BHFC PPV III PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Kastinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Totto Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Totto Karlsson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kastinen
vs
Karlsson

180 cm
24
205 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

188 cm
28
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Kastinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Totto Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson wants to clinch but Kastinen slips to the side

and Kastinen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Karlsson's guard now.
Kastinen stands and throws Karlsson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Karlsson is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Karlsson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Kastinen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Karlsson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Karlsson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kastinen is controlling him well.

Kastinen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Karlsson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Karlsson tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kastinen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Karlsson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Karlsson tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kastinen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Karlsson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Kastinen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Karlsson tries to escape but Kastinen is in control.

Kastinen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Kastinen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Karlsson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson is trying to control Kastinen's posture but Kastinen avoids it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Karlsson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Karlsson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kastinen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Karlsson wants to get back to his feet but Kastinen drags him back down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karlsson is looking to regain half guard here but Kastinen keeps moving and retains side control.
Kastinen working away.

Kastinen goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Karlsson rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Kastinen's guard! Nice work there by Karlsson!
Kastinen keeping moving, preventing Karlsson from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson is looking to stand up but Kastinen won't let him.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Totto Karlsson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karlsson is looking to clinch but Kastinen is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karlsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kastinen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kastinen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kastinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Karlsson.
Karlsson fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Kastinen with that takedown attempt.
Karlsson leaves Kastinen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seppo Kastinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karlsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Totto Karlsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karlsson is looking to clinch but Kastinen is avoiding it.
Karlsson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Kastinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Karlsson.
Kastinen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Karlsson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kastinen is breathing heavily.
Kastinen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karlsson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Kastinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kastinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karlsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karlsson tries to clinch there but Kastinen circles away.
Kastinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Totto Karlsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karlsson is looking to clinch.
Kastinen throws a body punch but Karlsson moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Seppo Kastinen will probably get the nod.
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.

Karlsson tries to clinch but Kastinen moves out of range.
Karlsson tries to clinch but Kastinen moves away

and Kastinen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Karlsson!
Karlsson wants to control but Kastinen is having none of it.
Karlsson is working to get back to half guard.
Karlsson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Karlsson has given up his back here.

Kastinen working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karlsson is trying to stand back up.

Kastinen looking for the choke but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson trying to control the hands but Kastinen won't let him.
Karlsson trying to get back to his feet but Kastinen is in full control for now.
Kastinen has the hooks in. Karlsson is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

Kastinen is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Karlsson knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Karlsson for a finish.
Kastinen gets his hands free as Karlsson looks to control.
Karlsson rolls, trying to escape but Kastinen keeps control of the position.
Karlsson holding both Kastinen 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kastinen is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Karlsson taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Kastinen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Seppo Kastinen!
A very excited looking Seppo Kastinen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

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FIGHT
RATING
64%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juanito Cottenfifther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaunn Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaunn Chen has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Cottenfifther
vs
Chen

177 cm
23
185 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

175 cm
23
170 lbs
20 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juanito Cottenfifther!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Shaunn Chen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chen moves into range and clinches up with Cottenfifther.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cottenfifther doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chen.
Cottenfifther blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cottenfifther blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chen working aggressively here.
Chen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cottenfifther blocks an uppercut.

Cottenfifther breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cottenfifther is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Chen's half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cottenfifther with the ground and pound but Chen uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Chen keeping moving, preventing Cottenfifther from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen keeping full guard, as Cottenfifther tries to pass.
Cottenfifther throwing strikes but missing.
Cottenfifther wants to control from the top but Chen keeps moving.
Cottenfifther not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Juanito Cottenfifther has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Cottenfifther throws an off balance right hand
and Chen counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Juanito Cottenfifther has been cut.
Chen darts in trying to clinch

and Cottenfifther counters with a takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The strikes coming from Cottenfifther are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cottenfifther misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cottenfifther working the ground and pound.
Chen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cottenfifther. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cottenfifther landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Chen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cottenfifther is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Chen will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The strikes coming from Cottenfifther are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cottenfifther throws a strike aimed at the side of Chen's head but Chen avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cottenfifther in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cottenfifther 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.
Cottenfifther in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cottenfifther tries to move to mount but Chen blocks the move with his legs.
Cottenfifther cracks Chen with a big right hand but Chen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sloppy strikes there by Cottenfifther.
Cottenfifther misses with the ground and pound.
Cottenfifther postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Cottenfifther sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Chen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Cottenfifther politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Cottenfifther prefers to stall for the moment though.
Chen avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cottenfifther.
Chen avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cottenfifther.
Chen defending against the ground and pound.
Cottenfifther working the strikes but Chen uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cottenfifther.
Cottenfifther works his way into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cottenfifther is working Chen over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juanito Cottenfifther dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juanito Cottenfifther's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

