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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Azinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lambo Gallardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Azinger might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Racoon - No mercy. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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220 lbs
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215 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Azinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lambo Gallardo!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallardo misses the shot to the body.
Gallardo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gallardo cracks Azinger with a good jab.
Gallardo has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Azinger is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Azinger takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Azinger misses with a body kick.
Azinger wants to clinch.
Gallardo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallardo.
The referee is keeping an eye on Azinger - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Azinger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Azinger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gallardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gallardo scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallardo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gallardo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gallardo trying to land knees to the body.
Gallardo prevents a body shot from Azinger.
A right handed body shot lands from Gallardo.
Gallardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gallardo taking a breather.
Gallardo tries to throw a body punch but Azinger avoids it by throwing Gallardo back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Gallardo.
Azinger blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Azinger.
Azinger misses with a punch to the body.
Gallardo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gallardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Azinger blocks an uppercut.
Gallardo tries to throw a body punch but Azinger avoids it by throwing Gallardo back against the cage.
Azinger taking a breather.
Azinger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Gallardo misses.
Azinger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gallardo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Azinger scoring well with a low kick there.
Azinger rushes Gallardo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Azinger tries to throw a body punch but Gallardo avoids it by throwing Azinger back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gallardo tries a body shot but Azinger blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallardo tries a knee to the head but Azinger blocks it.
Gallardo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gallardo lands with a light punch inside.
Gallardo misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gallardo.
Gallardo lands a right hand.
Azinger struggles to land a body shot inside as Gallardo controls his hands.
Gallardo tries to stall but Azinger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gallardo is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Azinger has denied him.
Azinger prevents a body shot from Gallardo.
A head punch on the inside from Gallardo fails to land.
Gallardo blocks the elbow strike.
Azinger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Azinger lands with a light punch inside.
Gallardo tries to work over Azinger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Azinger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gallardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gallardo tries to throw a body punch but Azinger avoids it by throwing Gallardo back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallardo lands with a short shot to the head.
Gallardo throws a head punch that misses.
Gallardo avoids the elbow strike from Azinger, against the cage.
Gallardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Azinger is rocked!
A right hand to the body from Gallardo.
Oh Azinger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gallardo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gallardo creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Azinger with a big uppercut! Azinger tries to clinch up but Gallardo pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Azinger to the mat! Azinger covers up and Gallardo unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lambo Gallardo!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felix Flashlighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kake Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flashlighter comes to the cage accompanied by Ocoai - La Main d'Electrique . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Felix Flashlighter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kake Nyrkki!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Flashlighter misses.
Nyrkki just misses with a punch to the body.
Flashlighter tries to land a leg kick but Nyrkki saw it coming and moves away.
Flashlighter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nyrkki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Flashlighter scrambles back to his feet.
Nyrkki looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Flashlighter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nyrkki looks to land a body kick but Flashlighter moved away.
Donk. Nyrkki catches Flashlighter right on the button with a cross.
Flashlighter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Flashlighter has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Flashlighter moves forwards but Nyrkki connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Flashlighter.
Nyrkki misses with a low kick.
Flashlighter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nyrkki is out of range and Flashlighter settles back down.
Nyrkki connects with a leg kick. Flashlighter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nyrkki connects with an inside leg kick.
Flashlighter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nyrkki connects with an inside leg kick.
Nyrkki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki lands with a right hand.
Nyrkki catches Flashlighter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nyrkki throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Flashlighter counter with a right hand.
Nyrkki throws a leg kick but Flashlighter checks it.
Nyrkki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Flashlighter pushes Nyrkki away with a front kick.
Flashlighter thows a body shot but no joy.
Good work by Flashlighter as he checks the leg kick.
Nyrkki looks for the body kick but Flashlighter saw that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Flashlighter.
Nyrkki misses with a leg kick.
Nyrkki throws out a loose jab but Flashlighter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nyrkki checks a leg kick nicely.
Nyrkki feints and then cracks Flashlighter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Flashlighter down.
Nyrkki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Flashlighter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nyrkki misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flashlighter motions for Nyrkki to come forward. Flashlighter throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nyrkki checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nyrkki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Flashlighter throws a body punch but Nyrkki moves out of range.
Nyrkki checks a low kick from Flashlighter.
Nyrkki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nyrkki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Flashlighter in his tracks.
Flashlighter connects with a body shot.
Flashlighter cracks the inside of Nyrkki's front leg.
Flashlighter misses with a hook.
Flashlighter throws a nice head kick!
Nyrkki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Flashlighter.
Flashlighter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nyrkki. That did some damage!
Nyrkki throws a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flashlighter was well out of range. Poor timing from Nyrkki.
Flashlighter avoids the head kick by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Flashlighter has Nyrkki pressed against the cage.
Nyrkki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flashlighter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flashlighter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Nyrkki.
Flashlighter misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nyrkki.
Flashlighter struggles to land a body shot inside as Nyrkki controls his hands.
Nyrkki manages to break the clinch.
Flashlighter misses the jab.
Nyrkki misses with a body shot.
Nyrkki misses with a wild body shot.
Flashlighter connects with a leg kick. Nyrkki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nyrkki wants to clinch up but Flashlighter keeps it at a distance.
