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MMA HELSINKI 14 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jesse James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and West Rupp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Say my name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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184 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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176 cm
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169 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Powerful |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesse James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, West Rupp!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James lands with a cross.
James throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rupp is looking to land body kicks.
Rupp pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
James has closed the distance and engaged Rupp in a clinch.
Good body shot from James.
James gets a trip takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rupp trying to get back to full guard but James takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Rupp tries to get back to half guard but can't.
James lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rupp tries to reverse the position but James maintains control.
James tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
James putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
James has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rupp's face.
Rupp is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rupp is bucking up trying to escape but James cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rupp tries to hold on but James pushes him away.
Rupp is in all sorts of trouble here.
James lands with some strikes.
Rupp takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! James's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse James!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Krzysiek Jawor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Mordor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jawor comes to the cage accompanied by The Analogs - Miejskie Opowieści. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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172 lbs
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175 lbs
7 - 12 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krzysiek Jawor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Max Mordor!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Jawor misses.
Jawor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jawor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Max Mordor has been cut.
Jawor closes the distance and pushes Mordor back into the cage.
Jawor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mordor has a takedown stuffed.
Mordor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jawor but Jawor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jawor lands with a nice combination. Mordor backs away looking to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Jawor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jawor looks to land a combination. Mordor sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mordor decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Jawor wants to get back to his feet.
Mordor is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mordor is pressing down on Jawor's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jawor is holding on for now.
Mordor prevents Jawor from standing back up.
Mordor 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.
Mordor looks gassed!
Mordor is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jawor has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jawor is trying to stand.
Jawor makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Krzysiek Jawor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A shot to the liver by Jawor. Beautiful body shot.
Jawor has managed to clinch.
Jawor tries to circle away but Mordor has him pinned against the cage.
Jawor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jawor tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mordor avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jawor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jawor lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jawor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mordor blocks a head kick by Jawor.
Jawor has managed to clinch.
Jawor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jawor is trying to break free.
Mordor gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Jawor regains guard.
Jawor pushes Mordor off and gets back to his feet.
Jawor instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jawor's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jawor.
Mordor prevents Jawor from breaking the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jawor tries to circle away but Mordor has him pinned against the cage.
Jawor cracks Mordor with a nice body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jawor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right handed body shot lands from Jawor.
Jawor taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Krzysiek Jawor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Mordor's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jawor forces Mordor back against the cage and clinches.
Jawor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mordor.
Jawor breaks from the clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mordor.
Mordor tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mordor has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jawor is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mordor looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Mordor is breathing heavily.
Jawor tries to escape but Mordor is in control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jawor explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Jawor closes the distance and clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Jawor.
Jawor manages to break the clinch.
Mordor shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jawor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jawor rushes Mordor and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mordor avoiding damage as Jawor throws knees to the body.
Jawor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mordor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jawor sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jawor moves into the clinch.
Jawor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mordor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jawor counters with a right hand to the body.
Krzysiek Jawor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Mordor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jawor misses with a wild combination.
Jawor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jawor closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jawor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jawor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jawor gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jawor throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jawor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jawor moves into the clinch successfully.
Jawor stalls.
Jawor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jawor throws a head kick but Mordor moves out of range.
Jawor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Krzysiek Jawor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jawor pushes Mordor up against the cage in a clinch.
Jawor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jawor stalling.
Jawor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mordor tries to keep at a distance but Jawor has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jawor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jawor throws a head kick that misses.
Jawor clinches up with Mordor and pushes him back against the cage.
Mordor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jawor pulls his leg out and moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jawor throws a series of punches but Mordor avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Krzysiek Jawor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Max Mordor's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jawor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mordor checks a leg kick.
Jawor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jawor prevents the takedown attempt.
Mordor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jawor gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jawor controlling the action here for a moment.
Jawor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Krzysiek Jawor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jawor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mordor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jawor circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jawor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Jawor. Those never looked like landing.
Jawor throws a right and a left that Mordor avoids nicely.
Nice body punch from Jawor.
Jawor darts in and clinches Mordor up against the cage.
Jawor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mordor can do to turn this around?