That kick from Chen tenderised Cottenfifther's leg. Cottenfifther is trying to keep his angry face on.
Chen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Cottenfifther drives through with a takedown into Chen's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Cottenfifther postures up in Chen's guard and throws a big left but Chen blocks it.
Cottenfifther won't allow Chen to sweep him here.
Cottenfifther trying to control but Chen is working from the bottom.
Cottenfifther works over Chen with some ground and pound from guard.
Cottenfifther wants to pass the guard but Chen is keeping the position.
Chen trying to keep a closed guard but Cottenfifther is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cottenfifther lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Chen keeping moving, preventing Cottenfifther from controlling successfully.
Cottenfifther throws a big elbow that misses.
Cottenfifther looking to sit in guard and control but Chen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cottenfifther looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chen is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Cottenfifther controlling Chen's posture.

We're going to have a standup here because Juanito Cottenfifther wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Cottenfifther scores with a kick to the midsection.
Chen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cottenfifther is out of range and Chen settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cottenfifther misses with a takedown attempt - Chen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Chen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chen working aggressively here.
Chen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cottenfifther tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chen.
Cottenfifther wants to break free but Chen has control.
Cottenfifther doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chen swings wildly with an uppercut but Cottenfifther uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cottenfifther blocking some punches.
Chen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cottenfifther.
Cottenfifther fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cottenfifther.
Cottenfifther swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cottenfifther jumps guard but Chen turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juanito Cottenfifther. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cottenfifther tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cottenfifther lands with a light punch inside.
Chen gets through Cottenfifther's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cottenfifther tries to pull guard but Chen holds him up against the ropes and eventually Cottenfifther drops back down to his feet.
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!
Still in the clinch, Chen scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cottenfifther blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cottenfifther blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chen throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Juanito Cottenfifther will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Juanito Cottenfifther's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Chen throws a right hand that Cottenfifther ducks under and follows up with a left that Cottenfifther also avoids with ease.

Chen closes the distance and clinches.
Cottenfifther is looking for a takedown.
Chen misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cottenfifther.
Chen pushes Cottenfifther back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chen misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
Chen misses with some punches.

Cottenfifther jumps guard.
Chen stopping the sweep attempt from Cottenfifther.
Cottenfifther is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Shaunn Chen was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Cottenfifther tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Chen swivels and escapes.
Chen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cottenfifther swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Juanito Cottenfifther is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Juanito Cottenfifther seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cottenfifther misses the shot to the body.
Cottenfifther shoots for a takedown but Chen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juanito Cottenfifther. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cottenfifther's jab looks to have found its range, popping Chen under the eye.
Chen is looking to chop away at Cottenfifther's legs.
Cottenfifther keeps the fight on the outside.
Chen misses with an uppercut. Cottenfifther saw that one coming.
Chen takes one to the chin there.
Cottenfifther shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chen as he avoids it easily.
Cottenfifther misses with a body shot.
Cottenfifther ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cottenfifther.
Cottenfifther showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chen.
Cottenfifther ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chen moves away.
Chen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cottenfifther swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chen misses with a left hand

and Cottenfifther counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Chen's guard now.
Cottenfifther not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Chen keeping moving, preventing Cottenfifther from controlling successfully.
Chen being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cottenfifther passes Chen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cottenfifther is thwarting Chen's attempts to control the position.
Cottenfifther controlling the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shaunn Chen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Juanito Cottenfifther showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cottenfifther, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juanito Cottenfifther!
Juanito Cottenfifther made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Frank and Beans baby, Frank and Beans.'.

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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
48%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Light (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Light is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ride for This-Fabolous. 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.

Li
vs
Light

198 cm
24
264 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

195 cm
28
283 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Light!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Light finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Li - that will leave a mark!

Li instigates a clinch.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Light is blocking nicely.
Light jumps guard but Li turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Light takes a knee to the side of the body.
Light looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Li manages to break the clinch.
Light throws a poor cross that misses
and Li counters with a slapping leg kick.
Light 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.
Li feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lights jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Li scores with a push kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Li.
Li throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Li throws a head kick that misses.
Light takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Li wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Li fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Li buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Li there.

