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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Georgios Geremek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Geremek comes to the cage accompanied by stam1na - kadonneet kolme sanaa . Evans has chosen Like a G6 as his entrance music. Georgios Geremek could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Quinton Evans's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Georgios Geremek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Quinton Evans!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Geremek throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Geremek is looking to clinch but Evans is avoiding it.
Evans blocks a head kick by Geremek.
Geremek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Geremek looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Evans throws a leg kick that misses.
Geremek scores with a head kick.
Geremek pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Geremek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Geremek throws a solid leg kick but Evans takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Geremek.
Geremek throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Evans sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Evans lands with a right hand.
Evans feints and then cracks Geremek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Geremek down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Geremek is looking to land body kicks.
Geremek takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Geremek swings for the body but Evans moves out of range.
Evans throws a head kick that misses.
Geremek tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt.
Georgios Geremek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Geremek moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Geremek throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Evans tries to work over Geremek's front leg with a kick but Geremek checks it.
Evans tries to clinch but Geremek is having none of it.
Evans moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Geremek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good shot there by Evans.
Geremek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
Geremek tries to clinch up.
Geremek ducks right into an uppercut from Evans.
Evans lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bone on bone clash there as Geremek blocks the leg kick.
Geremek thows a body shot but no joy.
Geremek misses with a head kick.
Geremek tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Evans paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Evans drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Geremek gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Geremek wants to improve his position but Evans is controlling well.
Evans missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Geremek is trying to stand.
Evans wants to control but Geremek is keeping him busy.
Evans missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans moves into full mount! Geremek won't be happy about that!
Geremek bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Evans tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Geremek avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans looking to control.
Geremek wants to get up but he can't break Evans's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Geremek trying to control the position from guard on top but Evans is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Evans manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Evans cracks Geremek with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Geremek working to try and regain half guard.
Geremek is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Geremek bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quinton Evans dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
An inside leg kick lands from Evans.
Geremek throws a head kick that misses.
Evans darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Geremek wants to get back to his feet.
Geremek makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Geremek.
Geremek wants to stand and escape but Evans is having none of it.
Geremek keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
Geremek wants to sweep here but Evans controlling him for the moment.
Evans is working Geremek over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Geremek is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Oh Geremek is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Evans slips nicely into half guard.
Evans is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Geremek is hurt! He's hurt bad - Evans fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Geremek from any more punishment! Congratulations to Evans! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quinton Evans!
Our winner, Quinton Evans, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Azinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes comes to the cage accompanied by F.A.M.E. The crowd seem to be enjoying Azinger's choice of entrance music: Racoon - No mercy. Paul Azinger has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rodney Holmes's chin.
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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
24 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodney Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Azinger!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azinger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holmes.
Azinger cracks Holmes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Azinger looks to land a left hand but Holmes moved out of range nicely.
Paul Azinger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holmes looks to land a left hand but Azinger moved out of range nicely.
Holmes throws a lazy right hand but Azinger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Holmes blocks a low kick nicely.
Azinger misses with a wild body shot.
Holmes cracks the inside of Azinger's front leg.
Azinger misses the shot to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Holmes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Holmes lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.
Azinger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Holmes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Holmes lands a shot to the body.
Holmes stalling in the clinch but Azinger improves position.
Holmes swings wildly with an uppercut but Azinger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azinger working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Azinger fails to land.
Azinger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Holmes can't find room to land a body shot as Azinger controls the action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Azinger throws an elbow but misses.
Holmes wants to stall.
Holmes keeps control of Azinger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Holmes is trying to maintain a safe position but Azinger gets an underhook and turns Holmes into the cage.
A short right from Azinger.
A head punch on the inside from Azinger fails to land.
A short right from Holmes.
Holmes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Holmes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Holmes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Holmes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holmes scores with a hook to the body.
Azinger looks winded!
A short right from Holmes on the inside.
Holmes lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Azinger.
Holmes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Azinger is rocked!
Holmes lands an uppercut.
Azinger is still on wobbly legs! Can Holmes finish him?
Holmes dips a shoulder and cracks Azinger with a mighty uppercut! Azinger falls back against the cage and Holmes unloads with a barrage of strikes! Azinger is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Holmes screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodney Holmes!
In his post fight interview, Rodney Holmes started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes to the cage accompanied by PELIMUSA. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ralph Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range and Gracie settles back down.
Sanchez throws a right hand that misses
and Gracie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sanchez's knee momentarily.
Nice cross by Gracie.
Gracie wants to slow Sanchez down by chopping away at his legs.
A leg kick checked by Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Gracie tries a low kick but Sanchez avoids it.
Gracie attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick by Sanchez misses
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Gracie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid body kick from Sanchez.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sanchez. Gracie shrugs it off though.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sanchez digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Sanchez lands a nice shot that snaps Gracie's head back.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez jabs at Gracie's body.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
Sanchez stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gracie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sanchez thinking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gracie.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Gracie tries to move into range but Sanchez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Good leg kick by Sanchez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie tries to work over Sanchez's front leg with a kick but Sanchez checks it.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gracie slaps away a takedown attempt from Sanchez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sanchez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gracie. Gracie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gracie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sanchez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab from Sanchez does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Gracie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sanchez checks it well.
