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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caio Da Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vaino St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vaino St Pierre will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Caio Da Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vaino St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Rocha moves in looking to clinch but St Pierre pushes him off.
St Pierre throws a body kick that misses.
Da Rocha looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Da Rocha darts in and clinches St Pierre up against the cage.
Da Rocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Da Rocha is looking to score with low kicks.
St Pierre bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Da Rocha closes the distance and clinches up with St Pierre, looking for a takedown. Da Rocha pushes St Pierre against the cage but St Pierre circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Da Rocha takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
St Pierre throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Da Rocha's head.
Da Rocha walks forward, straight into a front kick from St Pierre.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from St Pierre. Da Rocha shrugs it off though.
St Pierre lands a jab to the head.
Da Rocha throws a sloppy head kick
and St Pierre counters with a nice body kick.
Da Rocha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Da Rocha tries to clinch but St Pierre is having none of it.
St Pierre scores with a nice body kick.
St Pierre with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Da Rocha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre leaves Da Rocha with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caio Da Rocha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Rocha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. St Pierre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St Pierre lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
St Pierre lands a leg kick that knocks Da Rocha off balance momentarily.
Da Rocha will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Da Rocha is breathing heavily.
Da Rocha sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice takedown defense from St Pierre. No joy for Da Rocha on that attempt.
St Pierre scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Da Rocha doesn't seem bothered though.
Da Rocha takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
St Pierre explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Da Rocha drops his hands momentarily and St Pierre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
St Pierre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Da Rocha shoots for a takedown but St Pierre saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
St Pierre with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
St Pierre cracks Da Rocha with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
St Pierre lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from St Pierre.
St Pierre pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Da Rocha back to the cage. St Pierre follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
St Pierre throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Caio Da Rocha has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands with an overhand left.
Da Rocha takes a body punch but keeps moving.
St Pierre fakes the leg kick and cracks Da Rocha in the body.
St Pierre cracks Da Rocha with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Da Rocha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Da Rocha steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from St Pierre. That one must have hurt.
Da Rocha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
St Pierre throws a head kick that half lands.
St Pierre jabs Da Rocha to the body, keeping him at a distance.
St Pierre fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
St Pierre lands a jab to the head.
Caio Da Rocha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
St Pierre lands a head kick!
Da Rocha takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Da Rocha sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
St Pierre throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Da Rocha's head.
St Pierre lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
St Pierre throws a shot to the body.
St Pierre connects with a crisp jab.
Da Rocha is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
St Pierre throws a nice inside leg kick.
Da Rocha on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Da Rocha takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab lands there for St Pierre.
Da Rocha takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from St Pierre - that will leave a mark!
St Pierre with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Da Rocha on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
St Pierre thuds a left hand into Da Rocha's body.
Vaino St Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good leg kick by St Pierre there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
St Pierre fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Da Rocha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Pierre throws a nice head kick!
St Pierre fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Da Rocha has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice body kick there by St Pierre.
St Pierre scores with a push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Da Rocha has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a head kick. Da Rocha smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
St Pierre lands a leg kick that knocks Da Rocha off balance momentarily.
St Pierre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
St Pierre tests Da Rocha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Crunch! St Pierre slams his shin into Da Rocha's torso.
Da Rocha takes a head kick and keeps coming.
St Pierre lands with a nice combination. Da Rocha backs away looking to recover.
Nice shot lands for St Pierre.
St Pierre lands a nice hook to Da Rocha's body. Da Rocha takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
St Pierre with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A kick lands to the mid section there for St Pierre.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from St Pierre, right into the meat.
St Pierre thumps Da Rocha with a low kick.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Da Rocha. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
St Pierre scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vaino St Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caio Da Rocha'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.
Da Rocha's hands are dropping dangerously low here and St Pierre connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Da Rocha scrambles back to his feet.
St Pierre lands with a thumping leg kick.
St Pierre catches Da Rocha with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
St Pierre is looking to slow Da Rocha down with leg kicks.
St Pierre thows a body kick. Da Rocha tries to catch it but that hurt him.
St Pierre scoring well with a low kick there.
Caio Da Rocha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Da Rocha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from St Pierre.
Da Rocha tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but St Pierre swivels and escapes.
Da Rocha takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
St Pierre comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
St Pierre punishes Da Rocha's body with a nice straight punch.
Da Rocha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
St Pierre lands with a nice body kick.
St Pierre fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Da Rocha walks into a left hand.
St Pierre scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from St Pierre.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A chopping leg kick lands by St Pierre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre punishes Da Rocha's body with a nice straight punch.
Da Rocha takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
St Pierre works Da Rocha's body with a nice hook.
St Pierre connects with an inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by St Pierre.
Da Rocha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from St Pierre.
St Pierre lands with a nice body punch.
That kick from St Pierre tenderised Da Rocha's leg. Da Rocha is trying to keep his angry face on.
St Pierre scores with a leg kick.
St Pierre scores with a head kick.
St Pierre throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Da Rocha stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A nice inside leg kick there by St Pierre. That's going to slow Da Rocha down.
St Pierre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Da Rocha walks into a left hand.
St Pierre throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Da Rocha.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre connects with a nice looking jab.
St Pierre lands a front kick.
St Pierre thows a body kick. Da Rocha tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That kick from St Pierre tenderised Da Rocha's leg. Da Rocha is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Da Rocha if he has to take too many more of those.