Flashlighter takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Flashlighter keeps the fight on the outside.
Nyrkki misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nyrkki throws out a loose jab but Flashlighter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nyrkki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Flashlighter gets tackled into the cage by Nyrkki. Nyrkki maintains the clinch.
Flashlighter tries to stall but Nyrkki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Flashlighter manages to break the clinch.
Flashlighter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Flashlighter tests Nyrkki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nyrkki throws a leg kick
and Nyrkki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nyrkki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Flashlighter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Flashlighter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Flashlighter throws a chopping leg kick but Nyrkki manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kake Nyrkki 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.
Nyrkki throws a big shot that misses.
Flashlighter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Flashlighter scores with a nice strike.
Flashlighter ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nyrkki throws a sloppy body shot
and Flashlighter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nyrkki misses with a wild body shot.
Nyrkki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Flashlighter.
Nyrkki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nyrkki thows a leg kick but Flashlighter checks it
and Flashlighter counters with a three punch combo that has Nyrkki backing up. Nyrkki nods at Flashlighter to acknowledge the strikes.
Flashlighter sizes up Nyrkki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Flashlighter misses the shot to the body.
Flashlighter connects with a body shot that sends Nyrkki's belly button to the back.
Flashlighter throws a push kick but Nyrkki slaps the foot to one side.
Flashlighter swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nyrkki counters with an inside leg kick.
Nyrkki misses with an uppercut. Flashlighter saw that one coming.
Felix Flashlighter is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flashlighter swings for the body but Nyrkki moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flashlighter throws a nice looking combination but Nyrkki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nyrkki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nyrkki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Flashlighter fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Flashlighter misses with a body shot.
A big left from Nyrkki misses.
Nyrkki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Flashlighter tries to land a leg kick but Nyrkki saw it coming and moves away.
Flashlighter fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nyrkki is out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nyrkki.
Nyrkki moves out of range of the body kick.
Nyrkki throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Flashlighter.
Flashlighter looks to score with a jab to the body but Nyrkki is just out of range.
Flashlighter moves out of range as Nyrkki throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Flashlighter finds it's way round the side to connect with Nyrkki's head.
Flashlighter with a nice cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nyrkki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Flashlighter.
Nyrkki takes a kick to the side of the head.
Flashlighter takes a kick to the side of the head.
Flashlighter lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nyrkki checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big right from Nyrkki misses.
Nyrkki tries to close the distance and clinch but Flashlighter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flashlighter throws a hook but Nyrkki avoids it easily.
Nyrkki moves out of range of the body kick.
Nyrkki needs to keep his hands up - Flashlighter had a free shot at his head there.
Nyrkki tries to close the distance and clinch but Flashlighter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flashlighter misses with a leg kick.
Nyrkki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Flashlighter.
Flashlighter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nyrkki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nyrkki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nyrkki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Flashlighter on the side of the head.
Nyrkki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Flashlighter to score with a decent uppercut.
Flashlighter lands a nice looking body kick.
Nyrkki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
An inside leg kick from Flashlighter misses.
Flashlighter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nyrkki.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flashlighter throws a leg kick but Nyrkki sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Flashlighter.
Nyrkki thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter takes a swing at Nyrkki's ribcage but misses.
Nyrkki needs to keep his hands up - Flashlighter had a free shot at his head there.
Flashlighter pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nyrkki is out of range and Flashlighter settles back down.
Jab by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki connects with the punch.
Nyrkki just misses with a punch to the body.
Flashlighter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Flashlighter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nyrkki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Flashlighter on the side of the head.
Flashlighter attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flashlighter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A left and a right from Flashlighter both land. Nice combination.
Nyrkki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Flashlighter backs up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Felix Flashlighter will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Flashlighter tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Flashlighter throws a jab but it's blocked by Nyrkki.
Flashlighter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A jab from Flashlighter misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Nyrkki checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Flashlighter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nyrkki.
Flashlighter missing with a left hand there. Nyrkki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That kick from Nyrkki tenderised Flashlighter's leg. Flashlighter is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nyrkki misses with a hook. Flashlighter ducked under it nicely.
Nyrkki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nyrkki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Flashlighter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nyrkki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Flashlighter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A leg kick checked by Flashlighter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flashlighter throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Flashlighter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Flashlighter slips a jab from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki blocks a jab.
Flashlighter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nyrkki misses with a left hand
and Flashlighter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nyrkki wants to land a leg kick but Flashlighter is out of range.
Flashlighter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nyrkki cracks Flashlighter with an open hand slap.
Flashlighter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Flashlighter avoids the head kick by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Flashlighter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nyrkki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice shot lands for Flashlighter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nyrkki - that will leave a mark!
Flashlighter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nyrkki blocks a head kick by Flashlighter.
Flashlighter with a hook.
Flashlighter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nyrkki moves into range and clinches up with Flashlighter.
Nyrkki blocks a body shot from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flashlighter struggles to land a body shot inside as Nyrkki controls his hands.
Flashlighter stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nyrkki manages to break the clinch.
Flashlighter lands a leg kick that knocks Nyrkki off balance momentarily.