Jawor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jawor cracks Mordor with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jawor lands a nice looking body shot.
Jawor instigates a clinch.
Jawor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jawor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jawor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jawor clinches.
Jawor breaks the clinch.
Jawor scores with a hook to the body. Mordor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jawor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jawor throws a right hand that Mordor ducks under and follows up with a left that Mordor also avoids with ease.
Jawor has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jawor trying to land knees to the body.
Jawor lands an uppercut.
Jawor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jawor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jawor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jawor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jawor tries to break the clinch but Mordor is controlling the position.
Jawor tries to break free but Mordor pushes him back against the cage.
Jawor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jawor scores with a one two! Mordor had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jawor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jawor scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jawor fails to land with a series of punches.
Jawor takes the fight into the clinch.
Jawor breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jawor throws a right and a left that both miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jawor closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Max Mordor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jawor lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mordor or not.
Jawor stops a takedown attempt from Mordor.
Krzysiek Jawor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Mordor.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jawor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mordor has him pressed against the cage.
Krzysiek Jawor 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.
Jawor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Krzysiek Jawor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jawor, 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Krzysiek Jawor!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Bocek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bocek's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Song 2. Bruce is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Joy Division - Atmosphere. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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26
159 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
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164 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
Powerful |
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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
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Bocek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Bruce!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bocek shoots for a double leg takedown but Bruce sprawls well. He's pushed Bocek's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bruce stuffs the takedown.
Bocek will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Bocek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bruce connects with a looping right hand.
Bocek moves out of range as Bruce strikes.
Bruce throws a hook to the side of Bocek's head but Bocek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bocek with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bruce counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bocek blocks a head kick by Bruce.
Bruce dodges the punch combination from Bocek.
Bruce throws a jab when Bocek was well out of range.
Bruce throws an overhand right that lands on Bocek's shoulder, as Bocek tries to avoid the shot.
Bocek fails with a takedown attempt.
Bocek tries to clinch but Bruce is having none of it.
Bocek fails with a takedown attempt.
Bruce scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bocek stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bruce.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bocek tries for a takedown but Bruce sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bocek is breathing heavily.
Bruce lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bruce keeps the fight on the outside.
No luck for Bocek with that takedown attempt.
Bruce with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bruce connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Bruce lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bocek doesn't seem phased though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruce connects with an inside leg kick.
Bruce lands a big head kick that sends Bocek tumbling to the mat! Bruce takes a step backwards and waves Bocek back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Bocek is rocked!
It looks like Mark Bocek has been cut.
Bruce throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oh Bocek is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bocek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bocek leaves his chin hanging out and Bruce seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Bocek crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bobby Bruce!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Muru Aalto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Henrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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160 lbs
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162 lbs
1 - 5 - 0 |
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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, Muru Aalto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paulo Henrique!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henrique throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henrique looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Aalto stuffs the takedown attempt from Henrique. Henrique gets slowly back to his feet.
Henrique shoots in and drives through. Aalto sprawls well.
Muru Aalto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Henrique.
Some wild striking there from Aalto.
Henrique clinches.
Aalto tries to break free but Henrique pushes him back against the cage.
Aalto is trying to break free.
Henrique tries to land a knee to the head but Aalto blocks with his arms.
Henrique with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henrique utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Henrique prevents Aalto from breaking the clinch.
Henrique is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Aalto working hard to break the clinch.
Henrique is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Henrique has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henrique misses with a knee to the head.
Henrique tries to land a knee to the head but Aalto blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Henrique.
Aalto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Henrique pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paulo Henrique seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henrique tries to clinch
letting Aalto counter with a right hand.
A big left from Aalto misses.
Aalto misses with an uppercut.
Aalto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Henrique.
Aalto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Aalto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henrique misses with a head kick.
Henrique shoots in looking for a takedown. Aalto tries to sprawl out of it but Henrique keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Aalto manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Henrique tries to clinch up but Aalto circles away and keeps his distance.
Henrique looks for a takedown but Aalto sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henrique uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aalto.
Henrique shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Aalto as he avoids it easily.
Aalto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aalto lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Henrique moves out of range of the strikes.