St Pierre throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
St Pierre scores with a jab to the body.
Da Rocha looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
St Pierre lunges at Da Rocha with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Da Rocha's hand.
St Pierre throws a head kick that half lands.
St Pierre lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Da Rocha closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The fighters circle momentarily. St Pierre darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by St Pierre.
Nice body kick there by St Pierre.
St Pierre with a jab.
A good leg kick by St Pierre.
St Pierre scores with a head kick.
St Pierre lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Da Rocha on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
St Pierre lands a head kick!
St Pierre lands a leg kick that knocks Da Rocha off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
St Pierre lands a nice looking body kick.
St Pierre fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Da Rocha on the side of the head.
St Pierre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
St Pierre cracks Da Rocha with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
St Pierre dips to his left and cracks Da Rocha with an uppercut!
St Pierre tests Da Rocha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St Pierre lands a head shot.
St Pierre throws a quick inside leg kick.
St Pierre lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
St Pierre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
St Pierre lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
St Pierre throws a head kick that half lands.
St Pierre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Da Rocha on the wrong end of a nice hook.
St Pierre scores with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Pierre lands a nice looking kick to the body. Da Rocha takes a step back to recover.
St Pierre tests Da Rocha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
St Pierre feints and then cracks Da Rocha's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Da Rocha down.
Da Rocha takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from St Pierre, right into the meat.
Da Rocha is on the wrong end of a nice combination from St Pierre.
Da Rocha gets cracked with a nice right hand there by St Pierre.
St Pierre changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
St Pierre moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
St Pierre lands a leg kick that knocks Da Rocha off balance momentarily.
St Pierre fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Da Rocha has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot to the liver by St Pierre. Beautiful body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for St Pierre.
A jab lands there for St Pierre.
St Pierre digs a good hook to Da Rocha's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vaino St Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Caio Da Rocha'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!
Da Rocha gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Da Rocha shoots in for a takedown but St Pierre shows good takedown defense.
St Pierre lands a head kick!
St Pierre feints and then cracks Da Rocha's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Da Rocha down.
St Pierre jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
St Pierre cracks Da Rocha with an open hand slap.
St Pierre connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
St Pierre throws a series of strikes that have Da Rocha backpedaling.
St Pierre lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Da Rocha tries for a takedown but St Pierre sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
St Pierre keeps the fight on the outside.
Da Rocha steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from St Pierre. That one must have hurt.
Nice body kick there by St Pierre.
Da Rocha takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
St Pierre connects with a looping right hand.
A good leg kick by St Pierre.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Pierre lands a nice looking body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by St Pierre. That's going to slow Da Rocha down.
Da Rocha takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
St Pierre throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
St Pierre displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice cross by St Pierre.
Da Rocha sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
St Pierre lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
St Pierre is looking to slow Da Rocha down with leg kicks.
St Pierre buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts St Pierre, as that shot connected.
St Pierre lands a jab to the nose.
St Pierre lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
St Pierre scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
St Pierre lands with a thumping leg kick.
Da Rocha walks forward, straight into a front kick from St Pierre.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping body kick lands there for St Pierre.
A decent looking body kick lands there for St Pierre.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Da Rocha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from St Pierre.
Da Rocha takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
St Pierre cracks the inside of Da Rocha's front leg.
St Pierre ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
St Pierre lands a nice leg kick that just misses Da Rocha's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick lands from St Pierre.
St Pierre fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Da Rocha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A solid leg kick lands there for St Pierre.
St Pierre scores with a nice body kick.
St Pierre's jab looks to have found its range, popping Da Rocha under the eye.
St Pierre listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Da Rocha stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from St Pierre.
St Pierre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St Pierre scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
St Pierre jabs Da Rocha right on the nose. Da Rocha blinks but takes it well.
St Pierre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Da Rocha moves forwards but St Pierre connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Da Rocha 's head but he takes it in his stride.
St Pierre lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from St Pierre. Da Rocha shrugs it off though.
An inside leg kick lands from St Pierre.
St Pierre scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for St Pierre.
Da Rocha on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
St Pierre lets loose with a powerful body kick. Da Rocha will feel that in the morning.
St Pierre connects with a leg kick. Da Rocha looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Da Rocha on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
St Pierre digs a good body shot into Da Rocha's ribs.
St Pierre lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Da Rocha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
St Pierre connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Crunch! St Pierre slams his shin into Da Rocha's torso.
St Pierre throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by St Pierre!
Vaino St Pierre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Da Rocha's hands are dropping dangerously low here and St Pierre connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Da Rocha scrambles back to his feet.
Da Rocha takes a shot to the body in his stride.
St Pierre displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Da Rocha stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from St Pierre.
St Pierre scores with the left hand. Da Rocha knows he should have avoided that one.
Da Rocha steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from St Pierre. That one must have hurt.
St Pierre throws a leg kick which misses Da Rocha's front leg but catches the back leg as Da Rocha tries to avoid it.
St Pierre looks to land a combination. Da Rocha sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
St Pierre throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
St Pierre plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Danga de danga de dang - St Pierre scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Pierre scores with a kick to the body.
St Pierre scoring well with a low kick there.
St Pierre catches Da Rocha with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Caio Da Rocha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice uppercut lands for St Pierre. That snapped Da Rocha's head back.
St Pierre lands the left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vaino St Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got St Pierre winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 24:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 24:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vaino St Pierre!
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