Good leg kick by Nyrkki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter checks a leg kick.
A slow jab from Flashlighter misses its intended target.
Flashlighter throws a head kick but Nyrkki moves out of range.
Nyrkki stuns Flashlighter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nyrkki checks a leg kick.
Nyrkki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flashlighter.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nyrkki, right into the meat.
Nyrkki lands with a nice body punch.
Nyrkki's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Flashlighter staying out of range there.
Flashlighter tries a low kick but Nyrkki avoids it.
Nyrkki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nyrkki has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nyrkki swings for the body but Flashlighter moves out of range.
Nyrkki lands a jab to the head.
Flashlighter avoids the head kick by Nyrkki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flashlighter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nyrkki doesn't seem bothered though.
Nyrkki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Flashlighter.
Flashlighter misses with an attempted mid kick.
A jab lands there for Nyrkki.
Nyrkki throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flashlighter tried to score with a low kick but Nyrkki checks it.
Flashlighter misses with a wild combination.
Nyrkki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nyrkki thows a left - swing and a miss!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Flashlighter misses with a body kick.
Flashlighter misses with a hook to the body
and Nyrkki counters with an inside leg kick.
Nyrkki lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kake Nyrkki.
I think Nyrkki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kake Nyrkki!
Kake Nyrkki 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davey Steeves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Tom Jones has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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200 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
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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
17 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tom Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Davey Steeves!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steeves on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jones with a hook.
Steeves gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jones counters with a good, hard body kick but Steeves shrugs it off.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Steeves wants to slow Jones down by chopping away at his legs.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones dips to his left and cracks Steeves with an uppercut!
Steeves moves forwards but Jones connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
Jones has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Steeves.
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!
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Steeves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steeves doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Steeves with a poor takedown
and Jones counters with a head kick. That will keep Steeves thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Steeves scores with a jab to the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steeves rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Steeves jumps guard but Jones stands there with Steeves around his waist. Steeves gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tom Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davey Steeves.
Steeves wants a takedown but no success here.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steeves backwards.
Steeves tightens his grip and picks Jones up, before dumping him to the ground. Jones manages to land in guard.
Steeves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones pulls Steeves in close to prevent any damage.
Jones trying to keep a closed guard but Steeves is proving a slippery customer.
Steeves prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
Steeves connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steeves stops Jones from standing up.
Steeves looking to pass the guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones looking to control.
Steeves trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Steeves is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
Jones managing to control the position.
We're going to have a standup here because Tom Jones wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Steeves pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tom Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones clinches up with Steeves and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
Steeves tries to pull guard but Jones won't allow it.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Steeves drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jones gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Steeves jumps guard but Jones stands there with Steeves around his waist. Steeves gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones lands a right hand.
Steeves drags the fight down to the ground.
Jones wants to stand but Steeves is controlling his posture from full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steeves looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steeves looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jones puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Jones tries to pass the half guard into mount. Steeves knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Steeves avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Steeves is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jones has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Jones dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Steeves will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from Steeves. Steeves gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones lands a nice shot that snaps Steeves's head back.
Jones lands a nice looking body kick.
Steeves doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
A jab from Jones finds it's way through Steeves's defenses.
Jones lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've been told by Jones's head coaches at Team Finland that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jones throws out a powerful jab.
Jones lands an overhand right.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steeves shoots in but no luck this time.
Tom Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davey Steeves.
Jones has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Steeves.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Steeves moves out of range easily.
Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Steeves looking for a takedown.
Steeves is breathing heavily.
Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Steeves tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short left from Jones.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jones working aggressively here.
Steeves jumps guard but Jones stands there with Steeves around his waist. Steeves gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steeves jumps guard but Jones stands there with Steeves around his waist. Steeves gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jones digs a right hand underneath Steeves's ribcage. Steeves let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Steeves backwards.
Steeves is rocked!
Jones dips a shoulder and cracks Steeves with a mighty uppercut! Steeves falls back against the cage and Jones unloads with a barrage of strikes! Steeves 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 - Jones screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Jones!
An out of breath Tom Jones thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Ass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eikichi Onizuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Onizuka is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by GTO's Greatest Moments. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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196 lbs
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198 lbs
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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
27 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Ass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eikichi Onizuka!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Onizuka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
It looks like Jack Ass has been cut.
Onizuka is looking to clinch.
Onizuka clinches up with Ass and pushes him back against the cage.
Ass throws a head punch that misses.
Onizuka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Onizuka.
Ass is trying to break free.
Ass stalling.
Ass escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Onizuka ducks under a wild hook from Ass.
The fight stays on the outside here - Onizuka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Onizuka closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Onizuka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Onizuka prevents Ass from breaking the clinch.
Onizuka lands with a left to the head.
Onizuka being controlled against the cage.
Onizuka told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Onizuka lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Onizuka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ass backwards.
Ass escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ass lands the left hand.
Onizuka has a takedown stuffed.
Onizuka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Onizuka tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ass defends well and Onizuka ends up having to push Ass into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Onizuka tries to throw a body punch but Ass avoids it by throwing Onizuka back against the cage.
Ass breaks from the clinch.