Li rushes Light and presses him up against the ropes.
Li lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Li lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Bobby Light has been cut.
Li is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Li tries to land a knee to the head but Light blocks with his arms.

Li drops Light with a big knee straight up the middle! Light is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Light is rocked!
Li flashes Light a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Light's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Light crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Li punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bruce Li!
A relieved looking Bruce Li thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

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FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sunil Ganga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Peippo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ganga comes to the ring accompanied by Eye of the Tiger. Peippo has chosen Public Enemy - Terminator X to the Edge of Panic as his entrance music. The key to victory for Sunil Ganga has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Ganga
vs
Peippo

187 cm
33
180 lbs
29 - 14 - 0

175 cm
28
172 lbs
23 - 21 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Brute

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 29 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sunil Ganga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Peippo!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Peippo as he connects with a hook.
Peippo misses with a hook. Ganga ducked under it nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Ganga. No joy for Peippo on that attempt.
Peippo throws a lazy uppercut
and Peippo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Peippo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ganga connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Peippo scrambles back to his feet.
Peippo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Peippo misses with a double jab
letting Ganga counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Ganga finds it's way through Peippo's defenses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ganga checks a leg kick.
Peippo looks to throw the jab but Ganga is out of range.
Kari Peippo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ganga lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Peippo at a distance.
Peippo misses with a left hand
and Ganga counters with a nice uppercut.
Ganga moves out of range of the leg kick from Peippo.
Ganga moves forwards but Peippo connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peippo throws a leg kick but Ganga checks it.
A big left from Ganga misses.
Ganga thows a left - swing and a miss!

Ganga gets caught flat footed, as Peippo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Peippo wants to control from the top but Ganga keeps moving.

Peippo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ganga wants to stand but Peippo is controlling the position.
Peippo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganga is looking to reverse the position.
Ganga on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ganga tries to get out of the position.

Peippo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Ganga is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Peippo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ganga keeps working.
Peippo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peippo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ganga knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Peippo on the ground.
Peippo grinds an elbow into Ganga's temple.
Ganga wants to control but Peippo postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ganga is trying to get back to half guard.
Peippo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ganga is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Peippo is controlling him well.
Peippo throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ganga takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Peippo working away.
Peippo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ganga keeps working.
Peippo tries to score with some ground and pound. Ganga controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Peippo is looking to take a break and control but Ganga is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ganga prevents Peippo from moving into mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peippo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Peippo wants to control but Ganga is keeping him busy.

Peippo goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Ganga has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Peippo but great work by Ganga.
Peippo manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Peippo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ganga tries to pass the half guard into mount. Peippo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kari Peippo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Peippo tries to bum rush Ganga with a series of wild strikes but Ganga uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ganga slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ganga cracks Peippo with an open hand slap.
Ganga gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Peippo.
Peippo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ganga connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Peippo scrambles back to his feet.
Ganga throws a shot from downtown. Peippo moves away and avoids it.
Peippo blocks a jab.
A cross from Peippo lands.
Ganga is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ganga throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Peippo slips a straight right by Ganga.
A shot to the body from Peippo misses
letting Ganga counter with a right hand.
Ganga is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Peippo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Ganga.

Peippo is rocked!
Peippo bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Ganga comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Peippo falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Peippo was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sunil Ganga!
Sunil Ganga thanked the fans post fight for their support.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hampton Forbes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Zappa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Zappa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Forbes
vs
Zappa

215 cm
22
275 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

185 cm
21
235 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hampton Forbes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Zappa!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zappa shoots for a takedown but Forbes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zappa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zappa shoots in looking for a takedown but Forbes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Zappa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Forbes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zappa.
Hampton Forbes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Zappa.
Zappa misses with a head kick.
Zappa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Forbes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zappa.

