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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dinesh Jakhotia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dinesh Jakhotia has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dinesh Jakhotia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike White!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jakhotia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jakhotia misses the shot to the body.
Jakhotia misses with a straight right.
White darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jakhotia keeping hold of White's head, controlling as best he can.
Jakhotia is trying to maintain the position but White is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakhotia works his way to full guard. Good work.
White won't allow Jakhotia to sweep him here.
White drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and White jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
White drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Jakhotia manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now White has Jakhotia in his guard.
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.
Jakhotia wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White working for submissions but it's allowed Jakhotia to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jakhotia really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
White manages to get to full guard.
Jakhotia looking to pass the guard.
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.
White is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jakhotia wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike White dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jakhotia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice combination there by Jakhotia.
White changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jakhotia tries to avoid it but White manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jakhotia to the ground. Jakhotia escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jakhotia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jakhotia lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Mike White has been cut.
White walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
White dives in and grabs Jakhotia's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jakhotia pushes down on White's head and hops out.
Jakhotia misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Jakhotia misses the target.
Jakhotia throws a series of punches but White moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jakhotia.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jakhotia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
White is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Jakhotia looks calm but he's in trouble here. White gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Jakhotia is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! White lets go of the hold and Jakhotia can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mike White!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between David Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heiko Pander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Heiko Pander!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pander ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Watson has a takedown stuffed.
Pander dives in and grabs Watson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Watson pushes down on Pander's head and hops out.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
Pander tries to clinch there but Watson circles away.
Pander goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Watson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Pander manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Watson prevents Pander from getting back to his feet.
Pander really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Watson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pander isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Watson stacks Pander on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Watson!
Watson trying to control the action but Pander is working from the bottom.
Watson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson cracks Pander with a big elbow.
Watson 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.
Watson cracks Pander with a big right hand but Pander just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Watson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Watson misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Pander to counter with a crisp jab.
Pander takes the fight into the clinch.
Watson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pander just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pander softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pander manages to break the clinch.
Pander fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice shot by Pander.
Watson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Watson is rocked!
Watson is breathing heavily.
Pander wants to clinch up but Watson keeps it at a distance.
Watson drops his hands momentarily and Pander takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Oh Watson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Pander sprawls well initially but Watson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Watson wants to stand up but Pander is controlling the position.
Watson seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pander is trying to stand up here but Watson is controlling him well.
Watson is thwarting Pander's attempts to control the position.
Pander is looking to escape.
Pander missing with punches from the bottom.
Pander is trying to maintain the position but Watson is very close to passing his half guard.
Pander is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pander throws a nice looking combination but Watson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Watson moves forwards but Pander connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pander drops Watson with a beautiful combination! Watson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pander is looking for the KO!
Pander tries to clinch there but Watson circles away.
Pander gets a clinch.
Pander breaks the clinch.
Pander throws a sloppy head kick and Watson moves out of range easily.
Pander tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pander darts in and clinches Watson up against the cage.
Pander successfully pulls guard.
Pander pushes Watson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Nice straight punches there by Pander. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pander.
Pander is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pander.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pander moves into range and clinches up with Watson.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pander lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The referee calls for Pander to work.
The crowd are getting on Pander's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Pander lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
A short right from Pander on the inside.
Pander with a knee to the head.
Pander lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pander digs a right hand underneath Watson's ribcage. Watson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Pander.
Pander using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pander is leaning against Watson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pander's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pander wants to clinch up but Watson keeps it at a distance.
Pander works over Watson's head and body with a nice combination.
Pander tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heiko Pander dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pander lands a two punch combo.
Heiko Pander seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good body shot from Pander.
Watson pulls guard successfully.
Pander trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.
Watson looking for a sweep. Not yet Watson, not yet.
Pander wants to control from the top but Watson keeps moving.
Watson is working an open guard so Pander takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Pander moves into the clinch.
Pander escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heiko Pander seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson moves out of range of the body kick.
Watson wants to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watson tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pander rushes Watson and presses him up against the cage.
Pander lands a shot to the body.
Pander cracks Watson with a nice body shot.
Pander will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Watson up against the cage.
Pander breaks the clinch.
Pander lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pander with a poor takedown
and Watson moves into the clinch.
Pander has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Watson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Watson takes a shot to the head.
Pander lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Pander on the inside.
Nice body punch from Pander.
Pander stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pander.
Pander lands a hook that snaps the head of Watson backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pander works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pander pulls Watson into guard.
Pander wants to sweep but no luck.
