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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 299 p4p, 9 weight class) and Hratch Tzien (ranked 1947 p4p, 54 weight class). Tzien has chosen R*ck It as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 lbs
20 - 10 - 0 |
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145 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment Il!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hratch Tzien!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tzien pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Experiment Il takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Experiment Il throws a hook but Tzien blocks it.
Tzien throws out a counter right but Experiment Il avoids it with no problem.
A big left from Tzien misses.
Experiment Il takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tzien lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Experiment Il has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Experiment Il and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Experiment Il clinches with his opponent.
Tzien fails to pull guard.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tzien avoids it.
Experiment Il misses with a knee strike.
Experiment Il leaning his opponent against the cage.
Experiment Il stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Tzien.
Tzien lands with a right to the head.
Tzien is trying to maintain a safe position but Experiment Il gets an underhook and turns Tzien into the cage.
Experiment Il is pushing Tzien up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Experiment Il scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tzien working aggressively here.
Experiment Il blocks a body shot from Tzien.
Experiment Il scores a nice knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Experiment Il has Tzien pushed against the cage.
Experiment Il seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Tzien lands a body shot.
Tzien misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Experiment Il looking to stall.
Tzien lands a nice uppercut.
Tzien has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
Tzien lands a shot to the body.
Tzien has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Experiment Il landing knees to the head.
It looks like Hratch Tzien has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tzien misses with a punch to the body.
Experiment Il misses with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il blocks a body shot from Tzien.
A knee to the head by Experiment Il.
Tzien misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Experiment Il blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Experiment Il prevents a body shot from Tzien.
Experiment Il lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tzien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tzien scores with a hook to the body.
Tzien tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Experiment Il blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Experiment Il lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Experiment Il blocks a body shot from Tzien.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzien misses with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Tzien.
Experiment Il takes a shot to the head.
Tzien swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tzien pushes Experiment Il back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Experiment Il blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tzien goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Experiment Il.
Tzien lands with a left to the head.
Tzien tries a body shot but Experiment Il blocks it.
Experiment Il with a knee to the head.
I was talking to Experiment Il's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Experiment Il scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tzien.
Experiment Il displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tzien up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Experiment Il creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tzien managing to block the knees to the body from Experiment Il.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il scores with a shot to the side of Tzien's head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tzien as Experiment Il tries to tie him up.
Experiment Il avoiding damage.
Nice body punch from Tzien.
Experiment Il tries to throw a body punch but Tzien avoids it by throwing Experiment Il back against the cage.
Tzien tries a body shot but Experiment Il blocks it.
Tzien displaying some good clinch control by pressing Experiment Il up against the cage.
Experiment Il is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tzien creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Experiment Il just leaning against Tzien, taking a breather.
Tzien working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Experiment Il blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Experiment Il is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Experiment Il will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tzien up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Finnish Experiment Il will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hratch Tzien's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tzien looks to land a body kick but Experiment Il moved away.
Experiment Il was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tzien waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Experiment Il.
Tzien moves out of range of the strikes.
Experiment Il lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A head kick from Experiment Il lands but Tzien takes it in his stride.
Experiment Il feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tziens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tzien tries to move into range but Experiment Il moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tzien misses with a few strikes there.
Experiment Il throws a quick inside leg kick.
Experiment Il scores with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tzien.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Experiment Il uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tzien.
Tzien swings widly with a right hand
and Experiment Il counters with a stiff right hand.
Experiment Il lands a head shot.
Finnish Experiment Il is winning the standup battle so far.
Tzien takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tzien swats away the attempt to clinch by Experiment Il.
Tzien throws a hook to the side of Experiment Il's head but Experiment Il sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Tzien.
Experiment Il blocks the body kick.
Experiment Il moves away from the strike by Tzien.
Tzien misses with a straight right.
Tzien scores with a push kick.
Tzien slips a straight right by Experiment Il.
Tzien scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tzien feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Experiment Il's calf.
Experiment Il misses the jab.
Experiment Il throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tzien looks for the body kick but Experiment Il saw that one coming.
Experiment Il throws a lazy right hand but Tzien sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Experiment Il connects with a body shot that sends Tzien's belly button to the back.
Experiment Il needs to keep his hands up - Tzien had a free shot at his head there.
Tzien takes one to the side of the head.
Experiment Il lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Experiment Il misses with a wild combination.
Experiment Il chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Experiment Il checks a leg kick.
Experiment Il ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tzien moves away.
Tzien misses with a looping left.
Tzien moves away from the strike by Experiment Il.
A cross from Tzien lands.
Tzien throws a shot from downtown. Experiment Il moves away and avoids it.
Experiment Il defending well as Tzien loads up on a big left hand.
Experiment Il misses the shot to the body.
Experiment Il fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tzien checks it well.
A clash of legs there as Experiment Il blocks the low kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Experiment Il.
Tzien slips under a jab.
Experiment Il takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzien misses with an uppercut.
Experiment Il tried to counter with a leg kick but Tzien avoided it.
Tzien checks a leg kick nicely.
Crunch! Tzien slams his shin into Experiment Il's torso.
Experiment Il uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tzien.
Tzien on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tzien goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Experiment Il pushes Tzien up against the cage in a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tzien throws a head punch that misses.
Tzien lands a left hand.
Tzien misses with some punches.
Experiment Il tries to work over Tzien's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Experiment Il misses with a knee to the head.
Tzien swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment Il uses good head movement to avoid it.
Experiment Il trying to stall but Tzien improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il scores a nice knee to the body.
Tzien jumps guard but Experiment Il stands there with Tzien around his waist. Tzien gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tzien pulls Experiment Il into guard.
Experiment Il seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tzien trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tzien working for a triangle but Experiment Il defends it easily.
Tzien working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Experiment Il doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Experiment Il manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finnish Experiment Il dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hratch Tzien'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Experiment Il fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tzien, pushing him back against the cage.
Experiment Il blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finnish Experiment Il has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Experiment Il misses with a knee strike.
Experiment Il trying to stall but Tzien improves his position.
Tzien can't find room to land a body shot as Experiment Il controls the action.
Tzien tries to work over Experiment Il's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tzien tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tzien avoiding damage as Experiment Il throws knees to the body.
Experiment Il blocking some punches.
Tzien cracks Experiment Il with a nice body shot.
Experiment Il is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Experiment Il throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tzien blocks it with crossed arms.
Tzien pulls guard effortlessly.
Experiment Il has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tzien seems keen to control Experiment Il's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tzien looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tzien is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Experiment Il defends well.
Tzien is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tzien looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Experiment Il passes into side control.
You can see the frustration on Tzien's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hratch Tzien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Experiment Il just content to control the position.
Tzien is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Experiment Il off and has taken his back!
Tzien gets his hands free as Experiment Il looks to control.
Tzien tries to get the hooks in deep but Experiment Il pushed the leg off.
Experiment Il defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Tzien's arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzien avoiding Experiment Il 's attempts to control his hands.
Tzien is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Tzien working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Experiment Il wants to escape the position.
Experiment Il preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Tzien.
Tzien looking for the choke from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tzien scores with punches from the back.
Experiment Il trying to control the hands but Tzien breaks the grip.
Experiment Il tries to escape the position.
Tzien has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Experiment Il has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Tzien is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Finnish Experiment Il is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Even with his hooks in, Tzien manages to miss with strikes from the back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hratch Tzien comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Experiment Il has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Finnish Experiment Il!
A very excited looking Finnish Experiment Il rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
Hratch Tzien was interviewed post fight and said '{]}[{]}[{}]{[}]{[}'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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