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E.F.C 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hillevi Javri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aatuska Pakkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Javri might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Finnish Encore. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great elbows
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hillevi Javri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aatuska Pakkanen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pakkanen throws out a loose jab but Javri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Javri throws a head kick that misses.
Pakkanen looks to land a left hand but Javri moved out of range nicely.
Pakkanen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Javri sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pakkanen lands with a nice combination. Javri backs away looking to recover.
Javri lands a high kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pakkanen misses with a few strikes there.
Javri tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pakkanen manages to circle out of the way.
Pakkanen avoids the head kick by Javri.
Javri throws a lazy head kick
and Pakkanen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Javri closes the distance and pushes Pakkanen back into the cage.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Javri.
With the fighters up against the cage, Javri throws an elbow but misses.
Javri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Javri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Javri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Javri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pakkanen is trying to force a seperation but Javri has the dominant position.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
Javri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Javri misses with an elbow strike.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Javri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pakkanen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pakkanen dodges an elbow strike from Javri.
Pakkanen pushes Javri back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Javri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Javri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
Pakkanen dodges an elbow strike from Javri.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
Javri lands an elbow that stopped Pakkanen in his tracks for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pakkanen avoids the elbow strike from Javri, against the cage.
Javri misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Javri throws an elbow but misses.
Javri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Javri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Javri gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Javri looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Javri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
Pakkanen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Javri misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Javri.
Javri looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Javri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Javri throws a head kick that misses
enabling Pakkanen to counter with a crisp jab.
Javri rushes Pakkanen and presses him up against the cage.
Javri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pakkanen's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pakkanen swings wildly with an uppercut but Javri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
Javri gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pakkanen wants to stall.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pakkanen is trying to break the clinch but Javri has him pressed against the cage.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
Javri misses with an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Javri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Javri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hillevi Javri dominated that round.
That's time! Javri's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Javri gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pakkanen has had enough of the clinch but Javri keeps him there for the moment.
Pakkanen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Javri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Javri lands a nice elbow.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
Javri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pakkanen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Pakkanen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Javri creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pakkanen's defenses.
Pakkanen is trying to push Javri away but Javri has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Javri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pakkanen is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Javri throws an elbow that misses.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Javri throws an elbow but misses.
Javri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pakkanen can do to turn this around?
Javri lands an elbow just above Pakkanen 's eye.
Pakkanen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pakkanen blocks an elbow strike.
Pakkanen avoids the elbow strike from Javri, against the cage.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
Javri misses with an elbow strike.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pakkanen blocks an elbow strike.
Javri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Javri prevents Pakkanen from breaking the clinch.
Javri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pakkanen blocks an elbow strike from Javri.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
Javri throws an elbow that misses.
Javri pushes off an throws an elbow but Pakkanen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pakkanen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Javri pushes off an throws an elbow but Pakkanen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
Pakkanen avoids the elbow strike from Javri, against the cage.
Javri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Javri throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pakkanen blocks an elbow strike from Javri.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pakkanen is looking to break free of the clinch but Javri has double underhooks.
Javri misses with an elbow over the top.
Javri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pakkanen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Javri slips under a jab.
Javri is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pakkanen.
Javri moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
Pakkanen is trying to force a seperation but Javri has the dominant position.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Javri throws an elbow that misses.
Pakkanen blocks an elbow strike from Javri.
Javri keeps control of Pakkanen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
Javri misses with an elbow over the top.
Javri creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pakkanen's defenses.
Hillevi Javri has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Javri lands an elbow just above Pakkanen 's eye.
Pakkanen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Javri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Javri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Javri misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hillevi Javri dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Javri has closed the distance and engaged Pakkanen in a clinch.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pakkanen blocks the elbow strike.
Pakkanen is trying to break the clinch but Javri is controlling him.
Pakkanen avoids the elbow strike from Javri, against the cage.
Javri throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
Pakkanen avoids the elbow strike from Javri, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Javri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pakkanen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pakkanen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Javri misses with an elbow strike.
Javri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Javri comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
Javri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pakkanen's efforts to push away.