Ass misses with a body kick.
Onizuka throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jack Ass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ass swats away the attempt to clinch by Onizuka.
Jack Ass is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Onizuka tries to clinch up but Ass circles away and keeps his distance.
Ass is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Onizuka.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Onizuka wants to clinch up but Ass keeps it at a distance.
Ass's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ass duly obliges.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Onizuka tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ass defends well and Onizuka ends up having to push Ass into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jack Ass has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eikichi Onizuka.
Onizuka swings wildly with an uppercut but Ass uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ass has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ass lands a left hand.
Onizuka tries to pull guard but Ass won't allow it.
Ass wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Onizuka has him pressed against the cage.
Onizuka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ass stalling against the cage.
Onizuka lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Onizuka tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ass smiles and moves away.
Ass connects with a jab.
Ass goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Onizuka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Onizuka misses with a head kick.
Onizuka closes the distance but Ass moves to the side
and Ass counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ass scores with a jab to the body.
Onizuka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Onizuka closes the distance but Ass moves to the side
and Ass counters with a nice body shot.
Ass throws a combination. Onizuka tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ass throws a head kick but Onizuka moves out of range.
Onizuka lands a head kick. Ass smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Onizuka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ass manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Onizuka drops his hands momentarily and Ass takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Onizuka throws a leg kick but Ass sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ass throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Onizuka fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Onizuka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ass keeps the fight on the outside.
Onizuka tries to clinch there but Ass circles away.
Ass darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Onizuka drives through with a takedown into Ass's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Onizuka missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ass tries to kick Onizuka off but Onizuka keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Onizuka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Onizuka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ass keeps working.
Ass holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Onizuka is looking for a kimura but Ass is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Onizuka to get the leverage.
Ass trying to control here.
Ass looks like he's trying to stand up.
Onizuka is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Onizuka is trying to control. Ass wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Onizuka is thwarting Ass's attempts to control the position.
Ass is pressing down on Onizuka's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eikichi Onizuka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Ass's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice jab there from Ass.
It looks like Ass has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Some wild striking there from Ass.
Onizuka will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A swing and a miss from Ass.
Onizuka tries to close the distance and clinch but Ass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ass swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ass tries a head kick but it misses.
Onizuka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Onizuka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ass.
Ass throws a good cross that connects.
Ass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Onizuka moves out of range as Ass strikes.
Ass swats away the attempt to clinch by Onizuka.
Ass swats away the attempt to clinch by Onizuka.
The fight stays on the outside here - Onizuka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Onizuka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ass connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ass fails to land with a series of punches.
Jack Ass is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ass scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Onizuka slips a jab and a cross from Ass.
Onizuka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ass.
Onizuka lands a jab-cross combination.
Ass throws a hook to the side of Onizuka's head but Onizuka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Onizuka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Onizuka there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Onizuka takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Onizuka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Onizuka walks into a left hand.
Ass feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Onizuka's calf.
Onizuka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Onizuka shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ass as he avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Onizuka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eikichi Onizuka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ass lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ass throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Onizuka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Onizuka slips a straight right by Ass.
Ass ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Onizuka moves away.
Onizuka has closed the distance and engaged Ass in a clinch.
Ass wants to break the clinch but can't.
Onizuka wants to get back to striking at distance but Ass won't allow it.
Onizuka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ass tries to throw a body punch but Onizuka avoids it by throwing Ass back against the cage.
Ass lands with a left to the head.
Ass lands with a light punch inside.
Ass lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ass manages to break the clinch.
Onizuka throws a solid leg kick but Ass takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Onizuka.
Onizuka moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ass is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Onizuka misses with some punches.
Onizuka misses with some punches.
Onizuka lands a nice uppercut.
Ass breaks the clinch.
Ass swats away the attempt to clinch by Onizuka.
Ass keeps the fight on the outside.
Onizuka shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ass's guard.
Onizuka trying to control but Ass is working from the bottom.
Ass avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ass wants to stand but Onizuka is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka wants to control from the top but Ass keeps moving.
Onizuka has gone for a leg lock! Ass slips out almost immediately though and dives into Onizuka's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ass engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ass is standing up over Onizuka. Onizuka looks to escape but Ass dives into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Onizuka is being controlled here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jack Ass will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Ass's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Ass lands a really nice looking cross but Onizuka seems unphased.
Onizuka gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ass counters with a left to the body.
A combination from Ass does no damage.
Ass avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Onizuka wants to clinch up but Ass keeps it at a distance.
Ass lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Onizuka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ass.
Onizuka shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ass defends it nicely.
Ass misses with the combination.
Ass is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Onizuka tries to clinch but Ass is having none of it.
Ass misses with a hook. Onizuka ducked under it nicely.
Onizuka tries to clinch but Ass moves out of range.
Ass connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Onizuka wants to clinch up but Ass keeps it at a distance.
Onizuka wants to land a leg kick but Ass is out of range.
Onizuka tries to clinch there but Ass circles away.
Ass drives through and clinches with Onizuka against the cage.
Ass is stalling here.
Ass misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ass tries to stall but Onizuka uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice body punch from Ass - that landed with a thud.
