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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Limu Emu (ranked 1238 p4p, 1302 weight class) and Suutari Nuorempi (ranked 160 p4p, 169 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Suutari Nuorempi enters the cage!
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11 - 10 - 0 |
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Limu Emu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Suutari Nuorempi!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nuorempi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emu.
Nuorempi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nuorempi shoots for a takedown but Emu saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Emu tries to counter with a takedown but Nuorempi is quick to defend against it.
Emu misses with a wild body shot.
Emu looks to land a left hand but Nuorempi moved out of range nicely.
Emu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Nuorempi!
Nuorempi tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emu wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nuorempi keeps working.
Nuorempi takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Emu tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emu swings around for an armbar but Nuorempi sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Emu's guard.
Nuorempi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Let's hope that Nuorempi 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.
Emu is trying to keep Nuorempi in close.
Nuorempi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Emu's guard.
Emu controlling the position for now.
Nuorempi not doing much here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuorempi wants to pass to mount but Emu is defending the position.
Emu keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Nuorempi perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Emu wants to improve his position but Nuorempi is controlling well.
Emu regains full guard. Nicely done.
Emu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Emu seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuorempi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nuorempi stays in close to Emu's body and controls the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Donk. Nuorempi catches Emu right on the button with a cross.
Nuorempi lands a jab to Emu's midsection.
Emu fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Emu misses with a body shot
and Nuorempi counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nuorempi.
Nuorempi looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuorempi won't allow Emu to sweep him here.
Nuorempi sitting in guard here, content to control.
Emu working a defensive guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Emu has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Nuorempi has passed into side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Suutari Nuorempi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nuorempi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nuorempi moves forwards but Emu connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Emu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Emu scores with a hook.
Emu throws a leg kick
and Nuorempi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nuorempi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nuorempi misses with a hook.
Nuorempi lands a right hook to the body.
Emu throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Nuorempi counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Emu.
Emu throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuorempi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Emu moves away.
Suutari Nuorempi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Emu cracks a nice hook into Nuorempi's ribs.
Emu lands a glancing blow to the side of Nuorempi's head.
Nuorempi misses with a hook. Emu ducked under it nicely.
Emu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nuorempi was well out of range. Poor timing from Emu.
It seemed like Nuorempi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Emu misses with a hook. Nuorempi ducked under it nicely.
Emu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Limu Emu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nuorempi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Emu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nuorempi's knee momentarily.
Nuorempi throws a poor cross that misses
and Emu counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nuorempi is looking for a sweep. Emu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Emu controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Emu there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuorempi is looking for a sweep. Emu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nuorempi moves into full guard.
Limu Emu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emu not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Emu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nuorempi controlling the position.
Nuorempi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Our spies down at at Patskun tappelukoulu inform us that Nuorempi has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Emu wants to pass the guard but Nuorempi is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emu avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Emu works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nuorempi is defending against the submission attempts here by Emu.
Nuorempi wants to control but Emu is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Nuorempi is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Emu is staying active.
Emu trying to control from half guard but Nuorempi is working away.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nuorempi throws a body shot but no joy.
Emu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nuorempi moves away.
Emu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nuorempi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Limu Emu dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Nuorempi throws a shot to the body.
Nuorempi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Emu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Emu throwing a counter right hand but Nuorempi manages to avoid it.
Nuorempi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Emu takes a swing at Nuorempi's ribcage but misses.
Emu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nuorempi was well out of range. Poor timing from Emu.
Nuorempi clobbers Emu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nuorempi is looking to clinch.
Nuorempi lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nuorempi.
Nuorempi throws a body punch but Emu moves out of range.
Nuorempi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nuorempi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nuorempi misses with an uppercut.
Nuorempi scores with a hook to the body. Emu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nuorempi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Emu sizes up Nuorempi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Emu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Emu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Emu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nuorempi.
Nuorempi stuffs the takedown.
Emu misses with a body shot.
Nuorempi with a jab.
Nuorempi scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nuorempi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Emu lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuorempi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Emu eats them both and turns towards Nuorempi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Limu Emu has been cut.
Nuorempi throws the left hand but Emu avoids the punch easily.
Emu scores with a jab.
Emu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nuorempi counters with a nice uppercut.
Nuorempi scores with a nice head shot.
Emu connects with a body shot.
Emu swinging wildly here.
Nuorempi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuorempi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Emu lands a right hook to the body.
Emu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Emu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nuorempi moves into the clinch.
Nuorempi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Nuorempi.
Nuorempi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Emu working hard to break the clinch.
Emu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Emu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nuorempi wants to take the fight to the mat but Emu manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emu misses with the head strike.
Emu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nuorempi backwards.
Emu is pressed up against the cage. Nuorempi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Emu down to the mat. Emu avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Emu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nuorempi.
Emu throws a looping overhand right but Nuorempi ducks down to avoid it.
It seemed like Nuorempi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nuorempi throws a lazy uppercut
and Emu counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Nuorempi keeping moving, preventing Emu from controlling successfully.
Nuorempi is pulling down on Emu's head. It's preventing any offense from Emu, at least for the moment.
Emu trying to control the position from guard on top but Nuorempi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Suutari Nuorempi.
I think Nuorempi 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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RATING
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