Pakkanen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pakkanen wants to get back to striking at distance but Javri won't allow it.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
Pakkanen blocks an elbow strike from Javri.
Javri lands an elbow inside.
Pakkanen has had enough of the clinch but Javri keeps him there for the moment.
Pakkanen blocks an elbow strike.
Javri lands an elbow just above Pakkanen 's eye.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Javri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Javri keeps control of Pakkanen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Javri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pakkanen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Javri pushes off an throws an elbow but Pakkanen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pakkanen blocks the elbow strike.
Javri creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pakkanen's defenses.
Javri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pakkanen breaks from the clinch.
Javri closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Javri lands a damaging elbow.
Javri misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Javri throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pakkanen blocks the elbow strike.
Pakkanen slowing the pace effectively.
Pakkanen dodges an elbow strike from Javri.
Pakkanen blocks the elbow strike.
Pakkanen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pakkanen working hard to break the clinch.
Pakkanen avoids the elbow strike from Javri, against the cage.
Javri lands an elbow inside that Pakkanen shrugs off.
Javri throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Javri lands a damaging elbow.
Pakkanen blocks an elbow strike from Javri.
Javri throws an elbow but it misses.
Pakkanen just leaning against Javri, taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
Javri misses with an elbow over the top.
Pakkanen blocks an elbow strike from Javri.
Pakkanen blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Javri.
With the fighters up against the cage, Javri throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Javri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pakkanen's brow.
Javri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Javri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pakkanen avoids a wild elbow strike from Javri.
Javri pushes off an throws an elbow but Pakkanen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Javri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Javri misses with an elbow over the top.
Aatuska Pakkanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hillevi Javri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Javri throws an elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hillevi Javri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Javri, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hillevi Javri!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Bark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Cuervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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156 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Bark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Cuervo!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuervo jabs Bark to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cuervo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Cuervo feints and then cracks Bark's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bark down.
Bark wants to clinch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cuervo.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cuervo - that will leave a mark!
Cuervo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bark's sensitive parts.
Cuervo jabs at Bark's body.
Cuervo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bark.
Bark takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cuervo throws out a powerful jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cuervo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bark tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cuervo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cuervo scores with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuervo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cuervo feints and then cracks Bark's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bark down.
Bark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cuervo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bark will feel that in the morning.
Cuervo thuds his shin into the meat of Bark's side.
Bark tries to close the distance and clinch but Cuervo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bark sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bark is breathing heavily.
Cuervo connects with a right hand. Bark shakes it off.
Bark tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bark stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cuervo.
Cuervo thuds a left hand into Bark's body.
Bark doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Cuervo counters with an outside leg kick.
Cuervo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cuervo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cuervo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cuervo feints and then cracks Bark's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bark down.
Jose Cuervo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cuervo lands a front kick.
Bark takes one on the button.
A jab from Cuervo does it's job there.
Cuervo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bark will feel that in the morning.
Bark takes one to the chin there.
Cuervo lands a slapping body shot.
Cuervo feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Bark sprawling to the canvas! Bark rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Cuervo finish him?!
Bark is rocked!
Bark gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Cuervo gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Cuervo!
Jose Cuervo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dale Bunga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dale Bunga has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alistair Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dale Bunga!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bunga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bunga connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Overeem tries to clinch up but Bunga circles away and keeps his distance.
Bunga lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bunga connects with a leg kick. Overeem looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've been told by Overeem's head coaches at MMA Sanok Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bunga swats away the attempt to clinch by Overeem.
Bunga lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bunga scores with a leg kick.
Overeem gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overeem breaks the clinch.
Overeem is looking to clinch.
Bunga has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Overeem is landing a low percentage of strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Overeem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Overeem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Overeem sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Overeem scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Overeem fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overeem moves in looking to clinch but Bunga pushes him off.
As Overeem backs off Bunga throws a huge counter combo but Overeem manages to avoid it all.
Overeem takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Alistair Overeem has been cut.
Overeem avoids a kick to the body.
Overeem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Overeem takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bunga keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bunga.