Sanchez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie is looking to score with low kicks.
Sanchez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Ralph Gracie has been cut.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Sanchez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sanchez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie 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.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie throws a chopping leg kick but Sanchez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sanchez wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sanchez throws a lazy head kick
and Gracie counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez thows a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sanchez scores with a push kick.
Sanchez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sanchez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sanchez defends it nicely.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ralph Gracie's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Sanchez takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Jose Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Gracie moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanchez as he connects with a hook.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Sanchez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gracie looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sanchez with the ground and pound but Gracie regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Sanchez misses with a head shot. Gracie uses the momentum to regain guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie connects with a couple of short punches.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez trying to keep a closed guard but Gracie is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gracie controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sanchez connects with a right hand. Gracie shakes it off.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanchez scores with a nice right hand.
Gracie misses with a low kick as Sanchez jumps back.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gracie blocks the body kick.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Sanchez misses
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gracie sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sanchez is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ralph Gracie wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sanchez drops his hands momentarily and Gracie takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez connects with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gracie.
It looks like Jose Sanchez has been cut.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gracie counters with a one-two to the body.
Gracie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sanchez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gracie counters with a thumping low kick.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ralph Gracie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nice uppercut there from Sanchez.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
Gracie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gracie throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
Gracie throws a chopping leg kick but Sanchez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sanchez jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanchez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sanchez throws a lazy body kick
and Gracie counters with an inside leg kick.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanchez works over Gracie's head and body with a nice combination.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez walks into a left hand.
Gracie slips a jab from Sanchez.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jose Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gracie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sanchez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gracie trying to control the position but Sanchez is working away.
Gracie moves into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie landing shots from mount.
Gracie tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
Sanchez is trying to escape the mount.
Gracie tries to control but Sanchez wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie is landing with some decent strikes but Sanchez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanchez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gracie unloading with bombs!
Gracie scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gracie trying to control but Sanchez is having none of it.
Gracie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ralph Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ralph Gracie!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Olli Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Prodigy - Poison. Alexander Maynard 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Olli Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a hook.
A leg kick checked by Maynard.
Maynard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jokinen misses with the combination.
Nice body kick there by Maynard.
Jokinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jokinen scores with a jab to the body.
Jokinen slips under a jab.
Jokinen moves away from the strike by Maynard.
Jokinen throws a shot from downtown. Maynard moves away and avoids it.
Jokinen slips a jab from Maynard.
Maynard lands a nice hook to Jokinen's body. Jokinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard throws a big shot that misses.
Maynard lands a glancing blow to the side of Jokinen's head.
Maynard moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jokinen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jokinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jokinen is looking to slow Maynard down with leg kicks.
Maynard throws a push kick but Jokinen slaps the foot to one side.
Jab by Maynard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maynard swings for the body but Jokinen moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Jokinen. Those never looked like landing.
Maynard staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
Jokinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maynard.
Maynard misses with a straight right.
Jokinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maynard.
Maynard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jokinen doesn't seem bothered though.
Jokinen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jokinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jokinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maynard. Maynard obviously looking to wear him down.
Jokinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Maynard - just one landing.
Maynard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maynard was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maynard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jokinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Maynard lands with a hook. Jokinen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jokinen jabs Maynard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maynard throws a sloppy head kick and Jokinen moves out of range easily.
Maynard takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jokinen tries to work over Maynard's front leg with a kick but Maynard checks it.
Maynard misses the shot to the body.
Alexander Maynard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Maynard moves out of range of the strikes.
Jokinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jokinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maynard lands with a nice body punch.
Maynard cracks the inside of Jokinen's front leg.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jokinen. Maynard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jokinen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Maynard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Maynard throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Maynard dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Maynard throws a low kick, looking for Jokinen's leg but Jokinen calmly moves out of range.
Maynard misses with a leg kick
and Jokinen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Good shot there by Maynard.
Jokinen lands with a straight right. Maynard didn't see that one coming.
A big right from Maynard misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jokinen.
Jokinen swings for the body but Maynard moves out of range.
Maynard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jokinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jokinen cracks Maynard with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jokinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maynard takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jokinen defending well as Maynard loads up on a big left hand.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Maynard.
Maynard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jokinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Maynard.
Maynard defending well as Jokinen loads up on a big left hand.
Maynard misses with an uppercut
and Jokinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Jokinen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jokinen moves out of range of the body kick.
A combination from Maynard does no damage.
Jokinen swings for the body but Maynard moves out of range.
Jokinen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard misses with a body shot.
Jokinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jokinen throws a push kick but Maynard slaps the foot to one side.
A good leg kick by Maynard.
Jokinen scores with a body shot.
Maynard connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maynard throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Maynard throws a series of punches but Jokinen moves out of range.
Jokinen scores with a nice right hand.
