BS:H 8 - Jingle Bell Rock PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Barford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Ricester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricester has chosen War Vince DiCola as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Barford
vs
Ricester

198 cm
18
172 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
176 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Barford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Toni Ricester!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricester fails to land the takedown.
Barford really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Barford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ricester swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Barford tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ricester fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ricester circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ricester avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barford wants to clinch.
Ricester circles away from the clinch attempt.

Barford gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ricester to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ricester would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Barford wants to stand up but Ricester is controlling him.

Ricester stands and steps away. Barford gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Barford doesn't manage to clinch there - Ricester circles away.
Barford tries to clinch there but Ricester circles away.
Barford moves in looking to clinch but Ricester pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barford shoots in for a double leg but Ricester sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Barford tries to clinch up.
Barford stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Barford wants it to stay on the feet.
Dan Barford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Toni Ricester.
Barford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ricester swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ricester misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Ricester shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Barford pushes Ricester off and gets back to his feet.
Ricester avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barford keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ricester looks gassed!
Ricester swats away the attempt to clinch by Barford.
Ricester leaves Barford with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Barford fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barford is looking to clinch.

Ricester shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ricester was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Barford is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ricester stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Barford stuffs the takedown attempt from Ricester. Ricester gets slowly back to his feet.
Barford is looking to clinch.
Barford doesn't manage to clinch there - Ricester circles away.
Barford stuffs the takedown attempt from Ricester. Ricester gets slowly back to his feet.
Ricester avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barford tries to clinch there but Ricester circles away.
Barford fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barford shoots in looking for a takedown. Ricester tries to sprawl out of it but Barford keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ricester manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Barford tries to clinch up.
Barford will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ricester paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ricester circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ricester tries for a takedown but Barford sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ricester avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Barford gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Ricester gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Barford clinches.
Barford trying to control the position but instead, Ricester has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barford into the cage.
Barford blocking some punches.
Barford pushes off an throws an elbow but Ricester leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barford putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ricester in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Barford misses with a knee strike.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ricester.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ricester lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barford backwards.
Ricester softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ricester working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ricester lands with a left to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Ricester.
Ricester lands with a light punch inside.
Ricester lands with a short shot to the head.
Barford landing knees to the head.
Ricester scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barford misses with a knee strike.
Barford takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice left hand lands by Ricester.
Barford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ricester blocks it with crossed arms.
Ricester lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ricester working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ricester avoids it.
Barford looking to slow down the pace here.
Ricester lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ricester.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ricester.
Barford missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Ricester.
Barford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ricester creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ricester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ricester on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ricester.
Barford is trying to maintain a safe position but Ricester gets an underhook and turns Barford into the cage.
Ricester makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ricester throws a punch but it's blocked by Barford.
Barford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Barford.
Barford blocks an uppercut.
Ricester lands with a light punch inside.
Barford looking to throw knees to the head but Ricester is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toni Ricester dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The fight stays on the outside here - Barford looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barford shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Ricester scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Barford is trying to stand up here but Ricester is controlling him well.

Ricester stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Barford to get to his feet.
Dan Barford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barford doesn't manage to clinch there - Ricester circles away.
Ricester gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Barford counters by clinching up.
Ricester lands with a left to the head.
Barford is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Ricester fails to land.
Ricester avoiding damage as Barford throws knees to the body.
Barford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barford takes a shot to the head.
Ricester lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barford backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barford is trying to stall.
Ricester lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barford backwards.
Ricester throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barfords head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricester lands a right hand.
Barford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ricester has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ricester lands a shoulder strike.
Ricester lands a hook that snaps the head of Barford backwards.
Ricester lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ricester misses with some punches.
Ricester swings wildly with an uppercut but Barford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ricester misses with a punch on the inside.
Barford tries to land knees in the clinch but Ricester avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ricester as Barford tries to tie him up.
Ricester makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ricester scores with a shoulder strike.
Ricester lands an uppercut.
Ricester takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ricester lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ricester lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ricester blocks it with crossed arms.
Ricester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Ricester on the inside.
Barford connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ricester's face.
Ricester throws a punch but it's blocked by Barford.
Barford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Ricester.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Barford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ricester as Barford tries to tie him up.
Ricester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ricester has a couple of punches blocked by Barford.
Ricester avoiding damage as Barford throws knees to the body.
Barford wants to stall.
Ricester lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ricester misses with a hook from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ricester lands a left hand.
Barford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ricester has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barford is trying to maintain a safe position but Ricester gets an underhook and turns Barford into the cage.
A short right from Ricester.
Barford landing knees to the head.
Ricester lands with a left to the head.
Ricester avoiding damage as Barford throws knees to the body.
Ricester gets through Barford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ricester scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ricester as Barford tries to tie him up.
Ricester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ricester misses with a punch on the inside.
Barford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ricester blocks it with crossed arms.
Ricester lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barford backwards.
Ricester makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barford tries to land a knee to the head but Ricester blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricester scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Ricester.
Ricester misses with the head strike.
Barford taking a breather.
Barford's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ricester has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ricester pushes Barford back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barford looking to stall.
Ricester misses with some punches.
Barford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ricester creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ricester lands an elbow just above Barford 's eye.
Barford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barford wants to stall.
Ricester scores with a shot to the side of Barford's head.
Ricester lands an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Barford.
Barford is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Barford's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ricester scores with a shoulder strike.
Ricester lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barford backwards.
Barford misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barford.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ricester lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barford backwards.
Ricester working aggressively here.
Barford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ricester lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ricester misses with a punch on the inside.
Barford is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ricester is keeping busy.
Ricester misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ricester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barford tries to land knees in the clinch but Ricester avoids the damage to the body.
Ricester avoids a wild elbow strike from Barford.
Barford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ricester blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Ricester on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ricester as Barford tries to tie him up.
Ricester lands a nice uppercut.
Barford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ricester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barford blocking some punches.
Barford tries to stall but Ricester uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Barford tries to land a knee to the head but Ricester blocks with his arms.
Ricester lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barford misses with a knee to the head.
Ricester lands with a left to the head.
Barford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ricester.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Toni Ricester showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ricester shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Barford but Barford pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Barford shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ricester pinned against the cage. Ricester gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ricester closes this distance looking for a takedown but Barford circles away.
Barford moves in looking to clinch but Ricester pushes him off.
Barford fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ricester circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barford tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ricester swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ricester will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dan Barford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Toni Ricester.
Barford tries to clinch up.
Nice takedown defense from Ricester. No joy for Barford on that attempt.