Onizuka cracks Ass with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ass is trying to break free.
Onizuka jumps guard and drags Ass to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Onizuka is looking to stand up but Ass isn't so interested in that idea.
Onizuka has his foot on Ass's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ass works his way back into a safe position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Onizuka looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ass is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ass wanted to stand there but Onizuka had control of the position.
Ass postures up.
Ass trying to control the position from guard on top but Onizuka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ass pushing down on Onizuka's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Onizuka is trying to get back to full guard.
Ass keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Onizuka wants to control but Ass is keeping busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Onizuka shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ass as he jumps to the side.
Jack Ass has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eikichi Onizuka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ass scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ass throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ass keeps the fight on the outside.
Ass scores with a hook to the body. Onizuka takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ass throws out a powerful jab.
Ass keeps the fight on the outside.
Onizuka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ass paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Onizuka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ass manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ass feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Onizukas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ass connects with a right hand. Onizuka shakes it off.
Onizuka slips a jab from Ass.
Onizuka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ass tries to clinch there but Onizuka circles away.
Ass lands with a nice combination. Onizuka backs away looking to recover.
Ass tries a head kick but it misses.
Onizuka moves in looking to clinch but Ass pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka wants to clinch up but Ass keeps it at a distance.
Onizuka will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Onizuka tries to clinch there but Ass circles away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ass throws a head kick that misses.
Onizuka tries to clinch
and Onizuka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Onizuka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ass throws an overhand right that lands on Onizuka's shoulder, as Onizuka tries to avoid the shot.
Ass fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Onizuka manages to avoid it.
Onizuka fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Onizuka ducks under a wild hook from Ass.
Ass fails to land with a series of punches.
Onizuka looks to score with a jab to the body but Ass is just out of range.
Ass pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Horrible takedown by Onizuka or perhaps it was just good defense by Ass which made him look bad.
Onizuka is looking to clinch but Ass is avoiding it.
Ass with a hook.
Good shot there by Ass.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Ass showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ass 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Ass!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Ivanovits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Nightwish - Phantom Of The Opera. Ivanovits comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Odorants - This Night kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jason Morgan 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sergei Ivanovits!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan misses with a lunging right hand
and Ivanovits counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Jason Morgan has been cut.
Ivanovits fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Morgan is looking to land body kicks.
Ivanovits stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Morgan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ivanovits walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Morgan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rakala in the buildup to the fight.
Ivanovits slips under a jab.
Ivanovits throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morgan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ivanovits counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Morgan throws a body punch but Ivanovits moves out of range.
Ivanovits throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morgan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morgan.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Morgan, right into the meat.
Morgan looks to land a right hand but Ivanovits moved out of range.
Ivanovits throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morgan tries to land a front kick but Ivanovits steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a body shot
and Ivanovits counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan takes a swing at Ivanovits's ribcage but misses.
Ivanovits tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ivanovits swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan takes a swing at Ivanovits's ribcage but misses.
Morgan thows a leg kick but Ivanovits checks it
and Ivanovits counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ivanovits throws a body kick that misses.
Ivanovits takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivanovits throws the left hand but Morgan avoids the punch easily.
Morgan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ivanovits staying out of range there.
Morgan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ivanovits counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovits tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morgan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morgan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ivanovits uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Jason Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivanovits was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Ivanovits moves away from the strike by Morgan.
A swing and a miss from Ivanovits.
Morgan scores with a nice strike.
Ivanovits uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
Ivanovits misses with an uppercut.
Ivanovits staying out of range there.
Ivanovits avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Ivanovits swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Ivanovits does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morgan takes a swing at Ivanovits's ribcage but misses.
Morgan blocks a head kick by Ivanovits.
Ivanovits takes one on the button.
Morgan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Ivanovits.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Morgan - that will leave a mark!
Ivanovits ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Morgan scores with a spinning back kick!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Morgan, as that shot connected.
Ivanovits fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morgan on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ivanovits takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ivanovits ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Ivanovits darts in and clinches Morgan up against the cage.
Morgan trying to stall but Ivanovits improves his position.
Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Morgan dips to his left and cracks Ivanovits with an uppercut!
Ivanovits moves out of range of the strikes.
Morgan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ivanovits lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
Morgan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Morgan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivanovits tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Morgan lands with a right hand.
Morgan feints and then cracks Ivanovits's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ivanovits down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergei Ivanovits dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Morgan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Morgan throws a poor cross that misses
and Ivanovits cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morgan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morgan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ivanovits has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Morgan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ivanovits's calf.
Morgan lands with an overhand left.
Morgan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morgan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ivanovits on the side of the head.
Morgan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morgan throws a hook but Ivanovits blocks it.
Sergei Ivanovits seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morgan throws the left hand but Ivanovits avoids the punch easily.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Ivanovits saw that one coming.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivanovits was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Morgan connects with a looping right hand.
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!
Morgan with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ivanovits tries to bum rush Morgan with a series of wild strikes but Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivanovits's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morgan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ivanovits scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Ivanovits steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Morgan. That one must have hurt.
Morgan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Morgan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ivanovits.
Ivanovits waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morgan.
