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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roman Road (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and boni apu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roman Road has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roman Road!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, boni apu!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Road looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for apu!
Road lands with some strikes.
Road sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
apu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Road controlling the pace for now.
Road looking to control but apu is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
apu slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
apu tries to roll over but Road keeps him under control.
Road stalling away here and it's allowed apu to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Road trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
apu pulls Road in close to his closed guard and prevents Road from doing any damage or advancing position.
Road tries to free his leg and advance position but apu is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Road looking to sit in guard and control but apu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Road is trying to control the position but apu postures up.
Road looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
apu wants to stand but Road is controlling his posture from full guard.
apu slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road looks like he's trying to stand up.
Road is breathing heavily.
apu is trying to control. Road wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Road wants to control the action here but instead apu manages to pass to full mount!
Road really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
apu looking to control but Road is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Road prevents apu from taking his back.
Road is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
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.
Road wants to hold on but apu pushes him away.
Road is desperately trying to improve his position but apu has a good base and remains in mount.
Road has given up his back. Will we see apu going for some submissions?
apu is persistently looking for the submission but Road is defending it well.
apu tries to get the hooks in deep but Road pushed the leg off.
apu gets his hands free as Road looks to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Will apu go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
boni apu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
apu closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
apu is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Road is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Road manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Still in half guard, Road seems content to control.
Road throwing shots but apu is blocking nicely.
apu tries to get to full guard but Road has control of the leg.
apu trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Road wants to pass to mount but apu is defending the position.
Road is working hard here to advance position.
Road is thwarting apu's attempts to control the position.
apu keeping control of the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Road shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
apu really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Road can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as apu is looking to escape.
apu is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Road goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now apu is on top in guard.
apu thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
apu tries to free his leg and advance position but Road is retaining full guard.
Road keeping moving, preventing apu from controlling successfully.
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.
apu postures up and lands a big shot to Road's brow.
Road controlling apu's posture.
apu slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Road wants to sweep but apu has passed to side control!
apu tries for a kimura but Road is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
boni apu 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! And we move into the final round!
Road rushes apu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
apu drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Road breaks the clinch.
apu tries to clinch
and Road holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
apu tries for a takedown but Road manages to get underhooks.
apu is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Roman Road has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of boni apu.
Road tightens his grip and picks apu up, before dumping him to the ground. apu manages to land in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Road throwing strikes from guard but apu blocks nicely.
apu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Road is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Road trying to control the position from guard on top but apu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
boni apu has got the better of the ground game so far.
Road with a flurry of punches that miss.
apu trying to keep a closed guard but Road is proving a slippery customer.
apu is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
apu can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Road controls the pace.
Road'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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Road is defended easily by apu.
apu scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
apu controlling the position.
apu tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no apu has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
apu misses with the ground and pound.
Road is not content to let apu control the position.
Road is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Road takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Road tries to improve position but can't.
apu throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Road tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but apu wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
apu moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
apu misses with a takedown attempt
and Road holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Road makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Roman Road has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
boni apu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
apu has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Road is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Road showed his dominance in that final round.
I think apu 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... boni apu!
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FIGHT
RATING
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