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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harri Leinonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leinonen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Finland National Anthem. The crowd seem to be enjoying Of Belgium's choice of entrance music: La Brabançonne - Belgian National Anthem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harri Leinonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Of Belgium throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leinonen.
Leinonen throws a low kick, looking for Of Belgium's leg but Of Belgium calmly moves out of range.
Of Belgium throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Leinonen - that will leave a mark!
Leinonen closes the distance but Of Belgium moves to the side
letting Of Belgium counter with a right hand.
Leinonen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Of Belgium misses with a body shot.
Leinonen tries to clinch up but Of Belgium circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Of Belgium. Leinonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Of Belgium throws a body punch but Leinonen moves out of range.
Of Belgium throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Of Belgium. Leinonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Of Belgium throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leinonen tries to clinch up
and Of Belgium counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leinonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Of Belgium blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Of Belgium controlling the action here for a moment.
Leinonen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Leinonen working Of Belgium over with knees to the body.
Of Belgium trying to stall but Leinonen improves his position.
Leinonen tries a knee to the head but Of Belgium blocks it.
Of Belgium misses with a punch to the body.
Of Belgium is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Of Belgium drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Leinonen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Leinonen slows down the pace here.
Of Belgium managing to block the knees to the body from Leinonen.
Of Belgium is trying to maintain a safe position but Leinonen gets an underhook and turns Of Belgium into the cage.
Leinonen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leinonen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leinonen tries to land a knee to the head but Of Belgium blocks with his arms.
Of Belgium blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leinonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Of Belgium lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Of Belgium wants to stall.
Of Belgium is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leinonen landing knees to the head.
It looks like Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium has been cut.
Leinonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Of Belgium.
Leinonen missing with knees to the body.
Leinonen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leinonen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leinonen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Of Belgium's face.
Of Belgium controlling the action here for a moment.
Of Belgium trying to control the position but instead, Leinonen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Of Belgium into the cage.
Knees to the body from Leinonen.
Leinonen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Of Belgium in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leinonen with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Leinonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leinonen is breathing heavily.
Leinonen crunches a lovely knee into Of Belgium's ribcage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Leinonen lands a good knee to the midsection. Of Belgium 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.
Of Belgium tries for a takedown. No joy.
Leinonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leinonen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Of Belgium in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leinonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leinonen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Of Belgium's face.
Leinonen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Belgium dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Leinonen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leinonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Of Belgium avoids it.
Of Belgium tries for a takedown but Leinonen manages to get underhooks.
Harri Leinonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium.
Leinonen missing with knees to the body.
Leinonen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Leinonen trying to land knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Of Belgium - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Of Belgium works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Of Belgium tries to free his leg and advance position but Leinonen is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Belgium stopping the sweep attempt from Leinonen.
Of Belgium prevents Leinonen from getting back to his feet.
Leinonen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Of Belgium is looking to advance position but Leinonen has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Of Belgium is looking to improve his position but Leinonen isn't that keen on the idea.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Leinonen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Of Belgium is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harri Leinonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium'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.
Of Belgium looks to throw the jab but Leinonen is out of range.
Leinonen gets tackled into the cage by Of Belgium. Of Belgium maintains the clinch.
Leinonen slows down the pace here.
Leinonen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Leinonen as Of Belgium tries to tie him up.
Leinonen landing knees to the body.
Of Belgium blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Of Belgium trying to control the position but instead, Leinonen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Of Belgium into the cage.
Leinonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Of Belgium avoids the damage to the body.
Leinonen blocking some punches.
Leinonen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Leinonen with a knee to the head.
Of Belgium goes for a takedown in the clinch but Leinonen prevents it.
Leinonen prevents the takedown attempt.
Leinonen connects with a knee to the head.
Of Belgium is breathing heavily.
Of Belgium avoiding damage as Leinonen throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leinonen throws a head punch that misses.
Leinonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Leinonen.
Of Belgium managing to block the knees to the body from Leinonen.
Of Belgium takes a knee right on the jaw!
Of Belgium has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Leinonen is trying to keep an underhook but Of Belgium manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Of Belgium is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Leinonen manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Of Belgium avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Of Belgium misses the target.
Of Belgium takes a swing at Leinonen's ribcage but misses.
Of Belgium is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Of Belgium misses with a combination
and Leinonen counters with an outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Belgium misses with a two punch combination.