Henrique moves away from the strike by Aalto.
Henrique tries to clinch up.
Aalto throws a lazy right hand but Henrique sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Henrique tries to close the distance and clinch but Aalto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henrique fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henrique throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Aalto.
Aalto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Henrique ducks under a wild hook from Aalto.
Henrique doesn't manage to clinch there - Aalto circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Aalto. No joy for Henrique on that attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aalto scores with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Aalto.
Henrique tries to close the distance and clinch but Aalto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henrique tries to clinch but Aalto moves out of range.
Henrique fails to land the takedown.
Henrique shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Henrique tries to clinch but Aalto is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Henrique.
Aalto leaves Henrique with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aalto is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Henrique looks gassed!
Henrique tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aalto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Henrique under the eye.
Aalto walks into a jab.
Aalto throws a hook to the side of Henrique's head but Henrique sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henrique throws a head kick that misses.
Aalto misses with an uppercut.
Henrique displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aalto throws out the jab.
Henrique throws a right and a left that Aalto avoids nicely.
Henrique ducks under a wild hook from Aalto.
Henrique moves out of range as Aalto strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Henrique.
Aalto loads up on a big right hand but Henrique slips the punch.
Henrique is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henrique closes the distance and pushes Aalto back into the cage.
Henrique escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henrique uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aalto.
Henrique wants to clinch up but Aalto keeps it at a distance.
Henrique drives through and clinches with Aalto against the cage.
Henrique escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Paulo Henrique will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Henrique wants to clinch
and Aalto counters with a nice uppercut.
Henrique shoots in but Aalto avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Aalto misses the jab.
Henrique feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aalto's calf.
Henrique fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henrique tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henrique tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aalto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henrique tries to clinch but Aalto moves out of range.
Henrique is looking to clinch but Aalto is avoiding it.
Aalto lands with an overhand left.
Henrique misses with a head kick.
Henrique ducks under a wild hook from Aalto.
Henrique throws a sloppy head kick and Aalto moves out of range easily.
A big right from Aalto misses.
Henrique fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muru Aalto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henrique moves out of range of the strikes.
Aalto misses with a low kick.
Henrique uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aalto.
Henrique tries to close the distance and clinch but Aalto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Henrique tries to clinch there but Aalto circles away.
Henrique is looking to chop away at Aalto's legs.
Henrique throws a head kick that misses.
Henrique tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aalto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Muru Aalto is winning the standup battle so far.
Henrique doesn't manage to clinch there - Aalto circles away.
Aalto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Henrique fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henrique darts in and clinches Aalto up against the cage.
Henrique prevents Aalto from breaking the clinch.
Henrique looking to throw knees to the head but Aalto is blocking nicely.
Henrique tries to land a knee to the head but Aalto blocks with his arms.
Henrique is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aalto tries to circle away but Henrique has him pinned against the cage.
Henrique misses with a knee strike.
Aalto is trying to break the clinch but Henrique is controlling him.
Henrique throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henrique looking to throw knees to the head but Aalto is blocking nicely.
Henrique tries to break the clinch but Aalto is controlling the position.
Henrique is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Aalto keeps control of Henrique as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aalto wants to get back to striking at distance but Henrique won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Henrique.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henrique looking to slow down the pace here.
Henrique with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henrique with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aalto wants to get back to striking at distance but Henrique won't allow it.
Aalto is trying to break the clinch but Henrique is controlling him.
Henrique breaks from the clinch.
Aalto blocks a low kick nicely.
Henrique fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henrique is breathing heavily.
Aalto throws a hook but Henrique avoids it easily.
Henrique moves out of range as Aalto strikes.
Aalto swats away the attempt to clinch by Henrique.
Henrique tries to clinch but Aalto is having none of it.
Aalto missing with a left hand there. Henrique was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aalto misses with a straight left.
Henrique slips under a jab.
Aalto stuffs the takedown.
Muru Aalto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Henrique.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aalto misses with a straight left.
Henrique takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Henrique moves into the clinch.
Henrique throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aalto blocks it with crossed arms.
Henrique looking to throw knees to the head but Aalto is blocking nicely.
