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UPG 39: Victory Road Rd.3 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dim Mak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Yarbourgh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dim Mak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Willy Yarbourgh!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yarbourgh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mak.
Yarbourgh throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mak's waist but Mak gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Yarbourgh off to one side.
Yarbourgh has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yarbourgh turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Mak on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Yarbourgh tries to score with some ground and pound. Mak controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Yarbourgh grinds an elbow into Mak's temple.
Yarbourgh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yarbourgh misses with the ground and pound.
Mak avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Yarbourgh.
Yarbourgh tries for a kimura but Mak is defending well.
Mak stops Yarbourgh from passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarbourgh working the strikes but Mak uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Mak wants to control but Yarbourgh is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nice strikes from Yarbourgh there.
Yarbourgh moves nicely into side control.
Mak parries the strikes from Yarbourgh easily there. Yarbourgh is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Mak to escape.
Mak stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Yarbourgh working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Yarbourgh working the ground and pound but Mak is defending the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mak defending against the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yarbourgh looks up at the clock and then as Mak takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Yarbourgh smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Yarbourgh wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mak keeps working.
Mak regains half guard.
Yarbourgh wants to take a breather but Mak is having none of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yarbourgh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mak defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yarbourgh lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Yarbourgh trying to pass the guard but Mak defending well.
Yarbourgh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mak does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Yarbourgh winds up and cracks Mak with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Yarbourgh drops an elbow to the side of Mak's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yarbourgh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mak defending well though.
Yarbourgh scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yarbourgh is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Yarbourgh tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mak knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Yarbourgh with the ground and pound but Mak uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mak tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yarbourgh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mak keeping moving, preventing Yarbourgh from controlling successfully.
Mak seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Yarbourgh wants to control from the top but Mak keeps moving.
Mak keeping full guard, as Yarbourgh tries to pass.
Yarbourgh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yarbourgh wants to control from the top but Mak keeps moving.
Yarbourgh pushes down on Mak's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Yarbourgh dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice takedown defense from Mak. No joy for Yarbourgh on that attempt.
Yarbourgh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mak stuffs the takedown.
Dim Mak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willy Yarbourgh.
Yarbourgh looks to land a combination but Mak avoids it well.
Yarbourgh shoots in looking for a takedown. Mak tries to sprawl out of it but Yarbourgh keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mak manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Yarbourgh feints a jab promting Mak to slip. Yarbourgh then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mak slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Willy Yarbourgh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yarbourgh shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mak pinned against the cage. Mak gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Mak. No joy for Yarbourgh on that attempt.
Yarbourgh attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yarbourgh shoots in but Mak avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mak displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mak feints a jab promting Yarbourgh to slip. Mak then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yarbourgh slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Yarbourgh fails to land the takedown.
Yarbourgh throws a combination that misses
and Mak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yarbourgh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yarbourgh misses with a few strikes there.
Yarbourgh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yarbourgh looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mak is fending him off so far but Yarbourgh persists. Nope, Mak circles away and we're back to standing.
Mak throws a jab but it's blocked by Yarbourgh.
Yarbourgh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yarbourgh tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yarbourgh goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mak misses the shot to the body.
Yarbourgh lands with a nice combination. Mak backs away looking to recover.
Nice cross by Mak.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yarbourgh clinches up against the cage.
Yarbourgh changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mak fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Yarbourgh tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mak sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Yarbourgh somewhat.
Yarbourgh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yarbourgh lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yarbourgh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yarbourgh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mak throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yarbourgh throws a series of punches but Mak avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Yarbourgh.
A telegraphed right hand from Mak misses the target.
Yarbourgh slips a jab from Mak.
Yarbourgh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mak.
Mak wants to slow Yarbourgh down by chopping away at his legs.
Yarbourgh keeps the fight on the outside.
Willy Yarbourgh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yarbourgh tries to clinch there but Mak circles away.
Willy Yarbourgh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice combination there by Yarbourgh.
Yarbourgh tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mak swivels and escapes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yarbourgh misses with a shot to the body
enabling Mak to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Yarbourgh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Yarbourgh will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab, jab by Mak - just one landing.