Forbes takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forbes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Zappa.
Zappa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Forbes stops a takedown attempt from Zappa.
Forbes pushes Zappa back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Forbes pushes Zappa back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zappa takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Frank Zappa has been cut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Forbes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zappa is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Forbes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Forbes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Forbes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Forbes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zappa backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zappa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Forbes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A right hand to the body from Forbes.
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!
Forbes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A hook to the body from Forbes.
Zappa looks gassed!
The referee calls for Forbes to work.
Zappa managing to block the knees to the body from Forbes.
Forbes pushes Zappa back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Forbes is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Forbes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Forbes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Forbes missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forbes gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Zappa.
Zappa letting Forbes take a breather here.
Forbes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Zappa is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Forbes is defending well.
Zappa blocks the elbow strike.
Forbes lands with a left to the head.
Forbes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Forbes.
Forbes digs a right hand underneath Zappa's ribcage. Zappa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Forbes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zappa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Forbes throws a head punch that misses.
Zappa looking for a takedown.
Forbes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Forbes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Forbes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zappa's elbow.
Forbes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Forbes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Forbes swings wildly with an uppercut but Zappa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Forbes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zappa.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zappa takes a shot to the head.
Forbes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zappa's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hampton Forbes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Zappa's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Forbes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zappa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Forbes digs a right hand underneath Zappa's ribcage. Zappa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Forbes lands a nice uppercut.
Zappa managing to block the knees to the body from Forbes.
Hampton Forbes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Forbes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zappa backwards.
Forbes scores with a shot to the side of Zappa's head.
Forbes lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Forbes lands a vicious elbow to the side of Zappa's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Forbes tries to finish him with strikes but Zappa still seems able to defend himself so Forbes steps back and lets Zappa get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.

Zappa is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Forbes instigates a clinch.
Zappa is still on wobbly legs! Can Forbes finish him?
Forbes trying to land knees to the body.
Forbes lands a big right hand that drops Zappa! The killer instinct kicks in and Forbes finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Forbes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hampton Forbes!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce McBrain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristian Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

McBrain
vs
Romero

175 cm
25
184 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

179 cm
24
180 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce McBrain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cristian Romero!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romero takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A decent looking cross lands there for McBrain.
Romero fails to land the takedown.
McBrain scores with a nice right hand.
Romero throws a body punch but McBrain moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Romero.
McBrain lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romero fails with the takedown.
McBrain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Romero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romero shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bruce McBrain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cristian Romero.
McBrain lands with a nice body punch.
Romero looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
McBrain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McBrain scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
McBrain's jab looks to have found its range, popping Romero under the eye.
Romero fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Romero is defended easily by McBrain.
Romero looks gassed!

McBrain sends Romero crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! McBrain is motioning to the referee to let Romero up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Romero is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McBrain connects with a body shot.

Romero closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into McBrain's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Romero wants to pass the guard but McBrain is keeping the position.
Romero stopping the sweep attempt from McBrain.
McBrain is adopting a defensive guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Bruce McBrain wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
McBrain throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Romero crashing down! Romero tries to stagger back to his feet but McBrain just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Romero asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce McBrain!
During a confident post fight interview, Bruce McBrain thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
97%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregorio San Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davide Michieletto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davide Michieletto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

San Pedro
vs
Michieletto

198 cm
25
270 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

215 cm
26
275 lbs
17 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gregorio San Pedro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Davide Michieletto!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michieletto throws a body punch but San Pedro moves out of range.
San Pedro's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and San Pedro duly obliges.

It looks like Davide Michieletto has been cut.
San Pedro thows a body shot but no joy.
Michieletto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
San Pedro thuds his right hand into Michieletto's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
San Pedro on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michieletto throws a leg kick
and San Pedro counters with a stiff right hand.
San Pedro slaps away a takedown attempt from Michieletto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
San Pedro lands with a shot to the body.
Michieletto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by San Pedro.
Michieletto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as San Pedro throws out the jab.
San Pedro tries to clinch up.
San Pedro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from San Pedro misses.
Michieletto catches San Pedro with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Michieletto thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michieletto walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. San Pedro checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Michieletto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
San Pedro keeps the fight on the outside.
Michieletto looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Michieletto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
San Pedro misses with a wild body shot.
San Pedro lands a really nice looking cross but Michieletto seems unphased.
Michieletto ducks under a wild hook from San Pedro.
San Pedro throws a low kick but it's checked well by Michieletto.
San Pedro closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michieletto throws a low kick, looking for San Pedro's leg but San Pedro calmly moves out of range.
Michieletto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Michieletto lands with a good body shot.
Michieletto fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but San Pedro is out of range.
San Pedro moves in looking to clinch but Michieletto pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro wants to clinch up but Michieletto keeps it at a distance.
San Pedro throws a lazy right hand but Michieletto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sloppy strikes from San Pedro. Those never looked like landing.
San Pedro lands a jab to the head.
San Pedro shoots in for a takedown but Michieletto shows good takedown defense.
Michieletto's corner calls for a 1-2. Michieletto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Michieletto gets tackled into the ropes by San Pedro. San Pedro maintains the clinch.
San Pedro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michieletto is defending well for now.
San Pedro is trying to force a seperation but Michieletto has the dominant position.
San Pedro tries to land knees in the clinch but Michieletto avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Michieletto.

