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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Lilburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dark knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Lilburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, dark knight!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilburn takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
knight shoots in for a takedown but Lilburn shows good takedown defense.
Lilburn slips a jab and a cross from knight.
knight throws a nice head kick!
Lilburn throws a quick inside leg kick.
knight loads up on a big right hand but Lilburn slips the punch.
Lilburn blocks a head kick by knight.
Lilburn feints and then cracks knight's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow knight down.
Lilburn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by knight.
Lilburn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as knight throws out the jab.
Lilburn throws a shot to the body.
knight looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lilburn pushes knight up against the cage in a clinch.
Lilburn scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Lilburn as the two fighters clinch.
Lilburn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down knight.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lilburn.
Lilburn digs a right hand into knight's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on knight's gas tank.
Lilburn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lilburn lands a left hand that snaps the head of knight backwards.
knight is trying to break the clinch but Lilburn has him pressed against the cage.
Lilburn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt knight or not.
Lilburn is working knight over against the cage.
Lilburn lands with a light punch inside.
Lilburn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Lilburn - that landed with a thud.
knight takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lilburn lands an elbow that stopped knight in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like dark knight has been cut.
Lilburn lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Lilburn.
Lilburn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of knight backwards.
Nice body punch from Lilburn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lilburn obliges.
Lilburn lands a hook that snaps the head of knight backwards.
Lilburn lands a body punch.
Lilburn lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lilburn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lilburn landing knees to the body.
Lilburn crunches a lovely knee into knight's ribcage.
knight takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lilburn pushes knight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
knight is trying to break free.
knight looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lilburn unloads a knee to the mid-section. knight lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lilburn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lilburn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Lilburn does it's job there.
Lilburn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lilburn fakes the leg kick and cracks knight in the body.
knight has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Lilburn.
knight misses with a body shot.
knight shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lilburn but Lilburn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lilburn!
Lilburn tries to clinch there but knight circles away.
knight thows a body shot but no joy.
knight tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Lilburn.
Lilburn lands an overhand right.
Lilburn swings for the body but knight moves out of range.
knight has Lilburn up against the cage in a clinch.
Lilburn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lilburn lands an elbow that stopped knight in his tracks for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Lilburn.
Nice body punch from Lilburn - that landed with a thud.
Lilburn lands with a light punch inside.
Lilburn presses knight against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
knight breaks the clinch.
Lilburn scores with a punch to the head.
dark knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
knight throws a leg kick but Lilburn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lilburn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
knight takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lilburn lands a nice looking body kick.
knight misses with a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lilburn lands a jab to knight's midsection.
knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lilburn digs a good body shot into knight's ribs.
Lilburn punishes knight's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Lilburn. Beautiful body shot.
knight fails with a takedown attempt.
John Lilburn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of dark knight.
knight throws a right hand that Lilburn ducks under and follows up with a left that Lilburn also avoids with ease.
Lilburn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lilburn scores with a hook to the body. knight takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lilburn connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lilburn.
knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
knight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lilburn manages to avoid it.
Lilburn has taken the fight to the clinch.
knight tries to break the clinch but Lilburn is controlling the position.
Lilburn pushes knight back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lilburn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lilburn lands an elbow just above knight 's eye.
Lilburn manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for knight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lilburn is looking to wear down knight with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
knight fails with a takedown attempt.
knight throws a sloppy head kick and Lilburn moves out of range easily.
Lilburn slips a straight right by knight.
Lilburn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from knight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
knight takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
John Lilburn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
knight swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
knight throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
knight doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lilburn lands a nice hook to knight's body. knight takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lilburn lands with a nice body kick.
knight misses with an uppercut.
Lilburn changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lilburn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lilburn scores with a kick to the body.
Lilburn scores with a jab to the body.
Lilburn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but knight circles away quickly and effectively.
Lilburn lets loose with a powerful body kick. knight will feel that in the morning.
Lilburn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
knight throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lilburn throws a right and a left that knight avoids nicely.
knight misses with a series of wild punches.
That kick from Lilburn tenderised knight's leg. knight is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lilburn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Lilburn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on dark knight's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nice jab there from Lilburn.
A punch combination from knight misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lilburn.
knight throws an overhand right that lands on Lilburn's shoulder, as Lilburn tries to avoid the shot.
knight shoots for a double leg takedown but Lilburn sprawls well. He's pushed knight's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lilburn works knight's body with a nice hook.
Lilburn scores with a crisp jab that stopped knight in his tracks.
Lilburn is looking to slow knight down with leg kicks.
knight's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lilburn scores with a spinning back kick!
Lilburn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A solid body kick from Lilburn.
Lilburn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lilburn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lilburn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lilburn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
knight walks into a stiff left hand from Lilburn.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lilburn scores with a body shot.
Lilburn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on knight if he has to take too many more of those.
Lilburn moves into range and clinches up with knight.
Lilburn scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Lilburn.
knight is trying to break the clinch but Lilburn has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilburn lands an elbow inside that knight shrugs off.
Lilburn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lilburn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that knight can do to turn this around?
Lilburn gets through knight's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lilburn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
knight has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lilburn.
Lilburn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lilburn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
knight misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice straight punches there by Lilburn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lilburn.
Lilburn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt knight.
knight falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lilburn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lilburn just misses with a punch to the body.
