic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aki Aromaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Babic kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Boom - P.O.D.. Aki Aromaa is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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19
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21
212 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andro Babic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aki Aromaa!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babic wants to clinch.
A head kick misses from Babic.
Babic tries to clinch but Aromaa is having none of it.
Babic looks to land a combination but Aromaa avoids it well.
Babic throws a shot to the body.
Babic throws a head kick but Aromaa moves out of range.
Aromaa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Babic counters with a nice double leg into side control. Aromaa won't be happy with that.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Aromaa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Babic throws a strike aimed at the side of Aromaa's head but Aromaa avoids it well.
Aromaa manages to get back to half guard.
Babic wants to work for an arm triangle but Aromaa is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Babic is trying to control the action in half guard but Aromaa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Aromaa is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babic is looking to advance position but Aromaa won't allow it.
Aromaa is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Babic's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Babic's back!
Babic rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Babic is trying to control but can't.
Babic looking for subs from the bottom but Aromaa mounts him!
Aromaa avoids the attempt from Babic to control.
Babic is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aromaa scoring with strikes but Babic is staying in there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aromaa looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Aromaa avoids the attempt from Babic to control.
Babic regains half guard.
Aromaa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Aromaa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Aromaa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Babic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Babic is looking to improve his position.
Aromaa gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Aromaa thuds a left hand into Babic's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aromaa misses with a kick to the body
and Babic counters by clinching up.
Babic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Babic creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aromaa avoiding damage as Babic throws knees to the body.
Aromaa gets underhooks to prevent Babic's takedown attempt.
Babic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aromaa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aromaa tries for a takedown but Babic manages to get underhooks.
Aromaa gets control of Babic's arms and successfully pulls guard. Aromaa will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Babic decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Aromaa scores with a three punch combo!
Babic is breathing heavily.
Aromaa throws a jab but it's blocked by Babic.
Aromaa throws a right hand that Babic ducks under and follows up with a left that Babic also avoids with ease.
Babic forces Aromaa back against the cage and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aromaa prevents Babic from breaking the clinch.
Babic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aromaa has him pressed against the cage.
Aromaa prevents the takedown attempt.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Babic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aromaa avoiding damage as Babic throws knees to the body.
Babic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aromaa.
Babic gets underhooks to prevent Aromaa's takedown attempt.
Babic has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Aromaa uses from the top position.
Aromaa trying to control but Babic is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aromaa content to stall in guard here.
Babic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Aromaa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Aki Aromaa 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.
Aromaa throws a right hand that Babic ducks under and follows up with a left that Babic also avoids with ease.
Babic fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick by Aromaa misses
and Babic counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Aromaa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Aromaa swats away the attempt to clinch by Babic.
Babic throws a right hand that Aromaa ducks under and follows up with a left that Aromaa also avoids with ease.
Babic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Aromaa.
Babic throws a head kick but Aromaa moves out of range.
Aromaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Aromaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Babic.
A lazy body kick from Aromaa
and Babic decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Aromaa's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babic wants to stand and escape but instead Aromaa has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Babic is looking for a triangle here but Aromaa uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Babic is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Aromaa's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Aromaa wants to take a breather but Babic is having none of it.
Aromaa prevents Babic from standing back up.
Babic is looking to improve his position.
That's two 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.
Aromaa keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Andro Babic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Babic gets full guard.
Babic has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Aromaa can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Babic manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Babic thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babic is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Aromaa can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Babic swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Aromaa is now in Babic's guard. A big mistake from Babic there, giving up the dominant position!
Aromaa trying to control but Babic is working from the bottom.
Babic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Aromaa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Babic looking for subs off his back but Aromaa has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Aromaa is looking to advance position but Babic won't allow it.
Babic makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Babic.
Babic is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Babic escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Aromaa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Aromaa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andro Babic dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Aromaa misses with a combination
and Babic decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Aromaa's guard.
Aromaa wants to sweep but no luck.
Babic stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Aromaa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Aromaa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Babic is one step ahead there.
Babic postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Aromaa is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Babic, into his guard.
Aromaa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Aromaa scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babic wants to stand up but Aromaa is controlling him.
Aromaa controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Let's hope that Aromaa has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Aromaa cracks Babic with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Aromaa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Aromaa trying to control but Babic is working from the bottom.
Babic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Babic has his foot on Aromaa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Aromaa works his way back into a safe position though.
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.