Barford gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ricester has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Barford is proving hard to escape from.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Ricester stands and steps away. Barford gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Barford moves in looking to clinch but Ricester pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barford is looking to clinch but Ricester is avoiding it.

Ricester shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Barford is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ricester is controlling him.

Ricester stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Ricester scores a takedown into full mount!

Ricester stands up from mount. Strange move.
Barford fails with an attempt to clinch.

Ricester is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Barford's half guard.
Ricester tries to stand and escape but Barford is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barford wants to get back to his feet.

Ricester escapes and gets back to his feet.
Barford tries to clinch but Ricester is having none of it.

Ricester shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Barford napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ricester has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Ricester shoots in but Barford avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Barford leaves Ricester with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Barford doesn't manage to clinch there - Ricester circles away.
Barford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ricester paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Toni Ricester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barford is looking to clinch.
Ricester defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ricester darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Ricester postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Barford to stand up.

Ricester closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ricester lands in his opponent's guard.

Barford is working an open guard so Ricester takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Ricester feints and as Barford raises his hands in defense, Ricester changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ricester stops Barford from standing up.

Ricester gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Ricester scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ricester decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Barford tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barford tries to close the distance and clinch but Ricester swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ricester throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Barford was covering up waiting for the punch and Ricester finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Ricester gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Barford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barford wants to clinch up but Ricester keeps it at a distance.
Barford tries to clinch but Ricester moves out of range.
Barford is looking to clinch.
Ricester will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Barford changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ricester tries to avoid it but Barford manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ricester to the ground. Ricester escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Barford fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ricester keeps the fight on the outside.
Barford slaps away a takedown attempt from Ricester, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ricester shoots in for a double leg but Barford sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dan Barford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Toni Ricester is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barford shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

And that's the end of the fight!
Toni Ricester comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ricester winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

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

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toni Ricester!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
70%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jan Maunone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spencer Paige (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maunone comes to the cage accompanied by Motörhead - The Game. Jan Maunone has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Maunone
vs
Paige

179 cm
18
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jan Maunone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Spencer Paige!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maunone clinches up with Paige and pushes him back against the cage.

Paige breaks from the clinch.
Spencer Paige seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Paige scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Maunone tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Paige wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Paige postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Paige wants to stand but Maunone has his arm trapped.
Paige trying to control the action but Maunone is working from the bottom.
Maunone struggling a bit here.
Maunone sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paige seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Maunone does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Paige scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Maunone moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Paige has gone for a leg lock! Maunone slips out almost immediately though and dives into Paige's guard.
Paige has a closed guard, preventing Maunone from standing up.
Maunone wants to control from the top but Paige keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Maunone is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Maunone looking to sit in guard and control but Paige gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Paige must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Maunone manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Paige manages to get himself to full guard.
Paige wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maunone passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Maunone slips into full mount, dodging the strikes by Paige.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Paige can do anything to dispel that myth.
Maunone content just to control the position here.
Maunone is breathing heavily.
Maunone trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Maunone lands with some strikes.

Maunone jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Paige manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paige striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Paige is looking to reverse the position.
Maunone cracks Paige with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Paige is trying to control Maunone's posture but Maunone avoids it.

Maunone tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Paige is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Maunone dominated that round.
That's time! Maunone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Maunone gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Paige to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Paige wants to pass the guard but Maunone is keeping the position.
Maunone preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Paige throws a big right hand that misses.
Paige trying to control but Maunone is working from the bottom.

Paige got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maunone has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Paige has managed to get both his arms back between Maunone's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paige looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Maunone keeping full guard, as Paige tries to pass.
Maunone not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

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.
Paige trying to stand up but can't free himself from Maunone's guard.
Maunone is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Maunone wants to stand but Paige is controlling the position.
Paige is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Maunone keeping moving, preventing Paige from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Paige changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Maunone tries to avoid it but Paige manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Maunone to the ground. Maunone escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Maunone shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Maunone was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Maunone looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Maunone cracks Paige with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Maunone thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Paige really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Maunone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Paige defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Maunone.
Maunone unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maunone jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Paige manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Maunone is working to tighten is grip on Paige's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Paige has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Maunone is really squeezing tight and eventually Paige passes out! Maunone breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jan Maunone!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
29%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ainsley Clearly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul The Ribber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Ribber comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Oh no you didn't kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Clearly
vs
The Ribber

185 cm
24
210 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

178 cm
23
210 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ainsley Clearly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul The Ribber!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Ribber shoots for a double leg takedown but Clearly sprawls well. He's pushed The Ribber's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

The Ribber takes the fight into the clinch.
Clearly stalls.
The Ribber tries for a takedown but Clearly manages to get underhooks.

