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NFC 135 Tolonen vs Da Man PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Arienzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike The Meth Addict (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Meth Addict has chosen Lava Lava by Boys Noize as his entrance music. 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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194 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Carlos Arienzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike The Meth Addict!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from The Meth Addict misses.
The Meth Addict fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Arienzo misses the shot to the body.
Arienzo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arienzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from The Meth Addict. Those never looked like landing.
The Meth Addict's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and The Meth Addict duly obliges.
Carlos Arienzo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Meth Addict walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Arienzo shoots in for a double leg but The Meth Addict sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Arienzo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arienzo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Meth Addict was well out of range. Poor timing from Arienzo.
Arienzo misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Meth Addict scores with a crisp jab that stopped Arienzo in his tracks.
A telegraphed right hand from The Meth Addict misses the target.
A lazy left from The Meth Addict finds it's target.
A slow jab from The Meth Addict misses its intended target.
The Meth Addict throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Meth Addict cracks Arienzo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Arienzo throws a hook but The Meth Addict avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Arienzo coming out on top.
The Meth Addict misses with a right hand
and Arienzo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arienzo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Meth Addict.
Arienzo looks for a takedown but The Meth Addict sprawls well.
Arienzo throws a series of punches but The Meth Addict moves out of range.
The Meth Addict misses with a left hand
and Arienzo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Arienzo misses with a double jab.
The Meth Addict dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arienzo swings for the body but The Meth Addict moves out of range.
The Meth Addict misses with an uppercut.
A combination from Arienzo does no damage.
The Meth Addict uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Arienzo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arienzo misses with a wild body shot.
The Meth Addict throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Arienzo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arienzo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Meth Addict misses with a double jab.
Arienzo avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Meth Addict rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Arienzo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Arienzo scores with a hook.
Arienzo lands a glancing blow to the side of The Meth Addict's head.
Arienzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Mike The Meth Addict is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arienzo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Meth Addict.
Arienzo walks into a straight right hand from The Meth Addict.
The Meth Addict misses with a few strikes there.
Arienzo avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Meth Addict looks to land a right hand but Arienzo moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arienzo. The Meth Addict does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arienzo cracks The Meth Addict with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Arienzo misses with a wild body shot.
Arienzo connects with a body shot.
The Meth Addict throws a hook to the side of Arienzo's head but Arienzo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arienzo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Meth Addict.
A combination from Arienzo does no damage.
Arienzo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Arienzo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Meth Addict was well out of range. Poor timing from Arienzo.
Arienzo lands with a nice body punch.
Arienzo misses the shot to the body.
Arienzo shoots in for a takedown but The Meth Addict shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Arienzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Meth Addict lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Arienzo throws a looping overhand right but The Meth Addict ducks down to avoid it.
The Meth Addict throws an overhand right that lands on Arienzo's shoulder, as Arienzo tries to avoid the shot.
The Meth Addict might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Meth Addict swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good exchange - Arienzo coming out on top.
The Meth Addict misses with an uppercut. Arienzo saw that one coming.
The Meth Addict moves out of range as Arienzo strikes.
The Meth Addict misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arienzo. The Meth Addict does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arienzo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Meth Addict misses with a body shot.
Arienzo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Meth Addict will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Arienzo misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Carlos Arienzo will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Arienzo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Meth Addict finds it's way round the side to connect with Arienzo's head.
Arienzo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Meth Addict works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from The Meth Addict.
Arienzo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Meth Addict.
Mike The Meth Addict is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, jab by The Meth Addict - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arienzo looks to score with a jab to the body but The Meth Addict is just out of range.
Arienzo drives through with a takedown into The Meth Addict's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Arienzo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Arienzo trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but The Meth Addict manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Arienzo has a closed guard, preventing The Meth Addict from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arienzo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as The Meth Addict controls the pace.
The Meth Addict has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Arienzo is proving hard to escape from.
The Meth Addict wants to control from the top but Arienzo keeps moving.
The Meth Addict avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Arienzo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Meth Addict trying to control the position from guard on top but Arienzo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Arienzo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arienzo working for a triangle but The Meth Addict defends it easily.
The Meth Addict won't allow Arienzo to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arienzo is trying to control the position but The Meth Addict postures up.
Arienzo working for a triangle but The Meth Addict defends it easily.
The Meth Addict trying to control but Arienzo is working from the bottom.
Arienzo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as The Meth Addict controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arienzo trying to control the position.
The Meth Addict must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Meth Addict keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arienzo.
Arienzo throws a hook but The Meth Addict avoids it easily.
Arienzo misses with a series of wild punches.
Arienzo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Meth Addict pinned against the cage. The Meth Addict gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Arienzo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches The Meth Addict napping and manages to drive through into side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Meth Addict is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mike The Meth Addict will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
The Meth Addict throws a hook to the side of Arienzo's head but Arienzo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arienzo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Arienzo throws a lazy right hand but The Meth Addict sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Arienzo takes one on the button.
Arienzo connects with a nice looking jab.
Arienzo throws a hook but The Meth Addict blocks it.
The Meth Addict misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mike The Meth Addict seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arienzo scores with a body shot.
Arienzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Meth Addict moves away.
The Meth Addict ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arienzo moves away.
Arienzo dodges the punch combination from The Meth Addict.
The Meth Addict's corner calls for a 1-2. The Meth Addict obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Arienzo throws an overhand right that lands on The Meth Addict's shoulder, as The Meth Addict tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arienzo misses with a straight right.
A punch lands to the side of The Meth Addict 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The Meth Addict smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Arienzo.
A swing and a miss from The Meth Addict.
The Meth Addict tests Arienzo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Meth Addict throws a looping overhand right but Arienzo ducks down to avoid it.
Arienzo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Arienzo ducks under a wild hook from The Meth Addict.
Arienzo misses with a looping right.
Arienzo throws a looping overhand right but The Meth Addict ducks down to avoid it.
Arienzo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Arienzo.
The Meth Addict on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Meth Addict ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Meth Addict lands a jab to the nose.
The Meth Addict ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Meth Addict throws out a powerful jab.
Arienzo shoots for a takedown but The Meth Addict saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Arienzo looks to score with a jab to the body but The Meth Addict is just out of range.
The Meth Addict misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Meth Addict lands a body shot.
The Meth Addict fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Meth Addict throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Meth Addict jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Meth Addict slips a jab and a cross from Arienzo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Meth Addict bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Arienzo's head backwards.
Danga de danga de dang - The Meth Addict scores with a four punch combination!
Nice shot by The Meth Addict.
Arienzo thows a body shot but no joy.
Arienzo misses the shot to the body.
Arienzo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Arienzo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Meth Addict misses with a wild combination.