Yarbourgh throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yarbourgh clinches with his opponent.
Mak is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mak tries to throw a body punch but Yarbourgh avoids it by throwing Mak back against the cage.
Mak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yarbourgh drags the fight down to the ground.
Mak has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Yarbourgh is proving hard to escape from.
Mak gets to his feet. Yarbourgh looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yarbourgh throws a head kick but Mak moves out of range.
Yarbourgh will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yarbourgh shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mak defends it nicely.
Yarbourgh misses with a series of wild punches.
Mak throws a big shot that misses.
Yarbourgh shoots in but no luck this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yarbourgh shoots for a takedown but Mak saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dim Mak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willy Yarbourgh.
Mak wants to clinch up but Yarbourgh keeps it at a distance.
Yarbourgh misses with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Yarbourgh. Those never looked like landing.
Yarbourgh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mak counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yarbourgh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yarbourgh swinging wildly here.
Yarbourgh stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mak.
Yarbourgh tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mak swivels and escapes.
Yarbourgh shoots in for a takedown but Mak shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A cross from Mak lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mak scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mak slips a jab and a cross from Yarbourgh.
Mak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, jab by Mak - just one landing.
Yarbourgh misses with a two punch combination.
Yarbourgh tries to close the distance and clinch but Mak swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mak misses the jab.
Yarbourgh misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Yarbourgh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mak.
Yarbourgh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mak swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yarbourgh fails with the takedown
and Mak counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yarbourgh takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mak fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yarbourgh on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mak throws a one two combo.
Yarbourgh is rocked!
Mak drops Yarbourgh with a naaaaasty hook - Yarbourgh is in real trouble here! Mak dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dim Mak!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior Avalon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isibeda Tintti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Avalon comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of the Tiger. Junior Avalon could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Isibeda Tintti's chin.
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Junior Avalon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Isibeda Tintti!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tintti has Avalon up against the cage in a clinch.
Avalon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Avalon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tintti.
Tintti 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.
A bone on bone clash there as Tintti blocks the leg kick.
Tintti misses the shot to the body.
Avalon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tintti throws a big shot that misses.
Tintti misses with a few strikes there.
Tintti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Avalon looks to throw the jab but Tintti is out of range.
Tintti on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Avalon scores with a nice head shot.
Tintti defending well as Avalon loads up on a big left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tintti. Avalon does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheers as Tintti lands an impressive looking overhand right. Avalon doesn't seem phased though.
Avalon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tintti takes the fight into the clinch.
Tintti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avalon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tintti lands a right hand.
Avalon breaks from the clinch.
Tintti throws a right hand that Avalon ducks under and follows up with a left that Avalon also avoids with ease.
Avalon misses with a looping left.
Tintti clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tintti.
Tintti lands a left hand.
The referee is keeping an eye on Avalon - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Avalon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tintti working aggressively here.
Tintti misses with the head strike.
Tintti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Avalon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tintti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tintti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Avalon displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tintti up against the cage.
Tintti breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Avalon misses.
Tintti comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Avalon works the jab nicely.
Avalon ducks under a wild hook from Tintti.
Avalon swats away the attempt to clinch by Tintti.
Avalon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Avalon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tintti on the side of the head.
Tintti misses with a straight right.
Avalon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tintti.
Tintti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tintti throws a hook but Avalon blocks it.
Isibeda Tintti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avalon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Avalon digs a good body shot into Tintti's ribs.
Avalon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tintti was well out of range. Poor timing from Avalon.
Tintti misses with a straight left.
Tintti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Avalon.
Tintti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Avalon throws an off balance right hand
and Tintti counters by moving into the clinch.
Tintti throws a punch but it's blocked by Avalon.
Tintti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tintti throws a punch but it's blocked by Avalon.
Avalon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tintti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tintti. Avalon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tintti misses with an uppercut. Avalon saw that one coming.
Tintti swinging wildly here.
Tintti works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tintti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Avalon misses.
Tintti swings widly with a right hand
and Avalon counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Avalon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tintti.
A combination from Tintti does no damage.
Tintti lands with a good body shot.