The Ribber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clearly throws a body punch but The Ribber moves out of range.
Clearly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Ribber sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Ribber throws a head kick that half lands.
The Ribber staying out of range there.

The Ribber takes the fight into the clinch.

The Ribber turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and The Ribber manages to end up in side control.

The Ribber stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Left hook, right uppercut from The Ribber.

It looks like Ainsley Clearly has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clearly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Clearly.

The Ribber looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Clearly trying to keep a closed guard but The Ribber is proving a slippery customer.
The Ribber won't allow Clearly to sweep him here.
Clearly controls The Ribber momentarily but The Ribber frees himself.
Clearly wants to sweep here but The Ribber controlling him for the moment.

Clearly is working an open guard so The Ribber takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

The Ribber has Clearly up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clearly lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Ribber backwards.
Clearly is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The Ribber lands a right hand.

The Ribber breaks from the clinch.
Clearly misses with a straight right.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Ribber.

The Ribber clinches with his opponent.
The Ribber stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

The Ribber breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clearly throws a looping overhand right but The Ribber ducks down to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Clearly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Ribber lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The Ribber throws a front kick that sends Clearly stumbling back into the cage.
The Ribber uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clearly.
The Ribber uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clearly.

The Ribber drives through with a takedown into guard.
Clearly can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as The Ribber controls the pace.
The Ribber wants to stand but Clearly has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The Ribber postures up and lands a big shot to Clearly's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clearly looking for a sweep. Not yet Clearly, not yet.

The Ribber drops back, looking for a kneebar! Clearly looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Clearly looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Clearly!
The Ribber is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Ribber gets back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clearly wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Ribber keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul The Ribber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ainsley Clearly's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The Ribber goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Clearly misses the jab.
The Ribber wants to clinch.
The Ribber closes the distance and clinches up with Clearly, looking for a takedown. The Ribber pushes Clearly against the cage but Clearly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ainsley Clearly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clearly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clearly tries to clinch
and The Ribber counters with a stiff right hand.
The Ribber shoots for a double leg takedown but Clearly sprawls well. He's pushed The Ribber's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice body punch from Clearly.
Clearly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clearly misses with an uppercut.
The Ribber fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ainsley Clearly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul The Ribber.
Clearly misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Ribber decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Clearly is trying to control but can't.
Clearly wants to get back to full guard.
The Ribber looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The Ribber wants to pass to mount but Clearly is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clearly wants to sweep but The Ribber has passed to side control!
Clearly dodges the ground and pound from The Ribber.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Clearly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clearly lands a really nice looking cross but The Ribber seems unphased.

The Ribber has Clearly up against the cage in a clinch.
Clearly tries to stall but The Ribber uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Ribber holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Clearly slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Ribber tries for a takedown but Clearly manages to get underhooks.
Clearly has a couple of punches blocked by The Ribber.
Still in the clinch, Clearly scores with a nice short uppercut.

The Ribber jumps into guard, dragging Clearly to the mat.

Clearly got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Ribber has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Clearly has managed to get both his arms back between The Ribber's legs - danger averted.
The Ribber wants to sweep here but Clearly controlling him for the moment.
Clearly wants to pass the guard but The Ribber is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clearly passes into half guard.
The Ribber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Clearly tries to pass the half guard into mount. The Ribber knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Clearly is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The Ribber is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul The Ribber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ainsley Clearly's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Clearly connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Clearly takes the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Clearly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clearly stalling in the clinch but The Ribber improves position.
Clearly gets through The Ribber's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clearly swings wildly with an uppercut but The Ribber uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

The Ribber breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Ribber throws a head kick that misses.

The Ribber shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

The Ribber decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
The Ribber lands a jab-cross combination.

The Ribber moves into the clinch successfully.

The Ribber manages to break the clinch.
The Ribber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Clearly is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Clearly throws a combination that misses
and The Ribber counters with an inside leg kick.
Clearly misses the jab.
A jab from Clearly misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Ribber ducks under a wild hook from Clearly.
Clearly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Clearly fails with the takedown
and The Ribber counters with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Ribber shoots for a double leg takedown but Clearly sprawls well. He's pushed The Ribber's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Ribber moves in looking to clinch but Clearly pushes him off.
The Ribber avoids a punch combination nicely.

The Ribber shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. The Ribber showed some decent athleticism there.
Clearly wants to get back to full guard.

The Ribber postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Clearly to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Clearly clinches.
Clearly trying to control the position but instead, The Ribber has worked for underhooks and has pushed Clearly into the cage.
The Ribber stalling the fight.
Clearly wants a takedown but no success here.
Ainsley Clearly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A battle for position here, against the cage.

The Ribber pulls guard effortlessly.
The Ribber working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Ribber keeping moving, preventing Clearly from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The Ribber is adopting a defensive guard.
The Ribber working a defensive guard here.
The Ribber keeping moving, preventing Clearly from controlling successfully.
The Ribber wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The Ribber keeping moving, preventing Clearly from controlling successfully.
Paul The Ribber is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Ribber trying to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul The Ribber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Ribber 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul The Ribber!

