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NFC 156 Jokinen vs Peto PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Puman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimo Tikkari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Puman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Raimo Tikkari was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Insanely flexible |
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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
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Puman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raimo Tikkari!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tikkari.
Puman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Puman tests Tikkari's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Puman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Tikkari. Beautiful body shot.
Tikkari throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Puman.
Jan Puman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Puman.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tikkari checks a leg kick.
Tikkari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Puman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tikkari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puman.
Puman works the jab nicely.
Tikkari tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tikkari chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puman can pounce on him.
Tikkari throws the left hand but Puman avoids the punch easily.
Puman scores with a sloppy right hand. Tikkari should have avoided that one.
Puman walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tikkari.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puman has closed the distance and engaged Tikkari in a clinch.
Tikkari tries to land knees in the clinch but Puman avoids the damage to the body.
Puman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tikkaris head.
Puman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tikkari wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Puman lands a good knee to the midsection. Tikkari won't want to take too many of those.
Puman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Puman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tikkari tries a low kick but Puman avoids it.
Tikkari looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Puman scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puman blocks a jab.
Tikkari misses with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tikkari.
Tikkari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That kick from Puman tenderised Tikkari's leg. Tikkari is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tikkari takes a swing at Puman's ribcage but misses.
Puman scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tikkari has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Puman finds it's way round the side to connect with Tikkari's head.
Tikkari throws a nice looking combination but Puman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puman.
Tikkari looks gassed!
Puman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Puman connects with a looping right hand.
Tikkari swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Puman to counter with a crisp jab.
Tikkari takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tikkari throws a series of strikes that have Puman backpedaling.
Tikkari drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A nice leg kick lands there from Puman.
Tikkari is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Puman rather than just go for the knockout.
Tikkari misses with an uppercut.
Puman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tikkari throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Puman lands a leg kick that knocks Tikkari off balance momentarily.
Tikkari takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tikkari doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puman connects with a leg kick. Tikkari looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tikkari's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tikkari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Puman scores with a leg kick.
Tikkari takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Puman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Puman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Puman clinches with his opponent.
Puman prevents Tikkari from breaking the clinch.
Puman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tikkari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Puman avoids it.
Puman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puman lands a left hand.
Tikkari takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Raimo Tikkari has been cut.
Puman lands an elbow inside.
Puman lands with a left to the head.
Puman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tikkari backwards.
Tikkari has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Puman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puman prevents Tikkari from breaking the clinch.
Puman lands a good knee to the midsection. Tikkari won't want to take too many of those.
Tikkari wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Puman has him pressed against the cage.
Puman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Puman throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Puman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Puman lands a nice hook to Tikkari's body. Tikkari takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Puman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tikkari gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Puman, right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Puman.
Puman takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Puman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tikkari's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puman scores with a spinning back kick!
Tikkari takes one to the side of the head.
Puman pushes Tikkari away with a front kick.
Puman lands a nice looking body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Puman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raimo Tikkari's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Puman scores with a spinning back kick!
A bone on bone clash there as Tikkari blocks the leg kick.
Puman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tikkari stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice cross by Puman.
Puman checks a leg kick.
Jan Puman is winning the standup battle so far.
Tikkari throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Puman counters with an inside leg kick.
Puman lands a lovely overhand right.
Puman slips a straight right by Tikkari.
Tikkari swats away the attempt to clinch by Puman.
Puman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tikkari is trying to force a seperation but Puman has the dominant position.
Tikkari is breathing heavily.
Puman lands a damaging elbow.
Tikkari has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Puman.
Puman lands an elbow just above Tikkari 's eye.
That has opened up Raimo Tikkari's cut even more.
Puman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Puman breaks the clinch.
Puman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tikkari can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikkari on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Puman. Puman obviously looking to wear him down.
Raimo Tikkari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Puman has Tikkari up against the cage in a clinch.
Tikkari takes a shot to the head.
Tikkari takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tikkari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tikkari on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Puman lands with a nice body punch.
Puman lands with a good body shot.
Puman cracks the inside of Tikkari's front leg.
Puman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tikkari under the eye.
Puman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tikkari throws a sloppy head kick and Puman moves out of range easily.
Puman lands the left hand.
Tikkari misses with a two punch combination.
Puman jabs at Tikkari's body.
Puman moves into range and clinches up with Tikkari.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Puman.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Puman.
Puman lands a nice elbow.
The cut above Raimo Tikkari's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Puman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tikkari's defenses.
Raimo Tikkari's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Puman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Puman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tikkari backwards.
Tikkari is rocked!
Tikkari avoiding damage as Puman throws knees to the body.
Tikkari is still on wobbly legs! Can Puman finish him?
Tikkari takes a knee to the side of the body.
Tikkari seems to have recovered his senses.
Puman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right from Puman.
Puman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jan Puman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tikkari takes an elbow to the temple.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Raimo Tikkari's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jan Puman!
Jan Puman took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, M/S Paint Fightwear for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stinkie Pinkie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silvera comes into the arena with Wedlock blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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199 lbs
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World class 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
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stinkie Pinkie!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silvera wants to clinch.
Silvera tries to clinch up but Pinkie circles away and keeps his distance.
Pinkie moves into the clinch successfully.
Pinkie leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silvera misses with a knee to the head.
Silvera scores with a shot to the side of Pinkie's head.
Pinkie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silvera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pinkie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pinkie.
Silvera lands an elbow inside that Pinkie shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silvera just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pinkie's brow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinkie.
Pinkie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinkie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvera misses with an elbow over the top.
Pinkie blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinkie.
Silvera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Silvera fails to land.
Silvera gets through Pinkie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pinkie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pinkie misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Pinkie.
Silvera takes a shot to the head.
Pinkie blocks an elbow strike from Silvera.
Pinkie working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silvera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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!
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvera working aggressively here.
Pinkie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silvera swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinkie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinkie presses Silvera against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pinkie lands with a left to the head.
Silvera swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinkie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvera working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinkie struggles to land a body shot inside as Silvera controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinkie.
Silvera throws a punch but it's blocked by Pinkie.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Pinkie blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silvera.
Pinkie breaks from the clinch.
Silvera moves into range and clinches up with Pinkie.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinkie.
Silvera has a couple of punches blocked by Pinkie.
Pinkie blocks an uppercut.
Pinkie breaks the clinch.
Pinkie throws the kick towards the body but Silvera avoids it.
Pinkie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Silvera tries to clinch but Pinkie is having none of it.
Pinkie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silvera's calf.