Arienzo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Meth Addict.
The Meth Addict lands a body shot.
Arienzo tries to bum rush The Meth Addict with a series of wild strikes but The Meth Addict uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Arienzo throws a body punch but The Meth Addict moves out of range.
The Meth Addict with a jab.
The Meth Addict is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Meth Addict avoids the body shot from Arienzo.
Arienzo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Meth Addict misses with a looping left.
Arienzo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Arienzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arienzo slips a straight right by The Meth Addict.
Arienzo fails with a takedown attempt.
The Meth Addict misses with a body shot.
The Meth Addict's corner calls for a 1-2. The Meth Addict obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Arienzo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Meth Addict tries to avoid it but Arienzo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Meth Addict to the ground. The Meth Addict escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arienzo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The Meth Addict cracks a nice hook into Arienzo's ribs.
The Meth Addict dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Meth Addict fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike The Meth Addict comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Meth Addict 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike The Meth Addict!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maddy Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Palkki Niskavuori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Niskavuori has chosen Torture killer - Obsessed with homicide as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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182 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class 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
21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maddy Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Palkki Niskavuori!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Niskavuori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rock connects with an inside leg kick.
Niskavuori takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Niskavuori throws a head kick that misses.
Rock slips a jab from Niskavuori.
Rock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rock lands with a shot to the body.
Niskavuori thows a body shot but no joy.
Rock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Rock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Niskavuori throws a shot from downtown. Rock moves away and avoids it.
Rock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Niskavuori was well out of range. Poor timing from Rock.
Niskavuori checks a low kick from Rock.
Rock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Niskavuori fakes the leg kick and cracks Rock in the body.
Palkki Niskavuori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rock works Niskavuori's body with a nice hook.
Rock lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock throws a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Niskavuori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to the liver by Rock. Beautiful body shot.
Rock rushes Niskavuori and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Niskavuori looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Niskavuori tries to close the distance and clinch but Rock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Niskavuori throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Maddy Rock has been cut.
Niskavuori throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rock.
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!
Niskavuori keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Niskavuori on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rock clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rock.
Rock lands a hook that snaps the head of Niskavuori backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Rock's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rock is looking to break free of the clinch but Niskavuori has double underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Niskavuori misses with a punch on the inside.
Rock has had enough of the clinch but Niskavuori keeps him there for the moment.
Rock has a couple of punches blocked by Niskavuori.
Niskavuori pushes off an throws an elbow but Rock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rock blocks the elbow strike.
Rock tries to land knees in the clinch but Niskavuori avoids the damage to the body.
Rock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Niskavuori avoiding damage as Rock throws knees to the body.
Rock misses with the head strike.
Rock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Niskavuori digs a right hand into Rock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rock's gas tank.
Rock takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock is trying to break free.
Rock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Niskavuori backwards.
Rock misses with some punches.
Niskavuori is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rock is defending well for now.
Niskavuori blocks a body shot from Rock.
Rock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rock connects with a leg kick. Niskavuori looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Niskavuori wants to slow Rock down by chopping away at his legs.
Niskavuori misses with a low kick as Rock jumps back.
Niskavuori uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rock blocks a head kick by Niskavuori.
Jab by Rock.
Rock looks to land a right hand but Niskavuori moved out of range.
A jab from Rock does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rock moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rock dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Niskavuori.
Rock tries a body shot but Niskavuori blocks it.
Rock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rock looking to slow down the pace here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rock.
Rock breaks from the clinch.
Niskavuori tries a head kick but it misses.
Niskavuori is looking to clinch.
Niskavuori moves away from the strike by Rock.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Niskavuori.
Niskavuori pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rock thows a body shot but no joy.
Rock closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maddy Rock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maddy Rock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rock cracks the inside of Niskavuori's front leg.
Rock throws a wild body kick that Niskavuori sees coming a mile off.
Niskavuori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Niskavuori lands an uppercut.
Rock looking to slow down the pace here.
The referee calls for Rock to work.
Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Niskavuori throws a head kick but Rock moves out of range.
Rock throws a half hearted mid kick.
Niskavuori on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Niskavuori dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rock is trying to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maybe Rock would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Niskavuori working Rock over with knees to the body.
Maddy Rock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rock takes an elbow to the temple.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rock.
Niskavuori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rock breaks the clinch.
Niskavuori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Niskavuori dips to his left and cracks Rock with an uppercut!
Niskavuori blocks a leg kick.
Niskavuori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rock throws the kick towards the body but Niskavuori avoids it.
A head kick by Niskavuori misses
and Rock counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
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!
Rock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niskavuori throws a jab when Rock was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock avoids the head kick by Niskavuori.
Niskavuori missing with a left hand there. Rock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Niskavuori blocks the body kick.
Niskavuori misses with the body kick
and Rock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Niskavuori lands a right hook to the body.
Rock steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Niskavuori. That one must have hurt.
Palkki Niskavuori seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Niskavuori misses with a head kick.
Niskavuori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rock lands a nice shot to the body.
Niskavuori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Niskavuori tries a head kick but it misses.
Rock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rock looks to land a combination but Niskavuori avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rock moves away from the strike by Niskavuori.
Rock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Niskavuori.
Rock lands a head kick!
Rock lands a leg kick that knocks Niskavuori off balance momentarily.
Niskavuori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niskavuori misses with the combination.
Rock rushes Niskavuori and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Rock.
Niskavuori blocks a body shot from Rock.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Niskavuori is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rock is defending well for now.
Niskavuori lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niskavuori blocks an uppercut.
Rock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rock blocks an elbow strike from Niskavuori.
Rock looking to stall.
Niskavuori using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rock misses with the head strike.
Rock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rock has a couple of punches blocked by Niskavuori.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rock is trying to stall.
Rock manages to break the clinch.
Rock feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Niskavuoris jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Palkki Niskavuori will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Maddy Rock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Niskavuori throws a hook but Rock avoids it easily.
Niskavuori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Niskavuori takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rock bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Niskavuori's head.
Niskavuori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niskavuori gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rock.
Jab, jab by Niskavuori - just one landing.
Niskavuori throws a head kick but Rock moves out of range.
Niskavuori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rock throws a nice looking combination but Niskavuori bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rock throws a push kick but Niskavuori slaps the foot to one side.
Niskavuori takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Niskavuori tries to clinch up but Rock circles away and keeps his distance.
Rock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rock punishes Niskavuori's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niskavuori on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rock scores with a shot to the body.
Niskavuori thows a body shot but no joy.
Rock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rock cracks Niskavuori with a right hand to the side of the head.
Niskavuori thows a leg kick but Rock checks it
and Rock counters with a nice low kick that buckles Niskavuori's knee momentarily.
