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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jani Antell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Bensing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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170 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jani Antell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan Bensing!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Antell throws a chopping leg kick but Bensing manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Antell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bensing circles away quickly and effectively.
Bensing throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jani Antell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antell looks to land a combination but Bensing avoids it well.
Bensing tries to clinch up but Antell circles away and keeps his distance.
Antell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Antell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Johan Bensing has been cut.
Bensing misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Antell throws a series of strikes that have Bensing backpedaling.
Antell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bensing moves into the clinch.
Bensing goes for a takedown in the clinch but Antell prevents it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bensing wants a takedown but no success here.
Bensing tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Antell just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jani Antell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johan Bensing.
Bensing wants a takedown.
Bensing leaning against his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bensing can't get the takedown.
Bensing drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bensing is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Antell pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bensing looks gassed!
Antell blocks an uppercut.
Bensing is working for takedown but Antell is calmly controlling the position for now.
Antell is trying to break the clinch but Bensing is controlling him.
Antell working hard to break the clinch.
Bensing pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Antell there.
Antell lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Bensing sprawling to the canvas. Antell follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Bensing hang on?
Bensing is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Antell is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Bensing is still in real trouble! Can Antell finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bensing seems to have recovered his senses.
Bensing trying to control from the bottom.
Antell tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Bensing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antell postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Bensing to stand up.
Antell stuns Bensing with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bensing takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That has opened up Johan Bensing's cut even more.
Left hook, right uppercut from Antell.
The cut above Johan Bensing's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A head kick misses from Antell.
Antell fails to land with a series of punches.
Antell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Antell.
Bensing avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antell scores with the left hand. Bensing knows he should have avoided that one.
Antell lands with a nice combination. Bensing backs away looking to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Antell scores with a jab. Bensing acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Antell is working the combinations to good effect here.
Antell misses with a double jab
and Bensing counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bensing.
Bensing prevents Antell from breaking the clinch.
Bensing is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Antell gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bensing wants a takedown but no success here.
Bensing prevents Antell from breaking the clinch.
Antell is trying to break the clinch but Bensing has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jani Antell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johan Bensing's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Antell wants to slow Bensing down by chopping away at his legs.
Bensing avoids a punch combination nicely.
Antell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Antell lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bensing shoots in looking for a takedown. Antell tries to sprawl out of it but Bensing keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Antell manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Antell lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Antell throws a leg kick but Bensing sees it coming and moves out of range.
Antell lands an overhand right.
Johan Bensing's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bensing instigates a clinch.
Antell has had enough of the clinch but Bensing keeps him there for the moment.
Antell is trying to force a seperation but Bensing has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bensing jumps guard but Antell stands there with Bensing around his waist. Bensing gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bensing is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Antell is keeping busy.
Antell is trying to break the clinch but Bensing is controlling him.
Antell working hard to break the clinch.
Antell is trying to break the clinch but Bensing is controlling him.
Antell is trying to break free.
Antell is trying to break the clinch but Bensing is controlling him.
Antell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Antell prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jani Antell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johan Bensing.
Antell has had enough of the clinch but Bensing keeps him there for the moment.
That's two 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.
Antell tries to break the clinch but Bensing is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Antell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Antell working hard to break the clinch.
Antell tries to break free but Bensing pushes him back against the cage.
Antell wants to break free but Bensing has control.
Antell tries to circle away but Bensing has him pinned against the cage.
Antell working hard to break the clinch.
Antell tries to break free but Bensing pushes him back against the cage.
Antell is trying to break the clinch but Bensing has him pressed against the cage.
Bensing prevents Antell from breaking the clinch.
Antell is trying to break the clinch but Bensing has him pressed against the cage.
Antell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bensing keeps control of Antell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Antell tries to break free but Bensing pushes him back against the cage.
Antell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bensing is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Antell is trying to force a seperation but Bensing has the dominant position.
Antell is looking to break free of the clinch but Bensing has double underhooks.
Antell tries to break free but Bensing pushes him back against the cage.
Bensing keeps control of Antell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Antell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Antell has had enough of the clinch but Bensing keeps him there for the moment.
Antell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bensing has him pressed against the cage.
Antell is trying to force a seperation but Bensing has the dominant position.
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.
Antell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Antell has had enough of the clinch but Bensing keeps him there for the moment.
Antell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Antell is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Antell is trying to break the clinch but Bensing has him pressed against the cage.
Antell manages to break the clinch.
Bensing slips a jab and a cross from Antell.
Antell looks to land a combination but Bensing avoids it well.
Antell tries to land a leg kick but Bensing saw it coming and moves away.
Bensing takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bensing tries to clinch up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Antell lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bensing is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Antell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bensing can do to turn this around?
Antell throws a head kick that misses
and Bensing counters with a nice double leg into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jani Antell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johan Bensing's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Antell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bensing.
Antell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bensing.
Bensing missing with a left hand there. Antell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bensing blocks a leg kick.
Bensing moves out of range of the leg kick from Antell.
Bensing is looking to clinch.
Antell scores with a one two! Bensing had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bensing connects with a solid leg kick.
Antell circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bensing drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bensing trying to control the position from guard on top but Antell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bensing passes Antell's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bensing is trying to control the action in half guard but Antell is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bensing prevents Antell from standing back up.
Jani Antell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bensing wants to pass to mount but Antell is defending the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Antell lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bensing avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jani Antell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Antell throws a series of punches but Bensing moves out of range.
Bensing checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Antell misses
and Bensing moves into the clinch.
Bensing keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Antell's efforts to push away.
Antell is trying to break the clinch but Bensing has him pressed against the cage.
Antell wants to get back to striking at distance but Bensing won't allow it.
Antell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Antell is trying to force a seperation but Bensing has the dominant position.
Antell wants to get back to striking at distance but Bensing won't allow it.
Antell wants to break free but Bensing has control.
Antell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bensing has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Antell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bensing drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Antell gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's four 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.
Antell tries to break the clinch but Bensing is controlling the position.
Antell tries to break free but Bensing pushes him back against the cage.
Bensing tries for a takedown but Antell manages to get underhooks.
Antell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bensing keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Antell's efforts to push away.
Bensing is trying to drag Antell to the mat but Antell just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jani Antell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johan Bensing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bensing is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Antell gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johan Bensing.
I think Antell has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jani Antell!
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