Joey Silvera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvera moves in looking to clinch but Pinkie pushes him off.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch but Pinkie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pinkie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Silvera tries to clinch but Pinkie moves out of range.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pinkie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silvera tries to clinch up but Pinkie circles away and keeps his distance.
Silvera moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Silvera fails to land.
Pinkie breaks from the clinch.
Silvera closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pinkie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pinkie keeps the fight on the outside.
Silvera tries to clinch there but Pinkie circles away.
Silvera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pinkie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvera.
Silvera tries to clinch up but Pinkie circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinkie tries to clinch up.
Silvera wants to clinch.
Pinkie swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvera.
Pinkie tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silvera wants to clinch but Pinkie slips to the side
and Pinkie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silvera wants to clinch up but Pinkie keeps it at a distance.
Silvera pushes Pinkie up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Pinkie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silvera scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Stinkie Pinkie has been cut.
A shot in the inside from Silvera.
Pinkie is rocked!
Silvera throws a punch but it's blocked by Pinkie.
Pinkie is still on wobbly legs! Can Silvera finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinkie.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silvera has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Pinkie - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Silvera, and another! Pinkie is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Joey Silvera!
Joey Silvera took some time post fight to say the following; 'In nomine dei nostri satanas luciferi excelsi!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Santeri Norzu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven S Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Norzu might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cult of Luna - Back To Chapel Town. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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163 lbs
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153 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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
23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Santeri Norzu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sven S Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Svensson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Svensson misses with a right hand
and Norzu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Svensson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Santeri Norzu has been cut.
Svensson jabs Norzu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Svensson misses with a low kick.
Norzu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norzu staying out of range there.
Svensson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Norzu to score with a decent uppercut.
Norzu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svensson misses with a wild body shot.
Svensson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Norzu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Svensson connects with a crisp jab.
Svensson throws out a loose jab but Norzu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Svensson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Norzu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Svensson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norzu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Norzu takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Svensson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Svensson.
Norzu looks for the body kick but Svensson saw that one coming.
Svensson misses with a body shot.
Norzu finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Svensson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Norzu moves away.
Norzu takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Svensson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Svensson looks to throw the jab but Norzu is out of range.
Sven S Svensson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Svensson moves out of range as Norzu strikes.
Svensson takes one to the side of the head.
Norzu misses with a hook
and Svensson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A clash of legs there as Svensson blocks the low kick.
Norzu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Svensson.
Norzu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Svensson throws a head kick but Norzu moves out of range.
Svensson scores with a hook to the body. Norzu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Svensson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Svensson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Norzu. That one must have hurt.
Norzu staying out of range there.
Norzu misses with an uppercut.
Norzu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Svensson backs up against the cage.
Norzu drops his hands momentarily and Svensson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Norzu is rocked!
A jab from Svensson misses.
Oh Norzu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Svensson throws a looping overhand right but Norzu ducks down to avoid it.
Svensson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Svensson throws a hook but Norzu avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Svensson lands an elbow that stopped Norzu in his tracks for a moment.
Svensson lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Svensson - that landed with a thud.
Norzu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Svensson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Norzu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Svensson.
Svensson drops Norzu with a straight right hand, right on the button! Svensson follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sven S Svensson!
During a confident post fight interview, Sven S Svensson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Adebisi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adebisi has chosen Go Go Adebisi as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taylor Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simon Adebisi!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Davis throws a series of punches but Adebisi moves out of range.
Davis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Davis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Davis lands a front kick.
Adebisi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Adebisi misses with a jab to the body
and Davis counters with a nice uppercut.
Adebisi looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.
Adebisi scores with a hook to the body. Davis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Davis throws the kick towards the body but Adebisi avoids it.
Davis misses with the combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Davis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Adebisi in his tracks.
Davis wants to slow Adebisi down by chopping away at his legs.
Davis with a nice cross.
Adebisi scores with a jab.
Adebisi takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Adebisi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis moves forwards but Adebisi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Davis.
Adebisi scores with a jab.
Davis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Davis throws the kick towards the body but Adebisi avoids it.
Davis lands with a straight right. Adebisi didn't see that one coming.
Adebisi throws a hook but Davis avoids it easily.
Davis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Adebisi's head backwards.
Davis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Davis walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adebisi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Adebisi.
Taylor Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davis slips a jab from Adebisi.
A slapping leg kick lands for Adebisi.
Adebisi throws a lazy right hand but Davis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adebisi shoots in looking for a takedown but Davis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Adebisi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Davis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Adebisi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Adebisi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Adebisi shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Adebisi showed some decent athleticism there.
Adebisi trying to control from half guard but Davis is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis gets full guard.
Davis is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Davis trying to keep a closed guard but Adebisi is proving a slippery customer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Davis is on top in guard.
Adebisi working for a triangle but Davis defends it easily.
Adebisi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Davis is one step ahead there.
Adebisi has Davis pulled in close to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Adebisi is proving hard to escape from.
Davis gets to his feet - Adebisi follows without any prompting.
Davis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Davis misses with a body kick.
Davis throws a leg kick
and Adebisi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Adebisi misses the jab.
Adebisi moves out of range of the strikes.
Adebisi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Adebisi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Davis misses with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Adebisi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adebisi shoots in and drives through. Davis sprawls well.
Taylor Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Simon Adebisi.
Adebisi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Adebisi should have avoided that one.
Davis throws a right hand that Adebisi ducks under and follows up with a left that Adebisi also avoids with ease.
A big left from Davis misses.
Adebisi looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Davis misses with a straight left.
Davis throws a low kick, looking for Adebisi's leg but Adebisi calmly moves out of range.
Davis is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Davis stuffs the takedown.
A lazy left from Davis finds it's target.
A jab from Adebisi misses.
Taylor Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Davis as he jumps to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice defenses there by Adebisi.
Adebisi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davis. That's going to slow Adebisi down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taylor Davis 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.
Adebisi misses with a looping right.
Davis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Adebisi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis dodges the punch combination from Adebisi.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Nice defenses there by Adebisi.
Davis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Adebisis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Adebisi throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Davis tries to land a front kick but Adebisi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice defenses there by Davis.
Davis lands with a kick to the ribs.
Adebisi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Davis was well out of range. Poor timing from Adebisi.
Davis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Davis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi misses with a wild combination.
Adebisi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Adebisi 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 cross from Davis lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Davis scores with a four punch combination!
Davis connects with a nice looking jab.
Davis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Adebisi scores with a jab to the body.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Davis as he avoids it easily.
Adebisi misses with a wild body shot.
Adebisi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Davis doesn't seem bothered though.
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!
Davis sizes up Adebisi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Adebisi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Adebisi fails to land the takedown.
