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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Haalvisto (ranked 5188 p4p, 4322 weight class) and Sammy Ramirez (ranked 321 p4p, 276 weight class). Haalvisto comes to the cage accompanied by Fintelligens - Stockholm-Helsinki. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pekka Haalvisto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sammy Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramirez wants to clinch up but Haalvisto keeps it at a distance.
Haalvisto tries to clinch up but Ramirez circles away and keeps his distance.
Ramirez tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Haalvisto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ramirez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ramirez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Haalvisto.
Haalvisto scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Haalvisto wants to clinch.
Haalvisto tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Ramirez closes the distance and clinches.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haalvisto avoids it.
Ramirez lands a good knee to the midsection. Haalvisto won't want to take too many of those.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ramirez lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Haalvisto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Haalvisto is trying to break free.
Ramirez misses with a knee to the head.
Haalvisto is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling him.
Ramirez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez lands a knee to the body.
Ramirez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ramirez tries to land knees in the clinch but Haalvisto avoids the damage to the body.
Ramirez misses with a knee strike.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramirez looks winded!
Ramirez has Haalvisto pressed against the cage, preventing Haalvisto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haalvisto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramirez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ramirez scores with a knee to the head.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramirez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haalvisto tries to break free but Ramirez pushes him back against the cage.
Ramirez prevents Haalvisto from breaking the clinch.
Ramirez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Haalvisto is trying to force a seperation but Ramirez has the dominant position.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but Haalvisto blocks with his arms.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch but Ramirez keeps him there for the moment.
Haalvisto tries to break free but Ramirez pushes him back against the cage.
Ramirez missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haalvisto wants to break free but Ramirez has control.
Ramirez lands a nice knee to the body.
Haalvisto managing to block the knees to the body from Ramirez.
Haalvisto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Haalvisto tries to break free but Ramirez pushes him back against the cage.
Ramirez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Haalvisto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Haalvisto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ramirez misses with a knee to the head.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haalvisto tries to break free but Ramirez pushes him back against the cage.
Haalvisto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Haalvisto is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling him.
Ramirez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haalvisto.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ramirez keeps control of Haalvisto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ramirez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ramirez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haalvisto's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haalvisto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ramirez has Haalvisto pressed against the cage, preventing Haalvisto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haalvisto can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Haalvisto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ramirez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Haalvisto breaks from the clinch.
A nice combination there by Haalvisto.
Haalvisto lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ramirez will feel that in the morning.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haalvisto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've been informed that Ramirez has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Haalvisto swats away the attempt to clinch by Ramirez.
No joy there for Haalvisto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ramirez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haalvisto throws a nice head kick!
Ramirez tries to clinch up but Haalvisto circles away and keeps his distance.
Ramirez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haalvisto, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haalvisto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramirez tries to land knees in the clinch but Haalvisto avoids the damage to the body.
Ramirez has Haalvisto pressed against the cage, preventing Haalvisto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haalvisto breaks from the clinch.
Ramirez clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramirez with a knee to the head.
Haalvisto is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Haalvisto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage.
Ramirez keeps control of Haalvisto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramirez tries to land knees in the clinch but Haalvisto avoids the damage to the body.
Ramirez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A frustrated look appears on Haalvisto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Haalvisto working hard to break the clinch.
Haalvisto working hard to break the clinch.
Ramirez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haalvisto tries to circle away but Ramirez has him pinned against the cage.
Haalvisto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage.
Ramirez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haalvisto is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sammy Ramirez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ramirez tries to clinch up but Haalvisto circles away and keeps his distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Haalvisto!
Pekka Haalvisto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ramirez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ramirez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Haalvisto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A right-left combo lands from Haalvisto.
Ramirez tries to clinch but Haalvisto is having none of it.
Haalvisto connects with a high kick.
Ramirez moves into the clinch.
Haalvisto avoiding damage as Ramirez throws knees to the body.
Haalvisto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ramirez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Haalvisto.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ramirez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Haalvisto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramirez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haalvisto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ramirez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Haalvisto is looking for a counter combo.
Jab, jab by Haalvisto - just one landing.
Haalvisto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haalvisto's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Haalvisto duly obliges.
Haalvisto keeps the fight on the outside.
Haalvisto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Haalvisto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ramirez closes the distance and pushes Haalvisto back into the cage.
Ramirez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haalvisto is defending well for now.
Ramirez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haalvisto blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ramirez obliges.
Haalvisto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ramirez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haalvisto's face.
Haalvisto avoiding damage as Ramirez throws knees to the body.
Ramirez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haalvisto's face.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haalvisto is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling him.
Haalvisto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ramirez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haalvisto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Haalvisto is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haalvisto is trying to break free.
Ramirez landing knees to the head.
Ramirez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haalvisto's efforts to push away.
Haalvisto is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling him.
Ramirez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Haalvisto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haalvisto is trying to force a seperation but Ramirez has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Haalvisto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Haalvisto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage.
Ramirez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Haalvisto is looking to break free of the clinch but Ramirez has double underhooks.
