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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magni Turisas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ulrich McHaggis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turisas comes to the cage accompanied by Manowar - Gods Of War. McHaggis has chosen Rock Co Kane Flow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Magni Turisas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ulrich McHaggis!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McHaggis dodges the punch combination from Turisas.
Turisas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turisas just misses with a punch to the body.
Turisas tries to bum rush McHaggis with a series of wild strikes but McHaggis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turisas swinging wilding here.
Turisas connects with a single shot there.
McHaggis dodges the punch combination from Turisas.
Turisas misses with a two punch combination.
Magni Turisas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turisas tries to bum rush McHaggis with a series of wild strikes but McHaggis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turisas throws a series of strikes that have McHaggis backpedaling.
McHaggis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turisas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Turisas.
Turisas throws a series of punches but McHaggis avoids them all with ease.
Turisas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turisas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turisas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McHaggis tries to clinch up but Turisas circles away and keeps his distance.
Turisas looks to land a combination but McHaggis avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - McHaggis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turisas misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Turisas does no damage.
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.
McHaggis moves out of range as Turisas strikes.
Turisas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turisas misses with a hook. McHaggis ducked under it nicely.
McHaggis doesn't manage to clinch there - Turisas circles away.
Turisas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Turisas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Magni Turisas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turisas swings for the body but McHaggis moves out of range.
Turisas throws a series of punches but McHaggis moves out of range.
Turisas keeps the fight on the outside.
Turisas looks to land a combination but McHaggis avoids it well.
Turisas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHaggis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Turisas. That did some damage!
Turisas misses with a two punch combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Turisas.
Turisas misses with a few strikes there.
Turisas misses with a double jab.
Turisas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turisas throws a right hand that McHaggis ducks under and follows up with a left that McHaggis also avoids with ease.
Turisas fails to land with a series of punches.
Turisas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McHaggis avoids a punch combination nicely.
McHaggis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A good leg kick by McHaggis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turisas misses with a double jab.
Turisas throws a right and a left that McHaggis avoids nicely.
McHaggis fails with the takedown.
Turisas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turisas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McHaggis tries a head kick but it misses.
McHaggis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turisas.
Turisas stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McHaggis.
Turisas misses with the combination.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magni Turisas dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fighters circling - Turisas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McHaggis tries to close the distance and clinch but Turisas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turisas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turisas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
McHaggis tries to clinch there but Turisas circles away.
McHaggis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Turisas as he avoids it easily.
McHaggis tries to clinch there but Turisas circles away.
McHaggis misses with a body kick.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McHaggis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Turisas swinging wilding here.
Turisas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turisas throws a series of punches but McHaggis moves out of range.
McHaggis moves in looking to clinch but Turisas pushes him off.
McHaggis wants to clinch.
Turisas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turisas connects with a crisp jab.
Turisas looks to land a combination but McHaggis avoids it well.
Turisas lands a right hook to the body.
Turisas looks to land a combination. McHaggis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Turisas misses with a few strikes there.
McHaggis misses with a head kick.
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turisas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McHaggis.
McHaggis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turisas swinging wilding here.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turisas swinging wilding here.
Turisas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turisas lands a head shot.
McHaggis tries to move into range but Turisas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Turisas avoids the head kick by McHaggis.
Turisas throws the left hand but McHaggis avoids the punch easily.
Turisas misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHaggis slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
Turisas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Turisas misses with a double jab.
Nice sprawl there from Turisas as McHaggis shoots in.
Turisas tries to bum rush McHaggis with a series of wild strikes but McHaggis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turisas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McHaggis on the side of the head.
Turisas throws a hook but McHaggis blocks it.
Turisas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turisas tries to bum rush McHaggis with a series of wild strikes but McHaggis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McHaggis fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turisas blocks a head kick by McHaggis.
McHaggis slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
Turisas connects with a good right hand that stumbles McHaggis. McHaggis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A decent looking cross lands there for Turisas.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
Magni Turisas is winning the standup battle so far.
McHaggis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turisas throws a nice looking combination but McHaggis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Turisas misses with a wild combination.
Turisas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McHaggis wants to clinch up but Turisas keeps it at a distance.
Turisas throws a nice looking combination but McHaggis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Turisas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magni Turisas dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Turisas throws a right and a left that McHaggis avoids nicely.
Turisas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Turisas circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for McHaggis.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Turisas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McHaggis has him pressed against the cage.
McHaggis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McHaggis tries a knee to the head but Turisas blocks it.
McHaggis looking to throw knees to the head but Turisas is blocking nicely.
McHaggis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McHaggis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turisas.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
Turisas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Turisas throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turisas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turisas fails to land with a series of punches.
Turisas keeps the fight on the outside.
McHaggis slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
Turisas misses with a double jab.
Turisas punishes McHaggis's body with a nice straight punch.
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
Turisas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McHaggis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turisas.
Turisas misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Turisas looks to land a combination but McHaggis avoids it well.