Maynard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jokinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Jokinen misses with a kick to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Maynard, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maynard looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Maynard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Maynard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jokinen is trying to break the clinch but Maynard has him pressed against the cage.
Jokinen missing with knees to the body.
Maynard manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jokinen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maynard managing to block the knees to the body from Jokinen.
Maynard is working Jokinen over against the cage.
Jokinen trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries to land knees in the clinch but Maynard avoids the damage to the body.
Jokinen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jokinen tries to circle away but Maynard has him pinned against the cage.
A body shot lands from Jokinen.
Maynard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jokinen misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Jokinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jokinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jokinen crunches a lovely knee into Maynard's ribcage.
Maynard avoiding damage as Jokinen throws knees to the body.
Maynard throws a head punch that misses.
Jokinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maynard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jokinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jokinen feints and then cracks Maynard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maynard down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Olli Jokinen dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Maynard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokinen.
Jokinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Maynard.
Jokinen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jokinen takes a swing at Maynard's ribcage but misses.
Jokinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Maynard misses with a low kick as Jokinen jumps back.
Jokinen scores with a jab to the body.
Maynard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maynard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokinen. Jokinen obviously looking to wear him down.
Jab, jab by Jokinen - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Jokinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Jokinen.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jokinen.
Jokinen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jokinen scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Maynard.
Jokinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Maynard lands a jab to the head.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jokinen!
Maynard swings for the body but Jokinen moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Jokinen keeps Maynard at a distance using the push kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Maynard throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jokinen's head.
Maynard looks to land a left hand but Jokinen moved out of range nicely.
Maynard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jokinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maynard.
Maynard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jokinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maynard.
Maynard thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jokinen if he has to take too many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen ducks under a wild hook from Maynard.
Maynard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jokinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Maynard.
Jokinen throws a body kick that misses.
Maynard misses with an uppercut.
Maynard looks to score with a jab to the body but Jokinen is just out of range.
Maynard staying out of range there.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Maynard fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Maynard misses with a wild body shot.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maynard throws out the jab.
Jokinen throws a jab when Maynard was well out of range.
Maynard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jokinen's calf.
Maynard looks for the body kick but Jokinen saw that one coming.
Jokinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Maynard. That did some damage!
Jokinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maynard.
Maynard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Maynard throws a leg kick but Jokinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jokinen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jokinen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Olli Jokinen.
I think Jokinen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Olli Jokinen!
Olli Jokinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pile Driver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Driver comes to the cage accompanied by my way. McCall has chosen Biffy Clyro - Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Pile Driver has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Pile Driver seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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147 lbs
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154 lbs
21 - 7 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Pile Driver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommy McCall!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Driver. That snapped McCall's head back.
Driver throws a front kick aimed at McCall's knee but McCall avoids it well.
Driver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McCall slips a straight right by Driver.
Driver keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Driver keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Driver's jab looks to have found its range, popping McCall under the eye.
Driver misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from McCall.
Driver fails with a takedown attempt.
McCall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from McCall misses the target.
Driver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Driver connects with a good right hand that stumbles McCall. McCall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tommy McCall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McCall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Driver.
Driver takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Driver scores with a hook to the body. McCall takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Driver fails with the takedown.
Tommy McCall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Driver looks to land a right hand but McCall moved out of range.
McCall tries to score with a low kick but Driver moves his leg out of the way.
McCall throws a hook to the side of Driver's head but Driver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McCall misses with a low kick as Driver jumps back.
McCall thumps Driver with a low kick.
Driver pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Driver misses with a body shot.
Driver ducks under a wild hook from McCall.
Driver lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCall throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Driver makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. McCall really felt that one!
Driver will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pile Driver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Driver throws a hook to the side of McCall's head but McCall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Driver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Driver connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McCall cracks a nice hook into Driver's ribs.
A telegraphed right hand from Driver misses the target.
Driver lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
McCall 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.
McCall slips a jab from Driver.
Driver is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
McCall scores with the left hand. Driver knows he should have avoided that one.
McCall ducks right into an uppercut from Driver.
McCall ducks right into an uppercut from Driver.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driver changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McCall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Driver throws a big shot that misses.
McCall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McCall scores with a nice body kick.
McCall throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jab by McCall.
McCall throws a poor cross that misses
and Driver counters with a stiff right hand.
Driver misses with a two punch combination.
A low kick from McCall is predictable there
and Driver counters with a series of strikes. McCall will be more careful next time no doubt.
Driver misses with a hook
and McCall counters with an outside leg kick.
Driver shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Driver seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McCall does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall trying to control from the bottom.
McCall is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Driver scores with a couple of nice shots.
Driver wants to advance to full mount but McCall doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Driver preventing the sweep.
Driver trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but McCall manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Driver is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pile Driver dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
McCall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCall just misses with a punch to the body.
McCall misses with an uppercut. Driver saw that one coming.
Driver looks for a takedown but McCall sprawls well.
McCall displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Driver throws out the jab.
Driver is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Driver lands a nice shot that snaps McCall's head back.