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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
67%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ceino Rey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Olsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ceino Rey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rey
vs
Olsson

181 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

185 cm
23
192 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ceino Rey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lars Olsson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olsson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Olsson throws a head kick that misses.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Olsson.
Olsson wants to clinch up but Rey keeps it at a distance.
Olsson throws the kick towards the body but Rey avoids it.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson connects with a high kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Olsson wants to clinch up but Rey keeps it at a distance.
Olsson scores with a push kick.
Olsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson wants to clinch up but Rey keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Olsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rey is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsson moves in looking to clinch but Rey pushes him off.
Olsson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Ceino Rey has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey moves out of range.
Olsson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rey's head.
Olsson moves in looking to clinch but Rey pushes him off.
Olsson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rey's calf.
Olsson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rey will feel that in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.
A solid body kick from Olsson.
Olsson throws a front kick that sends Rey stumbling back into the cage.
Olsson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson throws a head kick that Rey semi-blocks.
A good leg kick by Olsson.
Olsson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Olsson fakes the leg kick and cracks Rey in the body.
Olsson scores with a head kick.
Olsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rey has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Olsson.
Olsson lands a front kick.
Olsson lands with a slapping head kick.
Olsson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rey has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Olsson.
Olsson thumps Rey with a low kick.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson lands with a kick to the temple. Rey shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Olsson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olsson moves in looking to clinch but Rey pushes him off.
Olsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Olsson lands with a slapping head kick.
Olsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olsson delivers a nice body kick.
Good leg kick by Olsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Olsson throws a head kick that half lands.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rey. That did some damage!
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rey will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Olsson lands a big head kick that sends Rey tumbling to the mat! Olsson takes a step backwards and waves Rey back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Rey is rocked!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rey crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Olsson - the referee stops the clock and Rey gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Olsson. Rey manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rey stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Olsson.
Olsson throws a leg kick which misses Rey's front leg but catches the back leg as Rey tries to avoid it.
Olsson cracks the inside of Rey's front leg.
Rey takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Olsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ceino Rey's cut.
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.

The fight stays on the outside here - Olsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olsson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rey is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Olsson tries to clinch there but Rey circles away.
Rey throws a front kick aimed at Olsson's knee but Olsson avoids it well.
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Olsson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rey swats away the attempt to clinch by Olsson.
Rey takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Olsson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rey takes a step back to recover.
Crunch! Olsson slams his shin into Rey's torso.
Olsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsson wants to clinch.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson feints and then cracks Rey's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rey down.
Olsson cracks the inside of Rey's front leg.
Olsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Olsson scores with a leg kick.
Rey chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Olsson can pounce on him.
Olsson thumps Rey with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Olsson - that will leave a mark!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands a high kick!

Ceino Rey's cut is getting worse.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Olsson throws a leg kick which misses Rey's front leg but catches the back leg as Rey tries to avoid it.
Rey moves out of range of the body kick.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
Olsson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rey might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rey walks forward, straight into a front kick from Olsson.
Olsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lars Olsson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson thumps Rey with a low kick.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey is having none of it.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Olsson.
Olsson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rey takes a step back to recover.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lars Olsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rey takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Olsson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rey takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rey stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Olsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsson wants to clinch up but Rey keeps it at a distance.
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters circling a little - Olsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Olsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Olsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Olsson lands a front kick.
Olsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Olsson lands a head kick. Rey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olsson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rey if he has to take too many more of those.
Olsson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Olsson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Olsson scores with a push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Olsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ceino Rey'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.

Olsson lands a big head kick that sends Rey tumbling to the mat! Olsson takes a step backwards and waves Rey back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Rey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rey takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rey seems to have got his legs back now.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rey. That did some damage!
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olsson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.
Crunch! Olsson slams his shin into Rey's torso.
Olsson misses with a kick to the body.
Olsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rey chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Olsson can pounce on him.
Olsson throws a nice head kick!
Olsson keeps Rey at a distance using the push kick.
Olsson throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsson tries to clinch there but Rey circles away.
Olsson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rey sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rey takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Both fighters circling a little - Olsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rey sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Olsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Olsson thows a body kick. Rey tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Olsson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rey takes a step back to recover.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey moves out of range.
Olsson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rey's head.

Ceino Rey's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice body kick from Olsson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson misses with a body kick.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.
Olsson looks to land a body kick but Rey moved away.
Olsson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rey if he has to take too many more of those.
A thudding body kick lands there by Olsson!
Olsson scores with a spinning back kick!
Rey avoids a kick to the body.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson tries to clinch up but Rey circles away and keeps his distance.
Olsson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Olsson throws a nice head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands a head kick. Rey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Olsson throws a leg kick which misses Rey's front leg but catches the back leg as Rey tries to avoid it.
Olsson feints and then cracks Rey's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rey down.
Rey takes a kick to 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!
Olsson is looking to clinch but Rey is avoiding it.
Olsson throws the kick towards the body but Rey avoids it.
Olsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Olsson pushes Rey away with a front kick.
Rey steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Olsson. That one must have hurt.
Rey takes a kick to the side of the head.
Both fighters circling a little - Olsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Olsson thuds his shin into the meat of Rey's side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsson keeps Rey at a distance using the push kick.
Rey moves out of range as Olsson throws a body kick.
Rey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Olsson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Olsson pushes Rey away with a front kick.
Good leg kick by Olsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olsson pushes Rey away with a front kick.
Olsson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rey will feel that in the morning.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Olsson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ceino Rey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Olsson is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Olsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Olsson lands a front kick.
Olsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Olsson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
Olsson keeps Rey at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olsson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Olsson is looking to clinch but Rey is avoiding it.
Olsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Crunch! Olsson slams his shin into Rey's torso.
Olsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Olsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Olsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olsson wants to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Olsson.
A slapping leg kick lands for Olsson.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson lands a high kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rey walks forward, straight into a front kick from Olsson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands a head kick!
Olsson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rey steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Olsson. That one must have hurt.
Olsson thows a body kick. Rey tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nice body kick there by Olsson.
Olsson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rey's head.
Olsson tries to clinch up.
Olsson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rey's calf.
Olsson is looking to clinch but Rey is avoiding it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Olsson.
Olsson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson lands with a slapping head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Olsson.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.
Olsson tries to clinch but Rey moves out of range.
Olsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Olsson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rey will feel that in the morning.
Olsson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Olsson throws a front kick that sends Rey stumbling back into the cage.
Rey takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
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!
Rey blocks a head kick by Olsson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsson fakes the leg kick and cracks Rey in the body.
Olsson lands with a kick to the temple. Rey shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A chopping leg kick lands by Olsson.
Rey takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Olsson - that will leave a mark!
Olsson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rey.