Babic is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Aromaa dives into side control.
Babic sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Babic trying to control here.
Babic won't allow Aromaa to pass to mount.
Babic wants to get back to full guard but Aromaa has passed into side control.
Babic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Aromaa looking for a guillotine from mount but Babic is having none of it.
Babic is looking to improve his position but Aromaa isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babic manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Babic has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Aromaa is working away from the top position though.
Babic looking for submissions off his back.
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.
Aromaa perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Babic is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Aromaa jumps into side control!
Babic bucks up and tries to throw Aromaa off but instead Aromaa has got his back!
Babic trying to control but not successfully.
Aromaa lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Aromaa throwing damaging strikes from the back! Babic could be in trouble here!
What can Babic do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Andro Babic.
I think Babic 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight for Andro Babic!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Andro Babic!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Andro Babic!
Andro Babic wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sauli Heilimo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buakaw Pramuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buakaw Pramuk will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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155 lbs
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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
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sauli Heilimo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Buakaw Pramuk!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heilimo fails with a takedown attempt.
Pramuk gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Heilimo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Heilimo moves nicely into side control.
Heilimo passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Pramuk!
Heilimo dominating with strikes here.
Pramuk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Heilimo looking to secure an arm triangle but Pramuk defends it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heilimo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Heilimo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Heilimo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Pramuk is surviving well by controlling Heilimo's body position as best he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heilimo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Heilimo has hold of Pramuk's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Pramuk manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Heilimo is breathing heavily.
Pramuk is wriggling around trying to escape.
Heilimo avoids the attempt from Pramuk to control.
Heilimo dominating with strikes here.
Heilimo is going olschool here, as he tries to force Pramuk to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Pramuk shrugs it off.
Heilimo breaks from Pramuk's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pramuk is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Heilimo goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Pramuk is on top in guard.
Pramuk wants to control from the top but Heilimo keeps moving.
Pramuk wanted to stand there but Heilimo had control of the position.
Heilimo trying to control the position.
Pramuk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Heilimo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Heilimo working for a triangle but Pramuk defends it easily.
Pramuk trying to control but Heilimo is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heilimo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pramuk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Heilimo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Heilimo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Heilimo keeping moving, preventing Pramuk from controlling successfully.
Pramuk tries to stand but Heilimo is controlling from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Heilimo trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Heilimo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pramuk can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pramuk moves in looking to clinch but Heilimo pushes him off.
Pramuk fails with the takedown
so Heilimo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Heilimo advances to half guard.
Heilimo is looking for a kimura but Pramuk is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Heilimo to get the leverage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pramuk trying to hold on to Heilimo's head to control him but Heilimo postures up.
Heilimo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Heilimo seems to be working for a kimura but Pramuk defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sauli Heilimo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pramuk shoots in looking for a takedown. Heilimo tries to sprawl out of it but Pramuk keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Heilimo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Heilimo drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heilimo trying to control the position from guard on top but Pramuk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Heilimo lands a couple of digs.
Heilimo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Heilimo passes Pramuk's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Heilimo wants to take a breather but Pramuk is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heilimo passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Pramuk!
Sauli Heilimo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pramuk tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heilimo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Heilimo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Pramuk can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Heilimo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Pramuk is surviving well by controlling Heilimo's body position as best he can.
Heilimo moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Pramuk has worked his arm free - good work by Pramuk!
Pramuk tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heilimo working away.
Heilimo is working to tighten is grip on Pramuk's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Pramuk has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Heilimo is really squeezing tight and eventually Pramuk passes out! Heilimo breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Sauli Heilimo!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geoffrey Boycott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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205 lbs
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213 lbs
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Geoffrey Boycott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricky House!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boycott uses good head movement to avoid the hook from House.
House tries for a takedown but Boycott sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Boycott wants to clinch.
House changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Boycott tries to avoid it but House manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Boycott to the ground. Boycott escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Boycott uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from House.
Boycott rushes House and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Boycott.
House looks gassed!
Boycott lands a good knee to the midsection. House won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Boycott.
It looks like Ricky House has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
House takes an elbow to the forehead.
The is referee keeping an eye on Boycott - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Boycott lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Boycott scores with a knee to the head.
Boycott breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boycott closes the distance and clinches.
Boycott connects with a knee to the head.
House is rocked!
Boycott using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
House is still on wobbly legs! Can Boycott finish him?
Boycott misses with an elbow over the top.
House seems to have recovered his senses.