Morgan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Morgan works Ivanovits's body with a nice hook.
Morgan swinging wildly here.
Morgan cracks Ivanovits with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Morgan does it's job there.
Ivanovits blocks the body kick.
Ivanovits misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ivanovits throws a wild body kick that Morgan sees coming a mile off.
Ivanovits takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morgan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ivanovits sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ivanovits walks into a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Morgan.
Morgan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ivanovits.
Morgan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ivanovits.
Morgan misses with a straight right.
Ivanovits swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morgan.
A chopping leg kick lands by Morgan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ivanovits misses with a low kick.
Ivanovits slips under a jab.
Morgan misses with a hook
and Ivanovits counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ivanovits tries a head kick but it misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morgan.
Ivanovits tries a head kick but it misses.
Morgan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Morgan tries to land a body kick
and Ivanovits makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ivanovits throws a head kick that misses.
Morgan misses with a hook. Ivanovits ducked under it nicely.
Morgan lands an overhand right.
Sloppy strikes from Morgan. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovits throws a jab when Morgan was well out of range.
Ivanovits slips under a jab from Morgan.
Morgan thows a body shot but no joy.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivanovits defending well as Morgan loads up on a big left hand.
Ivanovits's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ivanovits drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morgan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ivanovits throws a big shot that misses.
Morgan drops his hands momentarily and Ivanovits takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ivanovits throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan feints a jab promting Ivanovits to slip. Morgan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ivanovits slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Morgan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Morgan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Morgan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ivanovits uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Morgan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ivanovits finds it's way round the side to connect with Morgan's head.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Ivanovits's shoulder, as Ivanovits tries to avoid the shot.
Ivanovits throws a combination. Morgan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ivanovits moves away from the strike by Morgan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid body kick from Morgan.
Ivanovits takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ivanovits throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ivanovits keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ivanovits throws a front kick that sends Morgan stumbling back into the cage.
Morgan throws a front kick aimed at Ivanovits's knee but Ivanovits avoids it well.
Morgan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Morgan blocks the leg kick.
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Ivanovits's shoulder, as Ivanovits tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ivanovits's head.
Ivanovits connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ivanovits moves out of range of the body kick.
Ivanovits uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Ivanovits tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ivanovits fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morgan. Ivanovits does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ivanovits keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Ivanovits saw that one coming.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ivanovits.
Morgan misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovits avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morgan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ivanovits connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ivanovits uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morgan.
Ivanovits thows a body shot but no joy.
Morgan throws a body kick that misses
and Ivanovits counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morgan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morgan misses with a body kick.
Ivanovits takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ivanovits takes a swing at Morgan's ribcage but misses.
Ivanovits defending well as Morgan loads up on a big left hand.
A cross from Ivanovits lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a looping left.
Morgan looks for the body kick but Ivanovits saw that one coming.
Ivanovits throws a series of punches but Morgan avoids them all with ease.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Morgan lunges at Ivanovits with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ivanovits's hand.
Ivanovits throws a wild body kick that Morgan sees coming a mile off.
Ivanovits takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morgan cracks a nice hook into Ivanovits's ribs.
Morgan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivanovits was well out of range. Poor timing from Morgan.
Ivanovits dodges the punch combination from Morgan.
Morgan is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a body shot.
Ivanovits walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morgan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ivanovits.
Morgan scores with a jab to the head.
Morgan throws a shot from downtown. Ivanovits moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Ivanovits.
Morgan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ivanovits throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Ivanovits was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivanovits lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ivanovits moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Ivanovits avoids a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergei Ivanovits comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ivanovits has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergei Ivanovits!
A relieved looking Sergei Ivanovits thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Varian Wyrnn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Lightfoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lightfoot has chosen Rise Against - Injection as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Varian Wyrnn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of London, Richard Lightfoot!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lightfoot takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wyrnn throws a solid leg kick but Lightfoot takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wyrnn.
Wyrnn throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lightfoot counters with a straight right hand.
Lightfoot feints and then cracks Wyrnn's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wyrnn down.
Lightfoot checks a leg kick.
Wyrnn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lightfoot, as that shot connected.
Wyrnn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lightfoot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wyrnn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wyrnn moves out of range of the strikes.
Lightfoot feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wyrnn's calf.
Lightfoot defending well as Wyrnn loads up on a big left hand.
Lightfoot catches Wyrnn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lightfoot is looking to slow Wyrnn down with leg kicks.
A head kick misses from Lightfoot.
Wyrnn throws a leg kick
and Lightfoot counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Wyrnn falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Richard Lightfoot!
A relieved looking Richard Lightfoot thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armo Kuusela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raylan Givens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuusela's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Promentory. Raylan Givens acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Armo Kuusela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Raylan Givens!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Givens closes the distance and pushes Kuusela back into the cage.
Givens misses with a punch on the inside.
Kuusela escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Givens sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kuusela tries a low kick but Givens avoids it.
Givens closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kuusela quickly recovers to half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Givens thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kuusela's head.
Givens has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kuusela wants to get back to full guard.
Kuusela gets back to full guard.