Henrique breaks the clinch.
Aalto misses with a straight right.
Aalto looks to land a right hand but Henrique moved out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Aalto, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henrique tries to clinch but Aalto moves away
and Aalto counters with a right hand to the body.
Henrique slips under a jab from Aalto.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henrique tries to close the distance and clinch but Aalto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aalto blocks a head kick by Henrique.
Henrique fails to land the takedown.
Henrique misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Paulo Henrique will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Aalto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Henrique uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aalto.
Aalto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Henrique throws a head kick that half lands.
Henrique slips under a jab from Aalto.
Henrique blocks a jab.
Aalto throws out a loose jab but Henrique uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aalto just misses with a punch to the body.
Aalto misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Aalto misses its intended target.
Henrique tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henrique lands a glancing blow to the side of Aalto's head.
Henrique moves away from the strike by Aalto.
Henrique fails to land the takedown.
Henrique fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Aalto avoids it really well and circles away.
Aalto misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aalto throws a shot from downtown. Henrique moves away and avoids it.
Henrique tries to clinch up but Aalto circles away and keeps his distance.
Henrique pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Henrique lands a head kick!
Henrique takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Henrique wants to clinch but Aalto slips to the side
and Aalto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Henrique wants to clinch.
Aalto throws a big shot that misses.
Henrique throws a head kick that misses.
Aalto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aalto darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Henrique.
Paulo Henrique is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Henrique slips a straight right by Aalto.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aalto swats away the attempt to clinch by Henrique.
Aalto jabs Henrique right on the nose. Henrique blinks but takes it well.
Henrique shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Muru Aalto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Henrique.
A swing and a miss from Henrique.
Aalto stuffs the takedown attempt from Henrique. Henrique gets slowly back to his feet.
Aalto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henrique moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Henrique ducks under a wild hook from Aalto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Henrique wants to clinch up but Aalto keeps it at a distance.
Aalto scores with a decent looking hook.
Henrique is rocked!
Aalto misses with a hook. Henrique ducked under it nicely.
Henrique is still on wobbly legs! Can Aalto finish him?
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Henrique is defended easily by Aalto.
Aalto throws a good cross that connects.
Aalto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
and Aalto counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Henrique! He's just covering up as Aalto starts to tee off till referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Muru Aalto!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaio Fernandes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jones Future (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones Future will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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250 lbs
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the 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, Kaio Fernandes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jones Future!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandes tries for a takedown but Future circles away easily
and Future counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Future shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Future controlling the pace for now.
Fernandes tries to reverse the position but Future maintains control.
Future putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Future controlling his opponent.
Fernandes working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Future in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Future really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fernandes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fernandes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fernandes is working hard here to advance position.
Future avoids the attempt from Fernandes to control.
Future controlling his opponent.
Fernandes is bucking up trying to escape but Future cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Future lands a big elbow.
Fernandes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fernandes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Future looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fernandes is working to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Future scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fernandes?
Future landing shots from mount.
Future tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fernandes tries to hold on but Future postures up.
Fernandes is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Future is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Future looking to finish Fernandes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Fernandes!
Fernandes really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Future landing strikes from the mount.
Future dominating with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Future punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fernandes is trying desperately to improve position.
Future raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fernandes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Future can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fernandes is looking to escape.
Future jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Fernandes manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Fernandes wants to control but Future postures up.
Future trying to control the position but Fernandes is working away.
Fernandes taking a bit of punishment here - Future scoring with strikes.
Future wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fernandes keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fernandes manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Future moves into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Future looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fernandes postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Future is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Fernandes, into his guard.
Fernandes working a defensive guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Future controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jones Future dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Future scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fernandes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Future sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Future throws a series of strikes that have Fernandes backpedaling.
Fernandes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Future moves into range and clinches up with Fernandes.
Future lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Future.
Future has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Fernandes clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Fernandes turns into Future and is now in his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandes trying to control the position from guard on top but Future is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Future. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Fernandes drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Future manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Fernandes has Future in his guard.
Future distracts Fernandes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Future slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Future trying to control the position from guard on top but Fernandes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Future postures up.