Overeem has taken the fight to the clinch.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but Bunga blocks with his arms.
Overeem stalling in the clinch.
Overeem blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bunga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bunga managing to block the knees to the body from Overeem.
Bunga is trying to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling him.
Overeem tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem breaks from the clinch.
Overeem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Overeem moves to clinch but Bunga breaks away
and Bunga counters with a low kick, right behind Overeem 's knee.
Overeem clinches up with Bunga and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Overeem tries a knee to the head but Bunga blocks it.
Overeem with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Overeem tries to land knees in the clinch but Bunga avoids the damage to the body.
Overeem missing with knees to the body.
Overeem managing to block the knees to the body from Bunga.
Overeem scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Dale Bunga has been cut.
Overeem throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bunga blocks it with crossed arms.
Overeem avoiding damage as Bunga throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunga breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bunga moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Alistair Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bunga throws a leg kick which misses Overeem's front leg but catches the back leg as Overeem tries to avoid it.
Overeem drives through and clinches with Bunga against the cage.
Bunga throws an elbow but it misses.
Overeem misses with a hook from the clinch.
Overeem with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Overeem manages to break the clinch.
Overeem closes the distance but Bunga moves to the side
and Bunga counters with a nice body kick.
Overeem takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Overeem is breathing heavily.
Whack! Bunga lands a heavy head kick that drops Overeem. The ref tackles Bunga to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Overeem was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Dale Bunga!
Dale Bunga spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Alistair Overeem had this to say: 'I would just like to thank all my fans , my coaches , my sponsers and i'm sure i'l bevback stronger and hungrier than ever '.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Jits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cung Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joey Jits!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cung Li!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li stuffs the takedown.
Li misses with a series of wild punches.
Jits doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Li counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jits is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jits swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Li - that will leave a mark!
Li moves in looking to clinch but Jits pushes him off.
Li misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jits feinted with a counter takedown.
Li lands with a kick to the temple. Jits shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jits dives in and grabs Li's left leg, looking for a takedown. Li pushes down on Jits's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Jits. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Li.
Li keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Li lands but Jits takes it in his stride.
Jits gets tackled into the cage by Li. Li maintains the clinch.
Li lands a good knee to the midsection. Jits won't want to take too many of those.
Li using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Li breaks the clinch.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jits swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Li plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Li dives in and grabs Jits's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jits pushes down on Li's head and hops out.
Li swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Li throws a head kick that misses.
Jits definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jits on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Li. Li obviously looking to wear him down.
Li throws a body kick that misses.
Jits half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crunch! Li slams his shin into Jits's torso.
Li shoots in for a double leg but Jits sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jits was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Jits doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Li counters with a left and a right that stings Jits.
Li looks winded!
Jits dives in for a single leg takedown but Li sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Li misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Danga de danga de dang - Li scores with a four punch combination!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jits closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jits lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jits drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Li dives on top into guard.
Li wants to stand and escape but instead Jits has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Jits thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jits stands and throws Li's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Li really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jits. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jits is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Li is trying to escape and Jits transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Li is forced to tap! Nice work there by Jits! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joey Jits!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Logan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamy Studinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Logan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kamy Studinski!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Studinski moves in looking to clinch but Logan pushes him off.
Logan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Studinski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Studinski closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Studinski.
Logan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Studinski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Studinski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Studinski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Studinski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Logan blocking some punches.
Studinski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Logan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Studinski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Studinski.
Studinski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Studinski fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Logan blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Studinski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Logan blocking some punches.
Logan manages to break the clinch.
Logan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Studinski tries to close the distance and clinch but Logan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Studinski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Logan keeps the fight on the outside.
Studinski rushes Logan and presses him up against the cage.
Logan blocks an uppercut.
Logan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Studinski misses with a punch on the inside.
Studinski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Logans head.
Logan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Studinski rushes Logan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Logan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Studinski tries to clinch up but Logan circles away and keeps his distance.
Logan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Studinski clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Studinski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Logan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Studinski.
Logan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Studinski has taken the fight to the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Studinski.
Studinski scores with a shoulder strike.