Davis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis scores with a sloppy right hand. Adebisi should have avoided that one.
Davis throws a looping overhand right but Adebisi ducks down to avoid it.
Adebisi fails to land the takedown.
Taylor Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Simon Adebisi.
Adebisi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Adebisi is breathing heavily.
Davis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Adebisi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Davis takes a swing at Adebisi's ribcage but misses.
Davis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Davis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Adebisi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Adebisi throws a low kick but Davis avoids it.
Davis connects with a crisp jab.
Davis lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Davis ducks under a wild hook from Adebisi.
Davis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adebisi.
Good shot there by Davis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Davis.
Davis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Davis scores with a leg kick.
Davis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Adebisi takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Davis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Davis misses with a body shot.
Davis clobbers Adebisi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Adebisi tries to move into range but Davis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis tries to work over Adebisi's front leg with a kick but Adebisi checks it.
Adebisi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Adebisi misses with a shot to the body
and Davis counters with a nice kick to the body.
Davis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Adebisi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Davis sprawls well. Davis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Adebisi gets slowly back to his feet.
Taylor Davis is winning the standup battle so far.
Adebisi takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Davis throws a sloppy body shot
and Davis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Davis!
Adebisi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davis misses with a wild body shot.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adebisi shoots in but Davis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Adebisi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danga de danga de dang - Davis scores with a four punch combination!
Adebisi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Davis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Davis jabs Adebisi right on the nose. Adebisi blinks but takes it well.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davis lands a really nice looking cross but Adebisi seems unphased.
The crowd cheers as Davis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adebisi doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taylor Davis dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Davis thumps Adebisi with a low kick.
Adebisi gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Davis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Davis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Adebisi tries for a kimura but Davis is defending well.
Adebisi tries to score with some ground and pound. Davis controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Davis sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Davis trying to control but Adebisi postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adebisi wants to take a breather but Davis is having none of it.
Adebisi is pressing down on Davis's thigh, looking to free his foot. Davis is holding on for now.
Davis controlling the position well.
Adebisi wants to pass to mount but Davis is defending the position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Taylor Davis wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Adebisi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Davis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Adebisi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Davis.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Adebisi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Davis.
Davis fails to land with a series of punches.
Adebisi throws out a loose jab but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Adebisi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Davis throws a shot to the body.
Davis tries a low kick but Adebisi avoids it.
Adebisi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Davis counters with a nice leg kick.
Adebisi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis throws a series of punches but Adebisi moves out of range.
Adebisi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Adebisi thowing shots but they're missing.
Adebisi is working for a guillotine from mount but Davis frees his head quite easily.
Davis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adebisi avoids the attempt from Davis to control.
Adebisi tries to control but Davis wriggling away.
Simon Adebisi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Adebisi looking for a guillotine from mount but Davis is having none of it.
Davis tries to lock up and control but Adebisi gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Simon Adebisi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Adebisi with the ground and pound from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis trying desperately to get to his feet.
Davis wants to hold on but Adebisi pushes him away.
Adebisi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Davis is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BOOM! Adebisi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Davis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adebisi looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Davis covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Adebisi!
A victorious Simon Adebisi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frank Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Solovyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladimir Solovyev 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Andersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Vladimir Solovyev!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Solovyev.
Solovyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Andersson manages to avoid it.
Andersson checks a leg kick.
Solovyev throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Andersson to counter with a crisp jab.
Solovyev misses the shot to the body.
Solovyev tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Andersson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Solovyev lands with a good body shot.
Solovyev closes the distance and clinches.
Solovyev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Solovyev taking a breather.
Andersson jumps guard but Solovyev turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Andersson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Andersson working aggressively here.
Andersson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Solovyev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Solovyev blocks a body shot from Andersson.
Andersson jumps guard but Solovyev turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson misses with a body punch.
Andersson lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Andersson.
Andersson keeps control of Solovyev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Solovyev takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Andersson tries to pull guard but Solovyev won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Andersson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Solovyev lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Andersson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Solovyev just stands there and leans against the cage.
Solovyev stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Solovyev taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Solovyev stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Andersson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Andersson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Solovyev backwards.
Andersson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
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!
Solovyev prevents Andersson from breaking the clinch.
Solovyev digs a right hand underneath Andersson's ribcage. Andersson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Solovyev lands a shot to the body.
Solovyev struggles to land a body shot inside as Andersson controls his hands.
Solovyev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Solovyev lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Andersson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson lands a shoulder strike.
Andersson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Solovyev to keep the fight standing.
Andersson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Solovyev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Solovyev.
Andersson leaning against his opponent.
Andersson tries to pull guard but Solovyev won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Andersson fails to land.
Solovyev swings wildly with an uppercut but Andersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Solovyev lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Andersson or not.
Andersson is breathing heavily.
Andersson pulls guard.
Solovyev controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Andersson controlling the position.
Solovyev preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Vladimir Solovyev.
Solovyev tries to clinch up.
Solovyev fails in his attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from Solovyev misses
and Andersson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Solovyev tries to clinch but Andersson moves out of range.
Andersson throws an overhand right that lands on Solovyev's shoulder, as Solovyev tries to avoid the shot.
Solovyev attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Solovyev ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Andersson lands a right hook to the body.
Solovyev is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Andersson rather than just go for the knockout.
Andersson tries to land a leg kick but Solovyev saw it coming and moves away.
Solovyev blocks a leg kick.
Solovyev shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Andersson circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solovyev swings for the body but Andersson moves out of range.
Andersson throws a hook but Solovyev avoids it easily.
Andersson connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Solovyev.
Solovyev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Solovyev throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Solovyev has Andersson up against the cage in a clinch.
Andersson is trying to pull guard but Solovyev turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Solovyev is looking to control Andersson's arms but Andersson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Solovyev has his back to the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Solovyev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andersson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Solovyevs head.
Solovyev can't find room to land a body shot as Andersson controls the action.
Solovyev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Andersson has had enough of the clinch but Solovyev keeps him there for the moment.
Andersson blocks a body shot from Solovyev.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Solovyev dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Solovyev takes one on the button.
Andersson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Solovyev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Andersson throws a body punch but Solovyev moves out of range.
Solovyev throws a jab when Andersson was well out of range.
Andersson throws a shot from downtown. Solovyev moves away and avoids it.
Solovyev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Andersson.
Solovyev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Andersson.
Solovyev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Andersson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Solovyev.
Solovyev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vladimir Solovyev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Solovyev throws out a loose jab but Andersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Solovyev. That's going to slow Andersson down.
Andersson with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson slips a straight right by Solovyev.