Kuusela keeping moving, preventing Givens from controlling successfully.
Givens with a nice head shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuusela has momentary wrist control but Givens slips an elbow through the middle.
Givens trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kuusela is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Givens defends well.
Givens trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Givens is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kuusela is trying to control the position but Givens postures up.
Kuusela is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Givens defends well.
Kuusela utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Givens throwing strikes but missing.
Givens got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kuusela has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Givens has managed to get both his arms back between Kuusela's legs - danger averted.
Givens throws a big elbow that misses.
Givens trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuusela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kuusela preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kuusela looking to hit a scissor sweep but Givens is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Givens throws an elbow that misses. Kuusela uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Givens's guard. Nice move by Kuusela!
Givens trying to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Givens has a closed guard, preventing Kuusela from standing up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kuusela preventing the sweep.
Kuusela gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Kuusela fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Givens.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuusela. Givens does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Givens.
Givens shoots in and gets a takedown into Kuusela's guard.
Givens slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Givens trying to control the position but Kuusela is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela is looking to regain half guard here but Givens keeps moving and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Givens works to advance to full mount. Kuusela defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Givens looking to finish Kuusela with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kuusela!
Kuusela sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kuusela trying to hold on to Givens's head to control him but Givens postures up.
Givens working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Givens scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Givens looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kuusela is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuusela slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Givens working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kuusela controls Givens momentarily but Givens frees himself.
Kuusela throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Givens is working Kuusela over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Givens trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Givens trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Givens throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kuusela works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kuusela had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Givens defends it easily.
Kuusela keeping moving, preventing Givens from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raylan Givens dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Givens fails with a takedown attempt.
Kuusela misses the shot to the body.
Givens with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kuusela swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kuusela takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kuusela takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Givens lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Givens throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Givens connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Raylan Givens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuusela has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Givens finds it's way round the side to connect with Kuusela's head.
Givens misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuusela throws a body punch but Givens moves out of range.
Givens throws a lazy uppercut
and Kuusela counters with a stiff right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Givens. That's going to slow Kuusela down.
Givens dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Givens cracks Kuusela with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Givens changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kuusela tries to avoid it but Givens manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kuusela to the ground. Kuusela escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Armo Kuusela is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kuusela lands a nice shot that snaps Givens's head back.
Kuusela throws a nice looking combination but Givens bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Givens throws a body punch but Kuusela moves out of range.
Kuusela jabs at Givens's body.
Givens throws a head kick but Kuusela moves out of range.
Givens moves out of range of the leg kick from Kuusela.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuusela tries to sprawl but Givens drives through with a takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela wants to control but Givens is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Givens seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kuusela trying to control from the bottom.
Givens trying to control from half guard but Kuusela is working away.
Givens working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Givens missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Givens throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Givens is keen to just control but Kuusela is a slippery customer.
Givens landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Givens controlling the action here.
Kuusela is trying to stand up here but Givens is controlling him well.
Givens is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Givens lands with a punch from half guard.
Givens content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Givens working the head and body with strikes.
Givens winds up and cracks Kuusela with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Givens looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kuusela is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Raylan Givens has got the better of the ground game so far.
Givens is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Givens's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Kuusela is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Givens pulls his head out easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Givens scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kuusela is looking to improve his position.
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!
Givens is stalling here. Kuusela is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Givens seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Kuusela has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Kuusela tries for a kimura but Givens is defending well.
Givens is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kuusela decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Givens takes a swing at Kuusela's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raylan Givens showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Kuusela's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Givens avoids a kick to the body.
Kuusela lands a nice shot to the body.
Givens throws a quick inside leg kick.
Givens moves out of range as Kuusela strikes.
Givens digs a good body shot into Kuusela's ribs.
Givens is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kuusela is looking to wear down Givens with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kuusela throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Givens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuusela's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Givens connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kuusela scrambles back to his feet.
Kuusela misses with a straight right.
Givens getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuusela tries to bum rush Givens with a series of wild strikes but Givens uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kuusela scores with a three punch combo!
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Kuusela, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Givens scores with a sloppy right hand. Kuusela should have avoided that one.
Kuusela throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Givens lands a slapping body shot.
Armo Kuusela is winning the standup battle so far.
Givens fails to land the takedown.
Kuusela drives through and clinches with Givens against the cage.
Kuusela lands a shot to the body.
Kuusela keeps control of Givens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Givens trying to control the position but instead, Kuusela has worked for underhooks and has pushed Givens into the cage.
Kuusela tries to work over Givens's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Givens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuusela prevents the takedown attempt.
Givens tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Armo Kuusela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raylan Givens.
Kuusela displaying some good clinch control by pressing Givens up against the cage.
Kuusela struggles to land a body shot inside as Givens controls his hands.
Kuusela has Givens pressed against the cage.
Givens slowing the pace effectively.
Kuusela misses with a knee strike.
Kuusela blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Givens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Givens lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Givens misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kuusela trying to stall but Givens improves his position.
Armo Kuusela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Givens scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Givens tries to pull guard but Kuusela forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kuusela makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kuusela misses with a punch to the body.
