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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 158 p4p, 345 weight class) and Jerry Azumah (ranked 21 p4p, 42 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jerry Azumah!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Experiment Il lands with a straight right. Azumah didn't see that one coming.
Experiment Il dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Azumah scoring well with a low kick there.
Azumah throws a right hand that misses
and Experiment Il counters with a leg kick.
Experiment Il tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Azumah is able to avoid easily.
Azumah checks the leg kick nicely there.
Experiment Il connects with a single shot there.
Experiment Il checks a leg kick nicely.
Experiment Il forces Azumah back against the cage and clinches.
Azumah manages to break the clinch.
Azumah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Experiment Il rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Azumah counters with a stiff right hand.
Experiment Il has managed to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Azumah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Experiment Il avoiding damage.
Azumah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the head but Azumah blocks with his arms.
Experiment Il working aggressively here.
Azumah managing to block the knees to the body from Experiment Il.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Azumah.
Azumah throws a punch but it's blocked by Experiment Il.
Azumah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azumah.
Experiment Il using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Azumah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Experiment Il prevents Azumah from breaking the clinch.
Experiment Il scores a nice knee to the body.
Experiment Il tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Experiment Il throws a knee to the head but misses.
Azumah blocking some punches.
Experiment Il blocks a body shot from Azumah.
Experiment Il blocks a body shot from Azumah.
Azumah wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Experiment Il misses with a body punch.
Experiment Il trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il scores with a shoulder strike.
Experiment Il lands a knee to the body.
Azumah throws a punch but it's blocked by Experiment Il.
Azumah misses with a punch on the inside.
Experiment Il tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Azumah pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Experiment Il lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Azumah backs up against the cage.
Azumah throws a lazy right hand but Experiment Il sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Experiment Il closes the distance and pushes Azumah back into the cage.
Experiment Il makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Azumah breaks the clinch.
Experiment Il looks to land a left hand but Azumah moved out of range nicely.
Azumah misses with a kick to the body.
Experiment Il clinches up against the cage.
Experiment Il misses with a knee to the head.
Experiment Il lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azumah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Experiment Il trying to land knees to the body.
Azumah is looking to break free of the clinch but Experiment Il has double underhooks.
Azumah misses with some punches.
Azumah has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Experiment Il crunches a lovely knee into Azumah's ribcage.
Azumah lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Experiment Il backwards.
Experiment Il landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Azumah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Experiment Il lands a good knee to the midsection. Azumah won't want to take too many of those.
Experiment Il working aggressively here.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azumah avoids it.
Experiment Il goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Azumah.
Experiment Il lands a shot to the body.
Experiment Il trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azumah is looking to break free of the clinch but Experiment Il has double underhooks.
Experiment Il prevents Azumah from breaking the clinch.
Experiment Il crunches a lovely knee into Azumah's ribcage.
Azumah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Experiment Il missing with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azumah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Azumah.
Experiment Il missing with knees to the body.
Azumah can't find room to land a body shot as Experiment Il controls the action.
Experiment Il has a couple of punches blocked by Azumah.
Azumah pushes Experiment Il back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Azumah wants to get back to striking at distance but Experiment Il won't allow it.
Experiment Il goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Experiment Il landing knees to the body.
Experiment Il putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Azumah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Experiment Il is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azumah is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Finnish Experiment Il dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A punch lands to the side of Azumah 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Experiment Il takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Experiment Il misses its intended target.
Experiment Il throws a lazy uppercut
and Azumah counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Experiment Il takes a swing at Azumah's ribcage but misses.
Experiment Il throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Azumah misses with a hook
letting Experiment Il counter with a right hand.
Experiment Il lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Azumah lands a glancing blow to the side of Experiment Il's head.
Azumah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Experiment Il throwing a counter right hand but Azumah manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azumah misses with an attempted mid kick.
Azumah throws a predictable looking body shot
and Experiment Il counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Experiment Il tries to clinch but Azumah is having none of it.
A nice side step and Azumah releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Experiment Il tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Azumah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Azumah keeps the fight on the outside.
A countering left hand to the body from Azumah misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azumah tries to keep at a distance but Experiment Il has taken the fight into the clinch.
Experiment Il is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Experiment Il lands a nice uppercut.
Azumah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Experiment Il misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Azumah counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Experiment Il catches Azumah with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Experiment Il throws a leg kick but Azumah sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Experiment Il buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Experiment Il is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Azumah.
Experiment Il throws a right hand that misses
and Azumah counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Finnish Experiment Il seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Experiment Il uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azumah.
Azumah walks forward, straight into a front kick from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Azumah can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il cracks Azumah with an open hand slap.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Experiment Il throws the kick towards the body but Azumah avoids it.
Azumah looks to land a right hand but Experiment Il moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Experiment Il on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Experiment Il throws a body punch but Azumah moves out of range.
Azumah scores with a push kick.
Experiment Il scores with a hook.