Studinski misses with the head strike.
Studinski throws a head punch that misses.
Logan breaks the clinch.
Studinski tries to clinch up but Logan circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Studinski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Logan keeps the fight on the outside.
Logan went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A jab from Logan does it's job there.
Logan dips to his left and cracks Studinski with an uppercut!
Studinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Logan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Studinski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Logan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Studinski closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Studinski.
Studinski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Logan blocks an uppercut.
Studinski throws a head punch that misses.
Logan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Studinski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Studinski darts in and clinches Logan up against the cage.
Logan blocking some punches.
Studinski lands a shoulder strike.
Logan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Studinski slips a jab and a cross from Logan.
Studinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Logan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kamy Studinski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Studinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Studinski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Logan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Logan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Logan misses with a series of wild punches.
Logan misses with a double jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Logan swats away the attempt to clinch by Studinski.
The fight stays on the outside here - Studinski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Studinski is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Studinski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Studinski takes the fight into the clinch.
Logan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Studinski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Studinski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Logan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Studinski throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kamy Studinski dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Studinski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Logan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Studinski is looking to clinch.
Studinski moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Logan.
A head punch on the inside from Studinski fails to land.
Studinski has a couple of punches blocked by Logan.
Logan blocking some punches.
Logan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Studinski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Logan breaks the clinch.
Studinski clinches.
Kamy Studinski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Studinski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Studinski throws a punch but it's blocked by Logan.
Studinski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Studinski working aggressively here.
Studinski scores with a shot to the side of Logan's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Logan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Studinski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Logan.
A head punch on the inside from Studinski fails to land.
Studinski throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Logan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Studinski fails to land.
Logan breaks the clinch.
Logan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Studinski clinches.
Studinski working aggressively here.
Logan manages to break the clinch.
Studinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Logan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Studinski has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Studinski walks into a stiff left hand from Logan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan swats away the attempt to clinch by Studinski.
Logan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Studinski tries to clinch up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Studinski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Logan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Studinski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Logan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
The fight stays on the outside here - Studinski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Studinski wants to clinch but Logan slips to the side
and Logan counters with a two punch combo.
Logan looks to land a combination. Studinski sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Daniel Logan is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Logan.
It seemed like Studinski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Studinski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Studinski tries to clinch but Logan is having none of it.
Logan keeps the fight on the outside.
Studinski moves into the clinch.
Logan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daniel Logan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Studinski is looking to clinch but Logan is avoiding it.
Logan throws a big counter combination but Studinski scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Studinski moves into the clinch.
Studinski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Studinski misses with the head strike.
Studinski lands a nice uppercut.
Logan manages to break the clinch.
Logan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Studinski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Studinski tries to clinch there but Logan circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Logan. Those never looked like landing.
Logan swats away the attempt to clinch by Studinski.
Studinski clinches up against the cage.
Studinski throws a punch but it's blocked by Logan.
Studinski misses with some punches.
Studinski misses with a punch on the inside.
Logan takes a shot to the head.
Studinski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Logan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Studinski throws a head punch that misses.
Logan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Studinski tries to clinch but Logan is having none of it.
Studinski tries to clinch
and Logan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Studinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Logan.
Studinski darts in and clinches Logan up against the cage.
Studinski misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Studinski.
Studinski misses with a punch on the inside.
Studinski throws a punch but it's blocked by Logan.
Logan looking to slow down the pace here.
Studinski throws a head punch that misses.
Logan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Studinski tries to clinch but Logan moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kamy Studinski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Logan scores with a hook.
Studinski tries to clinch but Logan moves away
and Studinski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Studinski moves in looking to clinch but Logan pushes him off.
Studinski takes the fight into the clinch.
Studinski throws a head punch that misses.
Logan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Logan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Studinski tries to clinch but Logan is having none of it.
Studinski clinches.
Logan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Logan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Logan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Studinski was well out of range. Poor timing from Logan.
Studinski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Logan.
Studinski swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Studinski tries to clinch but Logan moves out of range.
Studinski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Logan.
Studinski clinches up with Logan and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Studinski throws a punch but it's blocked by Logan.