Boycott landing knees to the head.
Boycott connects with a nasty looking knee right to House's face.
Boycott scores a nice knee to the body.
Boycott lands a knee to the body.
Boycott slows down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boycott landing knees to the body.
House takes a knee right on the jaw!
Boycott lands a good knee to the midsection. House won't want to take too many of those.
Boycott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
House throws a hook but Boycott avoids it easily.
House avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
House misses with a body shot.
Boycott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Boycott fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with House, pushing him back against the cage.
Boycott with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
House takes a knee to the side of the body.
Boycott connects with a knee to the head.
Boycott connects with a nasty looking knee right to House's face.
House tries for a takedown but Boycott manages to get underhooks.
Geoffrey Boycott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky House.
Boycott unloads a knee to the mid-section.
House tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Boycott smiles and moves away.
House takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
House throws a jab but it's blocked by Boycott.
House avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boycott plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Boycott tries to close the distance and clinch but House swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boycott tries to close the distance and clinch but House swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
House misses with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Boycott, right into the meat.
Boycott instigates a clinch.
Boycott with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boycott lands a nice knee to the body.
Boycott lands a knee to the body.
Boycott has House pressed against the cage, preventing House from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
House takes an elbow to the temple.
House wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
House tries to score a body lock takedown but Boycott shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Boycott connects with a nasty looking knee right to House's face.
Boycott is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
House is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Boycott lands a knee to the head.
Boycott looks to throw an elbow but misses.
House gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Boycott regains guard.
Boycott on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Boycott tries to get out of the position.
House drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and House jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Boycott avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
House postures up in Boycott's guard and throws a big left but Boycott blocks it.
House throws a big right hand that misses.
House looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
House throwing strikes but missing.
House postures up in Boycott's guard and throws a big left but Boycott blocks it.
House throws a big right hand that misses.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Boycott moves in looking to clinch but House pushes him off.
Boycott misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boycott rushes House and presses him up against the cage.
House tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Boycott smiles and moves away.
Boycott wants to clinch up but House keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geoffrey Boycott dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricky House's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
House avoids the body shot from Boycott.
Boycott has House up against the cage in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Boycott.
Boycott with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
House goes for a takedown attempt but Boycott pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Boycott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boycott lands with a kick to the temple. House shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Boycott instigates a clinch.
Boycott stalling the fight.
Boycott creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through House's defenses.
Boycott landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boycott stalling against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boycott seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Boycott pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boycott moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boycott tries to clinch up but House circles away and keeps his distance.
House throws a head kick that misses
and Boycott counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A knee to the head by Boycott.
Boycott with a knee to the head.
Boycott with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Boycott escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boycott goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
House thuds a left hand into Boycott's body.
Boycott forces House back against the cage and clinches.
Boycott connects with a nasty looking knee right to House's face.
Boycott looking to throw knees to the head but House is blocking nicely.
House looking for a takedown.
House is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Boycott pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Geoffrey Boycott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky House.
Boycott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boycott landing some nice looking knees to the body.
House is trying to drag Boycott to the mat but Boycott just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Boycott tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
House has had enough of the clinch but Boycott keeps him there for the moment.
House blocks the elbow strike.
Boycott breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boycott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but House paws at him with a jab and circles away.
House avoids the head kick by Boycott.
House looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
House throws a leg kick
and Boycott counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
House moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Boycott doesn't manage to clinch there - House circles away.
Boycott moves into range and clinches up with House.
House is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Boycott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boycott thumps House with a low kick.
Boycott forces House back against the cage and clinches.
Boycott crunches a lovely knee into House's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Boycott.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
House is working for takedown but Boycott is calmly controlling the position for now.
House wants a takedown.
House changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Boycott fights it off and pushes away nicely.
House misses with a hook. Boycott ducked under it nicely.
Geoffrey Boycott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boycott clinches with his opponent.
House letting Boycott take a breather here.
Boycott putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has House in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Boycott lands a knee to the head.
Boycott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that House can do to turn this around?
House avoiding damage as Boycott throws knees to the body.
Boycott is pressed up against the cage. House has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Boycott down to the mat. Boycott avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Boycott lands with a kick to the temple. House shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Boycott gets cracked with a nice right hand there by House.
Ricky House seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boycott tries to clinch up but House circles away and keeps his distance.