Fernandes looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Future passes into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Future creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fernandes taking a bit of punishment here - Future scoring with strikes.
Future lands a decent elbow from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Future scoring with punches and elbows.
Future working away.
Future controlling the position from side mount.
Fernandes manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Fernandes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Future trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Future postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Future is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Future trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fernandes working for a triangle but Future defends it easily.
Future decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Future's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Future duly obliges.
Fernandes fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kaio Fernandes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Future explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Future scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Future seems content to control.
Future is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Fernandes doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Future.
Fernandes trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Future looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Future seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fernandes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Future with the ground and pound but Fernandes uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Fernandes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jones Future 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. This is the final round!
Future closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Fernandes quickly recovers to half guard.
Future throwing shots but Fernandes is blocking nicely.
Future working over Fernandes with some ground and pound. Fernandes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fernandes is refusing to be controlled, as Future sits in half guard.
Future working over Fernandes with some ground and pound. Fernandes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fernandes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Future is nestled in close to Fernandes, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Well, if Future 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.
Fernandes looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandes wants to improve his position but Future is controlling well.
Future trying to control the action but Fernandes is working from the bottom.
Fernandes manages to get to full guard.
Fernandes is working an open guard so Future takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Fernandes fails with a takedown attempt.
Fernandes closes the distance and clinches up with Future, looking for a takedown. Fernandes pushes Future against the cage but Future circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Future bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Future working away.
Future stands up and beckons Fernandes to his feet.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Fernandes enables Future to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Fernandes manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fernandes is looking for a triangle but Future pushes his legs off easily.
Future scoring with punches to the head and body.
Future landing some decent shots from guard.
Fernandes working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Future has passed into half guard!
Future decides to return to a standing position.
Future has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Future displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Future gets a double leg takedown into Fernandes's guard.
Fernandes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Future stands up over Fernandes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Future gets to his feet - Fernandes follows without any prompting.
Future fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Fernandes to the ground. Future is now in Fernandes's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fernandes controls Future momentarily but Future frees himself.
Future trying to control but Fernandes is working from the bottom.
Future advances to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Future is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Fernandes defends it well.
Fernandes trying to control here.
Future seems to be working for a kimura but Fernandes defends the submission attempt.
Fernandes wants to improve his position but Future is controlling well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Future tries to pass to full mount but Fernandes defends it.
Kaio Fernandes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones Future is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fernandes looking for submissions off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jones Future comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Future 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jones Future!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caleb Wiggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franz Uther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franz Uther has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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240 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Caleb Wiggins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Franz Uther!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Uther. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Uther. Those never looked like landing.
Wiggins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Uther pinned against the cage. Uther gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Uther throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wiggins.
Wiggins throws a front kick aimed at Uther's knee but Uther avoids it well.
Uther avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Uther takes a swing at Wiggins's ribcage but misses.
Wiggins shoots in but no luck this time.
Wiggins scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uther keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Uther with a nice cross.
Wiggins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Uther. No joy for Wiggins on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caleb Wiggins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Uther falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wiggins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Uther shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Wiggins eats them both and turns towards Uther to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Uther loads up on a big right hand but Wiggins slips the punch.
Uther scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wiggins in his tracks.
Uther connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wiggins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Franz Uther seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Uther lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Uther scores with a jab to the body.
Uther lands a left and a right that send Wiggins crashing to the mat, dazed. Uther thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wiggins is rocked!
It looks like Caleb Wiggins has been cut.
Wiggins is breathing heavily.
Uther scores with a body shot.
Oh Wiggins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Wiggins. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Uther moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Uther fails to land with a series of punches.
Wiggins seems to have got his legs back now.
Wiggins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Uther.
Wiggins takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Franz Uther is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uther lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Good work by Uther as he checks the leg kick.
Wiggins wants to clinch.
Uther lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Uther.
Wiggins walks into a jab.
Uther moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uther lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Uther.
Uther works on Wiggins's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uther throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Uther stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Uther's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wiggins walks into a left hand.
Uther lands the left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franz Uther dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caleb Wiggins's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Uther moves into range and clinches up with Wiggins.