Andersson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Solovyev turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Solovyev misses its intended target.
Solovyev takes one to the side of the head.
Andersson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Andersson walks into a straight right hand from Solovyev.
Vladimir Solovyev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Andersson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Andersson tries to score with a low kick but Solovyev moves his leg out of the way.
Andersson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Solovyev.
Solovyev bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Andersson looks to land a right hand but Solovyev moved out of range.
Solovyev cracks Andersson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Solovyev attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Solovyev throws a lazy right hand but Andersson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Andersson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Andersson keeps the fight on the outside.
Solovyev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Solovyev takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Solovyev throws out a loose jab but Andersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That kick from Solovyev tenderised Andersson's leg. Andersson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Solovyev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Andersson moves out of range of the strikes.
Solovyev wants to slow Andersson down by chopping away at his legs.
Solovyev scores with a sloppy right hand. Andersson should have avoided that one.
Solovyev on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Andersson.
Andersson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andersson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Solovyev walks into a jab.
A big left from Solovyev misses.
Andersson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Andersson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Andersson throws a jab but it's blocked by Solovyev.
Andersson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Solovyev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Andersson.
Solovyev tries to clinch up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Solovyev. That's going to slow Andersson down.
Solovyev misses the shot to the body.
Solovyev throws a solid leg kick but Andersson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Solovyev.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Andersson as he connects with a hook.
Solovyev misses with a leg kick
and Andersson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Andersson checks a leg kick.
Solovyev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Andersson manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Solovyev.
Solovyev pivots, looking for a leg kick but Andersson is out of range and Solovyev settles back down.
Andersson takes a swing at Solovyev's ribcage but misses.
A clash of legs there as Andersson blocks the low kick.
Solovyev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Andersson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice straight punches there by Solovyev. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Solovyev.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Solovyev slips under a jab from Andersson.
Solovyev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Solovyev fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Andersson is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Solovyev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Andersson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Solovyev takes the fight into the clinch.
Solovyev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Andersson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Solovyev tries to break free but Andersson pushes him back against the cage.
Andersson drags the fight down to the ground.
Andersson 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.
Solovyev controlling from the top position.
Andersson trying to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Vladimir Solovyev wasn't active enough on the ground.
Solovyev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Andersson.
Andersson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Solovyev darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Andersson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Andersson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Solovyev throws a leg kick
and Andersson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Solovyev fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Andersson, pushing him back against the cage.
Solovyev swings wildly with an uppercut but Andersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Solovyev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Solovyev has had enough of the clinch but Andersson keeps him there for the moment.
Andersson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Andersson on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Solovyev struggles to land a body shot inside as Andersson controls his hands.
A short body shot lands from Solovyev as the two fighters clinch.
Solovyev lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Solovyev.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Andersson fails to land.
Andersson is trying to push Solovyev away but Solovyev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Solovyev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Solovyev looks to land a combination but Andersson avoids it well.
Andersson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Vladimir Solovyev is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersson throws a head kick but Solovyev moves out of range.
Andersson avoids the body shot from Solovyev.
Solovyev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Andersson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Andersson wants to slow Solovyev down by chopping away at his legs.
Solovyev throws a body punch but Andersson moves out of range.
Andersson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Solovyev was well out of range. Poor timing from Andersson.
Andersson looks to land a right hand but Solovyev moved out of range.
Solovyev throws a hook but Andersson avoids it easily.
Andersson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Solovyev wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Andersson connects with a solid leg kick.
Solovyev connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solovyev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Andersson counters with a straight right hand.
Solovyev takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Solovyev loads up on a big right hand but Andersson slips the punch.
Solovyev throws a head kick that misses.
Frank Andersson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Solovyev tries to clinch
and Andersson counters with a left to the body.
Andersson slips under a jab from Solovyev.
A big right from Andersson misses.
Solovyev turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Andersson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Solovyev lands with an uppercut that bounces Andersson off the cage and back into range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andersson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Solovyev throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Andersson counter with a right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Solovyev.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Solovyev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Solovyev 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vladimir Solovyev!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sir Blocko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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157 lbs
18 - 7 - 1 |
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Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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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
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sir Blocko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hank Cole!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Blocko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blocko throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blocko manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Blocko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sloppy strikes from Blocko. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Blocko.
Blocko walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cole checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cole scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blocko thows a leg kick but Cole checks it
and Cole counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Blocko scores with a hook.
Cole tests Blocko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fighters circling - Blocko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blocko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cole works Blocko's body with a nice hook.
Cole throws a hook but Blocko blocks it.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.
Blocko missing with a left hand there. Cole was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blocko slips a straight right by Cole.
Blocko misses the jab.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Blocko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blocko throws a head kick that misses.
Cole is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Blocko rather than just go for the knockout.
Cole misses with an uppercut. Blocko saw that one coming.
Blocko shoots in but no luck this time.
Cole fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Blocko looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hank Cole is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole lands a nice looking body shot.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blocko.
Blocko throws a leg kick
and Cole counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blocko tries to move into range but Cole moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cole throws a body punch but Blocko moves out of range.
Cole throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blocko throws a head kick but Cole moves out of range.
Blocko slips a straight right by Cole.
Cole keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Cole.
Cole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blocko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole works the jab nicely.
Cole blocks a jab.
Blocko fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cole misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Blocko counters with an outside leg kick.
Blocko avoids the body shot from Cole.
Blocko pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cole is out of range and Blocko settles back down.
Cole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blocko.
Blocko throws an off balance right hand
and Cole counters with a nice uppercut.
Blocko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cole. Blocko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blocko.
Blocko throws a leg kick but Cole sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blocko misses with a hook. Cole ducked under it nicely.
Blocko is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cole.
Blocko thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cole if he has to take too many more of those.
A head kick from Blocko lands but Cole takes it in his stride.
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!
Cole misses with a combination
and Blocko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blocko moves away.
Cole fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Blocko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.
Cole with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Blocko to score with a decent uppercut.
Cole swings widly with a right hand
and Blocko counters with a thumping low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Cole dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cole swinging wildly here.
Blocko fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cole to the ground. Blocko is now in Cole's guard.
Blocko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cole works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Blocko is looking to work some ground and pound but Cole has wrist control.
Blocko keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cole's head.
Blocko trying to control but Cole is working from the bottom.
Cole wants to sweep here but Blocko controlling him for the moment.
Cole is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cole looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blocko stops Cole from standing up.
Blocko is looking to work some ground and pound but Cole has wrist control.
Blocko throwing strikes from guard but Cole blocks nicely.
Blocko 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.