Kuusela missing with knees to the body.
Givens takes a shot to the head.
Givens drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kuusela pulls his leg out and moves away.
Raylan Givens is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Givens cracks the inside of Kuusela's front leg.
Kuusela gets caught napping as Givens dives in and scores a takedown. Kuusela manages to retain guard.
Givens scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kuusela looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Givens stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kuusela swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Givens trying to control the position from guard on top but Kuusela is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kuusela avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuusela looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Givens with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kuusela wants to sweep but no luck.
Kuusela has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Givens should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Kuusela has tightened it up now! Givens should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Armo Kuusela!
An out of breath and clearly excited Armo Kuusela thanked CEC Nutrition Q160 for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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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 look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hug Raction!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simo Silakka!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silakka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silakka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Raction avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Raction swinging wildly here.
Silakka tries a low kick but Raction avoids it.
Silakka slips a jab from Raction.
Raction on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silakka lands a jab to Raction's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
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.
Silakka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Raction. That did some damage!
Oh Raction is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raction is breathing heavily.
Silakka fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Raction square on the jaw! Damn, Raction is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Simo Silakka!
Simo Silakka is the new heavyweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Simo Silakka made sure he mentioned FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce McBrain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humberto Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz has chosen Deja Vu as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce McBrain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 5, fighting out of London, Humberto Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBrain misses with a double jab.
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
Cruz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McBrain.
Bruce McBrain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McBrain cracks Cruz with an open hand slap.
Cruz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cruz throws a leg kick which misses McBrain's front leg but catches the back leg as McBrain tries to avoid it.
McBrain on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cruz swings for the body but McBrain moves out of range.
Cruz tried to score with a low kick but McBrain checks it.
McBrain thuds his shin into the meat of Cruz's side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz misses with an uppercut.
Cruz cracks McBrain with a good jab.
It looks like Bruce McBrain has been cut.
McBrain throws a leg kick
and Cruz counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cruz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz looking to sit in guard and control but McBrain gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cruz has an active guard here but McBrain has managed to pass into half guard.
McBrain is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Cruz works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz wants to sweep here but McBrain controlling him for the moment.
McBrain stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cruz wants to control but McBrain passes easily into half guard.
McBrain slows the pace down in half guard.
Cruz tries to get to full guard but McBrain has control of the leg.
Cruz is trying to control but McBrain passes into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to control McBrain's posture but McBrain avoids it.
Cruz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
We've been hearing that McBrain has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Cruz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
McBrain controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McBrain's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Bruce McBrain just wasn't active enough.
McBrain lands with a shot to the body.
Bruce McBrain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a looping right.
A low kick from McBrain is predictable there
and Cruz counters with a shoot takedown. McBrain fights it but they end up in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McBrain is trying to control the position but Cruz postures up.
Cruz looking to sit in guard and control but McBrain gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cruz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McBrain is looking to work some ground and pound but Cruz has wrist control.
Cruz controlling McBrain's posture.
McBrain wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Cruz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce McBrain's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
McBrain moves out of range as Cruz throws a body kick.
McBrain misses with an uppercut
and Cruz counters with a single leg into guard. McBrain didn't expect that.
Cruz throws a big elbow that misses.
McBrain looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cruz puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Cruz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Cruz wants to pass to mount but McBrain is defending the position.
Cruz moves nicely into side control.
McBrain tries to improve position but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is looking to take a break and control but McBrain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
What's McBrain going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
McBrain has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
McBrain is not content to let Cruz control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz swings around for an armbar but McBrain sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Cruz's guard.
McBrain stands and throws Cruz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as McBrain stalls from top position.
McBrain working the ground and pound but Cruz is defending the strikes.
Cruz sneaks back into half guard.
McBrain is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz wants to improve his position but McBrain is controlling well.
Cruz wants to control the action here but instead McBrain manages to pass to full mount!
Cruz gets back to half guard.
McBrain is thwarting Cruz's attempts to control the position.
Cruz is not content to let McBrain control the position.
McBrain prevents Cruz from standing back up.
Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as McBrain sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBrain prevents Cruz from improving his position.
McBrain looks to land a strike but Cruz avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Cruz looking for submissions from the bottom but instead McBrain passes into half guard.
McBrain trying to control the action but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz is looking to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McBrain seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cruz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Cruz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bruce McBrain's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cruz throws a series of punches but McBrain avoids them all with ease.
McBrain fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cruz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cruz takes one to the side of the head.
McBrain sizes up Cruz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cruz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cruz jabs at McBrain's body.
McBrain connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz slips under a jab from McBrain.
Cruz scores with a shot to the body.
McBrain lands an overhand right.
Cruz is looking to clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cruz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jab by McBrain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McBrain looks for the body kick but Cruz saw that one coming.
McBrain throws out a loose jab but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
McBrain tries a head kick but it misses.
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and McBrain counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cruz is lucky that one didn't land flush.
McBrain is looking to land body kicks.
McBrain fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cruz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cruz connects with an inside leg kick.
McBrain drops Cruz with a huge uppercut! Cruz drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. McBrain is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce McBrain!
Bruce McBrain retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Bruce McBrain 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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