San Pedro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Michieletto connects with a jab.
Michieletto throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
San Pedro is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro misses with a body shot.
San Pedro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Michieletto has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
San Pedro misses the jab.
San Pedro tries for a takedown but Michieletto sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Michieletto avoids the body shot from San Pedro.
Michieletto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

San Pedro shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Michieletto is trying to defend but San Pedro finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
San Pedro wants to control but Michieletto is keeping him busy.
Michieletto desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Michieletto manages to get to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michieletto seems keen to control San Pedro's posture.
San Pedro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
San Pedro trying to control the position from guard on top but Michieletto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
San Pedro won't allow Michieletto to sweep him here.
San Pedro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michieletto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Michieletto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
San Pedro is positioning himself well to prevent Michieletto advancing to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregorio San Pedro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Davide Michieletto's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

San Pedro keeps the fight on the outside.
San Pedro scores with a nice head shot.
San Pedro lands a jab to the head.
Gregorio San Pedro is winning the standup battle so far.
San Pedro checks a low kick from Michieletto.
A punch combination from San Pedro misses.
San Pedro shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Michieletto defends it nicely.
Michieletto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but San Pedro circles away quickly and effectively.
Michieletto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
San Pedro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Oooooh!!! Michieletto has knocked San Pedro down with a huge combo! Michieletto steps away and waves a wobbly San Pedro back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from San Pedro.
San Pedro lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michieletto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but San Pedro moves away.
San Pedro throws out a loose jab but Michieletto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michieletto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from San Pedro.
San Pedro throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Michieletto counters with a crisp one two that drops San Pedro! Michieletto thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves San Pedro to his feet! San Pedro is in big trouble!

San Pedro is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Michieletto is looking to land body kicks.
Oh San Pedro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Michieletto lands with a nice body punch.
San Pedro seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Michieletto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Michieletto missing with a left hand there. San Pedro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Michieletto throws a leg kick
and San Pedro counters with a stiff right hand.
Michieletto lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
San Pedro misses with a left hand
and Michieletto counters with a slapping leg kick.
Michieletto fakes a jab and throws a low kick but San Pedro checks it well.
Michieletto tries to score with a low kick but San Pedro moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro looks to throw the jab but Michieletto is out of range.
Michieletto moves away from the strike by San Pedro.
Michieletto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Michieletto moves out of range of the strikes.
Michieletto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Michieletto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on San Pedro. That did some damage!
Michieletto tries to clinch there but San Pedro circles away.
San Pedro cracks Michieletto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Michieletto throws out a powerful jab.
Michieletto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Michieletto scores with a jab to the jaw.
San Pedro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michieletto moves away.
Michieletto lands a nice leg kick that just misses San Pedro's sensitive parts.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Michieletto, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
San Pedro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Michieletto.
Michieletto misses with a low kick as San Pedro jumps back.
San Pedro checks a leg kick.
San Pedro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Michieletto misses with a body shot
and San Pedro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
San Pedro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michieletto.
San Pedro misses with an uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Michieletto.
San Pedro gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Michieletto lands a nice looking body shot.
San Pedro swings for the body but Michieletto moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michieletto moves in looking to clinch but San Pedro pushes him off.
Michieletto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Danga de danga de dang - San Pedro scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michieletto lands with a good body shot.
Michieletto lands a high kick!
Michieletto moves out of range as San Pedro strikes.
Michieletto throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Michieletto tries to work over San Pedro's front leg with a kick but San Pedro checks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Michieletto.
Michieletto takes a swing at San Pedro's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
San Pedro avoids the body shot from Michieletto.
San Pedro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Michieletto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Michieletto lands a body shot.
Michieletto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davide Michieletto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Davide Michieletto's cut.
That's time! San Pedro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