Rock closes the distance and pushes Niskavuori back into the cage.
Rock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rock stuns Niskavuori with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rock throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Niskavuori on the side of the head.
Rock looks to score with a jab to the body but Niskavuori is just out of range.
Niskavuori looks to land a left hand but Rock moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rock lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheers as Rock lands an impressive looking overhand right. Niskavuori doesn't seem phased though.
Rock lands a head kick!
Rock throws out a loose jab but Niskavuori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock jabs Niskavuori to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rock closes the distance and clinches.
Rock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Niskavuori's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rock.
Rock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Niskavuori backwards.
Rock lands a nice shot to the body.
Rock misses with a punch on the inside.
Rock avoids the elbow strike from Niskavuori, against the cage.
Rock misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock lands a body punch.
Niskavuori lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rock pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Niskavuori trying to control but Rock is working from the bottom.
Rock is wriggling around but Niskavuori manages to pass to half guard.
Rock has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Niskavuori is working away from the top position though.
Rock is looking to improve his position.
Niskavuori stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Rock to get to his feet.
Rock gets a clinch.
Rock tries to stall but Niskavuori uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niskavuori tries to throw a body punch but Rock avoids it by throwing Niskavuori back against the cage.
Rock struggles to land a body shot inside as Niskavuori controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rock dodges an elbow strike from Niskavuori.
A left hand lands to the body for Rock.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Niskavuori tries a body shot but Rock blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Niskavuori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rock swings wildly with an uppercut but Niskavuori uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Niskavuori misses with an elbow strike.
Niskavuori lands with a short shot to the head.
Rock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Niskavuori avoids the body shot from Rock.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maddy Rock showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rock has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maddy Rock!
Our winner, Maddy Rock, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Huey Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Korto Grepplund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freeman's entrance music is Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man. A fine choice. Huey Freeman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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28
179 lbs
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182 lbs
18 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class 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
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Huey Freeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Korto Grepplund!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeman wants to clinch up but Grepplund keeps it at a distance.
Grepplund lands a glancing blow to the side of Freeman's head.
Grepplund waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Freeman.
Freeman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Freeman misses with a wild body shot.
Grepplund avoids the body shot from Freeman.
Grepplund throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Freeman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grepplund.
Freeman rushes Grepplund and presses him up against the cage.
Freeman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Freeman tries to throw a body punch but Grepplund avoids it by throwing Freeman back against the cage.
Freeman misses with a body punch.
Freeman prevents a takedown attempt there.
Grepplund jumps guard but Freeman stands there with Grepplund around his waist. Grepplund gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grepplund works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grepplund postures up.
Grepplund is stalling in the full guard.
Grepplund preventing the sweep.
Grepplund won't allow Freeman to get back to his feet.
Grepplund pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Freeman is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grepplund distracts Freeman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Grepplund controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grepplund working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Freeman is trying to control the position but Grepplund postures up.
Freeman pulls Grepplund in close to prevent any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Huey Freeman.
Freeman swings for the body but Grepplund moves out of range.
Freeman takes a swing at Grepplund's ribcage but misses.
Huey Freeman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Freeman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Freeman misses with a head kick.
Freeman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grepplund is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Freeman's half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman trying to control here.
Freeman moves into full guard.
Grepplund passes Freeman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Grepplund is keen to just control but Freeman is a slippery customer.
Grepplund thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Freeman's head.
Freeman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Grepplund is in close to Freeman's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Freeman is trying to keep Grepplund in close.
Grepplund won't allow Freeman to sweep him here.
Grepplund trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grepplund passes Freeman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman wants to improve his position but Grepplund is controlling well.
Grepplund is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Freeman!
Freeman tries to hold on but Grepplund postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Freeman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Freeman is working hard here to advance position.
Freeman wants to hold on but Grepplund pushes him away.
Freeman working to try and regain half guard.
Freeman wants to hold on but Grepplund pushes him away.
Grepplund unloading with bombs!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Freeman is working to get back to half guard.
Grepplund trying to control but Freeman is having none of it.
Freeman is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Korto Grepplund will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Grepplund scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grepplund takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Huey Freeman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Freeman scores with a body shot.
Freeman tries to clinch up.
Freeman is looking to wear down Grepplund with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Freeman connects with a body shot that sends Grepplund's belly button to the back.
Grepplund digs a good body shot into Freeman's ribs.
Grepplund gets tackled into the cage by Freeman. Freeman maintains the clinch.
Freeman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Freeman manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Grepplund blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman digs a right hand underneath Grepplund's ribcage. Grepplund let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Grepplund tries to throw a body punch but Freeman avoids it by throwing Grepplund back against the cage.
Freeman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Freeman.
A short uppercut from Freeman.
Nice body punch from Freeman.
A head punch on the inside from Freeman fails to land.
Freeman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Freeman blocks a body shot from Grepplund.
Freeman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grepplund blocks it with crossed arms.
Freeman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grepplund.
Freeman lands with a right to the head.
Grepplund blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grepplund jumps guard but Freeman stands there with Grepplund around his waist. Grepplund gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Grepplund is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Freeman pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Grepplund drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Huey Freeman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Korto Grepplund.
Freeman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Freeman is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Grepplund jumps guard but Freeman stands there with Grepplund around his waist. Grepplund gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman prevents a body shot from Grepplund.
Grepplund wants to take the fight to the mat but Freeman manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Freeman displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grepplund up against the cage.
Freeman working hard to break the clinch.
Freeman can't break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grepplund wants a takedown but no success here.
Freeman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Freeman wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freeman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grepplund counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Freeman tries to bum rush Grepplund with a series of wild strikes but Grepplund uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Freeman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Freeman throws out a leg kick but Grepplund moves out of range and Freeman only half commits.
Grepplund misses with a body shot.
Freeman wants to clinch up but Grepplund keeps it at a distance.
Freeman throws a hook but Grepplund blocks it.
Grepplund misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Freeman. Grepplund does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Freeman gets caught flat footed, as Grepplund shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Freeman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Grepplund wants to control from the top but Freeman keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Huey Freeman dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Freeman thuds a left hand into Grepplund's body.
Freeman takes a swing at Grepplund's ribcage but misses.
Freeman lands with a shot to the body.
Huey Freeman is winning the standup battle so far.
Freeman throws a sloppy head kick and Grepplund moves out of range easily.
Freeman looks to score with a jab to the body but Grepplund is just out of range.
Grepplund on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Freeman moves into range and clinches up with Grepplund.
Freeman is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Freeman manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grepplund shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Freeman as he jumps to the side.
Grepplund looks to throw the jab but Freeman is out of range.
