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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zoe Jab (ranked 6388 p4p, 4719 weight class) and Onni Suominen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zoe Jab looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Zoe Jab!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Onni Suominen!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Hugh Johnson and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab tries to clinch but Suominen is having none of it.
Jab is looking to clinch.
Jab tries to clinch up.
Jab keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suominen.
Jab misses with a wild combination.
A little jabbing left from Suominen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Suominen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Suominen clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suominen.
Suominen can't find room to land a body shot as Jab controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jab is trying to pull guard but Suominen turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Suominen swings wildly with an uppercut but Jab uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
It looks like Onni Suominen has been cut.
Suominen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suominen misses with a body punch.
Suominen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jab blocks an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Suominen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jab can't break the clinch.
Jab blocking some punches.
Suominen has Jab pushed against the cage.
Suominen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
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.
Suominen is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Onni Suominen.
Jab fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab tries to clinch but Suominen moves away
and Suominen counters with a nice body shot.
Zoe Jab seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suominen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jab tries to land a knee to the head but Suominen blocks with his arms.
Suominen tries to work over Jab's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jab lands a nice knee to the body.
Jab wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jab is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Suominen to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zoe Jab. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suominen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jab's elbow.
Jab is trying to break the clinch but Suominen has him pressed against the cage.
Suominen lands with a left to the head.
Suominen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suominen stalling in the clinch.
Suominen tries to work over Jab's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suominen tries to throw a body punch but Jab avoids it by throwing Suominen back against the cage.
Suominen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Suominen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jab blocks a body shot from Suominen.
Suominen stalling.
Jab misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jab tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Suominen's elbow.
Jab misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Suominen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suominen working aggressively here.
I was talking to Jab's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Suominen misses with a punch on the inside.
Suominen misses with a punch to the body.
Suominen struggles to land a body shot inside as Jab controls his hands.
Suominen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jab blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suominen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Suominen to work.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jab taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Suominen fails to land.
Suominen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Suominen lands a nice uppercut.
Suominen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jab wants to break the clinch but can't.
Suominen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Suominen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jab tries to throw a body punch but Suominen avoids it by throwing Jab back against the cage.
Jab misses with a body punch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Suominen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Onni Suominen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Onni Suominen'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.
Jab misses with the combination.
Jab backing away here, and Suominen unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jab is looking to clinch but Suominen is avoiding it.
Suominen fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab appears to be looking for a big counter.
Danga de danga de dang - Jab scores with a four punch combination!
Jab tries to clinch there but Suominen circles away.
Suominen throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Jab to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab misses with a two punch combination.
Jab blocks a head kick by Suominen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suominen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Suominen loads up on a big right hand but Jab slips the punch.
Suominen keeps the fight on the outside.
Suominen instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab blocks an uppercut.
Jab pulls Suominen into guard.
Suominen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Suominen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Let's hope that Suominen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's two 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.
Suominen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jab being controlled here, momentarily.
Jab keeping full guard, as Suominen tries to pass.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
A nice combination there by Jab.
A combination from Suominen does no damage.
Jab feinted with a counter takedown.
Jab wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab tries to clinch up.
Suominen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jab wants to clinch up but Suominen keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jab looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suominen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Suominen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Suominen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jab.
Nice straight punches there by Jab. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jab.
Jab blocks a low kick nicely.
Jab drops down looking for a counter takedown but Suominen sprawls and moves away.
Suominen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zoe Jab is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Suominen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Suominen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab throws a nice looking combination but Suominen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jab backing away here, and Suominen unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jab tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suominen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Suominen keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab moves in looking to clinch but Suominen pushes him off.
Suominen tries a quick counter leg kick but Jab is wise to it.
Jab moves in looking to clinch but Suominen pushes him off.
Jab moves in looking to clinch but Suominen pushes him off.
Suominen swats away the attempt to clinch by Jab.
Suominen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jab rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Suominen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab tries to clinch but Suominen moves out of range.
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 Zoe Jab will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Onni Suominen'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. This is the final round!
Suominen darts in and clinches Jab up against the cage.
Jab has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Suominen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Onni Suominen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Suominen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Suominen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suominen tries to work over Jab's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suominen misses with a punch on the inside.
Suominen stalling.
Jab wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Suominen has him pressed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Suominen as Jab tries to tie him up.
Suominen blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jab blocks an uppercut.
Jab blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Suominen throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suominen looking to throw knees to the head but Jab is blocking nicely.
Suominen just leaning against Jab, taking a breather.
Suominen stalls.
Jab misses with a knee strike.
Jab is looking to control Suominen's arms but Suominen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jab has his back to the cage.
Suominen throws a punch but it's blocked by Jab.
Suominen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jab up against the cage.
Jab can't break the clinch.
Jab blocking some punches.
Jab's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab avoids the body shot from Suominen.
Jab lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jab tries to close the distance and clinch up but Suominen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Suominen tries a quick counter leg kick but Jab is wise to it.
Jab tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab wants to clinch.
Jab scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
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!
Jab is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab misses with a few strikes there.
Suominen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jab tries to clinch there but Suominen circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Suominen misses.
Jab throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Suominen.
Jab backing away here, and Suominen unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jab moves in looking to clinch but Suominen pushes him off.
Suominen moves into the clinch.
Jab tries to throw a body punch but Suominen avoids it by throwing Jab back against the cage.
Suominen throws a head punch that misses.
Suominen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Suominen throws a punch but it's blocked by Jab.
Jab blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Suominen fails to land.
Jab tries to land a knee to the head but Suominen blocks with his arms.
Jab is trying to push Suominen away but Suominen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab being controlled against the cage.
Suominen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jab backwards.
Suominen works on Jab's body with a couple of short punches.
Suominen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suominen misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Suominen as the two fighters clinch.
Suominen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Suominen tries to throw a body punch but Jab avoids it by throwing Suominen back against the cage.
Jab is trying to break the clinch but Suominen has him pressed against the cage.
Jab blocking some punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jab can't break the clinch.
Jab wants to break free but Suominen has control.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Suominen misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Onni Suominen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Suominen 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Onni Suominen!
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energy
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hype
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