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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juha Niska (ranked 1935 p4p, 1925 weight class) and Pudd Nelson (ranked 287 p4p, 283 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Juha Niska has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Juha Niska seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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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 34 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Juha Niska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pudd Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Skip Squint and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niska moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Niska working Nelson over with knees to the body.
Niska blocks an uppercut.
Niska tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Niska lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson is trying to pull guard but Niska turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Niska misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nelson wants to break free but Niska has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson tries to pull guard but Niska forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nelson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Niska.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nelson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nelson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nelson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niska lands a good knee to the midsection. Nelson won't want to take too many of those.
Nelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Niska lands with a short shot to the head.
Nelson lands with a short shot to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Niska - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nelson.
Niska blocks an uppercut.
Nelson misses with the head strike.
Nelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nelson jumps guard but Niska stands there with Nelson around his waist. Nelson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Juha Niska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pudd Nelson.
Niska blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Niska uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee calls for Niska to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Niska - that landed with a thud.
Niska lands a nice elbow.
Nelson lands with a right to the head.
Nelson misses with some punches.
Nelson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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!
Nelson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Niska backwards.
Niska is stalling here.
Nelson tries to pull guard but Niska holds him up against the cage and eventually Nelson drops back down to his feet.
Niska lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nelson.
Nelson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Niska to keep the fight standing.
A left hand lands to the body for Niska.
Nelson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niska is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nelson is defending well for now.
Niska has Nelson pushed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Niska.
Nelson misses with some punches.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Niska lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nelson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Nelson.
Nelson tries to throw a body punch but Niska avoids it by throwing Nelson back against the cage.
Niska avoiding damage.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by Niska.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Niska is blocking nicely.
Nelson throws a punch but it's blocked by Niska.
Niska tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niska lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Niska is stalling here.
Niska leaning against his opponent.
A nice right hand lands inside from Niska.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch but Niska keeps him there for the moment.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by Niska.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Niska uses good head movement to avoid it.
Niska makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.
Niska tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A bit of stalling here from Niska.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nelson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Juha Niska will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Niska tries to clinch up.
Juha Niska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Niska has Nelson up against the cage in a clinch.
Niska lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nelson tries to pull guard but Niska forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nelson stalling in the clinch but Niska improves position.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Niska blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Niska stalling.
Niska stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by Niska.
Nelson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Niska walks away with a smile on his face. Nelson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Niska gets a clinch.
Nelson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nelson working aggressively here.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by Niska.
Niska crunches a lovely knee into Nelson's ribcage.
Niska will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nelson up against the cage.
Niska throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson tries to pull guard but Niska forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Juha Niska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pudd Nelson.
The referee is keeping an eye on Niska - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Come on Niska - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nelson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Niska lands a knee to the head.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niska avoiding damage.
Nelson misses with some punches.
Niska stalling the fight.
Nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Niska uses good head movement to avoid it.
Niska throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson is struggling to control the position.
Niska trying to land knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nelson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nelson as Niska tries to tie him up.
Nelson blocking some punches.
Niska is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by Niska.
Nelson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Niska tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Niska lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Niska - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Niska leaning his opponent against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Niska scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Nelson fails to land.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Niska controlling the action here for a moment.
Niska blocking some punches.
Niska is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Juha Niska.
Niska wants to clinch up but Nelson keeps it at a distance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Niska paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Niska went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Niska moves into range and clinches up with Nelson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Niska.
Nelson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juha Niska dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Niska fails with an attempt to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nelson! But no joy.
Niska swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nelson.
Niska tries to clinch there but Nelson circles away.
Nelson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Niska manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Niska tries to clinch but Nelson moves away
and Nelson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nelson tries to clinch but Niska is having none of it.
Nelson wants to clinch up but Niska keeps it at a distance.
Nelson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Niska throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Niska rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niska is looking to clinch but Nelson is avoiding it.
Nelson wants to clinch.
Niska rushes Nelson and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson misses with the head strike.
Niska with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nelson fails to pull guard.
A head punch on the inside from Nelson fails to land.
Niska blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Niska has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nelson.
Niska stalling the fight.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Niska looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
Niska blocks an uppercut.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.
Niska has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Niska stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nelson scores with a shoulder strike.
Niska displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nelson up against the cage.
Juha Niska has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Niska blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Niska is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Niska blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nelson.
Niska lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nelson has a couple of punches blocked by Niska.
Niska utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niska taking a breather.
The referee is keeping an eye on Niska - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nelson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Niska blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Niska is stalling here.
Niska stalling.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Juha Niska.
Nelson shoots for a takedown but Niska saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nelson tries to clinch there but Niska circles away.
Juha Niska is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nelson tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niska throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nelson lands a slapping body shot.
Niska avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Niska wants to clinch up but Nelson keeps it at a distance.
Niska throws a nice looking combination but Nelson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Niska.
Nelson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Niska defends well and Nelson ends up having to push Niska into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Juha Niska is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Juha Niska has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pudd Nelson.
Nelson closes the distance and pushes Niska back into the cage.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Niska.
Niska is pushing Nelson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nelson misses with some punches.
Pudd Nelson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Niska breaks the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Juha Niska.
Well Niska has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juha Niska!
Juha Niska bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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FIGHT
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