Freeman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Freeman. That's going to slow Grepplund down.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Freeman crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Grepplund - the referee stops the clock and Freeman gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Grepplund. Freeman manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Freeman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Freeman misses with a leg kick
and Grepplund counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Freeman misses with a leg kick
and Grepplund counters with an inside leg kick.
Freeman slaps away a takedown attempt from Grepplund, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Huey Freeman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Korto Grepplund.
Grepplund throws a body punch but Freeman moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Freeman.
Grepplund takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oooooh!!! Freeman has knocked Grepplund down with a huge combo! Freeman steps away and waves a wobbly Grepplund back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Grepplund is rocked!
It looks like Korto Grepplund has been cut.
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!
Freeman lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Grepplund falls backwards - clearly groggy! Freeman dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Huey Freeman!
After the big win, Huey Freeman made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Undead clothing. All items 10$ and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sami Salama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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28
165 lbs
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24
160 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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Great elbows
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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
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Salama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Andersson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Andersson throws a leg kick but Salama checks it.
Salama takes the fight into the clinch.
Salama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Andersson's elbow.
Salama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Andersson tries to throw a body punch but Salama avoids it by throwing Andersson back against the cage.
Andersson takes an elbow to the temple.
Andersson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Salama on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Salama throws a low kick but Andersson moves out of range easily.
Andersson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Salama takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Salama.
Andersson jabs Salama right on the nose. Salama blinks but takes it well.
Salama throws a lazy head kick
and Andersson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salama tries to work over Andersson's front leg with a kick but Andersson checks it.
Andersson thows a leg kick but Salama checks it
and Salama counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Salama.
Salama keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Andersson.
Salama ducks right into an uppercut from Andersson.
Andersson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Salama.
Salama fails with an attempt to clinch.
Salama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Salama goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Salama gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salama thows a body shot but no joy.
Salama scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Salama drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Salama doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Andersson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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!
Salama throws a nice inside leg kick.
Andersson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salama doesn't seem bothered though.
Salama throws the kick towards the body but Andersson avoids it.
Andersson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Andersson cracks Salama with a right hand to the side of the head.
Andersson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salama drives through and clinches with Andersson against the cage.
Salama tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Andersson wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Andersson.
Andersson blocking some punches.
Salama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Andersson.
Andersson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Salama misses with a kick to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Andersson.
Andersson throws a big shot that misses.
Salama thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Andersson if he has to take too many more of those.
Salama gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Salama looks to land a left hand but Andersson moved out of range nicely.
Andersson scores with a leg kick.
Andersson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Salama had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salama throws a body punch but Andersson moves out of range.
Salama tries to bum rush Andersson with a series of wild strikes but Andersson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Andersson looks to land a right hand but Salama moved out of range.
Salama looks to land a combination but Andersson avoids it well.
Andersson jabs Salama to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Andersson finds it's way through Salama's defenses.
Andersson throws a body punch but Salama moves out of range.
Andersson jabs Salama right on the nose. Salama blinks but takes it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andersson slips a jab from Salama.
Salama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Andersson throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Andersson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Andersson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Andersson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Salama.
Salama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Andersson.
Salama throws a head kick that misses.
Andersson lands a glancing blow to the side of Salama's head.
Salama clobbers Andersson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Salama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Salama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Andersson.
Salama gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Salama. Andersson shrugs it off though.
A good leg kick by Andersson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Andersson was well out of range. Poor timing from Salama.
Andersson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Andersson looks to score with a jab to the body but Salama is just out of range.
Salama closes the distance looking to clinch
and Andersson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salama throws a sloppy head kick
and Andersson counters with an outside leg kick.
Andersson looks to land a left hand but Salama moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Salama misses the target.
Salama lands with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salama throws a leg kick but Andersson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Andersson slips under a jab from Salama.
A shot to the liver by Salama. Beautiful body shot.
Salama tries to land a body kick
and Andersson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Salama misses with the body kick
and Andersson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Salama feints and then cracks Andersson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Andersson down.
Salama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Salama throws a head kick that misses
and Andersson counters with a good low kick that Salama was not able to check.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salama tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good shot there by Andersson.
Salama is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Salama looks for the body kick but Andersson saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salama moves out of range as Andersson strikes.
Salama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Andersson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Andersson misses the shot to the body.
Andersson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Andersson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Salama takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Salama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Andersson.
Andersson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Salama's sensitive parts.
Salama throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Salama misses.
Andersson connects with a right hand. Salama shakes it off.
Salama plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Salama throws a head kick but Andersson moves out of range.
Salama swinging wildly here.
Salama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Andersson moves away.
Andersson connects with an inside leg kick.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salama tries to clinch but Andersson is having none of it.
Salama misses with an uppercut. Andersson saw that one coming.
Andersson cracks a nice hook into Salama's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frank Andersson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
A low kick from Salama is predictable there
and Andersson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Andersson misses with a wild body shot.
Salama takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A head kick by Salama misses
and Andersson counters with a straight right hand.
Andersson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Salama is able to avoid easily.
Andersson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Salama scoring well with a low kick there.
Andersson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Andersson misses with a hook. Salama ducked under it nicely.
Salama doesn't manage to clinch there - Andersson circles away.
Andersson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Salama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Andersson.
Andersson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Salama has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Andersson.
Salama misses with the combination.
Andersson throws a head kick that half lands.
Salama on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Andersson, as that shot connected.
Andersson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Salama counters with a left and a right that stings Andersson.
Andersson throws a solid leg kick but Salama takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Andersson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salama throws a leg kick
enabling Andersson to counter with a crisp jab.
Good work by Andersson as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andersson avoids a kick to the body.
Salama connects with a single shot there.
Andersson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Andersson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Andersson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salama's head.
Salama throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sami Salama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salama uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Andersson.
Salama throws a hook but Andersson avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salama throws a hook to the side of Andersson's head but Andersson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Andersson scores with a sloppy right hand. Salama should have avoided that one.
Salama will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Salama takes one on the button.
Andersson misses with a wild body shot.
Salama looks to land a left hand but Andersson moved out of range nicely.
Salama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Andersson was well out of range. Poor timing from Salama.
Sami Salama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andersson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Andersson slips under a jab from Salama.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersson lands a jab to Salama's midsection.
Salama pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Andersson's corner calls for a 1-2. Andersson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Salama feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Andersson's calf.
Salama just misses with a punch to the body.
Andersson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Salama looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andersson fakes the leg kick and cracks Salama in the body.
Andersson throws a leg kick which misses Salama's front leg but catches the back leg as Salama tries to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andersson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Frank Andersson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nice cross by Andersson.
Salama throws a head kick that misses
and Andersson counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Andersson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Andersson 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Andersson!