Uther lands a shot to the body.
Uther lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wiggins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Uther lands a left and a right that send Wiggins crashing to the mat, dazed. Uther thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Uther lands with a good body shot.
Uther ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Uther scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Uther throws a right hand that Wiggins ducks under and follows up with a left that Wiggins also avoids with ease.
Franz Uther seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Uther lands with an overhand left.
Uther connects with a combination that backs up Wiggins into the cage. Uther lands a flurry of punches that gets past Wiggins's guard. Wiggins is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Uther bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franz Uther!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cliff Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magne Bruno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards comes to the cage accompanied by Loch Lomond. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Magne Bruno enters the cage!
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215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cliff Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Magne Bruno!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruno tries to sprawl but Richards drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Richards is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bruno has managed to free his arm - good work.
Richards prevents Bruno from improving his position.
Richards is working for a submission of some sort.
Richards is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bruno is just riding it out for now. Richards eventually gives up the hold.
Richards prevents Bruno from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bruno doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Richards.
Richards is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Richards is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Richards is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bruno regains full guard. Nicely done.
Richards wants to get up but he can't break Bruno's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Richards trying to control but Bruno is working from the bottom.
Richards tries to free his leg and advance position but Bruno is retaining full guard.
Bruno looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Richards won't allow Bruno to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards advances to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bruno can do anything to dispel that myth.
Richards is just content to waste time from the top position. Bruno takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Richards has gone for a leg lock! Bruno slips out almost immediately though and dives into Richards's guard.
Bruno trying to control the position from guard on top but Richards is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Richards working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bruno doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bruno manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruno trying to stand up but can't free himself from Richards's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards can't keep his opponent in guard - Bruno advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Richards looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bruno is pressing down on Richards's thigh, looking to free his foot. Richards is holding on for now.
Richards looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cliff Richards dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Richards closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bruno's guard.
Bruno wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Richards wants to stand but Bruno is controlling his posture from full guard.
Richards drops back, looking for a kneebar! Bruno looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Bruno looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Bruno!
Bruno stands up and beckons Richards to his feet.
Bruno throws a lazy right hand but Richards sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magne Bruno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Richards keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Bruno misses.
Bruno throws a lazy uppercut
and Richards counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cliff Richards overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Richards has gone for a leg lock! Bruno slips out almost immediately though and dives into Richards's guard.
Bruno pushes down on Richards's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bruno is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richards regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bruno would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Bruno must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Richards trying to keep a closed guard but Bruno is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards wants to get back to his feet but Bruno is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Richards has an active guard here but Bruno has managed to pass into half guard.
Richards wants to control but Bruno is keeping busy.
Richards kicks Bruno off and gets back to his feet.
Richards closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bruno circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruno lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bruno scores with a jab to the head.
Richards closes the distance and clinches up with Bruno, looking for a takedown. Richards pushes Bruno against the cage but Bruno circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Richards misses with a looping right.
Richards shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bruno defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cliff Richards. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bruno lands a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A shot to the body from Bruno misses
and Richards counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bruno throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bruno dodges the punch combination from Richards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
No luck for Richards with that takedown attempt.
Bruno throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Richards stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Magne Bruno will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bruno lands a nice shot that snaps Richards's head back.
Bruno dips to his left and cracks Richards with an uppercut!
Bruno's jab looks to have found its range, popping Richards under the eye.
Bruno swings for the body but Richards moves out of range.
Richards closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bruno circles away.
Richards shoots in looking for a takedown but Bruno manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Richards's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
No joy there for Richards, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Richards fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cliff Richards. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bruno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Richards sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruno sizes up Richards with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bruno throws a lazy right hand but Richards sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Richards tries for a takedown but Bruno sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bruno misses with a shot to the body
and Richards counters with a left and a right that stings Bruno.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richards looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bruno scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruno. Richards does a little dance to reset his feet.
Richards misses with a takedown attempt
and Bruno counters with a right hand to the body.
Richards takes a jab right on the kisser.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Richards.
Bruno misses the jab.
Bruno scores with a jab to the head.
