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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Chu (ranked 4697 p4p, 2112 weight class) and Tesla Nokia (ranked 549 p4p, 302 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Chu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tesla Nokia!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nokia throws the kick towards the body but Chu avoids it.
Nokia is looking to slow Chu down with leg kicks.
Nokia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chu misses with a hook.
Nokia is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chu looks to land a left hand but Nokia moved out of range nicely.
Chu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nokia momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Nokia misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Nokia.
Nice shot by Chu.
Chu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chu misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Nokia.
Nokia's coach down at Finnish Elite Sport and Fitness Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Nokia's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Nokia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chu is defending well for now.
Chu is struggling to control the position.
Nokia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chu breaks the clinch.
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!
Nokia tries to score with a low kick but Chu moves his leg out of the way.
Chu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nokia.
Nokia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nokia throws a leg kick but Chu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chu blocks a head kick by Nokia.
Chu misses with a wild body shot.
Nokia raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Chu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chu 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.
Nokia lands with a nice body kick.
Chu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nokia moves forwards but Chu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nokia looks for the body kick but Chu saw that one coming.
Chu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nokia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nokia throws a head kick that misses.
Nokia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chu lands a head shot.
Nice body punch from Chu.
Chu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nokia counters with a leg kick.
Nokia looks to land a body kick but Chu moved away.
Nokia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brian Chu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chu misses with a left hand
and Nokia counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nokia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nokia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nokia throws a body kick that misses.
Chu tries to clinch but Nokia moves out of range.
Nokia raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That kick from Nokia tenderised Chu's leg. Chu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Chu is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Chu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nokia motions for Chu to come forward. Nokia throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chu throws a good cross that connects.
Nokia moves away from the strike by Chu.
A jab from Chu misses.
A low kick from Chu is predictable there
and Nokia counters with a nice body kick.
A clash of legs there as Nokia blocks the low kick.
Chu slips a jab from Nokia.
Chu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chu avoiding damage as Nokia throws knees to the body.
Chu trying to land knees to the body.
Chu lands an elbow inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nokia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chu throws a head punch that misses.
Chu managing to block the knees to the body from Nokia.
Nokia lands with a right to the head.
Chu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chu avoids the elbow strike from Nokia, against the cage.
Nokia tries to land knees in the clinch but Chu avoids the damage to the body.
Chu throws a head punch that misses.
Nokia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chu avoids it.
Nokia misses with a punch on the inside.
Chu breaks the clinch.
Nokia is looking to land body kicks.
Chu misses with a left hand
and Nokia counters with a low kick, right behind Chu 's knee.
Chu moves into range and clinches up with Nokia.
Chu scores with a shot to the side of Nokia's head.
Chu breaks the clinch.
Chu doesn't manage to clinch there - Nokia circles away.
Chu throws a shot from downtown. Nokia moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Chu does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chu fails to land with a series of punches.
Nokia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nokia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nokia on the side of the head.
Chu tries to clinch there but Nokia circles away.
Nokia follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Nokia ducks under a wild hook from Chu.
Chu avoids a kick to the body.
Nokia slips under a jab from Chu.
Chu scores with a nice right hand.
Nokia slips under a jab from Chu.
Chu sizes up Nokia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nokia misses with a head kick.
Nokia staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chu connects with a crisp jab.
Chu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nokia.
Nokia counters with a body kick.
Chu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nokia, pushing him back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Chu dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Chu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nokia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Chu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nokia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chu closes the distance looking to clinch
and Nokia counters with a body kick that stops Chu in his tracks momentarily.
Chu throws an off balance right hand
and Nokia makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Chu cracks a nice hook into Nokia's ribs.
Nokia blocks the body kick.
Chu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nokia manages to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Nokia checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chu swings widly with a right hand
letting Nokia counter with a right hand.
It looks like Brian Chu has been cut.
Chu staying out of range there.
Nokia throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nokia throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Chu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Chu thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu tries a head kick but it misses.
Nokia shapes to counter with a head kick.
Nokia shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chu blocks a leg kick.
Nokia takes a swing at Chu's ribcage but misses.
Nokia lands a leg kick that knocks Chu off balance momentarily.
Nokia fakes the leg kick and cracks Chu in the body.
Chu will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Chu moves into range and clinches up with Nokia.
Nokia lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nokia lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nokia tries to work over Chu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nokia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chu breaks the clinch.
A solid body kick from Nokia.