Watson trying to control the position from guard on top but Pander is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watson wants to stand but Pander has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Pander wants to get back to his feet but Watson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pander has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Watson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Pander has managed to clinch.
Watson wants a takedown but no success here.
Watson is fighting off a takedown attempt but Pander is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Watson to the mat. Watson regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pander decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Pander fails to land the takedown.
David Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heiko Pander.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pander!
Pander swinging wilding here.
Pander fails with an attempt to clinch.
Watson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
David Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watson throws a sloppy head kick and Pander moves out of range easily.
Pander tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pander darts in and clinches Watson up against the cage.
Pander manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pander tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Watson won't allow Pander to get back to his feet.
Watson trying to control the position from guard on top but Pander is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pander wants to get back to his feet but Watson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pander is trying to control the position but Watson postures up.
Pander is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Watson stands and steps away. Pander gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Pander shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Watson sprawls well. Watson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pander gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heiko Pander showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Watson fails with a takedown attempt.
Pander throws a series of punches but Watson avoids them all with ease.
Pander closes the distance and clinches.
Pander makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pander lands a left hand.
Pander scores with a hook to the body.
Watson is trying to force a seperation but Pander has the dominant position.
Pander is stalling here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Pander.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pander breaks from the clinch.
Pander has Watson up against the cage in a clinch.
Pander has Watson pressed against the cage.
Pander breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pander is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watson tries to keep at a distance but Pander has taken the fight into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Pander.
A short right from Pander.
Watson being controlled against the cage.
Pander escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pander looks to land a combination. Watson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pander scores with a jab.
Pander lands a jab-cross combination.
Pander moves into the clinch.
Pander lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Watson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pander walks away with a smile on his face. Watson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pander takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pander stalling the fight.
Pander scores with a shot to the side of Watson's head.
Pander presses Watson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pander with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pander prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pander lands a shoulder strike.
Pander stalling.
Watson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pander pushes Watson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Watson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pander gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pander lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pander breaks the clinch.
Watson leaves Pander with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pander tries to clinch up but Watson circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pander stuffs the takedown.
Pander wants to clinch but Watson slips to the side
and Watson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Pander!
Watson controlling from the full mount.
Pander looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Watson tries to keep control of the position but Pander is staying busy.
Pander looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Pander avoids the strikes from Watson.
Pander looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson struggling to keep hold of the position.
Watson is persistently looking for the submission but Pander is defending it well.
Pander trying to control the action but Watson just sinks the hooks in.
Pander tries to break free.
Pander showing good submission defense here.
Watson working for a choke but Pander is defending well.
David Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heiko Pander is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Pander defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heiko Pander comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pander winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heiko Pander!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yere Wirtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Petting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wirtanen comes to the cage accompanied by Disturbed - Criminal. This should be fireworks!
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yere Wirtanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy Petting!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wirtanen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Petting throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wirtanen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wirtanen is looking to take a break and control but Petting is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Petting wants to get back to his feet but Wirtanen drags him back down.
Wirtanen misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Petting is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Wirtanen wants to control but Petting is keeping him busy.
Wirtanen just content to control the position.
Wirtanen trying to control the action but Petting is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wirtanen throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petting misses with the combination.
Wirtanen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Petting circles away quickly and effectively.
Petting throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wirtanen counters with a head kick. That will keep Petting thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Petting swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wirtanen tries to clinch up but Petting circles away and keeps his distance.
Petting misses with a few strikes there.
Wirtanen tries a head kick but it misses.
Petting avoids the head kick by Wirtanen.
Wirtanen shoots in for a takedown but Petting shows good takedown defense.
Wirtanen throws a sloppy head kick and Petting moves out of range easily.
Petting fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wirtanen misses with a head kick.
Petting lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
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.
Wirtanen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wirtanen falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Petting avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Petting moves out of range of the body kick.
Randy Petting is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Petting goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Petting does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wirtanen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Petting cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A combination from Petting does no damage.
Wirtanen wants to clinch but Petting slips to the side
and Petting counters with a left and a right that stings Wirtanen.
Wirtanen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Petting misses with a jab, cross combination.
Petting throws a combination that misses
and Wirtanen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Petting will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Petting misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petting looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wirtanen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Petting counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wirtanen is breathing heavily.
Petting throws a combination that misses
and Wirtanen counters by moving into the clinch.
Petting manages to break the clinch.
Wirtanen throws a sloppy head kick
and Petting counters with an inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Wirtanen.
Petting throws a right and a left that Wirtanen avoids nicely.
Wirtanen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Petting counters with a three punch combo that has Wirtanen backing up. Wirtanen nods at Petting to acknowledge the strikes.