Experiment Il looks to throw the jab but Azumah is out of range.
Experiment Il throws a body kick that misses
and Azumah counters with a stiff right hand.
Experiment Il throws out a leg kick but Azumah moves out of range and Experiment Il only half commits.
Experiment Il scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Experiment Il lands a nice hook to Azumah's body. Azumah takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Experiment Il keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azumah.
Experiment Il takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Azumah tries to bum rush Experiment Il with a series of wild strikes but Experiment Il uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Azumah blocking some punches.
Experiment Il keeps control of Azumah as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Experiment Il prevents Azumah from breaking the clinch.
Azumah blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Experiment Il tries to work over Azumah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Azumah stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Experiment Il throws a knee to the head but misses.
Azumah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Experiment Il tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Experiment Il is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azumah is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Experiment Il.
Azumah tries a body shot but Experiment Il blocks it.
Azumah managing to block the knees to the body from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il tries to throw a body punch but Azumah avoids it by throwing Experiment Il back against the cage.
Azumah misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il missing with knees to the body.
Experiment Il misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azumah.
Experiment Il tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Azumah breaks from the clinch.
Azumah connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Azumah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Experiment Il. Experiment Il obviously looking to wear him down.
Experiment Il throws a body shot but no joy.
Experiment Il has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Azumah finds it's way round the side to connect with Experiment Il's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Experiment Il missing with a left hand there. Azumah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Experiment Il wants to clinch up but Azumah keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Azumah misses the target.
Azumah connects with a solid leg kick.
Experiment Il looks to clinch
and Azumah counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Azumah lands with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Finnish Experiment Il will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Experiment Il misses with a right hand
and Azumah counters with a nice low kick that buckles Experiment Il's knee momentarily.
Experiment Il throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Azumah was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Experiment Il lands with an uppercut that bounces Azumah off the cage and back into range.
Azumah throws a jab when Experiment Il was well out of range.
Experiment Il tries to clinch
and Azumah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Experiment Il explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Experiment Il closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Azumah breaks the clinch.
Azumah bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Experiment Il misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azumah throws a looping overhand right but Experiment Il ducks down to avoid it.
Azumah attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Azumah keeps the fight on the outside.
Experiment Il misses with a straight left.
Experiment Il has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Azumah.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azumah scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Experiment Il throws an overhand right that lands on Azumah's shoulder, as Azumah tries to avoid the shot.
Azumah punishes Experiment Il's body with a nice straight punch.
Experiment Il displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azumah throws out the jab.
Experiment Il tries to counter by clinching up but Azumah breaks away and moves out of range.
Experiment Il takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Azumah throws a body punch but Experiment Il moves out of range.
Experiment Il throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Experiment Il backing away here, and Azumah unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Experiment Il moves out of range as Azumah strikes.
Experiment Il tries to clinch but Azumah moves away
and Experiment Il takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Experiment Il scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Experiment Il throws a hook but Azumah blocks it.
Azumah lands with an uppercut that bounces Experiment Il off the cage and back into range.
Experiment Il bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Experiment Il wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Experiment Il feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Azumahs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il scores with a push kick.
Azumah attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Experiment Il misses with a right hand
and Azumah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Experiment Il connects with a right hand. Azumah shakes it off.
The fighters circling - Experiment Il throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Experiment Il moves into range and clinches up with Azumah.
Azumah on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Azumah breaks the clinch.
Azumah finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Azumah. Experiment Il does a little dance to reset his feet.
Experiment Il tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Azumah manages to circle out of the way.
Experiment Il tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Azumah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Experiment Il misses with a straight right.
Azumah throws a hook but Experiment Il avoids it easily.
Azumah ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Experiment Il has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Azumah finds it's way round the side to connect with Experiment Il's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Azumah looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Experiment Il avoids a kick to the body.
Experiment Il misses with a low kick.
Experiment Il moves to clinch but Azumah breaks away
and Azumah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jerry Azumah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Experiment Il throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Azumah does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Experiment Il tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Azumah counters with a nice body kick.
Experiment Il throws an off balance right hand
and Experiment Il takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Azumah cracks Experiment Il with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Experiment Il scores with a jab to the head.
Experiment Il throws an overhand right that lands on Azumah's shoulder, as Azumah tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azumah uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Experiment Il lands a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azumah swings for the body but Experiment Il moves out of range.
Experiment Il slips a jab from Azumah.
Azumah moves out of range as Experiment Il strikes.
Experiment Il is looking to clinch but Azumah is avoiding it.
Finnish Experiment Il is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Experiment Il fails with an attempt to clinch.
Azumah let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Experiment Il misses with a wild body shot.
Azumah checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice jab there from Experiment Il.
Azumah throws a leg kick
and Azumah takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Experiment Il tries to clinch but Azumah moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jerry Azumah.
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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Finnish Experiment Il!
Finnish Experiment Il tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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hype
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