House throws a leg kick
and Boycott counters by clinching up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
House has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Boycott avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
House tries to score a body lock takedown but Boycott shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A knee to the head by Boycott.
House goes for a takedown attempt but Boycott pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
House with a hook.
House misses with a combination
and Boycott counters with a good low kick that House was not able to check.
House fails to land the takedown.
Boycott blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boycott looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Boycott throws a sloppy head kick and House moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geoffrey Boycott dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricky House's cut.
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!
Boycott has managed to clinch.
Boycott connects with a nasty looking knee right to House's face.
Boycott landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Boycott holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Boycott lands an elbow inside.
House being controlled against the cage.
House tries for a takedown but Boycott manages to get underhooks.
Boycott misses with an elbow strike.
Boycott is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
House is trying to force a seperation but Boycott has the dominant position.
Boycott with a knee to the head.
Boycott stops a takedown attempt from House.
Boycott breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
House will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Geoffrey Boycott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky House.
House circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boycott pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boycott throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
House throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Boycott.
House misses with a series of wild punches.
House throws a series of punches but Boycott moves out of range.
House shoots in and drives through. Boycott sprawls well.
Boycott clinches.
Boycott breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boycott misses with a looping left.
Boycott tries to close the distance and clinch but House swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boycott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but House paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boycott is looking to clinch.
House misses with a few strikes there.
House tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boycott fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with House, pushing him back against the cage.
Boycott lands a knee to the body.
Boycott breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boycott clinches up with House and pushes him back against the cage.
Boycott lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Boycott lands a good knee to the midsection. House won't want to take too many of those.
Boycott is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Boycott's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
House misses with a takedown attempt - Boycott sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
House throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boycott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
House fails to land the takedown.
Boycott stuffs the takedown.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boycott misses with a knee to the head.
Boycott working House over with knees to the body.
Boycott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite House's efforts to push away.
Boycott connects with a knee to the head.
House jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Boycott walks away with a smile on his face. House gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
House misses with a combination
and Boycott moves into the clinch.
House has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Boycott avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
House is trying to drag Boycott to the mat but Boycott just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Geoffrey Boycott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
House wants a takedown.
House wants a takedown but no success here.
Boycott lands a knee to the body.
House being controlled against the cage.
Boycott escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
House waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Boycott.
House circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boycott darts in and clinches House up against the cage.
House can't get the takedown.
Boycott connects with a nasty looking knee right to House's face.
Boycott pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boycott unloads a knee to the mid-section. House lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Boycott lands an elbow inside.
Geoffrey Boycott has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Boycott working House over with knees to the body.
Ricky House has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boycott using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boycott lands a knee to the head.
That has opened up Ricky House's cut even more.
Boycott connects with a nasty looking knee right to House's face.
Boycott with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Boycott stops a takedown attempt from House.
House has Boycott pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Boycott manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Geoffrey Boycott showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Boycott, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 for Geoffrey Boycott!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Geoffrey Boycott!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Geoffrey Boycott!
Geoffrey Boycott wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikkel Kuun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddie Flintoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freddie Flintoff has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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300 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikkel Kuun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Freddie Flintoff!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuun moves forwards but Flintoff connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Flintoff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kuun.
Kuun on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Flintoff lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kuun circles away quickly and effectively.
Kuun stalks Flintoff and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Flintoff's face. Flintoff staggers backwards, shaken.
Flintoff throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Kuun counter with a right hand.
No luck for Kuun with that takedown attempt.
A big left from Flintoff misses.
Flintoff falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kuun cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Flintoff falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kuun counters with a nice body shot.
Flintoff looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Flintoff misses with a double jab
and Kuun counters with a two punch combo.
No luck for Kuun with that takedown attempt.
Kuun throws a combination that misses
and Flintoff counters with a series of strikes that sends Kuun to the canvas! Flintoff follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuun controls Flintoff momentarily but Flintoff frees himself.
Flintoff decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kuun, up you get!
Kuun throws a series of punches but Flintoff moves out of range.
Flintoff misses with a combination
and Kuun counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Flintoff swings for the body but Kuun moves out of range.
Oooh a lovely combination from Flintoff sends Kuun down but not out. Flintoff dives into side control looking to finish.
Kuun is rocked!
It looks like Mikkel Kuun has been cut.
Kuun is looking to regain half guard here but Flintoff keeps moving and retains side control.
Flintoff decides to stand back up.