Frank Andersson very nearly forgot to thank Undead clothing. All items 10$ amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eric Cartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ratt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartman comes into the arena with Unclefucker blaring out of the sound system. Hughes has chosen Country boy can survive as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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
19 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Cartman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ratt Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Hughes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick lands from Cartman.
Cartman moves to clinch but Hughes breaks away
and Hughes counters with a nice uppercut.
Hughes throws the left hand but Cartman avoids the punch easily.
Hughes slips a straight right by Cartman.
Hughes misses with a straight right.
Cartman scores with a nice head shot.
Hughes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Hughes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughes throws a leg kick
and Hughes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cartman takes the fight into the clinch.
Hughes gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hughes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cartman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hughes trying to control from Cartman's half guard. Cartman has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cartman holds on and takes a little breather.
Hughes is in close to Cartman's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hughes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cartman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hughes stands up over Cartman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cartman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cartman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cartman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cartman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hughes looking to sit in guard and control but Cartman gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hughes seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cartman uses it to pass to side control.
Hughes is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hughes tries to roll over but Cartman keeps him under control.
Cartman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes has a hand on Cartman's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Cartman takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Hughes is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cartman tries to control but Hughes wriggling away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hughes is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartman trying to control but Hughes is having none of it.
Cartman content just to control the position here.
Hughes wants to control but Cartman is having none of it.
Cartman tries to control but Hughes wriggling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ratt Hughes dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cartman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hughes on the side of the head.
Cartman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cartman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cartman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hughes misses with a straight left.
Cartman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hughes cracks the inside of Cartman's front leg.
Hughes misses with a wild combination.
Hughes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cartman.
A big left from Hughes misses.
Hughes scores with a jab to the jaw.
A slow jab from Hughes misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cartman looks to land a left hand but Hughes moved out of range nicely.
Hughes loads up on a big right hand but Cartman slips the punch.
Hughes tries to move into range but Cartman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cartman throws a front kick aimed at Hughes's knee but Hughes avoids it well.
Hughes tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cartman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cartman tries to close the distance and clinch but Hughes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hughes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cartman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cartman motions for Hughes to come forward. Cartman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hughes looks to score with a jab to the body but Cartman is just out of range.
Hughes moves out of range as Cartman strikes.
Hughes closes the distance and clinches up with Cartman, looking for a takedown. Hughes pushes Cartman against the cage but Cartman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cartman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ratt Hughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cartman lands a leg kick that knocks Hughes off balance momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Hughes.
Nice body punch from Cartman.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hughes.
Hughes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hughes throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hughes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Eric Cartman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hughes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a shot from downtown. Cartman moves away and avoids it.
Hughes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cartman circles away quickly and effectively.
Ratt Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cartman.
Cartman misses the jab.
Cartman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cartman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hughes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hughes misses with a double jab.
Cartman missing with a left hand there. Hughes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hughes lands with a shot to the body.
Hughes pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cartman back to the cage. Hughes follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hughes loads up on a big right hand but Cartman slips the punch.
Cartman throws a nice head kick!
Hughes jabs Cartman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab lands there for Cartman.
Hughes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cartman's hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cartman is rocked!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Cartman enables Hughes to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Cartman manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Oh Cartman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hughes cracks Cartman with a solid left hand.
Hughes landing with the ground and pound.
Cartman 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.
Hughes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hughes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hughes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cartman seems to have got his legs back now.
Hughes landing with the ground and pound.
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!
Hughes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes wants to control from the top but Cartman keeps moving.
Hughes throwing strikes from guard but Cartman blocks nicely.
Hughes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hughes stands up over Cartman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cartman keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Cartman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hughes throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hughes postures up.
Cartman keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Cartman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ratt Hughes 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! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Cartman lands with a nice body punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hughes, as that shot connected.
Nice cross by Hughes.
Cartman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hughes.
Cartman throws the kick towards the body but Hughes avoids it.
Cartman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hughes to score with a decent uppercut.
Hughes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cartman feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hughess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hughes misses with a leg kick.
Hughes throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Cartman tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Hughes is in Cartman's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hughes trying to control but Cartman is working from the bottom.
Hughes is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cartman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ratt Hughes has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes trying to control but Cartman is working from the bottom.
Cartman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hughes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hughes advances position into side control!
Cartman managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hughes.
Hughes throwing strikes but Cartman manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Hughes is trying to improve his position.
Eric Cartman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Hughes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hughes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cartman off and has taken his back!
Hughes has the hooks in. Cartman is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Hughes is throwing strikes by Cartman counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Cartman regains half guard.
Hughes thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hughes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cartman makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cartman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Cartman manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Cartman trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Hughes manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cartman manages to get himself to full guard.
Hughes lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cartman wants to sweep here but Hughes controlling him for the moment.
Hughes throws a strike but Cartman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cartman is one step ahead there.
Cartman passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Hughes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cartman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ratt Hughes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hughes 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ratt Hughes!
After winning the bout, Ratt Hughes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Kirk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Waldorf Astoria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astoria has chosen Waltz from Les Sylphides as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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174 lbs
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Kirk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Waldorf Astoria!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Astoria is looking to score with low kicks.
Astoria throws a nice outside leg kick.
Astoria looks to land a left hand but Kirk moved out of range nicely.
Astoria avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Astoria fails in his attempt to clinch.
Astoria lands with a hook. Kirk tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kirk sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kirk misses with a kick to the body.
Astoria swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kirk lands a leg kick that knocks Astoria off balance momentarily.
Astoria dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Astoria throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Astoria throws a shot to the body.
Astoria works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Astoria bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kirk throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Astoria has closed the distance and engaged Kirk in a clinch.
Astoria tries a body shot but Kirk blocks it.
Astoria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Astoria tries to land a knee to the head but Kirk blocks with his arms.
Astoria throws a head punch that misses.
Kirk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Astoria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kirk blocks it with crossed arms.
Astoria lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kirk or not.
Kirk prevents a body shot from Astoria.
Astoria scores a nice knee to the body.
Kirk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kirk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kirk taking a breather.
Kirk blocks a body shot from Astoria.
Kirk throws a punch but it's blocked by Astoria.
Kirk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Astoria lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kirk blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Astoria softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Astoria blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kirk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Astoria lands with a short shot to the head.
Kirk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Astoria lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kirk tries to stall but Astoria uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Astoria lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kirk or not.
Kirk tries a body shot but Astoria blocks it.
Astoria blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Astoria.
Astoria lands with a right to the head.
Astoria landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kirk is breathing heavily.
Astoria is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Astoria lands a body shot.
Astoria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirk looking to slow down the pace here.
Astoria working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Astoria misses with a knee strike.
Kirk working aggressively here.
Astoria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Astoria can't find room to land a body shot as Kirk controls the action.