Studinski has a couple of punches blocked by Logan.
Studinski throws a head punch that misses.
Studinski misses with a punch on the inside.
Logan manages to break the clinch.
Studinski is looking to clinch.
Logan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Logan tries to bum rush Studinski with a series of wild strikes but Studinski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Logan circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Logan to counter with a crisp jab.
Studinski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Logan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Studinski is looking to clinch but Logan is avoiding it.
Studinski clinches up against the cage.
Studinski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Studinski lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kamy Studinski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Logan taking a breather.
Studinski misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Logan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Logan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Logan duly obliges.
Logan tries to keep at a distance but Studinski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Studinski misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Logan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Logan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Logan gets tackled into the cage by Studinski. Studinski maintains the clinch.
Logan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Studinski tries to clinch but Logan is having none of it.
Studinski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Logan, pushing him back against the cage.
Studinski swings wildly with an uppercut but Logan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Studinski throws a punch but it's blocked by Logan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Logan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Studinski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Logan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Logan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Studinski.
Logan misses with a few strikes there.
Logan is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Studinski rushes Logan and presses him up against the cage.
Logan manages to break the clinch.
Studinski tries to clinch but Logan moves out of range.
Studinski doesn't manage to clinch there - Logan circles away.
Daniel Logan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Studinski instigates a clinch.
Logan tries to work over Studinski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Logan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Studinski 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kamy Studinski!
Kamy Studinski decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Veli Schwarzeneg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Bogart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Veli Schwarzeneg has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
30 - 53 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Veli Schwarzeneg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jackson Bogart!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schwarzeneg shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Schwarzeneg showed some decent athleticism there.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Schwarzeneg decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Schwarzeneg closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bogart is trying to improve his position.
Bogart defending against the ground and pound.
We've been hearing good reports from Schwarzeneg's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Bogart tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Schwarzeneg scores with punches from side control.
Schwarzeneg tries for a kimura but Bogart is defending well.
Bogart felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Schwarzeneg.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bogart can do anything to dispel that myth.
Schwarzeneg working away.
Schwarzeneg stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Schwarzeneg closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bogart to the mat! Bogart manages to get full guard.
Schwarzeneg landing with the ground and pound.
Schwarzeneg has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bogart is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Schwarzeneg works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg slips a nice elbow through Bogart's hands, connecting with Bogart's forehead.
Schwarzeneg is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Bogart still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Bogart has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Schwarzeneg struggling a bit here.
Schwarzeneg is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
An elbow from Bogart crashes against the mat.
Schwarzeneg sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Schwarzeneg wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg won't allow Bogart to pass to mount.
Bogart throws a strike but Schwarzeneg avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Bogart trying to control but Schwarzeneg is working from the bottom.
Bogart with a nice head shot there.
Bogart wants to control from the top but Schwarzeneg keeps moving.
Bogart stops Schwarzeneg from standing up.
Bogart really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schwarzeneg. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Schwarzeneg bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bogart's guard.
Schwarzeneg is stalling in the full guard.
Schwarzeneg stands and throws Bogart's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Bogart keeps the fight on the outside.
Schwarzeneg closes the distance and clinches up with Bogart, looking for a takedown. Schwarzeneg pushes Bogart against the cage but Bogart circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Despite the aggression on Bogart's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Schwarzeneg throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schwarzeneg shoots in but no luck this time.
Bogart unleashes a big counter combination but Schwarzeneg bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schwarzeneg shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bogart as he avoids it easily.
Bogart is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Veli Schwarzeneg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schwarzeneg bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Schwarzeneg lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veli Schwarzeneg dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Schwarzeneg shoots in but no luck this time.
Schwarzeneg misses with a takedown attempt - Bogart sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Schwarzeneg shoots in and drives through. Bogart sprawls well.
Bogart feints the counter takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Veli Schwarzeneg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schwarzeneg shoots in and drives through. Bogart sprawls well.
Veli Schwarzeneg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schwarzeneg shoots for a takedown but Bogart saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bogart stuffs the takedown attempt from Schwarzeneg. Schwarzeneg gets slowly back to his feet.