Jeez, Ceino Rey's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A head kick from Olsson lands but Rey takes it in his stride.
Olsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Rey circles away.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Olsson connects with a solid leg kick.
Olsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rey's sensitive parts.
Olsson lands a head kick. Rey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Olsson dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Ceino Rey'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. 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.

A solid leg kick lands there for Olsson.
Olsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Olsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Olsson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Olsson scores with a nice body kick.
Rey takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Olsson delivers a nice body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Olsson.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Olsson lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Olsson looks for the body kick but Rey saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Olsson. That's going to slow Rey down.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Olsson keeps Rey at a distance using the push kick.
Olsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Olsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Olsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Olsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Olsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Rey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Olsson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Olsson scores with a leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Olsson. Rey shrugs it off though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Olsson is looking to clinch.
A solid body kick from Olsson.
Olsson misses with a body kick.
Olsson scores with a push kick.
Rey swats away the attempt to clinch by Olsson.
Olsson is looking to slow Rey down with leg kicks.
Olsson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Olsson looks to land a body kick but Rey moved away.
Olsson thumps Rey with a low kick.
Olsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Olsson lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Olsson.
Olsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rey keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping body kick lands there for Olsson.
Rey on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Olsson. Olsson obviously looking to wear him down.
Rey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rey walks forward, straight into a front kick from Olsson.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rey steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Olsson. That one must have hurt.
Rey takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Olsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Olsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rey's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick from Olsson.
Olsson wants to clinch.
Olsson lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rey on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Olsson slips under a jab.
Ceino Rey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lars Olsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Olsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rey. That did some damage!

And that's the end of the fight!
Lars Olsson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Olsson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 40:50
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 40:50
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 40:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lars Olsson!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between ome james (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thane Ostergaard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ostergaard has chosen Combichrist - Sent to Destroy as his entrance music. ome james could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thane Ostergaard's chin.

james
vs
Ostergaard

225 cm
25
208 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

192 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, ome james!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thane Ostergaard!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
james shoots in but Ostergaard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
ome james seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
james shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ostergaard sprawls well. Ostergaard wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. james gets slowly back to his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as james checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
james shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ostergaard as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ome james. That's going to take a lot out of him.
james misses with a takedown attempt - Ostergaard sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ostergaard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

It looks like ome james has been cut.
james shoots in but no luck this time.
james ducks into an uppercut from Ostergaard and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thane Ostergaard!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miki Thron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johnson
vs
Thron

183 cm
24
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bryan Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miki Thron!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thron shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Johnson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Johnson parries the strikes from Thron easily there. Thron is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Johnson to escape.

Thron swings around for an armbar but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Thron's guard.

Thron looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Thron looking for subs off his back but Johnson has passed one foot through into half guard.
Johnson trying to pass the guard but Thron defending well.
Thron wants to get back to his feet.

Thron looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johnson prevents Thron from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Thron.
Thron trying to control but Johnson flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Thron tries to escape but Johnson has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Thron is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Johnson gets his way!
Johnson lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

Johnson looking for the RNC.
Thron wants to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Thron trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Thron breaks Johnson's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Thron pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johnson is keeping the position for now.
Johnson working a defensive guard here.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet but Thron is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Thron is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thron missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Thron is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Johnson is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Johnson has escaped and now he's on top!

Johnson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Thron looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Thron looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Thron!
Johnson is breathing heavily.

Thron is working to tighten is grip on Johnson's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Johnson has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Thron is really squeezing tight and eventually Johnson passes out! Thron breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Miki Thron!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Keiko Nakatomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Natonni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nakatomi
vs
Natonni

180 cm
20
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
146 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keiko Nakatomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Natonni!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natonni lands a nice shot to the body.
Natonni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Natonni misses.
A big right from Nakatomi misses.
Nakatomi missing with a left hand there. Natonni was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nakatomi looks to land a left hand but Natonni moved out of range nicely.
Nakatomi misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Nakatomi.
Nakatomi connects with a right hand. Natonni shakes it off.
Natonni gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nakatomi misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Nakatomi misses the target.
A jab from Nakatomi misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natonni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nakatomi misses with the combination.
Nakatomi scores with a jab.
Natonni throws a series of punches but Nakatomi moves out of range.
Natonni blocks a jab.
Natonni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nakatomi.
A big right from Nakatomi misses.
Natonni digs a good hook to Nakatomi's body.
Natonni moves into range and connects with a jab.
Keiko Nakatomi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Natonni has a takedown stuffed.
Keiko Nakatomi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as Natonni lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nakatomi doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natonni blocks a jab.
Nakatomi misses with a hook to the body
and Natonni makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nakatomi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Natonni manages to avoid it.
Nakatomi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nakatomi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Natonni blocks a jab.
Nakatomi loads up on a big right hand but Natonni slips the punch.
Nakatomi throws a jab when Natonni was well out of range.
Natonni uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nakatomi.
Nakatomi throws an overhand right that lands on Natonni's shoulder, as Natonni tries to avoid the shot.
Nakatomi throws a jab but it's blocked by Natonni.
Nakatomi lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakatomi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Natonni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakatomi.
A jab from Nakatomi misses.
Nakatomi throws the left hand but Natonni avoids the punch easily.
A combination from Nakatomi does no damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakatomi. Natonni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Natonni takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Natonni digs a good hook to Nakatomi's body.
Nakatomi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nakatomi ducks under a wild hook from Natonni.
Nakatomi misses with a looping right.
Natonni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natonni lands a jab to the head.
Natonni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakatomi.
Nakatomi is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A big left from Nakatomi misses.
Natonni fails with the takedown.
Natonni displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nakatomi throws out the jab.
Natonni misses with a wild body shot.
Natonni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakatomi.
Nakatomi throws a right and a left that Natonni avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakatomi throws out a loose jab but Natonni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice shot by Natonni.