Blocko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blocko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Blocko working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cole is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Blocko is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Cole is defending well.
Blocko jumps guard but Cole turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cole looks to throw the jab but Blocko is out of range.
Cole thows a body shot but no joy.
Cole takes a swing at Blocko's ribcage but misses.
Blocko is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cole sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sir Blocko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blocko.
Cole uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blocko.
Blocko keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cole.
Blocko throws a combination that misses
and Cole counters with a nice body shot.
Blocko shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Blocko was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
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!
Blocko landing shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blocko won't let Cole get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Blocko sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Blocko is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Blocko landing punches.
It looks like Hank Cole has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blocko looking to control but Cole is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cole is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blocko trying to control but Cole is having none of it.
Blocko controlling the pace for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cole taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sir Blocko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hank Cole's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice uppercut lands for Blocko. That snapped Cole's head back.
Cole throws a series of punches but Blocko moves out of range.
Cole defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Blocko.
Cole takes a swing at Blocko's ribcage but misses.
Blocko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blocko throws a series of punches but Cole avoids them all with ease.
Cole misses with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Blocko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cole throws an off balance right hand
and Blocko counters with an inside leg kick.
Blocko throws a jab when Cole was well out of range.
Blocko misses with a head kick.
Cole throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole misses with a hook to the body
and Blocko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blocko dives in and grabs Cole's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cole pushes down on Blocko's head and hops out.
Cole misses with an uppercut.
Blocko works Cole's body with a nice hook.
Cole lands a jab to the nose.
Blocko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cole's sensitive parts.
Cole misses the shot to the body.
Cole comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cole just misses with a punch to the body.
Blocko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cole.
Cole has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blocko.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blocko avoids the body shot from Cole.
Cole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blocko.
Cole slips a jab and a cross from Blocko.
Blocko throws a leg kick but Cole moved away.
A jab from Cole misses.
Blocko avoids the body shot from Cole.
Cole defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Blocko.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sir Blocko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cole on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blocko lands a nice shot that snaps Cole's head back.
A swing and a miss from Blocko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blocko manages to avoid it.
Cole gets caught flat footed, as Blocko shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Cole really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blocko. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cole wants to sweep but no luck.
Blocko content to stall in guard here.
Blocko drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Cole manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Blocko has Cole in his guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blocko is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blocko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Blocko throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cole is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cole keeping moving, preventing Blocko from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blocko lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's 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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blocko is looking to work some ground and pound but Cole has wrist control.
Blocko trying to control the position from guard on top but Cole is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cole avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sir Blocko showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Blocko 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sir Blocko!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denton Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torturo has chosen Mogwai - Katrien as his entrance music. 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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217 lbs
21 - 7 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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
22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Denton Thunder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thunder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Torturo defending well as Thunder loads up on a big left hand.
Torturo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A telegraphed right hand from Thunder misses the target.
Torturo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thunder's hands.
It looks like Denton Thunder has been cut.
Torturo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thunder takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Torturo defending well as Thunder loads up on a big left hand.
Thunder slips a straight right by Torturo.
Thunder throws a lazy right hand but Torturo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A good leg kick by Thunder.
Torturo thuds his right hand into Thunder's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Torturo throws a nice looking combination but Thunder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thunder misses with a wild body shot.
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!
Torturo misses with a body kick.
Torturo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Thunder checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Thunder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torturo moves away.
Thunder misses with a jab to the body
and Torturo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Thunder swings for the body but Torturo moves out of range.
A jab from Thunder does it's job there.
Thunder works Torturo's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder tries to land a leg kick but Torturo saw it coming and moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Torturo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thunder.
Thunder with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thunder turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thunder checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thunder bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Torturo's head backwards.
Thunder connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Torturo momentarily.
Thunder fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Torturo checks it well.
An inside leg kick from Thunder misses.
Torturo slips a jab from Thunder.
Thunder swings for the body but Torturo moves out of range.
Torturo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Torturo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Thunder just misses with a punch to the body.
Torturo wants to clinch.
Thunder throws a leg kick but Torturo moved away.
Thunder takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Thunder as he connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torturo throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thunder.
Torturo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Torturo throws a big shot that misses.
Torturo just misses with a punch to the body.
Thunder moves out of range as Torturo throws a body kick.
Thunder lands a jab to the head.
Torturo checks the leg kick.
Torturo checks a leg kick nicely.
Thunder checks a low kick from Torturo.
Thunder blocks a low kick nicely.
Torturo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torturo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thunder is able to avoid easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thunder, as that shot connected.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thunder.
Torturo checks a leg kick nicely.
Torturo lands a slapping body shot.
Torturo checks a low kick from Thunder.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder misses with a low kick.
Thunder will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Thunder misses with a looping left.
Thunder throws a body punch but Torturo moves out of range.
Thunder fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Torturo is out of range.
Torturo throws a leg kick but Thunder checks it.
Thunder just misses with a punch to the body.
Torturo is looking to clinch but Thunder is avoiding it.
Thunder throws a lazy right hand but Torturo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Thunder misses the target.
Torturo lands a jab to the nose.
Torturo cracks Thunder with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thunder tried to score with a low kick but Torturo checks it.
Thunder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torturo moves away.
Torturo needs to keep his hands up - Thunder had a free shot at his head there.
Thunder misses with an attempted mid kick.
Torturo scores with a nice head shot.
Denton Thunder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torturo looks to land a right hand but Thunder moved out of range.
Torturo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thunder blocks a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Torturo, as that shot connected.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thunder.
Torturo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thunder is able to avoid easily.
Thunder misses the jab.
Thunder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torturo.
Torturo clobbers Thunder with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Torturo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Thunder dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Torturo. That did some damage!
Torturo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thunder.
Thunder misses the body punch
and Torturo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Torturo looks for the body kick but Thunder saw that one coming.
Torturo connects with a solid leg kick.
A good leg kick by Torturo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thunder thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thunder waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Torturo.
A jab lands there for Thunder.
Thunder shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Torturo cracks Thunder with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marko Torturo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Denton Thunder's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Thunder uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torturo.
Torturo fakes the leg kick and cracks Thunder in the body.
Torturo scores with a punch to the head.
Torturo swings for the body but Thunder moves out of range.
Thunder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torturo is looking to clinch.
Torturo lands a glancing blow to the side of Thunder's head.
Torturo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thunder finds it's way round the side to connect with Torturo's head.
Good shot there by Thunder.
A chopping leg kick lands by Torturo.
Thunder connects with an inside leg kick.
Thunder lands a lovely overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torturo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Torturo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thunder throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Torturo misses its intended target.
