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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Punahilkka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and lento morgans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Punahilkka's entrance music is Mäihä Show feat. Punahilkka. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 2, fighting out of London, Pekka Punahilkka!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, lento morgans!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punahilkka paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Punahilkka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
morgans dives in and grabs Punahilkka's left leg, looking for a takedown. Punahilkka pushes down on morgans's head and hops out.
morgans slips a jab and a cross from Punahilkka.
morgans wants to clinch up but Punahilkka keeps it at a distance.
morgans shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Punahilkka manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Punahilkka keeping full guard, as morgans tries to pass.
Punahilkka punching from the bottom - just letting morgans know he's still in a fight.
morgans is looking to stand up but Punahilkka won't let him.
morgans postures up.
Punahilkka throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Punahilkka keeping full guard, as morgans tries to pass.
morgans wants to stand but Punahilkka has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punahilkka working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. morgans doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. morgans manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
morgans wants to control from the top but Punahilkka keeps moving.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Punahilkka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
morgans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Punahilkka counters with a right hand to the body.
Punahilkka lands a body shot.
morgans with a poor takedown
and Punahilkka counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Punahilkka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
morgans shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Punahilkka moves into the clinch.
Pekka Punahilkka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lento morgans.
morgans looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punahilkka stops a takedown attempt from morgans.
Punahilkka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Punahilkka.
Punahilkka lands a damaging elbow.
Punahilkka holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Punahilkka obliges.
Punahilkka lands a hook that snaps the head of morgans backwards.
Punahilkka lands an elbow inside that morgans shrugs off.
Punahilkka misses with a knee strike.
Punahilkka looking to stall.
Punahilkka slows down the pace here.
Punahilkka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through morgans's defenses.
Punahilkka prevents morgans from breaking the clinch.
Punahilkka slowing the pace effectively.
Punahilkka lands a shoulder strike.
morgans goes for a takedown attempt but Punahilkka pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
morgans with a lazy takedown attempt
and Punahilkka counters by clinching up.
A body shot lands from Punahilkka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punahilkka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Punahilkka landing knees to the body.
morgans takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right hand to the body from Punahilkka.
Punahilkka crunches a lovely knee into morgans's ribcage.
Punahilkka utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Punahilkka digs a right hand into morgans's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on morgans's gas tank.
Punahilkka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
morgans takes an elbow to the forehead.
morgans fails to pull guard.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
morgans takes an elbow to the forehead.
morgans tries to score a body lock takedown but Punahilkka shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Still in the clinch, Punahilkka scores with a nice short uppercut.
Punahilkka lands an elbow inside.
Punahilkka holding his opponent close, against the cage.
morgans has Punahilkka pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Punahilkka manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Punahilkka obliges.
Punahilkka connects with a knee to the head.
Punahilkka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Punahilkka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Punahilkka leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Punahilkka.
Punahilkka prevents a body shot from morgans.
Punahilkka slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pekka Punahilkka.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
morgans goes for a takedown attempt but Punahilkka pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
morgans closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Punahilkka is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of morgans's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take morgans's back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
morgans has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Punahilkka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Punahilkka dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
morgans gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Punahilkka counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
morgans slips a jab and a cross from Punahilkka.
morgans keeps the fight on the outside.
morgans looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
morgans darts in trying to clinch
and Punahilkka counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punahilkka is looking to slow morgans down with leg kicks.
Punahilkka tries to clinch but fails miserably
and morgans counters with a shoot takedown. Punahilkka fights it but they end up in guard.
morgans looking to sit in guard and control but Punahilkka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
morgans is breathing heavily.
Punahilkka throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
morgans keeping moving, preventing Punahilkka from controlling successfully.
Punahilkka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Punahilkka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Punahilkka is looking to work some ground and pound but morgans has wrist control.
Punahilkka missing there with some ground and pound from the 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.
morgans trying to control the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
morgans shoots and misses
and Punahilkka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
morgans shoots and misses
and Punahilkka counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps morgans thinking.
Pekka Punahilkka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lento morgans.
morgans takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
morgans tries for a takedown but Punahilkka circles away easily
and Punahilkka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
morgans looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
morgans has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Punahilkka finds it's way round the side to connect with morgans's head.
Punahilkka fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Punahilkka throws a good cross that connects.
Nice uppercut lands for Punahilkka. That snapped morgans's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punahilkka tries to clinch but morgans is having none of it.
morgans misses with a takedown attempt
and Punahilkka counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Punahilkka throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by morgans.
Punahilkka stalks morgans and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into morgans's face. morgans staggers backwards, shaken.
Punahilkka lands with a nice body punch.
morgans shoots and misses
and Punahilkka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Punahilkka lands a head kick. morgans smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
morgans has his takedown stuffed
enabling Punahilkka to counter with a crisp jab.
Punahilkka smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Punahilkka tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Punahilkka.
morgans on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Punahilkka. Punahilkka obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
morgans misses with a takedown attempt
and Punahilkka counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Punahilkka moves into the clinch successfully.
Punahilkka will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning morgans up against the cage.
morgans tries to break free but Punahilkka pushes him back against the cage.
morgans has Punahilkka pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Punahilkka manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Punahilkka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
morgans fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Punahilkka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Punahilkka.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Punahilkka.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Punahilkka.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Punahilkka.
Punahilkka unloads a knee to the mid-section. morgans lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pekka Punahilkka dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A shot to de liver by Punahilkka. Beautiful body shot.
Punahilkka throws a head kick that morgans semi-blocks.
morgans gets a takedown into half guard.