Avalon tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tintti is able to avoid easily.
A low kick from Avalon misses
and Tintti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Avalon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tintti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circling - Tintti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avalon scores with a jab.
Tintti fails in his attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tintti.
Tintti looks to land a combination but Avalon avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isibeda Tintti dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Tintti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Avalon.
Tintti lands a right hook to the body.
Avalon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tintti is out of range and Avalon settles back down.
Tintti slips a jab from Avalon.
Tintti misses with a hook.
Avalon moves out of range of the body kick from Tintti.
Avalon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Avalon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tintti's hands.
Tintti misses with a series of wild punches.
Avalon walks into a jab.
Tintti misses with a looping left.
Avalon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tintti was well out of range. Poor timing from Avalon.
Avalon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tintti.
Tintti misses with the combination.
Avalon slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tintti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tintti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tintti darts in trying to clinch
and Avalon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tintti is rocked!
Avalon throws a monster overhand right that drops Tintti! Avalon follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Avalon!
Our winner, Junior Avalon, 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Hakeem Diaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drakkar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakeem Diaw had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hakeem Diaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Drakkar!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaw dives in and grabs Drakkar's left leg, looking for a takedown. Drakkar pushes down on Diaw's head and hops out.
Diaw lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Drakkar at a distance.
Drakkar darts in trying to clinch
letting Diaw counter with a right hand.
Drakkar lands a leg kick that knocks Diaw off balance momentarily.
Diaw circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaw sizes up Drakkar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Drakkar tries to clinch but Diaw moves out of range.
Diaw darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Drakkar darts in trying to clinch
enabling Diaw to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Diaw feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Drakkar is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Drakkar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diaw. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Drakkar pulls Diaw in to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drakkar wants to sweep here but Diaw controlling him for the moment.
Diaw throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Drakkar wants to hit a switch here but Diaw passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Drakkar there!
Diaw looking to ground and pound but Drakkar is blocking nicely.
Diaw prevents Drakkar from getting the reversal.
Diaw has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Drakkar is squirming around, avoiding Diaw's attempts to control the action.
Drakkar defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Diaw.
Diaw throws some wild stikes that Drakkar manages to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaw working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Drakkar turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Diaw off and cradles Drakkar's limp body as Diaw celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Hakeem Diaw!
Hakeem Diaw decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dragoslav Stoyanovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stoyanovich comes to the cage accompanied by Hymn To Red October. Swanson has chosen all nightmare long by metallica as his entrance music. Karl Swanson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dragoslav Stoyanovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karl Swanson!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoyanovich thuds his right hand into Swanson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Stoyanovich takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Stoyanovich throws a leg kick but Swanson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice shot lands for Swanson.
A lazy left from Stoyanovich finds it's target.
Stoyanovich misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stoyanovich looks to land a left hand but Swanson moved out of range nicely.
Stoyanovich throws a low kick but Swanson moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swanson moves out of range of the leg kick from Stoyanovich.
Stoyanovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Swanson.
Swanson misses with a two punch combination.
Stoyanovich misses the shot to the body.
Swanson misses with a hook
and Stoyanovich counters with a thumping low kick.
Stoyanovich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Swanson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stoyanovich misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoyanovich has managed to clinch.
Swanson looking for a takedown.
Stoyanovich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Swanson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Stoyanovich gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Stoyanovich is pressed up against the cage. Swanson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stoyanovich down to the mat. Stoyanovich avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dragoslav Stoyanovich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karl Swanson.
Stoyanovich throws a lazy right hand but Swanson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stoyanovich scores with a hook.
Stoyanovich connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swanson misses with a hook
and Stoyanovich counters with a big right hand! Oh Swanson is in trouble here! Stoyanovich follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dragoslav Stoyanovich!
Dragoslav Stoyanovich really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Happy Pills logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Private Pile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunks Jucci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pile's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jelly Doughnut. 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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22
270 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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270 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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Dangerous knees
Very quick |
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World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Private Pile!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hunks Jucci!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pile tries to clinch up but Jucci circles away and keeps his distance.
Pile avoids the body shot from Jucci.
Pile takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Private Pile has been cut.