Bruno throws an ugly left hook that misses
so Richards counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Richards looking to sit in guard and control but Bruno gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Richards can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bruno controls the pace.
Bruno trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruno stands up and waves to Richards to follow him.
Bruno throws a hook but Richards blocks it.
Richards throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bruno throws a hook but Richards blocks it.
Bruno works the jab nicely.
Richards shoots for a double leg takedown but Bruno sprawls well. He's pushed Richards's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Richards tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bruno swivels and escapes.
Nice defenses there by Richards.
Richards shoots in looking for a takedown. Bruno tries to sprawl out of it but Richards keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bruno manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A jab from Bruno does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards walks into a stiff left hand from Bruno.
Bruno misses with a wild combination.
Richards closes the distance and clinches up with Bruno, looking for a takedown. Richards pushes Bruno against the cage but Bruno circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Richards keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Richards's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Richards duly obliges.
Richards tries to clinch there but Bruno circles away.
Richards keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruno misses with a hook.
Bruno avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bruno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Richards looks for a takedown but Bruno sprawls well.
Bruno lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruno.
Bruno misses with a shot to the body
and Richards counters with a series of strikes. Bruno will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bruno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Magne Bruno seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Richards shoots in for a takedown but Bruno shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bruno smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Richards throws a right and a left that Bruno avoids nicely.
Bruno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruno scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruno just misses with a punch to the body.
Richards moves away from the strike by Bruno.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bruno connects with the punch.
Richards shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bruno as he jumps to the side.
Richards swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Magne Bruno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bruno has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vaino St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Paakku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armas Paakku is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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26
182 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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176 lbs
9 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vaino St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armas Paakku!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Paakku prevents St Pierre from breaking the clinch.
Paakku working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paakku taking a breather.
Paakku breaks from the clinch.
Paakku takes the fight into the clinch.
Paakku lands a shoulder strike.
Paakku lands a shoulder strike.
Paakku lands with a short shot to the head.
Paakku pulls guard.
St Pierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Paakku has his feet on St Pierre's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Paakku rushes St Pierre and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paakku cracks St Pierre with a nice body shot.
A right hand to the body from Paakku.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paakku lands a left hand that snaps the head of St Pierre backwards.
A short right from Paakku.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.
Paakku lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of St Pierre backwards.
Paakku creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through St Pierre's defenses.
St Pierre is rocked!
Paakku lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oh St Pierre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Paakku pulls guard successfully.
Paakku throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
St Pierre seems to have got his legs back now.
Paakku throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Paakku throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
St Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Paakku.
Paakku trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
St Pierre stopping the sweep attempt from Paakku.
St Pierre wants to get up but he can't break Paakku's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paakku throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Paakku tries to strike from the bottom.
Paakku throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Paakku can do anything to dispel that myth.
Paakku thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paakku tries to strike from the bottom.
Paakku looking for a sweep. Not yet Paakku, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paakku striking off his back but it's not causing St Pierre any problems.
Paakku doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Paakku trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Paakku trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Paakku throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Paakku doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paakku kicks St Pierre off and gets to his feet.
Paakku shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Paakku was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Paakku looking to ground and pound but St Pierre is blocking nicely.
Paakku landing strikes from the mount and St Pierre is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Paakku cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paakku postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Pierre looks a forlorn figure.
Paakku looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has St Pierre covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Armas Paakku!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Mayweather Sr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Puska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puska has chosen Rähinä Räp as his entrance music. Mayweather Sr has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
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152 lbs
16 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Floyd Mayweather Sr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Puska!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mayweather Sr misses with a left hand
and Puska counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mayweather Sr takes one to the chin there.
Mayweather Sr is breathing heavily.
Puska scores with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puska drops his shoulder and cracks Mayweather Sr with a huge uppercut! Mayweather Sr goes down! Can Puska finish him?
Mayweather Sr is rocked!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Puska showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Oh Mayweather Sr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Puska 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.
Puska sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mayweather Sr's guard.
Puska has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Mayweather Sr defend it? Puska steps over the head and cranks it - Mayweather Sr is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Puska!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mike Puska!
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