Punahilkka wants to get back to full guard.
morgans trying to control the action but Punahilkka is working from the bottom.
Punahilkka is looking to control morgans's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Punahilkka avoid being mounted?
morgans wants to work for an arm triangle but Punahilkka is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Punahilkka is concentrating on defense, preventing morgans from advancing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punahilkka trying to hold on to morgans's head to control him but morgans postures up.
Punahilkka is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
morgans wants to lay and pray for a moment but Punahilkka keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
morgans takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
morgans throws a lazy body kick
and Punahilkka counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Punahilkka scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
morgans lands a nice looking kick to the body. Punahilkka takes a step back to recover.
Pekka Punahilkka is winning the standup battle so far.
Punahilkka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but morgans paws at him with a jab and circles away.
lento morgans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
morgans shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Punahilkka's guard.
morgans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Punahilkka is keeping the position for now.
Punahilkka working for a triangle but morgans defends it easily.
morgans advances position into side control!
Punahilkka is not content to let morgans control the position.
morgans tries to score with some ground and pound. Punahilkka controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punahilkka struggling a bit here.
morgans is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Punahilkka has escaped the position, nice work there.
Punahilkka can't do much from the bottom here.
morgans tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no morgans has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Punahilkka wants to control but morgans postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Punahilkka is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because morgans is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Punahilkka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
morgans with a poor takedown
and Punahilkka counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A head kick by morgans misses
and Punahilkka counters with a nice body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Punahilkka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
morgans fails with the takedown
and Punahilkka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
morgans swats away the attempt to clinch by Punahilkka.
morgans drops his hands momentarily and Punahilkka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but lento morgans just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Punahilkka instigates a clinch.
Punahilkka tries a knee to the head but morgans blocks it.
morgans drags the fight down to the ground.
Punahilkka is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Punahilkka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
morgans is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Punahilkka is aware though and is defending well.
Punahilkka slips nicely into half guard.
Punahilkka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
morgans wants to control but Punahilkka is keeping busy and won't allow it.
morgans blocking the ground and pound attempt from Punahilkka.
morgans looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Punahilkka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Punahilkka sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. morgans defending well though.
Punahilkka seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but morgans does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Punahilkka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with morgans, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two 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.
morgans jumps guard and drags Punahilkka to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Punahilkka throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as morgans works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
lento morgans has got the better of the ground game so far.
Punahilkka content to stall in guard here.
Punahilkka passes into half guard.
Punahilkka slips a nice elbow through morgans's hands, connecting with morgans's forehead.
morgans is refusing to be controlled, as Punahilkka sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punahilkka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed morgans's head.
morgans is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Punahilkka pulls his head out easily.
morgans trying to control from the bottom.
Punahilkka lands strikes from half guard.
Punahilkka wants to take a breather but morgans is having none of it.
Punahilkka is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. morgans doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Punahilkka.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Punahilkka trying to control from half guard but morgans is working away.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Punahilkka scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
morgans shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Punahilkka's guard.
morgans trying to control but Punahilkka is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Pekka Punahilkka will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
morgans shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Punahilkka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Punahilkka lands a body shot.
morgans swats away the attempt to clinch by Punahilkka.
Punahilkka tries a head kick but it misses.
Punahilkka scores with a hook.
Punahilkka misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
morgans shoots and misses
and Punahilkka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
morgans is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
morgans takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
morgans misses with a takedown attempt
and Punahilkka counters with a stiff right hand.
Pekka Punahilkka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lento morgans.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Punahilkka has taken the fight to the clinch.
morgans letting Punahilkka take a breather here.
Punahilkka keeps control of morgans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Punahilkka works on morgans's body with a couple of short punches.
Punahilkka effectively controlling the action here.
morgans takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short right from Punahilkka.
Punahilkka lands with a right to the head.
Punahilkka stops a takedown attempt from morgans.
Punahilkka tries to stall but morgans uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Punahilkka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Punahilkka trying to stall but morgans improves his position.
morgans has Punahilkka pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Punahilkka manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Knees to the body from Punahilkka.
Punahilkka stalling.
Punahilkka unloads a knee to the mid-section. morgans lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
morgans jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Punahilkka walks away with a smile on his face. morgans gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Punahilkka instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
morgans takes a knee to the side of the body.
morgans has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Punahilkka crunches a lovely knee into morgans's ribcage.
Punahilkka lands an uppercut.
morgans fails to pull guard.
Punahilkka connects with a nasty looking knee right to morgans's face.
morgans is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Punahilkka pulls him back up using the underhooks.
morgans is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
morgans drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Punahilkka gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Punahilkka lands a right hand that snaps the head of morgans backwards.
Punahilkka is fighting off a takedown attempt but morgans is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Punahilkka to the mat. Punahilkka regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Punahilkka looking to control.
morgans preventing the sweep.
Punahilkka lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for morgans!
Punahilkka landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
morgans can't escape the position.
morgans tries to hold on but Punahilkka pushes him away.
Punahilkka cracks morgans with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
morgans really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Punahilkka is going oldschool here, as he tries to force morgans to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so morgans shrugs it off.
Pekka Punahilkka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
morgans tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Punahilkka sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
lento morgans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
morgans taking shots to the head.
morgans is in a horrible position here. Punahilkka smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Punahilkka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. morgans can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Punahilkka working for a submission but morgans is keeping him at bay.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pekka Punahilkka showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Punahilkka 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Pekka Punahilkka!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Pekka Punahilkka!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Pekka Punahilkka!
Pekka Punahilkka wins by unanimous decision!
Pekka Punahilkka retains his welterweight title!
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