Driver attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McCall scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by McCall - just one landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by McCall.
McCall connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Driver.
Driver avoids the body shot from McCall.
Driver takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Driver misses with a looping left.
A head kick by McCall misses
and Driver counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McCall thinking.
McCall throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Driver connects with a nice looking jab.
Driver takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McCall slips under a jab.
Jab from Driver.
McCall scores with a nice head shot.
McCall misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from McCall misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Driver connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Driver. McCall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Driver punishes McCall's body with a nice straight punch.
Driver blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCall throws a hook but Driver blocks it.
Driver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Driver throws a hook but McCall avoids it easily.
Driver throws a series of punches but McCall avoids them all with ease.
Driver takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McCall misses the shot to the body.
McCall displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Driver.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
McCall throws a series of punches but Driver avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCall throws a leg kick
and McCall takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Driver connects with an inside leg kick.
Driver throws a nice looking combination but McCall bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCall looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Driver staying out of range there.
McCall throws a hook to the side of Driver's head but Driver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A leg kick checked by McCall.
Driver with a nice cross.
McCall checks a low kick from Driver.
McCall checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCall. Driver does a little dance to reset his feet.
Driver takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Driver tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCall avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCall scores with a nice head shot.
Driver throws a hook to the side of McCall's head but McCall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Driver shoots in for a takedown but McCall shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pile Driver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McCall missing with a left hand there. Driver was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCall lands with a nice body punch.
McCall throws a leg kick that is checked
and Driver counters with a nice uppercut.
McCall moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tommy McCall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Driver avoids the head kick by McCall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Driver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCall manages to avoid it.
Driver fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Driver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCall moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tommy McCall will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
McCall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCall misses with a low kick.
McCall feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Drivers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Driver closes this distance looking for a takedown but McCall circles away.
McCall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Driver throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McCall stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crunch! McCall slams his shin into Driver's torso.
Driver throws a looping overhand right but McCall ducks down to avoid it.
Driver slips under a jab from McCall.
McCall throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Driver slips a jab and a cross from McCall.
Driver dives in and scores a takedown into McCall's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Driver throws a strike but McCall rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Driver looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McCall puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Driver is trying to control but McCall manages to pass to mount!
McCall wants to control the pace but Driver is squirming around nicely.
Driver is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Driver is working hard here to advance position.
Driver holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as McCall tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Driver working to try and regain half guard.
Driver gets back to half guard.
Driver trying to control here.
Driver tries to get to full guard but McCall has control of the leg.
Driver is trying to maintain the position but McCall is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driver looking for submissions off his back.
Driver gets full guard.
McCall preventing the sweep.
McCall passes into half guard.
Driver gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Driver is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Driver 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.
Driver is controlling McCall's posture.
Driver wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pile Driver showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Driver has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pile Driver!
Pile Driver took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hazan Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Flashlighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ali comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Hold Us. The crowd seem to be enjoying Flashlighter's choice of entrance music: Ocoai - La Main d'Electrique . Felix Flashlighter acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
33 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hazan Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Felix Flashlighter!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flashlighter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Felix Flashlighter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Flashlighter's calf.
Flashlighter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Flashlighter tries to clinch up
and Ali counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ali throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ali showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter punishes Ali's body with a nice straight punch.
Flashlighter misses with a left hand
and Ali counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ali slips nicely into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ali thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Flashlighter's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali trying to pass the guard but Flashlighter defending well.
Ali is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Flashlighter is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ali's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ali's back!
Ali can't escape the position.
Flashlighter trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Ali doesn't escape.
Ali wants to control his opponent's hands but Flashlighter gets his hands free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
What can Ali do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
You can see the frustration on Ali's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Ali just trying to survive but Flashlighter is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ali is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Flashlighter.
Ali trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Ali wants to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali trying to control the position but Flashlighter manages to sink in the hooks.
Flashlighter controlling well, preventing Ali from escaping the position.
Ali tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Ali keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hazan Ali dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Flashlighter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Flashlighter throws a hook but Ali avoids it easily.
Ali keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Flashlighter lands with a cross.
Flashlighter misses with an uppercut.
Ali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Flashlighter tries to clinch but Ali is having none of it.
Ali slips a jab from Flashlighter.
Nice straight punches there by Flashlighter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Flashlighter.
Flashlighter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Flashlighter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ali tries to bum rush Flashlighter with a series of wild strikes but Flashlighter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Flashlighter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ali.
Flashlighter misses with a hook. Ali ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flashlighter connects with a right hand. Ali shakes it off.
Ali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flashlighter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ali pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Flashlighter, right into the meat.
Flashlighter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A leg kick checked by Ali.
Ali ducks under a wild hook from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter throws a wild body kick that Ali sees coming a mile off.
Ali misses with a body shot.
Ali fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Flashlighter has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Flashlighter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ali sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter misses with a body kick.
Jab, jab by Flashlighter - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flashlighter lands with a thumping leg kick.