Thunder scores with a leg kick.
Thunder drops his hands momentarily and Torturo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thunder fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Torturo checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder misses with a looping right.
Nice body kick there by Thunder.
Thunder jabs Torturo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Torturo just misses with a punch to the body.
Thunder comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A cross from Thunder lands.
Torturo tries to work over Thunder's front leg with a kick but Thunder checks it.
Torturo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Marko Torturo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Torturo misses with a low kick.
Torturo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thunder throws out a loose jab but Torturo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thunder fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Torturo misses with a body shot.
Thunder swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick from Torturo misses.
Thunder misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thunder throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thunder misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Thunder throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Thunder lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Torturo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Torturo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Torturo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thunder turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Torturo cracks a nice hook into Thunder's ribs.
Torturo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thunder throws a jab but it's blocked by Torturo.
Torturo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thunder 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.
Torturo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thunder moves out of range as Torturo throws a body kick.
Thunder moves forwards but Torturo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Denton Thunder's cut is getting worse.
A nice inside leg kick there by Torturo. That's going to slow Thunder down.
Thunder throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thunder tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Torturo.
Torturo checks a leg kick.
Thunder thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thunder throws a low kick, looking for Torturo's leg but Torturo calmly moves out of range.
Thunder uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torturo.
Thunder staying out of range there.
Thunder throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thunder slips a jab from Torturo.
Torturo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thunder was well out of range. Poor timing from Torturo.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thunder.
Torturo digs a good hook to Thunder's body.
Torturo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Thunder throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Torturo tries to clinch up but Thunder circles away and keeps his distance.
Torturo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Torturo connects with an inside leg kick.
Torturo feints and then cracks Thunder's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Thunder down.
Thunder swings for the body but Torturo moves out of range.
Thunder tries to land a leg kick but Torturo saw it coming and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torturo scores with a jab to the body.
Torturo misses with a low kick.
Torturo walks into a stiff left hand from Thunder.
Thunder lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Torturo at a distance.
Torturo blocks a jab.
Torturo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thunder loads up on a big right hand but Torturo slips the punch.
Torturo cracks Thunder with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thunder throws a body punch but Torturo moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Thunder checks a leg kick.
Thunder blocks the body kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Torturo. That snapped Thunder's head back.
Thunder has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Torturo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thunder misses with a wild body shot.
Torturo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Thunder swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thunder scores with a nice strike.
Torturo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Torturo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Denton Thunder's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Thunder blocks a low kick nicely.
Torturo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Torturo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Torturo throws a shot from downtown. Thunder moves away and avoids it.
Torturo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Thunder.
Thunder lands with a nice body kick.
Torturo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Torturo - just one landing.
Torturo throws a low kick but Thunder avoids it.
Torturo looks to land a right hand but Thunder moved out of range.
Torturo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thunder is out of range.
Torturo moves out of range as Thunder throws a body kick.
Torturo misses with a body kick.
Torturo doesn't manage to clinch there - Thunder circles away.
Torturo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thunder lands the left hand.
Torturo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Thunder is out of range and Torturo settles back down.
Torturo lands with a hook. Thunder tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Torturo thumps Thunder with a low kick.
Torturo tries to clinch but Thunder is having none of it.
Torturo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Thunder lands a leg kick that knocks Torturo off balance momentarily.
Thunder throws a hook to the side of Torturo's head but Torturo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thunder tries to move into range but Torturo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thunder lands an overhand right.
An inside leg kick from Thunder misses.
Torturo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Torturo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thunder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Torturo.
Thunder looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thunder fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Torturo is out of range.
Thunder wants to slow Torturo down by chopping away at his legs.
Torturo avoids the body shot from Thunder.
An inside leg kick from Torturo misses.
Thunder throws out a leg kick but Torturo moves out of range and Thunder only half commits.
Denton Thunder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder throws a low kick but it's checked well by Torturo.
Torturo moves out of range of the leg kick from Thunder.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thunder moves out of range of the strikes.
Thunder will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Torturo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thunder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Torturo.
Thunder misses with a kick to the body.
Torturo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thunder throws a nice outside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Torturo.
Thunder bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Torturo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thunder.
Nice jab there from Torturo.
Thunder lands a nice shot that snaps Torturo's head back.
Torturo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thunder's head.
Thunder throws a big shot that misses.
Thunder throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Torturo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Thunder will feel that in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Torturo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Thunder has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Thunder and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Thunder throws a big shot that misses.
Torturo throws a sloppy head kick and Thunder moves out of range easily.
Thunder cracks Torturo with an open hand slap.
A nice leg kick lands there from Torturo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thunder. Torturo does a little dance to reset his feet.
A good leg kick by Thunder.
Torturo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thunder in his tracks.
Thunder tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thunder lands a nice shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Torturo.
Torturo throws a jab when Thunder was well out of range.
Thunder tries a low kick but Torturo avoids it.
Thunder chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Torturo can pounce on him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torturo slips under a jab.
Torturo scoring well with a low kick there.
The fighters circling - Thunder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder throws a leg kick but Torturo checks it.
Thunder misses with a body shot.
Torturo tries to clinch there but Thunder circles away.
Marko Torturo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thunder. Torturo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Torturo connects with a crisp jab.
Torturo misses with the combination.
Torturo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thunder.
Thunder throws a body punch but Torturo moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Torturo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thunder.
Torturo scores with a jab to the jaw.
A big left from Thunder misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thunder stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Torturo.
Thunder tries a low kick but Torturo avoids it.
Thunder sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Thunder will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Torturo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Torturo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Torturo!
Marko Torturo 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between James Kirk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaru Hideki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hideki has chosen Sparzanza - Temple Of The Red - Eyed Pigs as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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26
176 lbs
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178 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Kirk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Masaru Hideki!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kirk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kirk feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hideki's calf.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kirk.
Kirk gets a clinch.
Kirk is trying to push Hideki away but Hideki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kirk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kirk is pressed up against the cage. Hideki has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kirk down to the mat. Kirk avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kirk throws a leg kick but Hideki sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kirk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hideki.
Hideki throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kirk counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hideki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hideki displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kirk.
Hideki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kirk checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirk will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kirk checks a low kick from Hideki.
Hideki checks a leg kick.
Kirk feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hideki's calf.
A clash of legs there as Kirk blocks the low kick.
Hideki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kirk was well out of range. Poor timing from Hideki.
Hideki throws a push kick but Kirk slaps the foot to one side.
Hideki tries to clinch there but Kirk circles away.
Kirk swats away the attempt to clinch by Hideki.