Astoria tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kirk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Astoria lands a body shot.
Kirk working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Astoria.
Astoria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Astoria softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Astoria lands with a light punch inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Astoria obliges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kirk.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Astoria tries a body shot but Kirk blocks it.
Astoria digs a right hand underneath Kirk's ribcage. Kirk let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Astoria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Astoria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kirk swings wildly with an uppercut but Astoria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kirk avoiding damage as Astoria throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Astoria scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Astoria.
Astoria lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kirk backwards.
Kirk is rocked!
Astoria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Kirk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Astoria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Astoria lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Astoria fails to land.
Kirk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Astoria scores with a nice hook to the head.
Astoria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Astoria misses with a knee strike.
Astoria crunches a lovely knee into Kirk's ribcage.
Astoria lands a left hand.
Astoria blocks a body shot from Kirk.
Astoria misses with a short punch on the inside.
Astoria throws a big uppercut that drops Kirk! More strikes from Astoria and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kirk lies dazed against the cage as Astoria celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Waldorf Astoria!
A relieved looking Waldorf Astoria thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Victor Reinhardt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Taalasmaa (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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165 lbs
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160 lbs
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ADCC Champion
World class boxer
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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
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Reinhardt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seppo Taalasmaa!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reinhardt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reinhardt tests Taalasmaa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reinhardt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reinhardt looks for the body kick but Taalasmaa saw that one coming.
Taalasmaa checks a leg kick.
Reinhardt throws out a loose jab but Taalasmaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taalasmaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Taalasmaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Taalasmaa defending well as Reinhardt loads up on a big left hand.
Taalasmaa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reinhardt.
Taalasmaa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Reinhardt's waist but Reinhardt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Taalasmaa off to one side.
Reinhardt throws a chopping leg kick but Taalasmaa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Taalasmaa moves out of range as Reinhardt throws a body kick.
An inside leg kick from Taalasmaa misses.
Reinhardt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taalasmaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Reinhardt.
Taalasmaa works the jab nicely.
Reinhardt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Taalasmaa throws a leg kick but Reinhardt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Taalasmaa fails with the takedown.
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!
Reinhardt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa moves out of range as Reinhardt throws a body kick.
Taalasmaa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Taalasmaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reinhardt.
Taalasmaa moves away from the strike by Reinhardt.
Taalasmaa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt throws a push kick but Taalasmaa slaps the foot to one side.
Reinhardt walks into a left hand.
Taalasmaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reinhardt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taalasmaa swings for the body but Reinhardt moves out of range.
Reinhardt misses with a looping right.
Taalasmaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reinhardt moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taalasmaa moves out of range as Reinhardt strikes.
Taalasmaa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Reinhardt throws a body punch but Taalasmaa moves out of range.
Reinhardt lands a head shot.
Reinhardt lands a nice looking body kick.
Reinhardt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa shoots in and gets a takedown into Reinhardt's guard.
Taalasmaa wants to control from the top but Reinhardt keeps moving.
Taalasmaa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reinhardt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Taalasmaa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Reinhardt keeping moving, preventing Taalasmaa from controlling successfully.
Taalasmaa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reinhardt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Taalasmaa pushes down on Reinhardt's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Taalasmaa throwing shots but Reinhardt is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Taalasmaa scores with a couple of nice shots.
Reinhardt is trying to stand back up but Taalasmaa is controlling him
Taalasmaa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Taalasmaa wants to advance to full mount but Reinhardt doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Taalasmaa throws an elbow that misses. Reinhardt uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Taalasmaa's guard. Nice move by Reinhardt!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Taalasmaa escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Reinhardt gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Taalasmaa trying to keep a closed guard but Reinhardt is proving a slippery customer.
Taalasmaa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reinhardt won't allow Taalasmaa to sweep him here.
Reinhardt trying to control the position from guard on top but Taalasmaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reinhardt 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.
Taalasmaa wants to sweep here but Reinhardt controlling him for the moment.
Taalasmaa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Taalasmaa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Reinhardt manages to get himself to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taalasmaa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Reinhardt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Victor Reinhardt will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Reinhardt throws a lazy body kick
and Taalasmaa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reinhardt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Taalasmaa. That did some damage!
Taalasmaa misses with a straight right.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reinhardt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taalasmaa takes a kick to the side of the head.
Taalasmaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A thudding body kick lands there by Reinhardt!
Reinhardt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taalasmaa.
Reinhardt just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reinhardt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taalasmaa misses with a looping left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Taalasmaa.
Reinhardt throws a half hearted mid kick.
Taalasmaa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reinhardt pinned against the cage. Reinhardt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reinhardt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Reinhardt lands but Taalasmaa takes it in his stride.
Reinhardt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Victor Reinhardt is winning the standup battle so far.
Taalasmaa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Taalasmaa misses with an uppercut.
Taalasmaa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Taalasmaa fails with the takedown.
Reinhardt misses with a low kick.
Reinhardt misses with an uppercut.
Reinhardt looks to land a body kick but Taalasmaa moved away.
Taalasmaa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Reinhardt feints and then cracks Taalasmaa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taalasmaa down.
Taalasmaa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Taalasmaa misses with a low kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Reinhardt finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Reinhardt defending well as Taalasmaa loads up on a big left hand.
Victor Reinhardt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Reinhardt scores with a punch to the head.
Taalasmaa keeps Reinhardt at a distance using the push kick.
Reinhardt throws a sloppy head kick and Taalasmaa moves out of range easily.
Taalasmaa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Victor Reinhardt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seppo Taalasmaa.
Reinhardt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reinhardt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Taalasmaa is breathing heavily.
Taalasmaa is looking to chop away at Reinhardt's legs.
Reinhardt connects with an inside leg kick.
Reinhardt misses with a low kick as Taalasmaa jumps back.
Taalasmaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reinhardt manages to avoid it.
Taalasmaa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Taalasmaa misses with a looping left.
Taalasmaa digs a good body shot into Reinhardt's ribs.
Taalasmaa throws a body kick that misses.
Reinhardt tries to move into range but Taalasmaa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Reinhardt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Reinhardt feints and then cracks Taalasmaa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Taalasmaa down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt ducks under a wild hook from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Reinhardt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reinhardt displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa slips under a jab from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt stuns Taalasmaa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Reinhardt connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Taalasmaa's hands.
A jab from Reinhardt misses.
Reinhardt throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reinhardt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Taalasmaa scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taalasmaa throws a hook but Reinhardt blocks it.
Reinhardt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reinhardt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Reinhardt connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa misses with a straight right.
Reinhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Reinhardt looks for the body kick but Taalasmaa saw that one coming.
Reinhardt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taalasmaa connects with a jab.
Reinhardt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Reinhardt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Taalasmaa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Taalasmaa wants to land a leg kick but Reinhardt is out of range.