Schwarzeneg shoots in looking for a takedown but Bogart manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Schwarzeneg's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bogart.
Schwarzeneg appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bogart moves in looking to clinch but Schwarzeneg pushes him off.
Schwarzeneg darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg prevents Bogart from improving his position.
Schwarzeneg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bogart can do to turn this around?
Bogart is not content to let Schwarzeneg control the position.
Bogart is looking for a sweep. Schwarzeneg is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Schwarzeneg is looking for a kimura but Bogart is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Schwarzeneg to get the leverage.
Schwarzeneg decides to return to a standing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Schwarzeneg keeps the fight on the outside.
Schwarzeneg appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Schwarzeneg looks for a takedown but Bogart sprawls well.
Schwarzeneg decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bogart is in trouble now - Schwarzeneg has advanced to mount!
Schwarzeneg sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Schwarzeneg tries to control but Bogart wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg looking to finish Bogart with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bogart!
Schwarzeneg wants to finish this one by submission but Bogart is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Schwarzeneg.
Schwarzeneg unloads with some shots from mount but Bogart bucks and avoids them well.
Schwarzeneg looking to control and managing it successfully.
Schwarzeneg can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bogart is looking to escape.
Bogart taking shots to the head.
It looks like Jackson Bogart has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg prevents Bogart from getting the reversal.
Schwarzeneg throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Schwarzeneg landing shots from mount.
Schwarzeneg is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bogart can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That has opened up Jackson Bogart's cut even more.
Bogart is squirming around, avoiding Schwarzeneg's attempts to control the action.
Schwarzeneg is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bogart can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The cut above Jackson Bogart's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bogart is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schwarzeneg looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Veli Schwarzeneg dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jackson Bogart's cut.
That's time! Schwarzeneg's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Schwarzeneg shoots in and gets a takedown into Bogart's guard.
Bogart throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Schwarzeneg preventing the sweep.
Schwarzeneg is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bogart keeping moving, preventing Schwarzeneg from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schwarzeneg stands and steps away. Bogart gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schwarzeneg shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bogart's guard.
Schwarzeneg works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg throwing shots but Bogart is blocking nicely.
Bogart is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Schwarzeneg jumps into side control!
Schwarzeneg lands a few punches from side control.
Schwarzeneg lands a nice forearm strike.
Bogart takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schwarzeneg stands up and beckons Bogart to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Schwarzeneg.
Schwarzeneg shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bogart looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bogart defending well though.
Ground and pound from Schwarzeneg.
Schwarzeneg stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Bogart to get to his feet.
Bogart with a poor takedown
and Schwarzeneg counters by moving into the clinch.
Schwarzeneg ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Schwarzeneg no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bogart with a flurry of punches that miss.
Schwarzeneg bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bogart's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg gets to his feet. Bogart looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bogart takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Schwarzeneg clinches with his opponent.
Schwarzeneg prevents a takedown attempt there.
Schwarzeneg turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Schwarzeneg misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Schwarzeneg has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Schwarzeneg moves into the clinch successfully.
Schwarzeneg looking for a takedown.
Bogart looking for a takedown.
Veli Schwarzeneg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackson Bogart.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwarzeneg manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Schwarzeneg keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Schwarzeneg kicks Bogart off and gets to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Schwarzeneg fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bogart avoids it really well and circles away.
Jackson Bogart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Schwarzeneg has a takedown stuffed.
Schwarzeneg scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Schwarzeneg 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.
And that's the end of the fight!
Veli Schwarzeneg showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Schwarzeneg, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Veli Schwarzeneg!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Gilihotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Gilihotti told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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19
168 lbs
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22
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Davidson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Al Gilihotti!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilihotti fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Davidson loads up on a big right hand but Gilihotti slips the punch.
Gilihotti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gilihotti misses with a series of wild punches.
Davidson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Davidson looks to land a right hand but Gilihotti moved out of range.
Davidson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gilihotti jabs Davidson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gilihotti moves away from the strike by Davidson.