Petting moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Petting displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Petting.
Wirtanen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wirtanen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Petting counters with a stiff right hand.
A head kick by Wirtanen misses
and Petting counters with a nice uppercut.
Wirtanen tries for a takedown but Petting sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yere Wirtanen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wirtanen slips a jab and a cross from Petting.
Wirtanen misses with a double jab
and Petting counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Petting scores with a jab.
Petting throws a series of punches but Wirtanen avoids them all with ease.
Petting scoring well with a low kick there.
Wirtanen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Petting scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Petting dominated that round.
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.
Petting scores with a one two! Wirtanen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wirtanen misses with a body shot
and Petting counters with a nice leg kick.
Yere Wirtanen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petting cracks Wirtanen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Petting throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wirtanen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Petting counters with a three punch combo that has Wirtanen backing up. Wirtanen nods at Petting to acknowledge the strikes.
Petting works Wirtanen's body with a nice hook.
Wirtanen slips a jab and a cross from Petting.
Petting misses with a series of wild punches.
Wirtanen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Petting scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Petting.
Petting turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wirtanen misses with the body kick
and Petting counters with an outside leg kick.
Petting is working the combinations to good effect here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice combination there by Petting.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petting misses with the combination.
Petting looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Petting throws a right hand that Wirtanen ducks under and follows up with a left that Wirtanen also avoids with ease.
Petting misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wirtanen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Petting.
Petting stalks Wirtanen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wirtanen's face. Wirtanen staggers backwards, shaken.
Randy Petting seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Petting misses with a series of wild punches.
Petting throws a nice looking combination but Wirtanen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wirtanen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Petting misses with a wild combination.
Petting misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petting throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wirtanen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Petting fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petting scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wirtanen slips a jab and a cross from Petting.
Petting throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wirtanen walks into a left hand.
Petting lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petting swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wirtanen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Petting counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wirtanen moves forwards but Petting connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Petting scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Petting throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wirtanen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wirtanen tries a head kick but it misses.
Petting misses with a jab, cross combination.
Petting lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wirtanen circles away quickly and effectively.
Petting misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Petting lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Petting!
Wirtanen closes the distance but Petting moves to the side
and Petting counters with a three punch combo that has Wirtanen backing up. Wirtanen nods at Petting to acknowledge the strikes.
Petting rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wirtanen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Petting falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wirtanen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wirtanen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Petting. Petting obviously looking to wear him down.
Petting scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wirtanen dodges the punch combination from Petting.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wirtanen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Petting cracks the inside of Wirtanen's front leg.
A punch combination from Petting misses.
Petting with a nice cross.
Petting swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Petting, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Petting, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wirtanen tries for a takedown but Petting circles away easily
and Petting counters with a left and a right that stings Wirtanen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petting moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petting stalks Wirtanen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wirtanen's face. Wirtanen staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Petting showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Petting thumps Wirtanen with a low kick.
Petting throws a one two combo.
Wirtanen throws a combination that misses
and Petting counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wirtanen.
Petting scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Petting misses with a few strikes there.
Petting throws a combination. Wirtanen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Petting throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Wirtanen on the side of the head.
Wirtanen fails with the takedown
and Petting counters with a series of strikes. Wirtanen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Petting is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut lands for Petting. That snapped Wirtanen's head back.
A combination from Petting does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petting lands with a nice combination. Wirtanen backs away looking to recover.
Petting throws a right and a left that Wirtanen avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Petting misses.
Petting turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Petting throws a right and a left that both miss.
Petting misses with a combination
and Wirtanen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Petting's guard.
Petting is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Wirtanen is controlling him.
Petting has his feet on Wirtanen's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Petting throws a right and a left that Wirtanen avoids nicely.
Petting misses with a double jab.
Petting scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wirtanen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petting misses with a head kick.
Petting moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wirtanen blocks a head kick by Petting.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Petting!
Petting will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Petting fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petting misses with the combination.
Wirtanen throws a lazy head kick
and Petting counters with a three punch combo that has Wirtanen backing up. Wirtanen nods at Petting to acknowledge the strikes.
Petting throws a one two combo.
Wirtanen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Petting is fending him off so far but Wirtanen persists. Nope, Petting circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yere Wirtanen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Petting lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wirtanen circles away quickly and effectively.
A good leg kick by Petting.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petting throws a combination. Wirtanen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Petting swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Petting fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petting misses with a wild combination.
