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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anssi Salmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor has chosen Psycho by Puddle Of Mudd as his entrance music. Eddie Taylor is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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250 lbs
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280 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anssi Salmi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws a series of punches but Salmi moves out of range.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Salmi avoids them all with ease.
Taylor misses with a few strikes there.
Taylor tries to bum rush Salmi with a series of wild strikes but Salmi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Salmi avoids it well.
Salmi scores with a takedown into Taylor's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Salmi controls the pace.
Salmi's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Salmi seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Taylor for as long as he can get away with.
Salmi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Taylor wants to stand up but Salmi is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salmi controlling from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salmi stands and throws Taylor's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Salmi stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Salmi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Salmi preventing the sweep.
Taylor looks gassed!
Taylor scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A combination from Taylor does no damage.
A punch combination from Taylor misses.
Salmi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Taylor to the mat! Taylor manages to get full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is looking to stand up but Salmi isn't so interested in that idea.
Taylor can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Salmi controls the pace.
Taylor wants to get back to his feet but Salmi passes into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Salmi lands a nice short elbow.
Salmi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Taylor trying to get back to full guard but Salmi takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor working to try and regain half guard.
Salmi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Taylor wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Salmi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Salmi blocks Taylor's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Salmi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Salmi breaks from Taylor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Salmi controlling his opponent.
Taylor really wants to buck Salmi off and get back to his feet.
Salmi controlling the position easily from mount.
Taylor is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anssi Salmi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Salmi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Salmi lands in his opponent's guard.
Salmi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Taylor wants to stand up but Salmi is controlling him.
Salmi gets to his feet. Taylor looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Taylor misses with the combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salmi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Salmi stops Taylor from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salmi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Salmi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.
Salmi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Taylor looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Salmi works to advance to full mount. Taylor defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Salmi controlling from mount.
Taylor is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Salmi cracks Taylor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salmi won't let Taylor get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Salmi scoring with strikes but Taylor is staying in there.
Taylor tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Taylor flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Salmi controlling his opponent.
Anssi Salmi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taylor defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Salmi.
Taylor is trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salmi controlling from the full mount.
Taylor really wants to buck Salmi off and get back to his feet.
Salmi controlling from the full mount.
Taylor wants to get back to his feet.
Salmi with shots to the head and body - Taylor looks very uncomfortable down there.
Taylor is squirming around, avoiding Salmi's attempts to control the action.
That's four 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.
Taylor regains half guard.
Taylor is trying to stand up here but Salmi is controlling him well.
Taylor pushes Salmi off and gets back to his feet.
Salmi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Salmi stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Taylor moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anssi Salmi dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Taylor slips a straight right by Salmi.
Salmi shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Taylor is trying to stand up here but Salmi is controlling him well.
Salmi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Taylor is trying to stand.
Salmi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Taylor is trying to stand up here but Salmi is controlling him well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salmi stalling.
Taylor is trying to stand up here but Salmi is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Salmi drives through with a takedown into guard.
Salmi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Taylor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Taylor wants to stand but Salmi is controlling the position.
Salmi controlling from the top position.
Salmi wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
Eddie Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Salmi trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Taylor throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Salmi escapes and throws Taylor's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Salmi stands up.
Salmi has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salmi prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
Salmi prevents Taylor from breaking the clinch.
Salmi keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taylor letting Salmi take a breather here.
Salmi is trying to stall.
Salmi keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Salmi moves into range and clinches up with Taylor.
Salmi manages to break the clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Salmi here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Salmi moves out of range.
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor tries to bum rush Salmi with a series of wild strikes but Salmi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Salmi avoids nicely.
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.
Salmi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Taylor's waist but Taylor gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Salmi off to one side.
A punch combination from Taylor misses.
Taylor throws a right hand that Salmi ducks under and follows up with a left that Salmi also avoids with ease.
A combination from Taylor does no damage.
Taylor slips a jab and a cross from Salmi.
Anssi Salmi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taylor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Salmi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Salmi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Taylor throws a combination that misses
and Salmi decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Taylor's guard.
Taylor escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Salmi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Taylor scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Salmi fails with the takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anssi Salmi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Salmi, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anssi Salmi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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