San Pedro swings widly with a right hand
and Michieletto counters with a stiff right hand.
Michieletto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
San Pedro throws a jab when Michieletto was well out of range.
San Pedro just misses with a punch to the body.
Michieletto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Michieletto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from San Pedro.
Michieletto slips a jab and a cross from San Pedro.
San Pedro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Michieletto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
San Pedro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Michieletto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Michieletto closes the distance and pushes San Pedro back into the ropes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michieletto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from San Pedro.
San Pedro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
San Pedro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michieletto throws a head punch that misses.
San Pedro tries to work over Michieletto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Michieletto.
Michieletto lands with a left to the head.
San Pedro missing with knees to the body.
Michieletto managing to block the knees to the body from San Pedro.
San Pedro avoiding damage as Michieletto throws knees to the body.
Michieletto presses San Pedro against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Michieletto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Michieletto avoids a wild elbow strike from San Pedro.
A hook to the body from Michieletto.
Michieletto struggles to land a body shot inside as San Pedro controls his hands.
San Pedro managing to block the knees to the body from Michieletto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice left hand lands by Michieletto.
San Pedro blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michieletto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from San Pedro.
San Pedro trying to land knees to the body.

San Pedro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circling - San Pedro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Michieletto cracks San Pedro with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Michieletto has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning San Pedro to stand back up!
San Pedro checks a leg kick nicely.
Michieletto feints a jab and as San Pedro dips his head, Michieletto unleashes a brutal head kick that catches San Pedro right on the jaw! Timbeeer! San Pedro falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the ropes! Michieletto smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Davide Michieletto!
Davide Michieletto is the new heavyweight champion!
Davide Michieletto managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery , into his post fight interview.

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Bortman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Sobieski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobieski has chosen Kto Cię Obroni Polsko as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bortman
vs
Sobieski

185 cm
24
220 lbs
21 - 5 - 0

188 cm
25
220 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Bortman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Sobieski!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Bortman.
Nice straight punches there by Sobieski. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sobieski.
Sobieski misses the jab.
Sobieski jabs Bortman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bortman swats away the attempt to clinch by Sobieski.

Sobieski drives through with a takedown into Bortman's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sobieski missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sobieski wants to control from the top but Bortman keeps moving.
Sobieski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sobieski throwing strikes from guard but Bortman blocks nicely.
Bortman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sobieski is looking to improve his position but Bortman isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bortman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sobieski on the ground.
Bortman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sobieski really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bortman tries to control but Sobieski wriggling away.
Sobieski wants to control but Bortman is having none of it.
Sobieski is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bortman looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bortman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sobieski is looking to escape.
Sobieski is trying to escape the mount.
Bortman wants to control the pace but Sobieski is squirming around nicely.
Bortman avoids the attempt from Sobieski to control.
Sobieski is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bortman wants to control the pace but Sobieski is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sobieski is trying desperately to improve position.
Bortman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sobieski is looking to escape.
Bortman prevents Sobieski from getting the reversal.
Bortman trying to control but Sobieski is having none of it.
Bortman prevents Sobieski from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bortman looking to control but Sobieski is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sobieski tries to hold on but Bortman postures up.
Bortman trying to control but Sobieski is having none of it.
Sobieski working to try and regain half guard.
Sobieski is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sobieski manages to regain half guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Sobieski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bortman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Sobieski bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bortman regains half guard, as Sobieski was trying to land strikes.
Sobieski working over Bortman with some ground and pound. Bortman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Sobieski is working for a kimura but Bortman is defending it quite comfortably.
Bortman is looking to improve his position.
Sobieski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bortman defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bortman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sobieski scores with a couple of nice shots.

Sobieski seems to be looking for submissions.
Sobieski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bortman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sobieski.
Sobieski trying to mount his opponent but Bortman defends it.
Sobieski thows a huge punch but Bortman dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Sobieski.

Sobieski is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bortman has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sobieski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Sobieski wants to work for an arm triangle but Bortman is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sobieski is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Bortman!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bortman wants to control but Sobieski is having none of it.

Bortman defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sobieski.

Sobieski is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bortman can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sobieski lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobieski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bortman is looking to escape.
Sobieski unloading with bombs!
The referee warns Bortman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bortman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sobieski raining down shots from the mount!

Bortman is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bortman is looking to improve his position but Sobieski isn't that keen on the idea.
Sobieski lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Oh Bortman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sobieski softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Bortman is out cold! Sobieski jumps to his feet and celebrates on the ropes with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Sobieski! Jan Sobieski retains his light heavyweight title!
Post fight, Jan Sobieski stared into the camera and said 'Hello fans! Champ is back! Thanks for my promotor SanOK Out, thanks for my opponent it was tought fight, and for all you guys. See you soon!'.