Nakatomi is rocked!
Nakatomi tries to get into range but Natonni steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Nakatomi! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Natonni scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paul Natonni!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
49%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daavid Haapalainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Eins (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.

Haapalainen
vs
Eins

175 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

172 cm
24
142 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daavid Haapalainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Eins!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Eins.
Eins throws a right and a left that Haapalainen avoids nicely.
Haapalainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eins dodges the punch combination from Haapalainen.
Haapalainen defending well as Eins loads up on a big left hand.

A head kick lands from Eins that sends Haapalainen to the canvas. Haapalainen tries to scramble back to his feet but Eins brings him back down into side control.

Haapalainen is rocked!
Eins passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Haapalainen!
Oh Haapalainen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Haapalainen is trying desperately to improve position.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Eins! Haapalainen is hurt baaadly! Eins is firing away with more strikes - Haapalainen is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Robert Eins!

C
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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
57%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pate Perhana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stig Tuuri (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!

Perhana
vs
Tuuri

188 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pate Perhana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stig Tuuri!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perhana works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Perhana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perhana fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Perhana misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Perhana drives through with a takedown into guard.
Perhana postures up in Tuuri's guard and throws a big left but Tuuri blocks it.
Tuuri wants to sweep here but Perhana controlling him for the moment.
Perhana wants to control from the top but Tuuri keeps moving.
Tuuri wants to stand and escape but Perhana is having none of it.
Perhana pushes down on Tuuri's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Perhana is looking for a kimura here.

Perhana seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perhana takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Perhana trying to control the action but Tuuri is working from the bottom.
Perhana content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tuuri is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Perhana pulls his head out easily.
Tuuri wants to get back to his feet.
Tuuri is in trouble now - Perhana has advanced to mount!
Tuuri bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Perhana trying to keep a closed guard but Tuuri is proving a slippery customer.
Perhana wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perhana wants to sweep but no luck.
Tuuri wants to stand but Perhana is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tuuri must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Perhana wriggles free and stands up.

Perhana throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tuuri was covering up waiting for the punch and Perhana finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Perhana postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tuuri is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuuri working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Perhana.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tuuri isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Perhana stacks Tuuri on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Perhana!
Perhana scores with punches from side control.
Tuuri is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Perhana wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tuuri keeps working.
Perhana cracks Tuuri with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Perhana landing strikes.
Perhana is looking to take a break and control but Tuuri is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Perhana is chipping away with strikes.
Perhana 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuuri is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Perhana looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Perhana trying to control the position but Tuuri is working away.
Perhana is chipping away with strikes.

Perhana tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Perhana has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Perhana has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Tuuri is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Perhana yanks on the arm and Tuuri is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Perhana.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pate Perhana!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asser Toropainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willie Garvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toropainen comes to the cage accompanied by Paleface-Syntynyt rellestää. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Toropainen
vs
Garvin

188 cm
22
210 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
206 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Asser Toropainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Willie Garvin!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toropainen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garvin checks the leg kick.
Toropainen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garvin checks it well.
Toropainen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garvin moves out of range of the leg kick from Toropainen.
Garvin tries to clinch but Toropainen moves out of range.
Toropainen misses with a series of wild punches.
Garvin looks to score with a jab to the body but Toropainen is just out of range.
Toropainen scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Willie Garvin has been cut.
Toropainen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Garvin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Garvin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toropainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Garvin.
Toropainen looks to throw a body kick
and Garvin counters with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toropainen fails to land with a series of punches.
Toropainen wants to land a leg kick but Garvin is out of range.
No joy there for Toropainen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Garvin moves into the clinch.
Garvin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Toropainen tries to throw a body punch but Garvin avoids it by throwing Toropainen back against the cage.
Toropainen tries to circle away but Garvin has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garvin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garvin prevents Toropainen from breaking the clinch.
Toropainen tries to break the clinch but Garvin is controlling the position.
Garvin has Toropainen pressed against the cage, preventing Toropainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Toropainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toropainen moves away from the strike by Garvin.
Garvin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Asser Toropainen has been cut.
Toropainen throws a nice looking combination but Garvin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Toropainen throws out a leg kick but Garvin moves out of range and Toropainen only half commits.
Garvin scores with a nice head shot.
Toropainen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toropainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Garvin misses with a body kick.
Garvin is looking to clinch.
Toropainen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Garvin counters with a head kick. That will keep Toropainen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A chopping leg kick lands by Toropainen.
Garvin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Toropainen's calf.
A jab from Garvin misses.
Garvin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Toropainen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garvin is looking to slow Toropainen down with leg kicks.

Garvin lands a big head kick that sends Toropainen tumbling to the mat! Garvin takes a step backwards and waves Toropainen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Toropainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garvin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Garvin tries to clinch but Toropainen is having none of it.
Toropainen misses with a jab to the body
and Garvin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garvin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Toropainen.
Garvin misses with a looping left.