Kirk throws a low kick but Hideki avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirk is looking to slow Hideki down with leg kicks.
Kirk has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hideki.
A low kick from Kirk is predictable there
and Hideki counters with an inside leg kick.
Hideki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kirk misses with a body kick.
Kirk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kirk shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hideki pinned against the cage. Hideki gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Kirk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kirk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kirk delivers a nice body kick.
Hideki tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hideki keeps Kirk at a distance using the push kick.
Hideki throws a push kick but Kirk slaps the foot to one side.
Hideki misses with a low kick.
Kirk misses with a left hand
and Kirk takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kirk misses with a leg kick.
Kirk will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hideki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kirk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hideki throws a body punch but Kirk moves out of range.
Hideki lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kirk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hideki.
An inside leg kick from Kirk misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki throws a jab when Kirk was well out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hideki.
Hideki throws a hook to the side of Kirk's head but Kirk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hideki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kirk was well out of range. Poor timing from Hideki.
Kirk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kirk.
Hideki misses with a body shot.
Hideki fails with a takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kirk tries a low kick but Hideki avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Masaru Hideki will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kirk lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kirk connects with a solid leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kirk is defended easily by Hideki.
Kirk takes a swing at Hideki's ribcage but misses.
Kirk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hideki throws out a powerful jab.
Hideki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hideki missing with a left hand there. Kirk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kirk.
Hideki throws a chopping leg kick but Kirk manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kirk throws a low kick but Hideki moves out of range easily.
Kirk has closed the distance and engaged Hideki in a clinch.
Kirk blocking some punches.
Kirk prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hideki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kirk is trying to break free.
Hideki prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hideki goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kirk prevents it.
Kirk tries to pull guard but Hideki won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Kirk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kirk working aggressively here.
Hideki effectively controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirk misses with some punches.
Hideki is stalling here.
A short left from Kirk.
Hideki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hideki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hideki can't find room to land a body shot as Kirk controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Hideki.
Kirk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hideki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kirk swings wildly with an uppercut but Hideki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kirk throws a head punch that misses.
Kirk misses with the head strike.
Hideki blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kirk tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hideki misses with a punch to the body.
Hideki lands with a light punch inside.
Kirk stalling the fight.
Hideki keeps control of Kirk as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kirk misses with a punch to the body.
Hideki struggles to land a body shot inside as Kirk controls his hands.
Kirk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hideki gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kirk misses with a punch on the inside.
Hideki wants a takedown but no success here.
Kirk tries to work over Hideki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kirk can't find room to land a body shot as Hideki controls the action.
Kirk is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hideki is keeping busy.
Kirk is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hideki has Kirk pressed against the cage, preventing Kirk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki misses with a punch to the body.
Hideki tries to throw a body punch but Kirk avoids it by throwing Hideki back against the cage.
Hideki tries a body shot but Kirk blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hideki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hideki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kirk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kirk misses with a punch to the body.
Kirk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Kirk swings wildly with an uppercut but Hideki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hideki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hideki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hideki gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Kirk regains guard.
Kirk looking for a sweep. Not yet Kirk, not yet.
Hideki scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masaru Hideki 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! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Kirk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kirk listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hideki moves out of range of the body kick.
Crunch! Hideki slams his shin into Kirk's torso.
Hideki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kirk swats away the attempt to clinch by Hideki.
Hideki tries a low kick but Kirk avoids it.
Hideki throws a sloppy head kick and Kirk moves out of range easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hideki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kirk has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kirk and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kirk scores with a leg kick.
Kirk misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirk blocks a leg kick.
Hideki throws a leg kick but Kirk sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hideki tries to close the distance and clinch but Kirk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kirk throws a head kick but Hideki moves out of range.
Kirk misses with a leg kick.
Kirk throws a leg kick but Hideki checks it.
Hideki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kirk throws a front kick aimed at Hideki's knee but Hideki avoids it well.
Masaru Hideki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kirk misses with a kick to the body.
Kirk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kirk motions for Hideki to come forward. Kirk throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kirk swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hideki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kirk scores with a spinning back kick!
Kirk scores with a nice body kick.
Kirk moves out of range of the body kick.
Kirk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kirk gets caught napping as Hideki dives in and scores a takedown. Kirk manages to retain guard.
Kirk is looking for a triangle but Hideki pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kirk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hideki engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kirk wants to hit a switch here but Hideki passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kirk there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kirk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hideki with the ground and pound from mount.
Kirk bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Kirk is fighting to break Hideki's control of his arms but Hideki is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hideki is on top in guard.
Hideki cracks Kirk with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kirk is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hideki trying to control the position from guard on top but Kirk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
James Kirk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hideki with a nice head shot there.
Hideki must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hideki connects with a couple of short punches.
Kirk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hideki wants to control from the top but Kirk keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kirk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hideki.
Hideki avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Masaru Hideki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hideki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masaru Hideki!
Masaru Hideki made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I...destroy....all'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Osgar MacGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacGregor comes to the cage accompanied by Scotland The Brave (Leonidas). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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28
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Osgar MacGregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Seppo Taalasmaa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Taalasmaa.
A swing and a miss from Taalasmaa.
MacGregor throws a big shot that misses.
Taalasmaa slips a jab and a cross from MacGregor.
Taalasmaa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
MacGregor throws the left hand but Taalasmaa avoids the punch easily.
Taalasmaa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A jab from MacGregor does it's job there.
Taalasmaa pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces MacGregor back to the cage. Taalasmaa follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Seppo Taalasmaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MacGregor lands a nice shot to the body.
Taalasmaa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Taalasmaa scores a takedown into full mount!
Taalasmaa unloads with some shots from mount but MacGregor bucks and avoids them well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice elbow there by Taalasmaa.
MacGregor keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taalasmaa throws a sloppy strike and MacGregor uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and MacGregor has ended up in Taalasmaa's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taalasmaa is looking for a triangle but MacGregor pushes his legs off easily.
Taalasmaa is controlling MacGregor's posture.
Taalasmaa looking to control.
MacGregor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Taalasmaa throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
MacGregor trying to control the position from guard on top but Taalasmaa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taalasmaa working a defensive guard here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
MacGregor blocks a low kick nicely.
Taalasmaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and MacGregor has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacGregor misses with a hook. Taalasmaa ducked under it nicely.
MacGregor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
MacGregor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Taalasmaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
MacGregor throws a head kick that misses.
Taalasmaa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Taalasmaa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for MacGregor!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
MacGregor tries to hold on but Taalasmaa pushes him away.
Taalasmaa looking to ground and pound but MacGregor is blocking nicely.