Flashlighter moves out of range as Ali throws a body kick.
Ali throws a right and a left that Flashlighter avoids nicely.
Flashlighter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Flashlighter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ali.
Ali slips a jab and a cross from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter throws a body kick that misses.
A punch lands to the side of Ali 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Felix Flashlighter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ali uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Flashlighter.
Ali moves out of range as Flashlighter strikes.
Ali looks to score with a jab to the body but Flashlighter is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter catches Ali with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Flashlighter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Flashlighter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ali fails to land with a series of punches.
Flashlighter connects with the punch.
Ali is rocked!
Flashlighter scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ali connects with a solid leg kick.
Flashlighter just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ali. Flashlighter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flashlighter misses with an uppercut
and Ali counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flashlighter is not content to let Ali control the position.
Hazan Ali overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Flashlighter is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Flashlighter is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Flashlighter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Flashlighter misses with an attempted mid kick.
Flashlighter thows a body kick. Ali tries to catch it but that hurt him.
The fighters circling - Flashlighter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ali throws out a leg kick but Flashlighter moves out of range and Ali only half commits.
Flashlighter throws out a loose jab but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flashlighter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ali swings for the body but Flashlighter moves out of range.
Flashlighter sizes up Ali with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Flashlighter misses with the body kick
and Ali counters with a left to the body.
Flashlighter connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ali momentarily.
Ali fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Flashlighter.
Flashlighter scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ali scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali thows a body shot but no joy.
Ali is looking to wear down Flashlighter with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ali swings for the body but Flashlighter moves out of range.
Flashlighter cracks Ali with an open hand slap.
Flashlighter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flashlighter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.
Flashlighter throws a head kick that misses
and Ali counters with a thumping low kick.
Ali throws a low kick but Flashlighter moves out of range easily.
Flashlighter darts in and clinches Ali up against the cage.
Flashlighter scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Flashlighter.
Flashlighter missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ali struggles to land a body shot inside as Flashlighter controls his hands.
Flashlighter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ali jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Flashlighter walks away with a smile on his face. Ali gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flashlighter tries to clinch there but Ali circles away.
Ali throws a leg kick but Flashlighter moved away.
Flashlighter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Flashlighter blocks a leg kick.
Flashlighter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ali moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Flashlighter throws a nice head kick!
Ali scores with a jab. Flashlighter acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Flashlighter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Oh Ali is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Flashlighter throws out a loose jab but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ali seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ali ducks under a wild hook from Flashlighter.
Ali avoids the body shot from Flashlighter.
A punch lands to the side of Flashlighter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ali with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ali needs to keep his hands up - Flashlighter had a free shot at his head there.
Ali takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ali connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ali on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice defenses there by Flashlighter.
Flashlighter misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Flashlighter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Flashlighter slams his shin into Ali's torso.
Ali takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Flashlighter.
Ali checks a leg kick nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ali attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Flashlighter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big left from Flashlighter misses.
Ali lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flashlighter checks a low kick from Ali.
Flashlighter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ali keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Flashlighter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Felix Flashlighter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Flashlighter has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felix Flashlighter!
Felix Flashlighter very nearly forgot to thank PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% ) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hug Raction (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simo Silakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hug Raction!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simo Silakka!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silakka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Raction. That did some damage!
Silakka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Raction scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silakka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silakka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Raction has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Raction throws a hook but Silakka blocks it.
Silakka wants to land a leg kick but Raction is out of range.
Raction avoids the body shot from Silakka.
Raction connects with a nice looking jab.
Raction on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silakka misses with a hook. Raction ducked under it nicely.
Raction loads up on a big right hand but Silakka slips the punch.
Silakka misses with a kick to the body.
Silakka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice inside leg kick there by Raction. That's going to slow Silakka down.
Raction steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silakka.
Raction is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silakka.
Silakka connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Raction.
Silakka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silakka misses with a hook. Raction ducked under it nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Raction.
A swing and a miss from Raction.
Raction misses with a jab, cross combination.
Raction looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silakka throws a head kick but Raction moves out of range.
Raction looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silakka ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raction throws a series of punches but Silakka moves out of range.
Silakka checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A clash of legs there as Raction blocks the low kick.
Silakka throws a head kick that misses
and Raction counters with a nice body shot.
Raction throws a hook to the side of Silakka's head but Silakka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silakka with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silakka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Raction manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Raction misses the target.
Silakka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Raction blocks a head kick by Silakka.
Raction takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Raction lands a jab-cross combination.
Silakka is rocked!
Raction rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silakka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silakka is still on wobbly legs! Can Raction finish him?
Raction bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silakka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silakka seems to have recovered his senses.
Silakka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silakka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Raction avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Raction.
Silakka misses with a low kick.
Silakka misses with a low kick.
Silakka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silakka throws a solid leg kick but Raction takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silakka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silakka throws a leg kick but Raction moved away.
Silakka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Raction swings for the body but Silakka moves out of range.
Silakka throws a solid leg kick but Raction takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silakka.