Garvin lands a big head kick that sends Toropainen tumbling to the mat! Garvin takes a step backwards and waves Toropainen back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Toropainen is rocked!
Garvin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oh Toropainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A chopping leg kick lands by Garvin.
Toropainen seems to have got his legs back now.
Toropainen is breathing heavily.
Toropainen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Garvin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Garvin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A combination from Garvin does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garvin.
Garvin lands a slapping body shot.
Nice body punch from Garvin.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garvin has Toropainen pressed against the cage.
Toropainen wants to break free but Garvin has control.
Toropainen is working for takedown but Garvin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Garvin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Garvin throws an elbow but misses.
Toropainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Garvin won't allow it.

Garvin breaks the clinch.
Garvin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Toropainen.
A low kick from Toropainen misses
and Garvin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garvin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toropainen.
Garvin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garvin tries to clinch but Toropainen is having none of it.
Asser Toropainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garvin avoids the body shot from Toropainen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Garvin - just one landing.
Toropainen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Toropainen with a poor takedown
and Garvin counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Asser Toropainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garvin stuns Toropainen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garvin.
Garvin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Toropainen misses with a combination
and Garvin counters with a nice uppercut.
Garvin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Toropainen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Toropainen throws a leg kick
and Garvin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garvin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Garvin throws a body kick that misses.
Garvin lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Garvin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Garvin has Toropainen up against the cage in a clinch.
Toropainen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garvin's elbow.
Toropainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Garvin.
Garvin has Toropainen pushed against the cage.
Garvin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garvin continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Toropainen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Toropainen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Toropainen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Toropainen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Garvin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Garvin trying to stall but Toropainen improves his position.
Toropainen takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garvin.
Garvin trying to stall but Toropainen improves his position.
Garvin has Toropainen pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Willie Garvin.
A slapping body kick lands there for Garvin.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garvin throws a head kick but Toropainen moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garvin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Toropainen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Toropainen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Toropainen thows a body shot but no joy.
Toropainen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Willie Garvin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Toropainen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Toropainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garvin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Toropainen's calf.
Garvin lands a glancing blow to the side of Toropainen's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garvin scores with a leg kick.
Garvin thows a body shot but no joy.
Garvin lands a jab.
Toropainen throws a combination that misses
and Garvin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Garvin's corner calls for a 1-2. Garvin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Garvin.
Garvin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Garvin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Toropainen is looking to wear down Garvin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Toropainen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Toropainen avoids the head kick by Garvin.

Garvin instigates a clinch.
The referee calls for Garvin to work.
Toropainen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Toropainen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garvin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Toropainen wants a takedown but no success here.
Toropainen tries to score a body lock takedown but Garvin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nice elbow from Garvin.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Garvin obliges.
Garvin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Garvin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Garvin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Toropainen manages to break the clinch.
Garvin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garvin has Toropainen up against the cage in a clinch.
Garvin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Garvin as the two fighters clinch.
Toropainen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Garvin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Toropainen's defenses.
Garvin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Toropainen.
Garvin looking to throw knees to the head but Toropainen is blocking nicely.
Garvin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Toropainen's efforts to push away.
Garvin lands a shot to the body.
Toropainen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garvin lands with a short shot to the head.

Toropainen jumps guard.

Toropainen is looking for a triangle but Garvin pushes his legs off easily.
Garvin wants to control from the top but Toropainen keeps moving.

Toropainen is looking for a triangle but Garvin pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Toropainen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Garvin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toropainen keeping moving, preventing Garvin from controlling successfully.
Garvin wants to pass the guard but Toropainen is keeping the position.

Toropainen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Garvin defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toropainen is trying to keep Garvin in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willie Garvin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Toropainen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Toropainen swings for the body but Garvin moves out of range.
Toropainen throws a shot from downtown. Garvin moves away and avoids it.
Toropainen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A low kick from Toropainen misses
and Garvin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Toropainen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garvin manages to avoid it.
Toropainen throws a leg kick

and Garvin counters by moving into the clinch.
Toropainen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garvin lands a nice elbow.
Garvin trying to stall but Toropainen improves his position.
Toropainen is trying to force a seperation but Garvin has the dominant position.
Garvin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toropainen avoids it.
Toropainen is trying to break the clinch but Garvin has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Toropainen - that landed with a thud.
Toropainen tries to break the clinch but Garvin is controlling the position.
Toropainen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Toropainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garvin cracks Toropainen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Toropainen avoids the head kick by Garvin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toropainen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garvin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garvin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garvin scores with a hook.
Garvin ducks under a wild hook from Toropainen.
Toropainen slips a straight right by Garvin.
Garvin pushes Toropainen away with a front kick.
Garvin throws the left hand but Toropainen avoids the punch easily.

Garvin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Toropainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Garvin won't allow it.

Toropainen pulls guard successfully.
Garvin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Toropainen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Garvin stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A head kick misses from Garvin.
A combination from Toropainen does no damage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garvin.
Willie Garvin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garvin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toropainen dives in and grabs Garvin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Garvin pushes down on Toropainen's head and hops out.