Pile takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A jab from Pile does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jucci looks to land a left hand but Pile moved out of range nicely.
Pile keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pile misses with a few strikes there.
Pile tries to clinch but Jucci is having none of it.
Pile tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jucci paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pile avoids the body shot from Jucci.
Pile uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jucci.
Jucci tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pile was well out of range. Poor timing from Jucci.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jucci misses with a jab to the body
letting Pile counter with a right hand.
Pile is looking to clinch.
Pile wants to clinch.
Jucci cracks Pile with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jucci cracks Pile on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Pile falls backwards against the cage. Jucci follows up with more strikes that drop Pile to his knees. Jucci keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Pile! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hunks Jucci!
Hunks Jucci thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Smith Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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254 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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250 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Smith Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Quinton Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer moves out of range of the leg kick from Jackson.
Hammer takes one to the side of the head.
Hammer fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jackson sprawls well initially but Hammer persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jackson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hammer prevents Jackson from getting back to his feet.
Hammer trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammer is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hammer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammer stopping the sweep attempt from Jackson.
Hammer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jackson wants to sweep but no luck.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jackson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jackson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jackson scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer avoids the body shot from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Jackson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hammer blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jackson scores with a head kick. Hammer tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hammer blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quinton Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson gets caught napping as Hammer dives in and scores a takedown. Jackson manages to retain guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Hammer from controlling successfully.
Hammer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jackson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jackson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hammer pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackson is keeping the position for now.
Hammer throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jackson as he jumps to the side.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Jackson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hammer's head.
Hammer looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
Jackson misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hammer. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hammer.
Hammer slips under a jab.
Hammer with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jackson counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Smith Hammer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
A jab from Jackson finds it's way through Hammer's defenses.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice jab there from Jackson.
Quinton Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson throws the left hand but Hammer avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson throws a sloppy head kick and Hammer moves out of range easily.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Hammer avoids nicely.
Hammer shoots in and bounces Jackson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quinton Jackson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A head kick by Jackson misses
letting Hammer counter with a right hand.
Jackson jabs at Hammer's body.
Hammer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jackson.
Hammer shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Hammer has his takedown stuffed
and Jackson counters with a leg kick.
Jackson digs a good hook to Hammer's body.
Hammer slips a jab from Jackson.
Hammer takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson tries to sprawl but Hammer drives through with a takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer is looking for a kimura but Jackson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hammer to get the leverage.
Jackson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hammer.
Jackson is looking to control Hammer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jackson avoid being mounted?
Jackson is trying to get back to full guard.
Smith Hammer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammer is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jackson is just riding it out for now. Hammer eventually gives up the hold.
Hammer with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jackson wants to improve his position but Hammer is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jackson is trying to stand.
Hammer trying to control the action but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Hammer is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jackson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hammer looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hammer is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jackson has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Hammer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jackson defends it well.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackson is looking for a sweep. Hammer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hammer uses his free foot to push down on Jackson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jackson.
Hammer moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Jackson has worked his arm free - good work by Jackson!
Hammer tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hammer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hammer thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jackson gets back to half guard.
Hammer works his way into full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammer can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jackson is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Smith Hammer will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hammer shoots in and drives through. Jackson sprawls well.
Jackson looks to throw the jab but Hammer is out of range.
Jackson lands with a slapping head kick.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and Hammer counters with a takedown into side control.
Hammer is trying to get an arm triangle but Jackson is defending well.
Jackson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jackson is trying to get back to half guard.
Jackson can't do much from the bottom here.
Hammer misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jackson tries to bench press Hammer off him but Hammer keeps the position.
Hammer tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Jackson tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Jackson pushes Hammer away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hammer gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Hammer throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jackson is trying to get back to his feet.
Hammer lands some shots froms side control.
Jackson is looking for a sweep.
Hammer tries for a kimura but Jackson is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammer is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jackson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hammer thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is not content to let Hammer control the position.
Hammer works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jackson is trying to get back to half guard.
Hammer tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hammer has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hammer wants to control but Jackson is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer is chipping away with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The ground and pound from Hammer seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Hammer tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hammer trying to control the position but Jackson is working away.