Petting scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A solid leg kick lands there for Petting.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petting, right into the meat.
Petting scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Petting turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Petting throws a right and a left that both miss.
Petting throws a combination. Wirtanen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Petting rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wirtanen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petting throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wirtanen.
Petting misses with a wild combination.
Wirtanen misses with a takedown attempt
and Petting counters with a series of strikes. Wirtanen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Petting displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Petting rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wirtanen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Petting works over Wirtanen's head and body with a nice combination.
Petting displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Petting. That snapped Wirtanen's head back.
Yere Wirtanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petting looks to land a combination. Wirtanen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Randy Petting is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Petting looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Petting throws a series of punches but Wirtanen moves out of range.
Wirtanen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Petting counters with a three punch combo that has Wirtanen backing up. Wirtanen nods at Petting to acknowledge the strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Petting comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Petting winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Petting!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arttu Loppi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elton John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arttu Loppi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Elton John!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loppi keeps the fight on the outside.
Loppi shoots in looking for a takedown. John tries to sprawl out of it but Loppi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. John manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Loppi shoots in but no luck this time.
Loppi tries to keep at a distance but John has taken the fight into the clinch.
Loppi wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arttu Loppi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A body shot lands from John.
Loppi has John pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. John manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
John prevents the takedown attempt.
A right hook to the body lands for John.
Loppi gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
John is doing well to control the position and prevent Loppi from advancing to side control.
John trying to control here.
John is holding on to half guard well.
John gets back to full guard.
John wants to stand and escape but Loppi is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loppi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Loppi thows a big elbow that misses.
Loppi won't allow John to get back to his feet.
Loppi throwing strikes from guard but John blocks nicely.
John preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Loppi 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.
John pulls Loppi in close to prevent any damage.
Loppi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of John's head.
Loppi is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! John is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! John has escaped and now he's on top!
Loppi is breathing heavily.
John tries to stand but Loppi is controlling from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loppi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Loppi has his foot on John's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. John works his way back into a safe position though.
John trying to stand up but can't free himself from Loppi's guard.
John stands up from Loppi's guard - John perhaps looking for a knockout.
Loppi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
John's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and John duly obliges.
Elton John is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
John fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Loppi, pushing him back against the cage.
Loppi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. John avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
John lands with a light punch inside.
John makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
John gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Loppi.
John lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for John.
John lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from John - that landed with a thud.
John lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by John.
John lands a hook that snaps the head of Loppi backwards.
Loppi takes a shot to the head.
John prevents the takedown attempt.
John digs a right hand into Loppi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Loppi's gas tank.
John working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
John blocks a punch to the side of the head.
John lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Loppi has John pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. John manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A quick uppercut on the inside from John.
John softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
John lands a shoulder strike.
John digs a right hand into Loppi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Loppi's gas tank.
John lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
John holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from John.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John lands a left hand.
Loppi goes for a takedown in the clinch but John prevents it.
John stalling in the clinch.
John lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from John.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, John creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
John stalling in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from John.
John pushes Loppi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
John lands a left hand.
John gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Loppi.
John gets underhooks to prevent Loppi's takedown attempt.
John works on Loppi's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from John.
Loppi has John pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. John manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A short right from John.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John lands a right hand that snaps the head of Loppi backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elton John dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
John has managed to clinch.
John pushes Loppi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Come on John - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
John gets underhooks to prevent Loppi's takedown attempt.
Loppi tries for a takedown. No joy.
John gets underhooks to prevent Loppi's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arttu Loppi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Loppi tries to score a body lock takedown but John shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Loppi wants a takedown but no success here.
John lands a hook to the side of the head.
John lands on the inside with an uppercut.
John lands a body punch in the clinch.
John lands a left hand.
John content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Loppi wants a takedown.
John lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from John.
John is working Loppi over against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
John lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Loppi backwards.
Good body shot from John.
John lands with a right to the head.
John works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
John taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John lands with a short punch from the clinch.
John drops Loppi onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Loppi is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Loppi is rocked!
Loppi is trying to drag John to the mat but John just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Oh Loppi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short left from John.
John lands with a light punch inside.
John scores with an uppercut up the middle.
John lands a big right hand that drops Loppi! The killer instinct kicks in and John finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by John!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elton John!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Petri Pikkarainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Briggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Logan Briggs has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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150 lbs
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petri Pikkarainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Logan Briggs!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briggs is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pikkarainen feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Pikkarainen wants to pass the guard but Briggs is keeping the position.
Pikkarainen drops back looking for a leg! Briggs is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Briggs manages to kick Pikkarainen off! Pikkarainen jumps back into Briggs's guard.