Garvin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Garvin trying to control the position but instead, Toropainen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Garvin into the cage.
Garvin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Toropainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garvin throws an overhand right that lands on Toropainen's shoulder, as Toropainen tries to avoid the shot.
Garvin throws a sloppy head kick and Toropainen moves out of range easily.
Garvin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Toropainen on the side of the head.
Toropainen tests Garvin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Toropainen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Toropainen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Toropainen throws a wild body kick that Garvin sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Toropainen, as that shot connected.
The fighters circling - Garvin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toropainen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Toropainen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Toropainen gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Garvin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garvin.
Garvin looking to stall.
Toropainen working hard to break the clinch.
Toropainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Toropainen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Toropainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Garvin.
Toropainen lands with a straight right. Garvin didn't see that one coming.
Garvin throws a sloppy body shot
and Toropainen counters with a nice uppercut.
Toropainen just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toropainen is looking to score with low kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Toropainen.
Garvin misses with a shot to the body
and Toropainen counters with a left to the body.
A slow jab from Toropainen misses its intended target.
Toropainen throws a head kick that misses.
Toropainen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Toropainen sizes up Garvin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Garvin misses with a wild body shot.
Garvin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Asser Toropainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garvin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toropainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garvin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toropainen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Willie Garvin just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Toropainen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Garvin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Toropainen.
Garvin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Toropainen.
Toropainen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Toropainen is looking for a kimura but Garvin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Toropainen to get the leverage.
Toropainen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Toropainen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Garvin's head.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Garvin is pressing down on Toropainen's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Garvin keeping moving, preventing Toropainen from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Toropainen throws a sloppy body shot
and Garvin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Toropainen's knee momentarily.
Toropainen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garvin counters with a head kick.
Garvin feints and then cracks Toropainen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Toropainen down.

Garvin has closed the distance and engaged Toropainen in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Garvin.
Garvin is pushing Toropainen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Garvin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Toropainen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garvin thows a body shot but no joy.
Garvin misses with a hook. Toropainen ducked under it nicely.
Garvin tries to clinch but Toropainen is having none of it.
Toropainen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Toropainen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Garvin counters with a stiff right hand.
Garvin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toropainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Garvin.
Nice uppercut lands for Toropainen. That snapped Garvin's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garvin throws a hook to the side of Toropainen's head but Toropainen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Toropainen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garvin's head.
Garvin clobbers Toropainen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garvin throws a body punch but Toropainen moves out of range.
Toropainen misses with a jab to the body
and Garvin counters with a left to the body.
Garvin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Toropainen misses with an attempted mid kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garvin.
Toropainen throws a right and a left that Garvin avoids nicely.
Toropainen throws a head kick but Garvin moves out of range.
Toropainen throws a wild body kick that Garvin sees coming a mile off.
A clash of legs there as Toropainen blocks the low kick.
Garvin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toropainen misses with a takedown

and Garvin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garvin.
Garvin trying to stall but Toropainen improves his position.
Toropainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Toropainen being controlled against the cage.
Toropainen blocks an elbow strike.
Garvin throws an elbow but it misses.
Garvin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Toropainen is keeping busy.
Garvin lands with a light punch inside.
Garvin looking to slow down the pace here.
Garvin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Toropainen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garvin moves in looking to clinch but Toropainen pushes him off.
Garvin avoids the body shot from Toropainen.
A swing and a miss from Toropainen.
Toropainen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garvin in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garvin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Toropainen.
Toropainen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Toropainen lands with a nice body punch.
Toropainen throws the left hand but Garvin avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Toropainen misses.
Toropainen scores with a leg kick.
Toropainen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toropainen throws a hook but Garvin avoids it easily.
Garvin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Toropainen dips to his left and cracks Garvin with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garvin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Toropainen at a distance.
No luck for Toropainen with that takedown attempt.
Garvin throws a hook but Toropainen blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Asser Toropainen had his way with Willie Garvin in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Toropainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Garvin is just out of range.
Toropainen throws a leg kick
and Garvin counters with a two punch combo.
Toropainen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garvin lands with an overhand left.
Garvin works the jab nicely.
Toropainen doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Garvin counter with a right hand.
Garvin connects with a solid leg kick.
Garvin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toropainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Toropainen takes a swing at Garvin's ribcage but misses.
Good leg kick by Toropainen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Toropainen misses with the body kick

and Garvin moves into the clinch.
Toropainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toropainen tries to circle away but Garvin has him pinned against the cage.
Garvin is looking to control Toropainen's arms but Toropainen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garvin has his back to the cage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Garvin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garvin lands an elbow inside that Toropainen shrugs off.
Garvin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toropainen avoids it.

Toropainen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toropainen throws a right hand that Garvin ducks under and follows up with a left that Garvin also avoids with ease.
Garvin cracks Toropainen with an open hand slap.
Toropainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Garvin.
Toropainen throws a head kick that misses.
Garvin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Garvin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toropainen misses with a hook to the body
and Garvin counters with a leg kick.
Garvin scores with a nice right hand.
A shot to the liver by Garvin. Beautiful body shot.
Toropainen takes one on the button.
Toropainen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Garvin.
Garvin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garvin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Garvin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Toropainen tries a body shot but Garvin blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Garvin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Willie Garvin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Toropainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garvin looks to land a body kick but Toropainen moved away.
Toropainen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Toropainen slips a jab from Garvin.
Toropainen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Garvin counters with an outside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Garvin - just one landing.
Toropainen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Garvin moves in looking to clinch but Toropainen pushes him off.
Garvin is looking to clinch but Toropainen is avoiding it.
Toropainen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Toropainen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garvin avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Asser Toropainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garvin throws a sloppy head kick and Toropainen moves out of range easily.
Garvin cracks Toropainen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Toropainen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Garvin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Toropainen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Toropainen's back!
Asser Toropainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Toropainen tries to break free.
Toropainen just trying to survive but Garvin is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
I really don't envy Toropainen right now.
A lull in the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toropainen trying to control the action but Garvin just sinks the hooks in.
Garvin trying to control.
Garvin doesn't have the hooks in and Toropainen manages to turn into his guard.
Toropainen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garvin is keeping the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Garvin misses with a double jab.
Toropainen slips a straight right by Garvin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willie Garvin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Garvin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 46:49
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 46:49
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 45:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willie Garvin!