Leinonen tries to clinch there but Of Belgium circles away.
Leinonen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Of Belgium manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Of Belgium tries to clinch
and Leinonen counters with a nice leg kick.
Leinonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Of Belgium.
Leinonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Of Belgium ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leinonen moves away.
Leinonen is looking to score with low kicks.
Leinonen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Of Belgium counters with a series of strikes. Leinonen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Of Belgium misses with a body shot.
Of Belgium is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Leinonen rather than just go for the knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leinonen tries to clinch up but Of Belgium circles away and keeps his distance.
Leinonen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leinonen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leinonen tries to clinch up
and Of Belgium counters with a two punch combo.
Leinonen tries to clinch
and Of Belgium makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Of Belgium fails in his attempt to clinch.
Of Belgium misses with an uppercut. Leinonen saw that one coming.
Of Belgium thows a body shot but no joy.
Leinonen has closed the distance and engaged Of Belgium in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Leinonen as Of Belgium tries to tie him up.
Of Belgium is pushing Leinonen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Of Belgium looking to stall.
Of Belgium avoiding damage as Leinonen throws knees to the body.
Of Belgium holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium.
Of Belgium swinging wildly here.
Harri Leinonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Of Belgium. Those never looked like landing.
Leinonen tries to clinch but Of Belgium moves away
and Of Belgium counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Leinonen thinking.
Of Belgium closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Leinonen wants to clinch
and Of Belgium counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Leinonen tries to clinch
and Of Belgium counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Harri Leinonen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Leinonen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leinonen moves in looking to clinch but Of Belgium pushes him off.
Of Belgium checks a low kick from Leinonen.
Leinonen tries to clinch up
and Of Belgium holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Leinonen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Of Belgium pressing his opponent against the cage.
Of Belgium looking to stall.
Of Belgium can't find room to land a body shot as Leinonen controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Of Belgium has Leinonen pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium.
Leinonen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Of Belgium holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Leinonen.
Of Belgium takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Leinonen lands a knee to the head.
Leinonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Of Belgium managing to block the knees to the body from Leinonen.
Leinonen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leinonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Of Belgium blocks it with crossed arms.
Leinonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Of Belgium has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Of Belgium stalling in the clinch.
Of Belgium continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Leinonen connects with a knee to the head.
Of Belgium working aggressively here.
Of Belgium struggles to land a body shot inside as Leinonen controls his hands.
Harri Leinonen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Leinonen prevents a takedown attempt there.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Of Belgium stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Of Belgium blocks a body shot from Leinonen.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leinonen obliges.
Of Belgium throws a punch but it's blocked by Leinonen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Belgium changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Leinonen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Of Belgium looks to land a combination but Leinonen avoids it well.
Leinonen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Of Belgium manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Leinonen moves in looking to clinch but Of Belgium pushes him off.
Leinonen closes the distance but Of Belgium moves to the side
and Of Belgium moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Leinonen.
Leinonen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Of Belgium's face.
Of Belgium looking to stall.
Leinonen lands a knee to the body.
Of Belgium is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Leinonen working Of Belgium over with knees to the body.
Leinonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Of Belgium blocks it with crossed arms.
Of Belgium wants to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leinonen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Of Belgium blocks it with crossed arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Of Belgium as Leinonen tries to tie him up.
Of Belgium trying to control the position but instead, Leinonen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Of Belgium into the cage.
Leinonen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Of Belgium looking to slow down the pace here.
Leinonen landing knees to the body.
Leinonen lands a knee to the head.
Leinonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Of Belgium avoids the damage to the body.
Leinonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Of Belgium avoids it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Harri Leinonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Of Belgium is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Leinonen has denied him.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium.
Leinonen tries to clinch up but Of Belgium circles away and keeps his distance.
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.
Of Belgium misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leinonen.
Of Belgium misses with the combination.
Leinonen avoids the body shot from Of Belgium.
Of Belgium throws a jab when Leinonen was well out of range.
Leinonen misses with a low kick.
Leinonen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Of Belgium, pushing him back against the cage.
Leinonen missing with knees to the body.
Of Belgium's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Of Belgium looking to stall.
Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Marie Gustaaf Of Belgium has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Of Belgium tries to work over Leinonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harri Leinonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Leinonen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harri Leinonen!
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