Nokia thumps Chu with a low kick.
Nokia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chu.
Nokia checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nokia misses with a low kick.
Nokia scores with a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chu misses with a two punch combination.
Chu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nokia takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chu tries to close the distance and clinch but Nokia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chu tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nokia ducks under a wild hook from Chu.
Nokia tries a head kick but it misses.
Nokia slips under a jab.
A big left from Chu misses.
Nokia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big right from Chu misses.
Chu tests Nokia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nokia counters with a solid body kick.
Nokia bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Nokia throws a push kick but Chu slaps the foot to one side.
An attempted straight right counter from Chu misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu blocks a leg kick.
Chu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Chu blocks the body kick.
Chu throwing a counter right hand but Nokia manages to avoid it.
Chu walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nokia.
Nokia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nokia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chu throws a jab but it's blocked by Nokia.
Nokia throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick from Nokia lands but Chu takes it in his stride.
Chu tries to clinch up.
Chu rushes Nokia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nokia throws a punch but it's blocked by Chu.
Chu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nokia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chu.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chu throws an elbow but misses.
Chu is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nokia throws a punch but it's blocked by Chu.
Chu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nokia moves out of range of the body kick.
Chu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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!
Nokia wants to slow Chu down by chopping away at his legs.
A counter left hand to the body from Chu misses its target.
Nokia misses with a head kick.
Chu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nokia.
Nokia looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Chu tries to clinch there but Nokia circles away.
Chu tries to clinch up but Nokia circles away and keeps his distance.
Chu moves to clinch but Nokia breaks away
and Nokia counters with a body kick that stops Chu in his tracks momentarily.
Nokia throws a front kick aimed at Chu's knee but Chu avoids it well.
Chu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nokia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chu's head.
Nokia blocks a low kick nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tesla Nokia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Brian Chu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nokia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nokia keeps Chu at a distance using the push kick.
Nokia keeps Chu at a distance using the push kick.
Chu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nokia's head.
Nokia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Chu tries a low kick but Nokia avoids it.
And Nokia responds with a good body kick, but Chu manages to step out the way in time.
Chu closes the distance and clinches.
Nokia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chu.
Nokia throws a punch but it's blocked by Chu.
A short uppercut from Nokia.
Chu is trying to maintain a safe position but Nokia gets an underhook and turns Chu into the cage.
Chu manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chu walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nokia checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nokia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nokia with the inside leg kick.
Chu moves in looking to clinch but Nokia pushes him off.
Chu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nokia moves away from the strike by Chu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu avoids a kick to the body.
Nokia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nokia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chu.
Chu connects with a looping right hand.
Chu has Nokia up against the cage in a clinch.
Chu trying to stall but Nokia improves his position.
Chu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nokia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nokia prevents a body shot from Chu.
Nokia tries to work over Chu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nokia tries to throw a body punch but Chu avoids it by throwing Nokia back against the cage.
Chu blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Chu.
Chu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nokia lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nokia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nokia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nokia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nokia 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 Chu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nokia checks a leg kick.
Nokia looks to throw the jab but Chu is out of range.
Chu moves out of range of the body kick from Nokia.
Nokia staying out of range there.
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!
Nokia misses with a kick to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nokia darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nokia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chu tries to clinch but Nokia is having none of it.
Nokia is trying to counter with his kicks.
Chu throws a right hand that misses
and Nokia counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Nokia tries a head kick but it misses.
A big right from Chu misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Chu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nokia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nokia is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Chu sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Chu misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Nokia.
Chu misses with a left hand
and Nokia counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Chu throws a good cross that connects.
Nice straight punches there by Chu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Chu.
Nokia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nokia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nokia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Chu misses with a straight right.
Chu avoids a kick to the body.
Chu blocks a head kick by Nokia.
Nokia dips to his left and cracks Chu with an uppercut!
Donk. Chu catches Nokia right on the button with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chu feints a jab promting Nokia to slip. Chu then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nokia slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Chu swinging wildly here.
Chu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nokia lands a high kick!
Nokia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nokia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nokia misses with a looping left.
Nokia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chu.
Nokia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nokia tries to work over Chu's front leg with a kick but Chu checks it.
As Nokia backs away, Chu returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nokia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chu's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nokia under the eye.
Nokia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tesla Nokia.
I think Nokia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tesla Nokia!
Tesla Nokia managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Finnish Elite Extreme Science, into his post fight interview.
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