Gilihotti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Davidson throws the left hand but Gilihotti avoids the punch easily.
A leg kick checked by Gilihotti.
Davidson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davidson throws an overhand right that lands on Gilihotti's shoulder, as Gilihotti tries to avoid the shot.
Davidson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gilihotti momentarily.
A big left from Davidson misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davidson fails with the takedown
and Gilihotti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Davidson misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilihotti keeps the fight on the outside.
Decent striking displayed by Gilihotti there.
Davidson throws a low kick but Gilihotti moves out of range easily.
Davidson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gilihotti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Davidson doesn't manage to clinch there - Gilihotti circles away.
A big right from Davidson misses.
Davidson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gilihotti.
Davidson is looking to counter punch.
Davidson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Davidson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gilihotti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davidson looks to land a right hand but Gilihotti moved out of range.
Davidson swings for the body but Gilihotti moves out of range.
Davidson misses with the combination.
Davidson throws a leg kick but Gilihotti moved away.
Gilihotti 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.
Decent striking displayed by Gilihotti there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilihotti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Davidson takes a swing at Gilihotti's ribcage but misses.
Davidson misses the jab.
Mark Davidson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gilihotti takes one to the side of the head.
Davidson is looking to clinch.
Gilihotti stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gilihotti wants it to stay on the feet.
Gilihotti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gilihotti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gilihotti throws a big shot that misses.
Davidson misses with a lunging right hand
letting Gilihotti counter with a right hand.
Gilihotti fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Davidson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gilihotti has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Gilihotti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Davidson.
Gilihotti throws a series of strikes that have Davidson backpedaling.
Gilihotti checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gilihotti stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Davidson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davidson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson is looking to chop away at Gilihotti's legs.
Gilihotti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Davidson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Davidson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Davidson misses with a left hand
and Gilihotti counters with a series of strikes. Davidson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Davidson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gilihotti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Davidson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gilihotti.
Davidson is looking to clinch.
Davidson throws a hook to the side of Gilihotti's head but Gilihotti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gilihotti blocks a jab.
Davidson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Gilihotti to counter with a crisp jab.
Davidson misses with a few strikes there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gilihotti lands with an overhand left.
Davidson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It seemed like Gilihotti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gilihotti is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Davidson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A jab from Davidson misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilihotti throws a hook but Davidson avoids it easily.
Davidson closes the distance and clinches.
Gilihotti presses Davidson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Davidson.
Davidson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gilihotti backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gilihotti lands a left hand.
Davidson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Davidson effectively controlling the action here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Davidson as Gilihotti tries to tie him up.
Davidson trying to control the position but instead, Gilihotti has worked for underhooks and has pushed Davidson into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Al Gilihotti will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gilihotti throws a jab when Davidson was well out of range.
Davidson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Gilihotti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Davidson looks to clinch
and Gilihotti counters with a stiff right hand.
Davidson tests Gilihotti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gilihotti lands with a good body shot.
Davidson throws a hook to the side of Gilihotti's head but Gilihotti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gilihotti throws a jab when Davidson was well out of range.
Gilihotti misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson is looking to clinch but Gilihotti is avoiding it.
Davidson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davidson misses with a wild combination.
Davidson closes the distance and pushes Gilihotti back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Davidson works on Gilihotti's body with a couple of short punches.
Davidson struggles to land a body shot inside as Gilihotti controls his hands.
Davidson tries to work over Gilihotti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davidson stalling the fight.
Davidson taking a breather.
Gilihotti changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Davidson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gilihotti.
Davidson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gilihotti as he avoids it easily.
Gilihotti sizes up Davidson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice cross by Davidson.
A clash of legs there as Gilihotti blocks the low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson misses with a two punch combination.
Gilihotti scores with a nice head shot.
Gilihotti connects with a body shot that sends Davidson's belly button to the back.
Nice defenses there by Davidson.
Davidson tries to clinch but Gilihotti is having none of it.
Davidson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davidson looks to land a combination. Gilihotti sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The fighters circling - Gilihotti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gilihotti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Davidson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gilihotti throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by Gilihotti.