Silakka lands a big head kick that sends Raction tumbling to the mat! Silakka takes a step backwards and waves Raction back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Raction is rocked!
It looks like Hug Raction has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silakka throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oh Raction is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raction is breathing heavily.
Silakka connects with a body shot that sends Raction's belly button to the back.
Silakka goes for a small jab and connects. Now Silakka goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Raction stumbles back but Silakka runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Raction to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Raction will ever be the same after a knockout like that.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Simo Silakka!
Simo Silakka very nearly forgot to thank FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce McBrain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhao Zhuo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zhuo has chosen Kung Fu You 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 16 - 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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zhao Zhuo!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhuo tries to clinch up but McBrain circles away and keeps his distance.
McBrain leaves Zhuo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Zhuo closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into McBrain's guard.
Zhuo is fighting to break McBrain's control of his arms but McBrain is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McBrain bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zhuo's guard.
McBrain won't allow Zhuo to sweep him here.
Zhuo thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
McBrain content to stall in guard here.
McBrain looking to pass the guard.
Zhuo has McBrain pulled in close to control his posture.
Zhuo throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
McBrain slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bruce McBrain.
McBrain throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhuo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zhuo throws a body punch but McBrain moves out of range.
McBrain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zhuo.
McBrain turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zhuo throws a looping overhand right but McBrain ducks down to avoid it.
Zhuo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Zhuo lands a really nice looking cross but McBrain seems unphased.
Zhuo shoots in for a double leg but McBrain sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bruce McBrain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zhao Zhuo.
McBrain dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Zhuo. That did some damage!
Zhuo is trying hard to land a takedown here. McBrain sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
McBrain swings for the body but Zhuo moves out of range.
McBrain displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zhuo.
McBrain fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bruce McBrain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBrain scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zhuo tries to keep at a distance but McBrain has taken the fight into the clinch.
McBrain prevents Zhuo from breaking the clinch.
Zhuo tries to circle away but McBrain has him pinned against the cage.
McBrain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McBrain.
Zhuo looks winded!
McBrain pushes Zhuo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zhuo misses with some punches.
Zhuo trying to stall but McBrain improves his position.
McBrain blocking some punches.
McBrain lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zhuo tries a body shot but McBrain blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from McBrain.
McBrain misses with the head strike.
Zhuo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McBrain walks away with a smile on his face. Zhuo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
McBrain throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zhuo throws an overhand right that lands on McBrain's shoulder, as McBrain tries to avoid the shot.
McBrain moves into range and connects with a jab.
McBrain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zhuo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBrain misses with a body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zhuo.
McBrain misses with a looping left.
McBrain digs a good hook to Zhuo's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by McBrain.
McBrain throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zhuo.
McBrain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice cross by McBrain.
McBrain connects with a right hand. Zhuo shakes it off.
Zhuo is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McBrain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zhuo is still on wobbly legs! Can McBrain finish him?
Zhuo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zhuo seems to have recovered his senses.
Bruce McBrain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McBrain lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zhuo throws a hook to the side of McBrain's head but McBrain sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McBrain stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McBrain wants it to stay on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBrain takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A good leg kick by McBrain.
McBrain changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
McBrain scores with a spinning back kick!
Zhuo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McBrain throws a nice inside leg kick.
McBrain lands with a thumping leg kick.
McBrain scores with a leg kick.
A jab from McBrain does it's job there.
McBrain lands a big right hand that sends Zhuo crashing to the mat! McBrain stays standing though and waves Zhuo back to his feet!
McBrain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by McBrain.
Zhuo is aggressively charging in as McBrain backs up avoiding any damage. McBrain tosses out a jab and Zhuo runs right into it face first! Zhuo is out cold! McBrain dropped down on all fours and is barking in Zhuo's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bruce McBrain!
A very excited looking Bruce McBrain made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Matson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mulroon Deforz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matson comes to the cage accompanied by Remember the name. 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 Mulroon Deforz was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Matson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mulroon Deforz!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deforz lands with a kick to the temple. Matson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Deforz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matson.
Deforz lands a jab to the nose.
Deforz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Deforz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Matson. Those never looked like landing.
Deforz throws a big shot that misses.
Deforz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Matson backs up against the cage.
Matson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matson jabs at Deforz's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deforz throws a head kick that misses.
Deforz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Deforz tries to land a front kick but Matson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Deforz throws a solid leg kick but Matson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Deforz.
Matson misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Matson misses.
Deforz lands with a kick to the temple. Matson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Deforz cracks Matson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deforz tries a head kick but it misses.
Deforz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Matson counter with a right hand.
Matson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Matson throws a leg kick but Deforz moved away.
An inside leg kick from Deforz misses.
Deforz falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Matson counter with a right hand.
Deforz feints and then cracks Matson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Matson down.
Deforz darts in and clinches Matson up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deforz tries to work over Matson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Deforz backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Deforz.
Deforz misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deforz has a couple of punches blocked by Matson.
Matson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Deforz misses with a punch on the inside.
Matson taking a breather.