Hammer is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jackson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jackson is looking to reverse the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hammer asserts his dominance and retains side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Smith Hammer showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hammer 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Quinton Jackson!
A very excited looking Quinton Jackson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haplopelma Hainanum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Mountain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mountain is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by kuningas. Haplopelma Hainanum could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jari Mountain's chin.
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24
218 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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28
209 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haplopelma Hainanum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Mountain!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Mountain.
Mountain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mountain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hainanum.
Hainanum moves in looking to clinch but Mountain pushes him off.
Mountain circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mountain counters with a left and a right that stings Hainanum.
Mountain moves out of range of the leg kick from Hainanum.
Hainanum thumps Mountain with a low kick.
Hainanum throws a sloppy head kick and Mountain moves out of range easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mountain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Hainanum misses.
Hainanum tries to land a front kick but Mountain steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hainanum blocks a jab.
Hainanum clinches up against the cage.
Mountain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mountain throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mountain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hainanum backwards.
Hainanum trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hainanum.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain wants to get back to striking at distance but Hainanum won't allow it.
Hainanum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mountain lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mountain.
Hainanum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mountain is defending well for now.
Hainanum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mountain is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hainanum lands a damaging elbow.
Hainanum has Mountain pressed against the cage, preventing Mountain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hainanum trying to land knees to the body.
Mountain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mountain takes an elbow to the temple.
Hainanum misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hainanum trying to land knees to the body.
Mountain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hainanum backwards.
Mountain tries to break free but Hainanum pushes him back against the cage.
Hainanum displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mountain up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum landing knees to the body.
Mountain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mountain drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hainanum pulls his leg out and moves away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hainanum being controlled against the cage.
Mountain lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mountain gets through Hainanum's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mountain wants a takedown but no success here.
Hainanum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mountain lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum has a couple of punches blocked by Mountain.
Mountain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mountain dodges an elbow strike from Hainanum.
Mountain softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hainanum just leaning against Mountain, taking a breather.
Mountain has Hainanum pressed against the cage.
Hainanum softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mountain misses with the head strike.
Mountain scores with a shot to the side of Hainanum's head.
Mountain blocks an elbow strike.
Hainanum content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Mountain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mountain wants to get back to striking at distance but Hainanum won't allow it.
Mountain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mountain struggles to land a body shot inside as Hainanum controls his hands.
Mountain tries to stall but Hainanum uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mountain lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the head but Mountain blocks with his arms.
Hainanum lands a damaging elbow.
Mountain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hainanum working aggressively here.
Mountain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hainanum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hainanum gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mountain is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hainanum can't fight it off and eventually Mountain manages to take the fight to the floor. Hainanum looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mountain trying to control but Hainanum is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jari Mountain will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hainanum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mountain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mountain steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hainanum. That one must have hurt.
Hainanum moves into range and clinches up with Mountain.
Hainanum tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mountain's elbow.
Mountain gets through Hainanum's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Mountain.
Hainanum pushes Mountain back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hainanum lands a damaging elbow.
Hainanum letting Mountain take a breather here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mountain misses with a punch to the body.
Mountain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hainanum working Mountain over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mountain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Hainanum.
Hainanum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hainanum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mountain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mountain.
Hainanum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haplopelma Hainanum has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hainanum can't find room to land a body shot as Mountain controls the action.
Hainanum throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mountain blocks it with crossed arms.
Hainanum landing knees to the body.
Mountain tries to work over Hainanum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hainanum - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hainanum gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Jari Mountain has been cut.
Hainanum throws a head punch that misses.
Hainanum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mountain is keeping busy.
Hainanum is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mountain is defending well for now.
Hainanum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mountain has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hainanum is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hainanum tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mountain avoids it.
Mountain avoiding damage as Hainanum throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain tries to throw a body punch but Hainanum avoids it by throwing Mountain back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mountain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mountain tries to break free but Hainanum pushes him back against the cage.
Mountain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hainanum looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hainanum tries to land knees in the clinch but Mountain avoids the damage to the body.
Mountain has had enough of the clinch but Hainanum keeps him there for the moment.