Flintoff lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Flintoff throws a combination that misses
and Flintoff takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Flintoff throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kuun counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuun throws a right and a left that Flintoff avoids nicely.
Flintoff throws a combination that misses
letting Kuun counter with a right hand.
Flintoff looks to land a combination but Kuun avoids it well.
Flintoff throws a combination that misses
and Kuun counters with a straight right hand.
Kuun looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Flintoff misses the shot to the body.
Kuun misses with a low kick.
Flintoff throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kuun counters with a series of strikes. Flintoff will be more careful next time no doubt.
Flintoff rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kuun moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Flintoff throws a shot from downtown. Kuun moves away and avoids it.
Flintoff looks to land a combination but Kuun avoids it well.
Flintoff throws a combination that misses
enabling Kuun to counter with a crisp jab.
Kuun dodges the punch combination from Flintoff.
Flintoff misses with a shot to the body
and Kuun counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuun throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Flintoff throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kuun counters with a one-two to the body.
Kuun is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A clash of legs there as Kuun blocks the low kick.
Flintoff throws a left that rocks Kuun and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Flintoff dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Kuun regain composure!
Oh Kuun is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kuun is breathing heavily.
Flintoff decides to stand back up. Flintoff steps back and let's Kuun get back to his feet.
Kuun seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuun dives in and grabs Flintoff's left leg, looking for a takedown. Flintoff pushes down on Kuun's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikkel Kuun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Flintoff throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Kuun stumbling backwards into the cage! Kuun bounces back off the cage towards Flintoff, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Flintoff lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Flintoff celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Freddie Flintoff!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauri Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tauno Karvaranne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tauno Karvaranne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Solid boxing
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mauri Nyrkki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tauno Karvaranne!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Nyrkki.
A punch combination from Nyrkki misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nyrkki!
Karvaranne doesn't manage to clinch there - Nyrkki circles away.
Karvaranne shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nyrkki as he avoids it easily.
Karvaranne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nyrkki throws out the jab.
Karvaranne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nyrkki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karvaranne circles away quickly and effectively.
Karvaranne throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nyrkki's waist but Nyrkki gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Karvaranne off to one side.
Mauri Nyrkki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tauno Karvaranne.
Nyrkki tests Karvaranne's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karvaranne tries to bum rush Nyrkki with a series of wild strikes but Nyrkki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nyrkki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Karvaranne shoots for a double leg takedown but Nyrkki sprawls well. He's pushed Karvaranne's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Karvaranne looks gassed!
Nyrkki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nyrkki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karvaranne circles away quickly and effectively.
Nyrkki scores with a shot to the body.
Nyrkki works over Karvaranne's head and body with a nice combination.
Nyrkki moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki lands a nice hook to Karvaranne's body. Karvaranne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nyrkki fails to land with a series of punches.
Nyrkki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karvaranne counters with a single leg into guard. Nyrkki didn't expect that.
Nyrkki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Karvaranne is controlling him.
Nyrkki manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Nyrkki scores with a jab. Karvaranne acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Karvaranne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Karvaranne takes one to the side of the head.
Karvaranne has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Karvaranne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki lands a jab to Karvaranne's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki lands a two punch combo.
Karvaranne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nyrkki slaps away a takedown attempt from Karvaranne, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Karvaranne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nyrkki.
Karvaranne has a takedown stuffed.
Karvaranne fails with a takedown attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Nyrkki as he connects with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Nyrkki as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki fails to land with a series of punches.
Karvaranne changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nyrkki tries to avoid it but Karvaranne manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nyrkki to the ground. Nyrkki escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nyrkki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nyrkki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nyrkki throws a one two combo.
Nyrkki throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nyrkki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karvaranne.
Nyrkki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karvaranne.
Karvaranne is looking to clinch.
Nyrkki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karvaranne moves away.
Nyrkki just misses with a punch to the body.
Nyrkki is looking to wear down Karvaranne with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Karvaranne shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
No luck for Karvaranne with that takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Karvaranne is defended easily by Nyrkki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nyrkki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Karvaranne backs up against the cage.
Nyrkki is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nyrkki throws a hook to the side of Karvaranne's head but Karvaranne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Karvaranne misses with a takedown attempt - Nyrkki sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Karvaranne takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nyrkki fails to land with a series of punches.
Karvaranne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nyrkki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nyrkki stuffs the takedown attempt from Karvaranne. Karvaranne gets slowly back to his feet.