A lazy body kick from Taalasmaa
and Reinhardt counters with a nice body kick.
Taalasmaa tried to score with a low kick but Reinhardt checks it.
Taalasmaa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reinhardt throws a front kick aimed at Taalasmaa's knee but Taalasmaa avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taalasmaa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Reinhardt sprawls well. Reinhardt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Taalasmaa gets slowly back to his feet.
Taalasmaa tries to clinch but Reinhardt moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Reinhardt dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Taalasmaa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Taalasmaa avoids the body shot from Reinhardt.
Reinhardt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reinhardt slips under a jab.
Reinhardt throws a half hearted mid kick.
Taalasmaa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Taalasmaa lands a jab-cross combination.
Taalasmaa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Taalasmaa misses with a looping left.
Reinhardt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Reinhardt throws a leg kick but Taalasmaa sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reinhardt. Taalasmaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reinhardt looks to score with a jab to the body but Taalasmaa is just out of range.
Taalasmaa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Reinhardt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Taalasmaa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reinhardt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reinhardt cracks Taalasmaa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice defenses there by Taalasmaa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reinhardt throws a low kick, looking for Taalasmaa's leg but Taalasmaa calmly moves out of range.
Reinhardt avoids the body shot from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa ducks under a wild hook from Reinhardt.
Taalasmaa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Reinhardt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Taalasmaa misses the shot to the body.
Taalasmaa throws an overhand right that lands on Reinhardt's shoulder, as Reinhardt tries to avoid the shot.
Taalasmaa throws a good cross that connects.
Reinhardt lands a body shot.
Reinhardt scores with a kick to the body.
Reinhardt drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Reinhardt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Reinhardt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reinhardt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Taalasmaa.
A slapping body kick lands there for Taalasmaa.
A big right from Reinhardt misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Taalasmaa.
Reinhardt lands with a nice body kick.
Taalasmaa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taalasmaa throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Reinhardt tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Taalasmaa is in Reinhardt's guard.
Taalasmaa prevents Reinhardt from getting back to his feet.
Taalasmaa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taalasmaa throwing strikes but missing.
Taalasmaa trying to control but Reinhardt is working from the bottom.
Taalasmaa throws an elbow that misses. Reinhardt uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Taalasmaa's guard. Nice move by Reinhardt!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa looking for a sweep. Not yet Taalasmaa, not yet.
Reinhardt trying to control but Taalasmaa is working from the bottom.
Seppo Taalasmaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reinhardt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Taalasmaa is keeping the position for now.
Taalasmaa looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Reinhardt passes into side control.
Taalasmaa manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reinhardt keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Reinhardt trying to control here.
Reinhardt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Taalasmaa.
Reinhardt is trying is best to control the position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Reinhardt is looking for a sweep. Taalasmaa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Reinhardt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Seppo Taalasmaa.
I think Reinhardt has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Reinhardt!
Victor Reinhardt seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Itaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Wukong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itaniemi comes to the cage accompanied by Volbeat - Still Counting. Urho Itaniemi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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211 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Itaniemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sun Wukong!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wukong misses with a series of wild punches.
Wukong misses with a body shot.
Itaniemi throws a leg kick but Wukong moved away.
Itaniemi connects with a looping right hand.
Wukong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Itaniemi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Itaniemi looks to land a right hand but Wukong moved out of range.
Wukong misses with a straight left.
Wukong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wukong lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Itaniemi misses the shot to the body.
Wukong throws a sloppy head kick and Itaniemi moves out of range easily.
Itaniemi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wukong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Itaniemi thuds his shin into the meat of Wukong's side.
Itaniemi gets tackled into the cage by Wukong. Wukong maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Itaniemi is working Wukong over against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi is trying to maintain a safe position but Wukong gets an underhook and turns Itaniemi into the cage.
Itaniemi misses with some punches.
Itaniemi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wukong has a couple of punches blocked by Itaniemi.
Still in the clinch, Itaniemi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Itaniemi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wukong trying to land knees to the body.
Wukong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wukong.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Itaniemi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wukong throws a punch but it's blocked by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Wukong.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hook to the body lands for Wukong.
A knee to the head by Wukong.
Wukong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Wukong - that landed with a thud.
Itaniemi is trying to break the clinch but Wukong is controlling him.
Wukong misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Itaniemi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wukong lands with a light punch inside.
Wukong prevents a body shot from Itaniemi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wukong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Itaniemi tries to work over Wukong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wukong lands a nice uppercut.
Wukong misses with a punch to the body.
Wukong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wukong throws a head punch that misses.
Itaniemi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wukong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wukong tries to work over Itaniemi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Wukong as the two fighters clinch.
Wukong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wukong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wukong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi managing to block the knees to the body from Wukong.
Wukong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wukong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wukong throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Wukong working aggressively here.
Wukong has Itaniemi pressed against the cage, preventing Itaniemi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wukong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Itaniemi prevents a body shot from Wukong.
Itaniemi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wukong lands with a short shot to the head.
Itaniemi wants to get back to striking at distance but Wukong won't allow it.
Itaniemi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Wukong dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Wukong.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wukong.
Itaniemi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sun Wukong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Itaniemi connects with the punch.
Itaniemi throws a jab when Wukong was well out of range.
Wukong with a nice cross.
Urho Itaniemi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Itaniemi misses.
Wukong thumps Itaniemi with a low kick.
Wukong lands with a nice body kick.
Wukong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Itaniemi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Itaniemi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wukong cracks the inside of Itaniemi's front leg.
Wukong throws a wild body kick that Itaniemi sees coming a mile off.
Wukong connects with a looping right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wukong clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Itaniemi wants to get back to striking at distance but Wukong won't allow it.
Wukong cracks Itaniemi with a nice body shot.
Sun Wukong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wukong.
Wukong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Itaniemi's elbow.
Wukong lands a body shot.
Wukong landing knees to the body.
Wukong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Itaniemi is defending well for now.
Wukong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wukong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Itaniemi has Wukong pushed against the cage.
Itaniemi wants to break free but Wukong has control.
Wukong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Itaniemi blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Itaniemi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wukong lands an uppercut.
Wukong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wukong lands with a light punch inside.
Itaniemi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi avoiding damage as Wukong throws knees to the body.
Wukong lands a nice uppercut.
Wukong lands a knee to the head.
Itaniemi blocks a body shot from Wukong.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wukong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Itaniemi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wukong is keeping busy.
Wukong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Itaniemi avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong misses with a punch on the inside.
Itaniemi tries to work over Wukong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wukong tries to land a knee to the head but Itaniemi blocks with his arms.
Itaniemi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Itaniemi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wukong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wukong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Itaniemi stalling in the clinch but Wukong improves position.
