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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Samoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fokk Yu Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samoth comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest - Painkiller. The crowd seem to be enjoying Long's choice of entrance music: I Wanna Fuck Your Sister . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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295 lbs
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200 cm
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300 lbs
13 - 6 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikael Samoth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fokk Yu Long!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samoth moves out of range as Long strikes.
Samoth slips under a jab.
Samoth moves into the clinch.
Long is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Samoth tries to throw a body punch but Long avoids it by throwing Samoth back against the cage.
Samoth struggles to land a body shot inside as Long controls his hands.
Samoth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Samoth misses with a punch to the body.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Samoth misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Samoth on the inside.
Long avoiding damage as Samoth throws knees to the body.
Samoth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Long's elbow.
Long is struggling to control the position.
Samoth misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samoth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Long's elbow.
Samoth misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Samoth tries to work over Long's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samoth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Samoth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Samoth misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Long is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Samoth misses with a body punch.
Samoth misses with a knee to the head.
Long controlling the action here for a moment.
Samoth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long avoiding damage as Samoth throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Samoth.
Long managing to block the knees to the body from Samoth.
Long trying to stall but Samoth improves his position.
Samoth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Samoth.
Long blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Long.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Samoth as Long tries to tie him up.
Samoth tries to land a knee to the head but Long blocks with his arms.
Samoth tries to land a knee to the head but Long blocks with his arms.
Samoth tries a body shot but Long blocks it.
Samoth missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long avoiding damage as Samoth throws knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Samoth.
Samoth lands an elbow inside that Long shrugs off.
Long is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Long is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Samoth is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Long looks gassed!
Long avoiding damage as Samoth throws knees to the body.
Samoth landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Samoth scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Fokk Yu Long has been cut.
Samoth lands with a left to the head.
Samoth tries to throw a body punch but Long avoids it by throwing Samoth back against the cage.
Samoth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Long misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long misses with a lunging right hand
and Samoth counters with a slapping leg kick.
Samoth pushes Long up against the cage in a clinch.
Samoth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Samoth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Long prevents a body shot from Samoth.
Long takes a shot to the head.
Long is trying to break the clinch but Samoth is controlling him.
Samoth is leaning against Long and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Knees to the body from Samoth.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Samoth lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Samoth missing with knees to the body.
Samoth tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikael Samoth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fokk Yu Long'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.
Samoth scores with a leg kick.
Samoth dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Long. That did some damage!
That kick from Samoth tenderised Long's leg. Long is trying to keep his angry face on.
Samoth connects with a leg kick. Long looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Long 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.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Long moves away from the strike by Samoth.
A leg kick checked by Long.
Samoth slips a jab from Long.
Long is breathing heavily.
Long stuffs the takedown.
Long avoids the head kick by Samoth.
Fokk Yu Long is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samoth moves into range and clinches up with Long.
Long avoiding damage as Samoth throws knees to the body.
Samoth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Long backwards.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Samoth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Long's elbow.
Samoth can't find room to land a body shot as Long controls the action.
Samoth lands a right hand.
Long taking a breather.
Samoth tries to work over Long's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samoth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Samoth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Samoth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Long can do to turn this around?
Long blocks a body shot from Samoth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Samoth.
Samoth misses with an elbow over the top.
Samoth lands a nice shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Samoth throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Samoth.
Samoth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Samoth missing with knees to the body.
Samoth tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Samoth.
A shot in the inside from Samoth.
Samoth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Long.
Long on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samoth working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Long is looking to break free of the clinch but Samoth has double underhooks.
Long trying to stall but Samoth improves his position.
Samoth lands a shot to the body.
Samoth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Long blocks it with crossed arms.
Samoth scores a nice knee to the body.
Samoth is leaning against Long and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Samoth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Long prevents a body shot from Samoth.
Samoth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some bone on bone action there as Long checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Samoth throws a leg kick but Long moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samoth moves into the clinch.
Samoth misses with a body punch.
Samoth digs a right hand into Long's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Long's gas tank.
Long prevents a body shot from Samoth.
Long avoids a wild elbow strike from Samoth.
Samoth lands a nice knee to the body.
Samoth tries to work over Long's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Samoth tries to land knees in the clinch but Long avoids the damage to the body.
Samoth can't find room to land a body shot as Long controls the action.
Samoth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Long takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Samoth throws a chopping leg kick but Long manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikael Samoth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fokk Yu Long'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. This is the final round!
Samoth lands with a nice body punch.
Samoth rushes Long and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Long avoiding damage as Samoth throws knees to the body.
Long is trying to maintain a safe position but Samoth gets an underhook and turns Long into the cage.
Samoth lands a good knee to the midsection. Long won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A hook to the body from Samoth.
Samoth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Long backwards.
Samoth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Samoth creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Long's defenses.
Samoth lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Samoth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Samoth misses with a hook to the ribs.
Long takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Samoth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samoth fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Samoth fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Long sprawls well initially but Samoth persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Samoth is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Samoth missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Samoth keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samoth seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Long for as long as he can get away with.
Samoth is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Long sees it coming and defends easily.
Long regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Samoth.
Samoth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fokk Yu Long has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Samoth throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samoth wants to control from the top but Long keeps moving.
Samoth working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Long's head.
Long pulls Samoth in close to prevent any damage.
Samoth is looking to work some ground and pound but Long has wrist control.
Samoth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Long works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samoth is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Samoth distracts Long with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Samoth sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Long's guard.
Samoth takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Samoth missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Long regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Samoth.
Samoth is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Samoth postures up in Long's guard and throws a big left but Long blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikael Samoth showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Samoth 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:25
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikael Samoth!
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hype
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