Hainanum tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mountain's elbow.
Hainanum misses with the head strike.
Hainanum stalls.
Hainanum throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hainanum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mountain.
Mountain misses with some punches.
Hainanum blocks a body shot from Mountain.
Hainanum throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Mountain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain taking a breather.
Mountain lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mountain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mountain.
Mountain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hainanum tries to close the distance and clinch but Mountain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Mountain.
Danga de danga de dang - Mountain scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Haplopelma Hainanum has been cut.
Mountain lands with a straight right. Hainanum didn't see that one coming.
Hainanum uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mountain checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hainanum avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mountain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hainanum.
Mountain scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hainanum dodges the punch combination from Mountain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mountain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hainanum.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mountain crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hainanum - the referee stops the clock and Mountain gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hainanum. Mountain manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mountain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hainanum looks for the body kick but Mountain saw that one coming.
Mountain scores with a hook.
Hainanum feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mountains jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jari Mountain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hainanum throws a head kick that misses
and Mountain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mountain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hainanum.
Mountain tries to keep at a distance but Hainanum has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mountain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Mountain.
Mountain breaks the clinch.
Mountain rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hainanum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Haplopelma Hainanum will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hainanum darts in and clinches Mountain up against the cage.
Mountain tries to break the clinch but Hainanum is controlling the position.
Hainanum trying to land knees to the body.
Hainanum throws a head punch that misses.
Mountain is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hainanum gets underhooks to prevent Mountain's takedown attempt.
A short left from Hainanum.
Mountain's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hainanum has a couple of punches blocked by Mountain.
Hainanum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mountain is keeping busy.
Mountain scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mountain has a couple of punches blocked by Hainanum.
Hainanum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mountain is keeping busy.
Mountain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hainanum has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Mountain.
Still in the clinch, Hainanum scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hainanum.
Mountain blocks a body shot from Hainanum.
Mountain lands a nice uppercut.
Hainanum tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hainanum is trying to stall.
Hainanum comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hainanum lands an elbow inside.
Mountain has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hainanum clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Mountain trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Hainanum doesn't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain struggling to keep hold of the position.
Mountain slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
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!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jari Mountain.
Mountain checks a low kick from Hainanum.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain blocks a low kick nicely.
Hainanum dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mountain. That did some damage!
Hainanum lands a leg kick that knocks Mountain off balance momentarily.
Mountain blocks a head kick by Hainanum.
Hainanum throws a leg kick
letting Mountain counter with a right hand.
Hainanum on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mountain. Mountain obviously looking to wear him down.
Hainanum goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hainanum closes the distance and clinches.
Hainanum missing with knees to the body.
Mountain scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mountain taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Mountain.
Mountain jumps guard but Hainanum stands there with Mountain around his waist. Mountain gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
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!
Mountain is looking to break free of the clinch but Hainanum has double underhooks.
Mountain avoids a wild elbow strike from Hainanum.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain blocks an elbow strike from Hainanum.
Hainanum prevents the takedown attempt.
Haplopelma Hainanum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jari Mountain.
Mountain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mountain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mountain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hainanum misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mountain.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mountain as Hainanum tries to tie him up.
Hainanum misses with an elbow strike.
Hainanum is leaning against Mountain and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hainanum displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mountain up against the cage.
Mountain taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hainanum.
Mountain misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Haplopelma Hainanum.
I think Hainanum 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Haplopelma Hainanum!
After winning the bout, Haplopelma Hainanum 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nyffe Pehmytkudos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iwan Matwijenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pehmytkudos comes into the arena with Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me blaring out of the sound system. Matwijenko has chosen Hас баxamo! as his entrance music. Nyffe Pehmytkudos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nyffe Pehmytkudos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Iwan Matwijenko!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matwijenko scores with a nice right hand.
Pehmytkudos fails with a takedown attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matwijenko.
Matwijenko cracks the inside of Pehmytkudos's front leg.
Pehmytkudos pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Matwijenko back to the cage. Pehmytkudos follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice leg kick lands there from Matwijenko.