Lilburn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
knight walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lilburn has closed the distance and engaged knight in a clinch.
Lilburn lands a good knee to the midsection. knight won't want to take too many of those.
knight has had enough of the clinch but Lilburn keeps him there for the moment.
Lilburn has knight pressed against the cage, preventing knight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lilburn lands a shot to the body.
Lilburn lands an elbow just above knight 's eye.
knight breaks from the clinch.
Lilburn blocks the body kick.
Lilburn lands a slapping body shot.
knight walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
knight falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lilburn counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lilburn lands with a nice body kick.
knight moves out of range of the body kick.
knight misses the jab.
Lilburn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from knight.
Lilburn pushes knight up against the cage in a clinch.
Lilburn keeps control of knight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
knight tries to break free but Lilburn pushes him back against the cage.
Lilburn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lilburn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lilburn scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lilburn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lilburn prevents knight from breaking the clinch.
Lilburn breaks the clinch.
dark knight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Lilburn scores with a kick to the body.
knight takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lilburn misses with the combination.
knight's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and knight duly obliges.
knight takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
knight moves out of range of the body kick from Lilburn.
Both fighters circling a little - Lilburn finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
knight takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
knight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lilburn.
knight swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from knight.
Crunch! Lilburn slams his shin into knight's torso.
Lilburn works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lilburn.
Nice shot lands for Lilburn.
knight looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lilburn leaves knight with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lilburn lands a nice hook to knight's body. knight takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lilburn. knight shrugs it off though.
John Lilburn is winning the standup battle so far.
knight throws a half hearted mid kick.
knight is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lilburn lands with a good body shot.
Lilburn delivers a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
knight darts in trying to clinch
and Lilburn counters with a good, hard body kick but knight shrugs it off.
knight misses with a wild combination.
Lilburn looks to land a combination. knight sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lilburn.
Lilburn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to knight's calf.
Lilburn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
knight tries to land a body kick
and Lilburn counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A punch combination from knight misses.
Lilburn cracks knight with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lilburn is looking to slow knight down with leg kicks.
Lilburn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
knight has had enough of the clinch but Lilburn keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lilburn.
Lilburn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
knight tries to break free but Lilburn pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on knight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
knight can't break the clinch.
Lilburn lands an elbow that stopped knight in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Lilburn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on dark knight's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
knight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
knight takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
knight misses with a double jab
and Lilburn counters with an outside leg kick.
Lilburn lands a front kick.
Lilburn works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
knight takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lilburn lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lilburn connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lilburn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lilburn scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lilburn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lilburn darts in and clinches knight up against the cage.
Lilburn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite knight's efforts to push away.
Lilburn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
knight wants to break free but Lilburn has control.
Lilburn lands a good knee to the midsection. knight won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
knight looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lilburn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lilburn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lilburn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
knight has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lilburn unloads a knee to the mid-section. knight lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lilburn lands a left hand that snaps the head of knight backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilburn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lilburn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt knight or not.
Lilburn lands a good knee to the midsection. knight won't want to take too many of those.
Lilburn gets through knight's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lilburn lands a knee to the body.
knight changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lilburn fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lilburn connects with an inside leg kick.
knight throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lilburn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
knight walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lilburn fails to land with a series of punches.
Lilburn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lilburn avoids a kick to the body.
Lilburn scores with a nice body kick.
knight fails with a takedown attempt.
knight throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lilburn.
Lilburn scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilburn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lilburn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lilburn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lilburn connects with a body shot.
knight takes a shot right to the bread basket.
knight is trying desperately to land a takedown but Lilburn is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for knight.
Lilburn moves out of range of the strikes.
Lilburn throws a shot to the body.
knight throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lilburn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps knight thinking.
Lilburn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
knight scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lilburn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lilburn closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from knight.
knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lilburn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lilburn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lilburn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by knight.
knight throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lilburn closes the distance and clinches.
knight's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lilburn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite knight's efforts to push away.
Lilburn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lilburn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite knight's efforts to push away.
knight misses with a punch to the body.
knight looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lilburn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of knight backwards.
knight takes an elbow to the temple.
Lilburn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
knight working hard to break the clinch.
Lilburn works on knight's body with a couple of short punches.
Lilburn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Lilburn.
knight takes an elbow to the temple.
A right hook to the body lands for Lilburn.
Lilburn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite knight's efforts to push away.
knight wants to break free but Lilburn has control.
knight jumps guard but Lilburn stands there with knight around his waist. knight gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
John Lilburn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of dark knight.
knight is trying to break the clinch but Lilburn is controlling him.
knight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lilburn lands an uppercut.
Lilburn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
John Lilburn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lilburn lands an elbow that stopped knight in his tracks for a moment.
Lilburn lands a knee to the body.
Lilburn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
knight pulls Lilburn into guard.
Lilburn lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lilburn wants to pass the guard but knight is keeping the position.
knight has his foot on Lilburn's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lilburn works his way back into a safe position though.
Lilburn stopping the sweep attempt from knight.
Lilburn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lilburn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
knight wants to stand up but Lilburn is controlling him.
knight looking to control but Lilburn passes into half guard.
John Lilburn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
knight is looking for a sweep. Lilburn is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lilburn working knight over with strikes.
dark knight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lilburn is controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Lilburn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lilburn 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 Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:25
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Lilburn!
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