Taalasmaa landing shots from mount.
Taalasmaa throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
MacGregor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Taalasmaa landing strikes from the mount and MacGregor is in trouble!
MacGregor is trying to escape the mount.
Taalasmaa throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Taalasmaa throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Taalasmaa throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
MacGregor avoids a series of strikes thrown by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
MacGregor in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
MacGregor working to try and regain half guard.
Taalasmaa unloads with some shots from mount but MacGregor bucks and avoids them well.
MacGregor keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taalasmaa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
MacGregor is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taalasmaa landing punches.
Oh MacGregor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taalasmaa cracks MacGregor with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seppo Taalasmaa!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Otso Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Peto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by E.S. Posthumus - Unstoppable. Peto has chosen Sabaton - Talvisota as his entrance music. Otso Jokinen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pertti Peto's chin.
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162 lbs
25 - 5 - 0 |
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181 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otso Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Peto!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peto lands an overhand right.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the body
and Peto counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jokinen closes the distance and clinches.
Jokinen digs a right hand underneath Peto's ribcage. Peto let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike from Peto.
Jokinen keeps control of Peto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jokinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jokinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Peto or not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jokinen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Peto backwards.
Peto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jokinen's defenses.
Peto is looking to break free of the clinch but Jokinen has double underhooks.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peto breaks from the clinch.
Jokinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Peto is just out of range.
Peto misses with a double jab.
Peto lands with an uppercut that bounces Jokinen off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peto takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.
Peto throws a leg kick
and Jokinen counters with a right hand to the body.
Jokinen avoids the head kick by Peto.
Peto lands a leg kick that knocks Jokinen off balance momentarily.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen jabs at Peto's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Peto misses the target.
Jokinen misses with an uppercut
and Peto counters with an inside leg kick.
Peto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Peto.
Peto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Peto throws a front kick aimed at Jokinen's knee but Jokinen avoids it well.
Jokinen misses with a few strikes there.
Jokinen misses with a looping right.
Peto misses with a looping right.
Jokinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Peto is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen punishes Peto's body with a nice straight punch.
Jokinen moves into range and clinches up with Peto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jokinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Peto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Peto controls his hands.
Jokinen tries a body shot but Peto blocks it.
Jokinen is working Peto over against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peto throws an elbow but misses.
Jokinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Peto tries to break free but Jokinen pushes him back against the cage.
Jokinen keeps control of Peto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Peto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Peto misses with a body shot.
Jokinen throws a series of punches but Peto moves out of range.
Peto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokinen. Jokinen obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jokinen.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokinen.
Jokinen takes a swing at Peto's ribcage but misses.
Jokinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Peto is looking to chop away at Jokinen's legs.
Jokinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Peto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jokinen's corner calls for a 1-2. Jokinen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jokinen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jokinen lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen tries to clinch up.
Peto misses with a kick to the body.
Peto misses with a low kick as Jokinen jumps back.
Peto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a body kick that misses.
Jokinen lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peto scores with a head kick.
Peto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jokinen checks a low kick from Peto.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jokinen checks the leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Peto checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jokinen tried to score with a low kick but Peto checks it.
Jokinen moves out of range of the leg kick from Peto.
Peto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Jokinen misses its intended target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jokinen gets a clinch.
Peto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peto throws the left hand but Jokinen avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Peto swings for the body but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokinen.
Jokinen has managed to clinch.
Peto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen wants to clinch.
Jokinen moves out of range as Peto throws a body kick.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jokinen tries to clinch up.
Jokinen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Peto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jokinen has him pressed against the cage.
Jokinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jokinen throws a punch but it's blocked by Peto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peto is trying to break free.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Jokinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Peto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Peto is trying to force a seperation but Jokinen has the dominant position.
Jokinen lands a body punch.
Peto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jokinen's defenses.
Still in the clinch, Jokinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Peto lands an elbow inside.
Jokinen lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jokinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Jokinen.
Peto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Otso Jokinen has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peto is trying to force a seperation but Jokinen has the dominant position.
Jokinen misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Peto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jokinen here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Jokinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jokinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Peto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Peto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Peto there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jokinen cracks Peto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jokinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Peto throws a head kick that misses
and Jokinen counters with a low kick, right behind Peto 's knee.
Jokinen throws a right and a left that Peto avoids nicely.
Jokinen throws a looping overhand right but Peto ducks down to avoid it.
Jokinen lands a head kick!
Jokinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen connects with a leg kick. Peto looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Peto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jokinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokinen swings for the body but Peto moves out of range.
Peto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jokinen.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokinen, right into the meat.
Jokinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Peto counters with a head kick. That will keep Jokinen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Peto moves out of range of the leg kick from Jokinen.
Jokinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Peto.
Peto tried to score with a low kick but Jokinen checks it.
Peto throws a sloppy head kick and Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Jokinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Jokinen misses the body punch
and Peto counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jokinen.
Jokinen moves out of range of the leg kick from Peto.
Jokinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Peto throws a solid leg kick but Jokinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Peto.
Peto swats away the attempt to clinch by Jokinen.
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Peto is breathing heavily.
Peto throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Peto.
Jokinen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen walks into a left hand.
Jokinen tries to work over Peto's front leg with a kick but Peto checks it.
Peto avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Peto on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Otso Jokinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Otso Jokinen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jokinen checks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jokinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jokinen checks a low kick from Peto.
Jokinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jokinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Peto. Peto obviously looking to wear him down.
Otso Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Peto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jokinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Peto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jokinen, right into the meat.
Jokinen throws a low kick, looking for Peto's leg but Peto calmly moves out of range.
Peto moves out of range of the strikes.
Peto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jokinen jabs Peto to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Peto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jokinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Peto circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peto does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jokinen is looking to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokinen. That's going to slow Peto down.
Jokinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Peto moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Otso Jokinen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jokinen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Peto's efforts to push away.
Jokinen blocks an elbow strike.
Jokinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jokinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jokinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jokinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Jokinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peto misses with an elbow over the top.
Peto is trying to break the clinch but Jokinen is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Peto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Peto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Jokinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jokinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Peto controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Jokinen.
Nice body punch from Jokinen - that landed with a thud.
Jokinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peto backwards.
Jokinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Peto or not.
Jokinen presses Peto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jokinen pushes Peto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jokinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Peto misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jokinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Jokinen as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Peto backwards.
Jokinen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jokinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peto is rocked!
Jokinen pushes Peto against the cage. Jokinen is working some dirty boxing. Jokinen pushes off with a quick right hook! Peto goes down! Peto tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Jokinen moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Otso Jokinen!
An out of breath Otso Jokinen 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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