Gilihotti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Davidson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gilihotti checks it well.
Gilihotti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Davidson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gilihotti! But no joy.
Davidson misses with a looping left.
Gilihotti is looking for the big counter here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davidson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gilihotti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Davidson shoots in but Gilihotti avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gilihotti might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Davidson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gilihotti throws an off balance right hand
and Davidson counters with an inside leg kick.
Gilihotti slips a jab from Davidson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Davidson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gilihotti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Davidson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gilihotti misses with an uppercut.
Davidson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Al Gilihotti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davidson works the jab nicely.
Davidson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Davidson misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Gilihotti misses the target.
Davidson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Davidson tests Gilihotti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gilihotti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davidson.
Gilihotti throws a lazy right hand but Davidson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davidson throws a jab but it's blocked by Gilihotti.
Davidson scores with a nice strike.
Gilihotti looks to throw the jab but Davidson is out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Davidson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Davidson.
Gilihotti is rocked!
Davidson walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Gilihotti drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Davidson swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Gilihotti's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Davidson!
A very excited looking Mark Davidson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Krakowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ville Marakatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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25
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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22
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Counter fighter
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sebastian Krakowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Marakatti!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krakowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marakatti is looking to clinch.
Krakowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A countering left hand to the body from Marakatti misses.
We've been told by Krakowski's head coaches at Cozad MMA Helsinki that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Krakowski moves away from the strike by Marakatti.
Krakowski tries to clinch
and Marakatti counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Krakowski staying out of range there.
Marakatti has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Marakatti keeps the fight on the outside.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marakatti! But no joy.
Marakatti is looking to clinch but Krakowski is avoiding it.
Marakatti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marakatti darts in and clinches Krakowski up against the cage.
Krakowski connects with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marakatti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krakowski misses with a two punch combination.
Marakatti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Krakowski tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marakatti counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marakatti looks to score with a jab to the body but Krakowski is just out of range.
Krakowski walks into a stiff left hand from Marakatti.
Marakatti dodges the punch combination from Krakowski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakowski wants to clinch.
Sebastian Krakowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krakowski moves in looking to clinch but Marakatti pushes him off.
Marakatti connects with a good right hand that stumbles Krakowski. Krakowski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Marakatti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krakowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marakatti looks to score with a jab to the body but Krakowski is just out of range.
Krakowski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Marakatti finds it's way through Krakowski's defenses.
Krakowski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marakatti counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Krakowski is breathing heavily.
Marakatti in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Krakowski tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Marakatti!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ville Marakatti!
A relieved looking Ville Marakatti 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis Sobiesky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bundy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bad to The Bone. Al Bundy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Louis Sobiesky's chin.
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46
212 lbs
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29
190 lbs
7 - 12 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Al Bundy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Louis Sobiesky!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bundy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bundy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sobiesky misses with a hook. Bundy ducked under it nicely.
Bundy has Sobiesky up against the cage in a clinch.
Bundy gets control of Sobiesky's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bundy will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Bundy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sobiesky can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sobiesky wants to control from the top but Bundy keeps moving.
Bundy managing to control the position.
Bundy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bundy trying to control the position here.
Bundy looking for a guillotine here but Sobiesky defends easily.
Bundy has his foot on Sobiesky's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sobiesky works his way back into a safe position though.
Bundy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sobiesky stopping the sweep attempt from Bundy.
Bundy keeping moving, preventing Sobiesky from controlling successfully.
Bundy controlling Sobiesky's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobiesky preventing the sweep.
Sobiesky tries to free his leg and advance position but Bundy is retaining full guard.
Sobiesky being controlled here momentarily.
Bundy lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bundy distracts Sobiesky with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bundy throwing strikes from guard but Sobiesky blocks nicely.
Bundy throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy advances position into side control!
Check out the look on Bundy's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bundy creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sobiesky looks winded!
Bundy working the ground and pound.
Bundy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sobiesky taking a bit of punishment here - Bundy scoring with strikes.
Bundy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bundy in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Sobiesky is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Al Bundy!
Al Bundy is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Al Bundy thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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