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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Doug Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Athan Stamatis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stamatis has chosen Lose Yourself as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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178 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
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184 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good knees
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Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Doug Robertson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Athan Stamatis!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stamatis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Robertson.
Stamatis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Robertson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Stamatis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Robertson.
Robertson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Robertson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Doug Robertson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robertson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stamatis avoids the head kick by Robertson.
Stamatis slips under a jab.
Stamatis shoots in but no luck this time.
Robertson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stamatis counters with a nice uppercut.
Stamatis is looking to score with low kicks.
Robertson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Athan Stamatis has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamatis blocks the body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Stamatis.
Robertson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Robertson connects with the punch.
Stamatis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Robertson.
Robertson forces Stamatis back against the cage and clinches.
Robertson misses with a body punch.
Robertson misses with a body punch.
Stamatis prevents a body shot from Robertson.
Robertson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Robertson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stamatis stalling against the cage.
Stamatis swings wildly with an uppercut but Robertson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson tries to land a knee to the head but Stamatis blocks with his arms.
Stamatis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Robertson misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robertson.
Stamatis blocks the elbow strike.
Stamatis tries a body shot but Robertson blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Robertson.
Robertson'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.
Robertson tries to break free but Stamatis pushes him back against the cage.
Robertson lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robertson throws a head punch that misses.
Robertson swings wildly with an uppercut but Stamatis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stamatis tries to throw a body punch but Robertson avoids it by throwing Stamatis back against the cage.
Robertson lands a good knee to the midsection. Stamatis won't want to take too many of those.
Robertson landing knees to the body.
Robertson struggles to land a body shot inside as Stamatis controls his hands.
Robertson throws a head punch that misses.
Stamatis digs a right hand into Robertson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Robertson's gas tank.
Robertson blocks a body shot from Stamatis.
Stamatis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Robertson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Robertson lands a shoulder strike.
Stamatis struggles to land a body shot inside as Robertson controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robertson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Robertson has a couple of punches blocked by Stamatis.
Robertson tries a body shot but Stamatis blocks it.
Stamatis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robertson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Robertson tries to work over Stamatis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Robertson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stamatis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stamatis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Stamatis.
Robertson pushes Stamatis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Robertson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Robertson misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doug Robertson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Athan Stamatis's cut.
That's time! Robertson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Robertson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Robertson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stamatis.
Stamatis swats away the attempt to clinch by Robertson.
Doug Robertson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Robertson gets caught flat footed, as Stamatis shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Robertson has Stamatis pulled in close to control his posture.
Robertson is trying to control the position but Stamatis postures up.
Stamatis stopping the sweep attempt from Robertson.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stamatis throwing strikes but missing.
Stamatis trying to control but Robertson is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamatis stops Robertson from standing up.
Stamatis preventing the sweep.
Stamatis wants to control from the top but Robertson keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Robertson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robertson tries to close the distance and clinch but Stamatis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robertson clinches with his opponent.
Robertson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Doug Robertson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Robertson is trying to break the clinch but Stamatis is controlling him.
A body shot lands from Robertson.
Robertson prevents a body shot from Stamatis.
Robertson tries to land knees in the clinch but Stamatis avoids the damage to the body.
Robertson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robertson.
Robertson tries a body shot but Stamatis blocks it.
Robertson misses with a punch to the body.
Robertson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stamatis throws a leg kick
and Robertson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stamatis moves out of range as Robertson throws a body kick.
Robertson scores with a three punch combo!
Robertson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Stamatis.
Robertson looks to clinch
and Stamatis counters with a big head kick but Robertson shrugs it off.
Robertson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stamatis counters with a stiff right hand.
Stamatis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stamatis.
Robertson misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stamatis throws a low kick, looking for Robertson's leg but Robertson calmly moves out of range.
Robertson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Robertson throws a head punch that misses.
Robertson tries to work over Stamatis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stamatis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robertson's elbow.
Robertson tries a knee to the head but Stamatis blocks it.
Stamatis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Robertson landing knees to the head.
Robertson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Robertson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Robertson throws an elbow but misses.
Robertson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stamatis backwards.
Stamatis avoids the elbow strike from Robertson, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robertson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Stamatis.
Robertson throws a punch but it's blocked by Stamatis.
Robertson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stamatis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robertson's elbow.
Stamatis misses with the head strike.
Robertson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
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!
Robertson tries to work over Stamatis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Robertson breaks the clinch.
A left and a right from Robertson both land. Nice combination.
Stamatis is rocked!
Robertson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Stamatis is still on wobbly legs! Can Robertson finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stamatis looks to score with a jab to the body but Robertson is just out of range.
Stamatis seems to have recovered his senses.
Robertson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Stamatis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doug Robertson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Athan Stamatis's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Robertson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Robertson is looking to clinch.
Robertson blocks a low kick nicely.
Robertson misses with a body kick.
Stamatis slips a straight right by Robertson.
Stamatis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stamatis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No luck for Stamatis with that takedown attempt.
Robertson lands with a straight right. Stamatis didn't see that one coming.
Robertson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Robertson duly obliges.
Robertson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stamatis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Stamatis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stamatis trying to control but Robertson is working from the bottom.
Stamatis looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson wants to stand but Stamatis is controlling the position.
Stamatis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Robertson wants to sweep here but Stamatis controlling him for the moment.
Robertson pulls Stamatis in close to prevent any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Stamatis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Stamatis trying to control but Robertson is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Stamatis lands an overhand right.
Stamatis has a takedown stuffed.
Doug Robertson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stamatis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Robertson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Doug Robertson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Athan Stamatis.
Robertson moves out of range of the body kick.
Stamatis misses with a low kick.
Robertson wants to clinch up but Stamatis keeps it at a distance.
Robertson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Stamatis's head.
Robertson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nice body punch from Robertson - that landed with a thud.
Robertson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robertson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stamatis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Stamatis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Athan Stamatis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robertson prevents a body shot from Stamatis.
Robertson blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Stamatis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stamatis misses with a punch to the body.
Stamatis taking a breather.
Robertson trying to control the position but instead, Stamatis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Robertson into the cage.
Stamatis tries to work over Robertson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Athan Stamatis.
I think Robertson 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doug Robertson!
Doug Robertson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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