Turisas misses with a jab, cross combination.
McHaggis needs to keep his hands up - Turisas had a free shot at his head there.
A combination from Turisas does no damage.
McHaggis slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
Magni Turisas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turisas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McHaggis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
McHaggis tries to clinch there but Turisas circles away.
Turisas throws a series of punches but McHaggis avoids them all with ease.
Turisas connects with the punch.
McHaggis slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Turisas misses its intended target.
Turisas just misses with a punch to the body.
McHaggis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turisas misses with the combination.
Turisas misses with the combination.
Turisas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McHaggis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turisas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McHaggis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Turisas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turisas circles away from the clinch attempt.
McHaggis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
No joy there for Turisas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turisas closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Turisas swats away the attempt to clinch by McHaggis.
A left and a right from Turisas both land. Nice combination.
Turisas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McHaggis slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
Turisas misses with a jab, cross combination.
McHaggis avoids a punch combination nicely.
McHaggis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turisas circles away from the clinch attempt.
No joy there for Turisas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magni Turisas clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Turisas takes a swing at McHaggis's ribcage but misses.
McHaggis fails in his attempt to clinch.
McHaggis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Turisas throws a series of punches but McHaggis avoids them all with ease.
Turisas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Turisas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McHaggis.
Turisas throws a series of punches but McHaggis moves out of range.
Turisas misses with a few strikes there.
Turisas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McHaggis wants to clinch up but Turisas keeps it at a distance.
Turisas throws a looping overhand right but McHaggis ducks down to avoid it.
McHaggis tries to clinch up but Turisas circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
Turisas throws a right hand that McHaggis ducks under and follows up with a left that McHaggis also avoids with ease.
McHaggis looks for a takedown but Turisas sprawls well.
Turisas scores with a nice head shot.
Turisas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Turisas swats away the attempt to clinch by McHaggis.
Turisas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Turisas does no damage.
Turisas misses with a double jab.
Turisas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Turisas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice uppercut lands for Turisas. That snapped McHaggis's head back.
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turisas swinging wilding here.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McHaggis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turisas.
McHaggis slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
Turisas throws a nice looking combination but McHaggis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McHaggis shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Turisas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McHaggis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turisas misses with a few strikes there.
McHaggis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Turisas pinned against the cage. Turisas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Magni Turisas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ulrich McHaggis.
A combination from Turisas does no damage.
Turisas lands with a nice combination. McHaggis backs away looking to recover.
Turisas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
McHaggis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Turisas.
Turisas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McHaggis slips a straight right by Turisas.
Turisas scores with a hook to the body. McHaggis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Turisas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Turisas throws a right and a left that McHaggis avoids nicely.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turisas misses with a two punch combination.
Turisas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turisas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McHaggis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McHaggis throws a wild body kick that Turisas sees coming a mile off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turisas lands with an overhand left.
Turisas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Turisas swinging wilding here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magni Turisas had his way with Ulrich McHaggis in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Turisas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McHaggis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turisas swinging wilding here.
Turisas tries to bum rush McHaggis with a series of wild strikes but McHaggis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turisas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McHaggis circles away quickly and effectively.
McHaggis walks forward, straight into a front kick from Turisas.
Turisas fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Turisas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Turisas as McHaggis shoots in.
McHaggis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good exchange - Turisas coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
Turisas misses with a two punch combination.
Turisas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McHaggis circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Turisas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turisas misses with a two punch combination.
McHaggis throws a sloppy head kick and Turisas moves out of range easily.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McHaggis is looking to clinch but Turisas is avoiding it.
Turisas misses with a few strikes there.
McHaggis throws a body kick that misses.
McHaggis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turisas.
McHaggis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Magni Turisas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turisas lands with an uppercut that bounces McHaggis off the cage and back into rage.
McHaggis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Turisas as he avoids it easily.
Turisas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Turisas.
McHaggis connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Turisas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McHaggis.
Turisas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McHaggis backs up against the cage.
Turisas misses with a wild combination.
A lazy left from Turisas finds it's target.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turisas misses with a few strikes there.
McHaggis dodges the punch combination from Turisas.
Turisas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Turisas misses with a wild combination.
McHaggis moves out of range as Turisas strikes.
McHaggis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McHaggis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turisas.
McHaggis tries to clinch up but Turisas circles away and keeps his distance.
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.
Turisas throws a series of punches but McHaggis moves out of range.
Turisas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McHaggis shoots in looking for a takedown. Turisas tries to sprawl out of it but McHaggis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Turisas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Magni Turisas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ulrich McHaggis.
Turisas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Turisas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - McHaggis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McHaggis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ulrich McHaggis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turisas throws a series of punches but McHaggis moves out of range.
Turisas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McHaggis circles away quickly and effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
Magni Turisas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Turisas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 50:45
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 50:44
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Magni Turisas!
Magni Turisas retains his light heavyweight title!
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hype
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