Karvaranne is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nyrkki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauri Nyrkki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nyrkki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karvaranne.
Karvaranne shoots for a takedown but Nyrkki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nyrkki digs a good body shot into Karvaranne's ribs.
A punch combination from Nyrkki misses.
A combination from Nyrkki does no damage.
Nyrkki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nyrkki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Karvaranne is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nyrkki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nyrkki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nyrkki's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Nyrkki duly obliges.
Karvaranne shoots for a takedown but Nyrkki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mauri Nyrkki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tauno Karvaranne.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nyrkki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nyrkki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nyrkki misses with a double jab.
Karvaranne closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karvaranne is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nyrkki has escaped the position, nice work there.
Karvaranne wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nyrkki, who protects the arm well.
Karvaranne is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nyrkki has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nyrkki is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Karvaranne is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karvaranne in side control lands a decent elbow.
Karvaranne tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Karvaranne is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nyrkki knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Karvaranne prevents Nyrkki from escaping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karvaranne is working to tighten is grip on Nyrkki's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Nyrkki has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Karvaranne is really squeezing tight and eventually Nyrkki passes out! Karvaranne breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tauno Karvaranne!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Franco Baptista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yere Wirtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wirtanen has chosen Disturbed - Criminal as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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170 lbs
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18
180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Franco Baptista!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yere Wirtanen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wirtanen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Baptista flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Baptista gets back to full guard.
Wirtanen wanted to stand there but Baptista had control of the position.
Baptista working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wirtanen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wirtanen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Baptista wants to sweep here but Wirtanen controlling him for the moment.
Baptista bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wirtanen's guard.
Baptista slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wirtanen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baptista. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Baptista throws an elbow but Wirtanen slips to the side and avoids it well.
Wirtanen is looking for a sweep.
Baptista misses with the ground and pound.
Wirtanen is trying to control Baptista's posture but Baptista avoids it.
Baptista working the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wirtanen is trying to escape the position but Baptista is controlling the position.
Wirtanen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wirtanen can't do much from the bottom here.
Wirtanen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wirtanen is not content to let Baptista control the position.
Baptista postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Wirtanen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wirtanen defending against the ground and pound.
Baptista fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Wirtanen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Baptista connects with a decent elbow.
Wirtanen tries to bench press Baptista off him but Baptista keeps the position.
Baptista trying to control the position but Wirtanen is working away.
Wirtanen is trying to control Baptista's posture but Baptista avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baptista wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wirtanen keeps working.
Wirtanen is pushing Baptista's head away, looking to escape. Baptista manages to hold on to the position though.
Wirtanen looks gassed!
An elbow from Baptista crashes against the mat.
Baptista is working Wirtanen over with some ground and pound from side control.
Baptista looks up at the clock and then as Wirtanen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Baptista smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Baptista in side control lands a decent elbow.
Baptista wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wirtanen keeps working.
Baptista sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Wirtanen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Baptista controls the position from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baptista lands a few punches from side control.
Baptista in side control lands a decent elbow.
Baptista postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Wirtanen stops Baptista from passing to mount.
Wirtanen tries to buck Baptista off but Baptista is having none of it.
Baptista has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Baptista just content to control the position.
Baptista cracks Wirtanen with a big right hand but Wirtanen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wirtanen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Baptista tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wirtanen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The strikes coming from Baptista are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Baptista scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wirtanen managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Baptista.
Baptista lands a nice forearm strike.
Baptista sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Wirtanen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wirtanen is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Baptista has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Baptista is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Wirtanen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baptista is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wirtanen has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franco Baptista dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wirtanen doesn't manage to clinch there - Baptista circles away.
Baptista looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Baptista uses his free foot to push down on Wirtanen's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Wirtanen.
Baptista trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Baptista looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Baptista sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Baptista goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Wirtanen is on top in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baptista wants to sweep here but Wirtanen controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Baptista is on top in guard.
Franco Baptista overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wirtanen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baptista trying to control the position from guard on top but Wirtanen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wirtanen will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Wirtanen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baptista postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Baptista stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wirtanen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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.
Baptista trying to control the position from guard on top but Wirtanen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wirtanen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Baptista tries a head kick but it misses.
Wirtanen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wirtanen doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Baptista counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Baptista missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Baptista is trying for a kimura here. Wirtanen looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Baptista wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Franco Baptista!
Franco Baptista is the new welterweight champion!
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