Deforz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Deforz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Deforz presses Matson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Matson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Matson is looking to control Deforz's arms but Deforz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Matson has his back to the cage.
Still in the clinch, Deforz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Matson blocks an uppercut.
Deforz is leaning against Matson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Matson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Deforz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Deforz blocking some punches.
Deforz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matson backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deforz presses Matson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Matson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matson just misses with a punch to the body.
Matson lands a body shot.
Matson jabs at Deforz's body.
Matson swings for the body but Deforz moves out of range.
Matson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Matson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Deforz moves away.
Matson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Deforz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Deforz throws a lazy right hand but Matson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matson moves forwards but Deforz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Matson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Matson.
Matson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Deforz misses the target.
Deforz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Matson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Deforz lands a high kick!
Matson misses with a looping left.
Matson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Deforz.
Deforz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Deforz stuns Matson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fighters circling - Matson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Deforz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Deforz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matson moves away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deforz throws a front kick that sends Matson stumbling back into the cage.
Deforz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Deforz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mulroon Deforz 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.
Nice straight punches there by Deforz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Deforz.
Matson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Deforz moves in looking to clinch but Matson pushes him off.
Matson slips a jab from Deforz.
Deforz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Deforz looks to throw the jab but Matson is out of range.
Deforz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Deforz misses with an uppercut. Matson saw that one coming.
Matson throws a low kick but Deforz moves out of range easily.
Deforz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Deforz in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Matson is looking to land body kicks.
Deforz blocks the body kick.
Deforz avoids the body shot from Matson.
Nice body punch from Deforz.
Deforz takes a swing at Matson's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Deforz - that will leave a mark!
Deforz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Matson doesn't seem bothered though.
Matson slips a jab and a cross from Deforz.
Matson walks into a straight right hand from Deforz.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Deforz checks a leg kick.
Deforz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Deforz throws out a loose jab but Matson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matson throws a right hand that Deforz ducks under and follows up with a left that Deforz also avoids with ease.
Deforz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good standup being displayed there by Matson as he connects with a hook.
Nice cross by Matson.
Matson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Deforz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Deforz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Matson misses with a wild body shot.
Deforz scores with a head kick.
Matson misses with a few strikes there.
Matson misses with a wild combination.
Matson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A bone on bone clash there as Deforz blocks the leg kick.
Deforz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matson.
Matson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Deforz eats them both and turns towards Matson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Deforz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Deforz!
Matson moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Deforz.
Matson misses with a body shot.
Matson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Deforz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matson connects with a solid leg kick.
A low kick from Matson misses
and Deforz counters with a nice kick to the body.
Deforz lands a really nice looking cross but Matson seems unphased.
Deforz scores with a jab to the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Matson.
Deforz lands a jab to the head.
Deforz ducks under a wild hook from Matson.
Donk. Deforz catches Matson right on the button with a cross.
Deforz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Deforz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deforz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Deforz misses with an uppercut. Matson saw that one coming.
Matson lands a nice hook to Deforz's body. Deforz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Matson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Deforz.
Matson wants to slow Deforz down by chopping away at his legs.
Matson slips under a jab.
Deforz looks to land a body kick but Matson moved away.
Matson misses the shot to the body.
Matson with a jab.
Deforz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deforz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Matson. Beautiful body shot.
Deforz connects with the punch.
Deforz lunges at Matson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Matson's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mulroon Deforz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Matson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Matson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mulroon Deforz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Deforz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Matson's calf.
Matson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Deforz manages to avoid it.
Deforz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Matson is able to avoid easily.
Matson thows a body shot but no joy.
Matson misses with a low kick.
Deforz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matson 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.
Deforz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Matson's head.
Matson takes a swing at Deforz's ribcage but misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Matson.
Deforz stuns Matson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matson 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 Deforz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Deforz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deforz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matson moves away.
Matson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Deforz.
Deforz misses with a head kick.
Deforz scores with a head kick. Matson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Matson throws a body kick that misses.
Matson looks to land a combination but Deforz avoids it well.
Matson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Deforz counters with a right hand to the body.
Mulroon Deforz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Deforz misses with a head kick.
Matson connects with a leg kick. Deforz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Deforz throws a wild body kick that Matson sees coming a mile off.
Deforz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matson connects with a solid leg kick.
Matson tries to land a leg kick but Deforz saw it coming and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Deforz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Deforz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Deforz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Deforz.
Matson misses the shot to the body.
Matson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Deforz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matson is looking to wear down Deforz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Deforz cracks Matson with a good jab.
Matson shoots in and drives through. Deforz sprawls well.
Deforz throws a head kick but Matson moves out of range.
Matson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Deforz lands a nice hook to Matson's body. Matson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matson misses with an uppercut. Deforz saw that one coming.
Matson moves forwards but Deforz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Deforz is looking to land body kicks.
Deforz tries a head kick but it misses.
Deforz throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Deforz.
Deforz looks to score with a jab to the body but Matson is just out of range.
Deforz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Deforz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Matson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A head kick misses from Deforz.