Matwijenko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pehmytkudos throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Matwijenko was covering up waiting for the punch and Pehmytkudos finishes the takedown easily into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matwijenko is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pehmytkudos is controlling him.
Matwijenko keeping moving, preventing Pehmytkudos from controlling successfully.
Pehmytkudos throwing strikes but missing.
Pehmytkudos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matwijenko uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Matwijenko lands a big head kick that sends Pehmytkudos tumbling to the mat! Matwijenko takes a step backwards and waves Pehmytkudos back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Nyffe Pehmytkudos has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matwijenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pehmytkudos.
Pehmytkudos slips under a jab.
Matwijenko lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Pehmytkudos can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Matwijenko and Pehmytkudos drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Matwijenko.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iwan Matwijenko!
Iwan Matwijenko got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Norbert Grupe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grupe kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Organized Konfusion - Bring It On (Buckwild Remix) . Speed is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Pretty Lights / I Know The Truth. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Norbert Grupe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derek Speed!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Speed misses with a low kick.
Grupe scores with a body shot.
Grupe throws a jab when Speed was well out of range.
Grupe thows a body shot but no joy.
Grupe misses the shot to the body.
Grupe digs a good hook to Speed's body.
Speed missing with a left hand there. Grupe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Speed moves away from the strike by Grupe.
Grupe throws out a powerful jab.
Speed slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Speed throws a right and a left that Grupe avoids nicely.
Speed connects with a body shot that sends Grupe's belly button to the back.
Grupe throws a hook to the side of Speed's head but Speed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Speed is looking to chop away at Grupe's legs.
Speed needs to keep his hands up - Grupe had a free shot at his head there.
Grupe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grupe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Speed counters with a three punch combo that has Grupe backing up. Grupe nods at Speed to acknowledge the strikes.
Speed comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Speed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grupe.
Speed swats away the attempt to clinch by Grupe.
Speed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grupe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Speed misses with a hook. Grupe ducked under it nicely.
Grupe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Speed sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Grupe misses.
Grupe lands with a shot to the body.
Grupe avoids the body shot from Speed.
Grupe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Speed misses with a few strikes there.
Grupe scores with a jab. Speed acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Grupe misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Speed lands a slapping body shot.
Grupe lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Speed throws the left hand but Grupe avoids the punch easily.
Speed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Speed throws an overhand right that lands on Grupe's shoulder, as Grupe tries to avoid the shot.
Jab, jab by Grupe - just one landing.
Speed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grupe throws out the jab.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grupe throws a looping overhand right but Speed ducks down to avoid it.
Grupe throws a lazy right hand but Speed sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grupe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Speed in his tracks.
Grupe lands with a nice body punch.
Speed fails to land with a series of punches.
Grupe ducks under a wild hook from Speed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grupe throws a hook to the side of Speed's head but Speed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Speed cracks Grupe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Grupe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Speed misses with a two punch combination.
Speed looks to score with a jab to the body but Grupe is just out of range.
Grupe looks to land a right hand but Speed moved out of range.
Grupe misses with a hook. Speed ducked under it nicely.
Speed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grupe.
Grupe throws a looping overhand right but Speed ducks down to avoid it.
Speed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grupe closes the distance and clinches.
Grupe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Speeds head.
Speed misses with some punches.
Speed misses with a hook from the clinch.
Speed throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed can't find room to land a body shot as Grupe controls the action.
Grupe tries to throw a body punch but Speed avoids it by throwing Grupe back against the cage.
Grupe misses with the head strike.
Grupe swings wildly with an uppercut but Speed uses good head movement to avoid it.
Speed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grupe misses with a punch to the body.
Grupe tries to circle away but Speed has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Speed creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speed misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grupe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grupe misses with a punch to the body.
Speed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grupe backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grupe's elbow.
Grupe lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Speed fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grupe misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Norbert Grupe dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Grupe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grupe clinches up against the cage.
Speed stalling in the clinch.
Speed misses with some punches.
Speed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Speed blocks a body shot from Grupe.
A short right from Grupe.
Grupe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grupe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Speed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Speed lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grupe backwards.
Grupe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Derek Speed seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Speed lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Speed as Grupe tries to tie him up.