Itaniemi prevents a body shot from Wukong.
Itaniemi blocks a body shot from Wukong.
Wukong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wukong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Itaniemi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Itaniemi throws a lazy head kick
and Wukong counters with a low kick, right behind Itaniemi 's knee.
Wukong lands a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Itaniemi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wukong. Wukong obviously looking to wear him down.
Itaniemi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wukong finds it's way round the side to connect with Itaniemi's head.
Itaniemi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wukong takes the fight into the clinch.
Wukong misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wukong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wukong landing knees to the head.
It looks like Urho Itaniemi has been cut.
Itaniemi wants to stall.
Wukong drops Itaniemi with a big knee straight up the middle! Itaniemi is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Wukong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Urho Itaniemi's cut.
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!
Itaniemi walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Wukong swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sun Wukong!
An out of breath Sun Wukong thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gristle McThornbody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Adebisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McThornbody comes to the cage accompanied by Tame. Adebisi has chosen Go Go Adebisi as his entrance music. 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 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
25 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gristle McThornbody!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simon Adebisi!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McThornbody thumps Adebisi with a low kick.
Adebisi avoids the body shot from McThornbody.
McThornbody works the jab nicely.
McThornbody throws a hook but Adebisi avoids it easily.
McThornbody throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McThornbody looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Adebisi lands with a nice combination. McThornbody backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Gristle McThornbody has been cut.
McThornbody lands with a thumping leg kick.
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!
Adebisi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adebisi. McThornbody does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by McThornbody there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Adebisi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Adebisi throws a hook but McThornbody avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McThornbody throws a nice outside leg kick.
McThornbody on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
McThornbody throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Adebisi connects with a crisp jab.
Adebisi lands a body shot.
McThornbody thows a body shot but no joy.
Adebisi blocks a leg kick.
Gristle McThornbody seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McThornbody stuns Adebisi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McThornbody throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McThornbody pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody lands a nice leg kick that just misses Adebisi's sensitive parts.
Gristle McThornbody is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Adebisi defending well as McThornbody loads up on a big left hand.
McThornbody lands a leg kick that knocks Adebisi off balance momentarily.
McThornbody misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. McThornbody darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Adebisi moves out of range of the body kick.
Adebisi thows a body shot but no joy.
A nice inside leg kick there by McThornbody. That's going to slow Adebisi down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from McThornbody.
McThornbody swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McThornbody fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Adebisi manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody cracks Adebisi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Adebisi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McThornbody scores with a jab to the jaw.
Adebisi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McThornbody connects with a body shot.
McThornbody avoids the body shot from Adebisi.
Adebisi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down McThornbody rather than just go for the knockout.
McThornbody ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adebisi throws a hook but McThornbody blocks it.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McThornbody as he avoids it easily.
McThornbody waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Adebisi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McThornbody throws a push kick but Adebisi slaps the foot to one side.
McThornbody bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That kick from McThornbody tenderised Adebisi's leg. Adebisi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Donk. McThornbody catches Adebisi right on the button with a cross.
McThornbody tries to clinch up
and Adebisi counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McThornbody just misses with a punch to the body.
McThornbody throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gristle McThornbody dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gristle McThornbody's cut.
That's time! McThornbody's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Adebisi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adebisi thows a body shot but no joy.
McThornbody thuds his shin into the meat of Adebisi's side.
Adebisi misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the liver by McThornbody. Beautiful body shot.
McThornbody digs a good hook to Adebisi's body.
McThornbody is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Adebisi ducks under a wild hook from McThornbody.
Adebisi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adebisi checks a low kick from McThornbody.
McThornbody stalks Adebisi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Adebisi's face. Adebisi staggers backwards, shaken.
McThornbody lands a glancing blow to the side of Adebisi's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McThornbody walks into a left hand.
McThornbody takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Adebisi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McThornbody listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
McThornbody connects with a nice looking jab.
McThornbody buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Adebisi just misses with a punch to the body.
McThornbody throws a leg kick which misses Adebisi's front leg but catches the back leg as Adebisi tries to avoid it.
Adebisi throws a right hand that McThornbody ducks under and follows up with a left that McThornbody also avoids with ease.
Adebisi takes one to the chin there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McThornbody looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi blocks a leg kick.
McThornbody scores with a nice strike.
McThornbody uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adebisi.
McThornbody throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Adebisi is breathing heavily.
McThornbody connects with a good right hand that stumbles Adebisi. Adebisi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McThornbody scores with a nice strike.
McThornbody is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Adebisi can do to turn this around?
Adebisi is looking to chop away at McThornbody's legs.
McThornbody looks for the body kick but Adebisi saw that one coming.
McThornbody tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adebisi was well out of range. Poor timing from McThornbody.
McThornbody throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from McThornbody. That one must have hurt.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Adebisi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, McThornbody has got the better of the exchanges.
McThornbody drops his hands momentarily and Adebisi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McThornbody scores with a spinning back kick!
McThornbody scores with a sloppy right hand. Adebisi should have avoided that one.
Adebisi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Adebisi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McThornbody moves away.
McThornbody lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Adebisi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adebisi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McThornbody scores with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McThornbody jabs at Adebisi's body.
McThornbody ducks under a wild hook from Adebisi.
McThornbody scores with a kick to the midsection.
McThornbody darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McThornbody thumps Adebisi with a low kick.
Adebisi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McThornbody connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Adebisi momentarily.
Adebisi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Adebisi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before McThornbody can pounce on him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut there from McThornbody.
Adebisi is rocked!
McThornbody cracks Adebisi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gristle McThornbody dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gristle McThornbody's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Adebisi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown but McThornbody shows good takedown defense.
McThornbody lands a left and a right that send Adebisi crashing to the mat, dazed. McThornbody thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Adebisi is still on wobbly legs! Can McThornbody finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adebisi looks to score with a jab to the body but McThornbody is just out of range.
Adebisi misses with a hook. McThornbody ducked under it nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Adebisi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McThornbody seems to be stalking Adebisi here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Adebisi drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gristle McThornbody!
Gristle McThornbody retains his light heavyweight title!
In his post fight interview, Gristle McThornbody started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iiro Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paco Da Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolonen comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash : The Man Comes Around. Da Man has chosen Tenacious D - Beelzeboss as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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267 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iiro Tolonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paco Da Man!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Man thows a leg kick but Tolonen checks it
and Tolonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Paco Da Man has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tolonen.
Da Man fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolonen lands with a slapping head kick.
Tolonen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Da Man sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tolonen drops Da Man with a big left hand! Da Man is injured, injured bad! Tolonen jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iiro Tolonen!
After winning the bout, Iiro Tolonen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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