Deforz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Deforz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Deforz.
Matson misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matson misses with a body kick.
Matson thows a body kick. Deforz tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Deforz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Matson avoids the head kick by Deforz.
Matson checks the leg kick nicely there.
A head kick misses from Deforz.
Deforz throws a big shot that misses.
Matson misses with a series of wild punches.
Deforz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Matson blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice jab there from Deforz.
Matson misses with an uppercut.
An inside leg kick from Matson misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mulroon Deforz really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Deforz scores with a one two! Matson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Matson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Deforz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matson.
Matson misses with a wild body shot.
Matson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Matson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Deforz lands a body shot.
Matson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Matson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Deforz moves away.
Deforz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matson.
Deforz lands a head kick!
Matson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Deforz. Deforz obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deforz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Deforz blocks the body kick.
Matson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Deforz moves into the clinch.
Matson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Deforz scores with a hook to the body.
Deforz presses Matson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Matson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Deforz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Deforz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Deforz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Deforz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Deforz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matson wants to break free but Deforz has control.
A short left from Deforz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matson lands a hook that snaps the head of Deforz backwards.
Matson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Matson digs a right hand underneath Deforz's ribcage. Deforz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Deforz lands an uppercut.
Deforz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Deforz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Deforz gets through Matson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Deforz has Matson pressed against the cage.
Deforz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Deforz blocking some punches.
Matson wants to break free but Deforz has control.
Deforz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matson prevents a body shot from Deforz.
Deforz working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Deforz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Deforz.
Deforz trying to stall but Matson improves his position.
Deforz throws a punch but it's blocked by Matson.
Matson is looking to control Deforz's arms but Deforz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Matson has his back to the cage.
Deforz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matson's elbow.
Matson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Deforz misses with a punch on the inside.
Deforz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Deforz blocking some punches.
Deforz is trying to maintain a safe position but Matson gets an underhook and turns Deforz into the cage.
Matson wants to break free but Deforz has control.
Deforz lands with a light punch inside.
Deforz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matson backwards.
Deforz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Deforz throws a punch but it's blocked by Matson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deforz swings wildly with an uppercut but Matson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deforz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Deforz.
Deforz tries to work over Matson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Deforz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deforz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Deforz throws a head punch that misses.
Matson trying to stall but Deforz improves his position.
Matson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Matson.
Deforz has a couple of punches blocked by Matson.
Matson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Deforz's elbow.
Deforz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mulroon Deforz dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Deforz misses with a body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matson 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 Deforz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Deforz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Matson takes one to the chin there.
Deforz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matson.
Deforz throws a low kick but Matson moves out of range easily.
Matson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Matson avoids the body shot from Deforz.
Deforz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Matson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Deforz.
Deforz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Matson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Matson tries a low kick but Deforz avoids it.
Matson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Deforz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Deforz takes a swing at Matson's ribcage but misses.
Deforz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Deforz lands a high kick!
Matson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Deforz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Deforz lands with a cross.
Deforz throws the kick towards the body but Matson avoids it.
Donk. Deforz catches Matson right on the button with a cross.
A leg kick checked by Deforz.
Matson loads up on a big right hand but Deforz slips the punch.
Deforz scores with a head kick. Matson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Deforz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Deforz.
Deforz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Deforz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Deforz throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Deforz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Matson's head backwards.
Matson avoids a kick to the body.
Deforz walks into a left hand.
Deforz is looking to clinch.
Matson sizes up Deforz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Deforz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matson.
Deforz throws a head kick that misses.
Deforz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Deforz rushes Matson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matson breaks the clinch.
Matson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Matson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Deforz.
Deforz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matson just misses with a punch to the body.
Deforz throws a head kick that misses.
Josh Matson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matson throws a wild body kick that Deforz sees coming a mile off.
A head kick misses from Deforz.
Deforz lunges at Matson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Matson's hand.
Deforz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Matson scores with a hook to the body. Deforz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Matson - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deforz closes the distance and clinches.
Matson taking a breather.
Deforz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mulroon Deforz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Matson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matson throws a jab when Deforz was well out of range.
Deforz tries a head kick but it misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Matson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Deforz - the referee stops the clock and Matson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Deforz. Matson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Deforz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matson. Deforz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matson misses with a kick to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Deforz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matson throws out the jab.
Matson throws a body punch but Deforz moves out of range.
Deforz tries to clinch but Matson moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mulroon Deforz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Deforz 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 45:50
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mulroon Deforz!
Mulroon Deforz is the new middleweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mulroon Deforz waved his t-shirt featuring KAISER Nutrition (160!)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ilkka Laitinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Farro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laitinen comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Thunderstruck. Ilkka Laitinen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ilkka Laitinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Farro!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Ben Farro has been cut.
Farro is looking to land body kicks.
Farro explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Laitinen throws a body kick that misses
and Farro counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Laitinen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Farro.
Laitinen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Farro.
Laitinen tries to roll over but Farro keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farro in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Laitinen tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Farro!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ben Farro!
Ben Farro is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath Ben Farro 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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