Grupe missing with knees to the body.
Grupe's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Speed prevents a body shot from Grupe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grupe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Speed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Speed keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Speed misses with a looping left.
Grupe lands a right hook to the body.
Speed thows a body shot but no joy.
Grupe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Speed.
Speed blocks a jab.
Grupe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grupe blocks a low kick nicely.
Speed misses with a lunging right hand
and Grupe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Speed connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Grupe's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grupe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Speed.
Grupe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Speed just misses with a punch to the body.
Grupe throws a nice looking combination but Speed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grupe misses with a looping right.
Norbert Grupe is winning the standup battle so far.
Grupe swinging wildly here.
Speed throws a big shot that misses.
Grupe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Speed misses the target.
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!
Speed misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Speed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Speed blocks a jab.
Speed throws a hook but Grupe blocks it.
Speed misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed misses the jab.
Grupe dodges the punch combination from Speed.
Speed thuds a left hand into Grupe's body.
Speed throws a poor cross that misses
and Grupe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Speed thinking.
Grupe lands with a hook. Speed tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Speed cracks Grupe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Speed misses with a two punch combination.
Grupe has Speed up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Speed.
Speed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grupe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grupe's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grupe throws a punch but it's blocked by Speed.
Grupe lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Grupe fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Speed.
Speed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Speed.
Grupe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Speed.
Grupe misses with an uppercut. Speed saw that one coming.
Grupe ducks under a wild hook from Speed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Speed fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grupe manages to avoid it.
Jab from Grupe.
Grupe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Norbert Grupe will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Speed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grupe missing with a left hand there. Speed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grupe scores with a nice right hand.
The fighters circling - Speed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Speed throws a low kick, looking for Grupe's leg but Grupe calmly moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Speed misses the target.
The fighters circling - Speed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grupe throws a nice looking combination but Speed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Speed misses with a hook. Grupe ducked under it nicely.
Speed misses with a low kick as Grupe jumps back.
Speed scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Speed is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Grupe moves out of range of the strikes.
Grupe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speed manages to avoid it.
Grupe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Speed.
Speed walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grupe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grupe lands with a shot to the body.
Grupe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Speed.
Speed swings for the body but Grupe moves out of range.
A cross from Speed lands.
Grupe thows a body shot but no joy.
Speed dodges the punch combination from Grupe.
Speed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grupe throws a looping overhand right but Speed ducks down to avoid it.
Speed bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grupe's head.
Speed misses with a series of wild punches.
Grupe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed swings widly with a right hand
and Grupe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Speed ducks under a wild hook from Grupe.
Grupe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Grupe scores with a three punch combo!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Speed ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grupe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Speed moves out of range of the strikes.
Grupe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Speed looks to throw the jab but Grupe is out of range.
Speed keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grupe.
Grupe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Speed.
Grupe swings for the body but Speed moves out of range.
Grupe misses with an uppercut. Speed saw that one coming.
Speed scores with a three punch combo!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grupe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Speed scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Norbert Grupe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grupe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Speed throws a nice looking combination but Grupe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grupe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speed manages to avoid it.
Speed misses with a looping left.
Grupe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Speed thows a body shot but no joy.
Grupe moves out of range as Speed strikes.
Speed throws a hook but Grupe blocks it.
Speed misses with a jab, cross combination.
Speed pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed slips under a jab from Grupe.
Speed defending well as Grupe loads up on a big left hand.
Speed needs to keep his hands up - Grupe had a free shot at his head there.
Grupe misses with a hook. Speed ducked under it nicely.
Grupe scores with a punch to the head.
Grupe moves out of range of the strikes.
Grupe scores with a jab. Speed acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Speed just misses with a punch to the body.
Grupe throws a series of punches but Speed moves out of range.
Speed ducks under a wild hook from Grupe.
Grupe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Speed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grupe is looking to clinch but Speed is avoiding it.
Grupe thuds his right hand into Speed's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Derek Speed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grupe scores with a punch to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Norbert Grupe.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Grupe, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Norbert Grupe!
After the big win, Norbert Grupe made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Valhalla Q160 Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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