Pikkarainen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Pikkarainen wants to pass to mount but Briggs is defending the position.
Briggs is trying to control but can't.
Pikkarainen maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Briggs could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Pikkarainen has cracked it and Briggs is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Pikkarainen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Petri Pikkarainen!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bear Servilto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Ruutana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruutana is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ennio Morricone - Man With A Harmonica. Bear Servilto could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Armas Ruutana's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bear Servilto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armas Ruutana!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruutana stuffs the takedown attempt from Servilto. Servilto gets slowly back to his feet.
Ruutana slaps away a takedown attempt from Servilto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Servilto.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bear Servilto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ruutana blocks a head kick by Servilto.
The crowd cheers as Ruutana lands an impressive looking overhand right. Servilto doesn't seem phased though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Servilto.
Servilto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ruutana gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ruutana seems keen to control Servilto's posture.
Ruutana working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Servilto doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Servilto manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ruutana looking for a sweep. Not yet Ruutana, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutana is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Servilto lands a couple of elbows.
Servilto working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Servilto content to stall in guard here.
Servilto is posturing up here but Ruutana has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Servilto tries to roll out but it's too tight and Servilto has to tap! Slick submission there by Ruutana!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Armas Ruutana!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddie Flintoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jyrki Mallasvuo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jyrki Mallasvuo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Freddie Flintoff's chin.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Freddie Flintoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jyrki Mallasvuo!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flintoff lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Flintoff lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Jyrki Mallasvuo has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mallasvuo fails with the takedown.
Flintoff lands an overhand right.
Flintoff misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Flintoff swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Flintoff drops Mallasvuo with a beautiful combination! Mallasvuo stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Flintoff is looking for the KO!
Mallasvuo is rocked!
A nice leg kick lands there from Flintoff.
Mallasvuo looks gassed!
Flintoff turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Flintoff throws a right and a left that Mallasvuo avoids nicely.
Flintoff connects with a stiff jab that staggers Mallasvuo - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Freddie Flintoff!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tauno Karvaranne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grossman is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur.... Tauno Karvaranne has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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217 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tauno Karvaranne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Les Grossman!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Karvaranne is defended easily by Grossman.
Grossman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Karvaranne doesn't seem bothered though.
Grossman drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Karvaranne is trying to improve his position.
Grossman content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Grossman scores with punches from side control.
Karvaranne takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Grossman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Karvaranne down.
Grossman lands some shots froms side control.
Karvaranne is looking to reverse the position.
Karvaranne takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grossman scoring with punches from side control.
Grossman remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Grossman's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grossman connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Karvaranne some visible discomfort.
Karvaranne tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Grossman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Grossman content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Karvaranne is working to avoid the ground and pound but Grossman connects with a decent elbow.
Karvaranne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Grossman cracks Karvaranne with a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karvaranne is trying to work for a sweep but Grossman has mounted him!
Grossman trying to control but Karvaranne is having none of it.
Grossman landing shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karvaranne flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Grossman with good strikes from the mount here!
Grossman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Karvaranne is breathing heavily.
Grossman with a couple of short strikes.
Karvaranne regains half guard.
Grossman slows the pace down in half guard.
Karvaranne taking some punishment here, with Grossman in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Grossman there.
Grossman works his way into side control.
The referee asks Grossman politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Grossman prefers to stall for the moment though.
Karvaranne is trying to get back to half guard.
Grossman working the body and head with strikes.
Check out the look on Grossman's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Grossman trying to control the position but Karvaranne is working away.
Karvaranne takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Grossman scores with a couple of short elbows.
Grossman cracks Karvaranne with a big elbow.
Karvaranne tries to improve position but can't.
Grossman lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grossman scores with a couple of short elbows.
Karvaranne tries to bench press Grossman off him but Grossman keeps the position.
Grossman working the body and head with strikes.
Karvaranne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Karvaranne looks to move to half guard but instead Grossman has passed into mount! Damn!
Grossman working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Grossman controlling from the full mount.
Karvaranne is desperately trying to improve his position but Grossman has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grossman dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Les Grossman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Grossman.
Karvaranne tries to improve position but can't.
Karvaranne takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Karvaranne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Karvaranne takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Karvaranne throws a few strikes from the bottom but Grossman takes advantage and mounts!
BOOM! Grossman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grossman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
It looks like Tauno Karvaranne has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grossman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Karvaranne is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grossman is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Karvaranne goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Grossman!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Les Grossman!
Les Grossman is the new light heavyweight champion!
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