Ramirez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haalvisto breaks from the clinch.
Ramirez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ramirez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ramirez gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haalvisto managing to block the knees to the body from Ramirez.
Ramirez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haalvisto is defending well for now.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch but Ramirez keeps him there for the moment.
Ramirez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haalvisto.
Haalvisto tries to circle away but Ramirez has him pinned against the cage.
Haalvisto is trying to break free.
Ramirez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haalvisto.
Ramirez landing knees to the head.
Haalvisto tries to circle away but Ramirez has him pinned against the cage.
Ramirez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Haalvisto.
Haalvisto tries to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling the position.
Ramirez has Haalvisto pressed against the cage, preventing Haalvisto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haalvisto is trying to force a seperation but Ramirez has the dominant position.
Ramirez working Haalvisto over with knees to the body.
Ramirez keeps control of Haalvisto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ramirez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Haalvisto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramirez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Haalvisto tries to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez tries a knee to the head but Haalvisto blocks it.
Ramirez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haalvisto.
Haalvisto working hard to break the clinch.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haalvisto avoids it.
Haalvisto is trying to push Ramirez away but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Haalvisto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haalvisto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haalvisto avoiding damage as Ramirez throws knees to the body.
Haalvisto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haalvisto fakes the leg kick and cracks Ramirez in the body.
Ramirez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ramirez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haalvisto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haalvisto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Haalvisto is trying to force a seperation but Ramirez has the dominant position.
Haalvisto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage.
Ramirez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haalvisto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sammy Ramirez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Haalvisto works over Ramirez's head and body with a nice combination.
Pekka Haalvisto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A low kick lands for Haalvisto.
Haalvisto moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ramirez pushes Haalvisto up against the cage in a clinch.
Ramirez lands a knee to the head.
Haalvisto wants to get back to striking at distance but Ramirez won't allow it.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haalvisto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Ramirez.
Haalvisto breaks the clinch.
Ramirez tries to close the distance and clinch but Haalvisto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Ramirez looks to move away, Haalvisto throws a big counter combo but Ramirez just gets out of the way.
Haalvisto scores with a one two! Ramirez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
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!
Ramirez instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Haalvisto tries to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling the position.
Ramirez prevents Haalvisto from breaking the clinch.
Ramirez lands a good knee to the midsection. Haalvisto won't want to take too many of those.
Ramirez tries a knee to the head but Haalvisto blocks it.
Haalvisto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramirez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haalvisto is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haalvisto is trying to push Ramirez away but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Haalvisto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ramirez lands a knee to the head.
Ramirez misses with a knee strike.
Haalvisto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Haalvisto wants to get back to striking at distance but Ramirez won't allow it.
Haalvisto wants to break free but Ramirez has control.
Ramirez scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Haalvisto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Ramirez.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ramirez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Haalvisto is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling him.
Ramirez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haalvisto's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haalvisto is trying to break free.
Ramirez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haalvisto's efforts to push away.
Ramirez lands a knee to the head.
Haalvisto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage.
Ramirez lands a nice knee to the body.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch but Ramirez keeps him there for the moment.
Ramirez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ramirez tries to land knees in the clinch but Haalvisto avoids the damage to the body.
Haalvisto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramirez with a knee to the head.
Ramirez tries to land a knee to the head but Haalvisto blocks with his arms.
Ramirez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haalvisto's efforts to push away.
Haalvisto is trying to push Ramirez away but Ramirez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ramirez working Haalvisto over with knees to the body.
Haalvisto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haalvisto is looking to break free of the clinch but Ramirez has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez crunches a lovely knee into Haalvisto's ribcage.
Haalvisto wants to break free but Ramirez has control.
Ramirez lands a knee to the head.
Haalvisto is trying to break the clinch but Ramirez is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ramirez obliges.
Haalvisto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ramirez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haalvisto's efforts to push away.
Ramirez misses with a knee to the head.
Haalvisto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haalvisto is looking to break free of the clinch but Ramirez has double underhooks.
Ramirez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ramirez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch on the inside from Haalvisto fails to land.
Sammy Ramirez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ramirez landing knees to the head.
Haalvisto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ramirez obliges.
Haalvisto tries to circle away but Ramirez has him pinned against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ramirez obliges.
Haalvisto wants to get back to striking at distance but Ramirez won't allow it.
Ramirez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haalvisto's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramirez lands a knee to the body.
Ramirez looking to throw knees to the head but Haalvisto is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Ramirez.
A head punch on the inside from Haalvisto fails to land.
Ramirez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haalvisto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Haalvisto working hard to break the clinch.
Haalvisto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramirez connects with a knee to the head.
Ramirez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haalvisto's face.
Haalvisto tries to break free but Ramirez pushes him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ramirez obliges.
Ramirez prevents Haalvisto from breaking the clinch.
Ramirez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sammy Ramirez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ramirez misses with a knee strike.
Haalvisto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sammy Ramirez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ramirez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sammy Ramirez!
Sammy Ramirez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Pekka Haalvisto stepped up to the mic, saying 'f$$$$$$ck!!!!!'.
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